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Ayn Rand. Atlas Shrugged. Random House, 1957. First edition, first printing. Mild rubbing to cloth with one abraded corner. Front hinge cracked. A beautiful, vibrant dj. One the best examples we have ever offered. Two small edge tears. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94121 | Oct 18, 2012

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Richard Bach. INSCRIBED. Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Macmillan, [1970]. First edition. Inscribed by Bach on the list of author's works (a general inscription, not to anyone). Some rubbing and minor wear to jacket with a few chips and tears, mild rubbing and sunning to binding. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94014 | Oct 18, 2012

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Richard Matheson. I Am Legend. Walker, 1970. First hardcover edition, first printing. Some mild toning to white cloth and dj with a bit of light rubbing to rear panel of dj. Front flap is clipped, but above the $4.95 printed price. Overall fine.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94096 | Oct 18, 2012

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Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson. Group of Three Signed First Editions of the Undersea Trilogy. Gnome, 1954-1958. All are signed by both authors. City is an ex-library. Price-clipped djs. Good or better condition. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94116 | Oct 18, 2012

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Ray Bradbury. The Martian Chronicles. Doubleday, 1950. First edition, first printing. Lightly rubbed green cloth with spotting to front board and toning to spine. Slightly leaning. Offsetting to endpapers. $2.50 price on dj. General rubbing and toning with some chipping at head. Tape to verso. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94026 | Oct 18, 2012

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George Cruikshank [illustrator]. Horace Mayhew. The Tooth-ache. Redding, [n. d.]. Illustrated boards with rubbing. Wonderful illustrations on an accordion folded leaf in 43 numbered panels. Scattered foxing and soiling. Overall very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94267 | Oct 18, 2012

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Cervantes. Don Quichotte de la Manche. l'Aine, [1799]. Translated by Florian into French. Six twelvemo volumes. Illustrated with engravings. Contemporary full calf, gilt. Some wear to bindings, a few gutters, hinges overopened. Good. (Total: 6 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94040 | Oct 18, 2012

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Lyndon Baines Johnson. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. The One Huge Wrong. Taurus Press, [n.d., 1965]. First edition, one of 280 copies signed by President Johnson. Original wrappers. Some sunning, mild wear and thumbsoiling to wrappers. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94256 | Oct 18, 2012

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Aristophanes. The Eleven Comedies. Athenian Society, 1912. First edition with this translation and notes. Beautifully bound by Sangorski Sutcliffe in contemporary full purple calf, gilt. Spines sunned to brown, some minor rubbing, ownership inkstamp on front pastedowns, gutter before final blank in volume II cracked. Good. In slipcases. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94009 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Bibliophile Society] [American Revolution]. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Major John Andre. Major Andre's Journal. Bibliophile Society, [1904]. First edition, one of 467 copies on handmade paper. Signed by the engravers, William F. Hopson and W. H. W. Bicknell. Two small quarto volumes. Full vellum, gilt. Housed in slipcases (one is later). Some wear, soiling to slipcases, books are fine. A handsome set. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94166 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Jerry Weist]. Isaac Asimov. Group of Six Books, Five First Editions. Doubleday, 1974-1990. Azazel is a third printing. Near fine. (Total: 6 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94011 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Games]. [Jules Verne]. Game Board for Round the World with Nellie Bly [n.d., ca. 1890's]. Approximately 15.75 x 15.75 inches. Board covered in pictorial paper on verso, and with color printed game surface on recto. Center-fold area worn, board edges worn, some toning, wear to both sides of board. Fair. An interesting early children's game board (pieces missing). With images of Jules Verne, Nellie Bly, a train and a ship, and with a reference to Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days.

Auction 201242 | Lot: 94338 | Oct 18, 2012

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H. P. Lovecraft. LIMITED. The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath. Buffalo: Shroud, 1955. First edition, first printing, limited to 1500 numbered copies. Publisher's stiff orange covers and dust jacket. Light rubbing to jacket with several small tears. Upper corner bumped, affecting textblock. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94093 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Jerry Weist]. [Science Fiction]. Group of Seven First Edition Books, Four Signed or Inscribed. Various, 1959-2003. Anno Domini 2000 is inscribed. Blue Kansas Sky is signed. Sky Coyote is signed. Veniss Underground is signed and limited. Very good or better condition. (Total: 7 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94126 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Cosmetics]. The Art of Beauty, or, a Companion for the Toilet. J. Williams, 1760. First edition of this rare beauty book. Sixteenmo. Missing pages 37-48, 63/64, 75/76 and the lower corners of pages 93-96 with loss of text. Later cloth. Spine sunned, frontispiece toned and worn (fore-edge trimmed close), later endleaves with sticker residue. Poor. Still, rare.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94219 | Oct 18, 2012

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Gilbert Burnet. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England. Chiswell, 1679, 1681. First editions. Two quarto volumes. Illustrated. Bound in later half morocco, gilt. Front board of volume I nearly detached, bindings worn and soiled, front joint of volume II cracking, a few leaves with damage, some soiling and foxing in text, one leaf in volume II with a repair. Fair. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94198 | Oct 18, 2012

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George Orwell. Nineteen Eighty-Four. Harcourt, Brace, 1949. First American edition, first printing. Light bumping and rubbing to cloth with a slight lean. Small rust spot to rear board, affecting cloth and verso of dj. Minor toning to spine of dj with some chipping to ends. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94108 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Children's Primer]. The Southern Primer; or Child's First Lessons in Spelling and Reading. Morris, 1860. Improved edition. Wrappers with toning and light wear. Minor toning and scattered foxing to pages. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94213 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Thomas Hamilton]. Men and Manners in America. Blackwood, 1833. First edition. Two octavo volumes. Original boards. Rebacked with later paper, printed labels. Some wear, soiling to boards, Front free endleaves apparently affixed to front pastedowns, later rear free endpaper in volume II. Hinges starting, some foxing in text. Good. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94251 | Oct 18, 2012

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H. P. Lovecraft. Beyond the Wall of Sleep. Arkham House, 1943. First edition, first printing. Rubbing and toning to cloth with dulled spine titles and some light scuffing to rear board. Tattered and stained dj with tape and large chip in spine. About very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94092 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Jerry Weist]. Larry Niven. INSCRIBED. World of Ptavvs. Macdonald, 1968. First British edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by the author to Weist. Foxing to top page edges. Sunning and offsetting to dj. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94106 | Oct 18, 2012

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George Orwell. Animal Farm. Harcourt, Brace, 1946. First American edition, first printing. Mild rubbing to cloth with offsetting to endpapers. Rubbing to dj with toning to spine and some wear to ends. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94107 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Codex]. Theodore A. Willard. The Codex Perez. Arthur H. Clark, 1933. First edition, first printing. Limited to 250 unnumbered copies. Minor toning and rubbing to wrappers. Owner's name. Folding plate. Near fine.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94216 | Oct 18, 2012

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William Hogarth. Group of Two Engraved Prints Entitled Taste in High Life and The Beggars Opera. [n. d.]. Mounted together on paper. Upper print approx. 8.25 x 10.75 inches and lower print approx. 9.75 x 10.75 inches. Near fine.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94358 | Oct 18, 2012

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M. Malte-Brun. Universal Geography. Vol. I-VI. Finley, 1827-1832. First American edition. Contemporary leather with wear and cracking joints. Owner's names. Front pastedowns with staining and abrading. Possibly ex-library with minimal markings. Some hinges cracked. Pages with toning and foxing. Engraved plates. Good. (Total: 6 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94263 | Oct 18, 2012

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Ray Bradbury. SIGNED. Long After Midnight. Knopf, 1976. First edition. Signed by Bradbury on the title-page. Review Copy with Publisher's slip (under jacket protector on rear jacket panel) Minor rubbing to jacket, front joint a tad loose (no hinges or gutters split). Still, near fine.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94024 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Codices]. [Robert H. Barlow and Michel Graulich, editors]. Codex Azcatitlan. Bibliotheque Nationale de France, [1995]. First edition of this facsimile. Two oblong quarto volumes in wrappers, slipcase. One volume of text, one facsimile volume. Fine.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94217 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Mayan Antiquities]. Manuscrito Pictorico de la Cultura Maya. Manuel Porrua, [N.d., ca. 1957 [?]]. Loose plates of antiquities in chemise, descriptive text in publisher's notebook and prospectus. Some wear to notebook. Overall, near fine. Housed in clamshell case (possibly later).
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94269 | Oct 18, 2012

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Ray Bradbury. SIGNED. Twice Twenty-two. Doubleday, 1966. First edition. Signed by Bradbury on the title-page. Hinges cracked and appear to have been repaired. Jacket spine a bit toned, minor rubbing, thumbsoiling to jacket, light rubbing to binding, previous owner's gift inscription on front free endpaper. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94030 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Willy Pogany, illustrator]. Nandor Pogany. The Hungarian Fairy Book. Stokes, [n.d., ca. 1900]. First American edition. Spine toned and a bit worn, some rubbing to binding, gutter after half-title starting, ownership signature and bookplate. Good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94112 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Photography]. Hugo Brehme. Mexiko... Wasmuth, [1925]. First edition. Illustrated with photographs. Quarto. Text in German. Jacket toned and chipped, with some wear and a few tears, some rubbing to binding, rear free endpaper creased. Good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94193 | Oct 18, 2012

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Charles White. Charley White's Ethiopian Joke Book. Dick & Fitzgerald, 1888. Wrappers show some light rubbing and soil. Spine mostly perished and covers partially detached. Scattered foxing. Illustrated. Good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94299 | Oct 18, 2012

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Ray Bradbury. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. they have not seen the stars. Stealth Press, [2002]. First edition, one of 200 copies signed by Bradbury. Publisher's binding, slipcase. Fine. In original shipping box.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94029 | Oct 18, 2012

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Edmund H. Garrett. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION WITH ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR. Elizabethan Songs "in honour of Love and Beautie". Little, Brown, 1891. First edition, one of 25 copies with a limitation inscription by the author and an original watercolor half-title. Original parchment binding. Binding toned, soiled and worn with a few tears, overopened in a few places. Good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94058 | Oct 18, 2012

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Harry Harrison. The Stainless Steel Rat. Walker, 1970. First hardcover edition, first printing. White cloth with thumbsoiling and staining. One-inch stain to fore-edge of textblock, affecting front pastedown and first 7 leaves. Light toning and rubbing to dj. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94064 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Lord John Press]. SIGNED LIMITED EDITION. Lord John Ten. Lord John, 1988. First edition, one of 75 copies signed by all contributors (this copy marked "Binder's Copy"). In slipcase. Some minor wear to slipcase, else fine. Contributors who have signed include: Dennis Etchison, James Purdy, Ray Bradbury, Ramsey Campbell, Raymond Carver, Gerald R. Ford, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert B. Parker, John Updike and Derek Walcott, et al.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94091 | Oct 18, 2012

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[William Shakespeare]. [Ariel Press]. Henry William Bunbury. A Folio of Shakespeare Engravings. Ariel Press, [1978]. One of 500 copies. Large folio. Illustrated with twenty full-color reproductions of images by Bunbury. In slipcase. Some wear to slipcase, else fine. This copy presented to a previous owner on the limitation page by an unknown hand (publisher?).
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94134 | Oct 18, 2012

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Jane Yolen. SIGNED/LIMITED. Merlin's Booke. SteelDragon Press, 1986. First hardcover edition, first printing. Limited to 200 numbered and signed copies. Mild rubbing and bumping. Overall near fine.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94162 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Books About Books]. W. Roberts. The Book-Hunter in London. Stock, 1895. First edition, first printing. Minor rubbing to boards. Foxing to edges and prelims. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94184 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Baseball]. Franklin Lewis. SIGNED. The Cleveland Indians. Putnam, 1949. First edition, first printing. Signed by the author and six members of the 1948 World Series championship team, including: Early Wynn, Mike Garcia, Steve ???, Bob Feller, Gene Beardon, and Bob Kennedy. Minor rubbing and wear to cloth with a few small spots of soiling. Spine leaning. Foxing to edges and endpapers with offsetting to endpapers. Tattered dj with soiling and some bio-predation. Good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94261 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Ancient Egypt]. M. G. A. Reisner. Catalogue General des Antiquities Egyptiennes... Models of Ships and Boats. L'Institut Francais, 1913. First edition, English language issue. Quarto. Illustrated. Later binding, front wrapper affixed on front board. Some rubbing, text toned, some ink markings in text. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94281 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Western Art]. SIGNED BY VARIOUS ARTISTS. The Franklin Mint Gold Medal Portfolio of Western Art. Franklin Mint, [n.d., ca. 1973]. A portfolio of ten full-color matted prints, each signed by the artist. With loose text leaves. Elephant folio. In original vinyl case. Some wear, soiling to case, very minor occasional soiling in text. Still, near fine. Artists are: Joe Ruiz Grandee, Donald Teague, Ray Swanson, James Reynolds, Frank McCarthy, Gordon Phillips, Melvin C. Warren, Robert Summers, Joe Beeler, and John Clymer. All have signed their prints.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94337 | Oct 18, 2012

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[SF Magazines]. Astounding Science Fiction. Group of 48 Continuous Issues from 1953-1956. Toning and rubbing with some light chipping to spine ends. Generally very good. (Total: 48 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94003 | Oct 18, 2012

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[SF Magazines]. Astounding Science Fiction. Group of 45 Continuous Issues from 1957 through Sept., 1960. Toning and rubbing with some light chipping to spine ends. Generally very good. (Total: 45 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94004 | Oct 18, 2012

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E. R. Eddison. The Worm Ouroboros. Boni, 1926. First American edition, first printing. Minor rubbing to cloth with dusted top edge. Bookplate. Rubbed and lightly worn price-clipped dj. Spine sunned with tape at head and large chip at tail. Scarce wrap-around band has tape reinforcement and is taped to inner flaps. Very good.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94056 | Oct 18, 2012

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[Jerry Weist]. Ursula K. Le Guin. Group of Four Books, Three First Editions. Various, 1972-1992. Tombs of Atuan is a second printing. Very good or better condition. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94088 | Oct 18, 2012

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Group of Three First Edition Westerns. Various, 1951-1976. Hopalong Cassidy is written by Louis L'Amour under the pseudonym of Tex Burns. Very good or better condition. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94157 | Oct 18, 2012

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Ray Bradbury. SIGNED. The Stories of Ray Bradbury. Knopf, 1980. First edition. Signed by Bradbury on title-page. Price-clipped dust jacket, minor rubbing, toning to jacket edges, else fine.
Auction 201242 | Lot: 94028 | Oct 18, 2012

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