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LANCASTER MENNONITE HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S BENEFIT AUCTION OF RARE, OUT-OF-PRINT, AND USED BOOKS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2013 AT 6:30 P.M. TEL: (717) 393-9745; FAX: (717) 393-8751; EMAIL: [email protected] WEBSITE: http://www.lmhs.org/ The Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society will conduct an auction on September 13. 2013 at 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, one-half mile east of the intersection of Routes 30 and 462. The sale dates for the remainder of 2013 are as follows: October 11 and December 13 The auction not only specializes in local and denominational history and genealogy of southeastern Pennsylvania, but also includes theological works and other types of material of interest to the nationwide constituency. Please refer to the last page of the catalog for book auction procedures. Individual catalogs are available from the Society for $8.00 ($4.00 for Society members) + $3.00 postage and handling. Persons who wish to be added to the mailing list for the rest of 2004 may do so by sending $16.00 ($8.00 for Society members) with name and address to the Society. Higher rates apply for subscribers outside of the United States. All subscriptions expire at the end of the calendar year. The catalog is also available for free on our web site at www.lmhs.org/auction.html. 1. [Cooper, James Fennimore]. The Water-Witch, or the Skimmer of the Seas. A tale by the author of The Pilot, Red Rover, &c., &c., &c. Vol. 1 only of 2. Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1831. 256pp (quarter bd, untrimmed pp, soiled pp, spine cover torn and partly missing, front and back covers soiled and worn, mc); [Cooper, James Fennimore]. The Water- Witch, or the Skimmer of the Seas. A tale by the author of The Pilot, Red Rover, &c., &c., &c. New ed. Vol. 2 only of 2. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1839. 251pp (al, yp, spine cover torn and partly missing, front and back covers loose, covers worn, pc). 2. [Cooper, James Fennimore]. The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna. A descriptive tale by the author of “Precaution.” Vol. 1 only of 2. New-York: Collins and Hannay, and Charles Wiley, 1825. 246pp (quarter bd, marbled covers, foxing, yp, covers sl worn, gc); [Cooper, James Fennimore]. The Pioneers, or the Sources of the Susquehanna. A descriptive tale by the author of “The Spy.” New ed. Vol. 2 only of 2. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1838. 327pp (al, marbled covers, caif, ds, syp, spine cover and cover corners worn, gc); [Cooper, James Fennimore]. The Prairie. A tale by the author of “Pioneers and the Last of the Mohicans” [sic]. New ed. Vol. 1 only of 2. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea, & Blanchard, 1838. 238pp (foxing, back flyleaf torn, syp, spine cover torn, covers detached, mc). 3. [Cooper, James Fennimore]. The Pilot: A Tale of the Sea. By the author of The Pioneers, &c., &c. 2nd ed. Vol. 2 only of 2. New-York: Charles Wiley, 1824. 293pp (al, foxing, yp, stis, spine cover torn, back cover worn, front cover missing, mc); [Cooper, James Fennimore]. The Red Rover. A tale by the author of The Pilot, &c., &c. Vol. 2 only of 2. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Carey, 1833. 262pp (al, foxing, yp, front cover and front flyleaf worn and detached, back cover missing, pc); [Cooper, James Fennimore]. Sketches of Switzerland. By an American. Vol. 1 only of 2. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1836. 244pp (foxing, syp, covers missing, pc). 4. London, J., Jerry of the Islands, 1917. 337pp (fp, several sl blemished pp, syp, covers blemished, spine cover faded and torn, gc); Mitchell, S., Constance Trescot: A Novel, 1905. 384pp (syp, gc); Mitchell, S., The Red City: A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington, ill. A. Keller, 1908. 421pp (fp, several blemished pp, syp, back cover and spine cover blemished, gc); Bulwer-Lytton, E., The Last Days of Pompeii, [ca. 1900?]. xiii, 425pp (fp, gilt edges, bib refs, several blemished pp, yp, back cover blemished, gc); Mitchell, S., Hugh Wynne: Free Quaker, Sometime Brevet Lieutenant- Colonel on the Staff of His Excellency General Washington, vol. 2, 1897. 261pp (fp, gilt edges, yp, gc). 5. [Paulding, J.], Letters from the South: By a Northern Man, vol. 2, 1835. 212pp (exlib, foxing, blemished pp/ endpapers/inside covers, syp, covers faded and discolored, tears in spine cover, gc); Liebknecht, K., Militarism, 1917. xviii, 178pp (bib refs, syp, back cover blemished, gc); Trumbull, H., History of the Discovery of America of the Landing of Our Forefathers at Plymouth and of Their Most Remarkable Engagements With the Indians in New-England from Their First Landing in 1620 Until the Final Subjugation of the Natives in 1679 to Which Is Annexed the Defeat of Gens. Braddock, Harmer & St. Clair, by the Indians at the Westward, &c.: Also, the Official Account of the Late Defeat of the Indians on the Wabash by Gov. Harrison, 2nd ed. corrected, 1812. 11-173pp (al, blemished/torn/missing pp, ppn inside back cover, front cover loose, covers worn and blemished, mc); [Paulding, J.], Sketch of Old England: By a New-England Man, vol. 2, 1822. 250pp (al, yp, front cover loose, covers blemished, spine cover blemished/torn, gc). 6. Railroad Maps of the United States: A Selective Annotated Bibliography of Original 19th-Century Maps in the Geography and Map Division of the Library of Congress, comp. A. Modelski; Lorne Bair Rare Books and Between the Covers Rare Books, 101 Books from the Library of Ben and Bernarda Bryson Shahn: A Joint Catalog; Bartlett, H., The Library of Congress, Catalogue of Early Books on Music (Before 1800) Supplement (Books Acquired by the Library 1913-1942); Gregory, J., Library of Congress, Catalogue of Early Books on Music (Before 1800); A Century of Oil and Gas in Books: A Descriptive Bibliography, comp. E. Swanson; Stevens, H., The Bibles in the Caxton Exhibition MDCCCLXXVII; or, a Bibliographical Description of Nearly One Thousand Representative Bibles in Various Languages Chronologically Arranged From the First Bible Printed by Gutenberg in 1450-1456 to the Last Bible Printed at the Oxford University Press the 30th June 1877. (first 2 items pb, first item wrinkled pp, 1 dj, last item exlib and 2 uncut pp, some blemished coves, gc). 7. Early Printed Books and Manuscripts: The Property of the General Theological Seminary, New York City, and Other Owners Which Will Be Sold on Wednesday, October 1, 1980 at 10:00 a.m. Christie’s; 12 book auction catalogs by Sotheby: Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books and Fine Bindings from the Celebrated Collection: The Property of Major J.R. Abbey Which Will Be Sold by Auction by Messrs. Sotheby & Co. June 21-23, 1965; Catalogue of the Celebrated Library: The Property of Major J.R. Abbey, The Fourth and Final Portion. November 6, 1967; Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books from the Broxbourne Library Illustrating the Spread of Printing: The Property of John Ehrman, Esq. 2 Vols. Vol. 1: Abbeville—Lyons, May 14-15, 1977; Vol. 2: Madrid—Zwolle, May 8-9, 1978; Catalogue of the Second Portion of the Famous Library Principally of Fine Bindings, Rare Engravings, Illustrated Books and French Literature Formed by the Late Mortimer L. Schiff, Esq., and Now Sold by Order of John Mortimer Schiff, Esq., of New York City, Page 2 September 13, 2013 July 5-7, 1938; Catalogue of Books Printed in England and of English Books Printed Abroad Before 1641. 2 vols.: Second Portion: G-Q, Bibliotheca Phillippica New Series: Eleventh Part, June 24-25, 1974; Third Portion: R-Z, and Addenda, Bibliotheca Phillippica, New Series: Thirteenth Part, November 25-26, 1974; Catalogue of Books Printed in England and English Books Printed Abroad 1641-1700. 2 vols.: First Portion: A-L, Bibliotheca Phillippica New Series, November 24-25, 1975: Second Portion: M-Z and Addenda, Fifteenth Part; Bibliotheca Phillippica New Series: Seventeenth Part, June 30, 1976; Catalogue of Nineteenth Century and Modern First Editions and Science Fiction. May 13, 1976; Catalogue of the Valuable Collection of Printed Books: The Property of the Late John Carter, Esq., C.B.E. Past President and Gold Medallist of the Bibliographical Society Sometime Sandars Reader in Bibliography in the University of Cambridge. March 24, 1976; Catalogue of Valuable Printed Books of the 15th and 16th Century Including a Block-Book: The Property of the Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation, Inc., Sold by Order of the Trustees, June 12, 1978 (last 6 items pb, some ill, some prices and buyers’ names incl., gc). 8. Perotti, V., Important Firsts in Missouri Imprints, 1808-1858, rev. R. Perotti, ed. T. Luther, 1967. 51pp (dj, bib, ind, many uncut pp, vgc); The Evelyn Library: Sold by Order of the Trustees of the Wills of J.H.C. Evelyn, Deceased, and Major Peter Evelyn, Deceased, Christie’s, 2 vols.: Part 2: D-L, November 30 and December 1, 1977; Part 3: M-S, March 15-16, 1978; 155, [8]; 179, [14]pp (fp, ill, prices and buyers’ names included, part 2 ds/wrinkled pp, covers faded, gc); Stefanik, E., Jr., John Berryman: A Descriptive Bibliography, 1974. xxix, 285pp (fp, bib refs, ind, covers and spine cover blemished, gc); Goodspeed’s Book Shop, Tudor Translations & Other Early Editions of the Classics in English, Catalogue 583, [1977?], 27pp (pb, back cover sl blemished, gc). 9. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1 quarterly iss.: Vol. 72 (January 1948), no. 1. 104pp (pb, bib refs, syp, covers sl discolored with many little tears, gc); Anderson, J., Shepard Kollock: Editor for Freedom: The Story of the New-Jersey Journal in Chatham, 1779-1783, ill.