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Item#: H1822 
Title: Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry  
Author: Albert Pike
Publisher: House Of The Temple 
Date: 1969 

Comments: Maroon cloth boards with gilt decoration and titles on the spine and front cover. 861 pages plus 218 page index. 9" X 6". 
Price: $39.00 



Freemasonry Book
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1969 Edition Freemasonry Book
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Item#: H1796 
Title: State of Missouri, The
Author: Walter Williams
Publisher: E.W. Stephens
Date: 1904

Comments: Brownish red cloth boards with embossed gilt title. 592 pages with many engraving and several fold-out maps. 10-1/4" X 7-1/4".
Price: SOLD



1904 Walter Williams Book
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State of Missouri Book by Walter Williams
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Item#: H1801
Title: Life & Explorations of Dr. Livingstone, The 
Author: John S. Roberts 
Publisher: B.B. Russell, Boston.
Date: c. 1890.

Comments: Including extracts from Dr. Livingstones last journal, by Rev. E.A. Manning. Reddish-brown beveled cloth boards with embossed gold and black lettering and decoration. 384 pages. 7-1/2" X 5-1/2".
Price: $39.00



circa 1890 Dr. Livingstone Book
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by John S. Roberts
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Item#: H1797 
Title: Family Altar
Author: Rev. Edward Rutledge
Publisher: A.H. Maltby, New-Haven.
Date: 1828

Comments: Prayers for family worship, for the sick and the mourner; with practical reflections on the New Testament. Leather bound. 300 pages. 7-1/4 X 4-3/4".
Price: $49.00



1828 Leather Bound "Family Altar"
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1828 Family Altar Book
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Item#: H1800
Title: Little Minister, The
Author: J.M. Barrie
Publisher: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., New York.
Date: 1891.

Comments: Green cloth boards, top edge gilt. Gilt embossed lettering and decoration on cover & spine. Discarded from The Library of the State Teachers College, Millersville, Pennsylvania (usual markings). 311 pages. 8-1/4" X 6-1/4".
Price: $20.00



1891 Edition Little Minister Book
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J.M. Barrie 1891 Book
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Item#: H1777 
Title: Standard Surgical Instruments
Author: Goetze-Niemer Co.
Publisher:Goetze-Niemer Co., St. Joseph, MO.
Date: 1929 

Comments: Catalog of surgical instruments provided by Goetze-Niemer Co., the oldest supply house on the Missouri River, of St. Joseph, Missouri. Red cloth boards with black lettering on cover and spine. 458 pages with hundreds of instrument illustrations and including the 1929 price list in pocket of front cover. 9-1/2" X 6-1/2".  
Price: $75.00



Goetze-Niemer Co. Surgical Instruments Book
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Illustrated Surgical Instrument Catalog and Price Sheet
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Item#: H1365 
Title: Picture and The Men, The
Author: Fred B. Perkins
Publisher: A.J. Johnson, New York.
Date: 1867

Comments: Biographical sketches of President Lincoln and his Cabinet; together with an account of the life of celebrated artist F.B. Carpenter, author of the great national painting. Red cloth boards with gold embossed decoration on cover and spine. 190 pages. 7-1/4" X 5-1/4". 
Price: $75.00



Lincoln Biography Book
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1867 Fred B. Perkins Lincoln Biograhy Book
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Item#: H1447
Title: Hades Up To Date
Author: Art Young 
Publisher:
F.J. Schulte & Company
Date: 1892. 

Comments: Comical update of Dante's Inferno written and illustrated by Art Young. Signed with personal inscription by author including a small portrait. Black and red cloth boards. 51 illustrations. 100 pages. 9" X 12".
Price: $300.00



Illlustrated & Written by Art Young
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1892 Hades Up To Date Book
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Art Young 1892 Book
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Item#: H1761
Title: Missouri Confederate Brigades
Author: R.S. Bevier
Publisher: Bryan, Brand & Company
Date: 1879

Comments: History of the First and Second Missouri Confederate Brigades 1861-1865. From Wakarusa to Appomatto, a Military Anagraph. Red cloth boards with embossed lettering and camp tent on front cover. 480 pages plus appendix. 8-3/4" X 6-1/2".
Price: SOLD



Civil War Missouri Confederate Book
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1879 Confederate Civil War Book
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Item#: H0623
Title: History of The Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis & Clark
Author: Meriwether Lewis & William Clark
Publisher: A.S. Barnes and Company
Date: 1904

Comments: Lewis & Clark Journals in three volume set. A complete reprint of the Biddle Edition of 1814, to which all the members of the expedition contributed. With illustrations and maps. Maroon cloth boards with gold embossed lettering and decoration. Vol I: 416 pages, Vol. II 410 pages, Vol. III 382 pages and fold out map. 7" X 4-1/2".
Price: $450.00



3 Volume Set of Lewis & Clark Journals
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1904 Journals of Lewis & Clark
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Item#: F0280 
Title: German Single-Leaf Woodcut 1550-1600
Author: Walter L. Strauss
Publisher: Abaris Books, Inc.
Date: 1975

Comments: Three volume set. A pictoral catalogue. Beige cloth boards with black decoration and lettering. 1,429 total pages. 12-1/4" X 9-1/2" 
Price: $200.00



Pictoral catalogue of German Woodcut
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Walter L. Strauss German Woodcut Set
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Item#: H1725
Title: Old Man and The Sea, The
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Date: 1952. Book of the Month Club Edition.

Comments: Early printing with first edition cover artwork. Light blue cloth boards with embossed silver spine lettering and blind embossed facsimile author signature on front cover. 140 pages. 8-1/4" X 5-3/4".
Price: $125.00



1952 B.O.M.C. Edition Ernest Hemingway Old Man ann The Sea
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1952 The Old Man and The Sea
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Item#: H1630 
Title: Official History of Odd Fellowship
Author: Henry Leonard Stillson
Publisher: The Fraternity Publishing Company
Date: 1904. Latest Revised Edition.

Comments: Tan cloth boards with brown, blue and green embossed decoration and lettering. 896 pages. 10" X 7-1/2"
Price: SOLD



1904 Latest Revised Edition Odd Fellowship Book
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Official History of Odd Fellowship Book
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John Ruskin, Ethics Of The Dust
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Ethics Of The Dust

Item#: H1647
Title: Ethics Of The Dust
Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: Henry Altemus
Date: 1895.

Comments: Burnt Orange cloth boards with multi-colored and silver decorated cover. Silver embossed title on spine. 249 pages. 6" X 4-1/4".
Price: $89.00


Nathaniel Hawthorne, Moses Fron An Old Manse
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Mosses From An Old Manse

Item#: H1649
Title: Mosses From An Old Manse 
Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Publisher: Donohue, Henneberry & Co.
Date: c.1890. 
Co
mments: Brown cloth boards silver embossed decorated cover and spine. 304 pages. 6" X 4-3/8".
Price: $39.00


John Ruskin, Sesame and Lilie
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Sesame and Lilies

Item#: H1651
Title: Sesame and Lilies
Author: John Ruskin
Publisher: Henry Altemus
Date: c.1880

Comments: Tan cloth boards elaborately decorated in embossed gilt, orange and black on cover and spine. 224 pages. 6-1/4" X 4-3/8".
Price: $39.00


Henry Drummond, The Evolution of Man
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The Evolution of Man

Item#: H1652 
Title: Evolution of Man, The 
Author: Henry Drummond
Publisher: Henry Altemus
Date: 1893

Comments: Tan cloth boards embossed decorated cover and spine in green and silver. Top edge silver. 243 pages. 6" X 4-3/8".
Price: $49.00


Tennyson Dream Fair Women
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A Dream of Fair Women

Item#: H1569
Title: Dream of Fair Women, A
Author: Alfred Tennyson
Publisher: James R. Osgood and Company
Date: 1880

Comments: Green pictoral cloth boards with embossed decoration in black grey and gilt. Illustrated. Three edges gilt and gilt title on spine. 103 pages. 9" X 7".
Price: $49.00


Thomas Campbell Poetry Book
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The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell

Item#: H1611
Title: Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell, The (With Life)
Author: Thomas Campbell
Publisher: Gall & Inglis
Date: ca. 1875

Comments: Vivid blue decorative cloth boards with embossed black and gilt decoration. Three edges gilt and gilt title on spine. Six Engravings on Steel. 319 pages. 7-1/2" X 5-1/2".
Price: $69.00


1901 shelley poetry book
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The Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Item#: H1560
Title: Complete Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, The
Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Date: 1901

Comments: Green cloth boards with gilt title and wreath and banding decoration. Top edge gilt. Cambridge Edition. 651 pages. 8-1/2" X 6".
Price: $24.00


second froggy fairy book
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Item#: H1373
Title: Second Froggy Fairy Book, The
Author: Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Publisher: Drexel Biddle
Date: 1898

Comments: Illustrated by Anne Pennock. Highly decorated gold, silver, red & black on blue cloth boards. Top edge gilt and gilt title on spine. 90 pages plus advertising. 8-1/4" X 6". VG plus condition inside and out.
Price: SOLD


city legends book will carleton
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City Legends

Item#: H1558
Title: City Legends
Author: Will Carleton
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square
Date: 1890

Comments: Beveled red cloth boards with black, mauve and gilt decoration. Gilt title on spine. Illustrated. 170 pages. 9" X 7".
Price: $35.00


city ballads book will carleton
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City Ballads

Item#: H1557
Title: City Ballads
Author: Will Carleton
Publisher: Harper & Brothers, Franklin Square
Date: 1885

Comments: Beveled light blue/grey boards with black and gilt decoration. Gilt title on spine.Illustrated. 180 pages. 9" X 7".
Price: $35.00


farm ballads book will carleton
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Item#: H1561
Title: Farm Ballads
Author: Will Carleton
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Date: 1873

Comments: Beautifully decorated beveled green cloth boards with black and gilt. Gilt title on spine. Illustrated. 159 pages. 9" X 7".
Price: SOLD


Rare Adventures of William Lithgow, The
William Lithgow
Book Description: James MacLehouse and Sons, 1906. Hardcover. Book Condition: VG, no DJ.
Item#: H1585 Price: $125.00

Complete Works of Alfred Tennyson, The
Alfred Tennyson
Book Description: R. Worthington, 1878, 436 pages. Hardcover. Book Condition: VG, no DJ.
Item#: H1634 Price: $59.00

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