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"Purple Martin", Original Audubon First Octavo Edition Hand Colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
An original extremely collectible first octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Golden-winged Woodpecker: First Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal first octavo edition lithograph entitled
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Red-shafted Woodpecker: A First Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal first octavo edition lithograph entitled
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Red-cockaded Woodpecker: A First Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal first octavo edition lithograph entitled
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"King Duck": An Original First Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal first octavo edition lithograph entitled
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Willet or Stone Curlew: A First Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original John James Audubon hand-colored royal first octavo edition lithograph entitled
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"American Swan", Audubon Hand-colored First Octavo Edition Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original rare and extremely collectible 1st royal octavo edition John James Audubon hand
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Trumpeter Swan. (Young).
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition
Category
1870s Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
Common or Arctic Puffin
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition
Category
1870s Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
Brown Pelican.
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition
Category
1870s Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
Brown Pelican.
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition
Category
1870s Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
American White Pelican
By John James Audubon
Located in New York, NY
Original stone lithograph with hand-coloring from "Birds of North America." First Octavo Edition
Category
1870s Animal Prints
Materials
Paper
"Pinnated Grouse", an Original Audubon Hand-colored First Edition Lithograph
By After John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
An original extremely collectible first octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored royal octavo
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Marsh Hare: Original 19th Century 1st Octavo Ed. Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored first octavo edition lithograph
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Bonaparte’s Flycatching-Warbler (Great Magnolia) /// Ornithology Bird Audubon
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Magnolia)" (Plate 73, No. 15)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
"Bald Eagle", an Original Audubon Hand-colored First Edition Lithograph
By After John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
An original rare and extremely collectible first octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Ivory Gull /// Ornithology Bird Audubon Seascape Beach Ocean Shorebird Shell
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand-Colored
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Glaucus Gull - Burgomaster /// Ornithology Bird John James Audubon Seascape Sky
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
. 90)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Red-throated Diver Bird Original First Edition Audubon Hand Colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original rare and extremely collectible first octavo edition John James Audubon hand
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Yellow Shanks Snipe (South Carolina) /// Bird Ornithology John James Audubon
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
)" (Plate 344, No. 69)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Greenshank (St. Augustine, FL) /// Bird Ornithology John James Audubon Seascape
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
, No. 70)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Red-backed Sandpiper /// Ornithology Bird John James Audubon Beach Ocean Shore
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand-Colored
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Common American Gull - Ring-billed Gull /// Ornithology Bird Seascape Beach Sky
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
" (Plate 446, No. 90)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Wilson’s Petrel - Mother Carey’s Chicken /// Ornithology Bird Seascape Audubon
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
" (Plate 460, No. 92)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Roseate Spoonbill /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Bird Art
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand-Colored
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Booby Gannet /// Ornithology Bird Art John James Audubon Florida Keys Seascape
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand-Colored
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Herring or Silvery Gull /// Ornithology Bird John James Audubon Seascape Beach
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
. 90)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Brown Pelican /// Natural History Ornithology Bird Art John James Audubon Sea
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand-Colored
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
White-headed Sea Eagle, or Bald Eagle (with Catfish) /// Bird John James Audubon
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
(with Catfish)" (Plate 14, No. 3)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
Key-West Dove /// Ornithology Bird John James Audubon Shorebird Flowers Plant
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand-Colored
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Long-billed Curlew (City of Charleston) /// Ornithology John James Audubon Bird
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
)" (Plate 355, No. 71)
Portfolio: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Watercolor
"Mocking Bird", An Original Audubon Hand-colored Octavo Edition Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
An original collectible hand-colored octavo edition John James Audubon lithograph entitled "Common
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Snowy Heron /// John James Audubon Natural History Ornithology Snowy Egret Bird
By John James Audubon
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
: The Birds of America, First Royal Octavo Edition
Year: 1840-1844
Medium: Original Hand-Colored
Category
1840s Victorian Animal Prints
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Hudsonian Godwit 19th C. 1st Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century John James Audubon hand-colored 1st octavo edition lithograph
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Black Rat, Old & Young: A 1st Octavo Edition Audubon Hand-colored Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original 19th century 1st octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome, First Edition First Issue, 1911
Located in London, GB
Edith Wharton. Ethan Frome. Published by Charles Scribner & Sons, New York 1911. First edition
Category
Vintage 1910s American Books
Materials
Paper
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, First Edition, First Printing, in Original DJ, 1961
By Joseph Heller
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Heller, Joseph. Catch-22. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1961. First edition, first printing. Octavo
Category
Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 10 in W 7 in D 2.38 in
Brown Pelican: An Original Audubon 1st Edition Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original rare and extremely collectible first octavo edition John James Audubon hand
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Canada Goose: an Original 1st Edition Hand Colored Audubon Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
. Bowen after a drawing by John James Audubon. It was published in Audubon's first octavo edition of Birds
Category
Mid-18th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Canada Grouse: An Original 19th C. Audubon 1st Ed. Hand-colored Bird Lithograph
By John James Audubon
Located in Alamo, CA
This is an original rare first octavo edition John James Audubon hand-colored lithograph entitled
Category
Mid-19th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Tarzan and The Lost Empire First Edition
By Edgar Rice Burroughs
Located in Dallas, TX
Presenting a gloriously rare book …. Tarzan and The Lost Empire First Edition by Edgar Rice
Category
Early 20th Century American Romantic Books
Materials
Paper
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand, First Edition, 1943
By Ayn Rand
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
starring Gary Cooper and Patricia Neal.
CONDITION:
Very good condition overall. First edition. Octavo
Category
Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Skyward by Richard E. Byrd, First Edition, 1931
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Byrd, Richard E. Skyward. New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1931. Octavo. First edition, eleventh
Category
Vintage 1930s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Edith Wharton The House of Mirth, First Edition, 1905
Located in London, GB
reception.
First issue with Scribner's seal to verso of title page. Original red octavo cloth, gilt titles
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Diamonds Are Forever by Ian Fleming, First Edition, 1956
By Ian Fleming
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. Diamonds are Forever. London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. First edition, first printing
Category
Vintage 1950s English Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Madam Secretary, Signed by Madeleine Albright, First Edition, 2003
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Albright, Madeleine. Madam Secretary. New York: Miramax Books, 2003. First Edition. Signed. Octavo
Category
Early 2000s Books
Materials
Paper
Ulysses by James Joyce, First Authorized American Edition, 1934
By James Joyce
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Joyce, James. Ulysses. New York: Random House, 1934. First Authorized American Edition. Octavo. In
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Paper
The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, First Edition, 1938
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Scribner’s Sons, 1938. First edition. 8to. Rebound in full green leather with gilt tooling, titles, and
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Little America by Richard E. Byrd, First Edition, 1930
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1930. First edition. Octavo. Presented in quarter royal blue Moroccan
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Unforgiven by Alan Le May, First British Edition, 1957
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Le May, Alan. The Unforgiven. London: Collins, 1958. First British edition. Octavo. In original
Category
Vintage 1950s English Books
Materials
Paper
Boots and Saddles by Elizabeth B. Custer, First Edition, 1885
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
& Brothers, 1885. First edition. Octavo. Embossed brown cloth front boards with gilt and black titles to
Category
Antique 1880s American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Signed by Truman Capote, First Edition, 1958
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
:
Very good condition. Octavo. Retains the original first issue orange dust jacket, now protected with a
Category
Vintage 1950s American Books
Materials
Paper
From Russia, With Love by Ian Fleming, First Edition, 1957
By Ian Fleming
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. From Russia, With Love. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. First edition. Octavo. Rebound
Category
Vintage 1950s English Books
Materials
Paper
Ferraro: My Story, Signed by Geraldine Ferraro, First Edition, 1985
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
by Ferrero on free front endpaper. Octavo. In publisher’s original cream cloth spine over cream
Category
Vintage 1980s American Books
Materials
Paper
No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy, First Edition, 2005
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
McCarthy, Cormac. No Country for Old Men. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005. First Edition. Octavo
Category
Early 2000s American Modern Books
Materials
Paper
Diamond Smugglers by Ian Fleming, First Edition, in Dust Jacket, 1957
By Ian Fleming
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. The Diamond Smugglers. London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. Octavo. First edition, first
Category
Vintage 1950s American Books
Materials
Paper
Octopussy and the Living Daylights by Ian Fleming, First Edition, 1966
By Ian Fleming
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Fleming, Ian. Octopussy and The Living Daylights. London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition, first
Category
Vintage 1960s American Books
Materials
Paper
Alone, Signed by Richard E. Byrd, First Edition, Second Impression, 1938
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
immediately upon its first release in 1938.
Condition:
Very good condition. Octavo. Rebound in quarter
Category
Vintage 1930s American Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 8.75 in W 6.25 in D 1.88 in
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Nicholas Nickleby 1839 Chapman & Hall Book
By Charles Dickens
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
Browne "Phiz". The book is octavo bound with three quarter morracan and gilt titles and tooling, with
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 8.75 in W 2 in D 5.5 in
Antique Charles Dickens First Edition Little Dorrit 1857 Chapman & Hall Book
By Charles Dickens
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
"Phiz". The book is octavo bound with three quarter morracan and gilt titles and tooling, with raised
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century English Victorian Books
Materials
Leather, Paper
H 8.75 in W 2 in D 5.5 in
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