Timed Estates Book Auction - Antiquarian, Reference Books, 1st Editions & More

27 Oct 2026  |  USA, Indianapolis, IN
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It's Me, O Lord, Rockwell Kent, SIGNED first edition, Dodd, Mead & Company, NY, 1955. 1 5/8" x 9 1/2" x 6 1/2"

145: It's Me, O Lord, Rockwell... Estimate: Login

Rockwellkentiana, Rockwell Kent, first edition, Brace and Company, 1933. 11"H x 8 1/4"W

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Canterbury Tales In Modern English, Geoffrey Chaucer, illustrated by Rockwell Kent, Garden City Publishing Company, NY, 1934. 1 3/4" x 9 3/4" x 6 1/8"

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The Man of Sorrows. A Little Journey to the Home of Jesus of Nazareth, Hubbard, Elbert, Published by The Roycrofters - Roycroft Craftsmen, East Aurora, NY, 1904, and The Doctors: A Satire In Four Seizure Hubbard, Elbe...

148: The Man of Sorrows. A Little... Estimate: Login

An American Bible edited by Alice Hubbard and published by The Roycrofters in 1911, and 2 leather bound copies of THE MYTH IN MARRIAGE, By Hubbard, Alice and Published by Roycrofters, East Aurora, NY, 1912, all books ...

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3 early Roycrofter books: This Then is a William Morris Book by Elbert Hubbard, published by the Roycrofters (Roycroft Press) in East Aurora, New York. 1907, Manhattan Joseph C. Clarke Henry Hudson 1910 , Elbert Hubba...

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20 periodic books, Roycrofters Little Journeys (1906-1908) and Selected Writings, including a copy of Message to Garcia and a rebuttal entitled “A Message to Hubbard”, All copies display some signs of age and use, loo...

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Various bound and loose copies of The Philistine and other periodicals by the Roycrofters of Aurora. Various states of wear and use. Mostly circa 1897-1905. Jungenstijl, Art nouveau, hand made.

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13 hard leather covered Roycrofters Little Journeys books. Gold on top edge, fair conditions.

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10 volume set of Junior Classics, colliers, circa 1912, “A Library for Boys and Girls”, 8” x 5 1/2” x 1 1/2” each (sic)

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4 early vintage suede-bound editions of Roycrofters books: vintage The Battle of Waterloo edition by Victor Hugo, published in 1907, Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published 1905, Virginibus Puerisque (An Essay...

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The Delphian Course Parts One and Two, antique green cloth-bound hardcover volumes published by the Delphian Society (originally c. 1913–1922) as part of a 10-volume home-study liberal arts and world history curriculu...

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4 Alice and Elbert Hubbard/Roycrofter books: 1910 book The Mintage: Being Ten Stories & One More, Hollyhocks and Goldenglow, all original and distressed, Great Reformers Book II, and Women’s Work with embossed suede...

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1922 Shortridge High School “Annual” yearbook, Indianapolis’s most celebrated school. Screenprints, poems, ads, and writings. Integrated classes. Some creasing, light tearing and folding., 11” x 8” x 1/2”

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Mother Goose, Or The Old Nursery Rhymes Greenaway, Kate. Published by George Routledge And Sons, 1881, intact but distressed spine., FIRST EDITION, HARDCOVER, Rare., 7” x 5” x 1/2”

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3 James Whitcomb Riley books: Riley Child-Rhymes: With Hoosier Pictures (Will Vawter) Published by Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1898 (split spine/missing pages),1901 FARM RHYMES w/ COUNTRY PICTURES, and Love-Lyrics, I...

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3 vintage Roycroft shop books: As You Like It by William Shakespeare, 1903, the Book of the Roycrofters by Elbert Hubbard, 1907, and Consecrated Lives, Elbert Hubbard, 1904. Normal signs of wear, some suede deteriorat...

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2 Books of Louisiana history: 1897 illustrated edition of Old Creole Days by George W. Cable, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in New York, and Old Plantation House in Louisiana, Spratling, William P. and Natalie ...

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Abe Lincoln and Nancy Hanks, Published by The Roycrofters, New York, 1920, FIRST EDITION HARDCOVER, Poor Richard's Almanack and Other Papers by Benjamin Franklin and A Little Journey to the Home of Benjamin Franklin, ...

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Three Elbert Hubbard/Roycrofter books: Little Journeys to the homes of Great Reformers Book 1, 1907, Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Painters book 1, 1911, and Little Journey to the home of Robert G. Ingersoll...

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1913 Standard Atlas of Champaign County, Illinois, compiled and published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co., includes a plat book of villages, cities, and townships, large hardback, loose binding, 18” x 15 1/2” x 1”

165: 1913 Standard Atlas of... Estimate: Login

Ornate bound photo album from 1872 with photographic portraits, tintype, daguerreotype. Germany, America.

166: Ornate bound photo album from... Estimate: Login

17 mini spy novels, This collection features vintage Whitman Big Little Books and Better Little Books from the 1930s and 1940s, Dick Tracy, Gang Busters, and various G-Man adventures, Secret Agent X-9, Mad Assassin (1...

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Tiroler Volkskunst by J.W. Deininger, published by Max Schammler in Innsbruck. 1890? Oversized cloth with decorative boards, beveled edges, photochromolithographed plates. Folk art from Tyrol, rural architecture and i...

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"Grandes Aventures," a collection of plates, published by V.L. Quétin, an editor and designer based in Paris. Draperies, window treatments, and bed dressing. 24 plates., 21 1/4” x 15 1/2” x 1”

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Daily journals of Joseph T. Diehl. 1900-1945. 28 small books. Daily observations, births, deaths, etc. Genealogy reference. Pennsylvania: Perkasie, Port Pleasant, Newtown (Bucks Co.), Rushland (Bucks Co.), Riegelsvill...

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Lot of 5 vintage books in varying conditions. The Story of a Hundred Operas, Compensation by Emerson, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson, Six Selections from Irving’s Sketchbook, and Enough Rope.

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Group of 12 James Whitcomb Riley classics, 8 Scribners volumes and 4 published by Grosset and Dunlap, hardcovers.

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Collection of vintage children’s books including Little Red Riding Hood, Singing Juniors Songs for Youth, Will Rogers, The Boy Roper, Gene Rhodes Cowboy, Cinderella, The Water-Babies and more

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Pair of vintage cigar band booklets 1/4" H x 7 7/8" W x 4 1/2" D (largest book)

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Collection of antique / vintage books, 7pc: From Sea to Sea, Rudyard Kipling, Vols. 1 & 2, 1899; W. Bouguereau, Marius Vachon, 1900; The Proud Miss Macbride, John G. Saxe, 1874; Mitchell's School Geography, S. Augustus M

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Group of 3 Antique Books:, "The Works of John Bunyan," Illustrated Edition, Vol. 1, 1860, L.P. Brockett's "Woman's Work in the Civil War," 1868, William Ralston Balch's "The Complete Life of James A. Garfield," 1881 2 1/

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Art reference coffee table books, 3pc: The Art and Technique of Sumi-e, Japanese Painting, Art Treasures of Russia 13"H x 11"W x 1 1/2"D (Top)

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Group of four art/reference books - Primitive Art, Razzia, and more

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Five coffee table books: LIFE Classic Photographs: A Personal Interpretation by John Loengard; LIFE Faces; Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry; Halcyon Days: An American Family Through Three Generations; Jacque

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Assortment of 19 history books: 8 volumes of the History of our Country, Catalogue of 1929 Cars, Greek and Roman History, western Civilization, Democracy, Indiana, etc.

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Group of 24 school subject books, Indiana related, Math, Algebra, Arithmetic, Composition, English, Ships, spiral, Fulton County, mostly 1800s.

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16 antique novels & poetry books, Aesops Fables, Robinson Caruso, Marco Polo, Robert Frost, Kipling, etc.

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9 antique science, geography and taste books: including Essays on the Nature and Principles of Taste by Archibald Alison 1921, Standard Dictionary of Facts 1913, Van Nostrand’s Scientific Dictionary, etc.

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5 large coffee table art book: Erte, Campos-Pons, O’Keefe and Adams, Van Gogh in Arles, Michael Jackson’s Beer Companion., 14” x 10 1/2” x 1 1/4”

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7 Art and Architecture books: Essential Art Deco, Art Nouveau and the Erotic, American Arts and Crafts, International Arts and Crafts, Arts and Crafts in California, American Art Pottery, and What Style is it?, a guid...

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Group of 23 various Horizon Books spanning 1958-1964, volumes 1-6. Some wear and damage., 9 1/2” x 12” x 1/2” each.

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Group of 12 art books and booklets, including the official guide book to the New York World's fair (1939), The Vatican Collections, and William Forsyth (1854-1935), among others 12 3/4"H x 9 3/4"W (one)

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Collection of books on dolls and their value, marks, fashion, dollhouses, and collecting 11 1/4"H x 8 3/4"W (One)

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Collection of books on toys and railways, including antique and collectible toys, American toys, collecting, Lionel trains, and 4 editions of The Official Railway Guide 10"H x 7"W (One)

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Group of 12 art books and booklets, including the official guide book to the New York World's fair (1939), The Vatican Collections, and William Forsyth (1854-1935), among others 12 3/4"H x 9 3/4"W (one)

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Lot of 6 US Civil War books, Elmira: Death Camp of the North, “I Am Busy Drawing Pictures” The Civil War Art and Letters of Private John Jacob Omenhausser, The Diary of Miss Emma Holmes, Through Blood and Fire, Stephe...

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American Civil War book box set, 3 The Civil War in the West from Stones River to Chattanooga, 3 books, No Better Place to Die, The Shipwreck of their Hopes, This Terrible Sound

192: American Civil War book box... Estimate: Login

Lot of 9 US Civil War books, Stonewall’s Prussian Mapmaker, Diary of a Confederate Soldier, Prologue to Sumter, The Passing of the Armies, A Distant Flame, On Wheels: And How I Came There, Where Have All the Hospitals...

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Lot of 9 US Civil War books, Patriotic Gore, God’s War, John Brown: The Making of a Martyr, The Passing of the Armies, Civil War Nurse, Six Years of Hell, North Carolina’s Confederate Hospitals Vol. I, The Hospital on...

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Lot of 6 US Civil War books, Bushwackers, Lee’s Colonels, Impeached, Covered With Glory, War at Every Door, The American Civil War

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Lot of 9 American Civil War books, The South to Posterity, Swamp Doctor, The Eagle’s Last Triumph, The North Carolina Gazetteer, The Civil War Diary of a Common Soldier, The Missouri Compromise and Its Aftermath, Reco...

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Lot of 6 Civil War books/magazine, Company Front Issue 3, Enemies of the Permanent Things, Diary of the Civil War, Minutes of the Eleventh Annual Reunion of the United Sons of Confederate Veterans, Southern by the Gra...

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Lot of 6 American Civil War books, The Lost Papers of Confederate General John Bell Hood, Long Gray Lines, The Southern Tradition at Bay, The Library of Congress Civil War Desk Reference, Fountain Shelton May, A Histo...

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Lot of 8 American Civil War books, The Gettysburg Campaign, Civil War Medicine, Imprisoned for Conscience Sake, The War Between the Union and the Confederacy, Story of Camp Chase, Lee’s Tarnished Lieutenant, John C. C...

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