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More outstanding Antiquarian Books & Ephemera(including photographs) featuring Fishing/Angling & Alaska/Klondike. Other Noteworthy Books & Ephemera on Slavery, Arctic, Travel/Adventure, signed Eugene Field, hand-penned & colored poems and love letters from 18th & 19th century, 1700’s CT local history ephemera and more!

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The Compete Works of Washington Irving: The Compete Works of Washington Irving in One Volume, with a Memoir of the Author, Irving, Washington, Paris Baudry"s European Library, 1834 Hardcover VG, marbled boards, black leather, raised band

1097: The Compete Works of Washington IrvingEst. $350-$450Lot Passed

The Love-Game Comedy, Stevenson: The Love-Game Comedy, Stevenson, David Lloyd, Columbia Univ. Press, NY, 1946. "Number 164 of the Columbia University Studies in English and Comparative Literature" Half-leather & peach cloth boards,

1098: The Love-Game Comedy, StevensonEst. $30-$60Lot Passed

Widow Julia, Fekete-Csovanyos: Widow Julia, Fekete-Csovanyos, Margaret, Paebar Company : USA, 1948. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Gift inscription & signed by author.

1099: Widow Julia, Fekete-CsovanyosEst. $40-$80Lot Passed

Works of the British Dramatists: Works of the British Dramatists: Carefully Selected From the Best Editions, with Copious Notes, Biographies, and a Historical Introduction, Keltie, John S., William P. Nimmo, Edinburgh, 1870.

1100: Works of the British DramatistsEst. $100-$200Lot Passed

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Eugene Field: Proof Sheets of Casey's Table D'Hot: Eugene Field: Proof Sheets of Casey's Table D'Hote, Original Manuscript. Late 1800's?. In red leather boards. The proof sheet is mounted on one page of a scrapbook-like binding, with several blank

1101: Eugene Field: Proof Sheets of Casey's Table D'HotEst. $150-$350

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Musical Poems Dedicated to Little Children: Musical Poems Dedicated to Little Children for School, Kindergarten and Home. Field, Eugene; Music by Caro S. Senour, Chicago: The Faunt Le Roy Music Co., 1896. No Edition Indicated Hardback quarto,

1102: Musical Poems Dedicated to Little ChildrenEst. $75-$150Lot Passed

The Little Wise One, Worthington: The Little Wise One, Worthington, Frank. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1932 Illustrated by author. 142 pgs, cloth. African versions of the Brer Rabbit or Hare (Little Wise One) stories collected by the

1103: The Little Wise One, WorthingtonEst. $25-$50Lot Passed

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Under the Window, Greenaway, Kate: Under the Window, Greenaway, Kate, ND, 4to (over 9 3/4' - 12") Pictorial cover. Delightful Greenaway book, her first book of both writing & illustrating. Glazed pictorial boards over blue-green

1104: Under the Window, Greenaway, KateEst. $50-$100

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The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater: The Confessions of an English Opium-Eater, Being an Extract from the Life of a Scholar, De Quincey, Thomas, edited by Arthur Beatty, The MacMillan Co., NY, 1907. HC, red cloth, 12mo, silver title on

1105: The Confessions of an English Opium-EaterEst. $50-$100Lot Passed

Some Colonial Mansions: Some Colonial Mansions and Those Who Lived In Them, second series, Glenn, Thomas Allen, Henry T. Coates & Co., Philadelphia, 1900. Green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration.Heavily illustrated,

1106: Some Colonial MansionsEst. $75-$150Lot Passed

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Glimpses of the San Francisco Disaster: Glimpses of the San Francisco Disaster, Laird & Lee, Chicago 1906 1st ed., 1906. 96 unnumbered pages each w photo and caption. Cover illustration of people fleeing a burning building. Wraps, includes

1107: Glimpses of the San Francisco DisasterEst. $25-$50

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Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology: Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1905-1906, Washington Government Printing Office 1911, HC, green cloth with gold

1108: Report of the Bureau of American EthnologyEst. $150-$250Lot Passed

The Story of the Steinways, Hubbard: The Story of the Steinways, Hubbard, Elbert, Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1926. In wraps, 32pp. Story of the Steinway piano family. Mild soiling, chipping to edges. Good+

1109: The Story of the Steinways, HubbardEst. $20-$40Lot Passed

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Ephemera Lot # 5: French Hand-penned Love Letter: Ephemera Lot # 5: French Hand-penned Love Letter. by Robert La Vieville to Catherine ?? his sweetheart whom he married afterwards. 27 lines surrounded by a hand-drawn (hand illuminated) and colored

1110: Ephemera Lot # 5: French Hand-penned Love LetterEst. $200-$500See Sold Price

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Ephemera Lot # 6A: Dutch? Hand-penned Letter: Ephemera Lot # 6A: Dutch? Hand-penned Letter with hand-inked decorative border of animal and religious designs, bottom reads Joannes en Lambertus Besselinck, anno 1771, very good condition, no tears,

1111A: Ephemera Lot # 6A: Dutch? Hand-penned LetterEst. $150-$300See Sold Price

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Ephemera Lot # 6B: Dutch? Hand-penned Letter: Ephemera Lot # 6B: Hand-penned Dutch Poem by Koenraad Jans Prank, fabulously elaborate border art hand-colored with scenes of Dutch life and peoples, archway with columns framing page, very

1111B: Ephemera Lot # 6B: Dutch? Hand-penned LetterEst. $150-$300

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Ephemera Lot # 7: Dutch Love? Poem: Ephemera Lot # 7: Dutch Love? Poem, hand-penned by Jakob Edzes Knol, gorgeous border design drawn and hand-colored in Amsterdam by H. Moolenyzer, No. 2 in upper right hand corner, circa late 1800's,

1112: Ephemera Lot # 7: Dutch Love? PoemEst. $100-$200See Sold Price

Ephemera Lot # 8: Advertising Page: Ephemera Lot # 8: Advertising Page from Reno Evening Gazette, The Leading Paper in Washoe County, The weekly Gazette is a 48 column paper containing all the reading matter published in he daily, and

1113: Ephemera Lot # 8: Advertising PageEst. $20-$40Lot Passed

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Ephemera Lot # 9: 16 18th Century Land Sale/Deed: Ephemera Lot # 9: 16 18th Century Land Sale/Deed Documents pertaining to the Bishop family of New Haven County Connecticut dated from 1720's to 1790's. Some names mentioned (all surname Bishop)

1114: Ephemera Lot # 9: 16 18th Century Land Sale/DeedEst. $150-$350

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Ephemera Lot # 10: An Employment Contract: Ephemera Lot # 10: An Employment Contract Document pertaining to the employment of "Miller Whitney to work for the Bishop family (of New Haven County Connecticut) for the term of one year in the year

1115: Ephemera Lot # 10: An Employment ContractEst. $50-$100See Sold Price

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Ephemera Lot # 11: Hand-inked letter: Ephemera Lot # 11: Hand-inked letter from James Bishop of New Haven County Connecticut, to his cousins. Discussing the recent death of an uncle, and the failing health of his father. Dated

1116: Ephemera Lot # 11: Hand-inked letterEst. $25-$50

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Ephemera Lot # 12: Last Will & Testament: Ephemera Lot # 12: Last Will & Testament of James Bishop of New Haven County Connecticut. Dated March 30, 1784.

1117: Ephemera Lot # 12: Last Will & TestamentEst. $50-$100

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Ephemera Lot # 13: Hand-Written (in ink): Ephemera Lot # 13: Hand-Written (in ink) by Abel Bishop of New Haven County Connecticut. Three lists, each prefaced with a date and the name of one of Abel's daughters. First list dated December 6,

1118: Ephemera Lot # 13: Hand-Written (in ink)Est. $50-$100

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Message From the President: Message From the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Twenty-Fourth Congress, December 8, 1835. Doc. No. 2, 24th Congress, 1st

1119: Message From the PresidentEst. $75-$125Lot Passed

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