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(americana) . CATALOGUE OF THE MAGNIFICENT LIBRARY OF THE LATE HON. HENRY C. MURPHY OF BROOKLYN, LONG ISLAND CONSISTING ALMOST WHOLLY OF AMERICANA
NY 1884 Geo. A Leavitt & Co., Auctioneers. Hardcover. Octavo, 434pp., half maroon cloth. Good, spine ends slightly worn down and fraying along outer hinge. No ownership marks. (a72932)
$195.00 (art) . INVITATION CARD TO EXHIBITION AND SALE OF EARLY ENGLISH ENGRAVED PORTRAITS
Boston 1916. Opening Monday, October 6, 1919, at Goodspeed's, Boston. Card measures 6 x 3 inches and has an engraving of an Englishman. Printed on recto only. VG. (a72568)
$20.00 (book auctions) . AMERICAN BOOK PRICES CURRENT 21 VOLUMES: 1982 -2000 COMPLETE PLUS VOLUMES FOR 1969 AND 1979
21 volumes. 8vo., hardcovers. Most volumes Good or Very Good, a few worn, one volume lacks top half inch of backstrip, 3 volumes are ex-reference library but no spine numbers, a few volumes are in Fine condition. Essential reference for booksellers. 21 hardcover volumes. (a55695)
$175.00 (book trade) . LIST OF TRADESMEN, ARTISTS, ETC. CONNECTED WITH THE BOOK TRADE 1778-1840
1966 Central Reference Library, Newcastle upon Tyne. List prepared from local directories by the Local History staff of the Central Reference Library, Newcastle upon Tyne. Octavo, 16pp., wraps. Good. (a67707)
$45.00 (books) . BIBLIOTHEQUE LITTERAIRE CHARLES HAYOIT QUATRIEME PARTIE: LIVRES DU VINGTIEME SIECLE
Paris 2001. Sotheby Auction Catalogue. 4to., 316pp., monochrome and color illustrations, wraps. VG. Part 4 only: (a45651)
$36.00 (books) . THE AMERICAN FRONTIER FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC: VOLUME I: EXPLORATIONS & SETTLEMENT TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
1981 Rendells. Book Catalofgue. 4to., 329pp., illustrations, original wraps. VG. (a71780)
$26.00 (books) . THE WELSH LIBRARY OF HENRY BLACKWELL OF NEW YORK CITY
NY 1925 Anderson Galleries. Auction Catalogue, May 18, 1925. Octavo, 48pp., prices realized written in margins, original printed wraps. Good, wraps a bit worn. (a70641)
$25.00 (Lincoln, Abraham) . LIBRARY OF THE LATE MAJOR WILLIAM H. LAMBERT - PART I: LINCOLNIANA FIRST SECTION
NY 1914 Metropolitan Art Association. Auction Catalogue. Octavo, 1028 items, some photo illustrations, original printed wraps. VG, some fraying onm edges. (a71496)
$44.00 (maggs) . AMERICA AND THE EAST EARLY GEOGRAPHIES
London 1921. Catalogue No. 403. Square small octavo, 182pp., illustrations, wraps. Good, wraps worn. (a45919)
$20.00 Baxter, Glen W. (director) . AN INDEX TO THE POETICAL HISTORY OF BOOK COLLECTING
Taipei 1966 Authorized Reprint. Harvard-Yenching Institute Index No. 28. In Chinese. 4to., 98pp., wraps. near VG, light cover wear. (a41985)
$75.00 Bell, Hon. Charles H. . CATALOGUE OF THE LIBRARY OF THE LATE HON. CHARLES H. BELL OF EXTER N. H. CONSISTING OF A VALUABLE COLLECTION OF AMERICANA
Boston 1895 1st Libbie & Co. Books on New Hampshire town histories, New Hampshire law, Revolutionary War, Indian Captivities, Mexican War, War of 1812, etc. Hardcover. octavo, 164pp., 1800 items listed, original printed boards with blue cloth spine and paper spine label.Good. Scarce. (a71783)
$245.00 Charnwood, Lady . AN AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION AND THE MAKING OF IT
NY no date (1920s?) Holt. Octavo, 318pp., photo illustrations and facsimiles, index, hardcover. Good, rear hinge tender, cover worn. (a11572)
$20.00 Curle, Richard . COLLECTING AMERICAN FIRST EDITIONS ITS PITFALLS AND ITS PLEASURES
Indianapolis 1930 1st Bobbs Merrill. Detailed information editions of Poe, Melville, Emerson, Thoreau, Whittier, Whitman, Longfellow, etc. 8vo., 221pp., 51 photo illustrations, index, hardcover. Top edge gilt. VG, spine slightly browned. no DJ. (a10973)
$23.00 Eberstadt, Edward . THE WILLIAM ROBERTSON COE COLLECTION OF WESTERN AMERICANA
New Haven 1948 1st. Yale University LIbrary Gazette October 1948 Vol. 23 Number 2. Sm.4to., 130pp., illustrations, wraps. Good, a bit frayed on edges. (a43135)
$32.00 Hiersemann . THE FINE ARTS. HIERSEMANN'S NEW SERIES OF CATALOGUES
Leipzig 1893. 7 Catalogues bound in one volume. Catalogue No. 108, Architecture, Ornament, Decoration, Furniture, etc. including the extensive Library left by the Architect Heinrich Mueller of Bremen, 192pp., 3063 items; Catalogue No. 109, The Fine Arts Books on Painting, Engraving, Xylography and the Modern Graphic Arts, partly from the Libraries left by Dr. Paul Schoenfeld of Berlin and Dr. H.A. Weiske of Leipzig, pp.193-264, 1177 items; Catalogue No. 110, The European Picture Galleries High Class Illustrated Works Picturesque Views and Travels All Over the World Artistic Lithographic Publications partly from the Library left by Dr. H.A. Weiske of Leipzig, 68pp., 769 items; Catalogue No. 111, Industrial Arts, pp.337-416, 1295 items; Catalogue No. 112, Engravings and Etchings of Old and Modern Masters...partly from the Library left by Rudolph Weigel, Printseller and Connoisseur of Leipzig, pp.419-499, 1321 items; Catalogue No. 113, Archeology, pp.501-564, 1316 items; Catalogue No. 115, Architecture...including the extensive Library left by the Architect Julius Bormann of Weimar, pp.665-744, 1213 items. Lacking Catalogue No. 114, Costumes. Lg.8vo., red gilt stamped cloth, marbled fore-edges. Books in a variety of European languages, bookseller text in English. Presentation bookplate signed by Karl W. Hiersemann. Lacking backstrip and becoming disbound (cloth covers present) with many leaves loose. Leaves browned, afew fragile and a few chipped in right margin (without loss). Sold as described. (a49791)
$75.00 Howell, Edward . EDWARD HOWELL'S CATALOGUE OF SECOND-HAND BOOKS - NEW SERIES CAT 88 MAY 1893
Liverpool 1893 Howell's. Octavo, 34pp., over 948 books described and price, wraps. Good . (a62039)
$35.00 Knepper, Adrian W. . OBADIAH RICH: BIBLIOPOLE
1955. Article at pp. 112-130 in Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. Included in a complete issue with several addtional articles. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG. (a70626a)
$25.00 Melcher, Frederic G. . FREDERIC G. MELCHER FRIENDLY REMINISCENCES OF A HALF CENTURY AMONG BOOKS AND BOOKMEN
NY 1945 Book Publisher's Bureau. Preface by Christopher Morley. 8vo., 59pp., hardcover. Fine in Good DJ. (a30885)
$20.00 Newton, A. Edward . THIS BOOK-COLLECTING GAME
Boston 1928 Little Brown. Octavo, 410pp., color frontis, index, photo illustrations, hardcover. Top edge gilt. Good, small chip in front board. (a4172)
$20.00 Stern, Madeleine B. . SHERLOCK HOLMES: RARE-BOOK COLLECTOR
1953. Article at pp.133-155 in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. Included in a complete issue with several other articles. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG. (a70629b)
$25.00 Wells, Gabriel . THESE THREE
NY 1932. Preface by Andre Maurois. Limited to 750 copies. Essays on book collecting. Sm.8vo., 91pp., hardcover. VG in Good DJ, small stains along bottom. (a23696)
$20.00 Wyllie, John Cook . FORMS OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY CANCELS
1953. Article at pp.95-112 in The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America. Included in a complete issue with several other articles. Octavo, original printed wraps. VG. (a70629a)
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