(15) Books: One Military & WWI Maps, Comanches & More

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(lot of 15) Books: (1) "Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings", Joel Chandler Harris, D. Appleton & Co., 1908, red hardcover, dust jacket in poor condition, 265 pages followed by advertising; (1) "Black Alice", Thom Demijohn, Doubleday & Co., 1968, book in good condition, dust jacket with chips and small tear; (1) "Negro Combat Troops in the World War, the Story of the 371st Infantry", Chester D. Heywood, Commonwealth Press, 1928, the history of this military unit including personal letters, photo print illustrations, two removable maps, one is a "Battle" map showing German and French front lines and the 371st Infantry advance direction; (1) "The Common Law", O.W. Holmes Jr., Little. Brown and Co., 1881, 422 pages, no dust jacket, good condition with a few rubs on covers; (1) "In the Bosom of the Comanches", T.A. Babb, 1923 second edition, 146 pages, photo print illustrations, red cover with section at front sun faded, partial brown at first inside page; (1) "Are You a Genius, Second Series", Robert A. Streeter, Robert G. Hoehn, Frederick Stokes Co., 1933, black lettering and illustration on green cover, no dust jacket, good condition 116 pages; (1) "The Queen of the Air", John Ruskin, John Wiley & Sons, 1876, green hard cover with gilt lettering, top of and bottom of spine with loss, book plate inside front cover, front cover hinge shows white at inside; (1) "Hudibras, In Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars", Samuel Butler, R. Urie & Co, Glasgow, 1747, Butler's drawn picture opposite title page, several illustrations including fold out, gilt page ends, quarter leather bound with raised bands at spine; (1) "The Degradation of the Democratic Dogma", Henry Adams, Macmillan Co., 1919, jacket with some chipping at upper spine under the Mylar cover, pencil notation at upper inside cover, 317 pages; (2) "On Some of Life's Ideals", William James, Henry Hold & Co, copyright 1899, 1900, Plimpton Press, 94 pages, gray covers, blue spines, one with lighter color cove: (1) "Human Immortality", Willaim James, Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Press, 1898, blue cover with rubs, 70 pages; (1) "Pragmatism", William James, Longmans, Green, London, October 1907 reprint, brown cover, tan spine with chipping and rubs at title, 309 pages; (1) "Talks to Teachers and Students", William James, Henry Hold & Co., 1900, brown cover with gilt lettering, frayed at top and bottom of spine, erased penciling at first inside page, foxing on rear inside cover, 305 pages; (1) "A Pluralistic Universe", William James, Longmans, Green, London, reprint December 1916, dark green cover, rub at spine title, owner pen markings at first inside page, penciled notes at back inside, 405 pages, for shipping largest measures approx. 9.25" x 6.5" x 1.75", total of all 15.15lbs