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2

Two mystery novels from Douglas Adams

Author
Adams, Douglas
Headline
Two humorous mysteries from Douglas Adams
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Date Published
1987-1988

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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3

Dark Laughter [with] The Untold Lie, and Other Stories

Author
Anderson, Sherwood
Headline
Dark Laughter and The Untold Lie by Anderson
Date Published
1919; 1925

Sold for$12.50

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4

Four sci-fi story collections featuring Isaac Asimov

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(Asimov, Isaac)
Headline
Four sci-fi collections featuring Isaac Asimov
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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5

Three sci-fi anthologies edited by Isaac Asimov

Author
Asimov, Isaac, editor
Headline
Three sci-fi collections edited by Isaac Asimov
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

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6

Come Back, Dr. Caligari

Author
Barthelme, Donald
Headline
First American Edition, in unclipped dj
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
[1964]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

7

The Early Worm

Author
Benchley, Robert
Headline
Benchley's The Early Worm, 1st Ed. in dj
Publisher
Henry Hold and Company
Date Published
[1927]

Sold for$87.50

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8

A Graveyard for Lunatics

Author
Bradbury, Ray
Headline
Signed by Ray Bradbury
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1990

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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9

A Graveyard for Lunatics: Another Tale of Two Cities

Author
Bradbury, Ray
Headline
Uncorrected Proof, signed by Ray Bradbury
Publisher
[Alfred A. Knopf]
Date Published
1990

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

10

I Sing the Body Electric!

Author
Bradbury, Ray
Headline
Signed by Ray Bradbury
Publisher
[Alfred A. Knopf]
Date Published
[1969]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

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Bidding history(11 bids)

11

The Toynbee Convector

Author
Bradbury, Ray
Headline
Signed by Ray Bradbury, 1st edition
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
[1988]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

12

Toynbee Convector Advance Uncorrected Proof

Author
Bradbury, Ray
Headline
Uncorrected Proof, signed by Ray Bradbury
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1988

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

13

Yestermorrow: Obvious Answers To Impossible Futures [with] Uncorrected Proof

Author
Bradbury, Ray
Headline
Yestermorrow, inscribed by Bradbury w/ proof
Publisher
Joshua Odell Editions / Capra Press
Date Published
1991

Sold for$75

StatusSold

14

We All Killed Grandma

Author
Brown, Fredric
Headline
We All Killed Grandma, first edition in dj
Publisher
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Date Published
1952

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

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15

The Ring and the Book

Author
Browning, Robert
Headline
Browning's Ring & the Book 1868
Publisher
Smith, Elder & Co.
Date Published
1868-69

Sold for$250

StatusSold

Bidding history(16 bids)

16

Barfly promotional brochure signed by Charles Bukowski

Heading
(Bukowski, Charles)
Headline
Barfly promo brochure signed by Bukowski
Publisher
Cannon Films
Date Published
[1987]

Sold for$50

StatusSold

17

Four Bukowski titles

Author
Bukowski, Charles
Headline
Four Bukowski titles
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

18

Ten Charles Bukowski New Years' Greetings from Black Sparrow Press

Author
Bukowski, Charles
Headline
10 Bukowski New Years' Greetings
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
1994-2002

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

19

The Neon Rain

Author
Burke, James Lee
Headline
First Dave Robicheaux mystery, in unclipped dj
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Date Published
[1987]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$225

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

20

The Works of Robert Burns

Author
Burns, Robert
Headline
Collected edition of the Works of Robert Burns 1803
Publisher
T. Cadell and W. Davies
Date Published
1803

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

21

Four Tarzan novels

Author
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Headline
Four Tarzan novels in jackets
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$212.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(14 bids)

22

Twenty-six pulp titles from Edgar Rice Burroughs

Author
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Headline
Shelf of Edgar Rice Burroughs pulp titles
Publisher
Ace Books Inc
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$687.50

StatusSold

23

Playback

Author
Chandler, Raymond
Headline
Chandler's Playback, 1st British Edition
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Date Published
[1958]

Sold for$50

StatusSold

24

The Raymond Chandler Omnibus

Author
Chandler, Raymond
Headline
Four mystery novels by Raymond Chandler
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Date Published
[1953]

Sold for$50

StatusSold

25

Red Wind: A Collection of Short Stories

Author
Chandler, Raymond
Headline
Raymond Chandler Red Wind 1st book ed.
Publisher
World Publishing
Date Published
[1946]

Sold for$25

StatusSold

26

Needle

Author
Clement, Hal
Headline
Hal Clement Needle 1st ed
Publisher
Doubleday
Date Published
1950

Sold for$25

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27

The Rocksburg Railroad Murders

Author
Constantine, K.C.
Headline
In first state unclipped dust jacket
Publisher
Saturday Review Press
Date Published
[1972]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

28

The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Martin Chuzzlewit, First Ed., 2nd Issue
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Date Published
1844

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$212.50

StatusSold

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29

Seven Gothic Tales

Author
Dinesen, Isak
Headline
Dinesen's first English language book
Publisher
Harrison Smith and Robert Haas
Date Published
1934

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

30

Adventures of a Young Man

Author
Dos Passos, John
Headline
Dos Passos Adventures of a Young Man
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Date Published
[1939]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

31

Crime and Punishment [with] The Brothers Karamazov

Author
Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich
Headline
Dostoevsky's two most famous novels
Publisher
Various publishers

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

32

The Velvet Fleece

Author
Eby, Louis and John C. Fleming
Headline
The Velvet Fleece by Eby and Fleming
Publisher
E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
Date Published
1947

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

33

Two signed fantasy titles

Heading
(Fantasy)
Headline
Two signed fantasy titles
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$50

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34

Routines

Author
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Headline
Routines, plays by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Publisher
New Directions
Date Published
[1964]

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

35

Single-Handed

Author
Forester, C.S.
Headline
Forester's Single-Handed 1st US Ed.
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's
Date Published
1929

Sold for$62.50

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36

The French Lieutenant's Woman - three editions, one signed

Author
Fowles, John
Headline
French Lieutenant's Woman - 3 editions
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

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37

The Diary of Anne Frank: The Revised Critical Edition

Author
Frank, Anne
Headline
Revised Critical Edition of Anne Frank's Diary
Publisher
Doubleday
Date Published
2003

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

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38

A Burnt-Out Case

Author
Greene, Graham
Headline
A Burnt-Out Case 1st UK edition w/dj
Publisher
Heinemann
Date Published
[1961]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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39

The End of the Affair

Author
Greene, Graham
Headline
The End of the Affair, First edition
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd.
Date Published
[1951]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

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40

Four novels by Graham Greene

Author
Greene, Graham
Headline
Four thrillers from Graham Greene
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

41

The 1947 Pean

Heading
(Hall, Donald)
Headline
Inscribed by poet Donald Hall
Date Published
1947

Sold for$25

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42

Double Star

Author
Heinlein, Robert A.
Headline
Heinlein's 1956 Hugo award winner
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Date Published
[1956]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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43

Four titles by Robert A. Heinlein

Author
Heinlein, Robert A.
Headline
Four titles by Robert A. Heinlein
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$100

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44

Stranger in a Strange Land

Author
Heinlein, Robert A.
Headline
Stranger in a Strange Land, Book Club Edition
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published
[1961]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

45

Cabbages and Kings

Author
Henry, O. [pseudonym of William Sydney Porter]
Headline
O. Henry Cabbages and Kings First Edition
Publisher
McClure, Phillips & Co.
Date Published
1904

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

46

The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table; The Professor at the Breakfast Table; The Poet at the Breakfast Table

Author
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Headline
Wendell Holmes Breakfast Books, nicely bound
Publisher
William Paterson
Date Published
[ca. 1883-1890]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

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47

Abbotsford, and Newstead Abbey.

Author
[Irving, Washington]
Headline
Washington Irving, Abbotsford Etc, Finely Bound
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1835

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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48

English Hours

Author
James, Henry
Headline
Henry James English Hours 1905
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Date Published
1905

Sold for$50

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49

The Further Inquiry

Author
Kesey, Ken
Headline
Signed by Ken Kesey and Ken Babbs
Publisher
Viking Press
Date Published
[1990]

Estimate - $500

Sold for$75

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50

Heinrich von Kleists hinterlassene Schriften, herausgegeben von L. Tieck.

Author
Kleist, Heinrich von
Headline
The poetry and plays of Heinrich von Kleist
Publisher
Gedruckt und verlegt bei G. Reimer
Date Published
1821

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

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51

Book One

Author
Lauterbach, Ann
Headline
Ann Lauterbach Book One signed 1975
Date Published
1975

Sold for$62.50

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52

Surfing the Conscious Nets: A Graphic Novel by Huck Getty Mellon Von Schlebrugge

Author
Leary, Timothy
Headline
T. Leary's 1995 internet graphic novel, signed
Publisher
Last Gasp
Date Published
1995

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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53

Chaney's Primer of Astrology and American Urania: Old Rules Simplified, New Rules Added, with Improved Nomenclature and Numerous Tables Never before Published.

Heading
(London, Jack)
Author
Chaney, W.H.
Headline
Chaney's Primer of Astrology and American Urania
Publisher
Magic Circle Publishing Co.
Date Published
1890

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

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54

Kate Carnegie

Author
Maclaren, Ian
Headline
Kate Carnegie, Signed by Ian Maclaren
Publisher
Dodd, Mead and Company
Date Published
1896

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

55

The Book of Poetry: Collected from the Whole Field of British and American Poetry. Also Translations of Important Poems from Foreign Languages

Author
Markham, Edwin, compiler
Headline
Edwin Markham's Book of Poetry 10 vols. inscribed 1/750
Publisher
Wm. H. Wise and Co.
Date Published
1932

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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56

The American Female Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices

Author
May, Caroline
Headline
The American Female Poets
Publisher
Lindsay & Blakiston
Date Published
1848

Sold for$37.50

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57

Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile

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

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

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58

Night City

Author
Micheline, Jack
Headline
Signed Jack Micheline broadside rare
Publisher
[Jack Micheline]
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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59

Collected Sonnets of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Author
Millay, Edna St. Vincent
Publisher
Harper & Brothers Publishers
Date Published
1941

Estimate$10 - $10

Sold for$37.50

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60

Starward [with] About "The Hights"

Author
Miller, Juanita
Headline
Two works from the daughter of Joaquin Miller
Date Published
1917; 1948

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

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61

Black God's Shadow

Author
Moore, Catherine Lucille
Headline
Jacket signed by the author and illustrator
Publisher
Donald M. Grant
Date Published
1977

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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62

The Outsider 4 & 5: Embracing a 46-page homage to Patchen

Heading
(Outsider)
Author
Webb, Jon and Gypsy Lou, editors
Headline
With poetry from Bukowski, Ginsberg and others
Publisher
[Loujon Press]
Date Published
[1969]

Sold for$37.50

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63

The Curse of the Pharaohs

Author
Peters, Elizabeth
Headline
Peters's Curse of the Pharaohs, 1st Ed. in dj
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company
Date Published
[1981]

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

64

Two first edition poetry titles

Heading
(Poetry)
Headline
Two first edition poetry titles
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$25

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65

Hacienda

Author
Porter, Katherine Anne
Headline
Inscribed by Katherine Anne Porter
Publisher
Harrison of Paris
Date Published
1934

Sold for$62.50

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66

Three volumes from A Dance to the Music of Time

Author
Powell, Anthony
Headline
Three volumes from A Dance to the Music of Time
Publisher
Little, Brown; Heinemann
Date Published
1957; 1968; 1975

Sold for$12.50

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67

Le Petit Prince

Author
Saint-Exupéry, Antoine de
Headline
Le Petit Prince, Harcourt edition
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & World
Date Published
[c. 1961-1970]

Sold for$37.50

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68

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction

Author
Salinger, J. D.
Headline
Salinger's Raise High the Roof Beam
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
[1959]

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

69

Hymn to the Mimeograph Revolution

Author
Sanders, Ed
Headline
Signed by Ed Sanders 1/50
Publisher
The Brothers To Elysium
Date Published
2012

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

70

Four science fiction first editions

Heading
(Science Fiction)
Headline
Four science fiction first editions
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$87.50

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Bidding history(8 bids)

71

Six mass market science fiction titles - one signed

Heading
(Science Fiction)
Headline
Signed by Theodore Sturgeon
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$25

StatusSold

72

The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Author
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Headline
Shelley's Works bound by Zaehnsdorf
Publisher
Edward Moxon
Date Published
1839

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

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73

Roderick the Last of the Goths.

Author
Southey, Robert
Headline
Southey's Roderick, handsomely bound
Publisher
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
Date Published
1826

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

74

Two keepsakes issued by The Friends of the Bancroft Library for its members

Author
Spender, Stephen
Headline
Two Bancroft Library keepsakes
Publisher
The Friends of the Bancroft Library
Date Published
1984, 2000

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

75

Cannery Row

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
Steinbeck's Cannery Row, in DJ
Publisher
Viking Press
Date Published
1945

Sold for$75

StatusSold

76

Fourteen volumes of Mostly Letters by Robert Louis Stevenson

Author
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Headline
14 volumes of Robert Louis Stevenson letters
Date Published
1902-1937

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

77

15 volumes about Robert Louis Stevenson

Heading
(Stevenson, Robert Louis)
Headline
15 volumes about Robert Louis Stevenson
Date Published
1910-1962

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

78

Books by or about Robert Louis Stevenson

Heading
(Stevenson, Robert Louis)
Headline
Shelf of books by or about Robert Louis Stevenson
Date Published
1895-1960

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

79

Fifteen volumes most by Robert Louis Stevenson

Heading
(Stevenson, Robert Louis)
Headline
Shelf of books mostly by Robert Louis Stevenson
Date Published
1882-1928

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

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80

Fourteen volumes of Books about Robert Louis Stevenson including Collection Catalogues

Heading
(Stevenson, Robert Louis)
Headline
12 volumes on RLS including collection catalogues
Date Published
1885-1971

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

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81

Memories and Portraits

Author
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Headline
Stevenson's Memories and Portraits, 1/50
Publisher
Chatto and Windus
Date Published
1887

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

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82

The White Deer

Author
Thurber, James
Headline
Thurber's White Deer, First Edition
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Date Published
[1945]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

83

People One Knows

Author
Updike, John
Headline
Signed by John Updike
Publisher
Lord John Press
Date Published
1980

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

84

The Adventures of a Chinaman in China

Author
Verne, Jules
Headline
Jules Verne Adventures of a Chinaman
Publisher
Lee and Shepard / Charles T. Dillingham
Date Published
1889

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

85

four volumes by P.G. Wodehouse

Author
Wodehouse, P.G.
Headline
Four works by P.G. Wodehouse
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

86

Quick Service

Author
Wodehouse, P.G.
Headline
Quick Service, first American edition in jacket
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran & Co.
Date Published
1940

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

87

Two works featuring the Drones Club

Author
Wodehouse, P.G.
Headline
Two Wodehouse works from the Drones Club
Publisher
Herbert Jenkins
Date Published
[1940]; 1958

Sold for$75

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88

Sam in the Suburbs

Author
Wodehouse, P.G
Headline
Sam in the Suburbs, First U.S. edition in jacket
Publisher
George H. Doran Company
Date Published
[1925]

Sold for$312.50

StatusSold

89

Notes on Railroad Accidents

Author
Adams, Charles Francis
Headline
Early railroad accidents, 1879
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published
1879

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

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90

Hunting Big Game in Africa (wrapper title)

Heading
(Africa)
Author
Snow, H.A.
Headline
Pictorial record of African hunting trip 1922
Publisher
[Sunset Press]
Date Published
[c. 1922]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$200

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91

Memoirs of an Unfortunate Young Nobleman, Return'd from a Thirteen Years Slavery in America. Where he had been sent by the Wicked Contrivances of his Cruel Uncle, A Story founded on Truth, and address'd equally to the Head and Heart.

Author
[Annesley, James]
Headline
Memoirs of Kidnapped Nobleman, 1743
Publisher
J. Freeman
Date Published
1743

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$312.50

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92

The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1787

Heading
(Annual Register)
Headline
British views from the Age of Revolutions
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date Published
1789

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

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93

Mediterranean Domestic Architecture in the United States

Heading
(Architecture)
Author
Newcomb, Rexford
Headline
Mediterranean Architecture in the United States
Publisher
J.H. Jansen
Date Published
1928

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$225

StatusSold

94

Official publication National Air Races: Los Angeles Municipal Airport, Los Angeles, September 4, 5, 6, 7. 16th Annual World's Premier Air Classic

Heading
(Aviation)
Headline
Rare program for National Air Races 1936
Publisher
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
Date Published
1936

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

95

Legends of the Comstock Lode

Author
Beebe, Lucius & Charles Clegg
Headline
Beebe & Clegg Comstock Lode Legends
Publisher
Grahame H. Hardy
Date Published
1950

Sold for$25

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96

La Méditerranée

Author
Bertrand, Louis
Headline
Bertrand's "The Mediterranean", illus after photos
Publisher
Alpina
Date Published
1929

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

97

The Ashanti War. A Narrative Prepared from the Official Documents by Permission of Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley

Author
Brackenbury, Henry
Headline
The Ashanti War, 1874 with four folding maps
Publisher
William Blackwood and Sons
Date Published
1874

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

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98

Celebrated Trials Connected with the Aristocracy in the Relations of Private Life.

Author
Burke, Peter
Headline
Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf
Publisher
William Benning & Co.
Date Published
1849

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

99

History of Kern County California, with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present

Heading
(California - Kern County)
Author
Morgan, Wallace M.
Headline
Illustrated History of Kern County California
Publisher
Historical Record Company
Date Published
1914

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$312.50

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100

Annals of Los Angeles: From the Arrival of the First White Men to the Civil War, 1769-1861

Heading
(California - Los Angeles)
Author
Layne, J. Gregg
Headline
Annals of Los Angeles, 1769-1861
Publisher
California Historical Society
Date Published
1935

Sold for$125

StatusSold