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Antique Book & Ephemera Auction
Listing ID#: 1495473
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Bidding Starts: Friday Mar 10 Bidding Ends: Tuesday Apr 4 |
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Hess Auction Group Contact: John M. Hess Phone: (717) 664-5238 Email: contact@hessauctiongroup.com Website: www.hessauctiongroup.com GoToAuction.com ID#: 6361 View company information and listings |
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John M. Hess Auction Service, Inc. - 717-898-7284
Pickup: April 5th & 6th from 9am - 4pm.
All purchases must be picked up at:
768 Graystone Road
Manheim, PA 17545
Items must be picked up on April 5th & 6th from 9am - 4pm or the items will be forfeit.
HESS AUCTION GROUP DOES NOT SHIP ITEMS....
If you would like to have items shipped please contact a local shipper immediately following the close of the auction, you will pay the shipper directly for any packing and shipping costs.
UPS #1005: 717-898-9303 (Press #9)
Postal Connections: 717-399-9076
All items MUST be picked up on the stated pickup dates. No exceptions can be made. Hess Auction Group will not be able to hold items past the stated pick up date(s). Buyers will be charged full amount and will forfeit the items if they are not picked up on the stated pick up dates.
Any Prospective Bidder (hereinafter referred to as Bidder and sometimes Buyer) who bids on any item, hereby agrees to these Conditions of Sale of John M. Hess Auction Service, Inc. (also d/b/a Conestoga Auction Company, Hess Auction Group) (hereinafter referred to as the Auction Company) relative to property being offered for sale at auction. These Conditions of Sale and all other contents of the catalog are subject to amendment by the Auction Company by the posting of notices or by oral announcements made.
Auction Company has made every effort to catalog and correctly describe the property to be sold, however, all lots are sold 'AS IS' and should be examined prior to bidding. Flaws and imperfections caused in the making are not noted. Expect normal wear and oxidation on antique metal wares and crazing and normal glaze loss on pottery and ceramics. Any additional condition questions should be made 24 hours prior to the start of the auction to allow for our staff to review the items. In all matters, the records of the Auction will be final.
By participating in any sale, the Bidder agrees to be bound by the following terms and conditions:
A. This Auction has a 15% Buyers Premium
B. BIDDING INCREMENTS: The auctioneers will be using set bid increments. If you have placed absentee bids that do not follow the set increments, your bid will be executed at the set lower increment.
C. ON-LINE BIDDING: Auction Company will not be responsible for any omissions, errors or slow communications.
D. PAYMENT: Payment must be made prior to removal from the auction house. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of items.
E. Credit Cards will be processed within 1 hour of the auction or 8:am the following business day
F. SHIPPING: Auction Company does not pack or ship any items in house. Buyer pays shipping cost directly to shipper. All items are sent through the a third party shipping company. All international customers are responsible for their own taxes and tariffs based upon the actual selling price. The declared value cannot be of lesser value than purchase price. Please contact either:
* The UPS Store at store1005@theupsstore.com (717)-898-9303 (Press #9)
* Postal connections 717-399-9076
for any shipping inquiries regarding any potential shipping costs prior to the auction or post-auction inquires. Please direct all your shipping questions to the above-mentioned names, as we do not ship in-house and are not able to answer these questions.
G. AS IS: Bidder agrees that before the Sale, Bidder or Bidder's agents should inspect the property before bidding to determine its condition, size and whether or not it has been repaired or restored. Bidder is responsible for satisfying himself or herself concerning the condition of the property and the matters referred to in the Catalog. Condition reports, photos and video or digital images are provided as a courtesy and should not be used as a substitute for viewing the items in person. All statements made in the catalog or in the condition report or made orally or in writing elsewhere are statements of opinion and are not to be relied on as statements of fact. Auction Company and the underlying owner of the property being sold ('Owner') assume no risk, liability or responsibility for the authenticity of the authorship of any property identified in this catalog. All property is sold "as is" and neither Auction Company nor the Owner make any warranties or representations of any kind or nature with respect to the property being sold, and no statement in the catalog or made at the sale, or in the bill of sale or invoice or elsewhere shall be deemed an assumption of liability or warranty or representation as to the description, genuineness, attribution, provenance or condition of the property. Auction Company and the Owner make no representations as to whether Bidder acquires any reproduction rights in the property being sold at the Sale.
H. Withdrawal. Auction Company reserves the right to withdraw any property before sale and shall have no liability for such withdrawal.
I. Bid Per Lot. Unless otherwise announced by the auctioneer, all bids are per lot as numbered in the Catalog.
J. Video or digital images. At some auctions a video or digital screen may be used. Auction Company is not liable for any errors in the operation or quality of the image presented.
K. Reserves. Unless the sale is advertised and announced as a sale without reserves, each lot may be offered subject to reserve. Auction Company may implement such reserves by bidding through its representatives on behalf of the Owner.
L. Bidding. Auction Company reserves the right to reject a bid from any bidder. The auctioneer has the right to split any bidding increment and to advance the bidding in any manner as the auctioneer may decide. The highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer shall be the buyer. In the event of any dispute between bidders, the auctioneer shall have sole and final discretion either to determine the successful bidder or to re-offer and resell the article in dispute. If any dispute arises after the sale, the sale record of Auction Company shall be conclusive in all respects.
M. Auctioneer's Discretion. If the auctioneer determines that any opening bid is not commensurate with the value of the article offered, he may reject the same and withdraw the article from the sale. If having accepted an opening bid, the auctioneer decides that any advance thereafter is not of sufficient amount, he may reject the advance.
N. Successful Bid. On the fall of the auctioneer's hammer, title to the offered lot will pass from Owner to the highest bidder acknowledged by the auctioneer, subject to these Conditions of Sale set forth herein, and such bidder (a) assumes full risk and responsibility therefore (b) if requested will sign a confirmation of purchase and (c) will pay the purchase price in full or such part as Auction Company may require for all lots purchased.
O. Collateral/Security. The Buyer grants Auction Company a security interest in the purchase property and Auction Company may retain as collateral security for the Bidder's obligations to Auction Company any property or monies held or received by Auction Company for the account of the Bidder. Payment will not be deemed to have been made in full until Auction Company has collected funds represented by checks, or, in the case of bank or cashier?s checks, until Auction Company has confirmed their authenticity. Bidder agrees that a 1-1/2% per month late charge will be imposed on the total purchase price if payment is not made in accordance with all of the conditions set forth herein and agrees to pay any returned check charges that may be incurred.
P. Non-Payment. If the Bidder does not make full payment for the purchases within the time required, Auction Company is authorized in its absolute and sole discretion to exercise one or more of the following remedies, in addition to other remedies available to Auction Company and the Owner: Auction Company is authorized to: (a) hold the buyer liable for the total purchase price; (b) cancel the sale, retaining as liquidated damages all payments made by the Buyer; (c) resell the property at public auction or private sale with terms that Auction Company deems appropriate; (d) to resell the property at public auction without reserve and the Buyer shall be liable for any deficiency, cost, handling charges and the expenses of both sales and the commissions on both sales; (e) to offset the full purchase price against any amount owed by Auction Company to the Buyer; (f) to not allow any bids at any upcoming auctions by or on behalf of the Buyer; and (h) to take other actions as Auction Company find necessary and appropriate. The Buyer grants Auction Company a security interest in any property in Auction Company?s possession which is owned by such Buyer and Auction Company is authorized to hold such property as collateral security for such Buyer?s obligations. Buyer shall be liable to Auction Company for all other charges incurred because of Buyer's non-payment, including attorney fees, expenses and incidental damages. As between Auction Company and Owner, if the successful bidder does not pay for the property, collection procedures shall be the responsibility of the Consignor and not Auction Company.
Q. Limitation of Liability. If, for any reason a purchased lot cannot delivered in the same condition as at the time of sale, or should any purchased lot be stolen, miss-delivered or lost prior to delivery, Auction Company shall not be liable for any amount more than that paid by the buyer.
R. Governing Law and Jurisdiction. The Conditions of Sale, as well as the Buyer's, Owner's and Auction Company's respective rights and obligations shall be governed, construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Pennsylvania. All persons participating in any auction sale, whether as bidder or consignor, whether present in person or by agent, or by absentee bid, order bid, telephone, internet or other means, consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state courts located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
S. Severability. If any part of the Conditions of Sale is found by any court to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that part shall be discounted and the rest of the conditions shall continue to be valid to the fullest extent of the law.
NOTE: Condition reports, photos and video or digital images are provided as a courtesy and should not be used as a substitute for viewing the items in person. All items are sold "as is" in accordance with the Conditions of Sale.
YOUR BIDDING ACKNOWLEDGES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE CONDITIONS OF SALE.
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A Miscellany of Books, Prints, Documents, Vintage Ephemera and Related Items from Multiple Consignors, including the Wolf Museum of Lancaster.
Highlights include Wise on Aeronautics (1850), 1856 Robt. Fulton Birthplace print, leatherbound sets, Twain Life on the Mississippi 1st ed., 1st Bible printed in NJ 1791, Civil War, slavery, freemasonry, Seuss The Grinch 1st ed., vintage children's books, Cicero's Works 1588, Easton Press books, Blackstone 1771 1st American ed., Poe (in Graham's Magazine), catalogs, foxhunting, deeds, photography, Jimmy Carter and other autographs, medicine, maps, Native Americans, Atlantic City ephemera and more. 1 Two Books on the 1936 Berlin Olympics Die Olympische Spiele (Olympic Games). Berlin 1936. 2 large volumes. Pasted in photos include star Jesse Owens. Folding map in volume I. 2 Pioneer Life in Michigan Illinois Ohio Miss River Gavitt. Crumbs from My Saddle BagsPioneer Life. Ohio 1884. Includes advertising flyer for the book. 3 Slavery and the Slave Trade Blake. Slavery and the Slave Trade. Ohio 1860. Staining, some heavy. 4 Tennyson First Edition Enoch Arden Tennyson. Enoch Arden. London 1864. 1st edition. 178 p. Lacks front endpapers, some notations. 5 1837 Plants of Chester County PA Wm. Darlington. Flora CestricaPlants of Chester County. 1837. Color frontis. 6 Melville Israel Potter First Edition Herman Melville. Israel Potter. NY 1855. 1st edition, 1st issue. (Chapter IV mislabeled XVI on p. 141). Spine damage/losses. 7 Mineral Water Springs of the United States 1867 Moorman. The Mineral Waters of the United States and Canada. Baltimore 1867. Folding map and five plates. 8 Four Books Including Whitman Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass. 1900. + Hall et al. Harvard Celebrities. 1901. Loose pages at front. + Carroll. Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. NY 1885. + Kawai. Sliding Doors. Japan 1950. 9 Postcards including Holidays & Japan A postcard and trade card album. Includes holidays, four Japan RPPCs etc. 10 Germany Photo Album 1929-32 A photo album from Germany, 1929-32. Many interesting shots. 11 1825 Prints of Animals Drawn From Nature Charles Catton, Jr. Thirty-Six Animals Drawn from Nature and Engraved in Aqua-tinta. London & New Haven 1825. First published in London in 1788. 10 x 15". Uncolored. Disbound, irregularly trimmed. Lacks the last 3 plates of animals. Each plate accomp... 12 PA RR Exhibit at Louisiana Purchase Expo 1905 The Pennsylvania Railroad System at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Locomotive Tests and Exhibits. Phila 1905. Filled with folding diagrams and other pictures. 13 1808 Dictionary of Chemistry Wm. Nicholson. A Dictionary of Practical & Theoretical Chemistry. (London) 1808. Numerous plates, many folding. Thick octavo. Front cover detached, part of spine label lacking. 14 Early 20th c Photos Shippensburg Baseball Teams Six large-format photos of the Shippensburg Baseball Team, one dated 1907 and another 1902. Taken by Shippensburg photographers. Some uniforms have "SNS" (Shippensburg formerly known as State Normal School). 15 1865 Civil War Colored Cavalry Document A Civil War document signed by Charles Labarth, 2nd Lieutenant 2nd U.S. Colored Cavalry. May 11, 1865. From paymaster Benj. L. Hewitt. Lists Peter Smith at lower left as a black servant. Losses to middle. 16 Fragment of a 1754 Benjamin Franklin Printing A fragment of a book printed by Benjamin Franklin. Pages 131-172 of The Votes and Proceedings of the Assembly of Pennsylvania. Phila 1754. Folio - 10 x 15.5". Tattered edges, fair condition. 17 Easton Press Frankenstein Frankenstein. Published by the Easton Press, full leather. 18 Easton Press Signed by President Jimmy Carter Jimmy Carter. Keeping the Faith. Easton Press. Signed at front. Full leather. 19 Signed by Jimmy Carter + Signature on Paper Jimmy Carter. White House Diary. Signed on the title page. + Jimmy Carter's signature on a sheet of paper. 20 Four Easton Press Books - Presidents Four Easton Press books: Truman (2), Nixon, Kennedy. 21 Three Easton Press Books - Presidents Three Easton Press book: Washington, Monroe, Madison. Two in shrinkwrap. 22 Four Easton Press Books - Presidents Four Easton Press books: Buchanan, Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Grant. 23 Five Easton Press Books - Presidents Five Easton Press books: Garfield, Taft (2), Old Tippecanoe (Wm. Harrison), Tyler. 24 1862 Lincoln State of Union to Congress Abraham Lincoln. Message of the President1862. Thick octavo. Lincoln's State of the Union and Report to Congress. Mentions proposed emancipation, Civil War progress, etc. 25 Harriet Beecher Stowe Dred 1856 2 Vols Harriet Beecher Stowe. Dred; a Tale of the Great Dismal Swamp. Boston 1856. 2 volumes. 50th Thousand on both title pages. 26 Scarce 1866 Petersburg Battlefield Guide A Guide to the Fortifications and Battlefields Around Petersburg. Virginia 1866. Folding map. Paper covers -- lacks back cover, front cover detached. 27 1870 Folding Pocket Map of Missouri Colton's Township Map of Missouri. NY 1870. 26 x 27.5". Some stains and old repair. 28 Set of Red Man Tobacco Cards + Book Red Man Chewing Tobacco cards. 40 numbered cards, complete. + The T.B. Walker Collection of Indian Portraits. Wisconsin 1948. 29 Hubley Catalog of Lights and Tables Photos Hubley Company Lancaster Penna catalog of lights and tables. Original photos, with some text listings and prices. Circa 1930. 30 19th c Silhouette of Tall Man A mid-nineteenth century, full-length silhouette of a man with a beard. 11" tall. Found in a 19th century scrapbook. 31 Six Easton Press Presidents Books 6 Easton Press books on the presidents: Hayes, Van Buren, Fillmore, Arthur, Harding, and Wilson. Two in shrinkwrap. 32 Toy Bank Patent Agreement + Pages 1880 manuscript agreement for a "Donkey Savings Bank" between the J. & E. Stevens Co. and inventor Edward L. Morris (duplicate copy) framed. + 5 matted patent publication pages for toy savings banks and money boxes. 33 1896 Baltimore Boys School Certificate A completely hand-drawn certificate of Excellence from Marston's University School for Boys, Baltimore 1896. Framed. 11 x 14". 34 1875 Harper's Weekly 27 Issues with Nast Covers 27 original issues of Harper's Weekly from 1875 with illustrations by Thomas Nast on the front pages. 35 1875 Harper's Weekly 24 Issues 24 original issues of Harper's Weekly from 1875. Interesting illustrations and stories. 36 Scarce 1913 Three Volume Book Shipbuilding E. Van Konijnenburg. Shipbuilding From Its Beginnings. Brussels (1913). 3 volumes, oblong. 10 x 13.5". Volume I has paper covers, volumes II and III stiff boards. Color illustrations. 37 Five Vintage Children's Books Five vintage children's books, including: My Peek-a-Boo Show Book. Minneapolis 1928. Has six heavy cards and six interleaves, in unusual oblong format. + Rae. Granny Goose. Volland 1926. + Robinson Crusoe. NY 1889. + Moon. Indian Legends in Rhyme. NY... 38 Stereoview Cards Niagara & Other Northern Views 24 19th century stereoview cards, including Niagara Falls, Watkins Glen and other Northern Views. 39 Stereoview Cards Washington DC and Others 29 19th century stereoview cards, including Washington DC, and others. 40 Stereoview Cards Philadelphia Railroad & Others 22 19th century stereoview cards, including Philadelphia, railroad scenery on different railroads, Delaware Water Gap, one of Yosemite. + 27 later lithographed cards of Colorado, and naval ships. 50 cards total . 41 Stereoview Cards Foreign Views Paris 39 19th century stereoview cards, foreign views, mostly Paris. 42 Stereoview Cards Comical and Generic 110 19th century stereoview cards, mostly comical and generic. 43 Set of Small Fairytale Books 1894 A set of 10 small illustrated fairytale books published in London by Dent, 1894-95. 3.5 x 6". Includes Aladdin, Little Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty etc. 44 Edgar Allan Poe in The Gift 1845 Edgar Allan Poe contributions in The Gift. Phila. 1845. Contains Poe's "The Purloined Letter." Also Emerson's "The Poet's Apology," Longfellow poems etc. Rebacked. Leather, gilt. 45 Baum's The Land of Oz 1904 L. Frank Baum. The Land of Oz. Chicago: Reilly & Britton, 1904. Color frontis and 15 other color plates. 287 pages. One plate repaired. Rebacked retaining backstrip. 46 Michigan Cookbook 1909 Weaver. Michigan State Federation Cookbook. 1909. 47 Three Philadelphia Business Directories Three Philadelphia Business Directories. Published by Boyd, 1879-80-81. 48 Noah Webster's School Dictionary 1830 1st edition of Noah Webster's Dictionary for Schools. NY 1830. 5 x 5.5". Abridged from Webster's 1828 Dictionary. 49 Four Nicely Bound Leather Books Four nicely bound books, including 2 from 1904 bound by Bayntun in England, with color plates. + Heath's Picturesque Annual. London 1834. + Chesterfield's Letters. Phila. 1868. 50 1861 Horse Owner's Guide Walther. The Horse-Owner's Guide. Boston: Prang, 1861. 6 x 9". 32 pgs. 4 folding plates. 51 Five Shirley Temple Books Five Shirley Temple books. 4 published by Saalfield, 1 by Whitman. 1935-38. 52 1778 Book with Armorial Binding The Kisses of Joannes Secundus. Third Edition. London 1778. Leatherbound. Armorial gilt coat of arms on both covers of Charles, 4th Earl of Harrington (1780-1851). Back cover detached. 53 1920s German Student Publications A small lot of 1920s German publications relating to student workers. Includes a large color folding map of Vienna. 54 19th century Gold Hunter Cigar Labels A lot of 12 19th century "Gold Hunter" cigar labels. Lithographed by Geo. Schlegel, New York. 55 1868 Music Album Phila with Business Ads Large Phila 1868 "Music Album", with numerous full-page advertisements of Phila businesses. Covers detached. 9 x 12". 56 1872 Philadelphia Business Directory + Another Burley's Philadelphia City Business Directory. 1872. 6 x 9". + Boyd's Philadelphia Blue Book. 1892-93. Includes map. 5 x 7". 57 1866 Tennessee Acts + 1819 Quaker Book Tennessee Acts & Resolutions. July 1866. Nashville 1866. Reinstatement of Tennessee back into the Union after the Civil War, the first state to rejoin. + Brief Extracts from the Works of Isaac Pennington. Phila. 1819. Quaker. 58 1867 International Tributes to Death of Lincoln Tributes of the Nations, after the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Washington 1867. 9.5 x 12". Thick volume, one of 100 copies bound in turkey morocco. Front board detached. 59 Daniel's Rural Sports Three Volumes 1812-13 Daniel's Rural Sports. London 1812-13. Three volumes, with 71 engravings. Complete. Half leather, 3 of the boards detached. 9 x 11". 60 Letters From Soldier in Germany Just After War A good album filled with letters from the end of the war in Germany, dated June-November, 1945. From Ray E. Dirkin, Battery D 449th AAA, to his parents in Phila. Most are from Lichtenfels, Germany. Later he was in England. Easy to read, some are type... 61 James Joyce Easton Press + 2 Volume Set Joyce. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Easton Press. + Morison et al. The Growth of the American Republic. Oxford Univ. Press 1980. 2 volumes. Full leather, gilt. 62 Classic Descriptions of Disease 1994 Major. Classic Descriptions of Disease. Classics of Medicine. NY 1994. Full leather. 63 Joseph Lister's Collected Papers 1979 The Collected Papers of Joseph, Baron Lister. Classics of Medicine. NY 1979. Two volumes. 9 x 11". Full leather. 64 Joseph Lister's Collected Papers 1979 The Collected Papers of Joseph, Baron Lister. Classics of Medicine. NY 1979. Two volumes. 9 x 11". Full leather. 65 Lectures on Physiology 1828 + Human Origins Lawrence. Lectures on Physiology, Zoology and the Natural History of Man. Salem, Mass. 1828. 4 folding sheets depicting 11 skulls. Lacks front free endpaper(s). + Laing. Human Origins. London 1892. 3rd thousand. 66 The Works of Theodore Roosevelt The Works of Theodore Roosevelt. NY: Collier, ca. 1900. 13 (only) of 14 volumes. 67 By the Author of Frankenstein 1846 (Mary W. Shelley). Lodore. By the Author of Frankenstein. Hartford: Andrus, 1846. Early American printing (1st was in 1835). Lacks front preliminary leaves. 68 Speeches etc of Wendell Phillips - Abolition (Slavery) Speeches, Lectures and Letters of Wendell Phillips. Boston 1863. Front board nearly detached. Lacks back free endpapers. 69 Researches on Death Paris 1800 Bichat. Recherches Physiologiques sur La Vie et la Mort. (Researches on death). Paris: Brosson, An viii (1800). 1st edition. Bichat examined the recently guillotined among others in researching sudden death. Custom clamshell case. 70 Two Books by Lloyd Mifflin American's Sonneteer Lloyd Mifflin, "America's Greatest Sonneteer", Columbia, PA artist and poet. Collected Sonnets. London 1907. 2nd edition. Portrait detached. 7 x 9.5". + Mifflin. As Twilight Falls. NY 1916. Lacks frontis portrait. 71 Two Books by Lloyd Mifflin Lloyd Mifflin. Collected Sonnets. London 1907. Front pages detached. + Mifflin. The Fleeing Nymph and Other Verse. Boston 1905. 72 19th Century Stereoview Cards Lancaster PA Ten Lancaster, Penna stereoview cards, 19th century. 73 1911 War on White Slavery Roe. The Great War on White Slavery. 1911. 74 Penna-German Related Reference Books Arndt & Eck. The First Century of German Language Printing in the U.S. Two volumes. + Stiles. On Bundling. NY 1937. Slipcase. + Rupp. Collection of 30,000 Names Phila. 1898. 75 Correspondence of Jefferson & DuPont Chinard. The Correspondence of Jefferson and DuPont de Nemours. Baltimore, Paris & London 1931. #479 of unknown printing. Untrimmed. 8 x 10". 76 California & Alaska 1890 Limited Edition Wm. S. Webb. California & Alaska and Over the Canadian Pacific Railway. NY & London 1890. 1 of 500 copies. 8 x 11.5". Author's printed complimentary slip inserted. Portions of backstrip lacking, boards loose. Numerous photo-engraved plates. 77 Life and Travels of General Grant 1879 Headley. The Life and Travels of General Grant. Phila. 1879. 78 Two Books on Fruit Growing Including 1850 Thomas. The American Fruit Culturist. Auburn, NY 1850. + Hedrick. Fruits for the Home and Garden. Oxford Univ. Press 1944. 79 Lancaster County Indians 1908 Eshleman. Lancaster County Indians. Annals of the Susquehannocks and Other Indian Tribes. Lancaster 1908. 80 Three Books on the West Parkman. The Oregon Trail. Boston 1894. Remington Illustrations. + Leckenby. The Tread of Pioneers. Steamboat Springs, Co 1945. Signed at front by author. + Eaton. Skyline Camps. 1922. 81 Markham Poem on Lincoln Inscribed 1934 Edwin Markham. Lincoln, the Man of the People. Framed broadside poem. 1919. Signed and inscribed by Markham to Central PA folklife author Henry W. Shoemaker, dated 1934. 82 1870 Heath's Counterfeit Detector Heath's Greatly Improved and Enlarged Infallible Government Counterfeit Detector. Boston and Washington 1870. 7 x 10". Lacks plates #5 and #13 (there was no #12 issued). 83 Two Vol History of Williams County Ohio 1920 Bowersox. A Standard History of Williams County, Ohio. Chicago & NY 1920. Two volumes. 8 x 10.5". 84 Robert Frost West-Running Brook 1st Ed Robert Frost. West-Running Brook. NY: Holt, 1928. 1st edition, 1st state, with no 1st edition statement on copyright page, "roams" in last line of pg. 44 (instead of "romps"). Dj has edge wear. Earlier owner's inscription on front end paper. 85 1925 Book on Radiation I. Seth Hirsch, M.D. The Principles and Practice of Roentgen Therapy. NY: American X-Ray Pub. Co. 1925. Large folding chart at back. 86 Twelve Volume Set Works of Hawthorne Nathaniel Hawthorne. An attractive set of 12 volumes of Hawthorne's greatest works. Edinburgh & London: Wm. Patterson, ca 1880s. 4.5 x 7". Half calf. 87 Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter 1850 Hawthorne. The Scarlet Letter. A Romance. Boston: Ticknor, Reed & Fields, 1850. 2nd edition, with Preface. Damp Staining throughout. Part of backstrip chipped away. There were 2500 copies printed of the 2nd edition. 88 Six Months in the Gold Mines 1850 1st Edition E. Gould Buffon. Six Months in the Gold Mines Phila.: Lea & Blanchard, 1850. 1st edition. Collated complete. Lacks backstrip. Front board and front free endpaper detached. "Authoritative source on the early period of the gold discoveries by a residen... 89 1847 Masonic Textbook John Dove. The Masonic Text Book. Richmond, VA 1847. Later rebind in hard covers. Spine taped. Lacks back endpaper. 90 1855 Freemason's Monitor + Another Z. A. Davis. The Freemason's Monitor. Phila.: Lippincott, Grambo, 1855. Later rebind, numerous pages at front detached, later crude tape to binding. Lacks front free endpaper. + Local Laws of Washington Camp No. 592 P.O.S. of A. Birdsboro 1924. 3.5 x... 91 The Ahimon Rezon 1825 Free Masonry The Ahimon Rezon, Containing a View of the History and Polity of Freemasonry. Phila. 1825. Later buckram binding. 92 1805 Treatment of Fevers - Preface by Benj Rush Jean (Baptiste) Senac. A Treatise on the Hidden Nature, and the Treatment of Intermitting Fevers. Phila. 1805. With "A Recommendatory Preface by Benjamin Rush." Wear to leather bottom of spine and elsewhere. 93 On the Laws of Creation 1843 Aphorisms on the Laws of Creation Mind and Matter. London: Newberry, 1843. 4.5 x 7". 43 pp. 94 1845 Penna Constables Guide Lyman E. DeWolf. The Constable's Guide Duties of Constables in the State of Penna. Towanda 1845. Staining and damp staining, some pencil scribbles. 95 1887 Julian Hawthorne American Penman Julian Hawthorne. An American Penman, from the Diary of Inspector Byrnes. NY: Cassell, 1887. 1st edition. Circular blindstamp on front endpaper. 96 Books on Sporting and Shooting Walsingham & Payne-Gallway. Shooting. Boston & London 1886. Ex-library incl. spine numbers and stamp across title page. Library binding. + Gerrare. A Bibliography of Guns and Shooting. England (1894). Ex-library with stamps, spine numbers etc. + Cros... 97 1842 Highwaymen Pirates & Robbers Capt. Charles Johnson. Lives and Exploits of English Highwaymen, Pirates, & Robbers. London: Bohn, 1842. Illustrated Later cloth binding retaining central portion of original front board. 98 Valentine's Manual of the City of New York 1857 D. T. Valentine. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York. NY 1857. 571 pp. Some staining. 3 folding maps and other illustrations throughout. Some tears to maps. Spine chipped. 99 Beyond the Grave 1886 + Perfectionists 1849 Cramer. Beyond the Grave. NY 1886. + Eastman. Noyesism Unveiled: A History of the Sect Self-Styled Perfectionists. Brattleboro, VT 1849. Ex-library with bookplate and spine numbers. 100 Judgments of Great Britain 1810 Walsh. An Appeal from the Judgments of Great Britain. Respecting the United States of America. Phila. 1819. 101 Bound Volume of Various Novels 1860s A bound volume of short works by: Frank Smedley (2), George W.M. Reynolds (Pickwick Abroad), Dickens (A Message from the Sea and The Uncommercial Traveler), Bulwer Lytton (A Strange Story), Dumas (Wife Murder or Clemenceau Tragedy). All published Phi... 102 Bernays Speak Up For Democracy 1941 Influencer Edward L. Bernays. Speak Up for Democracy. Special Edition Printed in Connection with the National Program of Appreciate America. NY 1941. 2nd printing. Bernays was a controversial pioneer in public relations and propaganda. He was connected with the... 103 Kellogg -- Calling America 1939 Paul Kellogg, ed. Calling Americathe Challenge to Democracy. NY: Harpers, 1939. 8.5 x 12". 104 20 Volume Writings of Bret Harte The Writings of Bret Harte. Boston & NY: Houghton Mifflin, 1896-1914. Complete in 20 volumes. Red half leather, front cover of volume 8 detached. Scattered edge wear but generally good. 105 How the Grinch Stole Christmas 1st Edition Dr. Seuss. How the Grinch Stole Christmas! NY: Random House, 1957. 1st ed. 8 x 11". Has the 1st edition points given by Younger-Hirsch including 13 titles listed at end of book, Cat in the Hat ad on back priced at $2.00. 1st edition dust jacket in ro... 106 Two Boys Books on Pirates George Williams. The Boy's Book of Pirates and the Great Sea Rovers. NY: Stokes, 1913. 9 x 12". Color illustrations. + Wilson. The Pirate's Treasure. NY: Volland, 1926. 107 Longfellow Hiawatha + Four Others Longfellow. The Song of Hiawatha. Chicago 1898. + Irving. Rip van Winkle as Played by Joseph Jefferson. NY 1899. + Meiklejohn. The Golden Primer. Illust. By Walter Crane. London: Blackwood, ca 1880. + Irving. Legend of Sleepy Hollow. Illust. By Arthu... 108 The Pied Piper Greenaway Illust + Four Others Browning. The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Illustrated by Kate Greenaway. London: Routledge, ca 1890s. 8.5 x 10". + Putnam & Jacobsen. Winkle, Twinkle & Lollypop. NY: Volland 1918. 23red ed. + Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm. NY: Crowell, ca 1880. ... 109 1860 Don Quixote Cervantes. Adventures of Don Quixote. London: Henry Lea, ca 1860. Clipping on front free endpaper. Some stains. Illust by Tony Johannot. 110 1st PA Artillery Clothing Report 1862 Civil War A Civil War clothing report from Battery F, 1st Penna. Artillery. Dated Dec. 1862-Jan. 1863. Lists caps, jackets, shirts, coats, blankets etc. 9.5 x 16". Fully handwritten. 111 Baltimore Riot Broadside 1861 Civil War A small broadside lamenting the jailing of George Kane, after the 1861 Baltimore riots. 5 x 9.5", in larger frame. Kane, Marshal of Police during the riot, was jailed at Forts McHenry and Warren without habeas corpus. His position and southern sympat... 112 1930 Portfolio of Little French Churches Chadwick. Portfolio -- Little Churches of France. NY & London: Harpers, 1930. 25 pp. text, 125 photogravure plates. Complete. 12 x 16". 113 1936 Limited Edition on the Alps Henri Menabrea. An Seuil des Alpes de Savoie. (On the Alps). Grenoble 1936. One of 400 copies. 39 plates. Light foxing / spotting. Paper spine torn and detached, front cover detached. Text untrimmed. On Rives paper. Illustrated by Johnny Drevit. 11 x... 114 2012 Andy Warhol Catalog at Christie's Andy Warhol at Christie's. November 2012. In 3 parts. Folder. 10 x 15". |
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