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Antiquarian Book Auction

12/14/24, 3:00 PM

ANTIQUARIAN BOOK AUCTION
Saturday December 14 - 10:00 am
234 W. Washington St - Corry, Pa 16407
Outstanding collection of Rare, Scarce, & Out of Print Books,
Many Coming from Estates from NW Pa.
Preview: Friday, December 13 - 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Online Bidding on Hi Bid Opens Monday Nov. 18th - closes on Friday Dec. 13th- 9:00 pm

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Americana: History of the United States, 1830; The History of the Buccaneers, 1810;; Gazetteer & Business Directory of Genesee County, New York, 1869/70; A New & Complete Statistical Gazetteer, 1859; Men and Manners in America, 1833; The Republican Party, 1888; Chicago and the Great Conflagration, 1871; The United States Illustrated, 1855; Travel & Exploration: Cruise of the “Alert” 1878-82; The Open Polar Sea 1867; Three Wheeling Through Africa; Ancient History of the Egyptians, 1848; Artic Explorations of the Second Grinnell Expedition, 1856; A Journey from Gibraltar to Malta 1777; Tibet & Nepal; Travels in Mesopotamia, 1827; MacMillan’s Guide to Palestine & Egypt; Egypt & Nubia; After Icebergs with a Painter, 1861; Ten Years in South Africa, 1835; Books of Special Interest: Little Leather Library with Cabinet; Miniature Books; Newton’s Principia, First American Edition; Early Gone with the Wind in Dust Jacket; Illustrations of Mary Queen of Scots; Ulysses, 1928, 10th pr.; Nature Knows no Color Line; Treatise on the Rectilinear Motion & Rotation of Bodies, 1784; Dracula, 1902 2nd American Edition; If Tam O’Shanter’d Had a Wheel; The Coach Maker’s Illustrated Hand Book, 1875; The Various Contrivances, by Darwin, 2nd Edition; The Practical Surveyor’s Assistant, 1793; A Practical Treatise on Mine Engineering, 1870; Meditations in an Emergency, First Edition; History of the Standard Oil Company, First Edition; The Fountainhead, inscribed by Rand; Les Miserables, First Edition; John Wilkes Booth Oilman, with cdv of Booth; Sinbad the Sailor, Illus, by Dulac; Rare Volume of 18th & 19th Century Pamphlets bound in; The Roly-Poly Pudding, by Potter First Edition; An Harmonie Upon the First Book of Samuel, 1607; A Treatise on Slavery, 1840; Life & Adventures of the Notorious Robber Captain Johannes Buckler, 1818; Western Americana: Where to Emigrate & Why, 1869; Sights in the Gold Region, 1850; “Boots and Saddles”; The Discovery of Yellowstone Park, 1870; The Travelers’ Guide, 1823; The Border Outlaws, 1882; American Indians: The Indians of Today; Indian Wars of the United States, 1853; The Indian Races of North & South America, 1865; Wigwam and War-Path, 1872; Traditional History of the Ojibway Nation, 1851; Life of Sitting Bull, 1881; Civil War: History of the Pennsylvania Volunteers; The Secret Service, the Confederate States in Europe; Roll of Honor 10 vols.; The Great Civil War; Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant; Under the Maltese Cross, with soldiers hand written account of the Civil War; Architecture: Octagon Mode of Building, 1854; Planches Pourle le Premier Volume Du Cours D’ Architecture, 1771; Art of Civil Architecture, 1745; Architecture Dictionary, Cottages or Hints on Economical Building; Hobb’s Architecture, with plans, 1873; Juvenile: A Child’s Book of the Teeth; Nancy Drew; Hardy Boys; Oz Books; The Cat & the Devil; Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland; Winnie the Pooh, First American Edition; I Never Saw Another Butterfly; The Pied Piper of Hamlin, Illus. by Kate Greenaway; Aunt Janes’s Nieces in the Red Cross; Natural History/Science: A Treatise on Astronomy, 1850; Useful Knowledge on….Nature Etc., 1820; A Manual of Chemistry, 1846; An Introduction to Geology, 1839; Wild Flowers of the Rocky Mountains, 1889; Origin of the Species; The Journal of a Naturalist, 1831; Wonders of the Moon; Amphibious Carnivora including Walrus and Seals, 1839; A Survey of the Fauna of Iraq; Fiction/Poetry/ Literature: Leaves of Grass; Shakespeare; Plantation Pageants; The Rime of the Ancient Mariner; The Day of the Jackal, signed; Early books by Kerouac; The Naked and the Dead, Signed; Charles Dickens; Stories and Tales, 1876, by Hans Christian Anderson; Naked Lunch, Signed; The Markets of Paris by Zola; The Hound of the Baskervilles, Sherlock Holmes by Doyle, First American Edition; Religion: A History of Witchcraft in England; Meditations & Contemplations, 1795; A History of Warfare of Science With Theology in Christendom; Segregation and the Bible; The Methodist Harmonist, 1833; History of the Bible, 1807; Social Dynamite, 1889; Spiritualism Vs Christianity, 1856; Orita – Ibadan Journal of Religious Studies; Bibles; Medical: On Diphtheria, 1861; Elements of Materia Medica & Therapeutics, 1846; A Practical Manual on the Preservation of Health, 1824; The Married Woman’s Private Medical Companion, 1854; Sets: Works of Edgar Allan Poe; Works of Thomas H, Huxley; Novels of Richard Harding Davis; Kings & Queens of England, 12 Vols., Easton Press; Works of Charles Dickens; Works of Daniel Defoe; The Book of a Thousand Nights, by Richard Burton, 17 Vols., Easton Press; Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 Vols. Easton Press; History of the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58;
There is a large Selection of many rare and scarce books not available on the market, including many subjects not listed here.
For Information 814-664-7198
www.plossauction.com
Ploss Auction Co.
Larry N. Ploss, Auctioneer
Corry , PA – Lic. #AU002859-L

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