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Group of Assorted Ephemera: early 1800s, condition consistent with age. includes letters, memorandum - gambling log, and autograph book - signed by classmates

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Group of 7 Books: Includes Mounds for the Dead: Group of 7 Books: Includes Mounds for the Dead (Dragoo), 2 Olive Branch Site Books, The Adena People (Webb, Baby) and 3 Dr. Gramly Books

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Group of Seven Books: Group of Seven Books. Includes: The Bab Ballads 1924, St. Bartholomew's Eve, A Fool's Errand 1879, Personal Recollections of John Lemley 1885-6, Old Pybus 1928, The Grey Squirrel 1931 and A View of Al

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Group of Seven Bookshelf Books: Group of Seven Bookshelf Books. Includes: Holmes's Complete Poetical Works; Oliver Cromwell; and Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian, 1857. Provenance: Estate of Russell Johanson,

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Group of Seven Poetry Books: Group of Seven Poetry Books. Includes: The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1873; The Changing Year 1913; City Poems; Whims and Oddities 1826; and A Last Memory of Robert Louis Stevenson.

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Group of Five Mountaineering Books: Group of Five Mountaineering Books. Includes: A Climber's Guide; Skyline Camps; A Climber's Guide To the Teton Range; Mount Everest 1938 and Mountaineering. Provenance: Estate of Russell Johanson, Rav

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Group of Eight Americana Books: Group of Eight Americana Books. Includes: The Liberty Bell 1926; Stories of the South 1931; and the Seven Ages of Washington 1907. Provenance: Estate of Russell Johanson, Ravenna Rare Books, Seattle,

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Group of Eight Canadian Books: Group of Eight Canadian Books. Includes: Altitudes in Canada; Early Painters and Engravers in Canada; Canadian Men and Women of the Time 1898; Summary of Canadian History; and The Romance of British C

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Group 4 Antique Books, Washington Irving, More: Group of 4 antique books. Includes Mahomet and His Successors by Washington Irving, volume 1. Published by G. P. Putnam and Son, 1869. Authors Autograph Edition Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbu

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Group of Eleven Trade Books: Group of Eleven Trade Books. Includes: The Complete Practical Machinist by Joshua Rose. 1881, sixth edition revised and Album of Odd Fellows Homes. Provenance: Estate of Russell Johanson, Ravenna Rare

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Group of Seven Poetry Books: Group of Seven Poetry Books. Includes: E. E. Cummings Poems 1923-1954 and Complete Poems 1913-1962; Noah an' Johah an" Cap'n John Smith by Don Marquis 1921; Poems by Oscar Wilde 1911; Letters from the

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Group of Seven Design Books: Group of Seven Design Books.: Includes: American Bookplates and The American Illustrated Book of the Nineteenth Century. Provenance: Estate of Russell Johanson, Ravenna Rare Books, Seattle, Wa. We shi

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Group of Nine Music Books: Group of Nine Music Books. Includes: Music and its Masters by Anton Rubinstein 1892; The Analysis of Violin Practice 1947; History of Music in England 1846; and Sacred Melodies for Our Sabbath Home 18

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[GAMBLING]. A group of books. Includes: MACKAY, Harvey. Swi...

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[GAMBLING]. A group of books. Includes: MACKAY, Harvey. Swim With the Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive. New York: William Morrow and Co. Inc., 1988. – STEINMETZ, Andrew. The Gaming Table: Its Votaries and Victims, In All Times and Countries, especially in England and In France. New Jersey: Patterson Smith, 1969. – How to Figure the Odds on Everything. New York: The Dreyfus Family Money Management Service, 1972.— SULLIVAN, George. By Chance a Winner: The History of Lotteries. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1972. – (5) card and gambling catalogs, including Fortune Telling with Playing Card Deck 2nd Edition, 1923 – Card Tricks for the Amateur Magician 2nd. Edition, 1923. – It’s All in The Draw. Boston: Forbes Litho., 1895. – BENHAM, W. Gurney. The History and Secrets of the Pack. London: Spring Books.

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