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Non-Fiction Top 10
January 2010

#1 $1,912.00 Memoires des Commissaires du Roi, 1755, MAPS, 4 volumes
#2 $1,900.00 LAKESIDE PRESS 1906 FRUITS OF SOLITUDE BOOK GREEN
#3 tie $1,600.00 Stanley Kubrick - NAPOLEON - Taschen - BRAND NEW sealed
#3 tie $1,600.00 Studio Olafur Eliasson, ART EDITION, TASCHEN, SOLD OUT
#5 $1,495.95 Codex Augustanus Septuagint 1846 THEOLOGY Greek Bible
#6 $1,200.00 1906 Western Travels. Thwaites Vol. 25. 81 BODMER PLATES
#7 $1,131.00 North American Sylva, Forest TREES, Color Plates RARE
#8 $843.12 1952 HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON Photobook DECISIVE MOMENT
#9 $875.00 Book of Genesis SFE Limited 51/250 R. Crumb Robert NEW
#10 $829.55 original 1940 Douglas A-33, Model 8A-5 Pilot's Handbook

#1
Memoires Des Commissaires Du Roi et De Ceux De Sa Majeste Britannique, sur les Possessions and les Droits Respectifs des Deux Couronnes en Amerique; Avec les Actes Publics and Pieces Justificatives
Tomes I-IV (Volumes 1-4)
250564116878

38 bids took the 4-volume 1755 publication to $1,912. As the seller explains, " this is a series of documents concerning the dispute over land in America between the British and French governments in the 18th century."

#2
Fruits of Solitude
Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life
William Penn
380195887549

The 1906 book sold on a single bid.

#3 tie
Stanley Kubrick's Napoleon
The Greatest Movie Never Made
Stanley Kubrick
Alison Castle, ed.
150405151339

A single bid bought this 2009 Taschen publication, described as in brand new condition.

#3 tie
Studio Olafur Eliasson
Art Edition

380169590103

Another Taschen publication, this one from 2008, was sold in brand new condition. The limited edition of 200 copies has a metal cover.

#5
Codex Frederocp-Alexandrinus
[facsimile]
200430944842

An ex-library facsimile. the covers are soiled and some pages are "dampstained and soiled. It sold for $1,495.95 with a single bid.

#6
Early Western Travels
1748-1846
Rueben Gold Thwaites
250564691875

Sold after 7 bids, the 1906 "elephant folio volume..." "is volume 25 of a set of 31 (or 32)... and was called the Masimillian Atlas."

#7
The North American Sylva; or, a Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia. Considered particularly with Respect to their Use in the Arts and their Introduction into Commerce. Volumes I, II, & III
Marc Jacobs, ed.
250564108424

The 1865 ex-library set in good condition sold after 14 bids. The US seller believes the "156 tissue-guarded color engraving plates" could be hand-colored" or, altlernatively could be chromo-lithographs.

#8
The Decisive Moment
Henri-Cartier Breessons
160393595747

Listed by a UK seller, the 1952 1st edition is described as "one of the all time great photobooks." It sold after 22 bids.

#9
The Book of Genesis
Robert Crumb, illus.
300390966558

Think Felix the Cat's creator, "raunchy," scandalous," and "made for the tabloids." Then you'll have a good idea of artist Crumb's graphic novel rendering of the book of Genesis. The signed limited 1st edition sold for $875 as a BIN.

#10
Pilot's Handbook for the Model 8A-5 Airplane
390138928606

The 1940 Douglas Aircraft publication in its 6-ring binder. After 7 bids, it sold for $829.55.

By the Numbers

16 sellers were from the USA
1 sellers were from the UK
3 sellers were from Canada
7 books were published during or after 1950
13 were published before 1950
Seller feedback ranged from 188 to 12147
3 purchases were BIN
2 purchase was a Best Offer
14 books were sold by sellers with 100% positive feedback
Feedback percentage ranged from 99.4% to 100% for sellers who had feedback
The oldest book was published in 1755s.

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