Sale 859: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History

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(Office of the Chief Signal Officer)
Author
Mallery, Garrick
Headline
"Special Orders" letters from the Office of the Chief Signal Officer 1874
Publisher
War Department/Office of the Chief Signal Officer
Date Published
1874

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201

Flood Photographs of Wilkes-Barre, PA

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of Wilkes-Barre 1936 flood
Date Published
1936

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203

Photograph album and travel diary of road trip

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album travel diary of road trip
Date Published
1925

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204

Photograph album assembled by students in British Columbia

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of a teacher in British Columbia
Date Published
1911-1919

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Photograph album of 1930s California and travels

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of LA and 1930's travels
Date Published
1932-1941

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207

Photograph album of 1939 steamer trip from New York to South America and the Caribbean

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of South American cruise
Date Published
1939

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210

Photograph album of Raymond Cesena, logging and hunting in Alaska during World War II

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of WWII Alaskan logging
Date Published
1942-1943

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Photograph album of U.S. Navy life in the 1930's

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of Navy life in the 1930's
Date Published
1935-1938

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214

Photograph album of World War II pilot in Brazil and Africa

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(Photo Album)
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World War II photo album of Brazil and Africa
Date Published
1943-1944

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215

Photograph album of WWI shipbuilding in Oakland

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of WWI Oakland shipbuilding
Date Published
1918-1919

Estimate$800 - $1,200

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216

Photographs of a high school student in Alaska during the Great Depression

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of Alaskan high school life
Date Published
1931-1932

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218

Photographs of South Dakota

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of South Dakota prairie life
Date Published
1904

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220

Scrapbook of Annelle Hutton, volunteer nurse in the Navy

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(Photo Album)
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Naval nurse scrapbook from WWII
Date Published
1944-1946

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221

Scrapbook of Berta Abrams, high school student in Oklahoma

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(Photo Album)
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Oklahoma scrapbook of the 1920's
Date Published
1926-1928

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222

Three signed works by American political figures

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(Politicians)
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3 signed works by American political figures
Date Published
Various dates

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223

Washington and His Generals: Or, Legends of the Revolution

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(Presidents, 1789)
Author
Lippard, George
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Washington and His Generals 1847
Publisher
G. B. Zieber and Company
Date Published
1847

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224

The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled under the inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington... To which is Prefixed an Introduction Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America

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(Presidents, 1789)
Author
Marshall, John
Headline
Marshall's Life of Washington 1st w/ atlas
Publisher
C.P. Wayne
Date Published
1804-1807

Estimate$3,000 - $5,000

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228

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirtieth Congress

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(Presidents, 1845)
Author
[Polk, James K]
Headline
First Session of the Thirtieth Congress, 1847
Publisher
Wendell & Van Benthuysen
Date Published
1847

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229

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

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(Presidents, 1869)
Author
Grant, Ulysses S.
Headline
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Publisher
Charles L. Webster
Date Published
1885-1886

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230

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

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(Presidents, 1869)
Author
Grant, Ulysses S.
Headline
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, 1885 morocco binding
Publisher
Charles L. Webster
Date Published
1885-86

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231

Signature of James A. Garfield [with] portrait plate

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(Presidents, 1881)
Author
Garfield, James A.
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Signature of James A. Garfield
Date Published
1881

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232

Governmental appointment document, signed by Grover Cleveland

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(Presidents, 1885)
Author
Cleveland, Grover
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Government appointment signed by Grover
Date Published
1896

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233

Autograph letter signed by Benjamin Harrison

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(Presidents, 1889)
Author
Harrison, Benjamin
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ALS from Benjamin Harrison
Date Published
1896

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234

Photograph signed by William H. Taft as President

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(Presidents, 1909)
Author
Taft, William H.
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William Taft signed photograph
Date Published
1909

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235

Appointment document, signed by Taft

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(Presidents, 1909)
Author
Taft, William Howard
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Taft signed appointment document
Date Published
1911

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236

Engraved military commission, signed by Taft and Secretary of War J.M. Dickenson

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(Presidents, 1909)
Author
Taft, William Howard
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1910 Military Commission signed by Taft
Date Published
1910

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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237

Autograph letter signed by Warren G. Harding

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(Presidents, 1921)
Author
Harding, Warren G.
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ALS from Warren G. Harding
Date Published
1911

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238

Autograph postcard signed by Warren G. Harding to his father

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(Presidents, 1921)
Author
Harding, Warren G.
Headline
Warren G. Harding postcard to his father
Date Published
1909

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239

Autograph letter initialed by Calvin Coolidge as President

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(Presidents, 1923)
Author
Coolidge, Calvin
Headline
Calvin Coolidge signed note
Date Published
1928

Estimate$300 - $500

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240

Autograph letter signed by Calvin Coolidge as President

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(Presidents, 1923)
Author
Coolidge, Calvin
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ALS from Calvin Coolidge
Date Published
1923

Estimate$1,500 - $2,500

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241

Autograph letter signed by Herbert Hoover

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(Presidents, 1929)
Author
Hoover, Herbert
Headline
Herbert Hoover autographed letter, B.C. lodge
Date Published
1938

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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242

Typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as President

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(Presidents, 1933)
Author
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
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TLS by FDR
Date Published
1941

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243

Typed letter signed by FDR, framed with photograph

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(Presidents, 1933)
Author
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
Headline
FDR framed signed letter w/ photograph
Date Published
1928

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244

Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions; Years of Trial and Hope

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(Presidents, 1945)
Author
Truman, Harry S.
Headline
Truman's Memoirs inscribed
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Date Published
1955-1956

Estimate$400 - $600

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245

Autograph letter signed by John F. Kennedy as Senator

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(Presidents, 1961)
Author
Kennedy, John F.
Headline
ALS from JFK as Senator
Date Published
1955

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246

Profiles in Courage

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(Presidents, 1961)
Author
Kennedy, John F.
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Profiles in Courage signed by JFK
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
[1956]

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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247

Photograph of the Nixon family, signed by Richard and Pat Nixon

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(Presidents, 1969)
Author
Nixon, Richard and Pat
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Signed Nixon family portrait
Date Published
[1969]

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248

Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches

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(Presidents, 1981)
Author
Reagan, Ronald
Headline
Ronald Reagan Speaking My Mind - Signed
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Date Published
[1989]

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251

Great Trans-Continental Railroad Guide

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(Railways)
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1870 Guide to the Transcontinental Railroad
Publisher
Crofutt & Eaton
Date Published
1870

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254

Statement of Way-Bills Received by United States Express Company

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(Railways)
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US Express Company ledger 1902-3
Date Published
1902-1903

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255

Three publications from railroad companies, with one piece of dining car ephemera

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(Railways)
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Railroad ephemera & publications early 20th c.
Date Published
1887-1937

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256

Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806

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(Russell, Thomas C.)
Author
Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von
Headline
Langsdorff's Rezanov Voyage, Russell
Publisher
Thomas C. Russell
Date Published
1927

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259

Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in Husbandry, Rolling Carriages, Cart Rollers, and Dvided Rollers for Land or Garden, Mills, Weighing Engines...

Author
Sharp, James
Headline
Sharp's Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in Husbandry
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date Published
c.1777

Estimate$600 - $900

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261

Spanish colonial manuscripts relating to Revolutionary-Era American public debt

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(Spanish America)
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Spanish manuscripts re: U.S. Revolutionary-era debt
Date Published
c. 1779-1784

Estimate$2,000 - $3,000

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262

The Birds of North America...Drawn and Colored from Nature

Author
Studer, Jacob H.
Headline
Studer's Birds with chromolithograph plates
Publisher
The Natural Science Association of America
Date Published
1897

Estimate$300 - $500

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266

Tobacco—Hand Culture & Treatment

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(Tobacco)
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Colored plate demonstrating stages in tobacco cultivation
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Date Published
1892

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267

Utah, the inland empire, illustrated: The story of the pioneers, resources and industries of the state, attractions of Salt Lake City, leading men of the community

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(Utah)
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Illustrated history & description of Utah 1902
Publisher
The Deseret News
Date Published
1902

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An Illustrated History of Walla Walla County State of Washington

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(Washington)
Author
Lyman, W. D.
Headline
Illust. History of Walla Walla 1901
Publisher
W.H. Lever
Date Published
1901

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272

Across America in a Franklin, 1907

Author
Whitman, L.L.
Headline
From SF to NYC in a Franklin
Publisher
H.H. Franklin Manufacturing Company
Date Published
1906

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273

The Lafayette Flying Corps

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(World War I)
Author
Hall, James Norman & Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Headline
Story of American fighter pilots in World War I
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press
Date Published
1920

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276

Three view albums of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893

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(World's Fair, 1893)
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Three view albums of the Chicago 1893 World's Fair
Date Published
1892-1893

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279

Peking: A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest

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(China)
Author
Bredon, Juliet
Headline
Peking in 1931 by Juliet Bredon
Publisher
Kelly and Walsh, Limited
Date Published
1931

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283

Correspondence between Snow and Noumoff

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(China)
Author
Snow, Edgar and S.J. Noumoff
Headline
Edgar Snow's China correspondence w/ Noumoff
Date Published
1969-1970

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284

China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire.

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(China)
Author
Wright, G[eorge] N[ewenham] and Thomas Allom
Headline
Allom & Wright's views of China
Publisher
Fisher, Son & Co.
Date Published
[c1843]

Estimate$800 - $1,200

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285

Liberalism and the Social Problem

Author
Churchill, Winston S.
Headline
W.S. Churchill Liberalism and the Social Problem
Publisher
Hodder and Stoughton
Date Published
1909

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286

Shall We Commit Suicide?

Author
Churchill, Winston S.
Headline
Churchill warns of advanced weaponry, 1924
Publisher
Eilert Printing Company, Inc.
Date Published
1924

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287

A Speech by The Prime Minister in the House of Commons, August 20th, 1940 [cover title]

Author
Churchill, Winston S.
Headline
Churchill's "Never in the field of human conflict..." speech
Publisher
The Baynard Press [for His Majesty's Stationery Office]
Date Published
1940

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288

The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War

Author
Churchill, Winston S.
Headline
Churchill's 1st book, 1st Edition corrected
Publisher
Longmans, Green, and Co.
Date Published
1898

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291

Wanderers and Settlers in the Far East: A Century of Jewish Life in China and Japan

Author
Dicker, Herman
Headline
19th Century Jewish life in China and Japan
Publisher
Twayne Publishers, Inc.
Date Published
[1962]

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292

A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon

Author
Dixon, George
Headline
Dixon's Voyage Round the World, 2nd Ed.
Publisher
Geo. Goulding
Date Published
1789

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295

The Military Operations At Cabul, Which Ended In The Retreat And Destruction Of The British Army, January 1842. With A Journal of Imprisonment In Afghanistan

Author
Eyre, Vincent
Headline
1842 retreat from Kabul and imprisonment account
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
1843

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296

On a Grotesque Mask of Punishment, Obtained in the Castle of Nuremberg

Author
Fairholt, Frederick W.
Headline
19th century work on medieval torture mask
Publisher
T. Brakell
Date Published
1855

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297

Le Corset histoire - Medicine - Hygiéne : Étude Médicale

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(Fashion)
Author
O'Followell, [Verfasserin]
Headline
O'Followell's scarce survey of the Corset, signed
Publisher
A. Maloine, Éditeur
Date Published
1905

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298

Notes on a Cellar-Book

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(Food & Drink)
Author
Saintsbury, George
Headline
George Saintsbury on wine - signed deluxe
Publisher
Macmillan & Co., Limited
Date Published
1921

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299

The Historical Geography of Arabia; The Patriarchal Evidences of Revealed Religion: A Memoir, with Illustrative maps; and an Appendix,...

Author
Forster, Charles
Headline
With two folding maps and plates from Hamyartic inscriptions
Publisher
Duncan and Malcolm
Date Published
[1844]

Estimate$600 - $900

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300

Six volumes from the "If I were Dictator..." series

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(Futurism)
Author
Huxley, Julian; Lord Dunsany; et al.
Headline
What six writers would do as dictator in the 30s
Publisher
Methuen
Date Published
1934-1935

Estimate$500 - $800

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301

An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce

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(Gilpin, Joshua)
Author
[Anderson, Adam]
Headline
Anderson's history of commerce annotated by Joshua Gilpin
Publisher
Printed at the Logographic Press by J. Walter... and sold by J. Robson, T. Payne and Sons, [et al.]
Date Published
1787