Sale 801: The Shawn Donnille Collection of Natural History - Rare Books & Manuscripts

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(England - Restoration)
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John Lambert April 1660 escape wanted broadside
Publisher
Printed by Abel Roper and Tho. Collins, Printers to the Council of State
Date Published
1660

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227

State Tracts: Being a Collection of Several Treatises Relating to the Government

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(England)
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State Tracts, London 1692-93
Publisher
[Printed, and are to be Sold by Richard Baldwin]
Date Published
1692-1693

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228

Discourses on the Deceitfulness of Humane Virtues... To Which is Added, The Duke de la Rochefoucaut's Moral Reflections

Author
Espirit, Jacques and François, duc de La Rochefoucauld
Headline
Deceitfulness of Humane Virtues 1706
Publisher
Printed for And. Bell... R. Smith..., and J. Round
Date Published
1706

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229

Three 19th century essay collections by women

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(Essay collections)
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Three 19th-century essay collections by women
Publisher
Various publishers
Date Published
1813-1886

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230

Der Cöthnischen Lieder Erster und Anderer Theil: zum Lobe des Dreyeinigen Gottes und zu Gewünschter Reicher Erbauung vieler Menschen

Author
Fleischhauer, Johann Jakob, publisher
Headline
Mid. 18th German religious song texts
Publisher
Bey Johann Jacob Fleischhauer
Date Published
c.1750-1768?

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231

Origin and History of Beer and Brewing: From Prehistoric Times to the Beginning of Brewing Science and Technology

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(Food & Drink)
Author
Arnold, John P.
Headline
Origin and History of Beer and Brewing 1911
Publisher
Alumni Ass'n of hte Wahl-Henius Institute of Fermentology
Date Published
1911

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232

The Art of Cookery, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry... Humbly inscrib'd to the Honourable Beef Steak Club

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(Food & Drink)
Author
[King, William]
Headline
William King, Art of Cookery, 1st authorized ed.
Publisher
Printed for Bernard Lintott
Date Published
[1708]

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233

Bacchus Behave! The Lost Art of Polite Drinking

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(Food & Drink)
Author
Whitaker, Alma
Headline
First Edition, signed by the author
Publisher
Frederick A. Stokes
Date Published
1933

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234

The Handy Candy Book: Recipes and Notes

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(Food & Drink)
Author
White, Helen
Headline
The Handy Candy Cook Book, 1916
Publisher
Powell & White
Date Published
[1916]

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235

A Journal or Historical Account of the Life, Travel, Sufferings, Christian Experiences and Labour of Love in the Work of the Ministry...

Author
Fox, George
Headline
George Fox's Journal, 1st ed. folio 1694
Publisher
Printed for Thomas Northcott
Date Published
1694

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236

Collection of engravings and prints from French publications

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(France)
Headline
Biblical and French prints and views
Provenance
Late 18th-early 19th c.

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237

An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Morals and Happiness

Author
Godwin, William
Headline
Political Justice Influence on Morals Happiness 2nd ed.
Publisher
G.G. and J. Robinson
Date Published
1796

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238

The Wise Old Man: Or a Treatise Touching the Miseries Incident Both the the Bodies and Mindes of Old Men

Author
[Goulart, Simon]
Headline
Goulart, The Wise Old Man 1621
Publisher
Printed for Nicholas Bourne
Date Published
1621

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239

Poems upon Several Occasions.

Author
[Granville, George Granville]
Headline
Poetry by Baron George Granville, 1712
Publisher
J. Tonson
Date Published
[1712]

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240

Certaine Learned and Elegant Workes of the Right Honorable Fulke Lord Brooke, Written in his Youth, and Familiar Exercise with Sir Philip Sidney

Author
Greville, Fulke, Baron Brooke
Headline
Sir Fulke Greville Certaine Workes 1633
Publisher
Printed by E.P. for Henry Seyle
Date Published
1633

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241

The Phoenix: An Illustrated Review of Occultism and Philosophy

Author
Hall, Manly Palmer
Headline
Signed by Manley P. Hall
Publisher
Philosophical Research Society
Date Published
1956

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242

The Geography of Strabo

Author
Hamilton, H.C. and W. Falconer, translators
Headline
English translation of Strabo's Geography
Publisher
Henry G. Bohn
Date Published
[1854-1857]

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243

Lithographia Angerburgica, Lapidum et Fossilium [with] Florae Campana seu Pulsatilla

Author
Helwing, Georg Andrea
Headline
With 30 etchings of fossils & flowers, 1717-20
Publisher
Literis Johannis Stelteri
Date Published
1717-1720

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244

France [with] The Algerine Captive

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(Histories)
Headline
Two early 19th-century travel narratives
Publisher
Peter E. Gleason; Henry Colburn
Date Published
1816-1817

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245

Three 18th-century biographical histories

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(Histories)
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Three 18th-century political histories
Publisher
Various publishers

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246

Hone's Popular Political Tracts

Author
Hone, William
Headline
Hone's Political Tracts with numerous engravings
Publisher
Printed for William Hone
Date Published
1819-1822

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247

Saturni Ephemerides sive Tabula Historico-Chronologica, Containing, a Chronological Series of Succession of the Four Monarchyes

Author
Isaacson, Henry
Headline
Tables of world history, 1633
Publisher
Printed by B.A. and T.F. for Henry Seile and Humphrey Robinson
Date Published
1633

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248

Mores Hominum. The Manners of Men, Described in Sixteen Satyrs

Author
Juvenal
Headline
1st complete Juvenal Satires in English 1660
Publisher
Printed by R. Hodgkinsonne
Date Published
1660

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249

Introductio ad Veram Physicam: Seu Lectiones Physicae

Author
Keill, John, Christiaan Huygens, et al.
Headline
Early lectures on natural history, 1741
Publisher
Geo. Straham and Gul. Thurlbourn
Date Published
1741

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250

A Relation of the Conference Betweene William Lawd... and Mr. Fisher the Jesuite...

Author
Laud, William, Archbishop of Canterbury
Headline
Laud's Conference 1639, in Laud's presentation binding
Publisher
Printed by Richard Badger
Date Published
1639

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251

De Miraculis Occultis Naturae Libri IIII [with] Medici Zirizaei, de Habitu et Constitutione Corporis...

Author
Lemnius, Levinus
Headline
Lemnius’ Secret miracles of nature, 1590 Latin edition
Publisher
Ex officina typographica Ioannis Wecheli
Date Published
1590-1591

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252

De Lucernis Antiquorum Reconditis Libb. Sex

Author
Liceti, Fortunio
Headline
Illustrated monograph on ritual lamps, 1652
Publisher
Ex Typographia Nicolai Schiratti
Date Published
1652

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253

Lucan's Pharsalia translated into English verse by Nicholas Rowe, Esq.

Author
Lucanus, Marcus Anneaus
Headline
Nicholas Rowe's translation of Lucan's Pharsalia
Publisher
Jacob Tonson
Date Published
1718

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254

The History of the League

Author
Maimbourg, Louis
Headline
History of the League 1684, transl. John Dryden
Publisher
Printed by M. Flesher, for Jacob Tonson
Date Published
1684

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255

The Fable of the Bees: Or, Private Vices, Publick Benefits [with] The Fable of the Bees Part II

Author
Mandeville, Bernard de
Headline
Mandeville Fable of the Bees vols.1-2 (latter 1st ed.)
Publisher
J. Tonson / J. Roberts
Date Published
1728-1729

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256

Letter from Marie Antoinette

Author
Marie Antoinette, Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France
Headline
Letter written by Marie Antoinette
Date Published
Late 18th c.

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257

A Breviary of the History of the Parliament of England. Expressed in Three Parts

Author
May, Thomas
Headline
History of Parliament, pub. Anne Brewster, 1680
Publisher
Printed for Anne Brewster
Date Published
1680

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258

The Winchester Psalter Miniature Cycle

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(Medieval Manuscripts - Facsimile)
Headline
Winchester Psalter Miniature facsimile ed.
Publisher
The Folio Society
Date Published
2015

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259

De Maligna Febre Paroxisante Opus Consultationes et … Observationes Continens

Author
Moraeus, Franciscus
Headline
1670 text on fevers, Franciscus Moraeus
Publisher
Sumptibus Joh. Petri Zubrodt, typis Pauli Hummii
Date Published
1670

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260

Letter signed by Napoleon after the Battle of Bautzen

Author
Napoléon I, Emperor of the French
Headline
Letter signed by Napoleon as Emperor
Date Published
1813

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261

Epistles

Author
Ovid
Headline
Ovid's Epistles 1705 ed.
Publisher
Printed for Jacob Tonson
Date Published
1705

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262

The Compleat Gentleman: Fashioning Him Absolute in the Most Necessary Commendable Qualities, Concerning Mind, or Body, That May be Required in a Person of Honor

Author
Peacham, Henry
Headline
The Compleat Gentleman 1661
Publisher
Printed by E. Tyler, for Richard Thrale
Date Published
1661

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263

Studi di Pittura Gia Dissegnatida Giambatista Piazzetta ed Ora con L'Intaglio di Marco Pitteri...

Author
Piazzetta, Giambattista
Headline
Piazzetta's 1760 drawing manual with 22 plates
Publisher
G.B. Albrizzi
Date Published
[1760]

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264

Moral Emblems with Aphorisms, Adages, and Proverbs of All Ages and Nations, From Jacob Cats and Robert Farlie.

Author
Pigot, Richard, editor
Headline
With numerous pictorial emblem engravings
Publisher
D. Appleton & Co.
Date Published
1860

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265

Seven volumes of 18th-century plays

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(Plays)
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Seven volumes of 18th-century English plays
Date Published
1730-1805

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266

Eight volumes of early 19th-century poetry

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(Poetry)
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Eight volumes of early 19th century poetry
Date Published
1819-1845

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267

Five volumes of 18th century poetry

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(Poetry)
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Five volumes of 18th-century poetry
Date Published
1768-1811

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268

Five volumes of late 19th century poetry

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(Poetry)
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Five volumes of late 19th-century poetry
Date Published
1865-1902

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269

Leçons de Mécanique Céleste Professées a la Sorbonne

Author
Poincaré, Henri
Headline
Poincare Lecons de Mecanique Celeste 1905-10
Publisher
Gauthier-Villars
Date Published
1905-1910

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270

Bound volume of ten pamphlets by William Prynne, 1643-1644

Author
Prynne, William
Headline
10 pamphlets by William Prynne 1643-44
Publisher
Michael Sparke
Date Published
1643-1644

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271

Eleven leaves from an illuminated Qur'an manuscript

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(Qur'an)
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11 leaves from illuminated Qur'an manuscript
Date Published
Early 20th century?

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272

Institutiones Astronomicae Ternis Libris Contentae

Author
Ringelberg, Joachim Sterck van
Headline
Ringelberg astronomy text, 1535 Venice ed.
Publisher
Melchioris Sessae [i.e. Marchio Sessa]
Date Published
1535

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273

Foundations of Economic Analysis

Author
Samuelson, Paul A.
Headline
Foundations of Economic Analysis, one signed
Publisher
Harvard University Press; Wirtschaft und Finanzen
Date Published
[1997]

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274

Epsom-Wells. A Comedy, As it is Acted By Their Majesties Servants.

Author
Shadwell, Thomas
Headline
Epsom-Wells. A Comedy by Thomas Shadwell, 1693
Publisher
H. Herringman
Date Published
1693

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275

A Course of Lectures on Elocution

Author
Sheridan, Thomas
Headline
Thomas Sheridan Lectures on Elocution 1762
Publisher
Printed by W. Strahan, for A. Millar, R. and J. Dodsley, [et al.]
Date Published
1762

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276

Discourses Concerning Government...

Author
Sidney, Algernon
Headline
Algernon Sidney's Discourses, 1698
Publisher
To be sold by the Booksellers of London and Westminster
Date Published
[1698]

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277

Antiquities of Westminster: The Old Palace; St. Stephen's Chapel, (Now the House of Commons) &c. &c. Containing 246 Engravings of Topographical Objects, of Which 122 No Longer Remain [with] Sixty-Two Additional Plates to Smith's Antiquities

Author
Smith, John Thomas
Headline
Antiquities of Westminster, illustrated
Publisher
Printed By T. Bensley, for J.T. Smith
Date Published
1807-1809

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278

The Anatomy of Bibliomania

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(Soncino Press)
Author
Jackson, Holbrook
Headline
The Anatomy of Bibliomania, First edition
Publisher
The Soncino Press
Date Published
1930-1931

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279

A Tale of A Tub, Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind. To which is added, An Account of a Battel Between the Antient and Modern Books in St. James's Library

Author
[Swift, Jonathan]
Headline
Jonathan Swift Tale of a Tub 1710 w/ plates
Publisher
Printed for John Nutt
Date Published
1710

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280

Four early 19th-century works of theology

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(Theology)
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Four early 19th-century works of Theology
Date Published
1801-1841

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282

Θουκυδιδου περι του Πελοποννησιακου Πολέμον Βιβλία ῆ. Thucydidis de Bello Peloponnesiaco Libri VIII

Author
Thucydides
Headline
Second Estienne ed. Thucydides, 1588
Publisher
Excudebat Henricus Stephanus
Date Published
1588

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283

Philosophia Mentis Et Sensuum: Secundum utramque Aristotelis methodum pertractata Metaphysice, Et Empirice

Author
Tolomei, Giovanni Baptista
Headline
Tolomei, Philosophia Mentis et Sensuum 1698
Publisher
Sumptibus Joannis Caspari Bencard
Date Published
1698

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284

Flavius Vegetius Vir Illustris de Re Militari. Sextus Iulius Frontinus Vir Consularis de Re Miltari. Aelianus de Instruendis Aciebus. Modesti Libellus de Vocabulis Rei Militaris.

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Vegetius Renatus, Flavius
Headline
Early Vegetius ed. in Aldine style 1523
Publisher
[Guillaume Huyon]
Date Published
1523

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285

Autograph letter from Queen Victoria

Author
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain
Headline
Letter from Queen Victoria, 1884
Date Published
1884

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286

The Philosophy of History

Author
Voltaire
Headline
Voltaire, Philosophy of History 1st English ed.
Publisher
Printed for I. Allcock
Date Published
1766

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287

Anima'dversions of Warre; or, a Militarie Magazine of the Truest Rules and Ablest Instructions, for the Managing of Warre

Author
Ward, Robert
Headline
Ward, Anima'dversions of Warre, 1639
Publisher
Printed by John Dawson
Date Published
1639

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288

The Arte of Rhetorike, for the Use of all Suche as are Studious of Eloquence, Sette forthe in Englishe

Author
Willson, Thomas, Sir
Headline
Developing a a scholarly and respectable English style
Publisher
Ihon Kingston
Date Published
1567

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289

Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark

Author
Wollstonecraft, Mary
Headline
Mary Wollstonecraft's Scandinavian Letters 1st Edition
Publisher
Printed for J. Johnson
Date Published
1796

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290

Twenty-eight volumes from American Fine Presses

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(American Fine Press)
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28 volumes from American fine presses
Publisher
Various publishers

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291

Edward the Second

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(Aquila Press)
Author
Marlowe, Christopher
Headline
Aquila Press, Edward the Second
Publisher
The Aquila Press
Date Published
1929

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292

The Story of the Exposition; Being the Official History of the International Celebration Held at San Francisco in 1915 to Commemorate the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the Construction of the Panama Canal

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(Bohemian Club - PPIE)
Author
Todd, Frank Morton
Headline
History of the Panama Pacific International Expo
Publisher
Putnam's / Knickerbocker Press
Date Published
1921

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293

Annals of the Bohemian Club - 10 volumes

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(Bohemian Club)
Headline
Annals of the Bohemian Club, first editions, 10 vols.
Publisher
Bohemian Club
Date Published
1898-2010

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294

Annals of the Bohemian Club - 10 volumes

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(Bohemian Club)
Headline
Annals of the Bohemian Club, 10 vols.
Publisher
Bohemian Club
Date Published
1900-2010

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295

Archive of over 500 photographs from the Bohemian Grove and Bohemian Club

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(Bohemian Club)
Headline
Archive of photographs from the Bohemian Grove
Date Published
c. 1920's-2010's

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296

Bohemia Sons of Toil Grove Camp Lists 1930-45 (cover title)

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(Bohemian Club)
Headline
Guides to the Bohemian Grove 1930-42
Publisher
Bohemian Club
Date Published
1930-32; 1934-35; 1937-42

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297

Bohemian Club register and receipt book 1930-39

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(Bohemian Club)
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Bohemian Club receipt book 1930-39
Date Published
1930-39

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298

Bohemian Grove Plays - complete run 1907-2013 with plays from 1904-05

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(Bohemian Club)
Headline
Bohemian Grove plays 1904-05; 1907-2013
Publisher
The Bohemian Club
Date Published
1904-2013

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299

A Bohemian Rhapsody [with] Staging the World's Biggest Show [and] Music and Musicians in Bohemia

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(Bohemian Club)
Headline
Three histories of the Bohemian Club
Publisher
Bohemian Club
Date Published
Various dates

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300

Collection of Bohemian Grove Cremation of Care broadsides and posters

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(Bohemian Club)
Headline
Cremation of Care ceremony posters & broadsides
Publisher
Bohemian Club
Date Published
1957-1996

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301

Collection of eighty works on clubs and fraternal organizations

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(Bohemian Club)
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Eighty works on Clubs and Fraternal Organizations
Date Published
Various dates

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Sale 801: The Shawn Donnille Collection of Natural History - Rare Books & Manuscripts - Fine Press & Bohemian Club (#801) 11/16/2023 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/16/2023 11:00 AM PST

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