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SOLOMON GUGGENHEIM’S 1757 LIFE OF MOHAMET.

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Potsdam, NY, United States

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From Bixby’s Library, including OCTOPUS bookplates: 7 vols. Two 1890s “American Series” paperbacks bound together (without orig. wraps) in one volume by George F. Moritz of St. Louis (with his printed ticket affixed to front endpaper),

0523: From Bixby’s Library, including OCTOPUS bookplatesEst. $25-$50

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Bixby’s UNIQUE & RARE Travels, Lizzie McMillan, &c: 3 vols. William K. Bixby’s LARGE (circa 1890-1903) FOLIO ALBUM (18.25 x 13.25 inches, bulking 2.5 inches) containing 124 large commercially vended European travel photographs (real

0524: Bixby’s UNIQUE & RARE Travels, Lizzie McMillan, &cEst. $150-$300

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Five more William K. Bixby Rareties.: 5 volumes. Franklin Club (St. Louis, Mo.). Catalogue of Bookbindings exhibited by The Franklin Club at the St. Louis Artists’ Guild Rooms From December 3d to December 6th 1909. Duodecimo, 22

0525: Five more William K. Bixby Rareties.Est. $25-$50

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William K. Bixby Ephemera, Family Photos, etc.: 18 pieces. Printed ephemera, a club volume, home decorating volumes, Mohican Point (Lake George) items, all related one way or the other to W. K. Bixby or his family in St. Louis or upstate New York.

0526: William K. Bixby Ephemera, Family Photos, etc.Est. $20-$40

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Incomplete sets: Bixby’s Burr Journals & Shelley: 3 vols. Burr, Aaron. The Private Journal ... Reprinted in full from the original manuscript in the library of Mr. William K. Bixby of St. Louis, Mo. with ... explanatory notes, and a glossary.

0527: Incomplete sets: Bixby’s Burr Journals & ShelleyEst. $15-$30

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Barrie’s PETER PAN, the D’Aulaire’s OLA, etc.: 18 Vols. Barrie, J. M. Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens... With Drawings by Arthur Rackham. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1906. “Published December, 1906”. Large octavo, orig.

0528: Barrie’s PETER PAN, the D’Aulaire’s OLA, etc.Est. $15-$30

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Fine Czech printing and binding, 1913-1934, etc: 14 volumes. Borovsky, Karel Havlicek. Brixenske Basne. Tyrolske Elegie. Krest. Svateho Vladimira. Kral Lavra. Fragmenty. Roudnici, 1913. Duodecimo, orig. gilt-stamped simulated vellum. Orig. box.

0529: Fine Czech printing and binding, 1913-1934, etcEst. $50-$100

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Mary Livermore, Harriet Hosmer, Margaret Fuller: 3 vols. Duyckinck, Evert A. Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America. New York: Johnson, Wilson and Co., (1873). 2 VOLUMES, QUARTO (11 x 9 inches, bulking altogether 5.5

0530: Mary Livermore, Harriet Hosmer, Margaret FullerEst. $30-$60

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Mary Gardner’s Rhymes & A’Beckett’s Comic Hists: 5 vols. Gardner, Mary Russell. English History in Rhyme. New Haven: The Stafford Printing Co., 1884. Duodecimo, 38 pp., orig. gilt-stamped pebbled russet cloth. Very good used copy, front endpaper

0531: Mary Gardner’s Rhymes & A’Beckett’s Comic HistsEst. $25-$50

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Freewill Bapists, Mormons, Shakers, etc., in 1844.: Rupp, I. Daniel (editor). An Original History of the Religious Denominations at Present Existing in the United States. Philadelphia: J. Y. Humphreys; Harrisburg: Clyde and Williams, 1844. Octavo,

0532: Freewill Bapists, Mormons, Shakers, etc., in 1844.Est. $25-$50

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Hardin’s 1893 HERKIMER COUNTY & 1860 NY GAZETTEER.: 2 vols. French, J. H. Gazetteer of the State of New York. Syracuse: R. Pearsall Smith, 1860. Large octavo, orig. gilt-stamped leather-backed cloth boards, engraved steel plates, lacks folding map.

0533: Hardin’s 1893 HERKIMER COUNTY & 1860 NY GAZETTEER.Est. $50-$100

Greene’s HUDSON VALLEY RIVER OF DESTINY & another.: 8 vols. Greene, Nelson (editor). History of the Valley of the Hudson, River of Destiny, 1609-1930. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1931. 5 VOLUMES, large octavo, orig. gilt-stamped cloth, top

0534: Greene’s HUDSON VALLEY RIVER OF DESTINY & another.Est. $100-$200Lot Passed

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Revolution: Minutes, Albany Committee of Corr.: 2 vols. Sullivan, James (editor). Minutes of the Albany Committee of Correspondence 1775-1778 (and) Minutes of the Schenectady Committee 1775-1779. Albany: Univ. of the State of New York, 1923. 2

0535: Revolution: Minutes, Albany Committee of Corr.Est. $20-$40

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Weise’s Albany (1884), 1917 Albany DIRECTORY, etc: 5 vols. Weise, Arthur J. The History of The City of Albany, New York. Albany: E. H. Bender, 1884. Octavo, orig. dark green cloth decorated in gold and black. Inner joints tender (one amateurishly

0536: Weise’s Albany (1884), 1917 Albany DIRECTORY, etcEst. $40-$80

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Two bound volumes and three paperbacks on Albany: 5 vols. Bolton, Theodore, and Irwin Cortelyou. Ezra Ames of Albany, Portrait Painter ... 1768-1836. New York: New-York Historical Society, 1955. Octavo, orig. cloth. Number added then effaced from

0537: Two bound volumes and three paperbacks on AlbanyEst. $20-$40

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Weise’s Troy (1876 and 1891) and Troy’s Irish.: 6 vols. Title: Representative Young IRISH-AMERICANS of Troy, N.Y. (Troy: From the Press of E. H. Lisk), 1889. Octavo, orig. gilt-stamped dark cloth. Binding edges and front inner hinge rough, else

0538: Weise’s Troy (1876 and 1891) and Troy’s Irish.Est. $50-$100

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Troy & Cohoes DIRECTORIES 1901 & 1916, Masten, etc: 5 vols. Filley, Dorothy M. Recapturing Wisdom’s Valley: The Watervliet Shaker Heritage, 1755-1975. Colonie: Published by the town ... and the Albany Institute of History and Art, (1975). Small

0539: Troy & Cohoes DIRECTORIES 1901 & 1916, Masten, etcEst. $40-$80

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Rensselaer County Histories, 1880 and 1897: 2 volumes. Sylvester, Nathaneiel B. History of Rensselaer Co,. New York, with illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers. Philadelphia: Everts & Peck, 1880. Large

0540: Rensselaer County Histories, 1880 and 1897Est. $75-$150

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Champlain Tercentenery Report, Saratoga Co., etc.: 3 vols. Hill, Henry W. The Champlain Tercentenery: Report of the New York Lake Champlain Tercentenery Commission. Albany: J. B. Lyon Co., State Printers, 1911. MASSIVE OCTAVO, xiv, 534 pp. + plates,

0541: Champlain Tercentenery Report, Saratoga Co., etc.Est. $20-$40

Holland Society of New York Yearbooks 1886 & 1919: 2 vols. Year Book of the Holland Society of New-York, 1886-87. (New York: The De Vinne Press, 1887. Tall octavo, orig. black-cloth-backed orange boards printed in black. Binding slightly

0542: Holland Society of New York Yearbooks 1886 & 1919Est. $20-$40Lot Passed

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Original Worlds Fair volumes of 1876 and 1893: 2 vols. McCabe, James D. The Illustrated History of the Centennial Exhibition held in commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence. Philadelphia: National Publishing Co.,

0543: Original Worlds Fair volumes of 1876 and 1893Est. $20-$40

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African and African-American ART, and one other.: 3 vols. Schmalenbach, Werner. African Art, with 131 illustrations and sixteen color plates. New York: Thomas Yoseloff, (1960). Tall quarto, orig. cloth, dust jacket. Dust jacket torn, else very

0544: African and African-American ART, and one other.Est. $20-$40

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Guichenon, Histoire Genealogique de Savoie: VOLUME 3 ONLY: Guichenon, Samuel. Histoire Genealogique de la Royale Maison de Savoie ... Nouvelle Edition ... TOME TROISIEME. Turin: chez Jean-Michel Briolo, Imprimeur-Libraire pres le Clocher de S.

0545: Guichenon, Histoire Genealogique de SavoieEst. $125-$250

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0546: Scenes from Every Land (1893) and of Paris (1831).Est. $20-$40

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