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[Robert S. Mulliken]. Group Lot of 53 Books from His Family Library.... (Total: 2 )
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[Robert S. Mulliken]. Group Lot of 53 Books from His Family Library. Comprising:[Edward Langworthy]. Memoirs of the Life of the Late Charles Lee, Esq. Lieutenant Colonel of the Forty Fourth Regiment, Colonel in the Portuguese Service, Major General, and Aid Du Camp to the King Of Poland, and Second in Command in the Service of the United States of America during the Revolution. New York: T. Allen, 1792. 8vo. Contemporary leather, spine stamped in black and gilt. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Inscribed by Samuel Mulliken on the front free endpaper, "Sam Mulliken's Book." Reference: Howes L85.
[George Washington]. Official Letters to the Honourable American Congress, Written During the War between the United Colonies and Great Britain, by His Excellency George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Continental Forces, Now President of the United States. Boston: Manning & Loring, 1796. First volume only. 8vo. Contemporary leather binding stamped in red and gilt. Second Boston edition. Previous owner's signature scratched away on front pastedown, with "March 1797" written in ink.
[Susannah Harrison]. Songs in the Night by a Young Woman under Heavy Affliction. Exeter: Henry Ranlet, 1802. 8vo. Contemporary leather, spine stamped in red and gilt. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Signed several times by Lucia Parsons, a relative of Robert Mulliken's mother, on the front free endpaper, with a hand-drawn image of a woman in a dress and bonnet. Additionally signed, "Sam Mulliken 1826" on the rear pastedown.
C. F. L'Homond. De Viris Illustribus Urbis Romae, A Romulo ad Augustum, Ad Usum Sextae Scholae. Philadelphia: John F. Watson: 1813. Small 8vo. Contemporary leather, spine stamped in red and gilt. Second American edition. Signed on the "Recommendations" page, "N Mulliken," and on the rear pastedown (in pencil), "Nathaniel Mulliken."
Thomas P. Jones. New Conversations on Chemistry Adapted to the Present State of that Science wherein Its Elements are Clearly and Familiarly Explained. Philadelphia: John Grigg, 1834. 8vo. Contemporary leather binding, spine stamped in black and gilt. Illustrated. Later edition. With annotations in pencil and ink on the front and rear endpapers.
Friedrich Nietzche. Thus Spake Zarathustra. New York: Boni and Liveright, [1917]. 8vo. Original brown leatherette, spine and upper cover stamped in gilt. First Modern Library edition, later printing with "The Modern Library Recent Publications" listing thirty-five titles. Inscribed by Robert Mulliken on the front free endpaper, "Robert S. Mulliken / 10 Harris St, Newburyport, Mass."
With 47 additional volumes of other assorted titles, publication dates ranging from the late 18th to early 20th centuries.
Condition: Most volumes exhibit moderate to heavy wear, including scuffed and chipped bindings, hinges cracked or starting, some boards detached; ownership marks and foxing or staining to inner pages. Dampstaining and some mold damage present on several volumes.
Provenance: From the personal collection of the 1966 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry, Robert S. Mulliken; thence by descent.
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2025 December 15 Rare Books Signature® Auction #6323 (go to Auction Home page)
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