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Public Auction #436

Click here for pre-auction bidding, ended May 18, 2018 at 6:00pm (New York time)
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Bids updated May 18, 2018 at 6:13pm (New York time)

SUPPLIES AND LITERATURE — Literature
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
9***Large size 1880s deluxe Centennial edition family Bible. Includes religious dictionary, unused places for family portraits, and a complete Old and New Testament bible. Produced by the American Bible Co. , Park Place, New York. It is profusely illustrated, well preserved text and cover. Excellent overall condition except where the glue holding the face pages has begun to break down in a natural foxing process. Weighs over 10 pounds and was a central part of a small community's religious program. This one has no writing, dog eared corners, and no portraits suggesting church, salesman's sample, or traveling ministry use. Ornate and beautiful. Could still be used today.Cat. Value: S.B. 200.00
Price Realized: $160.00
10OTwo heavy banker's boxes filled with over two dozen books from a local estate. General reading none concerning philately. 1870-1940 in better than usual condition. Gives a look as to how educated people saw the world during that time.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $32.00
11OCarton of clean good condition books involving the topic of warfare. Two heavy coffee table books of WWII planes and collections of original photos made into a black and white anthology of the conflict. Books about German tanks, strategies, Luftwaffe, etc. One heavy carton, office pick up suggested as shipping cost on a bulky lot like this can be prohibitive.Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $12.00
12OA dozen or so books and periodicals from the Husker holding rounding out a nice US section. See the webphotos.Cat. Value: S.B. 40.00
Price Realized: $34.00
13OAll the United States and worldwide literature as received in two cartons weighting around 85 pounds. About 30 hard and soft back books and pamphlets running from 1910 to 2012. Useful reference tools.Cat. Value: S.B. -----
Price Realized: $48.00