The Great Montana Territorial Library Auction

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Join us for one of the most phenomenal libraries offered to the public in years from a local Montana Estate. Day 1 will include Bob Borcherdt's personal library in its entirety featuring rare Western 1st Edition Books. Fine Western and Indigenous Art (Including Artists such as Eanger Irving Couse, Bert Geer Phillips, and Ray Swanson), Montana Historical Photography, Taxidermy, Uzbek and Turkomen Rugs, Asian and Ethnographic Antiques, Rugs, Advertising Signs and Instruments. Day 2 will feature the next edition of our ongoing military artifact extravaganza including relics from all wars and firearms.
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The Museum of the Fur Trade Quarterly Magazines201 - The Museum of the Fur Trade Quarterly Magazines
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Nice lot of books. Titles include, The Museum of the Fur Trade Quarterly. 18 Volumes. Bob Borcherdt collection. Bigfork, Montana
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (55.00) = 55.00
 
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Large Lot of Firearms Books Remington Colt202 - Large Lot of Firearms Books Remington Colt
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Nice lot of books. Titles include, Colt an American Legend, Remington Arms, Early American Gunsmiths, Frederic Remington, European and American Arms,
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Large Lot of Western History Books Montana203 - Large Lot of Western History Books Montana
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Nice lot of books. Titles include, The Mountain Man, Rush to Idaho, Guide to Western Ghost Towns, Old Forts of the Far West, Ho for the Klondike, Nati
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (50.00 + 11.00BP) = 61.00
 
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Large Lot of Western History Books Montana204 - Large Lot of Western History Books Montana
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Nice lot of books. Titles include, A Limitless Sky, Old West, Custer, Charles Russell, Custer on the Little Bighorn, Breeds and Half Breeds, Grizzly C
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Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold for (190.00 + 41.80BP) = 231.80
 
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Large Lot of Native American Indian Books205 - Large Lot of Native American Indian Books
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Nice lot of books. Titles include, Monuments in Cedar, Geomorphology, Washington Ghost Towns, North American Indian Art, The George Catlin Book of Ame
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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Lot of Jackson Arms Antique Collector Guns Catalog206 - Lot of Jackson Arms Antique Collector Guns Catalog
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Very large lot. Quite a few duplicates of the same issue as shown. Nice lot of books. Bob Borcherdt collection. Bigfork, Montana
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (80.00 + 17.60BP) = 97.60
 
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C Sharps Arms Company Catalog Montana 2004207 - C Sharps Arms Company Catalog Montana 2004
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Large Lot of Catalogs. Nice lot of books. Bob Borcherdt collection. Bigfork, Montana
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (40.00 + 8.80BP) = 48.80
 
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Large Lot of Freund Bros Firearms Catalog Reprints208 - Large Lot of Freund Bros Firearms Catalog Reprints
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Huge lot of reprints. Bob Borcherdt collection. Bigfork, Montana
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Estimate : 200.00 - 250.00
Sold for (150.00) = 150.00
 
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Lot of Time Life The Old West Cowboy Indian Books209 - Lot of Time Life The Old West Cowboy Indian Books
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23 Volumes. Bob Borcherdt collection. Bigfork, Montana
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (160.00) = 160.00
 
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Large Lot of Coin Collecting Auction Catalogs210 - Large Lot of Coin Collecting Auction Catalogs
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Bob Borcherdt collection. Bigfork, Montana
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (25.00) = 25.00
 
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Little Tales of the Desert Ethel Foster 1913211 - Little Tales of the Desert Ethel Foster 1913
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Nice book, some wear. 1913 Edition.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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Lot of 5 Books on Travel Oregon New York Kansas212 - Lot of 5 Books on Travel Oregon New York Kansas
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Nice lot of books, assorted subjects.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (10.00) = 10.00
 
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More Tales of the Tularosa Vol 1-2 Signed Charles213 - More Tales of the Tularosa Vol 1-2 Signed Charles
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Nice pair of signed books. Hard to find.
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (55.00) = 55.00
 
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Early German US Immigrant Diary and Genealogy214 - Early German US Immigrant Diary and Genealogy
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Rare and unusual diary. Appears to have been passed down through several generations. Has many notes in German and English. Later toward the end it ta
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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A Miracle in Hotel Building Yellowstone Park215 - A Miracle in Hotel Building Yellowstone Park
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Very neat booklet talking about the construction of the Canyon Hotel in Yellowstone National Park.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (60.00 + 13.20BP) = 73.20
 
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The Frontier Years Mark Brown LA Huffman216 - The Frontier Years Mark Brown LA Huffman
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Bramhall House edition.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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Gothic Architecture England Pugin Vol I 1914217 - Gothic Architecture England Pugin Vol I 1914
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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE SELECTED FROM VARIOUS ANCIENT EDIFICES IN ENGLAND. Pugin, A & A. W.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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American Boyhood & Remember These Rehse Signed218 - American Boyhood & Remember These Rehse Signed
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Number 800 first edition Autographed.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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Modelli D'Arte Decorativa Bestetti Milano Vol II219 - Modelli D'Arte Decorativa Bestetti Milano Vol II
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Very nice Italian Art Portfolio.
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Estimate : 50.00 - 75.00
Sold for (100.00) = 100.00
 
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Through The Looking Glass Lewis Carroll220 - Through The Looking Glass Lewis Carroll
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Through The Looking Glass and what Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll. Illustrations by John Tenniel. Early Edition.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (40.00) = 40.00
 
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The House of The Wolfings William Morris 1913221 - The House of The Wolfings William Morris 1913
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1913 First Pocket Edition.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (10.00) = 10.00
 
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Tomorrow's House Nelson Wright 1945 3rd Print222 - Tomorrow's House Nelson Wright 1945 3rd Print
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Taped spine. 3rd Printing
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (10.00) = 10.00
 
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University of Montana 1916 Sentinel Year Book Griz223 - University of Montana 1916 Sentinel Year Book Griz
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Early WW1 Yearbook from the University of Montana Missoula Grizzlies.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (10.00) = 10.00
 
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No Second Wind AB Guthrie Jr Signed 1980 DJ224 - No Second Wind AB Guthrie Jr Signed 1980 DJ
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With dust jacket. Signed 2nd edition.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (15.00) = 15.00
 
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Ten Years A Cowboy C.C. Post 1903 Tex Bender225 - Ten Years A Cowboy C.C. Post 1903 Tex Bender
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Gilt Covers, Binding is loose.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (35.00) = 35.00
 
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Lot of Roycroft Booklets Elbert Hubbard Scrap Book226 - Lot of Roycroft Booklets Elbert Hubbard Scrap Book
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Very large lot of Roycroft and Roycrofters Material. Including a framed page, and Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (325.00) = 325.00
 
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The Blessed Damozel Dante Rossetti 1886227 - The Blessed Damozel Dante Rossetti 1886
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With Drawings By Kenyon Cox. Front board is loose and there is staining as shown. Good Candidate for Restoration. Historical and Significant Volume.
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (50.00) = 50.00
 
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Lot of 4 Antique Children's Books228 - Lot of 4 Antique Children's Books
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Under the Window Kate Greenaway, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Edmun Dulac, Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates Harper & Brothers, Abridged History of ...
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (55.00) = 55.00
 
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Moby Dick Herman Melville Random House 1930 Kent229 - Moby Dick Herman Melville Random House 1930 Kent
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Random House Edition from 1930 illustrated by Rockwell Kent with partial dust jacket. Rare edition. Dust Jacket is Original.
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Estimate : 250.00 - 300.00
Sold for (275.00) = 275.00
 
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Beads of the Bison Robe Trade Devore 1st Edition230 - Beads of the Bison Robe Trade Devore 1st Edition
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First Edition 1992 Steven Leroy DeVore. Scarce.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (95.00 + 20.90BP) = 115.90
 
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Seven Arrows Hyemeyohsts Storm 1st Edition 1972231 - Seven Arrows Hyemeyohsts Storm 1st Edition 1972
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First Edition 1972.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (15.00) = 15.00
 
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Land of The Four Directions Frederick Pratson 1st232 - Land of The Four Directions Frederick Pratson 1st
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First Edition 1970.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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War Cry On A Prayer Feather Nancy Wood 1979 1st Ed233 - War Cry On A Prayer Feather Nancy Wood 1979 1st Ed
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First Edition 1979.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (20.00 + 4.40BP) = 24.40
 
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Walk in Beauty The Navajo & Their Blankets Berlant234 - Walk in Beauty The Navajo & Their Blankets Berlant
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First Edition 1977 by Anthony Berlant and Mary Hunt Kahlenberg.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (250.00) = 250.00
 
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Crow Indian Photographer Throssel Albright 1st Ed235 - Crow Indian Photographer Throssel Albright 1st Ed
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First edition 1997. The Work of Richard Throssel by Peggy Albright foreword by Joanna Cohan Scherer.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (75.00) = 75.00
 
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Iroquois False-Face Masks 1969 Robert Ritzenthaler236 - Iroquois False-Face Masks 1969 Robert Ritzenthaler
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Fist edition 1969. 1 of 1500 copies. Rare.
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (170.00) = 170.00
 
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Hopi-Twea Pottery Gregory Schaaf 1st Edition 1998237 - Hopi-Twea Pottery Gregory Schaaf 1st Edition 1998
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First Edition 1998. Clean.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (30.00) = 30.00
 
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Lot of Native American Indian Books Catalogs238 - Lot of Native American Indian Books Catalogs
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You are buying this lot as is. Titles include: Indian Artists at Work, Frontier America: The Far West, Views of A Vanishing Frontier, Views of a Vanis
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (240.00) = 240.00
 
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Lot of Native American Indian Books239 - Lot of Native American Indian Books
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You are buying as is. Titles include; Art In the Life of The Northwest Coast Indian, Indian Masks & Myths of the West, Indians the great photogr...
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Estimate : 100.00 - 150.00
Sold for (45.00 + 9.90BP) = 54.90
 
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Frederic Remington's Own West Harold McCracken 1st240 - Frederic Remington's Own West Harold McCracken 1st
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1960 First Edition.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (110.00) = 110.00
 
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Firearms of the Confederacy Fuller Steuart 1st Ed241 - Firearms of the Confederacy Fuller Steuart 1st Ed
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First Edition 1996.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (70.00) = 70.00
 
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Lot of 16 Anarchists Handbook Booklets242 - Lot of 16 Anarchists Handbook Booklets
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Nice lot. All are in unread condition.
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Estimate : 150.00 - 200.00
Sold for (60.00) = 60.00
 
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Lot of 9 Assorted Books Art Poetry243 - Lot of 9 Assorted Books Art Poetry
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Assorted titles.
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (80.00) = 80.00
 
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Lot of 8 Art History Books Erte Maxfield Parrish244 - Lot of 8 Art History Books Erte Maxfield Parrish
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Titles include: ERTE, Maxfield Parrish, Swid Powell, The Chinese Exhibition, Rugs and Wall Hangings, Andy Goldsworthy, An Illustrated History of the B
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (25.00) = 25.00
 
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Lot of Assorted Books Cars Natural History Art245 - Lot of Assorted Books Cars Natural History Art
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Titles are: The American Gas Station, Mini The Book, New Mini, Bentley, Whistler, Guns in Color, Life on Earth, Daimler Museum, Lotus Seven, Andrew Wy
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (35.00) = 35.00
 
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Lot of Western History and Fiction Books Montana246 - Lot of Western History and Fiction Books Montana
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Titles include: Clubfoot of the Okefenokee, Further Adventures of the Sugar Creek Gang, Kunu, Over the Rockies with the Air Mail, Van Patten, Dreams A
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (35.00) = 35.00
 
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Lot of Art and Historical Books Montana Cowboy247 - Lot of Art and Historical Books Montana Cowboy
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Titles include: Celebration the Art of Walter Hook, The World Famous Miles City Bucking Horse Sale, Ansel Adams Photographs of the Southwest, The Pott
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (10.00) = 10.00
 
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Lot of Missoula Montana History Books248 - Lot of Missoula Montana History Books
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Titles are: Carousel for Missoula, Red Ribbons, Montana Mainstreets, Montana's Greatest Rivalry, Vacation Wonderland.
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Start Price : 10.00 | Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
 
 
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Lot of Natural History Books Montana Yellowstone249 - Lot of Natural History Books Montana Yellowstone
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Titles include: Secrets in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks, Death in Yellowstone, Beyond Spirit Tailings, Bob Marshall Country, Grand Teton
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (20.00) = 20.00
 
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Lot of Montana Western Ghost Town History Books250 - Lot of Montana Western Ghost Town History Books
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Titles include: Ghost Town El Dorado, Ghost Towns of the Pacific Frontier, Dark Spaces, Citadel in the Wilderness, Ghost Trails Country, Ghost Towns o
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Estimate : 25.00 - 50.00
Sold for (45.00) = 45.00
 
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