Five (5) American Astronaut/Pilot signed books, including Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Jim Irvin, Charles E. Yeager, Douglas Corrigan. 1st item: Signed Alan Shepard American's First Spaceman by Jewel Spangler Smaus and Charles B. Spangler, 1962. Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., New York. Octavo, 159 pages with frontispiece and illustrations, hardbound in faux black leather […]
Lot 292: 15 Biographies/AutoBiog, Most Signed
Fifteen (15) Biographies/Autobiographies of Military Figures, Explorers, Businessmen, and other notable 20th century figures, most signed, including Sir Edmund Hillary. 1st item: Signed High Adventure, First Edition, by Sir Edmund Hillary, 1955. Published by E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., New York. Title page signed "Ed Hillary." Includes original dust jacket wrapped in Mylar with […]
Lot 291: 4 Cormac McCarthy 1st Eds., incl. Border Trilogy
Four (4) Cormac McCarthy First Edition books, including The Border Trilogy. 1st-3rd items: The Border Trilogy, First Edition, by Cormac McCarthy, including Vol. I: All the Pretty Horses, 1992, Vol II: The Crossing, 1994, and Vol III: Cities of the Plain, 1998. Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York. Octavos, 1,020 total pages, stated first […]
Lot 289: Woman: In All Ages and In All Countries, 9 Vols., 1907
Woman: In All Ages and In All Countries, Vol. I-VI, VIII-X, First Edition, No. 515, by Mitchell Carroll, Ph.D., et al., 1907. Published by George Barrie and Sons, Philadelphia. Octavos, 3,691 total pages printed on Japan vellum paper, including frontispieces and illustrations with tissue paper guards, three-quarter green leather with marbled-paper sides, gilt trim to […]
Lot 290: A Visit from Santa, illus. Scattergood
Clement C. Moore, A VISIT FROM SANTA CLAUS, illustrated by David Scattergood, undated, third quarter 19th century. (The book is also known as THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS). Scarce promotional booklet, presented by the Grover & Baker Sewing Machine Company, New York, Boston. Paperback octavo, 8 pages with illustrations, pictorial wrappers. 9 1/8" H x 6" […]
Lot 287: Gaskell's Novels, 6 Vols. 1873-1874
Gaskell's Novels, Vol. I-V, VII, by Mrs. Elizabeth Gaskell, 1873-1874. Published by Smith, Elder, and Company, London. Octavos, 2,962 total marble edged pages with frontispieces and illustrations, three-quarter blue leather with blue pebbled leather sides, gilt lettering to spines, five raised hubs to each spine. Approximately 7 1/2" H x 5 3/8" W x 1 […]
Lot 288: Strand and Metropolitan Magazines inc. Sherlock Holmes
Four (4) hardbound volumes of The Strand and the Metropolitan magazines, including early publications of twelve (12) stories from the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 1st-3rd items: The Strand Magazine An Illustrated Monthly, Vols. I-III, edited by George Newnes, 1891-1892. Published by George Newnes Ltd., printed by the Unwin Brothers, London. […]
Lot 285: 6 17th/18th Century Religious Books
Six (6) 17th/18th Century Religious books. 1st item: Contemplations Moral and Divine: In Two Parts by Sir Matthew Hale, 1705. Printed for William Shrowsberry, Ducklane. Dan. Midwinter and Tho. Leigh, St. Paul's Churchyard. Octavo, 558 pages including engraved frontispiece, rebound in brown leather, original covers with black blind stamps to covers, gilt lettering to spine, […]
Lot 286: Froude's History of England, 12 Vols., 1870
Froude's History of England From the Fall of Wolsey to The Defeat of the Spanish Armada, Vol. I-XII, by James Anthony Froude, 1870. Published by Longsman, Green, and Company, London. Octavos, 6,661 total marble edged pages, rebound in full brown tree calf leather with decorative gilt blind stamped borders and spines, gilt lettering to spines, […]
Lot 283: Biblia Sacra Vulgate Holy Bible, 5 Vols., 1647
Rare Biblia Sacra Vulgate Editionis, Sixti V. Pont. M. jussu recognita, et Clementis VIII auctoritate edita, Vol. I-V, 1647. Published by Col. Agrippinae, Sumpt. Haered. Bern. Gualteri et Sociorum. 48mo, approximately 2,783 total pages with engraved title pages, old rebinding in sheepskin with ink lettering to spines. Ink inscriptions dated 1769 to sheepskin on interior […]