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Public Auction #446

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SUPPLIES AND LITERATURE — Literature
LotConditionDescriptionValue/Bidding
1004OChicago and its makers: A narrative of events from the day of the first white man to the inception of the Second World's Fair, Hardcover – January 1, 1929 by Paul T. Gilbert (Author), Charles Lee Bryson (Author), Wallace Rice (Author), Caroline M. McIlvaine (Collaborator) Like new condition. Great coffee table book.Cat. Value: Ret. 160.00
Price Realized: $46.00
1005*Reference Library. Over ninety books, manuals, spiral notebooks, and pamphlets in good or better condition. Mostly pertaining to the philately and postal history of Great Britain. Some general reference works. Good opportunity to acquire loads of knowledge.Cat. Value: S.B. 150.00
Price Realized: $180.00
1006OOFFICE PICK-UP REQUIRED Accumulation of seventeen mainly Columbian Exposition books published during this era. Includes three large volume Book of the Fair by Hubert Bancroft ,three soft cover books for the Century of Progress and one hard cover for the 1904 St Louis Fair. Condition varies. Overall wear appropriate for their age. Fascinating reading.Cat. Value: S.B. 100.00
Price Realized: $160.00
1007OA selection of World War II histories, novels and an encyclopedia. The pictures show all books and there are a few books about World War I. If you have an interest in WW II this lot will provide hours of reading.Cat. Value: S.B. 75.00
Price Realized: $28.00
1008OAn accumulation of books about the Civil War including some old classics like those of Bruce Catton and others a little more recent. There are many on President Lincoln also on the battles such as Antietam and Richmond. For the collector of classics these would prove interesting. Take a look.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $55.00
1009OAround twenty-five mainly United States literature assortment in two cartons. Mostly machine cancel spiral or hard cover reference books making this a must bid for the specialist.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $210.00
1010OWorldwide literature accumulation roughly from 1910 to the 1980s in two banker boxes. Around fifty reference books either hard, soft cover and pamphlets having some written in French. Knowledge is king and winning this lot will get you crowned.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $60.00
1011OEleven volumes including an 1890 World Atlas with a faulty binding but still very useable. Various Scandinavian books and a few U. S. There is also ‘The Yucatan Affair” book on forgeries. A small but useful group.Cat. Value: S.B. 50.00
Price Realized: $85.00
1012*Over twenty Siegel auction catalogs of high-profile sales. These will make for remarkably interesting reading regarding early U. S. history. Worth your view.Cat. Value: S.B. 30.00
Price Realized: $26.00
1013OSmall accumulation of 50 philatelic and numismatic reference books. Nice start to a budding library.Cat. Value: S.B. 10.00
Price Realized: $170.00
1014OSmall literature lot from the Ovaltine Estate. Consist of three-volume America Air Mail 5th Edition and one each Sanabria and Weeds catalogs.Cat. Value: S.B. 10.00
Price Realized: $40.00