1. Victor Halfwit: A Winter’s Tale by Thomas Bernard, translated by Martin Chalmers
Minimum Bid: $ 20
Category: Illustrated book
Illustrator: Sunandini Banerjee
Publisher: Seagull Books. Calcutta, India: 2011
Description: Tan and black cloth covered hardboards. This book is in excellent condition. No visible wear in on the exterior of the book. On the inside flyleaf (front and back) there are tiny spots where the paper stuck to the covers of the book. The binding and pages are in new condition. Dust jacket is in excellent condition.
Synopsis: Originally a short story, this tale has been translated and illustrated for this publication.
2. Gold Seekers of ’49 by Edwin L. Sabin
Minimum Bid: $ 15
Category: Collectible children’s
Illustrator: Charles H. Stephens
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott Company. Philadelphia: 1915
Description: Tan cloth covered boars with color imprint illustration on cover. Visible wear at corners and spine. Binding is in good condition. There is a slight stain on front flyleaf with pencil marks noting 1st edition and a purchase price in 1982. There is some yellowing of pages due to paper type used in printing.
Synopsis: This is #7 in The Trail Blazer Series describing the journey to California during the Gold Rush.
3. The Court Martial of George Armstrong Custer by Douglas C. Jones
Minimum Bid: $ 20
Category: Historical novel
Illustrator: n/a
Publisher: Charles Scribner’s Sons. New York: 1976
Description: Light brown cloth covered hardboards. Black imprint title on spine. This book is in excellent condition with no visible wear on corners, spine, or edges. Binding is tight, pages are clean. There is a light pencil mark on flyleaf noting a purchase price in 1982
Synopsis: This is described as an alternative historical novel that answers the question of what might have happened if George Armstrong Custer had survived the Battle of Little Big Horn.
4. The Castaway by Hallie Erminie Rives
Minimum Bid: $ 5
Category: Collectible Fiction
Illustrator: Howard Chandler Christy
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Indianapolis, IN: 1904
Description: Red cloth covered hardboards with visible wear at corners, spine, and edges with color plate illustration on cover. Binding is in good condition. Pages with color illustrations are clean and bright. All other pages are clean but some yellowing due to paper type. There is a name and date of 1904 noting ownership on front flyleaf.
Synopsis: The full title of the book is The Castaway: Three Great Men Ruined in One Year—A King, a Cad, and a Castaway
5. Rosalind at Redgate by Meredith Nicholson
Minimum Bid: $ 10
Category: Collectible fiction
Illustrator: Arthur I. Keller
Publisher: The Bobbs-Merrill Company. Indianapolis, IN: 1907
Description: Dark green cloth-covered hardboards with visible wear at corners and spine with color plate illustration on cover. Binding is tight. Pages are clean and bright. There is some discoloration on front flyleaf-possibly from acid based paper kept in book. A pencil marking notes purchase price.
6. Basic Field Manual: Unarmed Defense for the American Soldier by War Department
Minimum Bid: $ 10
Category: Collectible non-fiction
Illustrator: various photographs
Publisher: United States Government Printing Office: 1942
Description: Light brown paperback with visible stains. Binding is in very good condition. Pages are clean and bright with clear photographic images on almost every page.
Synopsis: An illustrated manual on defense moves using photographs to illustrate the step-by-step instructions.
7. The Optimist’s Daughter by Eudora Welty
Minimum Bid: $ 20
Category: Fiction
Illustrator: n/a
Publisher: The Franklin Library. Franklin Center, PA: 1978
Description: This book is in new condition. Light brown leather with full gilt on the page edges, spine and both covers. Fabric flyleaves and ribbon bookmark are special features. Binding is in new condition, pages clean and unmarked.
Important note: Eudora Welty won the Pulitzer Prize for this novel in 1973
8. A Calendar of Dinners with 615 Recipes by Marion Harris Neil
Minimum Bid: $ 10
Category: Collectible cookbook
Illustrator: illustrations included, illustrator not listed
Publisher: Proctor & Gamble: 1916
Description: Light blue cloth covered hardboards with color print pasted on front. Gold imprint title on cover. Visible wear at corners and spine. Binding and pages are in excellent condition.
Synopsis: This book has background information on cooking, recipes, and a year’s worth of dinner menus.
9. Nearer My God, to Thee by Sarah Flower Adams
Minimum Bid: $ 15
Category: Collectible Religious
Illustrator: Miss L.B. Humphrey
Publisher: Lee and Shepard, Publishers. Boston: 1878
Description: Green cloth covered hardboards with gold/black imprint design on cover. Visible wear at corners, edges, and spine. Binding is showing signs of separation at inside front cover but is tightly bound. Pages are clean but some yellowing is occurring around edges. On inside flyleaf is a pencil inscription noting previous owner/place of residence.
Synopsis: This is described as a “Victorian Greeting Book”. It contains verses of the hymn with corresponding illustrations.
10. The Gingerbread Man illustrated by Jack and Louise Myers
Minimum Bid: $ 10
Category: Collectible children’s
Illustrator: Jack and Louise Myers
Publisher: Whitman Publishing Co., Racine, WI: 1959
Description:
Synopsis: Yellow illustrated paper covered hardboards. Some visible wear at corners and spine, edges in good condition. Pages are clean and bright, there are no page markings. Binding is intact.
