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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

Sold for$25

StatusSold

3

Only Humans with Songs to Sing

Heading
(Beat Literature)
Headline
Humans with Songs to Sing, poetry collection
Publisher
Smyrna Press
Date Published
[c. 1969]

Sold for$12.50

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4

The Unpublished Beat Pics Postcard Series - three sets

Heading
(Beat Literature)
Headline
Beat Pics Postcard Series - 90 cards
Publisher
Literarydenim
Date Published
2020

Sold for$237.50

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5

Three works on Robert Louis Stevenson published by the Bibliophile Society

Heading
(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

Sold for$25

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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

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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

StatusSold

10

LouJon Press ephemera for works by Bukowski and Henry Miller

Heading
(Bukowski, Charles)
Headline
LouJon Press ephemera
Publisher
Loujon Press
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$50

StatusSold

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

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

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

StatusSold

13

Hollywood - uncorrected proof

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

Sold for$75

StatusSold

14

Four issues of Argosy Weekly

Heading
(Burroughs, Edgar Rice)
Headline
Argosy Weekly with Edgar Rice Burroughs
Publisher
The Frank A. Munsey Company
Date Published
1932-1933

Sold for$62.50

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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

StatusSold

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

StatusSold

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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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]

Sold for$125

StatusSold

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

StatusSold

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

StatusSold

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

StatusSold

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

StatusSold

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

StatusSold

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

StatusSold

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

Sold for$50

StatusSold

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

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)

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

Sold for$37.50

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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

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

StatusSold

35

Gawpy: Book One

Author
Hestwood, Harold K. and Robert W.
Headline
1920's children's book from Carmel
Publisher
Hestwood Studios
Date Published
1926

Sold for$12.50

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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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38

Ride the Pink Horse

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

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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

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

42

Dear Jack: Heart Not Head

Author
Lax, Robert
Headline
Dear Jack: Heart Not Head, 1/120
Publisher
Water Row Press
Date Published
2014

Sold for$25

StatusSold

43

Guabi

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

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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

Sold for$50

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45

Three volumes of literature

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

Sold for$100

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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]

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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

Sold for$75

StatusSold

49

South Sea Tales

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

Sold for$112.50

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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

Sold for$75

StatusSold

53

The Twilight Saga

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

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

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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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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56

Aphrodite in Aulis

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

Sold for$62.50

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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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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

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

59

Hips & Haws

Heading
(Poetry)
Author
Coppard, A.E.
Headline
Golden Cockerel Press - Hips & Haws
Publisher
The Golden Cockerel Press
Date Published
1922

Sold for$37.50

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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

Sold for$75

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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

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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

Sold for$25

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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

StatusSold

64

NO LOT

Headline
NO LOT

StatusUnsold

65

The Heritage Shakespeare

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

Sold for$25

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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

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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

StatusSold

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

StatusSold

71

Sweet Thursday

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

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

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

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

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

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Bidding history(16 bids)

74

Vanity Fair

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

Sold for$75

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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

Sold for$37.50

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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]

Sold for$12.50

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78

The Islands of Hawaii

Heading
(Adams, Ansel)
Author
Joesting, Edward
Headline
Illustrated from over 100 photographs of Ansel Adams
Publisher
[Bishop National Bank of Hawaii]
Date Published
[1958]

Sold for$75

StatusSold

79

Born Free: A Lioness of Two Worlds

Author
Adamson, Joy
Headline
Born Free, signed by author Joy Adamson
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Date Published
[1960]

Sold for$281.25

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Bidding history(16 bids)

80

The Breeds of Live Stock, and the Principles of Heredity

Heading
(Agriculture)
Author
Sanders, J.H.
Headline
Reference text on breeding Livestock, 1887
Publisher
J.H. Sanders Publishing Company
Date Published
1887

Sold for$237.50

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Bidding history(10 bids)

81

Lot of Alaskan touring maps, tourist brochures, and promotional ephemera from 1955

Heading
(Alaska)
Headline
Alaska at midcentury
Date Published
[1955]

Sold for$25

StatusSold

82

The Varick Court of Inquiry to Investigate the Implication of Colonel Varick (Arnold's Private Secretary) in the Arnold Treason

Heading
(Arnold, Benedict)
Headline
Varick's role in Benedict Arnold's treason
Publisher
Bibliophile Society
Date Published
1907

Sold for$25

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83

Glimpses of the East - N.Y.K. Official Guide. Eleventh Annual Issue, 1928-1929

Heading
(Asia)
Author
Kawata, T., editor
Headline
Shipper's Guide from Japan to the World, 1928
Publisher
T. Kawata
Date Published
1928

Sold for$50

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84

The Return

Heading
(Astronauts)
Author
Aldrin, Buzz and John Barnes
Headline
Buzz Aldrin Signed First Edition
Publisher
Forge
Date Published
2000

Sold for$112.50

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Bidding history(10 bids)

85

Signed photograph

Heading
(Astronauts)
Author
Carpenter, Scott
Headline
Signed photograph of Scott Carpenter
Date Published
No date

Sold for$50

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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]

StatusUnsold

87

Devotional Somnium, Or, a Collection of Prayers and Exhortations Uttered by Miss Rachel Baker: In the City of New-York, in the Winter of 1815, During Her Abstracted and Unconscious State...

Heading
(Baker, Miss Rachel)
Author
Mitchill, Samuel L.
Headline
Rachel Baker's somnium 1815
Publisher
Printed for the proprietor by Van Winkle and Wiley
Date Published
1815

Sold for$162.50

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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

StatusUnsold

89

Bummer & Lazarus: San Francisco's Famous Dogs; A True Story, as Reported in the Newspapers of 1861-1965

Author
Barker, Malcolm E.
Headline
San Francisco's most famous dogs
Publisher
Londonborn Publications
Date Published
1984

Sold for$25

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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

Sold for$150

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91

Great Surveys of the American West

Author
Bartlett, Richard A.
Headline
Surveying the American West
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
Date Published
[1962]

Sold for$62.50

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92

The Letters of Gertrude Bell

Author
Bell, Gertrude
Headline
Woman traveler in the Middle East
Publisher
Boni & Liveright
Date Published
1927

Sold for$25

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93

Land Und Leute. Reisebilder und Skizzen.

Author
Berghold, Alexander
Headline
A German's account of travels in Western U.S.
Publisher
[Privately printed]
Date Published
1891

Sold for$50

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94

Told at the Explorers Club: True Tales of Modern Exploration

Author
Blossom, Frederick A., editor
Headline
Explorers Club Tales of Exploration
Publisher
Albert & Charles Boni, Inc.
Date Published
1931

Sold for$50

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95

Apontamentos para a Historia da Revolução da Balaiada na provincia do Maranhão. Primera Parte, 1837-1839

Heading
(Brazil)
Author
Amaral, José Ribeiro do
Headline
Social revolt in Brazilian interior, 1837-39
Publisher
[Typogravura Teixeira]
Date Published
1898

Sold for$75

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96

Character Sketches

Author
[Brewer, Rev. E. Cobham]
Headline
Complete set of Character Sketches
Publisher
Selmar Hess
Date Published
1892

Sold for$137.50

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97

Around Cape Horn to Honolulu on the Bark "Amy Turner" 1880

Author
Briggs, L. Vernon
Headline
Cape Horn to Honolulu on the Amy Turner 1880
Publisher
Charles E. Lauriat Co.
Date Published
1926

Sold for$100

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Bidding history(8 bids)

98

James Phillips, Jr.

Author
Briggs, Walter De Blois
Headline
James Phillips, Jr. Grabhorn Press
Publisher
[The Grabhorn Press]
Date Published
1935

Sold for$12.50

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99

Bring 'Em Back Alive

Author
Buck, Frank with Edward Anthony
Headline
Bring 'em Back Alive with Frank Buck
Publisher
Garden City Publishing Company, Inc.
Date Published
[1930]

Sold for$37.50

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100

Kino and the Cartography of Northwestern New Spain

Author
Burrus, Ernest J.
Headline
Spanish Exploration, Cartography of the Southwest
Publisher
Arizona Pioneers' Historical Society
Date Published
1965

Sold for$50

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