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Lot #22: Large Lot of Vintage Books - Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia 1941, Knight's Modern Seamanship, Ovid

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Brook Dale Drive, Citrus Heights, CA, 95621

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Tue, November 17 2026

Large lot of vintage hardcover books. Highlights: a 1941 edition volume of Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia and Fact-Index (F. E. Compton and Company); "Knight's Modern Seamanship"; "The Art of Love" by Ovid in an ornate gilt-decorated binding (Liveright); "The American Heritage History of the Congress of the United States" by Alvin M. Josephy Jr. (American Heritage, 1975; editor Stephen W. Sears); "My Seventy Years in California" by J. A. Graves; "The Amazing Lost Money-Secret of the U.S. Government" by J. Andrew Douglas (Millburn Book Corporation, 1979); "The International Critical Commentary" volume on St. Luke by Plummer (Scribner's); "Fifty Famous Stories" in a green binding; a "Best in Books" omnibus with Phyllis Bentley's "The House of Moreys," Phil Stong's "Return in August," Paul Gallico's "The Small Miracle" and Joseph Conrad's "Typhoon"; "The Portable MBA in Entrepreneurship" by William D. Bygrave; a Korean Heritage Series volume; "Technical Drawing" by Giesecke, Mitchell, Spencer and Hill (5th edition); "Botany: Principles and Problems" (Sinnott and Wilson); a Reader's Digest Select Editions volume (2004); and a burgundy "The Book of Knowledge" volume. Mixed vintage condition with shelf and age wear, as pictured. Local pickup only, per auction terms. Pickup category timeslot {A}

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Only Available Pickup Date/Time: Tue, November 17 2026
Category A: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Pickup Location:  Brook Dale Drive, Citrus Heights, CA, 95621 View Map (opens in new window)


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Monday, November 9, 2026 at 1:00:00 AM UTC

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Sunday, November 15, 2026 between 4:00 AM and 4:15 AM

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