Ripley Auctions: Timed Estates Book Collection Blowout - Reference Books, Fiction, Nonfiction & More!, 22626, Indianapolis

Auction Details

Auction Date
February 26, 2026 - February 26, 2026
Page Size: 195 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
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Researches into Chinese Superstitions by Henry Dore, S. J. Translated from the French with notes, historical and explanatory by M. Kennelly, S. J.Tusewei Printing Press, Shanghai 1920

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2 books: Animal and Vegetable Physiology, Considered with Reference to Natural Theology, by Peter Mark Roget, M. D., F. R. S. Vol. 1 & 2, London 1867.

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2 books: The Montgomery manuscripts, Belfast 1830; the Spectator in 8 volumes, volume 5, 1776

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Pair of books: Travels in Africa - The Life and Travels of Mungo Park with a supplementary chapter detailing the results of recent discovery in Africa, with illustrations, by William P. Nimmo, Edinburgh 1870. Cornish of

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Group of 3 books: Beasts and Saints, Translations by Helen Waddell. Woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. London 1934.Queer Pets at Marcy's, by Olive Thorne Miller. New York 1880.Humor in Animals, by W.H. Beard. New York 1885.

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Group of 3 books: Pinocchio in Africa, translated from the Italian of Cherubini, by Angelo Patri. Original drawings by Charles Copeland. Boston 1911. Beyond the Border, by Walter Douglas Campbell, with illustrations by H

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2 books: The Fifth String, by John Philip Sousa. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy. Brooklyn, NY 1902. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, withdrawing by Edmond, J. Sullivan. NY 1859.

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2 unique illustrated books: The Hundred Headless Woman (La femme 100 tetes), by Max Ernst. New York 1981. Orestes Or The Art of Smiling, by Domenico Gnoli. London 1961.

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3 books: The Case Against Einstein, by Arthur Lynch. New York 1933, includes someone's personal notes., Space, Gravity and the Flying Saucer, by Leonard G. Cramp. New York 1955., The Hollow Earth, by Raymond Bernard. New

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2 books: The Oxford Book of Death, byD.J. Enright. New York 1983. Confessions of an Opium Eater, by Thomas De Quincey. New York 1950.

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2 books: New Physiognomy, OR Signs of Character as Manifested through Temperament and External Forms, and Especially in "The Human Face Divine." By Samuel R. Wells. More than one thousand illustrations. New York 1891. Ps

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3 books: The racing calendar for the year 1839, by Robert Hunter. Dublin 1840. Irish Folk Tales, edited by William Butler Yeats, illustrated by Rowel Friers. Connecticut 1973. Dublin Penny Journal 1835-6

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4 books: Bundling, it's Origin, Progress and Decline in America. By Henry Reed Stiles, M.D. Albany, NY 1871., Modern Man in Search of a Soul, by C.G. Young. New York 1933., Woman as a Sexual Criminal, by Erich Wulffen M.

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San Francisco, the Pacific Coast Metropolis, volume 1 & 2, signed by John P. Young. Dec. 11, 1912, San Francisco. Extremely limited edition

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3 books: Golden Age Marvel Comics Omnibus Vol.1. Carl Burgos, Bill Everett, Paul Gustafson & Ben Thompson., Completely Mad - a History of the Comic Book and Magazine, by Maria Reidrlbach., Hockney's Alphabet. Drawings by

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2 books: Sportin' House - New Orleans and the Jazz Story. A history of New Orleans sinners and the birth of Jazz, by Stephen Longstreet, 1965., 1886 Professional Criminals of America, by Inspector Thomas Byrnes. New York

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5 books: Willem Plaisir d'Esthete. Le Dernier Terrain Vague. 1982., Dice - Deception, Fate & Rotten Luck, by Ricky Jay. New York 2003., Kenneth Amger's Hollywood Babylon. San Francisco 1975., Fables of La Fontaine, by Ma

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2 books: The Forgotten Characters of Old San Francisco , by Robert Ernest Cowan, Anne Bancroft & Addie L. Ballou. Printed in USA 1964. Sketches of Californians Hawaii by William H. Meyers Gunner, U.S.N. Aboard the United

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4 sbooks by Upton Sinclair, 1 map and 10 personal photos. All books are signed by Sinclair with the exception of the autobiography. Contains special dedication to Sinclair's wife, The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair. New

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The Irish Dragoon, by Charles O'Malley Vol. 1 & 2. Dublin 1841.

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3 novels & 3 books of stories:, the Player, by Michael Tolkien. First edition, New York 1988., Get Shorty, by Elmore Leonard. First edition, New York 1990., The Fermata, by Nicholson Baker. New York 1994., Dangerous Laug

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2 collectible books: Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women. Unique, Eccentric & Amazing Entertainers: stone eaters, mind readers, poison resisters, daredevils, singing mice, etc, etc, etc. by Ricky Jay. New York 1987. Freaks, G

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St. Nicholas: an Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks. Volumes 38, 39 & 40. New York 1911, 1912 & 1913.

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4 vintage books: All Embarrassed, by William Steig. USA 1944.Ulster, by Stephen Gwynn. Glasgow 1911. Brendan Behan's Island. An Irish Sketch Book. London 1962. Crainquebille, by Anatole France. New York 1949.

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4 vintage books: Curious Punishments if Bygone Days, by Alice Morse Earle. Chicago 1896. The Black Cat Club -Negro Humor & Folklore, by James D. Corrothers. London 1902. John Henry, by Roark Bradford. New York 1931. Bad

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