Lot #64: Lot of Books - Century Dictionary Volume II 1906, Casanova Machen Translation, American Heritage Issues

Lot of books. Highlights: "The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia," Volume II (Celt-Drool), from the ten-volume edition "with a New Atlas of the World" (New York: The Century Co.; the dictionary prepared under the superintendence of William Dwight Whitney, Ph.D., LL.D., Professor of Comparative Philology and Sanskrit in Yale University; copyrights 1889-1906 by The Century Co.; this copy an ex-library volume stamped Napa County Free Library, in a worn half-leather binding with marbled endpapers and the library number R-423 painted on the spine; the text is richly illustrated, including engravings of early American cents); a volume of Casanova's memoirs in the Arthur Machen English translation, illustrated with old engravings (published in England by Elek Books Limited, London; in the United States by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York; in Canada by Longmans, Green and Company, Toronto) - contents include the Vienna and Augsburg chapters, the journey from Paris to Madrid, Donna Ignazia, the State Inquisitors, Aranjuez and Toledo; a stack of fifteen American Heritage hardcover magazine issues spanning 1958-1974, including Vol. IX No. 2 (Feb 1958), Vol. X Nos. 1-5 (Dec 1958, Feb 1959, Apr 1959, Jun 1959, Aug 1959), Vol. XXII No. 6 (Oct 1971), Vol. XXIII issues of 1971-1972 (including No. 5, Aug 1972), Vol. XXIV No. 4 (Jun 1973) and Vol. XXV Nos. 2 and 4 (Feb 1974, Jun 1974) - the front issue pictured is the August 1972 number with the 1855 Canton tea-trade cover; Joe Haldeman, "Dealing in Futures" (by the Nebula and Hugo Award winner); a plain green cloth volume; and an additional large worn green half-binding volume pictured at top right. Mixed worn condition with shelf and age wear, as pictured. Local pickup only, per auction terms. Pickup category timeslot {A}