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Annual 2 Day Winter Auction - January 24, 2010
    

Books

   

Ten volumes of Photographic History of the Civil War, 1911, with blue covers; 4 volumes of War Papers 1898. These books belonged to Dr. Abner Shaw, surgeon of the 20 th Maine. Dr. Shaw saved the life of General Joshua Chamberlain after being wounded.; two (2) volumes of North American Indians by George Catlin, 1941, London, with green hard cover; complete set of Adjutant General’s Reports 1861-1866 in six volumes. One of a few finely bound sets given to only the high ranking officers and statesmen after the Civil War.; four (4) volumes Battles and Leaders of the Civil War published by the Century Co.., N.Y., 1888; two (2) volumes Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman, 1891 edition; Maine at Gettysburg, 1898, leather with green cover; personal memoirs of U. S. Grant, 1885, with medallion cover; from Manassas to Appomattox by Longstreet, 1903 edition; My Life experiences Among Our Hostile Indiansby Major General O. O. Howard, 1907; Adelbert Ames 1835-1933 by Blanche Ames Ames, 1964 edition; 2 volumes chronicles from the nineteenth century privately printed in 1957 from the family letters of Blanche Butler and Adelbert Ames; Butler’s Book by Benjamin F. Butler 1892, 1 st edition; two (2) box lots of books about Portland, Maine history; 2 volumes of Spark’s Campfire; a collection of signed John Gould books along with some original manuscripts; twelve (12) Beatrix Potter books; three (3) children’s books by Janet Laura Scott. These are just the highlights of the books we will be offering!! History of America , 2 volumes, 1855 by Samuel Walker; The Genera of Insects, 1826, by John Curtis; Picturesque America, 1872, D. Appleton & Co., N.Y.; Voyaging by Rockwell, 1926; The Tour of Doctor Syntax, 2 volumes; Osteuropaische Volkstachten by Max Tilke, 1925, Berlin; The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith, 1909; two volumes American Scenery, 1895, by N. P. Willis, Esq.; EROS book with Marilyn Munroe cover, 1962; four volumes History of the United States by J. A. Spencer, 1866; two volumes National Portrait Gallery by Duyckinck, 1862; The Snow Queen and Fairy Tales by Hans Andersen, two books; The Apples of New York by S. A. Beach, 1905; The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England by Joseph Strutt, 1876; two volumes Turner Gallery large books with leather covers. Plus more good books!!

   













Bruce Gamage, Jr.
Antique Estate Auctioneer, Maine License #AR480
467 Main Street, Rockland, ME 04841
Tel: 207-594-4963 Fax: 207-594-0674
email: bgamage@midcoast.com
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