June Antiques and Collectibles Consignment
Lot 209:
Description
This group comprises several antique andhardcover books focused on history and fiction. The primary volume is titled Freedom’s Triumph: The Why, When and Where of the European Conflict, published by The Magazine Circulation Co., Inc. (Chicago, c. 1919), featuring extensive internal photographic plates regarding World War I military technology, including early aircraft carriers, observation balloons, and torpedoes. A second historical work is titled History’s Greatest War, featuring pictorial boards depicting Allied commanders and text covering the Russian Revolution and Hindenburg’s retreats. Juvenile and classic literature titles in the collection include Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin published by the Federal Book Co. in red cloth; Harriet Rietz’s The Camp Fire Girls and Aunt Madge with color pictorial boards; and George W. Peck’s Peck’s Bad Boy Abroad published by Thompson & Thomas. Bindings include a mix of publisher’s cloth and pictorial boards.
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