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2

Night Dogs

Author
Anderson, Kent
Headline
Kent Anderson's Night Dogs, signed in dj
Publisher
Dennis McMillan
Date Published
1996

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5

Three works on Robert Louis Stevenson published by the Bibliophile Society

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(Bibliophile Society)
Headline
Bibliophile Society Robert Louis Stevenson
Publisher
Bibliophile Society
Date Published
Various dates

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6

Il Decamerone di Messer Giovanni Boccaccio

Author
Boccaccio, Giovanni
Headline
Boccaccio's Decameron, Illustrated by Tito Lessi
Publisher
Fratelli Alinari
Date Published
1909-1915

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21

A Christmas Carol in Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas.

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Christmas Carol facsimile w/jacket 1920
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Date Published
[1920]

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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]

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28

Circe

Heading
(Gelli, Giovanni Battista)
Author
Gelli, John Baptist
Headline
Henry Layng's translation of Gelli's Circe, 1745
Publisher
R. Dodsley
Date Published
1745

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31

Sam Slick's Wise Saws and Modern Instances; or What He Said , Did, or Invented

Author
[Haliburton, Thomas Chadwick]
Headline
Sam Slick's Wise Saws
Publisher
Blanchard and Lea
Date Published
1853

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36

The Harbinger; A May-Gift

Author
[Holmes, Oliver Wendell]
Headline
Rare early Oliver Wendell Holmes
Publisher
Carter, Hendee and Co.
Date Published
1833

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37

The Iliad of Homer and the Odyssey of Homer, in Four Volumes

Heading
(Homer)
Author
Bryant, William Cullen
Headline
Verse Translation of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, in 4 Vols
Publisher
Fields, Osgood, & Co. and James R. Osgood
Date Published
1870-72

Sold for$112.50

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39

The Journals of Washington Irving (Hitherto Unpublished)

Author
Irving, Washington
Headline
Bibliophile Society's Journals of Washington Irving
Publisher
The Bibliophile Society
Date Published
1919

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40

Three Bifolia from Keats, with One Bifolium from Shelley

Heading
(Kelmscott Press)
Author
Keats, John & Percy Bysshe Shelley
Headline
Four Keats and Shelley Bifolia from Kelmscott Press
Publisher
Kelmscott Press
Date Published
1894-1895

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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

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44

Five volumes of 19th-century poetry and prose.

Heading
(Literature)
Headline
Prose & poetry from Burroughs, Locker & Wilde
Date Published
1871

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45

Three volumes of literature

Heading
(Literature)
Headline
3 titles from notable authors
Date Published
1872-1921

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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

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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

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49

South Sea Tales

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

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50

Journal intime. 1878-1881. Publié par son fils Samuel Viaud

Author
Loti, Pierre
Headline
Pierre Loti's intimate journal 1878-81
Publisher
Calmann-Lévy
Date Published
1925

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51

Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile

Author
Melville, Herman
Headline
First edition second printing, Israel Potter
Publisher
G. P. Putnam
Date Published
1855

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52

Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas.

Author
Melville, Herman
Headline
Herman Melville's sequel to Typee
Publisher
Harper & Brothers; John Murray
Date Published
1847

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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

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56

Aphrodite in Aulis

Author
Moore, George
Headline
Beautiful signed Aphrodite in Aulis
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd.
Date Published
1930

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58

The Works of Thomas Otway, Consisting of His Plays, Poems, and Letters. With a Sketch of His Life, Enlarged from That Written by Dr. Johnson

Author
Otway, Thomas
Headline
Works of Thomas Otway 1812
Publisher
F.. C. and J. Rivington
Date Published
1812

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60

The Club, or, A Grey-Cap for a Green Head, in a Dialogue Between Father and Son. In Vino Veritas [with] The Club: In a Dialogue Between Father and Son. In Vino Veritas

Author
[Puckle, James]
Headline
Two versions of James Puckle's The Club
Publisher
Edward Symon; Printed for the Proprietor by John Johnson
Date Published
1723; 1817

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62

The Poetical Works of Christina G. Rossetti.

Author
Rossetti, Christina G.
Headline
The Poetical Works of Christina G. Rossetti.
Publisher
Little, Brown, and Company
Date Published
1905

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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

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65

The Heritage Shakespeare

Author
Shakespeare, William
Headline
The Heritage Shakespeare bound by Bayntun
Publisher
Heritage Press
Date Published
[1958]

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67

The Jungle

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

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72

Beyond the Breakers and Other Poems

Author
Sterling, George
Headline
Sterling's Beyond the Breakers and Other Poems
Publisher
A. M. Robertson
Date Published
1914

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74

Vanity Fair

Author
Thackeray, William Makepeace
Headline
Vanity Fair finely bound by Bayntun
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Date Published
No date

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75

The Gilded Age

Author
Twain, Mark
Headline
Mark Twain The Gilded Age 1874
Publisher
American Publishing Company
Date Published
1874

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76

A Tramp Abroad

Author
Twain, Mark
Headline
A Tramp Abroad by Mark Twain
Publisher
American Publishing Company
Date Published
1880

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77

Translations from the Spanish Poet José Zorilla

Heading
(Zorrilla, José)
Author
Eliot, Samuel
Headline
Rare translations of Spanish poet Zorrilla
Publisher
Privately printed
Date Published
[1846]

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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]

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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

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90

How I Made Millions; or The Secret of Success

Author
Barnum, P.T.
Headline
A rare Barnum edition, 1884
Publisher
Belford, Clarke & Co.
Date Published
1884

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

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157

"Song of Welcome" [in] Complimentary Banquet Given by the City Council of Boston to Rear-Admiral Lessoffsky and the Officers of the Russian Fleet

Author
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Headline
With a poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes
Publisher
J.E. Farwell & Co., Printers to the City
Date Published
1864

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158

The Headlong Career and Woeful Ending of Precocious Piggy

Author
Hood, Thomas
Headline
Illustrated children's book, 1859
Publisher
Thornton and Moffitt
Date Published
1859

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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

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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

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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

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170

The Making of Mankind

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

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178

Border Reminiscences

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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195

French diploma for law degree

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

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218

The Real War

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

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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

236

Letters From Abroad to Kindred at Home

Author
[Sedgwick, Catharine]
Headline
Catharine Sedgwick's Letters From Abroad
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1841

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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]

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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

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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

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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]

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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

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272

Indian Pageant

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

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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

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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

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276

Pageant of India

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

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304

Follow With Flags The Invasion Campaigns Against The Axis In Europe.

Heading
(World War II)
Author
Godshall, Richard L.
Headline
1943 Color map of Europe at War
Publisher
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Date Published
1943

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310

Two signed letters from Sir Henry Thompson, one excusing himself from a social engagement due to a medical debate.

Heading
(Autographs)
Author
Thompson, Henry
Headline
Sir Henry Thompson Signed Letter
Publisher
No publisher
Date Published
No date

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334

Hydriotaphia: Urn Burial; with an account of some urns found at Brampton in Norfolk

Author
Browne, Thomas
Headline
Urn-Burial from the Chiswick Press
Publisher
Chiswick Press
Date Published
1893

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337

The Life of Benvenuto Cellini, Written by Himself

Author
Cellini, Benvenuto
Headline
Life of Cellini finely bound by Brentano's
Publisher
Brentano's
Date Published
[1906]

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339

Letters Written by the Late Right Honourable Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield, to His Son, Philip Stanhope, Esq., late Envoy Extraordinary at the Court of Dresden: Together with Other Pieces on Various Subjects.

Author
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, [4th] Earl of
Headline
Letters from Chesterfield to his son, 1774
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date Published
[1774]

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345

Sketches by Boz, second series - a disbound copy annotated in apparent preparation for a later edition

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Curious copy of Dickens' Sketches by Boz
Publisher
John Macrone
Date Published
[1837]

Sold for$625

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