Sale 666: The Book Fair Century: One Hundred Fine Books - Plus Books Sold to Benefit the ABAA Benevolent Fund (at Oakland) (#666) 02/07/2019 10:00 AM PST CLOSED!

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1 Facsimile Edition of Desert Solitaire Typed Manuscript Abbey, Edward Facsimile Edition of Desert Solitaire Typed Manuscript 2018 $200 - $300
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2 Details of Elizabethan Architecture (Architecture) Details of Elizabethan architecture $200 - $300
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3 Dim Sum. Vol. 1 July 1991 No. 3. Vol. 1 November 1991 No. 4. (Art Magazine) Magazine With Original Art on Every Page Signed and Numbered by the Artist 1991 $300 - $500
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4 Oltre la fine del Mondo (Beyond the End of the World) Beard, Peter Italian edition of Peter Beard's solo exhibition catalogue 1997 $300 - $500
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5 Proofs of a Conspiracy, Against Christianity, and the Government of the United States; Exhibited in Several Views of the Union of Church and State in New England Bishop, Abraham Proofs of a Conspiracy Against Christianity and the US Government 1802 $200 - $300
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6 Four Volumes by William Blake by Trianon Press Blake, William Four Trianon Press volumes by William Blake 1971-77 $500 - $800
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7 The Gates of Paradise. For Children. For the Sexes. Blake, William William Blake The Gates of Paradise from Trianon Press 1968 $1,000 - $1,500
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8 Two Finely Printed Books on Books (Books on Books) Two finely printed books on paper and printing 1993-2007 $200 - $300
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9 The Life of Samuel Johnson Boswell, James Boswell's Life of Johnson, 4 volumes in contemporary half red calf 1822 $300 - $500
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10 The Pied Piper of Hamelin Browning, Robert The Pied Piper illustrated by Arthurs Rackham 1934 $700 - $1,000
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11 Domestic Medicine; or, The Family Physician: Being an Attempt to Render the Medical Art More Generally Useful, by Shewing People What is in Their Own Power Both with Respect to the Prevention and Cure of Diseases. . . Buchan, William 1778 Medical advice 1778 $300 - $500
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12 Aurora Teardrops Budd, Harold Heavenly Monkey Edition of Harold Budd's Aurora Teardrops 2016 $200 - $300
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13 Bone Songs Burke, Clifford Janus Press Edition of Clifford Burke's Bone Songs 1992 $300 - $500
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14 WITHDRAWN - Handwritten letter by Willa Cather Cather, Willa Letter from Willa Cather to literary editor November 10, 1929 $200 - $300
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15 California History Nugget: Devoted to the Story of the Golden West (Volumes 1 - 7) Coy, Owen, C., editor California History Nugget 1924-1940 $200 - $300
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16 Olde Tayles Newly Relayted Crawhall, Joseph Crawhall, Olde Tayles Newly Relayted 1883 1883 $300 - $500
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17 The Comic Almanack: An Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, containing Merry Tales, Humorous Poetry, Quips, and Oddities by Thackeray, Albert Smith, Gilbert a Beckett, the Brothers Mayhew Cruikshank, George With many hundreds of illustrations by Cruikshank and others 1889 $200 - $300
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18 Charlie & the Chocolate Factory Dahl, Roald Third state Charlie & the Chocolate Factory 1964 $200 - $300
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19 The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex Darwin, Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man 1881 $200 - $300
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20 Traite de nomographie. Théorie des abaques. d’Ocagne, Maurice Theories by the creator of normography 1899 $300 - $500
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21 The Flavor of Texas Dobie, J. Frank J. Frank Dobie's The Flavor of Texas 1936 $400 - $600
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22 Mr. Dooley In Peace And In War Dunne, Finley Peter Dunne's Mr. Dooley In Peace & in War 1898 $200 - $300
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23 The Parlement of Pratlers: A Series of Elizabethan Dialogues on Monologues Illustrating Daily Life and the Conduct of a Gentleman on the Grand Tour Extracted from Ortho-Epia Gallica, a Book on the Correct Pronounciation of the French Language written by John Eliot and published in the year 1593 Eliot, John; Jack Lindsay, editor Daily Life and Conduct of an Elizabethan Gentleman 1928 $400 - $600
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24 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, del Norte, and Gila Rivers Emory, William Hemsley Notes of a Military Reconnoissance 1848 1848 $200 - $300
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25 Beauty Fairchild, B.H. Blackbird Press edition of B. H. Fairchild's Beauty 2010 $500 - $800
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26 Three Finely Printed Books (Fine Press Books) Books by Anvil & Clinker Presses and the Porpoise Bookshop 1955-2010 $300 - $500
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27 The Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants Loudon, Mrs. [Jane Webb] (Flower Gardens) The Ladies' Flower Garden of Ornamental Bulbous Plants [c.1841] $1,500 - $2,000
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28 Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical Foote, Wiliam Henry Foote's Sketches of Virginia 1850 $200 - $300
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29 Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange (with Defoe's Anatomy of Exchange Alley as an Appendix) Francis, John and Daniel Defoe 1850 Chronicles and Characters of the Stock Exchange 1850 $400 - $600
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30 L'Expedition de la Jeannette au Pole Nord racontee par tous les membres de l'expedition ouvrage compose des documents rec us par le New-York Herald de 1878 a 1882 Geslin, Jules Reports from NY Herald translated into French about the USS Jeannette ca. 1893 $200 - $300
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31 Zamorano Celebrates 90: Honoring the Contributions of Women to Books & Book Collecting in Southern California Gillingwators, Jean, Jen Johnson, Romy Wyllie, et al. The Zamorano Club celebrates 90 2018 $200 - $300
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32 Four works by Dana Gioia Gioia, Dana Four works by Dana Gioia 1999-2018 $200 - $300
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33 Waterscapes, Landscapes Gornick, April and Kurt Vonnegut 1 of 100 Waterscapes, Landscapes signed by Vonnegut and others 1999 $300 - $500
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34 Jane at Pigall's Hall, Donald Donald Hall's first broadside poem 1973 $200 - $300
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35 Biographical Sketches, 1868-1884 Hart, Charles Henry Beautifully bound by Pawson & Nicholson 1868-1884 $300 - $500
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36 The Marble Faun, or, The Romance of Monte Beni Hawthorne, Nathaniel First printing of Hawthorne's The Marble Faun 1860 $200 - $300
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37 Physics and Beyond Encounters and Conversations Heisenberg, Werner Autobiography of Werner Heisenberg, world renowned atomic scientist. 1971 $200 - $300
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38 One Hundred and Eleven Poems Herrick, Robert Herrick's One Hundred and Eleven Poems from Golden Cockerel Press. 1955 $300 - $500
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39 Border Lines of Knowledge in Some Provinces of Medical Science. An Introductory Lecture Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. Harvard Medical lecture by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. 1862 $200 - $300
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40 Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr. First Edition of Oliver Wendell Holmes' first novel 1861 $200 - $300
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41 A Complete Set of the Encyclopedia of Exploration Howgego, Raymond John Complete set of The Encyclopedia of Exploration 2003-2013 $300 - $500
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $600
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42 The Most Agreeable Vice Huxley, Aldous Huxley rarity The Most Agreeable Vice & A Garland for Jake Zeitlin 1938 $200 - $300
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43 Lions and Shadows An Education in the Twenties Isherwood, Christopher Christopher Isherwood's Lions and Shadows 1938 $200 - $300
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44 A History of the Valley of Virginia Kercheval, Samuel A History of the Valley of Virginia 1833 $300 - $500
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45 The Lost Mine of the Mono A Tale of the Sierra Nevada Klette, C[harles] H[erman] B[runo] A Tale of the Sierra Nevada 1909 $200 - $300
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46 Typed Letter Signed By Dean Koontz Koontz, Dean Type Letter Signed from novelist Dean Koontz 21 August 2017 $200 - $300
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47 Men in Print, Essays in Literary Criticism Lawrence,T.E. T. E. Lawrence's Men in Print by Golden Cockerel Press 1940 $300 - $500
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48 One Hundred Years, 1796-1896 MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan Foundry MacKellar, Smiths & Jordan Foundry n.d. $200 - $300
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49 Cruise Of The Revenue Steamer Corwin In Alaska And The N. W. Arctic Ocean In 1881 Muir, John, Irving C. Rosse, et al. The USS Corwin searching for the lost Jeanette 1883 $200 - $300
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50 Recollections of a Zouave Before Sebastopol Mynard, Felix (editor) Memoir of Zouave trumpeter in the Crimean War 1856 $200 - $300
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51 Bel-Air Bay: A Country Place by the Sea O'Day, Edward F. Includes poems by George Sterling, Robinson Jeffers 1927 $400 - $600
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52 El Triunfo de los Jesuitas en Francia Pidal y Mon, Alejandro Spanish edition of Jesuits in France, 1880 1880 $200 - $300
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53 Mirror of Olden Time Border Life; Embracing a History of the Discovery of America Also . . . History of Virginia . . .also History of the Early Settlement of Pennsylvania . . . Pritts, Joseph (compiler) Mirror of Olden Time Border Life; a History of the Discovery of America 1849 $200 - $300
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54 The History of the American Revolution Ramsay, David Ramsey's The History of the American Revolution 1815 1815 $400 - $600
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55 Posters from Whittington, 1996 - 2013 Randle, John (editor) Posters from Whittington, 1996 - 2013 2013 $1,000 - $1,500
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56 The Free Enquirer. Vol. 5, #1 - 52 Robinson, H. D., editor (Religion) Scarce Volume 5 of The Free Enquirer 1832-33 $300 - $500
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57 Initium S. Evangelii Secundum S. Joannem Rivers, Elizabeth The Beginning of the Gospel of Saint John illustrated by Elizabeth Rivers 1953 $500 - $800
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58 Italy, A Poem and Poems Rogers, Samuel Engraved vignettes after work by J.M.W. Turner and Thomas Stothard 1830-1834 $700 - $1,000
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59 Volumen locupletius quam antehac. Continet enim præter posteriores tres libros Codicis, Nouellas & Feuda, multa alia pagina sequenti declarata (Roman Law) Roman law, 1575 1575 $300 - $500
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60 The Adventures of Doctor Comicus or the Frolicks of Fortune Rowlandson, Thomas The Adventures of Doctor Comicus of the Frolicks of Fortune 1815 $200 - $300
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61 Coverts & Casts and Currents & Eddies Schaldach, William J. Two volumes by William Shaldach 1970 $200 - $300
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62 Ruminations Students of Scripps College (Scripps College Press) Scripps College Students' Ruminations 2011 2011 $200 - $300
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63 Sloan's Homestead Architecture Containing Forty Designs for Villas, Cottages, and Farmhouses, with Essays on Style, Construction, Landscape Gardening, Furniture, etc. etc Sloan, Samuel Sloan's Homestead Architecture 1861 $200 - $300
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64 Códice Azoyú: El Reino de Tlachinollan Sosa, Constanza Vega Facsimile of the Azoyú Codex 1991 $200 - $300
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65 Ballads about Authors Spofford, Harriet (Elizabeth) Prescott Collection of poetic homages to Goldsmith, Milton, Shakespeare, etc. 1887 $500 - $800
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66 Journal Of The Texian Expedition Against Mier Green, Thomas (Texas) Important account of the Mier Expedition 1845 $700 - $1,000
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67 The Devil in the Book Trumbo, Dalton Trumbo's analysis of the conviction of 14 Smith Act defendants 1956 $200 - $300
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68 How to Tell a Story Twain, Mark Mark Twain first edition & scholarly writings 1897 $300 - $500
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69 Printing Types: Their History, Forms, And Use: A Study In Survivals Updike, Daniel Berkeley Daniel Berkeley Updike's Printing Types Inscribed 1937 $200 - $300
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70 The Principles of Political Economy Vethake, Henry Vethake's The Principles of Political Economy 1838 $200 - $300
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71 The Friends of Voltaire Tallentyre, S.G (Voltaire) The Friends of Voltaire. Extra-illustrated with an original ms page by Voltaire. 1906 $1,500 - $2,000
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72 Nine titles on Western Americana and Exploration (Western Americana) Nine titles on Western Americana and Exploration Various dates $200 - $300
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73 Catalogue of the Library of the Mercantile Library Association of San Francisco Whitaker, A.E. 1874 Catalogue of the Mercantile Library of San Francisco 1874 $200 - $300
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74 Matrix 23 Winter 2003 A Review for Printers & Bibliophiles Randle, John (Whittington Press) Whittington Press' Matrix 23 2003 $700 - $1,000
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75 Walter Sickert: A Conversation Woolf, Virginia Virginia Woolf's Walter Sickert 1934 $200 - $300
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76 Constitution of the United States Published for the Bicentennial of its Adoption in 1787 (Arion Press) Arion Press US Constitution 1987 $1,500 - $2,500
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77 Pale Fire Nabokov, Vladimir (Arion Press) Arion Press, Nabokov's Pale Fire 1994 $1,500 - $2,500
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78 Cane Toomer, Jean (Arion Press) Arion Press, Cane signed by Martin Puryear 2000 $1,000 - $1,500
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79 Poems of W.B. Yeats Yeats, William Butler (Arion Press) Poems of Yeats, signed by Diebenkorn [1990] $1,500 - $2,500
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80 Aristotles Politiques, or, Discourses of Government. Translated out of Greeke into French, with Expositions taken out of the best Authours, specially out of Aristotle himselfe, and out of Plato ... by Loys Le Roy, called Regius. Translated out French into English Aristotle English edition of Aristotle's Politics 1598 1598 $20,000 - $30,000
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81 Sentences: Words Spoken in Prison to an Artist Thielen, Beth (Artists Books) Beth Thielen, Unique artist's book pop-up 1990 $1,500 - $2,500
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82 [History of the Peloponnesian War] Thucydides (Ashendene Press) Ashendene Press edition of Thucydides 1930 1930 $4,000 - $6,000
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83 Ovidii Nasonis Metamorphosis oder Ovidii des Poeten Wunderliche Verenderung verschidener Gestalden. Ovid (Baur, Johann Wilhelm, illustrator) Ovid's Metamorphoses w/150 copper plates by Baur 1681 1681 $1,000 - $1,500
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84 The Four Gospels in the Original Greek (Bible in Greek) Four Gospels in Greek from Clarendon Press 1932 $1,000 - $1,500
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85 Le Decameron de Jean Boccace Boccaccio, Giovanni French Boccaccio with 20 added erotic plates 1757-1761 $4,000 - $7,000
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86 Florilegium Harlemense. Gekleurde afbeeldingen met beschrijving van Bol- en Knolgewassen... / Colored plates with descriptions of bulbous and tuberous rooted plants (Botany) With 60 chromolithographed botanical plates 1901-[1902] $2,000 - $3,000
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87 The New American Practical Navigator; Being an Epitome of Navigation; Containing all the Tables Necessary to be used with the Nautical Almanac, in Determining the Latitude; and the Longitude by Lunar Observations; and Keeping a Complete Reckoning at Sea; Illustrating by Proper Rules and Examples; the Whole Exemplified in a Journal, Kept from Boston to Madeira, in Which all the Rules of Navigation are Introduced.... Bowditch, Nathaniel The New American Practical Navigator w/map and plates 1807 May, 1807 $1,000 - $1,500
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88 Free City [Free City Collective] (Brautigan, Richard) Brautigan, Free City, 1967 [1967-68] $1,000 - $1,500
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89 The Galilee Hitch-Hiker Brautigan, Richard Richard Brautigan Galilee Hitch-Hiker 1st Edition [1958] $1,500 - $2,500
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90 Trout Fishing in America - review copy Brautigan, Richard Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America - review copy 1967 $1,000 - $1,500
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91 Factotum Bukowski, Charles Charles Bukowski Factotum w/painting 1/75 [1962] $2,000 - $3,000
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92 Placer County, California. Its Resources and Advantages (California - Placer County) Placer County promo with rare map [c.1886] $1,000 - $1,500
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93 Six facsimile sheet music scores signed by the composer Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario Sheet music signed by Castelnuovo-Tedesco 1956-67 $1,000 - $1,500
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94 Voyage pittoresque de la Grece Choiseul-Gouffier, Marie Gabriel F. A., Comte de Spectacular illustrated tour of Greece, 1776-1822 1782, 1809, 1822 $10,000 - $15,000
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95 Let Us Compare Mythologies Cohen, Leonard Leonard Cohen's first book inscribed [1956] $10,000 - $15,000
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96 Coleridge's Works, 20 volumes Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Works in 20 volumes. 1834-1853 $1,000 - $1,500
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97 Antonina; or The Fall of Rome. A Romance of the Fifth Century Collins, Wilkie Wilkie Collins' First Novel 1850 $1,500 - $2,500
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98 The Navigator, containing directions for navigating the Monongahela, Allegheny, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers; with an ample account of these much admired waters, from the head of the former to the mouth of the latter... Cramer, Zadock Navigating Ohio & Mississippi Rivers 1818 1818 $1,000 - $1,500
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99 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life Darwin, Charles Superb Origin of Species, 3rd edition 1861 $8,000 - $12,000
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100 Walt Disney's African Lion - inscribed Algar, James (Disney, Walt) Disney's African Lion - inscribed [1956] $1,000 - $1,500
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