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These items sold at auction in May 2007

Lent, Henry B. Fly it Away! The Story of How a Plane is Built. New York: Macmillan Company, 1946. $49.95
Philby, Rufina, Mikhail Lyubimob and Hayden Peake. The Private Live of Kim Philby; the Moscow Years. New York: Fromm International, 2000. Inscribed to Arie Beitman by Rufina Philby. $35.00
Ani, Marimba. Yurugu: An African-Centered Critique of European Cultural Thought and Behavior. Trenton, NJ: African World Press, Inc., 2000. (Paperback). $49.95
Schroeder, Adolf E and Carla Schulz-Geisberg. Hold Dear, As Always: Jette, a German Immigrant Life in Letters. Columbia, Mo.: University of Missouri Press, 1988. $49.95
Peebles, Curtis. The Moby Dick Project: Reconnaissance Balloons Over Russia. Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution Press, 1991. $49.95
Sobre, Judith Berg. Behind the Altar Table: The Development of the Painted Retable in Spain, 1350-1500. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1989. $75.00
Richman, Jeffrey I. Brooklyn’s Green-wood Cemetery: New York’s Buried Treasure. Brooklyn: The Green-Wood Cemetery, 1998. (Photographs by Jeffrey I. Richman.) $49.95
Official Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Reunion and Convention of Missouri Division United Confederate Veterans. Joplin, Missouri, September 26th and 27th, 1906. $49.95
Wyckoff, Richard D. Wall Street Ventures and Adventures through Forty Years. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1931. (3rd Printing.) $49.95
Monroe, James. The Writings of James Monroe: Including a Collection of His Public and Private Papers and Correspondence Now for the First Time Printed. Volume II. 1794-1796. Edited by Stanislaus Murray Hamilton. New York: G.P. Putman’s Sons, 1899. $75.00
Peterson, Roger Tory and Virginia Marie Peterson. The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio Audubon’s Birds of America. The National Audubon Society, 1985. $49.95

These items sold at auction in December 2006
Total Sales: $813.77

Sandoz, Mari. Love Song to the Plains. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1961. Inscribed and signed by the author. $49.95. Sold--$49.95
Audubon, John James. Birds of America. The Audubon Society Baby Elephant Folio. Edited by Roger Tory Peterson & Virginia Marie Peterson, Artabras, 1981. $49.95. No bids.
London, Jack. On the Makaloa Mat. New York: Macmillan Company, 1919. $49.95. Sold--$190.50
Wallace, Thomas. Rambler's Travels in Classic and Bible Lands. St. Louis: Nixon-Jones Printing Company, 1893. Leather binding. First edition. $60.00. No bids.
Editorial Staff of The Soda Fountain. Dispenser's Formulary or Soda Water Guide. New York: D.O. Haynes and Company, 1915, 3rd edition. $49.95. No bids.
Rand, Ayn. Atlas Shrugged. New York: Random House, 1957. Stated First Printing. $49.95. Sold--$159.50
Dawson, Lucy. Dogs As I See Them. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1937. $49.95. Sold--$77.20
Houck, Louis, Ed. The Spanish Regime in Missouri. Chicago: R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company, 1909. Volume I and Volume II. 1st Edition. $60.00. Sold--$154.76
Stotz, Charles Morse. Outposts of the War for Empire. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1985. $49.95. Sold--$49.95
O'Connor, Flannery. A Good Man Is Hard to Find. New York, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955. First Edition. $60.00. No bids
Osler, Sir William. Aphorisms: From His Bedside Teachings and Writings. Collected by Robert Bennett Bean, M.D., Edited by William Bennett Bean, M.D. New York: Henry Schuman, Inc., 1950. $49.95. No bids.
Burroughs, Margaret T. G. What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black. Chicago: M.A.A. H. Press, 1969. Sold--$49.95
The Shadow of the Bottle; Published in the Interest of Nation-Wide Prohibition of the Liquor Traffic. Washington, D.C., 1915. $25.00. Sold--$38.21
Walden, Howard T.,II. Upstream and Down. New York: Derrydale Press, 1938. Illustrated by Milton C. Weiler. $49.95. Sold--$49.95

These items sold at auction in July 2006
Total Sales : $1,463.62

Christie's. Dresses from the Collection of Diana, Princess of Wales. Auction Catalog, 1997. Hardcover. $400.00. SOLD $410.00
Phoenix Art Museum. Copper as Canvas: Two Centuries of Masterpiece Paintings on Copper 1575-1775. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999. $49.99. UNSOLD
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Avonlea. Boston: L.C. Page and Company, 1909. $49.99 SOLD $231.16
Montgomery, L.M. Anne of Green Gables. Boston: L.C. Page & Company, 1909. 1st Edition, 12th Impression. $199.99 SOLD $199.99
Ashmun, Margaret. Pa: The Head of the Family. New York: Macmillan Company, 1927. $49.99. SOLD $49.99
Burroughs, Margaret T. G. What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black? Chicago: M.A.A.H. Press. Second Printing, 1969. Inscribed and signed by the author. $49.99. UNSOLD
Libenzi, Ermanno. Ernest in the Wild West. New York: Platt & Munk, 1975. Translated by Isabel Quigly; illustrated by Adelchi Galloni. UNSOLD
Adams, Ansel.Yosemite and the Range of Light. Boston: New York Graphic Society, 1980. "Special edition prepared for Time/Life Books subscribers with the signature of the photographer. $19.99. SOLD $77.00
Mann, Thomas. This Peace; Together with The Address of November 9, 1938 in New York. New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1938. Translated by H.T. Lowe-Porter. Inscribed to the Schroeder Foundation and signed by Mann. $75.00 SOLD $239.49
The U.S.S. Texas in World War II. The Welfare Fund, 1946. $40.00 SOLD $61.00
Gottschalk, Phil. In Deadly Earnest: The History of the First Missouri Brigade, CSA. Columbia, MO: Missouri River Press, Inc., 1991. First edition, signed. $49.99 SOLD $49.99
Walthall, Melvin C. Lightning Forward: A History of the 25th Infantry Division (Tropic Lightning) 1941-1978. Published by the 25th Infantry Division Association. No date. Signed and dated by the author, May, 1979. $35.00 SOLD $35.00
Barnard, Harry V. Tattered Volunteers: The Twenty-Seventh Alabama Regiment, C.S.A. Northport, Alabama, Heritage Press, 1965. $35.00 SOLD $35.00
Crane, Stephen. Red Badge of Courage. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1896. First edition, second issue. $75.00. SOLD $75.00

These items sold at auction in March 2005

The National Encyclopedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge by Writers of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art. London, Edinburgh, and Glascow: William Mackenzie. (No date given, Library approximation, 1880-1885.) 6 volumes A-HAI. Opening Bid: $35.00. Sold: $35.00
Savage, Gary. JFK First Day Evidence: Stored away for 30 years in an old briefcase, new evidence is now revealed by former Dallas Police Crime Lab Detective R.W. (Rusty) Livingston. Monroe, Louisiana: The Shoppe Press, 1993. First Edition. Opening Bid: $35.00. Sold: $35.00
Durant, Will and Ariel. The Story of Civilization.New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975. Eleven volumes with dust jackets. Opening Bid: $40.00. Sold: $52.00
James, Henry. Library of America. Various works of fiction listed below:
Complete Stories, 1864-1874, 1999, first printing;
Complete Stories, 1874-1884,1999, first printing;
Complete Stories, 1884-1891, 1999, first printing;
Complete Stories, 1892-1898, 1996, first printing;
Complete Stories, 1898-1910; 1996, first printing;
Novels, 1871-1880,1983, sixth printing. Opening bid: $45.00. Sold: $75.00
Gvosdev, Nikolas K. imperial Policies and Perspectives Toward Georgia, 1760-1819. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2000. Opening Bid: $24.95. Unsold.
Cantlie, Lt. Gen. Sir Neil. A History of the Army Medical Department. Edinburgh and London: Churchill Livingstone, 1974. First Edition. Two Volumes. Opening Bid: $35.00. Sold: $35.00
Hubbard, Elbert. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great. William M. Wise & Co.: New York, 1916. Printed and made into a book by the Roycrofters, which is in East Aurora, Erie County, New York. This copy especially prepared for Orin A. Littell. The Memorial Edition in Fourteen Volumes. Opening Bid: $49.00. Unsold.
Harte, Bret. The Works of Bret Harte.New York: McKinlay, Stone & Mackenzie, 1892-1907 copyright date. Volumes 1-15,17,18. Opening Bid: $24.95. Sold: $24.95.
Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes. Translated and illustrated by Isaac Taylor Headland. Fleming H. Revell Company: New York, 1900. Opening Bid: $24.95. Unsold.
Long, A. L. Memoirs of Robert E. Lee: His Military and Personal History Embracing a Large Amount of Information Hitherto Unpublished. J.M. Stoddard & Company: New York, 1887. Opening bid: $24.95. Sold: $87.75
O'Connor, B. Compiler. Better Homes and Gardens Story Book. Des Moines: Meredith Publishing Company, 1950. First Edition. Opening bid: $24.95. Sold: $35.00.
This hand-bound booklet contains 16 woodblock prints, images of the Buddhist monk, Luchan, Aha, drawn by the five dynasties artist/monk Guan Xiu. They were handprinted on rice-paper by Xilingyinshe, Huangshou and distributed in Shanghai probably sometime in the 1930's or 1940's. This information was provided to us by a Chinese Friend. The booklet contains no English script. Opening bid: $99.00. Unsold.

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