Auction details
Stephenson's Books & Ephemera Auction
2:00 PM PT - Oct 10th, 2008
offered by
Stephenson's Auction
Southampton, PA 18966

Auction Description
Auction Terms & Conditions
Buyer's Premium
15%
Bid Increments
| From | Increment |
| 0 | 5 |
| 100 | 10 |
| 500 | 25 |
| 1000 | 100 |
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Inspection: Friday, Oct 10th, 3-5PM EST
206 Items
| Lot | Description | Estimates (USD) |
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| 1151 |
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Famous Paintings of the World with an introduction by General Lew. Wallace, 1894, boards soiled |
60 - 100 |
1 Bid
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| 1152 |
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Our Globe, mid 19th C., foxing throughout, boards detached and soiled |
50 - 100 |
8 Bids
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| 1153 |
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Framed Quaker wedding certificate, 1847, Wrightstown Bucks County Pennsylvania, 26" x 22 1/2", very good condition |
100 - 200 |
3 Bids
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| 1154 |
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Music Album for the Piano, mid 19th C., leather and gilt boards, edges worn, corners bumped, spine detaching and f... |
20 - 40 |
4 Bids
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| 1155 |
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Wrought Iron and Its Decorative Use by Maxwell Ayrton and Arnold Silcock, London, 1929, boards soiled |
40 - 80 |
6 Bids
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| 1156 |
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Four volume set Abraham Lincoln, manuscript edition, 1928, uncut end papers, corners bumped |
40 - 80 |
4 Bids
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| 1157 |
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A Book of Sporting Painters, limited edition, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, with one hundred thirty-eight illustrations... |
100 - 200 |
5 Bids
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| 1158 |
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The DiMaggio Albums two volume set in slip case, with an introduction and commentaries by Joe DiMaggio, illustrat... |
40 - 80 |
2 Bids
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| 1159 |
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Pennsylvania Archives, second series, with facsimiles of charters from Charles II to William Penn, late 19th C., m... |
40 - 80 |
4 Bids
|
| 1160 |
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One lot of mid 20th C. booklets on hypnotism, mental mysteries, etc., very good overall condition |
40 - 80 |
5 Bids
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| 1161 |
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Framed indenture, 1794, county of Philadelphia, 15 1/2" x 27 1/2", cut at top, good condition |
40 - 80 |
7 Bids
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| 1162 |
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Lot of 19th & 20th C. newspapers including Paris Flirt, 1957, Frank Leslie's Chimney Corner, 1874, Godey's Lady's... |
20 - 40 |
1 Bid
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| 1163 |
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W. H. Seward's Travels Around the World, with over 200 illustrations, 1873, marbleized boards, leather corners and... |
50 - 100 |
5 Bids
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| 1164 |
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A Gallery of Famous English and American Poets, illustrated with steel engravings, 1860, leather binding, gilt dec... |
100 - 200 |
1 Bid
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| 1165 |
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Character Sketches of Romance Fiction and the Drama, four volume set by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LLP.D., 1892, c... |
200 - 400 |
3 Bids
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| 1166 |
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Complete Works of Shakespeare in three volumes, edited by Wm. Cullen Bryant, each containing one hundred photograv... |
150 - 300 |
5 Bids
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| 1167 |
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One large lot of men's health and muscle magazines, 1970's to 1990's, good condition |
40 - 80 |
2 Bids
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| 1168 |
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Scrapbook of newspapers, photo clippings, and personal account of WWII Corporal stationed in Naples, good conditio... |
200 - 400 |
27 Bids
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| 1169 |
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America issued by V.F.W., twelve volume set, 1925, cloth boards, slight chipping of spines |
50 - 100 |
1 Bid
|
| 1170 |
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Ruskins Work, twenty-four volume set, and partial set of Ruskins Works, late 19th C., cloth boards, slightly soile... |
50 - 100 |
3 Bids
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| 1171 |
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Over twenty movie theatre press books including Deliverance, good condition |
30 - 60 |
3 Bids
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| 1172 |
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One lot of early 20th C. children's books including Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Black Arrow, illustrated by N.C. Wyet... |
40 - 80 |
2 Bids
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| 1173 |
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One large lot of postcards and assorted ephemera, late 19th to early 20th C., good condition |
40 - 80 |
6 Bids
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| 1174 |
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Two books containing various city scenes of Philadelphia, etc., cloth bound, poor condition |
20 - 40 |
8 Bids
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| 1175 |
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Scale model cardboard uncut platform buildings, 1937, good condition |
20 - 40 |
1 Bid
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| 1176 |
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One large lot of approximately forty books, mid to late 19th C. including James Novels, Auriol or the Elixir of Li... |
40 - 80 |
1 Bid
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| 1177 |
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Hawthorne's Works, thirteen volume set, ex-libris, marbleized boards, marbled edges, leather spine, 1870, fair con... |
50 - 100 |
4 Bids
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| 1178 |
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Burton Holmes Lectures, eight volume set, 1905, marbled boards, leather corners and spines, AEG, good condition |
40 - 80 |
4 Bids
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| 1179 |
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Bulwer's Novels, thirty-three volume set, leather corners and spines, marbled boards, fair condition |
50 - 100 |
6 Bids
|
| 1180 |
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Stoddard's Lectures, thirteen volume set, 1911, marbled boards, leather corners and spines, chipping on spines, fa... |
20 - 40 |
4 Bids
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| 1181 |
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Konigliche Gemalde-Galerie zu Dresden, cloth boards, late 19th C., hinge cracked, spine peeled, internally clean |
50 - 100 |
1 Bid
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| 1182 |
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Covered Bridges of Berks County Pennsylvania by Fred J. Moll, printed by the Reading Eagle Press, 2001, like new, ... |
20 - 40 |
7 Bids
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| 1183 |
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One large varied lot of postcards, autograph book, Big Little books, etc., good condition |
40 - 80 |
3 Bids
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| 1184 |
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Der Ornamentenschatz ein Musterbuch, book on ornamental design, color illustrations, Stuttgart, 1897, very poor co... |
20 - 40 |
4 Bids
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| 1185 |
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Approximately eighty The Linking Ring magazines, exclusively for members of the International Brotherhood of Magi... |
100 - 200 |
1 Bid
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| 1186 |
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Two boxes of The Reading Eagle newspapers featuring historical events, and one lot of Grit newspapers, fair condit... |
50 - 100 |
1 Bid
|
| 1187 |
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Twenty -one volume set of old masters artists, in German, early 20th C. in slip cases, fair condition |
20 - 40 |
5 Bids
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| 1188 |
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One large lot of magic books including The New Book of Magic by Professor Paradise, etc., good condition |
50 - 100 |
6 Bids
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| 1189 |
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One lot of five unopened Newswheel G.I. Cartoons, #4, and nine Boy's Police Automatic popguns, unused |
40 - 80 |
5 Bids
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| 1190 |
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One lot of ephemera including Strange Fruit, early 20th C. punch cards, mid 20th C. Christmas cards, etc, very goo... |
40 - 80 |
5 Bids
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| 1191 |
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Three Treasure Chests calendars 1969, 1970, and 1971, very good condition |
40 - 80 |
3 Bids
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| 1192 |
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Fractur, birth record, printed, hand colored, Reading (Pennsylvania), 19th C. |
50 - 100 |
7 Bids
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| 1193 |
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Fractur, birth record, printed and hand written, hand colored, Reading (Pennsylvania), 1796, foxing, tears on cor... |
100 - 200 |
1 Bid
|
| 1194 |
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Fractur, birth record, printed and hand written, hand colored, Allentown (Pennsylvania), 1857, slightly soiled, s... |
50 - 100 |
1 Bid
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| 1195 |
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Document to Mr. Henry Hahn, assessor of the Borough of Reading, December 1801, wanting all names and surnames of t... |
100 - 200 |
5 Bids
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| 1196 |
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One lot of ephemera and booklets on ventriloquism, tricks, illusions, etc., very good condition |
50 - 100 |
2 Bids
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| 1197 |
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Two record album covers "Famous Calvary Riding Songs", and "Victory at Sea", with apology record album cards insid... |
20 - 40 |
1 Bid
|
| 1198 |
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One lot of magic tricks, early to mid 20th C., very good condition |
70 - 150 |
10 Bids
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| 1199 |
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One large lot of 1910's to 1920's National Geographic magazines, poor condition |
20 - 40 |
2 Bids
|
| 1200 |
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Framed scherenschnitte, dated 1908, 5 1/2" x 7 1/2", very good condition |
60 - 100 |
1 Bid
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