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Mission Hills Mid Century Time Capsule

Wed, Jul 31, 2024 01:00PM EDT - Wed, Aug 21, 2024 08:00PM EDT
Lot 303

Book Collection #4

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Extensive mid-sixties vintage collections from Time-Life; Nature Library series, Science Library series, World Library series. The Forest to animal behavior to the West Indies. American Heritage Book Of Natural Wonders. Life Library Of Photography, four volumes along with a vintage Kodak reference handbook; "materials, processes, technique". "Boys And Girls Bookshelf" vintage hardcover Children's book series from 1912(!). Eighteen volumes, not complete. More Children's books from Random House, '60's-'70's. 

Multiple volumes on train lore, aircraft, aviation, world wars, Religious Studies, The Cable Car, railroads, the New York Subway, wildlife, the Solar System. A biography on Toulouse-Lautrec. History Of The United States Flag. Heraldic emblems. Vintage paper pamphlets on nuclear propulsion for rockets, nuclear reactors, controlled nuclear fusion. Vintage air navigation manual, along with individual paper books on aircraft such as the Boeing P-26, the P-51, and P-47. American Heritage series oversized hardcover books on Indians, the law in America, The Great West, American Manners & Morals. More!

Conditions range, from fair to good vintage condition to very good newer modern editions. 

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