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
| From | Increment |
| 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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| 2304 |
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(California) Dana, Richard Henry. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE OF LIFE AT SEA, NY, Harper & Br... |
40 - 80 |
6 Bids
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| 2305 |
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(The South) 2 items, incl. Kemble, Frances Anne JOURNAL OF A RESIDENCE ON A GEORGIAN PLANTATION IN 1838-1839. NY, ... |
40 - 60 |
4 Bids
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| 2306 |
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THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE, ANCIENT AND MODERN. THE FORMS OF SLAVERY THAT PREVAILED IN ANCIENT NAT... |
60 - 100 |
7 Bids
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| 2307 |
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(2 Pacific Railroad Surveys) REPORTS OF EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEYS…FOR A RAILROAD FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE PACIFI... |
80 - 150 |
14 Bids
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| 2308 |
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(Pacific Railroad Surveys) Ibid. Volume X. Washington, 1859. Large 4to, 400 + 27 + 97 + 13pp. with 28 hand colored... |
80 - 150 |
14 Bids
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| 2309 |
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(Civil War/Buchanan Administration) MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES…AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE FI... |
80 - 125 |
2 Bids
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| 2310 |
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(Lincoln/Civil War) 5 various titles related to Lincoln and his administration. THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN by JG ... |
40 - 60 |
13 Bids
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| 2311 |
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(Civil War/Lincoln) Bigelow, John. RETROSPECTIONS OF AN ACTIVE LIFE, Baker and Taylor, NY, 1909-13, 5 volumes, xiv... |
60 - 75 |
3 Bids
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| 2312 |
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(Civil War) FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED FAMOUS LEADERS AND BATTLE SCENES OF THE CIVIL WAR, NY, 1896, large folio, 5... |
60 - 100 |
1 Bid
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| 2313 |
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(Civil War)2 vols, LIFE AND DEATH IN REBEL PRISONS by Robert Kellogg, Hartford, L Stebbins, 1865, 1st ed, 400pp, i... |
40 - 50 |
6 Bids
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| 2314 |
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(Civil War/Quarryville author) BATTLE FIELD AND PRISON PEN, OR THROUGH THE WAR, AND THRICE A PRISONER IN REBEL DUN... |
20 - 50 |
15 Bids
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| 2315 |
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(Civil War) 2 items, incl. PHILADELPHIA IN THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 by Frank H Taylor, Phila, 1913, 8vo, 360pp, fol... |
40 - 50 |
1 Bid
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| 2316 |
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(Civil War) THE OLD FRANKLIN ALMANAC, Phila, Haslett & Winch, this being a bound volume of 7 consecutive almanacs ... |
60 - 75 |
7 Bids
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| 2317 |
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(Medical history of the Civil War) THE MEDICAL AND SURGICAL HISTORY OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, PART III, VOLUME ... |
100 - 200 |
6 Bids
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| 2318 |
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(Cornell University) CORNELL UNIVERSIITY A HISTORY by Waterman Thomas Hewett, NY, University Pub Society, 1905, 4t... |
20 - 50 |
1 Bid
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| 2319 |
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(Massachusetts) HISTORY OF NORTH BROOKFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. PRECEDED BY AN ACCOUNT OF OLD QUABUNG, INDIAN AND ENGL... |
40 - 60 |
3 Bids
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| 2320 |
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King, Thomas Starr. THE WHITE HILLS THEIR LEGENDS, LANDSCAPE AND POETRY by Thomas Starr King, Boston, Estes and La... |
20 - 40 |
4 Bids
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| 2321 |
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Rupp, I Daniel. HE PASA EKKLESIA AN ORIGINAL HISTORY OF THE RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS AT PRESENT EXISTING IN THE U... |
60 - 100 |
4 Bids
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| 2322 |
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(Alfred Nevin, Lancaster, PA academic and theologian) 2 items by Nevin, incl. GUIDE TO THE ORACLES; OR, THE BIBLE ... |
20 - 40 |
1 Bid
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| 2323 |
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(Theology) 2 items, incl. THE LIFE OF JOHN HENRY STILLING (Jung-Stilling, Johann Heinrich, 1740-1817), Gettysburg... |
40 - 60 |
4 Bids
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| 2323A |
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(2 American Imprints) Includes SELECT SERMONS, ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS. TAKEN FROM THE MANUSCRIPTS OF THE REV. CLAR... |
60 - 75 |
2 Bids
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| 2324 |
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(American Imprint) THE BEAUTIES OF POETRY, BRITISH AND AMERICAN: Phila, M Carey, 1791, 1st ed, viii, 244pp. 12mo, ... |
40 - 60 |
1 Bid
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| 2325 |
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(American Imprint) MISCELLANEOUS WORKS, PROSE AND POETICAL by John Blair Linn (1777-1804), NY, Thomas Greenleaf, 1... |
40 - 60 |
2 Bids
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| 2326 |
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(American Imprint) THE LETTERS OF JUNIUS. Phila, printed for Robert Campbell, 1795, 12mo, {4}, xii, 13-283, [13]p... |
40 - 60 |
1 Bid
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| 2327 |
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(2 American Imprints) Scougal, Henry. THE LIFE OF GOD,IN THE SOUL OF MAN. Phila, Ormrod and Conrad, 1795. 12mo, [6... |
60 - 80 |
6 Bids
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| 2328 |
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ENCYCLOPAEDIA; OR, A DICTIONARY OF ARTS, SCIENCES, AND MISCELLANEOUS LITERATURE; Phila, Thomas Dobson, circa 1792-... |
400 - 800 |
12 Bids
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| 2329 |
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(American Imprint) Freneau, Philip, POEMS WRITTEN AND PUBLISHED DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, Phila, Lydi... |
80 - 150 |
6 Bids
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| 2330 |
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(Early American periodical) Dennie, Joseph, ed. THE PORT FOLIO, Phila, Bradford and Inskeep, 1811. Vol 6, nos. 1-6... |
40 - 50 |
1 Bid
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| 2331 |
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(3 American imprints) incl. Gordon, James. HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR IN IRELAND: CONTAINING AND IMPARTIAL ACCOUNT ... |
40 - 60 |
5 Bids
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| 2332 |
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(Napoleon) SCOTT, SIR WALTER - THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE, EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH WITH A PRELIMINARY VIEW OF T... |
20 - 50 |
7 Bids
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| 2333 |
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(Natural Philosophy) Cheyne, George, PHILOSOPHICAL PRINCIPLES OF RELIGION. NATURAL AND REVEALED, in 2 parts, 4th e... |
40 - 80 |
8 Bids
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| 2334 |
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(Ancient Caledonians) Macpherson, John, CRITICAL DISSERTATIONS ON THE ORIGIN, ANTIQUITIES, LANGUAGE, GOVERNMENT, ... |
60 - 100 |
4 Bids
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| 2335 |
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(Netherlands, etc.) THE WORKS OF SIR WILLIAM TEMPLE, IN TWO VOLUMES. TO WHICH IS PREFIXED, THE LIFE AND CHARACTER... |
100 - 200 |
1 Bid
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| 2336 |
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(Parliamentary Debates) WORKS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, IN THIRTEEN VOLUMES, Vol XIII only (being the 2nd & last volume ... |
60 - 100 |
1 Bid
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| 2337 |
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(British Admiralty) Campbell, John, LIVES OF THE ADMIRALS AND OTHER EMINENT BRITISH SEAMEN…IN FOUR VOLUMES, 3rd e... |
60 - 100 |
8 Bids
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| 2338 |
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(Artillery/fortifications) Muller, John, A TREATISE CONTAINING THE ELEMENTARY PART OF FORTIFICATION, REGULAR AND I... |
100 - 200 |
11 Bids
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| 2339 |
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(Arms & Armour) Skelton, Joseph and Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick, ENGRAVED ILLUSTRATIONS OF ANTIENT ARMS AND ARMOUR, IN... |
200 - 400 |
8 Bids
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| 2340 |
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Wright, Marcus J., WRIGHT'S OFFICIAL HISTORY OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, Washington, War Records Office, (1900), ... |
40 - 60 |
1 Bid
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| 2341 |
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(WW I French political cartoons) Galli, Henri, L'ALBUM ZISLIN DESSINS DE GUERRE, Paris, Berger-Levrault, nd, 4to p... |
20 - 50 |
4 Bids
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| 2342 |
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(WW II Nurnberg Trials) NAZI CONSPIRACY AND AGRESSION, Washington, GPO, 1946, 8 vols., 8vo., ex-lib, bound in publ... |
60 - 100 |
3 Bids
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| 2343 |
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(Architecture/Engineering design) Johnson, William, THE PRACTICAL DRAUGHTSMAN'S BOOK OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN, AND MAC... |
60 - 100 |
5 Bids
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| 2344 |
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(Industrial Expositions) Butterworth, Benj. THE GROWTH OF INDUSTRIAL ART….Cincinnati Industrial Exposition, Southe... |
100 - 200 |
16 Bids
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| 2345 |
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REPORTS OF THE TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSES OF JULY 29, 1878, AND JANUARY 11, 1880. ISSUED BY THE UNITED STATES NAVAL OBSE... |
60 - 100 |
6 Bids
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| 2346 |
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(Flower/fruit color plates) Boardman, Rosina Cox LILLIES AND ORCHIDS, NY, Robert Grier Cooke, 1906, 4to., (vi), 2... |
20 - 50 |
10 Bids
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| 2347 |
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(Color botanical plates) ADDISONIA. COLORED ILLUSTRATIONS AND POPULAR DESCRIPTION OF PLANTS, 4to., 11 vols., being... |
160 - 300 |
15 Bids
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| 2348 |
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Downing, A. J., THE HORTICULTURIST AND JOURNAL OF RURAL ART AND RURAL TASTE, 4to., 4 vols, #'s I-IV, comprising th... |
40 - 80 |
10 Bids
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| 2349 |
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Ibid. 8 vols., New Series, Vols. I-VIII, Jan. 1851 thru Dec. 1858, same description of contents and condition as p... |
40 - 80 |
6 Bids
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| 2350 |
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(Scarce agriculture magazine) THE LANCASTER FARMER, Published Monthly under the auspices of the Lancaster County A... |
20 - 50 |
3 Bids
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| 2350A |
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(417 hand-colored Botanical plates) Andrews, H.[enry C.], (fl. 1799-1828), THE BOTANISTS REPOSITORY COMPRISING CO... |
4,000 - 8,000 |
2 Bids
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| 2351 |
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(2 Sporting Books) Long, Joseph W., AMERICAN WILD-FOWL SHOOTING. CONTAINING…INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING GUNS, BLINDS,... |
40 - 60 |
3 Bids
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