December 2009 Auction Items

Box of 9 miscellaneous books

30+ Sotheby's catalogs, 1970's- pertaining to autograph letters, pewter, porcelain and silver, maps, books, prints, literature, postage stamps, musical, literary and sporting books. Most have prices realized, good condition.

8 Sotheby's catalogs, 1970's- pertaining to 19th and 20th c. photographs, most containing prices realized, good condition.

Lot of miscellaneous books.

8 Books pertaining to religion, fair condition.

30+ Novels, 1950's to 1970's, fair condition.

11 Books- The North American Almanac spanning from 1920's and 30's, Birds, and 1 History of Flowers, some wear, otherwise good condition.

20 books- including 10 volumes of ''The Library of Original Sources''; ''The Works of Mary Roberts Rinehart''; ''The Amazing Interlude, Dangerous Days''; 3 volumes on the series ''Little Journeys'' by Elber & Hubbard; Folk Art; Little Patience Picture Book; Around the World with Camera; Milton's Paradise Lost; Mechanical Procedure Manual for Car's in 1940's. Some in very poor condition, otherwise fair.

16+ Magazines on gossip, romance and teen, 1940's through 1970's, together with a few song sheets from movies of the 30's and 40's, fair condition.

30+ Magazines- including 20+ issues of ''Life'' (60's, 70's), few ''National Geographic'' (1918, 1919), few ''Time'' and ''Post'' (60's, 70's), few ''Annual Reports of Ohio's Railway'' (40's through 70's), and some issues from the 50's through 70's including ''Cavalier'', ''Stag'', ''Car and Driver'', ''Adventure'' and ''Sports Illustrated''. fair condition.

19+ books of fiction and novels- including ''Little Women'', late 19th c., 1 on John Steinbeck's novels, 1 on Thoreau's journals, 1 on Emerson, and 1 on Psychology and Physiology, fair condition with typical wear and tear.

30+ Books of adventure from 50's, 60's, 70's- including 10 soft back books of Ian Fleming's James Bond thriller, fair condition.

26+ Books on self help, encyclopedia, literature, novels, diseases, horse health, grammer and arithmetic. poor to fair condition.

4 Magazines edited or illustrated by Mort Walker- including 3 issues of ''Missouri Showme'' edited by Walker, Oct. 1946, Nov. 1946 (Homecoming issue), and Oct. 1947 (Anniversary issue); and 1 illustrated by Walker- ''Souvenir Football Magazine: Missouri vs. Kansas State Wildcats'', Oct. 27, 1979. fair condition, some wear from handling.

''The Athena''- yearbook, vol. VII, published by the senior class of Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1912, leather cover very fragile and bitter with typical wear and tear, spine loose, minor staining throughout, overall fair condition.

7 Books- including 5 yearbooks: Berea High School, 1928 and 1929; German Wallace College, 1910 and 1911; Baldwin-Wallace College, 1929; and 2 books, ''Men of Grit and Greatness - A Historical Account of Middleburg Township, Berea, Brookpark and Middleburg Hts''.

40+ books on poems, and on cooking, late 19th c. and early 20th c., and handbooks on checkers, and on growing roses, etc. fair to very poor condition.

20+ books and magazines on mystery and other- including a few by Zane Grey, and a guide of the series ''Journey Through Bookland'', etc. fair to poor condition.

25+ Books on war- also including flight handbook, training handbooks maps, checklists for flight, survival guide for jungle, desert and Arctic ocean, from the 1940's and 1950's; and song books from the late 19th c. to early 20th c. song books in poor condition, otherwise fair.

15+ Books on the West, History of Civil War, American History, American Stories, Currier & Ives prints. fair condition, typical wear and tear.