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5:00 AM PT - Nov 10th, 2007

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EARLY & RARE BOOKS AND RELATED ITEMS AUCTION

604 items

Lot Description Estimates
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2001
Lot 2001
(Carpets/Oriental Rugs) Bennett, Ian, RUGS & CARP

ETS OF THE WORLD, Edison, NJ, Chartwell Books, (2000), folio...

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50
2002
Lot 2002
(Native American Studies) Wren, Christopher, A ST

UDY OF NORTH APPALACHIAN INDIAN POTTERY, Wyoming Historical...

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50
2003
Lot 2003
(Clocks) Nutting, Wallace, THE CLOCK BOOK, Old Am

erica Co., Framingham, MA, (1924), 1st. ed., 8vo., 312 pp., inside...

20
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50
2004
Lot 2004
(American Decorative Arts) Failey, Dean, LONG ISL

AND IS MY NATION. THE DECORATIVE ARTS & CRAFTSMEN...

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60
2005
Lot 2005
(Pottery/Porcelain) Detweiler, Susan Gray, GEORGE

WASHINGTON'S CHINAWARE, Abrams, NY, 1982, 1st. Ed., 4to., 244 pp...

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60
2006
Lot 2006
(Victorian/Depression Glass) Revi, Albert Christi

an, AMERICAN PRESSED GLASS AND FIGURE BOTTLES, NY, Nelson...

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60
2007
Lot 2007
(Early American Glass) McKearin, Helen, AMERICAN

BOTTLES & FLASKS AND THEIR ANCESTRY, NY, Crown, 1978, 4to...

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60
2008
Lot 2008
(American Pottery) 4 items, incl. Lasanski, Jeane

tte. MADE OF MUD STONEWARE POTTERIES IN CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA...

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35
2009
Lot 2009
(Pennsylvania Pottery) 4 items, incl. Fox, Eleano

r and Edward. GAUDY DUTCH, Pottsville, PA, 1968, unpag., 16pp of...

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2010
Lot 2010
(American Pottery) THE SHENANDOAH POTTERY by AH R

ice and John Baer Stoudt, Shenandoah Pub House, Inc, Strasburg...

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60
2011
Lot 2011
(American Pottery) 5 items, incl. TULIP WARE OF T

HE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN POTTERS by Edwin Atlee Barber, Pennsylvania...

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2012
Lot 2012
(American Folk art) 6 items, incl. AMERICAN FOLK

PAINTING by Mary Black and Jean Lipman, Bramhall House, NY...

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2013
Lot 2013
(American Folk art/Sculpture) 5 items, incl. AMER

ICAN FOLK SCULPTURE by Robert Bishop, Bonanza, NY, 1985, 4to...

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2014
Lot 2014
(Pennsylvania Dutch decorative arts) 13 items, in

c OLD STUFF IN UP-COUNTRY PENNSYLVANIA by Earl Robacker, AS Barnes...

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75
2015
Lot 2015
(Pennsylvania German Decorative arts) 8 items, in

cl. CHRISTMAS IN PENNSYLVANIA by Alfred Shoemaker, Pennsylvania...

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2016
Lot 2016
(Pennsylvania Decorative Arts) 5 items, incl. ART

S AND CRAFTS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA by Margaret Schiffer...

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2017
Lot 2017
(Pennsylvania German fraktur/folk art) 4 items, i

ncl. LEWIS MILLER SKETCHES AND CHRONICLES, with intro by Donald...

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60
2018
Lot 2018
(Pennsylvania German Fraktur/folk-art) 4 titles,

incl. THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN FRAKTUR OF THE FREE LIBRARY OF...

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75
2019
Lot 2019
(Pennsylvania German Folk Art) 2 items, incl. PEN

NSYLVANIA GERMAN FOLK ART AN INTERPRETATION by John Joseph Stoudt...

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2020
Lot 2020
(Printed fraktur) 2 items, incl. THE PENNSYLVANIA

GERMAN BROADSIDE A HISTORY AND GUIDE by Don Yoder, PA State...

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50
2021
Lot 2021
Shelley, Donald. THE FRAKTUR WRITINGS OR ILLUMINA

TED MANUSCRIPTS OF THE P[ENNSYLVANIA GERMANS, Schlechter's...

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2022
Lot 2022
PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BOOKPLATES, A STUDY by Henry

Borneman, Pa German Society, Phila., 1953, 8vo, being vol. 54 of...

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2023
Lot 2023
THIS IS THE WAY I PASS MY TIME A BOOK ABOUT PENNS

YLVANIA GERMAN DECORATED HAND TOWELS by Ellen Gehret, Pa German...

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50
2024
Lot 2024
SAMPLERS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS by Tandy and

Charles Hersh, PA German Society, 1991, Birdsboro, PA, 4to, 303pp...

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125
2025
Lot 2025
(American Textiles) 5 items, SAMPLINGS. A SELECTE

D OFFERING OF ANTIQUE SAMPLERS AND NEEDLEWORK, VOL 4, a catalog of...

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60
2026
Lot 2026
(American coverlets/quilts) Anderson, Clarita S.

, AMERICAN COVERLETS AND THEIR WEAVERS, Ohio U. Press, Athens...

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60
2027
Lot 2027
Reinert, Guy F., COVERLETS OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GE

RMANS, Schlecter's, 1949, Allentown, PA, 8vo., being vol. #13 of...

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60
2028
Lot 2028
Gingerich, Melvin, MENNONITE ATTIRE THROUGH FOUR

CENTURIES, Pennsylvania German Society, Breinigsville, PA...

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50
2029
Lot 2029
(4 PA. German Folklore Society annuals) Nitzsche,

George E., THE CHRISTMAS PUTZ, + 4 other related articles...

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2030
Lot 2030
(3 PA. German Folklore Soc. Annuals) Dundore, M.

Walter, THE SAGA OF THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS IN WISCONSIN, etc...

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2031
Lot 2031
(Pennsylvania German studies) Includes 2 issues o

f the PENNSYLVANIA DUTCHMAN magazine for Winter, 1954 & Spring...

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2032
Lot 2032
(Pennsylvania German studies) Horne, A. R., PENNS

YLVANIA GERMAN MANUAL, FOR PRONOUNCING, SPEAKING AND WRITING...

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75
2033
Lot 2033
(5 Penna. German Society annuals) Burger, Annette

K., EIGHTEENTH CENTURY EMIGRANTS FROM GERMAN-SPEAKING LANDS TO...

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75
2034
Lot 2034
(6 Penna German Society Annuals) Buffington, Albe

rt F. THE REICHARD COLLECTION OF EARLY PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN...

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60
2035
Lot 2035
(Conrad Weiser) Graeff, Arthur. CONRAD WEISER PEN

NSYLVANIA PEACEMAKER, Penna. German Folklore Soc, #8, Allentown...

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2036
Lot 2036
(3 Pennsylvania Barn related items) Dornbusch, Ch

arles H. PENNSYLVANIA GERMAN BARNS, Penna German Folklore Soc...

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2037
Lot 2037
(American Metal work) TO DRAW, UPSET, & WELD. THE

WORK OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RURAL BLACKSMITH 1742-1935, by Jeannette...

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75
2039
Lot 2039
(American Iron and Brass) IRON AND BRASS IMPLEMEN

TS OF THE ENGLISH AND AMERICAN HOUSE by J. Seymour Lindsay, Carl...

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60
2040
Lot 2040
THE CONESTOGA SIX-HORSE BELL TEAMS OF EASTERN PEN

NSYLVANIA by John Omwake, Cincinnati, Ebbert & Richardson...

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80
2041
Lot 2041
(Cookery/cider making) 3 items, incl. PRESBYTERIA

N COOK BOOK, compiled by the ladies of the First Presbyterian...

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2042
Lot 2042
(The kitchen/the home/the farm) EARLY AMERICAN FI

REPLACES by Paul Ladd, Hastings House, NY, 1977, 4to, 192pp...

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60
2043
Lot 2043
(American furniture) AMERICAN FURNITURE 1620 TO T

HE PRESENT by Elizabeth Bates and Jonathan Fairbanks, Richard...

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60
2044
Lot 2044
Catalog of WALLACE NUTTING FURNITURE, RUGS, AND I

RON by Nutting, Pubd. by the author, Framingham, 1927, 8vo, 8pp...

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2045
Lot 2045
(early American Furniture) THE PHILADELPHIA CHAIR

1685-1785 by Joseph Kindig, Hist Soc of York Co, 1978, sq 8vo...

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2046
Lot 2046
DECORATED FURNITURE OF THE MAHANTONGO VALLEY by H

enry Reed, Bucknell U, Lewisburg, 1987, 4to, 93pp, color pictorial...

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2047
Lot 2047
(Toys) THE COLLECTOR'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF METAL TOYS

by Richard O'Neill, Crescent Books, NY, 1988, 4to, 320pp...

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60
2048
Lot 2048
(Misc antique reference) ANTIQUE COLLECTING MAGAZ

INE, 17 various issues of this scarce magazine published by...

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2049
Lot 2049
(Pennsylvania/American history) PENNSYLVANIA BEAU

TIFUL by Wallace Nutting, Old America Co, Framingham, 1924, 4to...

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2050
Lot 2050
(Schuylkill County, PA) BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES OF PIN

E GROVE, 1841-1916 by Capt JW Barr, printed by Anderson and Reber...

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2051
Lot 2051
HISTORY OF PINE GROVE SCHUYLKILL COUNTY PENNSYLVA

NIA by George Haas, Pottsville, PA 1935, 8vo, 338pp + index, VG in...

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