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[Bible in English]. [William Tyndale, translator]. The Newe Testament of our Sauiour Iesus Christe, faithfully translated out of the Greke with the Notes and Expositions of the darke places therein. [London: Richard Jugge, printer to the Queenes Maiestie, [n.d., 1566, as ascribed from the first year in the Almanack].
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36060 | Apr 10, 2013

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Thomas L. M'Kenney [McKenney] and James Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America. Philadelphia; Daniel Rice & James G. Clark, 1842-1842-1844. First edition of "The grandest color plate book issued in the United States up the time of its publication" [Reese]. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36023 | Apr 10, 2013

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J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. London: Bloomsbury, [1997]. First edition, first issue (with "Joanne Rowling" and the complete number line on the copyright page, as well as "1 Wand" listed twice on page 53.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36201 | Apr 10, 2013

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[Bible in English]. The Whole Byble, that is the holy scripture of the Olde and Newe testament faythfully translated into Englyshe by Myles Couerdale, and newly ouer sene and correcte. [London]: Prynted For Andrewe Hester [actually printed in Zurich by Christopher Froschover], 1550. Reprint of the famous Coverdale Bible, first printed in 1535, and the last to appear in Coverdale's lifetime.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36061 | Apr 10, 2013

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Ian Fleming. Moonraker. London: Jonathan Cape, [1955]. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed by Fleming on the front free endpaper in the year of publication, "To E. B. Strauss / This "Tagebuch eines / halbwüchsigen spiones"! / Ian Fleming / 1955." [Translation: This diary of an adolescent spy!]. Octavo. 255 pages. Publisher's black cloth with titles stamped in silver. Original illustrated dust jacket.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36251 | Apr 10, 2013

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Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of the Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. London: John Murray, 1859. First edition of this groundbreaking work and one of the most influential books ever written.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36078 | Apr 10, 2013

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Robert E. Howard. Original Typed Manuscript, Ribbon Copy, for the Conan Story, "A Witch Shall Be Born." Forty-five pages (rectos only) on 8.5 x 11 inch typing paper. Originally published in Weird Tales in December, 1934 and later collected in the 1954 Gnome Press publication of Conan the Barbarian. Howard has inscribed and signed in pencil at the top of the first page of the typescript, "Best Regards, / Robert E. Howard."
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36262 | Apr 10, 2013

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Johannes Kepler. Strena seu de nive sexangula. Frankfurt: Gottfried. Tampach, 1611. First edition.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36099 | Apr 10, 2013

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Ray Bradbury. Fahrenheit 451. New York: Ballantine Books, Inc., [1953]. First edition. One of 200 copies copies signed by the author on the limitation page (copy number 42). Presentation copy, inscribed by Bradbury on the front free endpaper to science fiction and horror novelist Richard Matheson and his wife: "For Dick - and / For Ruth- / (who is wonderful.) / Remembering Happy / evenings - and / anticipating many / more - from / their loving / friend- / Ray Bradbury / June 18, 1954."
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36237 | Apr 10, 2013

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[Doris Ulmann, Photographer]. Julia Peterkin. Roll, Jordan, Roll. New York: Robert O. Ballou, [1933]. First edition, one of 350 copies signed by Ulmann and Peterkin and with the rare loose photogravure plate signed by Ulmann laid-in (this being copy number 332).
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36161 | Apr 10, 2013

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[Americana]. The Constitutions of the Several Independent States of America the Declaration of Independence the Articles of Confederation Between the Said States the Treaties Between His Most Christian Majesty and the United States of America. Published by Order of Congress. Philadelphia: Printed by Francis Bailey, 1781. The first authoritative collected edition of the state constitutions of the United States and the Articles of Confederation, one of only 200 copies printed.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36002 | Apr 10, 2013

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Ernest Hemingway. For Whom the Bell Tolls. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940. First edition. Presentation copy, inscribed by Hemingway to Irma Wyckoff, the secretary to Hemingway's editor, the legendary Max Perkins, on the front free endpaper: "To Irma Wyckoff / with appreciation and / affection / Ernest Hemingway."
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36314 | Apr 10, 2013

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[Bible in English, Bible in Latin]. The new Testament in Englishe after the greeke translation annexed with the translation of Erasmus in Latin... London: Thomae Gaultier, 1550. The rare fourth edition of Tyndale's English version of the New Testament with parallel text in Latin by Erasmus.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36059 | Apr 10, 2013

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Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev (1834-1907). Osnovy khimii. [Principles of Chemistry]. St Petersburg: 1869-71. First edition of Mendeleev's principal work. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36103 | Apr 10, 2013

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James Hutton. Theory of the Earth, with Proofs and Illustrations. London: Cadell, Junior and Davies; Edinburgh: William Creech, 1795. First edition of the first two volumes (the third and final volume was published posthumously in 1899 from manuscripts left behind by Hutton). (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36096 | Apr 10, 2013

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Stephen King. The Complete Dark Tower Series Plus The Little Sisters of Eluria and The Wind Through the Keyhole. Signed and Matching Numbered Set, including: The Gunslinger. 1982. The Drawing of the Three. 1987. The Waste Lands. 1991. Wizard and Glass. 1997. Wolves of the Calla. 2003. Song of Susannah. 2004. The Dark Tower. 2004. The Little Sisters of Eluria. 2008. and The Wind Through the Keyhole. 2012. West Kingston, Rhode Island: Donald M. Grant Publisher Inc., [1982 - 2012]. (Total: 12 Items)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36268 | Apr 10, 2013

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Herman Melville. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. First American edition.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36332 | Apr 10, 2013

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H. G. Wells. The Invisible Man. London: 1897. First edition. With an original drawing of the Invisible Man by Wells, inscribed to novelist Ralph Straus.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36460 | Apr 10, 2013

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Ian Fleming. On Her Majesty's Secret Service. London: Jonathan Cape, [1963]. First trade edition. Signed by Fleming on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 288 pages. Publisher's brown cloth with silver spine titles. Original illustrated dust jacket. A few tiny spots of soiling to the boards. Spine slightly cocked. Foxing to text edges, but the internal text is very clean. Minor wear to jacket, with the spine slightly darkened. The verso of the jacket shows a few of the ends reinforced with Japanese tissue. A near fine copy. Housed in a custom black half-leather box.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36253 | Apr 10, 2013

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H. G. Wells. The Time Machine. An Invention. London: William Heinemann, 1895. First English edition of Wells' first novel, first issue in cloth binding. Inscribed by Wells on the front free endpaper: "H. B. Marriott Watson/With the author's Kindest regards [underlined".
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36296 | Apr 10, 2013

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[American Revolution]. [Continental Congress]. Journals of Congress. Philadelphia; New York: R. Aitken; David C. Claypoole; John Patterson, 1777, 1779, 1788. Volumes I, II, and IV are first editions, volume III is the first reissue. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36003 | Apr 10, 2013

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[Bible in English]. The Bible and Holy Scriptvres conteined in the Olde and Newe Testament Translated according to the Ebrue & Greke & conferred with the beste translations in diuers languages... Edinburgh: Arbuthnot [and Bassandyne, 1579, 1576]. The first printing of the bible in Scotland. The Geneva version.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36054 | Apr 10, 2013

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[Knights Templar]. Processus Contra Templarios. Exemplaria praetiosa III. Vaticano: Archivio Segreto Vaticano, [2007]. First edition. Two folio volumes.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36063 | Apr 10, 2013

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Christiaan Huygens. Traite de la lumiere ou sont expliquées les causes de ce qui luy arrive dans la refexion, & dans la refraction... par C.H.D.Z Avec un discours de la cause de la pesanteur. Leiden: Pieter van der Aa, 1690. First edition.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36097 | Apr 10, 2013

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Robert T. ("Bobby") Jones, Jr. and O. B. Keeler. Down the Fairway. The Golf Life and Play of Robert T. Jones, Jr. New York: Minton, Balch & Company, 1927. First edition, one of only 300 copies signed by the authors (this being copy number 239) on the limitation page, and additionally signed by Jones on the frontispiece portrait. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36020 | Apr 10, 2013

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[George Washington, subject]. The Will of General George Washington: To Which Is Annexed, a Schedule of His Property, Directed to Be Sold. Alexandria: Printed from the Record of the County Court of Fairfax, 1800. First edition.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36031 | Apr 10, 2013

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Cormac McCarthy. Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West. New York: Random House, [1985]. First edition. Inscribed and signed by McCarthy, "For Bill Kidwell / All the best from / your friend / Cormac McCarthy" on the half title page. Octavo. 337 pages. Publisher's red cloth over red paper boards with gilt spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Minor wear to the book and jacket. Rubbing to spine gilt. Short closed tear to rear panel of dust jacket. Very good condition.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36325 | Apr 10, 2013

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Jules Verne. The Green Ray. Translated from the French by Mary de Hauteville. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883. First English edition. Octavo. viii, 312, 32 [ads dated September, 1883] pages. Wood-engraved frontispiece and 43 full-page engravings inserted throughout. Publisher's olive cloth decoratively tooled in gilt and reddish-brown. Floral-patterned endpapers. Minor dust-soiling to cloth. Light wear to edges and corners. Bookplate to front pastedown. Hinges strengthened. Near fine. This title is among the most difficult Verne first editions to find in collectible condition. This copy is in unusually great condition; it is not likely to be seen in this condition again for many years. A cornerstone for any Verne collection.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36284 | Apr 10, 2013

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H. G. Wells. Collection of Autograph Letters or Notes Signed, and Two Typed Letters Signed. [Various places, including Easton Glebe, Dunmow, 4 Whitehall Court, 47 Chiltern Court, 13 Hanover Terrace, Spade House Sandgate]: 1901-1943. Twenty six autographs letters or notes signed, several with multiple pages each.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36288 | Apr 10, 2013

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H. G. Wells. The Island of Doctor Moreau. London: William Heinemann, 1896. First edition. Signed by Wells on the half-title.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36292 | Apr 10, 2013

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H. G. Wells. When the Sleeper Wakes. London and New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1899. First edition. Presentation copy, with a humorous drawing of Vyvyan Holland lying in bed and yawning while Wells scolds him (each figure is identified beneath by Wells). Beneath this drawing if a four-line parody of Longfellow by Wells: "Life is real & Life is earnest / Collecting paperweights is not its goal / Bric a brac thou art & to Bric a brac returnest / Was not spoken to the soul."
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36299 | Apr 10, 2013

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Samuel Johnson. A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the words are deduced from their originals, and illustrated in their different significations by examples from the best writers. To which are prefixed, a history of the language, and an English grammar. London: Printed by W. Strahan, for J. and P. Knapton..., 1755. First edition of "the most amazing, enduring and endearing one-man feat in the field of lexicography" (PMM). (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36316 | Apr 10, 2013

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Beatrix Potter. The Tailor of Gloucester. London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd, [1903, though later]. Later printing. Presentation copy, inscribed by Potter on the front free endpaper: "To Edmund Passy / love from Peter Rabbit / and Beatrix Potter, / squirrel / Nutkin and old / Mr Brown / May 5, 27." Laid-in is a small slip of paper signed by Potter four times (approximately 4.5 x 1.75 inches on ruled paper).
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36194 | Apr 10, 2013

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Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, [1964]. First edition. Inscribed and signed "To Jane from Ian Fleming" on the front free endpaper. Octavo. 256 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt stamping to front board and silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a custom black half leather box. Minor edge wear and light soiling to the cloth. Spine skewed. Small areas of loss at the spine ends and corners of the jacket. Two short closed tears along the spine folds. A few small spots of dark soiling to panels. Remnants of tape repairs to verso. A very good copy of a title rarely encountered inscribed.

Auction 6094 | Lot: 36256 | Apr 10, 2013

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Albert Einstein. A Collection of Thirty-Nine Books and Offprints. [Various places: various publishers, various dates]. (Total: 39)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36080 | Apr 10, 2013

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J. K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. [New York]: Arthur A. Levine Books, An Imprint of Scholastic Press, [2007]. First American edition, first printing. Signed by Rowling and numerous cast members of the film, most notably: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Gary Oldman, Ralph Fiennes, Jamie Campbell Bower, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, Tom Felton, Alan Rickman, Bonnie Wright, Emma Thompson, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, and John Hurt. Octavo. 759 pages. Publisher's quarter gold cloth over boards with red spine titles. Original illustrated dust jacket.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36212 | Apr 10, 2013

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Cormac McCarthy. The Border Trilogy, including: All the Pretty Horses; The Crossing; Cities of the Plain. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992, 1994, 1998. First trade editions. Each volume inscribed and signed by the author to his good friend, Bill Kidwell. Three octavo volumes. Publisher's black cloth over black paper boards with front covers and spines stamped in gilt. Original pictorial dust jackets. Some soiling to cloth of All the Pretty Horses. Near fine. Cities of the Plain in fine condition. Noticeable damp-staining to The Crossing. Good condition. No trilogy on the market compares to this one, simply for the friendly nature of the inscriptions from McCarthy to Kidwell. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36327 | Apr 10, 2013

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[Harry Houdini, association]. Dr. Daniel Frost Comstock. The Archive Dr. Daniel Frost Comstock of the Mina "Margery" Crandon Case. [Various places, mainly New York and Boston, various dates, mainly ca. 1924]. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36014 | Apr 10, 2013

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L. Frank Baum. Autograph Letter Signed. "Ozcot" At Hollywood in California, December 1918. On his personalized stationery, with an area for writing in the center, surrounded by images of covers of fourteen "Oz" books.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36185 | Apr 10, 2013

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James Malton. A Picturesque and Descriptive View of the City of Dublin Displayed in a Series of the Most Interesting Scenes Taken in the Year 1791. [London: n.d., but after 1799, likely 1811]. This copy conforms to Abbey 474, the second version of this work, and the first with hand-colored plates. Text watermarked "1802", no watermarks on plates apparent.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36191 | Apr 10, 2013

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[Joseph Smith, Translator]. The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi. Liverpool: J. Tompkins for Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball and Parley P. Pratt, 1841. First European, from the Second American Edition (the first edition printed outside of the United States, and the fourth overall; it is also the first to include an Index).
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36028 | Apr 10, 2013

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Thomas L. McKenney, and James Hall. History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with one hundred and twenty portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington. Philadelphia: Published by D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1855. Third octavo edition, considered by many to be the best of the octavo editions, due to the skill used in the coloring. (Total: 5 Items)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36024 | Apr 10, 2013

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[Bible in English]. The Holy Bible Containing the Old Testament and the New. Newly translated out of the originall tongues and with the former translations diligently compared and revised by his Majesties Speciall command. Cambridge: Tho: Buck and Roger Daniel, [1629]. First edition of the first King James Bible printed in Cambridge. [Together With:] The Book of Common Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments... Cambridge: Thomas and John Buck, 1629. [And:] The New Testament of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Cambridge: Thomas and John Buck, 1629. (Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36056 | Apr 10, 2013

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A. A. Milne. First Edition Set of Winnie-the-Pooh. London: Methuen & Co., [1924-1928], including: When We Were Very Young. First edition (with p. ix numbered). Small octavo. x, [2], 99, [1] pages. Original royal blue cloth ruled in gilt on front cover, pictorially stamped in gilt on front and back covers, ruled and lettered in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Moderate edge wear. Light toning to the endpapers. Noticeable soiling and staining to jacket, with slight loss at the extremities. Darkening to spine and along flap folds. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36192 | Apr 10, 2013

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[Werewolves]. Sabine Baring-Gould. The Book of Were-Wolves.... London: 1865. First edition. Baring-Gould's wife's copy, with her bookplate.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36424 | Apr 10, 2013

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[Ben Franklin, publisher]. [Pennsylvania]. The Charter of Privileges granted by William Penn, Esq., to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Territories. Philadelphia: B. Franklin, 1741. First edition. Quarto. [ii], 8 pages. Complete. [Bound together with:] [Ben Franklin, publisher]. [Delaware]. Laws of the Government of New-Castle, Kent and Sussex upon Delaware. Philadelphia: B. Franklin, 1741. First edition.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36009 | Apr 10, 2013

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[Illuminated Manuscript]. Illuminated Manuscript featuring a Historiated Initial of King David. [Ferrara, ca. 1480].
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36052 | Apr 10, 2013

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Ian Fleming. You Only Live Twice. London: Jonathan Cape, [1964]. First edition. Inscribed and signed by Fleming to Eileen Cond on a bookplate affixed to the front free endpaper. Octavo. 256 pages. Publisher's black cloth with gilt stamping to front board and silver spine titles. Original pictorial dust jacket. Housed in a black half leather box. Small ink notation to ffep, and small sticker to front pastedown. Small area of discoloration to each free endpaper. Otherwise, a tight, square copy in near fine condition.
Auction 6094 | Lot: 36257 | Apr 10, 2013

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