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5/12 Mon GARRETT Rare, Occult, Collectible & Antique Books
ONLINE ONLY - BLOOMINGTON IN - This auction close date has been extended for one week due to the unexpected size of the event. Featuring the Garret Antique Store and Garrett Estate collection of Antique and Rare Books. With rare catalogs, fine bindings, fiction, reference, historical, and a fine offering of Indiana material, this auction has something for everyone including a large and rare group of hardback and paperback books on the occult, witchcraft and sci fi. Topics are across a broad range of issues. All the books in this auction were stored in the attic of the Garret Antiques building. We have made every effort to include any damage or issues in the individual listings where found. Because we are listing a substantial group of material here, we strongly advise you read descriptions, look closely at photos, or schedule a visit to preview the auction. ALL items in this auction are being sold as-is. PREVIEW is by appointment. We are open at the EDS Auction Center at 701 S Ransom Lane in Bloomington IN from 9 to 5 M - F. Please contact us at EDSOnlineAuctions@gmail.com or phone 812-822-2508 to schedule. AUCTION ENDS on Monday, May 12, with the first lot closing at 7PM with a soft staggered close. PICKUP/CHECKOUT for Tuesday, 5/13 by Appointment from 1-6PM at the EDS Auction Center, 701 S Ransom Lane, Bloomington IN 47403. Look for an email from Shipping Saints to schedule.CONTACT US at EDSOnlineAuctions@gmail.com or phone 812-822-2508.PROFESSIONAL IN HOUSE SHIPPING is available for most lots in this auction. Watch for the TRUCK symbol. EDS Strives to provide quality auction events. Items are described as accurately as possible, weights are accurate, pieces ID'd as gold or silver are marked unless stated, and we stand behind these descriptions. We make every effort to identify excessive wear and damage, both in our descriptions and in our photos. Please look items over closely to assure you understand the quality and condition of the items you are bidding on. EDS Sells only estate and downsizing goods. This means all of these items are pre-owned and fresh to the market. Thank You for Bidding in EDS Online Auctions!!
Auction lots (628)
Die Gitarre Und Ihr Bau 1963 German Language
Jahnel, Franz. Die Gitarre Und Ihr Bau. Franfurt: Verlag Das Musikinstrument 1963. German language. 13 1/2" x 9 1/2". Cloth over...
Hortus Third Dictionary of US Canadian Plants 1976
Bailey & Bailey. Hortus Third A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada. New York: Macmillan,...
WIld Flowers & Kunst-Und Lust-Gartner, 2 Illustr.
2 illustrated hardcovers with paper jackets: Meister, Der Orientalisch-Indianische Kunst-Und Lust-Gartner (The Oriental-Indian...
Daumier Lib Women Illustr. 1974
Daumier, Honore. Lib Women (Bluestockings and Socialist Women), translated from the French. Paris / New York: Leon Amiel...
Henry Moore, O'Keeffe, Holbein Monographs Illustr.
3 oversized illustrated paperback artist monographs: Georgia O'Keeffe; Die Shelterzeichnungen des Henry Moore (German language,...
German Illustrators Hogfeldt-Buch, Larsson, Busch
3 oversized German language illustrated hardcovers and paperbacks: Das Hogfeldt-Buch Mit 36 Farbigen Tafeln (worn paper jacket...
Anc. Roman Recipies, Slang Dictionary, Heloise Sp.
3 assorted hardcovers and paperbacks: A Taste of Ancient Rome (jacketed hardcover); Cartas de Abelardo y Heloisa (paperback,...
Pictorial Holy Bible Standard Ed Rebound Org Cover
Standard Edition, The Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues... with Marginal References....
John Filson Life & Writings 1884 Filson Club Ed
John Filson, The First Historian of Kentucky. An Account of His Life and Writings, Principally from Original Sources Prepared for...
Le Voyage de Babar 1932 Jardin des Modes Illustr
de Brunhoff, Jean. Le Voyage de Babar, illustrated. Paris: Editions du Jardin des Modes, 1932. 48 pp. French language. 14 1/2" x...
Hauff's Lichtenstein Modern Language Series 1907
Vogel, Frank. Hauff's Lichtenstein; Heath's Modern Language Series, abridged and edited with introduction and notes. Boston: D....
Liliput Dictionary Little Webster Miniature Leathr
Jacob, Gerhard. Liliput Dictionary, Little Webster's. New York: Miniature Dictionary Publishers, nd. 2" x 1 3/8". Leather wrap...
Atlas of Typical Operations in Surgery Illus c1910
Bockenheimer & Frohse, Atlas of Typical Operations in Surgery, Illustrated. New York: Rebman Company, undated, circa 1910. 250 pp...
DeFoe Illustrated Life & Adventures Crusoe, 1872
DeFoe, Daniel. The Illustrated Life and Strange Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner, As Related by Himself. Chicago:...
Signed Ross Lockridge Jr, Raintree County 1948
Lockridge Jr., Ross. Raintree County, signed in ink by author on front free endpaper. Cambridge: Riverside Press 1948. 1066 pp. 8...
4 Rand McNally Kid's Bks Foxy Squirrel, King Cole+
4 children's books: Old King Cole, Foxy Squirrel in the Garden, Doings of Little Bear, and A Child's Garden of Verses....
4V Mr. Punch's History of Modern England 1920s
Graves, Charles L. Mr. Punch's History of Modern England in Four Volumes. New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, undated circa...
5 Social Issues Tokology, Hysteria, Fight f Life+
5 hardcover books include Studies on Hysteria 1957, Tokology A Book for Every Woman 1902, The Fight for Life 1938, Social...
Kaempffert, Science Today & Tomorrow 1947 London
Kaempffert, Waldemar. Science Today and Tomorrow, Second Series. London: Dennis Dobson, 1947. 279 pp. Cloth covered boards with...
2 Red Ryder Whitman Whispering Walls, Wolf Canyon
Harman, Fred. Red Ryder and the Secret of Wolf Canyon, and Red Ryder and the Mystery of Whispering Walls. Racine: Whitman...
5 Science Math Bks Atomic Age, Algebra, Physics +
5 hardcover books include Universe and Dr. Einstein 1948, The Atomic Age Opens 1945, Elements of Physics 1927, Practical Physics...
Columbia Encyclopedia in 1V, 2nd Ed Rev 1954
Bridgewater & Sherwood (eds). The Columbia Encyclopedia - in One Volume, Second Edition Revised & Enlarged. Morningside Heights:...
5 Anthropology Family, History of Man +
5 hardcover books include Introduction to Anthropology, The Family and Its Members (ex-library), Introduction to the Study of...
Second General Council Presbyterian Alliance 1880
Dales & Patterson. Report of Proceedings of the Second General Council of the Presbyterian Alliance, Convened at Philadelphia,...
Microscopes Accessories, Bausch & Lomb Cat. A 1900
Microscopes and Accessories, Catalogue A, Sixteenth Edition. Rochester: Bausch & Lomb Optical Co, 1900. 186 pp. 10" x 7". Cloth...
L. Wolff Mfg. Plumbing Goods Catalogue F 1900
General Plumbing Goods Catalogue F L. Wolff Manufacturing Co. Chicago 1900. 734 pp. 10 1/2" x 7 1/2". Cloth covered boards with...
Indianapolis Belting Supply Co Catl. 1940
Indianapolis Belting & Supply Company Industrial Supplies, Catalog No. 41, Factory, Mill and Mine and Electrical Supplies....
8V Encyclopedia of Health & Physical Culture 1930s
Macfadden, Bernarr (ed). The Encyclopedia of Health and Physical Culture in Eight Volumes. New York: Macfadden Book Company,...
Chandlee, Six Quaker Clock Makers 1682-1813
Chandlee, Edward. Six Quaker Clock Makers 1682-1813. Philadelphia: The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1943. 260 pp. 9 3/4" x...
Masters & Lea, Perverse Crimes in History 1963
Masters & Lea, Perverse Crimes in History: Evolving Concepts --- From Ancient to Modern Times. New York: Julian Press, Inc, 1963....
Outline History of Transportation, Fisher Body GM
Bouton, Archibald et al (eds). An Outline History of Transportation From 1400 BC. Detroit: Fisher Body Division, General Motors...
6 Home History Americana Nostalgia Bed +
6 jacketed and unjacketed hardcover and paperback books include Nostalgia, Vanishing Americana, Light of Home, Clean and Decent,...
4 Atq Children's Picture, Story Bks Prattler +
4 hardcover books include Floyd's Flowers or Duty and Beauty 1905 (broken binding), Scientific American Boy 1911 (ex-library),...
5 Whitman + Story Bks Twain, Sewell, Tarzan
5 jacketed and unjacketed hardcover books from Whitman and Grosset & Dunlap include Twain's Prince & the Pauper, Huckleberry...
4 Triangle + Story Bks Robin Hood, 3 Musketeers +
4 jacketed and unjacketed hardcover books from Triangle Books, Winston, and Cadmus Books include The Three Musketeers, Square...
4 Atq Child's Picture Bks Blossoms, Merry Times +
4 children's picture books from Donohue and Conkey with pictorial paper over board covers include Cinderella and the Glass...
5 Child's Picture Bks Bedtime Book, Fairy Tales +
5 children's picture books with cloth and pictorial paper over board covers include Fairy Tales From Grimm's and Anderson, The...
2 Human Mind, Life & Confessions Psychologist
Hall Life & Confessions of a Psychologist Appleton and Company 1923, and Menninger The Human Mind Literary Guild of America 1930....
Winger, Frances Slocum Trail 1970 Illustrated
Winger, Otho. The Frances Slocum Trail, Sixth Printing. North Manchester: LW Schultz, 1970. Various pagination. 8 1/2" x 5 3/4"....
Pearl Buck, Far & Near Stories, John Day 1947
Buck, Pearl. Far and Near Stories of Japan, China, and America. New York: John Day Company 1947. 250 pp. 8 1/4" x 5 3/4"....
Thrilling Stories by Sea & Land Illustrated c 1900
Thrilling Stories by Sea and Land: Embracing Marvels of Natural History, Monsters of the Ancient World, Wild Animals of the...
UK Contribution to Int'l Geophysical Year 1957-8
The United Kingdom Contribution to the International Geophysical Year 1957-58. London: Royal Society 1957. 72 pp. 10" x 7 1/2"....
Gygax, Advanced D&D Players Handbook 1978
Gygax, Gary. Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Players Handbook, TSR Games, 1978, ISBN 0-935696-01-6. 128 pp. 11 1/4" x 8 3/4"....
2 Fenimore Cooper Sea Tales Wing Wing, Red Rover
Cooper, J. Fenimore. The Wind-and-Wing or le Feu-Follet A Tale; and The Red Rover: A Tale. Chicago: Donohue, Henneberry & Co, no...
4 Boy Scout Tales 1920s, Boys Greenway Court 1893
Includes Boys of Greenway Court, Boy Scout's Woodcraft Lesson, Boy Scout's on the Great Divide, and the Boy Scout Automobilists....
4 Human Sciences Record of Mankind, Darwin +
Includes Wiggam Fruit of the Family Tree, Roehm Record of Mankind, Berrill Worlds Without End (ex-library with stamps etc), and...
3 James Joyce, Ulysses / Study, Portrait of Artist
Includes James Joyce books A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Heritage Press 1964 Slipcased hardcover; Ulysses American...
11V Young Folks Treasury 1921 University Society
Mabie, Hale, Forbush (eds), Young Folks Treasury, Volumes II through XII, lacks Volume I. Individually paginated. 8 1/4" x 5...
Whitman Leaves of Grass Complete Ed 1931
Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass Complete Edition. New York: Aventine Press, 1931. 580 pp. 9 1/8" x 6 1/4". Cloth over boards,...
Cram's Modern Atlas of the World, Indexed c.1901
Cram, George. Cram's Modern Atlas The World Indexed. Illustrated, maps. Chicago: James Gray & Co, circa 1901. 773 pp. 14 1/2" x...
Collier's Cyclopedia Commercial, Social Info 1882
Robinson, Nugent. Collier's Cyclopedia of Commercial and Social Information and Treasury of Useful and Entertaining Knowledge...
Van Gogh Album Heritage Press Boxed Collection
The Van Gogh Album, A Collection of 44 Pictures by Vincent Van Gogh. New York: Heritage Press, no date. Loose sheets in cloth...
Gilgamesh LE Club 1974, Illustrated Irving Amen
Leonard, William Ellery (translator); Cottrell, Leonard (introduction); Amen, Irving (illustrator). GIlgamesh. Avon: Limited...
3 Life Mag Pictorials History WW2 Great Religions+
Life Magazine. Best of Life 1973, Life's Picture History of World War II 1950 and The World's Great Religions 1957. Illustrated....
Milton L'Allegro & Il Peneroso 1855 Steel Etchings
Milton. L'Allegro and Il Penserosos, Illustrated with Etchings on Steel by Birket Foster. London: David Bougue, 1855....
1874 Surveys Ship-Canal Atlantic & Pacific w Maps
Sellfridge, Tho. Oliver. Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Practicability of a Ship-Canal Between The Atlantic...
Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet Tuck & Sons Illustrated
Shakespeare, William. Romeo and Juliet. London et al: Raphael Tuck & Sons, nd. Illustrated. 43 pp, 14 1/4" x 11". Illustrated...
Psychomental Complex of Tungus 1935 Kegan Paul
Shirokogoroff, SM. Psychomental Complex of the Tungus. Review slip laid in. London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & C0 1935. 469...
1883 Holman's Holy Bible w Embossed Binding
Holman's Edition, The Holy Bible, Old and New Testaments, Translated out of the Original Tongues... with Complete Concordance....
3 Botany, Wild Flowers, British Flowering Plants
3 hardcover books: Gray's New Manual of Botany Illustrated 1908, How to Know the Wild Flowers 1915, and British Flowering Plants...
6 Textbooks 3rd Reader, Art for Children, Essays +
6 hardcover books include World's History, College Algebra, Essays of Yesterday and Today, Elson Basic Readers Primer, and more....
3 Spanish Language Panorama Reader, Marianela +
3 paperback and hardcover books: Cuentos Corrientes 1951. Panorama de las Americas Spanish Reader 1956, and Marianela 1951...
Bryce South America Observations Impressions 1912
Bryce, James. South America Observations and Impressions, with Maps. New York: Macmillan Company 1913. 611 pp plus advertising...
Waley, Translations from Chinese, Illustrated 1941
Waley, Arthur. Translations from the Chinese, Illustrated by Cyrus le Roy Bladridge. New York: Alfred A. Knopf 1941. 325 pp. 10...
Shaw, Woman's Guide to Socialism Capitalism 1928
Shaw, Bernard. Intelligent Woman's Guide to Socialism and Capitalism. New York: Brentano's Publishers 1928. 495 pp. 9 1/2" x 6...
4 Psychology Social, Human Behavior, Youth +
4 hardcover books: The World of Psychology (2V slipcased) 1963 (tidemarks), Youth and Race 1912 (ex-library), Human Behavior...
Harney, Drifting Petals Poems Japanese Stab Bound
Harney, Hazel Dillon. Drifting Petals. Printed in Japan, originally published circa 1930s. Stab bound cloth covered flexible...
2 Dixon, Clansman 1905 w Birth of Nation Illustr.
Dixon, Thomas. The Clansman: An Historical Romace of the Ku Klux Klan, Illustrated with Scenes from the Photo-Play The Birth of a...
Fattorusso Wonders of Italy Medici Art Series 1953
Fattorusso, Joseph. Wonders of Italy, 11th Final Edition 1952, First Reprint. Florence: Guisseppe Fattorusso, Medici Art Series...
Riley 3V Poems, Songs O'Cheer Farm-Rhymes Love-Lyr
Riley, James Whitcomb. The Poems of James Whitcomb Riley Deer Creek Edition 3 Volumes Illustrated. Love-Lyrics with Pictures by...
2V Dickens Hard Times, Copperfield Heritage Press
Dickens, Charles. David Copperfield and Hard Times. New York: Heritage Press 1966, 1937. 2 commonly bound volumes in separate...
Buck, House of Earth, John Day 1935
Buck, Pearl. House of Earth: The Good Earth, Sons, A House Divided. New York Reynal & Hitchcock, 1935. 8 1/2" x 6". Cloth over...
2 Orchids 1904-5 Bog-Trotting, Our Native Orchids
Gibson Our Native Orchids 1905, and Niles Bog-Trotting for Orchids 1904. Illustrated. Cloth covered boards. Pencil and ink...
3V Cook, Art & Artists of Our Time 1888
Cook, Clarence. Art and Artists of Our Time, with Many Illustrations. New York: Selmar Hess Publisher, 1988. 13" x 10". Quarter...
London, Sea-Wolf Illustr Martin, Heritage Pr 1961
London, Jack. The Sea-Wolf with Illustrations by Fletcher Martin. New York: Heritage Press 1961. 10 1/2" x 7". Cloth over boards...
O'Neill, Hairy Ape Illustr King LE Signed 1929
O'Neill, Eugene. The Hairy Ape with Illustrations by Alexander King. New York: Horace Liveright 1929. 10 1/2" x 8". Printed paper...
Boswell, Journal of Tour Hebrides LE Club 1974
Boswell, James. The Journal of A Tour to the Hebridges with Samuel Johnson, with Marginal Comments from a Copy Annotated by...
Chekhov Short Stories Illustr Szalay LE Club 1973
Chekhov, Anton. The Short Stories of Anton Chekhov Illustrated by Lajos Szalay. Avon: Limited Editions Club 1973. Signed by...
Lawrence, The Mint Doubleday 1955 LE 960/1000
Lawrence, TE. The Mint. Garden City: Doubleday & Company Inc 1955. Numbered 960/1000 on front colophon page. 9 1/2" x 6 1/4"....
Yeats Irish Folk Tales Illustr Friers LE Club 1973
Yeats, William Butler. Irish Folk Tales, Illustrated by Rowel Friers. Avon: Limited Editions Club 1973. Signed by book designer...
Melville, Typee Heritage Press 1963
Melville, Herman. Typee: A Romance of the South Seas. New York: Heritage Press 1935 / 1963. 9 1/2" x 6 1/2". Printed cloth over...
2 Humor Illustration Hirschfeld, Torture Your Wife
Adams How to Torture Your Wife 1948, and Hirschfeld Show Business is No Business 1951. Hardcovers with paper jackets. Hirschfeld...
10V de Maupassant Illustr Edition de Luxe Brainard
de Maupassant, Guy. 10 volumes, Edition de Luxe Illustrated. Numbered 250/1000 on front colophon page. Boston / New York:...
Addams Dear Dead Days Family Album 1959 Putnam
Addams, Chas. Dear Dead Days: A Family Album. New York: GP Putnam's Sons 1959. Hardcover with paper dust jacket. Wear and stains...
2 Russian Language Zabavny Kalendar 1932 +
2 vintage 1930s Russian language books. Cloth over boards, one with illustrated cover. Cover wear and rubbing; ink and pencil...
1889 Tiemann, American Armamentarium Chrurgicum
American Armamentarium Chrurgicum - Surgical Instruments Catalog. New York: George Tiemann & Co. 1889. 11 1/2" x 8 1/2"....
6 War History + WW1, Civil War, Vietnam & More
Is Paris Burning, Over There with the Australians, Between the Lines, Handbook for Conscientious Objectors, War Politics and...
Egyptian Secrets White & Black Arts Magnus, Rare
Magnus, Albertus. Egyptian Secrets or White, Black Art for Man and Beast. Chicago: Egyptian Publishing Co. no date. 7 1/4" x 5...
Old Secrets & New Discoveries Ogilvie Publ 1884
Old Secrets and New Discoveries Containing Information of Rare Value. New York: JS Ogilvie Publishing Company 1884. 7 1/4" x 4...
Warlock's Book University Bks 1976 Haining
Haining, Peter. The Warlock's Book: Secrets of Black Magic From the Ancient Grimoires. New Hyde Park: University Books, nd...
2 Witchcraft Handbook on Witches, Dark World
Maple The Dark World of Witches, and Tindall A Handbook on Witches. Hardcovers with paper jackets. Lightly rubbed jackets, minor...
3 Witchcraft History, Secrets, Middle Ages
Russell Witchcraft in the Middle Ages, Summers The History of Witchcraft, and Crowther The Secrets of Ancient Witchcraft....
Dictionary of Demonology 1965 de Plancy
de Plancy, Collin. Dictionary of Demonology. New York: Philosophical Library 1965. Hardcover with paper jacket. Jacket has rubbed...
Exorcism Through the Ages, Nauman 1974
Nauman, St. Elmo. Exorcism Through the Ages. New York: Philosophical Library 1974. Hardcover with paper jacket. Jacket has...
Ripley's True Ghost Stories, Ripley's Mag. V1 #1
Ripley's Believe It or Not True Ghost Stories Volume 1 Number 1, 1970. Paperback pulp Story Digest Magazine on newsprint with...
5 Printing, Type, Intertype Layout Polk, Dreier +
American Type Founders The Book of American Types 1941, Book of Intertype Faces 1928 (Lacks spine to backing, tidemark in text...
5 Theatre Treasury, Stage is Set, 1948-9 Season +
A Treasury of the Theatre (2 edition), The Theatre Guild Anthology, The Stage is Set, and Season 1948-49 Theatre World (paperback...
6 War History Arundel, Friends France, War Report+
From the Danube to the Yalu, Arundel, Rabble in Arms, Day of Infamy (with jacket), War Reports of Marshall, and Friends of France...
Sorcerers, Novel of Intrigue, St. John 1969
St. John, David. The Sorcerers A Novel of Intrigue. New York: Weybright and Talley 1969. Hardcover with paper jacket. Jacket has...
Never Strike a Happy Medium Witch of LA, Huebner
Huebner, Louise. Never Strike A Happy Medium, The Official Witch of Los Angeles. Los Angeles: Nash Publishing 1970. Hardcover...