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7

Descent of Man

Author
Boyle, T. Coraghessan
Headline
First edition of T.C. Boyle's Descent of Man
Publisher
Atlantic / Little, Brown
Date Published
[1979]

Sold for$137.50

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8

The October Country

Author
Bradbury, Ray
Headline
First edition of Bradbury's October Country
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Date Published
[1955]

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

9

Beerspit Night & Cursing: The Correspondence of Charles Bukowski and Sheri Martinelli 1960-1967

Author
Bukowski, Charles and Sheri Martinelli
Headline
Bukowski Beerspit Night and Cursing
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
2001

Sold for$75

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11

The Outsider No. 3

Heading
(Bukowski, Charles)
Author
Webb, Jon Edgar and Louise “Gypsy Lou” Webb, editors
Headline
Bukowski "Outsider of the Year."
Publisher
Loujon Press
Date Published
1963

Sold for$137.50

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12

Bukowski's "Red" with note from Red Stodolsky

Author
Bukowski, Charles
Headline
Bukowski's "Red" with note from Red Stodolsky
Date Published
1988

Sold for$25

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13

Hollywood - uncorrected proof

Author
Bukowski, Charles
Headline
Uncorrected proofs of Bukowski's Hollywood
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
1989

Sold for$75

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15

Tarzan and "The Foreign Legion"

Author
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Headline
Tarzan aids Dutch guerrillas in Japanese-held Sumatra
Publisher
Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.
Date Published
[1947]

Sold for$12.50

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16

The Track of the Cat

Author
Clark, Water Van Tilburg
Headline
3rd novel by The Ox-Bow Incident author
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
1949

Sold for$37.50

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17

2001: A Space Odyssey

Author
Clarke, Arthur C.
Headline
Japanese edition of 2001: A Space Odyssey in English
Date Published
1968

Sold for$50

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18

Mr. Bridge [with] Mrs. Bridge

Author
Connell, Evan S.
Headline
North Point Press edition of Mr. and Mrs. Bridge
Publisher
North Point Press
Date Published
1981

Sold for$12.50

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19

Bomb

Author
Corso, Gregory
Headline
Corso - Bomb, Early Beat
Publisher
City Lights Books
Date Published
[1958]

Sold for$75

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20

Blithe Spirit

Author
Coward, Noel
Headline
Blithe Spirit by Noel Coward, 1941
Publisher
Samuel French
Date Published
[1941]

Sold for$37.50

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22

Clea

Author
Durrell, Lawrence
Headline
Final book in Durrell's Alexandria Quartet
Publisher
E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Date Published
1960

Sold for$12.50

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23

Mountolive

Author
Durrell, Lawrence
Headline
Mountolive, Durrell's 3rd in Alexandria Quartet
Publisher
E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Date Published
1959

Sold for$12.50

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24

Det Allra Heligaste

Author
Faulkner, William
Headline
Swedish edition of Faulkner's Sanctuary
Publisher
Bonniers
Date Published
[1951]

Estimate$10

Sold for$12.50

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25

Literary San Francisco: A Pictorial History, from the Beginnings to the Present Day

Author
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence & Nancy J. Peters
Headline
Signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Publisher
City Lights Books; Harper & Row
Date Published
[1980]

Sold for$87.50

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26

The First and the Last of Everything

Author
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Headline
Ferlinghetti's First & Last signed 1/26
Publisher
Sore Dove & Bottle of Smoke Press
Date Published
2014

Sold for$62.50

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27

We Are Betrayed

Author
Fisher, Vardis
Headline
We Are Betrayed - 1st Ed, Inscribed
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Date Published
1935

Sold for$62.50

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29

Evergreen Review No. 81 August 1970 - signed by Allen Ginsberg

Heading
(Ginsberg, Allen)
Author
Rosset, Barney, editor
Headline
Evergreen Review 81, signed by Allen Ginsberg
Publisher
John Oakes
Date Published
1970

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

30

Overbooked in Arizona: A Novella

Author
Gottlieb, Samuel Irish
Headline
Comedic tale of bibliomania in Arizona
Publisher
Camelback Gallery
Date Published
1994

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

32

The Beast God Forgot to Invent

Author
Harrison, Jim
Headline
Jim Harrison's The Beast God Forgot to Invent
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published
2000

Sold for$25

StatusSold

33

Good as Gold

Author
Heller, Joseph
Headline
Heller, Good as Gold signed 1st ed.
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Date Published
1979

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

34

Across the River and Into the Trees

Author
Hemingway, Ernest
Headline
Hewingway's Across River & Into Trees
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1950

Sold for$50

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38

Ride the Pink Horse

Author
Hughes, Dorothy B.
Headline
First edition of Ride the Pink Horse
Publisher
Duell Sloan & Pearce
Date Published
1946

Sold for$37.50

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41

Kerouac at the "Wild Boar" & other skirmishes

Heading
(Kerouac, Jack)
Author
Montgomery, John, complier
Headline
One of 100 deluxe copies, signed by contributors
Publisher
Fels & Firn Press
Date Published
1986

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

43

Guabi

Heading
(Literary Journals)
Headline
Guabi literary journal, 1970
Date Published
1970

Sold for$12.50

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46

The Cruise of the Dazzler

Author
London, Jack
Headline
Inscribed by Eliza London Shepard
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published
[1902]

Sold for$37.50

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47

The Mutiny of the Elsinore

Author
London, Jack
Headline
Inscribed by Eliza London Shepard
Publisher
Macmillan Company
Date Published
1914

Sold for$112.50

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48

The People of the Abyss

Author
London, Jack
Headline
London's People of the Abyss 1st Canadian
Publisher
George N. Morang
Date Published
1903

Sold for$75

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49

South Sea Tales

Author
London, Jack
Headline
Inscribed by Eliza London Shepard
Publisher
International Fiction Library
Date Published
[1911]

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

53

The Twilight Saga

Author
Meyer, Stephanie
Headline
The complete Twilight saga
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
2008

Sold for$12.50

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54

Autograph letter signed by Henry Miller addressed to Kay Lawlor

Author
Miller, Henry
Headline
Autograph letter by Henry Miller
Date Published
c. 1950's

Sold for$50

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55

The Time of the Assassins: A Study of Rimbaud

Author
Miller, Henry
Headline
Henry Miller on Rimbaud, New Directions [1956]
Publisher
New Directions
Date Published
[1956]

Sold for$37.50

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57

Nikolai Gogol

Author
Nabokov, Vladimir
Headline
Nabokov on Gogol
Publisher
New Directions
Date Published
[1944]

Sold for$25

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61

Five works by Steve Richmond

Author
Richmond, Steve
Headline
5 works by Steve Richmond - 3 signed
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$62.50

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63

The Anatomy Lesson

Author
Roth, Philip
Headline
Signed by the late Philip Roth, one of 300 copies
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Date Published
1983

Sold for$87.50

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66

Three signed First Editions

Heading
(Signed Literature)
Headline
Three signed first editions
Date Published
1956-1995

Sold for$112.50

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67

The Jungle

Author
Sinclair, Upton
Headline
Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
Publisher
Doubleday, Page & Company
Date Published
1906

Sold for$37.50

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68

Narration: Four Lectures

Author
Stein, Gertrude
Headline
Gertrude Stein's Narration Lectures
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Date Published
[1935]

Estimate$1

Sold for$37.50

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69

Cannery Row - lobby cards from the film

Heading
(Steinbeck, John)
Headline
Five lobby cards for the 1982 film Cannery Row
Date Published
1982

Sold for$12.50

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70

The Moon is Down - two copies, comprising the first edition and first Australian edition

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
First edition and first Australian edition
Publisher
The Viking Press; Heinemann
Date Published
1942

Sold for$12.50

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71

Sweet Thursday

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
First edition in jacket, Doc Ricketts returns...
Publisher
Viking Press
Date Published
1954

Sold for$37.50

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73

The Confessions of Nat Turner

Author
Styron, William
Headline
The Confessions of Nat Turner, first edition in jacket
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1967]

Sold for$225

StatusSold

Bidding history(16 bids)

86

Father Flanagan of Boys Town

Heading
(Attlee, Clement)
Author
Oursler, Fulton
Headline
British Prime Minister Clement Attlee's copy
Publisher
The World's Work (1913) Ltd.
Date Published
[1950]

StatusUnsold

88

In the Wrong Paradise

Heading
(Balfour, Arthur James)
Author
Lang, Andrew
Headline
Prime Minister Arthur James Balfour s copy
Publisher
Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.
Date Published
1886

StatusUnsold

101

From the Earthquake Zone in Long Beach California

Heading
(California - Los Angeles County)
Headline
1933 Long Beach quake unused letter card
Publisher
[Green's Inc.]
Date Published
1933

Sold for$25

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106

The San Francisco Directory For the Year Commencing April, 1871: Embracing a General Directory of Residents and a Business Directory; Also, a Directory of Streets, Public Office, Etc...

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
Langley's San Francisco Directory for 1871
Publisher
Henry G. Langley
Date Published
1871

Sold for$150

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113

Adventures on the Plains (cover title)

Author
Cardinell, Charles
Headline
Notorious expedition across the Great Plains
Publisher
California Historical Society
Date Published
1922

Sold for$62.50

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114

Gods, Graves, Scholars: The Story of Archaeology

Author
Ceram, C.W.
Headline
Archaeology through the ages
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1968

Sold for$12.50

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117

Souvenir Memorial Col. James C. Carmichael, 157th Regiment, N.Y.S.V. (cover title)

Heading
(Civil War)
Headline
Civil war veteran memorial booklet, 1891
Date Published
[1891]

Sold for$25

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120

Echoes from Peak and Plain; or, Tales of Life, War, Travel and Colorado Methodism.

Heading
(Colorado)
Author
Beardsley, Isaac H.
Headline
Tennessee & Colorado during & after Civil War
Publisher
Curts & Jennings; Eaton & Mains
Date Published
1898

Sold for$25

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123

Quantrill and the Border Wars

Author
Connelley, William Elsey
Headline
Quantrill and the Border Wars
Publisher
Torch Press
Date Published
1910

Sold for$112.50

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127

The Despatches of Hernando Cortes, the Conqueror of Mexico Written During the Conquest, and Containing a Narrative of its Events, Addressed to the Emperor Charles V

Author
Cortes, Hernando
Headline
Cortes' narrative of the conquest of Mexico
Publisher
Wiley and Putnam
Date Published
1843

Sold for$200

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131

Cattle, Horses & Men of the Western Range

Author
Culley, John H.
Headline
History of cattlemen in California, 1940
Publisher
The Ward Ritchie Press
Date Published
1940

Sold for$25

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133

The Immigrants' Trek: A detailed history of the Lake Hendricks Colony in Brookings County, Dakota Territory from 1873 to 1881

Heading
(Dakota Territory)
Author
Sandro, Gustav O.
Headline
Story of Lake Hendricks in Dakota Territory
Publisher
Gustav O. Sandro
Date Published
1929

Sold for$37.50

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135

Seven works by Richard Harding Davis

Author
Davis, Richard Harding
Headline
Seven works by Richard Harding Davis
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$75

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136

Ueber Die Gefahr Des Politischen Gleichgewichts Von Europa. Oder: Darstellung Der Ursachen, Die Dasselbe Seit Der Thronbesteigung Catharina II. Im Norden Veråndert Haben. Aus Dem Franzôsischen

Author
de Peyssonnel, Claude Charles
Headline
Political Balance Of Europe 1790
Date Published
1790

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138

The Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria

Author
Dennis, George
Headline
George Dennis in the cemeteries of Etruria
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1883

Sold for$137.50

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140

The Souvenir of Western Women

Author
Douthit, Mary Osborn, editor
Headline
Accounts of Pioneer Women in the west 1905
Publisher
[Anderson & Duniway]
Date Published
1905

Sold for$62.50

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151

Storia d'Italia

Author
Guicciardini, Francesco
Headline
Guicciardini's History of Italy, 19th century ed.
Publisher
Borroni e Scotti
Date Published
1843

Sold for$87.50

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156

Rollie Burns Or An Account Of The Ranching Industry On The South Plains

Author
Holden, William C.
Headline
Account Of Ranching On The South Plains, 1932
Publisher
The Southwest Press
Date Published
[1932]

Sold for$25

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160

The Fatal Shore: [The epic of Australia's founding]

Author
Hughes, Robert
Headline
Account of the founding of Australia
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1987

Sold for$137.50

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164

Message of the President of the United States, Communicating, In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 28th of February 1857, all correspondence of John W. Geary, late governor of... Kansas...

Heading
(Kansas)
Headline
Letters of John W. Geary, former governor of Kansas
Publisher
[Government Printing Office]
Date Published
1857

Sold for$50

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169

Revolt in the Desert

Author
Lawrence, T.E.
Headline
Abridged version of T.E. Lawrence's 7 Pillars of Wisdom
Publisher
George H. Doran Company
Date Published
1927

StatusUnsold

170

The Making of Mankind

Author
Leakey, Richard E.
Headline
Leakey studies the origin & development of mankind
Publisher
E.P. Dutton
Date Published
[1981]

Sold for$12.50

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178

Border Reminiscences

Author
Marcy, Randolph B.
Headline
Border Reminiscences, 1st Edition, 1872
Publisher
Harper & Brothers, Publishers
Date Published
1872

Sold for$50

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181

Letter from future scientist of the Perry Expedition

Heading
(Medicine)
Author
Morrow, Dr. James
Headline
Early letter from scientist on Perry expedition to Japan
Date Published
June 27, 1845

Estimate$200 - $300

StatusUnsold

184

Nach dem Sacramento: Reisebilder eines Heimgekehrten

Author
Meyer, Carl
Headline
Views of Mexican California and the Gold Rush
Publisher
H.R. Sauerländer
Date Published
1855

Sold for$531.25

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Bidding history(25 bids)

186

Expense from the 1st to the 12th of November 1794, To what Uses Expended. And, Expense for October 1794.

Heading
(Military)
Headline
Paymaster's Military Expense Report, 1749
Date Published
1749

Sold for$50

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187

Lineage and Family Records of Alfred Wyman Hoar and His Wife Josephine Jackson with Notes on the Early History of Wright County, Minnesota.

Heading
(Minnesota)
Headline
Early pioneer immigrants to Minnesota in 1854
Date Published
1898

Sold for$62.50

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194

Letter from General Conclaux to Citoyen Caferelli

Heading
(Napoleon)
Author
Conclaux, General
Headline
1801 French ALS about an officer returning to the Garde
Date Published
September 23, 1801

Sold for$12.50

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195

French diploma for law degree

Heading
(Napoleon)
Headline
1809 French diploma in law
Date Published
1809

Sold for$25

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198

History of Bringing the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to Galesburg

Heading
(New Mexico)
Author
Carr, Clark E.
Headline
1913 History of Santa Fe Railway, inscribed
Publisher
Wagoner Printing Co.
Date Published
1913

Sold for$75

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200

A Statement in Regard to Certain Matters Concerning the Governorship and Political Affairs in New Mexico in 1906-1907

Heading
(New Mexico)
Author
Hagerman, Herbert J.
Headline
Defense against removal of NM governor, 1908
Publisher
Printed for Private Circulation
Date Published
1908

Sold for$12.50

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204

Fifty Years and Over of Akron and Summit County

Heading
(Ohio)
Author
Lane, Samuel A.
Headline
Over 50 years of Ohio history, 1842-1892
Publisher
Beacon Job Department
Date Published
1892-1893

Sold for$25

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208

The Old Army Memories 1872-1918

Author
Parker, James
Headline
Memories of General James Parker, 1878-1918
Publisher
Dorrance & Company
Date Published
1929

Sold for$37.50

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209

Explosive Working of Metals

Author
Pearson, John and John S. Rinehart
Headline
Explosive Metals! Inscribed!
Publisher
Macmillan / Pergamon Press
Date Published
1963

Sold for$25

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212

Political Dialogues Between the Celebrated Statues of Pasquin and Marforio at Rome. In which The Origin and Views of the late War, the Secret Mediation of the Present Peace, and the genuine Conditions of it, are brought to Light.

Heading
(Political Satire)
Author
[Anonymous]
Headline
A satire on the administration of R. Walpole
Publisher
T. Boreman
Date Published
1736

Sold for$62.50

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217

The Memoirs of Richard Nixon - inscribed

Heading
(Presidents, 1969))
Author
Nixon, Richard M.
Headline
The Memoirs of Richard Nixon - inscribed
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published
[1978]

Sold for$150

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Bidding history(11 bids)

218

The Real War

Heading
(Presidents, 1969)
Author
Nixon, Richard M.
Headline
Nixon The Real War signed 1st
Publisher
Time Warner
Date Published
1980

Sold for$50

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228

L'Espagne Sous Ferdinand VII, Par Le Marquis De Custine. Tome Quatrieme.

Heading
(Primrose, Archibald)
Headline
Prime Minister Archibald Primrose's copy
Publisher
Societe Typographique Belge
Date Published
1838

StatusUnsold

239

Blacks in Antiquity: Ethiopians in the Greco-Roman Experience

Author
Snowden, Frank M., Jr.
Headline
Africans in ancient Greece & Rome
Publisher
The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Date Published
1970

Sold for$25

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245

The Guilds of Florence

Author
Staley, Edgcumbe
Headline
A handsomely bound copy
Publisher
Methuen and A,C, McClurg & Co.
Date Published
1906

Sold for$162.50

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246

Discourses on the Nature of Faith and Kindred Subjects...

Author
Starr, William H.
Headline
1857 Memoir with various essays on religion
Publisher
D.B. Cook & Co.
Date Published
1857

Sold for$25

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248

Some Southwestern Trails

Heading
(Texas)
Author
Carroll, H. Bailey; LeRoy Hafen; J. Evetts Haley et al.
Headline
Some Southwestern Trails, 1948
Publisher
Carl Hertzog
Date Published
1948

Sold for$37.50

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251

Man in Africa

Author
Turnbull, Colin M.
Headline
Colin Turnbull on the peoples of Africa
Publisher
Anchor Press / Doubleday
Date Published
1976

Sold for$12.50

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252

Memorial of the Members of the Legislative Council of the Provisional Government of Deseret, Praying for Admission into the Union as a State, or for a Territorial Government

Heading
(Utah)
Headline
Constitution for Mormon State of Deseret, 1849
Date Published
1849

Sold for$343.75

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259

The Museum of Remarkable and Interesting Events

Author
Watts, J.
Headline
Museum of Remarkable and Interesting Events
Publisher
Sanford & Hayward
Date Published
1844

Sold for$75

StatusSold

264

Ma Vie Nomade aux Montagnes Rocheuses.

Author
Woelmont, Arnold de
Headline
French account of life in the Rockies, 1878
Publisher
Librairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie.
Date Published
1878

Sold for$12.50

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267

Japanese with Pictures: Part I.

Heading
(World War II)
Headline
Japanese with Pictures, Part 1 ca. 1940s
Date Published
[ca. 1940s]

Sold for$25

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268

Fort Caspar (Platte Bridge Station)

Heading
(Wyoming)
Author
Mokler, Alfred James
Headline
Historical account of pioneer conflicts, 1939
Publisher
The Prairie Publishing Company
Date Published
1939

Sold for$25

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269

Bloody Years: A Decade of Plot and Counter-Plot by the Golden Horn

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
Bloody Years signed by Francis Yeats-Brown
Publisher
The Viking Press
Date Published
1932

Sold for$12.50

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270

Caught by the Turks

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
Francis Yeats-Brown's first book
Publisher
The Macmillan Company
Date Published
[1920]

Sold for$12.50

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271

Golden Horn

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
The Bengal Lancer reprises his Turkish capture memoir
Publisher
Victor Gollancz Ltd
Date Published
1932

StatusUnsold

272

Indian Pageant

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
Overview of Indian history by the Bengal Lancer
Publisher
Eyre and Spottiswoode
Date Published
1942

StatusUnsold

273

Lancer at Large

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
The Bengal Lancer revisits India
Publisher
The Viking Press
Date Published
1937

StatusUnsold

274

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
Lives of a Bengal Lancer in dust jacket
Publisher
The Viking Press
Date Published
1930

Sold for$25

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275

Martial India: [The Story of Two Million Volunteers]

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
Indian volunteers in WWII by the Bengal Lancer
Publisher
Eyre and Spottiswoode
Date Published
1945

StatusUnsold

276

Pageant of India

Author
Yeats-Brown, Francis
Headline
Overview of Indian history by the Bengal Lancer
Publisher
Macrae-Smith-Company
Date Published
1942

StatusUnsold