Auction details
EARLY & RARE BOOKS AND RELATED ITEMS AUCTION
6:00 AM PT - Nov 10th, 2007
offered by
Conestoga Auction Company
Manheim, PA 17545
Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
17%
Bid Increments
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| 0 | 10 |
| 200 | 25 |
| 500 | 50 |
| 1000 | 100 |
| 3000 | 250 |
| 5000 | 500 |
| 15000 | 1000 |
| 50000 | 5000 |
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PREVIEW: Friday, November 9 from 4:00 - 7:00 PM and Day of Sale from 8:00 AM
604 Items
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| 2203 |
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(Art periodical) THE ALDINE, THE ART JOURNAL OF AMERICA. Volume 7 only, but 2 years (24 issues) 1874-75. Folio, 4... |
80 - 125 |
16 Bids
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| 2204 |
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(Art periodical) THE ALDINE, THE ART JOURNAL OF AMERICA. Volume 8, 1876-77 (24 issues). Folio, 382pp. This was the... |
60 - 100 |
8 Bids
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| 2205 |
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(Color fashion plates) bound volume of THE NEW YORK FASHION BAZAR, vol. XI, #124 for January, 1890 through #137 fo... |
40 - 50 |
12 Bids
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| 2206 |
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(2 almanacs) THE AMERICAN ANNUAL OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND PHOTOGRAPHIC TIMES, AN ALMANAC FOR 1898. ed by Walter Woodbury... |
20 - 50 |
4 Bids
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| 2207 |
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(Rowlandson color plates) Combe, William. THE TOUR OF DOCTOR SYNTAX IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE. (To the Lakes), ... |
20 - 50 |
6 Bids
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| 2208 |
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SINAI by Neil Folberg. Large folio, scarce 1983 portfolio of reproductions of 12 color photographs + 1 leaf of exp... |
60 - 100 |
3 Bids
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| 2209 |
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Chaucer, Geoffrey. THE WORKS OF….A facsimile of the William Morris Kelmscott Chaucer with the original 87 illustra... |
40 - 80 |
3 Bids
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| 2210 |
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Johnson, Merle, comp. HOWARD PYLE'S BOOK OF PIRATES. Harper & Bros, NY and London, 1921. Small folio. Code k-v on ... |
40 - 80 |
4 Bids
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| 2211 |
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(4 illus by Barry Moser) Handel, George Frideric. MESSIAH. Willa Perlman Books, first ed. 4to, color illus, signed... |
60 - 75 |
3 Bids
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| 2212 |
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(4 illus by Barry Moser) Carroll, Lewis. ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. Harcourt, NY, 1982, 1st ed, 4to, gloss... |
60 - 75 |
3 Bids
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| 2213 |
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Yolen, Jane SKY DOGS. Harcourt, San Diego, 1990, stated first, 4to, in a cloth slipcase. Limited to 250 numbered ... |
40 - 80 |
4 Bids
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| 2214 |
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Wharton, Edith. THE BOOK OF THE HOMELESS. NY, Scribner's, 1916. 1st ed, 4to, bound in ¼ rust cloth with laid paper... |
20 - 50 |
6 Bids
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| 2215 |
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(Canterbury Tales) THE ELLESMERE CHAUCER REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE. Manchester, 1911. Folio portfolio housed in full... |
40 - 80 |
15 Bids
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| 2216 |
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Mackay, William J. CLASSIC SHOREBIRD DECOYS A PORTFOLIO OF PAINTINGS BY MILTON C WEILER. Winchester Press, NY, 197... |
80 - 150 |
12 Bids
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| 2217 |
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Drinkwater, John and Albert Rutherston. CLAUDE LOVAT FRASER. With representative examples of his work reproduced i... |
40 - 80 |
9 Bids
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| 2218 |
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Drinkwater, John. AMERICAN VIGNETTES 1860-1865. Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1931. Tall 4to, limited to 385 numbered ... |
20 - 50 |
2 Bids
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| 2219 |
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Joyce, James. ULYSSES A FACSIMILE OF THE MANUSCRIPT. With critical intro by Harry Levin and a bibliographical pref... |
20 - 50 |
9 Bids
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| 2220 |
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(New York Paleontology) Hall, James. PALAEONTOLOGY OF NEW-YORK Vol 1. Albany, 1847, 4to, complete with all text a... |
80 - 125 |
9 Bids
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| 2221 |
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Nichols, John and George Steevens. THE GENUINE WORKS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH. Illus with biographical anecdotes, a chro... |
80 - 150 |
13 Bids
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| 2222 |
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(Heritage Press editions) 13 Heritage Press Editions of English literature, all in very good condition, 7 with sli... |
40 - 50 |
4 Bids
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| 2223 |
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(Lancaster County/Amish) 11 titles, including Wood. CONESTOGA CROSSROADS LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA 1730-1790, PA His... |
60 - 75 |
4 Bids
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| 2224 |
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(PA History) 8 titles, 4 pertain to history of York County, incl. GREATER YORK IN ACTION by Lynn Taub, York Area C... |
40 - 50 |
3 Bids
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| 2225 |
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(American Revolution) Johnson, Amandus. SWEDISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO AMERICAN FREEDOM 1776-1783. 2 vols, Swedish Colo... |
40 - 80 |
3 Bids
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| 2226 |
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(Book Price Guides) 3 titles, including BOOK PRICES: USED AND RARE, 1997 and NBOOK PRICES: USED AND RARE, 1998, ED... |
20 - 35 |
1 Bid
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| 2227 |
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(Book Price Guides) A Run of AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT (Bancroft-Parkman, Inc, NY, 1976), includes the years 19... |
100 - 300 |
4 Bids
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| 2228 |
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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE STATE OF OHIO. BEING A CATALOGUE OF THE BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS RELATING TO THE HISTORY OF THE S... |
20 - 50 |
3 Bids
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| 2230 |
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(Ornithology) 7 titles incl. BIRDS OF AMERICA by T. Gilbert Pearson, Garden City Pub Co, 1917, 4to, 289pp. Some e... |
40 - 75 |
5 Bids
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| 2231 |
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(Limited/leather) THE WORKS OF TOBIAS SMOLLETT, Phila, John D Morris, 1902. St. Edmunds edition de luxe, lim to 10... |
20 - 50 |
10 Bids
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| 2232 |
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(Uncle Tom's Cabin) Stowe, Harriet Beecher. A KEY TO UNCLE TOM'S CABIN;… John P Jewett & Co, Boston. Etc, 1853. [1... |
100 - 200 |
5 Bids
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| 2233 |
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(Harriet Beecher Stowe first edition) SUNNY MEMORIES OF FOREIGN LANDS, illus from designs by Hammatt Billings. Phi... |
60 - 100 |
4 Bids
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| 2234 |
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(Oliver Wendell Holmes first novel) ELSIE VENNER: A ROMANCE OF DESTINY, Boston, Ticknor and Fields, 1861, first ed... |
60 - 100 |
2 Bids
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| 2235 |
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THE POETICAL WORKS OF WILLIAM WORDSWORTH A NEW EDITION IN SIX VOLUMES, Edward Moxon, London, 1836-37, 12mo, bound ... |
40 - 50 |
4 Bids
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| 2236 |
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(6 various Victorian firsts in Publisher's decorated cloth) Kingston, WHG. A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD. A BOOK FOR B... |
40 - 50 |
7 Bids
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| 2237 |
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(19th century literature) THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER translated into English Blank Verse by William Cullen Bryant. James... |
60 - 75 |
4 Bids
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| 2238 |
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(11 poetry firsts and others, some signed) Pennypacker, Isaac R. THE SNOW-SHOE TRAIL AND OTHER POEMS, Sower, Phila... |
60 - 75 |
4 Bids
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| 2239 |
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(Lloyd Mifflin, etc) THE YELLOW BOOK AN ILLUSTRATED QUARTERLY, Vol 13, April 1897. John Lane, The Bodley Head, NY.... |
60 - 75 |
7 Bids
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| 2240 |
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(6 various literary firsts) Day, Clarence. LIFE WITH MOTHER, NY, Knopf, 1937, first ed, large paper copy printed o... |
40 - 60 |
3 Bids
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| 2241 |
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(6 Elsie Singmaster's {3 signed}) KELLER'S ANNA RUTH, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1926, first ed, library pocket at ... |
40 - 50 |
2 Bids
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| 2242 |
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(Scarce signed Elsie Singmaster) SWORDS OF STEEL THE STORY OF A GETTYSBURG BOY, with illus by David Hendrickson, ... |
60 - 100 |
1 Bid
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| 2243 |
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(First issue) Hemingway, Ernest. FAREWELL TO ARMS, NY, Scribner's, 1929, first issue, lacking the notice/legal dis... |
60 - 100 |
6 Bids
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| 2244 |
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(Scarce first in dust jacket) Williams, Tennessee. STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE. New Directions, 1947, no other printing... |
100 - 200 |
16 Bids
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| 2245 |
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(Nast-like plates) THE VISIT OF ST. NICHOLAS (THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS) McLoughlin Bros, NY, n.d. ca 1869, illus... |
40 - 60 |
3 Bids
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| 2246 |
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(Gustave Dore, 6 vols) Michaud. HISTORY OF THE CRUSADES, illus with 100 grand compositions by Gustave Dore, Phila,... |
60 - 100 |
7 Bids
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| 2247 |
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(Rackham-Pyle) Irving, Washington. THE SKETCH-BOOK, Putnam's, NY, 1897, 8vo, 2 vols, bound in heavily gilt stamped... |
40 - 60 |
11 Bids
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| 2248 |
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(Maxfield Parrish) Field, Eugene. POEMS OF CHILDHOOD, Scribner's, NY, 1904, first or early printing with no later ... |
60 - 100 |
4 Bids
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| 2249 |
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(3 Victorian folios) LAMIA by John Keats, Lippincott, Phila, 1885, this being the deluxe large paper folio edition... |
40 - 60 |
6 Bids
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| 2250 |
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(Roycroft. Private Press, etc) Includes 5 various volumes of The Philistine (vol. 11 (1900), vol. 13, 15, 17 (190... |
40 - 60 |
4 Bids
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| 2251 |
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(Engraved monograms) THE ALPHABET OF MONOGRAMS COMPRISING UPWARDS OF 500 DESIGNS FOR THE USE OF ENGRAVERS, ENAMELL... |
80 - 150 |
6 Bids
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| 2252 |
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(Illustrated French periodical). LE MAGASIN PITTORESQUE, 1834-36, Paris, Aux Bureaux D'Abonnement et de vente, 4to... |
20 - 50 |
5 Bids
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| 2253 |
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(Scarce children's periodical) THE PLAYMATE. A PLEASANT COMPANION FOR SPARE HOURS by Joseph Cundall (1818-1895) Cr... |
20 - 50 |
3 Bids
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