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Saturday, April 14th, 2007

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This auction will include approximately 6,000 books arranged in 450 lots. This auction is the second of two for this weekend, both covering the same categories. This will be our final auction weekend from the Ambassador University Library. The catalog will include the remaining books, unsold lots from earlier sections, bound periodicals, microfiche & microfilm, and furnishings, fixtures & equipment from the library. Review the catalog listings below for specific listings. The basic categories and highlights included in this auction will be Egyptology, Anthropology, Theology, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Seismology, Biology, Heredity, Evolution v. Creationism, Botany Zoology, Medicine, Dentistry, Agriculture, Gardening, Livestock, Hunting & Fishing, Mining & Metallurgy, Crafts, Cooking, Military History, and Bibliographies and other books-on-books. The lots will range from rare individual titles dating back to the early 1700s, to modern scholarly books arranged in small groups and box lots. Thanks for stopping by, see you at the auction!

Details/Condition: Bound in its original dark green cloth boards with gilt embossing, this antique text is a scarce history of metallurgy which is very rare to find in the first edition. The title continues, "particularly in the United States for three hundred years, from 1585 to 1885." Swank penned several historical publications including Cambria County Pioneers – A Collection of Brief Biographical and Other Sketches Relating to the Early History of Cambria County, Pennsylvania (1910). He served as Secretary and General Manager of the American Iron and Steel Association for 38 Years, From 1872 To 1910. Until Swank approached the study, no historical record of the American industry had been undertaken by any of the authoritative writers upon iron and steel. His scope is expansive, but the greatest value of this work is in its accounts of the early forges and mills in New England, New York, New Jersey, and especially Pennsylvania. He also covers similar operations through the South, Mid-West, and West. Written just as the American iron, steel, and coal industries were poised to take over leadership in worldwide production, this is an important record of the industrial and commercial revolution of the 19th century.
The volume shows some external age/wear concentrated at the extremities, and is securely bound with bright pages and library markings. The book measures approximately 6.75" x 10" and contains 428 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $6.50
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Details/Condition: Bound in re-cased boards bearing the original cloth coverings with fancy gilt embossing and full gilt page edges, this antique text is a very scarce early Egyptology title of particular note for its photographic plates. The work is "illustrated by one hundred stereoscopic photographs taken by Francis Frith for Messrs. Negretti and Zambra."
Frith was one of the pioneers of photography and his early fame largely rested on his photographic images of Egypt and the Holy Land. He was one of the first to develop the photographic postcard, which derived from the Victorian passion for the "carte de visite". Artistic acclaim arrived in 1861 when Frith's stereoscopic prints won a medal at that year's "Great Exhibition". The following year, Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia was published using prints from that series. (courtesy of egyptologyonline.com)
The photographs display many ruins, tombs, temples and expedition scenes and are original photographs, mounted on blank, heavy leaves. Each photograph is accompanied by explanatory text entries by Bonomi and Sharpe separately, or by just one of them. The title page continues, "with descriptions and numerous wood engravings." Joseph Bonomi was an English sculptor, artist, architect, published Egyptologist and museum curator. His credential as an Egyptologist was launched when he served in Robert Hay’s expedition to Egypt and then illustrated James Burton’s Excerpta Hieroglyphica. For close to 20 years, Bonomi traveled in Egypt and neighboring countries. After returning to England in the mid-1840’s, he was charged with cataloguing and illustrating many Egyptian collections (including that of Samuel Birch); he also set up the Egyptian Court at The Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851 and helped to arrange the Egyptian exhibits in the British Museum in London. (courtesy of wikipedia) Egypt, Nubia and Ethiopia was one of several works on which Bonomi collaborated with Samuel Sharpe. An accomplished Egyptologist, Sharpe published several solo titles including The Chronology and Geography of Ancient Egypt, Hebrew Inscriptions from the Valleys Between Egypt and Mount Sinai, The Religion of Lower Egypt, and The History of Egypt.
We have collated the book and found it complete except for plate number three, "The Pyramids of Gizeh". The text for that plate is present. The table of contents calls for plate 46 to be found at page 125 but instead it is bound as the frontispiece. The professional archival restoration of the book included new compatible endpapers. The volume shows some external age/wear, and is solidly bound with bright pages, some foxing to beginning and final pages, and library markings. The book measures approximately 7.75" x 9.5" and contains 240 pages. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $9.50
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Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $14.50
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Notes: This twelve volume set is bound in maroon cloth with gilt spine titling. The covers have gilt embossed frames portraits of Luther Burbank. There are many colored plates tilted in. This set is dedicated to A.E.Hanson, honorary member of the Luther Burbank Society over the signature of the secretary. The books from this library are generally in good condition with some wear and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $22.50
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Details/Condition: This sturdy wooden privacy study carrel is one of several of these units that we are selling at this auction. These units were constructed on site and are very strong, made of wood with some formica finishing. Each unit separates into two pieces with the top carrel bays coming off (in one piece) from the base which has four legs. Each bay is wired with a standard 2-plug, 3-prong electrical outlet and fixtures for fluorescent lighting. The perimeter of the interior of each bay is divided into organizer compartments. The complete unit is 97" long, 30.5" deep and stands 53.5" tall. The unit is solid with some age/wear, the light fixtures on this unit may require some attention. We have taken images of a representative unit and displayed them below - the unit you are bidding on in this lot may not be the same one pictured, but is guaranteed to be comparable and equivalent to the unit shown.
*** PLEASE NOTE *** Shipping is not available for this lot. Pick-up and any necessary disassembling are the responsibility of the buyer, we are not able to provide labor or shipping service for the removal of this item. This item must be removed within seven days of the auction, as the library space is being prepared for a large conference.
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Notes: These five volumes are bound in blue cloth with gilt spine titling. The books from this library are generally in good condition with some wear and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $20.50
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Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $14.50
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Notes: These four volumes are bound in brown cloth with gilt spine titling. Each volume contains a world list of books in the English language for the included years. The books from this library are generally in good condition with some wear and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $55.00
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This cart is in good condition with some signs of age/wear.
*** PLEASE NOTE *** Shipping is not available for this lot. Pick-up and any necessary disassembling are the responsibility of the buyer, we are not able to provide labor or shipping service for the removal of this item. This item must be removed within seven days of the auction, as the library space is being prepared for a large conference.
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Notes: These eight volumes are bound in olive cloth with printed titling and art on spines and covers. The set contains a catalogue, with biographical and critical annotations, of the books of English and American poets comprising the Shaw Childhood in Poetry Collection in the Library of the Florida State University. The books from this library are generally in good condition with some wear and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $27.50
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Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $14.50
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The books from this library are generally in good condition with some wear and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $20.50
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Notes: These six volumes are bound in gray or green cloth with gilt spine titling on brown or black fields. The books from this library are generally in good condition with some wear and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $13.50
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- California Gold Book by Allen - Dated 1893 by Henneberry
- The New West by Brace - Dated 1869 by Putnam
- The Natural Wealth of California by Cronise - Dated 1868 by Vancroft
- Report on California by Thomas - Dated 1850 by unknown, original in Library of Congress
- The Adventures James Capsen Adams by Hittell - Dated 1830 by unknown, original in Library of Congress
- California and Mormons by deRupert - Dated 1881 by Lovell
- Reminiscences of a Ranger by Bell - Dated 1881 by Caystile
- Journal of Medorem Crawford by Crawford - Dated 1842 by Wisconsin State Historical Society
- History of the Oregon Territory and British North-American Fur Trade by Dunn - Dated 1844 by Hughes
- Illustrated Sketches of Death Valley and other Borox Deserts of the Pacific Coast by Spears - Dated 1892 by McNally

This is just a small sampling from the approximately 150 bundles in this boxed group. Condition of the cards is excellent. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $19.50
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Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $14.50
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Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $10.50
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Notes: This four volume set is bound in green cloth with gilt spine and cover titling. It is a re-print of a 1917 work. The books from this library are generally in good condition with some wear and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $10.50
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Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $22.50
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The books from this library are generally in good condition with some wear and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $32.50
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Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $14.50
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Notes: This partial set in Spanish text is bound in red cloth with gilt spine titling and cover embossing. It is comprised of Volume 1, part 1; Volume 3, parts 1 and 2; and Volume 5 part 2. The books from this library are generally in good condition with some wear and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $10.50
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Notes: These four volumes are bound in green cloth with gilt spine titling. The books from this library are generally in good condition with some wear and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $8.50
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Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $14.50
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The books from this library are generally in good condition with some wear and library markings. Shipping cost (within the U.S.) for this lot will be: $9.50
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