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eBay
Antiquarian & Collectible Top 5
May 2011

#1 $7,200.00 AMERICAN GAME TRAILS SIGNED THEODORE ROOSEVELT #79/500
#2 $6,999.00 Mirour for Megistrates 1610 Shakespeare Sackville Lear
#3 $6,600.00 WINNIE THE POOH SERIES/RARE 1stEd/4 VOLS/A.A.MILNE/1924
#4 $6,500.00 VERY RARE TRUE 1ST! Prophet by Kahlil Gibran HB 9123
#5 $6,020.59 KARL MARX CAPITAL. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION NEW YORK 1889

#1
African Game Trails
An Account of the African Wanderings of an American
Theodore Roosevelt
330564033014

The signed 1910 2-volume set was #79 of 500 sets published. Both book and dust jacket were in near fine condition and sold for $7,200 after 2 bids.

#2
A Mirour for Magistrates
John Higgins
140546437663

Coming in at #2, the 1610 5-part was bound into a single volume "in the 17th century." It sold for $6,999 after 16 bids.

#3
Winnie the Pooh Series
When We Were Young
Winnie the Pooh
Now We are Six
The House at Pooh Corner
A.A. Milne
260776914476

53 bids took the 4 volumes to $6,600. When We Were Young, published in 1924, was described as "near fine with a near fine dust jacket." Winnie the Pooh, published in 1926, was a near fine book in a facsimile dust jacket. The 3rd volume, Now We are Six was published in 1927 and was a near fine 1st edition in a 1st edition dust jacket. In 1928, The House at Pooh Corner was published. It was signed by the author and was in near fine condition in a near fine dust jacket.

#4
The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran
260400041307

Calling it a "very rare true 1st," the US seller listed the volume as in very good condition with no dust jacket. It sold as a Best Offer.

#5
Capital
An Analysis of Capitalist Production
Karl Marx
140550433970

The UK seller called the book a "rare first English edition of the most influential book of the modern era." It attracted 8 bids and sold for $6020.59.

 

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