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EARLY & RARE BOOKS AND RELATED ITEMS AUCTION
6:00 AM PT - Nov 10th, 2007

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Manheim, PA 17545
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604 Items

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2254 Lot 2254

(Illustrated Newspaper) GLEASON'S PICTORIAL, volume 6, Jan 7-July 1, 1854, large folio bound volume of 6 months of...

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2255 Lot 2255

(Bound Puck, Judge, Verdict Magazines) This is a randomly bound volume of mostly PUCK and JUDGE magazines, beginn...

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2256 Lot 2256

(2 bound Phila Public Ledger Sunday Pictorial Supplement Sections, WWI content) The first bound volume is a small ...

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2257 Lot 2257

(3 rare print portfolios by Seymour Eaton) CHARLES DICKENS RARE PRINT COLLECTION, RG Kennedy and Co, Phila, 1900, ...

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2258 Lot 2258

(3 various portfolios) ARTE BARROCO DE MADRID by Antonio Prast and Julio Bustos, M Bayes, Barcelona, 1918, vol. 1...

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2259 Lot 2259

(French Empire folio) INNENDECORATIONEN MOEBEL UND GERAETHE by C. Percier and PFL Fontiane, new edition (1930), Be...

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2260 Lot 2260

Hessling, Egon and Waldemar. LE VIEUX PARIS RECUEIL DE VUES DE SES MONUMENTS (STYLES LOUIS XII ET FRANCOIS I). Wil...

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2261 Lot 2261

(History of writing portfolio) Williams, Henry Smith. MANUSCRIPTS, INSCRIPTIONS, AND MUNIMENTS, ORIENTAL, CLASSICA...

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2262 Lot 2262

(French Art) Viardot, Louis. MASTERPIECES OF FRENCH ART, Phila, Gebbie & Co, 1881, elephant folio, "Imperial Editi...

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2263 Lot 2263

(Stephen Foster sheet music) Foster, Stephen Collins (1826-1864). SONGS COMPOSITIONS AND ARRANGEMENTS (Foster Hall...

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2264 Lot 2264

Byne, Arthur and Mildred Stapley. SPANISH INTERIORS AND FURNITURE, William Helburn, NY, 1921-22, 2 vols, complete,...

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2265 Lot 2265

(Tuscany Architecture) RENAISSANCE ITALIENNE ARCHITECTURE TOSCANE PALAIS, MAISONS, EGLISES ET AUTRES EDIFICES PUBL...

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2266 Lot 2266

(Spanish Decorative Arts) DIE BAUKUNST SPANIENS DARGESTELLT IN IHREN HERVORRAGENDSTEN WERKEN by Cornelius Gurlitt,...

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2267 Lot 2267

(Penna History) 2 items, incl. Armstrong, Edward, ed. MEMOIRS OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Vol 1, Ph...

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2268 Lot 2268

(Penna History) THE PICTORIAL SKETCH-BOOK OF PENNSYLVANIA OR ITS SCENERY, INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS, RESOURCES, AND AG...

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2269 Lot 2269

(Penna History) 2 items, incl. ANNALS OF PENNSYLVANIA FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE DELAWARE (1609-1682) by Samuel Haz...

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2270 Lot 2270

(Penna History) 2 items, Gordon, Thomas F. THE HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA…TO THE DECLARATION ON INDEPENDENCE IN 1776....

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2271 Lot 2271

(Penna theology) 2 scarce titles by Rev. SS Hotchkin, COUNTRY CLERGY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Phila, Ziegler & Co, 1890, 1...

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2272 Lot 2272

(Philadelphia) 2 titles, incl. Watson, John F. and Willis P Hazard. ANNALS OF PHILADELPHIA AND PENNSYLVANIA IN THE...

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2273 Lot 2273

(Philadelphia) PHILADELPHIA AND ITS MANUFACTURES: A HAND-BOOK EXHIBITING THE DEVELOPMENT, VARIETY, AND STATISTICS ...

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2274 Lot 2274

(1st history of Pennsylvania) Proud, Robert. THE HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA IN NORTH AMERICA, 2 vols, Phila, Poulson...

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2275 Lot 2275

(World history and travel) 4 items, incl. THE OLDEST AND THE NEWEST EMPIRE: CHINA AND THE UNITED STATES by William...

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2276 Lot 2276

(South America)THE ISLANDS OF TITICACA AND KOATI by Adolph Bandelier, NY, Hispanic Society of America, 1910, 4to,...

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2277 Lot 2277

(India) THE HISTORY OF THE INDIAN MUTINY:…by Charles Ball. London Printing and Pub Co, London, nd, ca 1850s, 4to 2...

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2278 Lot 2278

(England) 2 titles, ANNALS OF THE PARISH OF LESMAHAGOW by JB Greenshields, Edinburgh, Caledonian Press, 1864, 4to,...

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2279 Lot 2279

(French history) 2 items, incl. THE HUGUENOTS IN FRANCE AFTER THE REVOCATION OF THE EDICT OF NANTES; WITH A VISIT...

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2280 Lot 2280

Stanley, Henry M. IN DARKEST AFRICA, NY, Scribners, 1890, 8vo, 2 vols, ex-lib, bound in pub black and gilt decorat...

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2281 Lot 2281

Stanley, Herny M. MY KALULU, PRINCE, KING, AND SLAVE: A STORY OF CENTRAL AFRICA, NY, Scribner, Armstorng and Co, 1...

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2282 Lot 2282

(Panama Canal) Bennett, Ira E. HISTORY OF THE PANAMA CANAL ITS CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDERS, Historical Pub Co, Washi...

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2283 Lot 2283

Gilliss, Lieut. JM. THE U.S. NAVAL ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE DURING THE YEARS 1849-'50-'5...

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2284 Lot 2284

Lacroix, Paul. THE ARTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES AT THE PERIOD OF THE RENAISSANCE, Chapman and Hall, London, 1870, 4to, ...

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2285 Lot 2285

Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron. THE PILGRIMS OF THE RHINE, London, Saunders and Otley, 1834, xxxvi, 341pp. 8v...

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2286 Lot 2286

(Middle East) MYCENAE; A NARRATIVE OF RESEARCHES AND DISCOVERIES AT MYCANAE AND TIRYNS by Heinrich (Henry) Schlie...

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2287 Lot 2287

(3 Arctic items) Byrd, Richard E. ALONE, Putnam's, NY, 1938, 1st ed, 8vo, ex-lib, blue cloth, signed on ffep by By...

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2288 Lot 2288

(Arctic) 2 items, Kane, Elisha Kent. THE UNITED STATES GRINNELL EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, Phila, ...

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2289 Lot 2289

(2 Pennsylvania Pioneers) Hartley, Cecil B. LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF LEWIS WETZEL, THE VIRGINIA RANGER TO WHICH ARE...

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2290 Lot 2290

(Benjamin Franklin) 2 titles, MEMOIRS OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN WRITTEN BY HIMSELF AND CONTINUED BY HIS GRANDSON AND OT...

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2291 Lot 2291

(2 Colonial leaders) Barton, William. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF DAVID RITTENHOUSE, Phila, Edward Parker, 1814, 1st e...

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2292 Lot 2292

(American Revolution) 3 titles, incl. Langworthy, Edward. MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE CHARLES LEE, ESQ., NY, ...

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2293 Lot 2293

(American Revolution) 2 items, A NEW AMERICAN BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY; OR, REMEMBRANCER OF THE DEPARTED HEROES, SA...

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2294 Lot 2294

(American Revolution) Lossing, Benson J. PICTORIAL FIELD-BOOK OF THE REVOLUTION, NY, Harper and Bros, 1855, 2 vols...

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2295 Lot 2295

(American Revolution) Force, Peter, AMERICAN ARCHIVES: FOURTH SERIES A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES...

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2296 Lot 2296

(American Revolution) Force, Peter. AMERICAN ARCHIVES: FOURTH SERIES….(see preceding entry) VOL. III, ,1840. cxxi,...

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2297 Lot 2297

(American Revolution) Force, Peter. AMERICAN ARCHIVES: FOURTH SERIES…VOLUME V, April, 1844. cxi, 1759pp. Contents ...

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2298 Lot 2298

(War of 1812) Clark, Thomas. SKETCHES OF THE NAVAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE REVOL...

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2299 Lot 2299

(War of 1812) THE HISTORICAL REGISTER OF THE UNITED STATES PART II FOR 1814 edited by TH Palmer, Vol IV, Phila, G ...

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2300 Lot 2300

THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF KIT CARSON, THE NESTOR OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. By De Witt C. Peters, NY, WRC Clark and ...

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2301 Lot 2301

LIFE OF DANIEL BOONE, THE GREAT WESTERN HUNTER AND PIONEER by Cecil B. Hartley, Phila, John E Potter and CO, 1865....

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2302 Lot 2302

(early American travel and history) A HISTORY OF NEW YORK, FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD TO THE END OF THE DUTC...

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2303 Lot 2303

(American Naval) 2 items, incl. DECK AND PORT: OR, INCIDENTS OF A CRUISE IN THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE CONGRESS TO ...

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