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Lot #1 (Sale Order 1 of 76)

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Lot #2 (Sale Order 2 of 76)

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Lot #3 (Sale Order 3 of 76)

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George Catlin and the Old Frontier by Harold McCracken (1959) The Dean of INDIAN PAINTERS

Lot #6 (Sale Order 4 of 76)

George Catlin and the Old Frontier by Harold McCracken, Published by The Dial Press, New York (1959) good in good- dust jacket with some wear. Large hardcover. "A biography and picture gallery of the Dean of Indian painters. 36 beautiful full-color illustrations."

Poems of Places. Switzerland and Austria by Henry Longfellow (1877)

Lot #7 (Sale Order 5 of 76)

Poems of Places. Switzerland and Austria by Henry Longfellow. Published by James R. Osgood, Boston, (1877) good condition small hardcover.

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (c.1900)

Lot #8 (Sale Order 6 of 76)

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, Published by Hurst & Company (c.1900) good condition, cloth hardcover. "The ground breaking work on evolution with "Historical Sketch" of the progress of opinion in the origin of species, previously to the publications of the first edition of his work."

ALL-IN-ONE Automotive Green Book ALA (1933)

Lot #9 (Sale Order 7 of 76)

Good condition softcovers with tons of information on hotels, maps etc. Some wear.

Scott's Standard POSTAGE STAMP Catalogue (1924)

Lot #10 (Sale Order 8 of 76)

Good condition small hardcover with little wear. The Scott Catalogue of postage stamps, is updated annually and lists all the stamps of the entire world which its editors recognize as issued for postal purposes.

The Poetical Works of ROBERT BURNS (c.1880) Decorative Binding

Lot #11 (Sale Order 9 of 76)

Good condition, cracked hinge, nice binding for the shelf. Robert Burns was a Scottish poet and lyricist. He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland and is celebrated worldwide.

Seven Years in Tibet by Heinrich Harrier (1953) First Edition

Lot #12 (Sale Order 10 of 76)

Good condition with fair/good to good condition hardcover with some tattering. Seven Years in Tibet: My Life Before, During and After is an autobiographical travel book written by Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer based on his real life experiences in Tibet between 1944 and 1951 during the Second World War and the interim period before the Communist Chinese People's Liberation Army invaded Tibet in 1950.

The ROAD TO OZ by L. Frank Baum (c.1950)

Lot #13 (Sale Order 11 of 76)

Good condition hardcover, with some general wear, reprint version from the 1950's? The Road to Oz: In Which Is Related How Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter Met on an Enchanted Road and Followed it All the Way to the Marvelous Land of Oz. is the fifth of L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz books. It was originally published on July 10, 1909 and documents the adventures of Dorothy Gale's fourth visit to the Land of Oz.

The New Master Course in HYPNOTISM by Henry Arons (1961)

Lot #14 (Sale Order 12 of 76)

The New Master Course in Hypnotism by Henry Arons, Published by Power Publishers (1961) good condition with dust jacket..

History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent (1850) Three Volumes

Lot #15 (Sale Order 13 of 76)

History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Continent by George Bancroft, Published by Charles C. Little and James Brown, Boston, MA (1850) Fair/Good condition, solid but without spine labels, and is volume one through three, not complete. George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman who was prominent in promoting secondary education both in his home state, at the national and international level. During his tenure as U.S. Secretary of the Navy, he established the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1845.

Stories POSTAGE STAMPS Tell: What We Can Learn From Them (1930)

Lot #16 (Sale Order 14 of 76)

Stories Postage Stamps Tell: What We Can Learn From Them by Sigmund I. Rothschild, Published by Putnam's NY (1930) good condition, no dust jacket, one page filled with colorful postage stamps from the 1930's.

RARE North to the Orient by Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1935)

Lot #17 (Sale Order 15 of 76)

North to the Orient by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Published by Harcourt Brace & Company, New York (1935) First Edition, Ninth Printing. This firsthand account of the flight made by the Lindbergh's to the Orient in the summer of 1931 is told from the perspective of Mrs. Lindbergh and illustrated with maps by Charles A. Lindbergh. Fair/Good dust jacket in good hardcover. Dust jacket with some tattering. Anne Spencer Lindbergh was an American author, aviator, and the wife of aviator Charles Lindbergh.

DISCOVERY: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition by Richard Byrd (1935)

Lot #18 (Sale Order 16 of 76)

Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition by Richard Byrd, Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, (1935) good condition in good generally dust jacket with some shelf wear. Photographic portrait frontispiece, 23 leaves of plates, map endpapers by James Darley. Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. was an American naval officer and explorer. He was a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the highest honor for valor given by the United States, and was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics.

The Afrika Korps: An Organizational History 1941-1943 by George F. Nafziger WW2 GERMANY

Lot #19 (Sale Order 17 of 76)

The Afrika Korps: An Organizational History 1941-1943 by George F. Nafziger, Published by Nafziger Collection (1997) Comprehensive organisational history (mainly presented in column form) of the German Afrika Corps. Good condition.

The Berlin Direction 1945: Extraction of the Official Soviet Army Order of Battle of the Berlin WW2

Lot #20 (Sale Order 18 of 76)

The Berlin Direction April-May 1945 an Extraction of the Official Soviet Army Order of Battle of the Berlin Strategic Offensive Operation April-May 1945 by Craig Crofoot, Published by The Nafziger Collection, West Chester (1999) An extraction of the official Soviet Army Order of Battle of the Berlin Strategic Offensive operation April - May 1945. Good condition softcover.

The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich (2005) WW2

Lot #21 (Sale Order 19 of 76)

The German Way of War: From the Thirty Years' War to the Third Reich (Modern War Studies) by Robert M. Citino, Published by Univ Pr of Kansas (2005) very good condition, hardcover. "Citino discerns both the strengths-finding a way to fight short, sharp wars that ended rapidly in a decisive battlefield victory-and the weaknesses-logistics, intelligence, counterintelligence-of the Prussian 'metaphysics of war."

AMERICAN POEMS (1882) Longfellow, Whittier, Holmes, Lowell WONDERFUL BINDING

Lot #22 (Sale Order 20 of 76)

Longfellow, Whittier, Bryant, Holmes, Lowell, and Emerson with Biographical Sketches and Notes. HOLIDAY EDITION, Houghton Mifflin Company (1882) VERY GOOD CONDITION - WONDERFUL BINDING FOR SHELF.

RARE CAMERA ADVENTURES IN THE AFRICAN WILDS an Account of a Expedition in British East Africa (1910)

Lot #23 (Sale Order 21 of 76)

CAMERA ADVENTURES IN THE AFRICAN WILDS, Being an Account of a Four Months' Expedition in British East Africa, For the Purpose of Securing Photographs from Life of the Game. A. Radclyffe Dugmore, published by William Heinemann (1910) good general condition with shelf wear. With numerous photographs from life by the author. Bound in publisher's original red cloth stamped in gilt with wear at extremities. Wonderful book.

Poems of Home and Country. Also, Sacred and Miscellaneous Verse (1895)

Lot #24 (Sale Order 22 of 76)

Poems of Home and Country. Also, Sacred and Miscellaneous Verse. Rev. Samuel Francis D.D. Smith, Published by Silver, Burdett and Company (1895) good- condition with slightly cracked hinge and stain on the title page. " "Samuel Francis Smith (was an American Baptist minister, journalist, and author. He is best known for having written the lyrics to "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", which he entitled "America". Smith gave Lowell Mason the lyrics he had written and the song was first performed in public on July 4, 1831, at a children's Independence Day celebration at Park Street Church in Boston. The song, titled "America", was first published by Lowell Mason in The Choir in 1832. Smith later wrote an additional stanza for the April 30, 1889 Washington Centennial Celebration."

The PILGRIM'S PROGRESS by John Bunyan (c.1880) Decorative Covers

Lot #25 (Sale Order 23 of 76)

Good condition, browning pages, owner signatures, some wear on pages, nice decorative covers.

RARE The Age of Fable; Or Beauties of Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch (c.1855)

Lot #26 (Sale Order 24 of 76)

The Age of Fable; Or Beauties of Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch, Very good condition - but has no title page? which is odd because the rest of the book is wonderful . I believe it may be the "S.W. Tilton & Company, Boston (1855)" version but if not it is 1850's. Fully illustrated.

The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara by Rosita Forbes (1921)

Lot #27 (Sale Order 25 of 76)

The Secret of the Sahara: Kufara by Rosita Forbes, Published by George H. Doran Company, New York (1921) good condition hardcover, no dust jacket. Rosita Forbes was an English travel writer and explorer. In 1920-21 she was the first European woman to visit the Kufra Oasis in Libya (together with the Egyptian explorer Ahmed Hassanein), in a period when this was closed to westerners.

The Lost World Of The Kalahari by Laurens Van Der Post (1958) Bushmen of Africa

Lot #28 (Sale Order 26 of 76)

The Lost World Of The Kalahari by Laurens Van Der Post, Published by William Morrow and Company, New York (1958) good condition in good dust jacket. "This is the story of a journey in a great wasteland and a search for some pure remnant of the unique and almost vanquished First People of the author's native land, the Bushmen of Africa."

WILD LIFE of Our World by John and Crossland (1934) Photographs

Lot #29 (Sale Order 27 of 76)

Wild Life of Our World by John and Crossland, J. M. Parrish. Published by Collins, London (1934) Hardcover, with green cloth boards, pressed implant of elephant on front board. Pages are clean and tight. 340 pages with b/w photos throughout. A few in color. Good condition with some light wear on the covers.

RARE Jock of the Bushveld by James Percy Fitzpatrick (1907)

Lot #30 (Sale Order 28 of 76)

Jock of the Bushveld by James Percy Fitzpatrick, Published by Longman's Green & Co, London (1907) good condition with loose binding and owner signature. "Jock of the Bushveld was first published in 1907 when it became an instant best seller and a classic. Since then it has never been out of print and it has been the subject for a South African film. The author, Percy Fitzpatrick later recounted these adventures as bedtime stories to his four children. Rudyard Kipling, a good friend of Fitzpatrick, also took part in these story-telling evenings and eventually persuaded him to collect these tales in book form."

The Young Folk's Cyclopadia (1880) Wonderful Binding

Lot #31 (Sale Order 29 of 76)

Very good+ condition with nice binding, by John D. Champlain Jr., thick hardcover. Very nice.

RAREST The Game Animals Of New Zealand (1924) by T. E. Donne

Lot #32 (Sale Order 30 of 76)

The Game Animals Of New Zealand. An Account Of Their Introduction, Acclimatization, and Development by T.E. Donne, Published by John Murray, London (1924) Good condition with some foxing spotting throughout. RARE title, can list for over $500 on many sites. "A history of the introduction of exotic animals to New Zealand. Required reading for anyone keen on understanding why so much of New Zealand's native wildlife became extinct."

Grass Beyond the Mountains: The Last Great Cattle Frontier on the North American Continent (1951)

Lot #33 (Sale Order 31 of 76)

Grass Beyond the Mountains: Discovering the Last Great Cattle Frontier on the North American Continent by Richmond Hobson Jr. Published by J. B. Lippincott, Philadelphia (1951) Good in fair/good dust jacket, later printing "Richmond P. Hobson Jr. (1907-1966) was born in Washington, DC, where he worked with pack outfits, survey crews, and construction gangs, saving, all the while, to buy a cattle ranch. He came to Canada after the stock market crash of the late 1920s. He and his business partner, Panhandle "Pan" Phillips, moved to the interior of British Columbia and established the Frontier Cattle Company in the 1930s." This is the first book in the series of memoirs - the companion volumes are 'Rancher Takes a Wife' and 'Nothing Too Good for a Cowboy'."

Gay Nineties Cook Book by Dietz (1946)

Lot #34 (Sale Order 32 of 76)

Gay Nineties Cook Book by DIETZ, F. Meredith and August Dietz, Jr. Published by Dietz Press, VA (1946) very good condition hardcover.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT An Intimate Biography by William Roscoe Thayer (1919)

Lot #35 (Sale Order 33 of 76)

Very good condition hardcover, lovely book. "A biography which has some claim to rank as a primary source, since Thayer knew Roosevelt personally since their college days. "

The Arabian Nights by Kate Douglas Wiggin (1909) ILLUSTRATED BY MAXFIELD PARRISH

Lot #36 (Sale Order 34 of 76)

The Arabian Nights by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (1909) Fair/Good to Good condition with general wear, nothing in particular. Cover wear. With 12 splendid full-page color plates by Maxfield Parrish illustrating the text. Also, there is the paste-down illustration of a powerful fisherman dragging in his nets on the front boards. With wonderful endpapers of exotic Parrish landscapes. Always a desirable book.

Educated Dogs of To-Day: an Illustrated Record of Canine Intelligence (1916) FOLIO SIZED HARDCOVER

Lot #37 (Sale Order 35 of 76)

Educated Dogs of To-Day: an Illustrated Record of Canine Intelligence Marking an Advance with the Modern Movement of Man by Kate Sanborn, Published by Printed for Private Distribution, Boston (1916) good condition, large hardcover. Frontispiece and numerous illustrations ; Folio; 77 pages.

The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60 by Unruh Jr.

Lot #38 (Sale Order 36 of 76)

The Plains Across: The Overland Emigrants and the Trans-Mississippi West, 1840-60 by John D. Unruh Jr. Published by University of Illinois Press (1979) Second Edition, Very Good+ condition , dust jacket in protector. n extensive bibliography of America's westward overland expansion. A comprehensive study from letters, diaries, newspaper and periodical accounts. 56 pages of illustrations from paintings. Sketches, photographs and prints.

RARE Tales of a Feather Merchant: A World War II Allegory (2002) SIGNED - ASSAULT ON PELELIU

Lot #39 (Sale Order 37 of 76)

Tales of a Feather Merchant: A World War II Allegory, Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series (2002) Very good condition with little to no wear, hardcover. "Describing his tour of duty with the 1st Marine Division at their base camp on Pavuvu, the assault on Peleliu (Operation Stalemate), their return to Pavuvu for rest and further training, and the final battle of World War II, Okinawa, the book concludes with Perry's posting to North China and confrontation with Chinese Nationalist and Chinese Communist troops, displaying this military involvement that few are aware of."

Old Times in the Colonies by Charles Carleton Coffin (1910) French & Indian War

Lot #40 (Sale Order 38 of 76)

Old Times in the Colonies by Charles Carleton Coffin, Published by Harper & Brothers, New York, NY (1910) good condition, hardcover. Highly illustrated tale of the triumphs and tragedies of the formation of the English colonies through the French & Indian War.

RARE The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame (1917) EARLY U.S. PRINTING

Lot #41 (Sale Order 39 of 76)

The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, Published by Charles Scribner's Son's, New York (1917) Tenth Printing. 302 pp. Tenth printing. Bound in original green cloth with single gilt ruled border, gilt lettering. Cover shows light toning and rubbing to extremities.

The Song of Our Syrian Guest: Twenty-Third Psalm (1904) Handsome Religious Classic

Lot #42 (Sale Order 40 of 76)

The Song of Our Syrian Guest: Twenty-Third Psalm. Knight, William Allen, Beecher; Henry Ward, Singing Pilgrim; Prof. George E. Post, sidelight on Shepherd Life in Bible Lands. Published by Pilgrim Press (1904), NY (1904) Very good condition small hardcover. The book includes two brief commentaries by Professor George E. Post and the famous American philosopher Henry Ward Beecher at the conclusion of the text pages. A handsome edition of this religious classic. Inside is a high school letter from the era I left in there.

RARE CUSTOM BINDING Edwardian Paperback (1908) The MYSTERY of the YELLOW ROOM

Lot #43 (Sale Order 41 of 76)

Someone liked this paperback. Custom binding for this paperback as shown. Paperback has wear. Slipcase has wear. Interesting piece.

Frederic Remington's Own Outdoors (1964) Old West Illustrations

Lot #44 (Sale Order 42 of 76)

Frederic Remington's Own Outdoors by Allen, Douglas (Editor) Published by The Dial, New York (1964) Lavishly illustrated w/ the artist's drawings, paintings, and photos. Collection of sports-related articles Remington wrote and illustrated for various magazines around the turn of the 20th century. Good in good condition with little wear. Nice reading.

RARE Sporting Journeys in Africa and Asia by Philip K. Crowe (1966) LIMITED & NUMBERED

Lot #45 (Sale Order 43 of 76)

Sporting Journeys in Africa and Asia by Philip K. Crowe, Published by Barre Publishing, Massachusetts. (1966) . The author, Philip Crowe went on many hunting and fishing expeditions in the mountains of Cashmir and Ceylon and the jungles of Africa and India. Her, in his book he relates to the reader a few of his many adventures. 183 pages plus 16 pages of photographs. A First Edition in a limited edition of 2,500 copies.

RARE The Spotted Lion by Kenneth Gandar Dower (1937) LIMITED TO 481 COPIES

Lot #46 (Sale Order 44 of 76)

The Spotted Lion by Kenneth Gandar Dower. Special edition of 481 copies specially bound in paper wraps for members of the Explorers Club, 331 pages, B & W photos, inserted map. African safari adventures in search of a rare lion sub-species in the Abadares. Good to very good condition.

RARE Dersu the Trapper: Exploring, Trapping, Hunting in Ussuria by V.K. Arseniev (1941)

Lot #47 (Sale Order 45 of 76)

Dersu the Trapper: Exploring, Trapping, Hunting in Ussuria by V.K. Arseniev, Published by E. P. Dutton, E-31 (1941) The Russian explorer V. K. Arseniev received a hero's welcome when he returned to Moscow from the Far East in 1906, having mapped the unknown corner of Siberia just above what is now North Korea and just east of Manchuria. Good condition in good dust jacket with some rubbing and shelf wear.

ALASKA and the CANADIAN Northwest Our New Frontier by Harold Griffin (1944)

Lot #48 (Sale Order 46 of 76)

Alaska and the Canadian Northwest Our New Frontier by Harold Griffin, Published by W. W. Norton and Company (1944) good condition in good dust jacket. Topics include the Arctic oil industry, agriculture and fishing, the Alaska Highway, Edmonton and other cities of the region. With b/w photos. Includes index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

The Set of the Sails: The Story of a CAPE HORN SEAMEN (1949)

Lot #49 (Sale Order 47 of 76)

The Set of the Sails: The Story of a Cape Horn Seaman by Alan J. Villiers, Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London (1949) Good condition in good dust jacket.

ICEBOUND: Journey to the Northwest Sea by J. M. Scott (1977) Arctic Exploration

Lot #50 (Sale Order 48 of 76)

Icebound: Journey to the Northwest Sea by J. M. Scott, Published by Gordon & Cremonesi (1977) good condition in good dust jacket. "A chronicle of Arctic exploration by the daunting and intrepid explorers of 400 years, as told by an Arctic explorer himself. Beautifully written, leaves a lasting impression of the bravery and collective drive of those who have gone before."

Tibet Is My Country: The Autobiography of Thubten Jigme Norbu Brother of the DALAI LAMA (1961)

Lot #51 (Sale Order 49 of 76)

Tibet Is My Country: The Autobiography of Thubten Jigme Norbu Brother of the Dalai Lama Norbu, Thubten Jigme (as told to Heinrich Harrer) Published by Dutton & Co, New York (1961) The biography of the eldest brother of the Dalai Lama, translated by Edward Fitzgerald. Good condition in fair/good dust jacket. Hardcover.

Pegasus Remounts an Anthology of Cadet Verse (1936) WEST POINT

Lot #52 (Sale Order 50 of 76)

Pegasus Remounts an Anthology of Cadet Verse. William P. Yarborough and Edwin Van V. Sutherland ( Compiled and Edited) Published by Moore Publishing Company, Inc., Newburgh, NY (1936) good condition with cover wear. Book of West Point Cadet verse. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

BOB SON OF BATTLE by Alfred Ollivant (1898) A Classic Dog Story

Lot #53 (Sale Order 51 of 76)

BOB SON OF BATTLE by Alfred Ollivant, illustrated by Marguerite Kirmse. Published by Garden City Publishing NY (1898) good condition with wonderful cover. Some spotting, heavy on title page but lightens up quickly through the pages.

Paris in 1789-94: Farewell Letters of Victims of the Guillotine (1902)

Lot #54 (Sale Order 52 of 76)

Paris in 1789-94: Farewell Letters of Victims of the Guillotine by John Goldworth Alger, Published by London: George Allen (1902) Folded map at front, xii, 551 pages, good condition, inside browned pages.

Valley of Vision: A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Henry Van Dyke (1919) INTERESTING

Lot #55 (Sale Order 53 of 76)

The Valley of Vision: A Book of Romance and Some Half-Told Tales by Henry Van Dyke, Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York (1919) very good condition with interesting multi-page inscription.

Poems to Poets. Engravings By Michael McCurdy SIGNED LIMITED TO 300 COPIES

Lot #56 (Sale Order 54 of 76)

Poems to Poets. Engravings By Michael McCurdy. First Edition, One of 300 Copies, Signed By Richard Eberhart. (1975) Published by Penmaen Press, Lincoln (1975) very good condition, softcover.

The Kennedy Space Center Story by Gordon L Harris (c.1970)

Lot #57 (Sale Order 55 of 76)

The Kennedy Space Center Story by Gordon L Harris, Published by [National Aeronautics and Space Administration] / John F. Kennedy Space Center, Public Affairs Office. Unknown Date (c.1970?) softcover, with a great deal of photographs.

Milton's L'Allegro (c.1850) Decorative Covers

Lot #58 (Sale Order 56 of 76)

Good condition, small hardcover, not title page and loose fep, nice covers.

The Words of GANDHI - Selected by Richard Attenborough SIGNED

Lot #59 (Sale Order 57 of 76)

The dust jacket is tattered - you can buy another copy and swap it. Signed inside by Attenborough. As a film director and producer, Attenborough won two Academy Awards for Gandhi in 1983, receiving awards for Best Picture and Best Director.

FIRST BOOK OF BIRDS by Olive Thorne Miller (1899) Illustrated

Lot #60 (Sale Order 58 of 76)

FIRST BOOK OF BIRDS by Olive Thorne Miller, Published by Houghton Mifflin Company (1899) good condition, hardcover fully illustrated.

Caen: Anvil of Victory by Alexander McKee (1984) BATTLE IN THE FRENCH CITY WW2

Lot #61 (Sale Order 59 of 76)

Caen: Anvil of Victory by Alexander McKee (1984) Depicts the battle between the Allied forces and the German army in the French city, Caen, during World War II

If This Be Glory (1982) by Hasso G. Stachow - WW2 GERMANY

Lot #62 (Sale Order 60 of 76)

If This Be Glory by Hasso G. Stachow, A Story of a young German on the Russian front. Very good condition with dust jacket. During World War II along the Eastern front, Private Quast, a young German soldier and a fervent Nazi, becomes disillusioned and horrified by the corruption of fascism and the evil of Adolf Hitler

The Fall of Eben Emael by James E. Mrazek (1991) GERMAN CAPTURE OF ALLIED FORTRESS

Lot #63 (Sale Order 61 of 76)

The Fall of Eben Emael by James E. Mrazek (1991) very good condition, hardcover, "Relates the military strategies and tactics which enabled the Germans to capture the Allies supposedly impregnable fortress on the German-Dutch-Belgian border"

The History of DIVE BOMBING (1981) by Peter C. Smith

Lot #64 (Sale Order 62 of 76)

Very good condition, "This is the incredible history of the dive bomber told from both official records and eyewitness accounts. It tears away the many myths and misrepresentations that surrounded this type of warplane and presents a truly original and detailed history, from the first true combat dive bombing by an RAF pilot in 1917 to the last stirring wartime actions. Interviews with the pilots who flew the combat missions in dive bombing aircraft of all the combatant nations give unique first-hand eyewitness viewpoints on many of the major actions and methods employed. "

German Panzers in World War II (2007) GERMAN BLITZKRIEG

Lot #65 (Sale Order 63 of 76)

German Panzers in World War II (Order of Battle) by Chris Bishop, good condition with little wear. "At the forefront of the German Blitzkrieg of World War II was the Panzerwaffe, the tank arm that initially swept all before it. German Panzers in World War II is a highly-focused, closely-detailed look at how the Panzerwaffe worked, and how German armored warfare evolved from 1939 until defeat in 1945."

Tank Action From the Great War to the Gulf War by George Forty (1996)

Lot #66 (Sale Order 64 of 76)

Tank Action From the Great War to the Gulf War by George Forty, very good condition, "First published in 1995 and now available in paperback, a fully illustrated survey of tank warfare, from the First World War to the Gulf War, as seen from the perspective of the tank crews themselves."

War of the Century: When HITLER Fought STALIN by Laurence Rees

Lot #67 (Sale Order 65 of 76)

War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin by Laurence Rees, very good condition, sticker on back for $27.95.

A History of US Coast Guard Aviation by Arthur Pearcy (1989)

Lot #68 (Sale Order 66 of 76)

A History of US Coast Guard Aviation by Arthur Pearcy (1989) very good condition large hardcover.

FIFTEEN Antiquarian Textbooks (1820's - 1880's)

Lot #69 (Sale Order 67 of 76)

Giant pile of smaller sized antiquarian textbooks - most in fair/good condition all with different parts of condition issues.

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper (1952) N.C. WYETH Illustrated

Lot #70 (Sale Order 68 of 76)

The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757 by James Fenimore Cooper, Published by Charles Scribner's Sons (1952) good condition with some spotting on the page ends.

RARE Royal Children of English History (1897) with 12 Beautiful Color Illustrations

Lot #71 (Sale Order 69 of 76)

Royal Children of English History by E Nesbit, illustrated by Frances Brundage & M Bowley: Published by London: Raphael Tuck & sons, nd (1897) Beautifully illustrated by Frances Brundage and M. Bowley. Lovely illustrations and binding, owner signature.

STORM CHILD by Ruth Carmen (1937) Birth of Child at Boston Lighthouse

Lot #72 (Sale Order 70 of 76)

Storm Child by Ruth Carmen, Published by John C. Yorston Publishing, New York (1937) good condition with good- dust jacket, hardcover. "A novelized version of an actual event, fictionalizing the events surrounding the birth of Georgia Norwood at Boston Light, who was born during a storm. The book was supposed to have been made into a movie starring the child, production issues prevented the filming."

The American Commonwealth by James Bryce (1911) Two Volumes - VERY NICE CONDITION

Lot #73 (Sale Order 71 of 76)

The American Commonwealth by James Bryce, Published by The Macmillan Co (1911) VERY GOOD condition, very nice for the shelf. "Bryce's study of nineteenth-century public opinion blazed a trail which, like Alexis de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America," has been continually quoted as a standard authority on the workings of the "American system."

An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (c.1890)

Lot #74 (Sale Order 72 of 76)

An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations with Notes by J. R. [John Ramsay] McCulloch, by Adam Smith. Published by Ward, Lock, Bowden, & Co. (c.1890?) good general condition with some slight spotting on end pages.

Narrative of the Coronado Expedition by Najera (2002) Lakeside Press - BRAND NEW

Lot #75 (Sale Order 73 of 76)

Narrative of the Coronado Expedition by Pedro de Castaneda of Najera, Published by The Lakeside Classic Centennial Edition, Chicago (2002) brand new still shrink wrapped. Spanish text on left page with English translation on the right (facing) page. 414+ pages. No internal inscriptions. Small sized. 6" - 7" tall.

Notes On The History and Political Institutions of the Old World by Edward Preissig (1906)

Lot #76 (Sale Order 74 of 76)

Notes On The History and Political Institutions of the Old World by Edward Preissig, Published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York (1906) very good condition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Benjamin Franklin's On The Choice of a Mistress & Other Satires & Hoaxes (2007)

Lot #77 (Sale Order 75 of 76)

Benjamin Franklin's On The Choice of a Mistress & Other Satires & Hoaxes by Benjamin Franklin, Published by The Peter Pauper Press (2007) 93 pp. Illustrated with humorous woodcuts. No dustjacket, as issued, no slipcase. Good condition. Very good condition.

Get Tough! How to Win in Hand-to-Hand Fighting, as Taught to the British Commandos (1979)

Lot #78 (Sale Order 76 of 76)

Get Tough! How to Win in Hand-to-Hand Fighting, as Taught to the British Commandos, and the U.S. Armed Forces by Captain W.E. Fairbairn, Paladin Press (1979) like new edition hardcover, reprint of the 1944 edition showing fight moves most of the time against the Germans.


Antique & Collectible Books #261
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Antique & Collectible Books #261
by South Boston Books Event Begins: Tuesday, January 22, 10:30 PM Eastern First lots ends Sunday, January 27, 9:00 PM Eastern Last lot ends Sunday, January 27, 10:15 PM Eastern Great lots of collectible books, Great collection of items! NO RESERVES - $5 FLAT SHIPPING No Matter How Much You Buy! Payment by Paypal Invoice.