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[Philip Bishop]

Contents of Unreserved Auction
November 10, 2007

Unreserved auction of approximately 600 lots of scarce and valuable books
and other related items, including many 17th, 18th & 19th Century
leather-bound books on history, theology, medicine, law and more, from the
collections of a retired physician, plus many other additions including
books on travel & exploration such as volumes from the Pacific RR Surveys,
The US Naval Astronomical Expedition, Redfield's SKETCH OF THE...ROUTE OF A
GREAT RAILWAY; Children's & illustrated books to include books illustrated
Maxfield Parrish, folios illustrated by Gustave Dore,  Howard Pyle's BOOK OF
PIRATES, books signed by Michael Hague and Barry Moser, an Antique Reference
Library strong on Penna. German Arts & Crafts including FURNITURE OF THE
MAHANTONGO VALLEY, Books related to Lancaster County and other Pennsylvania
& American history including a 2nd edition of Josiah Gregg's COMMERCE ON THE
PRAIRIES, Proud's HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA, an early pamphlet, etc. on the
Louisiana Purchase,  annual volumes published by the Penna. German &
Folklore Societies; American military history including books on the
American Revolution, War of 1812, Civil War and Spanish American War to
include several volumes of the 4th Series of the AMERICAN ARCHIVES, a 1776
GENTLEMAN"S MAG. with a fold-out map of Phila., comtemporary periodicals
with accounts of War of 1812 events, a CW letter and a Jeff. Davis
autograph; Plus Muller's 1756 treatise on Artillery & Fortification, Skelton
& Meyrick's massive 2-vol. folio set on Arms & Armour; Numerous bound
periodicals including PUCK & JUDGE, Leslie's Weekly, Gleason's Pictorial,
Scientific American, Poe's Southern Literary Messenger, THE ALDINE art
folios; 19th & 20th century British & American literary firsts to include a
1st Amer. Ed., of Bronte's THE PROFESSOR, Stowe's A KEY TO UNCLE TOM'S
CABIN, ATLAS SHRUGGED in a fine jacket, O.W. Holmes 1st novel ELSIE VENNER,
Hemingway's A FAR EWELL TO ARMS, Tennessee Williams STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE 
in the scarce jacket, plus early & 1st printings of  early18th & 19th
century British & American literature by Irving, Sterne, Addison, Smollett,
Cooper, Burns, Defoe and others; Ornithology to include STUDER'S BIRDS OF
AMERICA, various large folios & portfolios on Decorative Arts &
Architecture, 19th century American geological atlases; plus early reference
books to include Brit. & Amer. Gazateer's and Geographical Grammars, 21
vols. of Dobson's 18th century Phila. Encyclopedia, a 1760 Johnson's
Dictionary + other early dictionaries, numerous 18th & 19th century Medical
books; Floral and other color plate books incl. 11 vols. of THE ADDISONIA,
plus various books of Natural History, Science & Technology, including vols.
of the American Philosophical Society; numerous early American imprints from
Carlisle, Lebanon, Phila., Boston, Lancaster and other cities, and many
early religious books on Popery, the Quakers, Jews, Presbyterians, the
Anglican church and Christian history & Philosophy.

ALSO :

(417 hand-colored Botanical plates) Andrews, H.[enry C.], (fl. 1799-1828),
THE BOTANISTS REPOSITORY COMPRISING COLOUR'D ENGRAVINGS OF NEW AND RARE 
PLANTS ONLY WITH BOTANICAL DESCRIPTIONS, ETC. IN LATIN AND ENGLISH AFTER THE 
LINNAEAN SYSTEM, 4to., 6 vols. bound in 3, 1799-18__(?)
[The complete work
was published in 10 vols. between 1799 & 1813(?)]. Vol. I begins with an
engraved title page followed by a preface dated Oct., 1799, with errata on
the verso. Each of the other 5 volumes begins with an engraved title page,
followed by 72 well executed hand-colored botanical plates, each with a
facing page of descriptive text, followed in turn by an index to the volume,
on the verso of which can be found the errata. In addition, Vol. V is
followed by an alphabetical index to the first 5 volumes. A total of 15
plates are lacking from the 432 numbered plates found in the first 6 vols.
They include #'s 17, 20, 25, 64, 91, 103, 110, 133, 301, 356, 379, 389, 390,
391 & ; ; 397. The first 10 or so plates of  Vol. I are slightly rippled
along the bottom margin, and even fewer of them have the slightest hint of
dampstaining to them. Each plate has an accompanying tissue-guard, which has
taken the brunt of any foxing and/or offsetting that occurs within the 6
vols. Only the slightest occassional soiling occurs to any of the plates
within, and the only noticeable defect to any plates is a short tear along
the fold of one of the several folding color plates. Bound by W. Searle,
Golden Square(Soho, London) in full period leather, with gilt-paneled boards
with heavy gilt and blind rolled borders and with a double gilt-ruled
diamond design to the center of each panel. Gilt-titled, compartmented
spines with thick gilt and blind-stamped raised bands, all edges are
marbled, and the turn-ins have gilt-stamped corners. All 3 spines have a
piece missing and one is detached, as are all but 2 boards, which are
hanging by cords.

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Posted by Philip R. Bishop of MOSHER BOOKS / Ephrata, PA  USA

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Philip R. Bishop
MOSHER BOOKS    (member ABAA & ILAB, books listed on ABE)
P. O. Box 542
Ephrata, PA  17522-0542  U.S.A.

717-733-1476
mosher at ptd.net