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We are pleased to offer an unusual selection of higher value books on Thursday only. These include antiquarian, art, Civil War and poetry. Please ask for assistance when you arrive. 

Here is a summary of the Special Collection books that will be available at the Spring 2025 Book Sale.  Please note:

  • Books priced over $50 will be for sale on Thursday only.
  • Please ask for the location of these books when you arrive.
  • As usual, more banded books with special prices will be in the Oldies and the Art Room.

Title

Date

Author

Comments

Price $

Report on the U.S. and Mexican Boundary Survey

1857

Emory, Wm. H., et al.

Two volumes in one; cultural and botanical plates, maps.

100

Ivan Shishkin

2004

Sergeyev, Anatoly

Text in Russian and Eng. Hardback, quarto, in slipcase.

ISBN 978 577 930786 4

80

Collection of 50 Genuine Song Coins

Set no. 1175 of 5000. Clamshell box holds slipcase; book contains mounted coins and historical and cultural descriptions.

75

Military Records of General Officers of the Confederate States of America. 

1898, 1992

Charles B. Hall, publ.; David W. Ramsey, ed.

Fine clamshell box set of loose pages, facsimile edition, set number 10 of 195.

75

Viagem Pittoresca & Historica ao Brasil. 

1830, 1989,

Debret, J. B.

Reprint, illustrated, maps.

ISBN 85 319 0017 4.  Sold as a three volume set.

70

Le Saint Concile de Trente Oecumenique et General…

1646

Tr. by L’Abbe Chanut

Pub’d Lyon, Jean Certe

[22] 458 pp. [34].

70

Meditations Chretiennes et Metaphysiques

1707

Malebranche

Pub’d Lyon, Leonard Plaignard. [14] 497 pp. [6]. Intact.

60

Godey’s Lady’s Book, vol. 20-21

1840

Bound as one; binding has modern taped repair, back cover barely hanging on.

50

Legend of the Wandering Jew

1873

Dore, Gustav

Dore’s 12 plates are intact; front cover is detached.

50

In Mad Love and War

1990

Harjo, Joy

1st ed., Harjo first Native American Poet Laureate of US

ISBN 0 8195 2180 9

50

Gottingen Model Book

1972

Lehmann-

Haupt, ed.

Facsimile reprint of 15th century illumination manual. Hardback, dust jacket.

ISBN 0 8262 0102 4

50

Il Pittore Luigi Nono (1850-1918)

2006

Serafini, Paola

Text in Russian. Two volumes, quarto, in slipcase.  

ISBN 978 88422 1415 1

50

Trade-Marks

1930

Hornung, Clarence P.

Number 262 of 650 printed; Caxton Press, with color lithographs and impressed French-fold leaves. Intact cover cameo, spine damaged.

45

Valentin Serov:  Great Collection

2008

In slipcase, oversize.

40

Select Collection of Letters of the Ancients

1703

Mr. Savage

Text block intact; missing back cover.

40

Art: A History of painting, sculpture, architecture

1975, 1976

Two volume set.

30

macWorld magazines

1984, 1985

Seven or eight issues.  Sold as a set.

30

Mattamuskeet and Ocracoke Waterfowl Heritage

1995

Dudley, Jack

Signed, oversize. NC subject

No ISBN visible.

30

Interwoven: A Pioneer Chronicle

Lambshead before Interwoven: A Texas Range Chronicle, 1848-1878

1982

1982

Matthews, Sallie Reynolds

Holden, F. M.

Sold as a set

30

Reckoner

1986

Tate, James

1st ed., rare in hardback, dust jacket.  ISBN 978 08 1955 1528

30

Burgess: Seashore Book for Children

Burgess, Thornton

25

Letters from the Raven

1907

Hearn, Lafcadio

Illustrated by Hearn.

20

Gunnar Norrman

1987

Nilsson, Sten Ake

Swedish and English text.

ISBN 91 85474 07x

20

Treatise on Veterinary Medicine, or, White’s Farriery; vol. 3 only

1812

White, James

Of the three volume set, we have volume three only.

20

Yemassee Lands

1969

Ravenel, Beatrice

1st ed.  Intro. by Louis D Rubin, Jr.

18

Burgess: Animal Book for Children

Burgess: Flower Book for Children

Burgess: Bird Book for Children

Burgess, Thornton

Three books sold as a set.

15

More Than Human

2012

Flach, Tim

Animal photographs.

12

Beyond Basketball: Coach K’s Keywords for Success

2006

Krzyzewski, Mike

Signed, hardback.

12

Botanica Magnifica (photographs)

2009

Singer, Jonathan

Oversize.  ISBN 10: 0789210347

12

Indian Tales for Little Folks

1914

10

Virginia Landmarks of Black History: Sites on VA Landmarks and National Register of Historic Places

1995

Rare in hardback.

10

Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

2011

Bolton, Andrew

Oversize hardback.

10

In the Summer House

1954

Bowles, Jane

Photos of dramatic production.  Hardback.

10

UNC Basketball Vault

2008

Brewer, Rick

In slipcase, with loose copies of programs and ephemera.

10

In These Houses

1988

Osbey, Brenda Marie

1st ed.  ISBN 0-8195-2146-9

10

Chimeras in the Tower: selected poems

1986

Radauskas, Henrikas

Poems, translated to Eng. from Lithuanian by J. Zdanys. 

ISBN 0-8195-5137-6

10

A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

2022

Saunders, George

Signed, 1st ed., 2nd printing.  Hardback and dust jacket.

10

Cabins in the Laurel

1935, 1991

Sheppard, Muriel Earley; Bayard Wooten, photographs

1991 reprint w/ forward by John Ehle.  ISBN 0-8078-1986-7

10

Salt Air

1983

Bryan, Sharon

1st ed. Hardback and dust jacket.  ISBN 978 08 1952 1125.

8


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