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HeadingzzcAuthorAbercrombie, JohnHeadlineBOTANY GARDENING FRUITPublisherLockyer DavisDate Published1779 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #2 A Summary History of New-England, from the First Settlement at Plymouth, to the Acceptance of the Federal Constitution. Comprehending a General Sketch of the American War AuthorAdams, HannahHeadlinenew england massachusetts colonial americaPublisherPrinted for the Author, by H. Mann and J.H. AdamsDate Published1799 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #3 Aesopi Phrygis Fabulae, Elegantissimis iconibus veras animalium species advivum adumbrantibus AuthorAesopHeadlineemblem books, greekPublisherJohannis de TournesDate Published1628 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #4 Hearth and Home, for the Farm, Garden, and Fireside Heading(Agriculture & Botany, etc.)Author**Headlinefarming plants horticulture botanyDate Published1868-1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #5 Biographical Memoirs of Medicine in Great Britain from the Revival of Literature to the Time of Harvey AuthorAikin. JohnHeadlinemedical medicine science biographyPublisherPrinted for Joseph JohnsonDate Published1780 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #6 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAA Alcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson AutographsPublisherWorks Publishing Inc.Date Published1946 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #7 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson Autographs RedPublisherWorks Publishing Co.Date Published1939 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #8 Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAA Alcoholics Anonymous Bill Wilson AutographsPublisherAlcoholics Anonymous Publishing Inc.Date Published[1953] View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #9 Collection of 96 steel-engraved plates from Allom's China, its Scenery, Architecture, Social Habits... AuthorAllom, ThomasHeadlineAllom China Engraved Prints EphemeraPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c.1860] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #10 France Illustrated. Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. Heading(Allom, Thomas)AuthorWright, G. N. & Thomas Allom (illus)HeadlineEngravingsPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c1845] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #11 The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1910-1912 AuthorAmundsen, RoaldHeadlineantarctic exploration polarPublisherLee KedrickDate Published1913 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #12 A New and Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels; Comprising Whatever is Valuable of this Kind in the most Celebrated English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, and Danish Writers.... AuthorAnonymousHeadlinetravel copperplates europePublisherPrinted for J. CooteDate Published1760 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #13 Antiphonarium et Hymnuarium Universale. In Quo Omnes Antiphonae Tam Propriae Quam Communes Temporum atque Sanctorum ad libitum, et Sanctorum Hispaniae, ac Ordonis Minorum Includuntur Heading(Antiphonal, circa late 14th century)Author**HeadlineantiphonalDate Published[circa late 14th century] View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #14 The Chace, the Turf, and the Road Author[Apperley, Charles James] Nimrod, pseud.HeadlineNimrod Sporting Literature Engraved Plates TurfPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #15 Rare and important collection of 8 mid-16th century astronomical manuscripts in Hebrew. Heading(Astronomy)Author**Headlineastronomy, sciencePublisherNo PublisherDate PublishedCirca mid-16 century View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Lot #16 A New Universal Atlas; Comprising Separate Maps of All the Principal Empires, Kingdoms & States Throughout the World: and forming a distinct Atlas of the United States Heading(Atlas)AuthorBurr, David H.Headlinemaps atlas americaPublisherD.S. StoneDate Published[1835] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #17 Vollständiger Hand-Atlas der neueren Erdbeschreibung über alle Theile der Erde in 80 Blättern HeadingzzgAuthorSohr, K[arl], Dr.Headlinemaps texas atlasPublisherC. FlemmingDate Published1844 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #18 The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount of St. Albans, and Lord High Chancellor of England AuthorBacon, FrancisHeadlinebindings setsPublisherW. Baynes and SonDate Published1824 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #19 Historic Lithographs of San Francisco AuthorBaird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr., & Edwin Clyve EvansHeadlinesan francisco birds eye viewsPublisherSteven A. Waterson for Burger & EvansDate Published1972 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #20 Rambles in Eastern Asia, Including China and Manilla, Dujring Several Years' Residence. With Notes of the Voyage to China, Excursions in Manilla, Hong-Kong, Canton, Shanghai, Ningpoo, Amoy, Fouchow, and Macao AuthorBall. B[enjamin] L.HeadlineTravel asia chinaPublisherJames French and CompanyDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #21 The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by Views Taken on the Spot, by W.H. Bartlett, J.D. Harding, T. Creswick, and Others. With Descriptions, Historical and Descriptive Heading(Bartlett, William Henry, et al.)Author**HeadlineBartlett, Engravings, maritimePublisherVirtue & Co.Date Published[c1850] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #22 An Improved System of Midwifery, Adapted to the Reformed Practice of Medicine... AuthorBeach, W[ooster]Headlinemedical women pregnant babies obstetricsPublisherPublished by Charles ScribnerDate Published1854 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #23 Scotland. Illustrated in a Series of View Taken Expressly for this Work AuthorBeattie, WilliamHeadlineScotland, EngravingsPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #24 The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County Heading(Beauties of England and Wales)AuthorBritton, John and Edward Wedlake BrayleyHeadlinebookPublisherThomas Maiden for Vernor and Hood, Longman and Rees, et al.Date Published1801-1818 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #25 Journal of a Political Mission to Afghanistan, in 1857, Under Major (Now Colonel) Lumsden, with an Account of the Country and People AuthorBellew, H[enry] W[alter]Headlinetravel asia exploration great gamePublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #26 Le Pompe Torinesi Nel Ritorno Dell'Altezza Reale di Carlo Emanuele II, Duca di Savoia, Principe di Piemonte, Re di Cirpro &c. AuthorBenedettino, Abbate D. Valeriano CastiglioneHeadlinepiedmont italy cyprusPublisherGio. Giacomo RuftisDate Published1645 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #27 Alciphron: or, The Minute Philosopher. In Seven Dialogues. Containing an Apology for the Christian Religion, against those who are called Free-thinkers Author[Berkeley, George]Headlinereligion philosophy christianityPublisherPrinted for J. TonsonDate Published1732 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #28 Select Fables: With Cuts, Designed and Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick, and Others, Previous to the Year 1784: Together with a Memoir; and a descriptive Catalogue of the Works of Messrs. Bewick AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadlinebinding woodcuts engravings fablesPublisherPrinted by S. Hodgson, for Emerson Charnley, et al.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #29 [New Testament Illustrations in German] Heading(Bible Illustrations)Author**HeadlineReligion New Testament Copper Engravings IllustratedPublisherJohann Georg CottaDate Publishedcirca 18th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #30 [Koberger 1478 Folio Bible]. Incipit ep[isto]la sancti Hieronimi ad Paulinu[m]de presbiter[um] de o[mn]ibu[s] divine historie libris Author[Bible in Latin]Headlineincunablula, bibles, KobergerPublisherAnton KobergerDate Published[1478] View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #31 Tactique navale, ou, Traite des evolutions et des signaux; avec figures en taille-douce AuthorBigot de Morogues, Sebastien FrancoisHeadlinenaval nautical ships militaryPublisherH.L. Guerin & L.F. DelatourDate Published1763 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #32 The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign AuthorBlakston, W. A., W. Swaysland, and August F. WienerHeadlineChromolithographs, birdsPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c1880] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #33 11 Illuminated manuscript leaves from various sources Heading(Book of Hours)Author**Headlineilluminated manuscriptPublisher[No Publisher]Date Published[Circa 14th-16th centuries] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #34 Two printed leaves from a Book of Hours Heading(Book of Hours)Author**Headlinebook of hoursPublisher[Hardouin?]Date Published[Circa 1510] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #35 4 printed leaves from Thielmann Kerver's 1520 "Hore Deipare Virginis Mariae Secundum Usum Romanum" (Book of Hours) Heading(Book of Hours)Author**Headlineearly printing, book of hoursPublisher[Thielmann Kerver]Date Published[1520] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #36 2 printed printed leaves on vellum from Germain Hardouin's "Hore Intemerate Virginis Marie Secundum Usum Rommanum, etc. (Book of Hours) Heading(Book of Hours)Author**Headlineilluminated manuscriptsPublisher[Hardouin]Date Published[Circa 1505] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #37 Faustus: His Life, Death, and Descent Into Hell. Translated from the German Heading(Borrow, George, translator)Author[Klinger, F.M. von]Headlinegerman drama literaturePublisherW. Simpkiin and R. MarshallDate Published1825 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #38 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order... AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlinedictionary english londonPublisherW. Andrews and L. BlakeDate Published1807 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #39 Beautiful Britain: The Sceneries and Splendors of the United Kingdom, Royal Residences, Homes of Princes and Noblemen, Palaces, Castles and Stately Houses, Beauties of Mountain, Lake and River Heading(Britain)Author**Headlineengland architecturePublisherWerner CompanyDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #40 Harrison's British Classicks Heading(British Periodicals, etc.)Author**Headlineaddison steele johnson spectator ramblerPublisherHarrison & Co.Date Published1785-1793 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #41 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Author(Buffon, George Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de.)HeadlineBirdsPublisherDe l'Imprimerie RoyaleDate Published1780-1785 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #42 Fanny Burney and Her Friends: Select Passages from Her Diary and Other Writings AuthorBurney, Fanny. Edited by L.B. SeeleyHeadlineextra illustratedPublisherSeeley and Co.Date Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #43 The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinemormon americana travelPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, and RobertsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #44 Goa and the Blue Mountains; or, Six Months of Sick Leave AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinetravel indiaPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1851 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #45 The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlineafrica explorationPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, and RobertsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #46 The Lake Regions of Central Africa, a Picture of Exploration AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinetravel exploration africaPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1860 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #47 The Land of Midian (Revisited) AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineAfrica explorationPublisherC. Kegan Paul & Co.Date Published1879 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #48 A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. With Notices of the So Called "Amazons," the Grand Customs, the Yearly Customs, the Human Sacrifices, the Present State of the Slave Trade, and the Negro's Place in Nature AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlineafrica slavery explorationPublisherTinsley BrothersDate Published1864 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #49 The Nile Basin AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlineafrica travel exploration View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #50 To the Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative AuthorBurton, Richard F. & Verney Lovett CameronHeadlineafrica explorationPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1883 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #51 Vikram and the Vampire or Tales of Hindu Devilry AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlinevampiresPublisherTylston and EdwardsDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #52 Foreign Finches in Captivity: Illustrated with 60 Plates by F.W. Frohawk, F.E.S.; Coloured by Hand AuthorButler, Arthur G.Headlinebirds, ornithologyPublisherL. Reeve & Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #53 Hudibras, a Poem...With Notes, Selected from Grey and Other Authors... AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineLiterature Color Plates AquatintsPublisherThomas M'LeanDate Published1819 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #54 [Museo Fiorentino] AuthorCampiglia, Geiovanni DomenicoHeadlinerome italy engravings statues museum florenceDate Publishedc.1760 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #55 The Story Without An End: From the German of Carové. With Illustrations printed in Colours after Drawings by E.V.B. AuthorCarové, [Friedriech Wilhelm]. Translated by Sarah AustinHeadlinecolor platesPublisherSampson, Low, Son, and MarstonDate Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #56 Coptic Tattoo Designs AuthorCarswell, JohnHeadlinetattoos ethiopia christianity religionPublisher[American University of Beirut]Date Published1958 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #57 Memoirs of Miss C.E. Cary: written by herself, who was retained in the service of the late Queen Caroline, to fill the situation in Her Majesty's household next to Lady Anne Hamilton; containing interesting anecdotes of some of the first persons in this country, and an exposition of the recrimination, intended to have been brought forward by the late queen's party, but which was prevented by Miss Cary; with proofs and documents in support of the facts . AuthorCary, Miss C[atherine] E.Headlinebritish historyPublisherT. TravellerDate Published1825 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #58 The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote...To which is prefixed, Some Account of the Author's Life, by T. Smollett, M.D. AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlinecopperplatesPublisherA. MillarDate Published1755 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #59 The Military History of His Serene Highness Prince Eugene of Savoy, Now Generalissimo of the Imperial Army. As also of His Grace the late Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Roman Empire . . . etc. Written in French by M. Dumont . . . and by Mr. Rousset and now faithfully translated into English by Paul Chamberlen AuthorChamberlen, PaulHeadlinemilitaryPublisherW. RaynerDate Published1738 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #60 Picture Book II AuthorCharlot, JeanHeadlineart lithographsPublisherZeitlin & Ver BruggeDate Published1973 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #61 Charte latine sur papyrus d’Égypte appartenant à la bibliothèque royale, publiée pour l’École royale des chartes par ordre de m. Guizot, ministre de l’instruction publique Headingzze(Charte Latine...)Author**Headlinefacsimiles historyPublisherMotteDate Published1835 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #62 Scrapbook album recording a trip to China, Japan, Korea, etc. Heading(China & the Far East)Author**Headlinetravel ephemera postcards photographsDate Published1936 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #63 Femmes Modernes AuthorChompré, S.Headlinepochoir artDate Publishedc.1920's View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #64 "Christ Appearing before the Virgin." An unusually large and highly finished painting on vellum, likely a frontispiece from an illuminated Renaissance missal Heading(Christ - Painting on Vellum, 16th century)Author**Headlineilluminated manuscriptDate Published[circa 1530] View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #65 Big Game Shooting in Lower Burma AuthorChristopher, SydneyHeadlinehunting sporting travel far east asiaPublisherBurma Pictorial PressDate Published1916 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #66 The Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronté, Ec. Illustrated by Engravings of It's Most Striking and Memorable Incidents AuthorChurchill, T.O.Headlinenelson navy napoleon warPublisherR. BowyerDate Published1808 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #67 The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments and Other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church of England: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, Pointed as They Are to be Said or Sung in Churches (bound with) A new Version of the Psalms of David Fitted to the Tunes used in Churches Author(Church of England)HeadlinereligionPublisherThomas Baskett, Printer to the University (&) J. RobertsDate Published1752, 1753 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #68 Dissertation on the Dragon, Beast, and False-Prophet, of the Apocalypse; in which the Number 666 is Satisfactorily Explained. And Also a Full Illustration of Daniel's Vision of the Ram and He-Goat AuthorClarke, J[ames] E[dward]Headlinereligion revelations devilPublisherPrinted for the Author, and sold by Ogles, Duncan et al.Date Published1814 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #69 Armsmear: the Home, the Arm, and the Armory of Samuel Colt. A Memorial Heading(Colt, Samuel)AuthorBarnard, Henry and Elizabeth Jarvis ColtHeadlineSamuel Colt Firearms Americana Decorative BindingPublisher[Privately printed by Alvord]Date Published1866 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #70 The Contitution of Man Considered in Relation to External Objects AuthorCombe, GeorgeHeadlinepsychology morals religionPublisherJohn Anderson, Jun.Date Published1828 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #71 History of the Greek Revolution; Compiled from Official Documents of the Greek Goverment... AuthorComstock, John L.Headlinegreece military mapPublisherWilliam M. ReedDate Published1828 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #72 Works AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlinebindings sets literaturePublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1920-1928 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #73 Piedmont and Italy, from the Alps to the Tiber, Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken on the Spot. With a Descriptive and Historical Narrative AuthorCostello, DudleyHeadlineitaly engravings travelPublisherJames S. VirtueDate Published[1859-61] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #74 Iconographie Générale et Méthodique Du Costume Civil et Militaire de IVau XIX Siecle (315-1815) Heading(Costume)AuthorJacquemin, RaphaelHeadlineCostume, Color plates, MilitaryPublisherLibrarie V. GastingerDate Published[c1882] View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #75 Magick in Theory and Practice by the Master Therion (being part III of Book 4), sections 1-4 AuthorCrowley, AleisterHeadlineAleister Crowley Occult Metaphysics LiteraturePublisher[The Lecram Press]Date Published[1929] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #76 The Collected Works of Aleister Crowley AuthorCrowley, AleisterHeadlineAleister Crowley Occult Metaphysics LiteraturePublisherSociety for the Propagation of Religious TruthDate Published1905-07 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #77 The Comic Almanack, an Ephemeris in Jest and Earnest, Containing All Things Fitting for Such a Work. By Rigdum Funnidos, Gent. Adorned with a Dozen of Right Merrie Cuts Pertaining to the Months, Sketched and Etched by George Cruikshank AuthorCruikshank, GeorgeHeadlinecruikshankPublisherCharles Tilt, et alDate Published1835-1847 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #78 Los Hombres y Las Cosas Querian Jugar - with original drawing on A.L.s. by José Luis Cuevas Heading(Cuevas, José Luis)AuthorPiazza, Luis GuillermoHeadlinemexican artPublisherRevista de Poesia UniversalDate Published1963 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #79 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlinesciencePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #80 The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy during the years 1832-1836 AuthorDarwin, Charles, editorHeadlinedarwin evolution natural history fossilsPublisherCIL LimitedDate Published1994 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #81 The Nightless City, Or the "History of the Yoshiwara Yuwaku. By an English Student of Sociology Author[De Becker, Joseph Ernest]Headlineprostitution harlots geishas japanPublisherZ.P. Maruya & Co., L'd.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #82 The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner: Who Lived Eight and Twenty Years all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oronoque . . . [and] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Being the Second and Last Part [together with] Serious Reflections During the Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe: with his Vision of the Angelick World Author[Defoe, Daniel]Headlinedefoe, imaginary voyagesPublisherPrinted for W. TaylorDate Published1719-20 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #83 Meditationes de Prima Philosophia, in qua Dei Existentia, & animae immortalitas demonstratur AuthorDescartes, [René]HeadlinephilosophyPublisherMichael SoliDate Published1641 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #84 The True History of the Conquest of Mexico AuthorDiaz del Castillo, BernalHeadlinemexico spanish war indiansPublisherPrinted for J. WrightDate Published1800 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #85 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Literature Phiz Illustrations Plates ClassicsPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #86 [Christmas Books] AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlinechristmas carol scroogeDate Published1843-1848 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #87 Master Humphrey's Clock . . . with Illustrations by George Cattermole and Hablot Browne AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlinedickensPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1840-41 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #88 Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlinesets literature phiz bindingsPublisherMerrill & BakerDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #89 The Doré Gallery: Containing Two Hundred and Fifty Beautiful Engravings, Selected from the Doré Bible, Milton, Dante’s Inferno, Dante’s Purgatorio and Paradiso, Atala, Fontaine, Fairy Realm, Don Quixote, Baron Munchausen, Croquemitaine, &c. &c. With memoir of Doré, Critical Essay, and Descriptive Letterpress Heading(Doré, Gustave)AuthorOllier, EdmundHeadlineEngravingsPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c1870-1880] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #90 Travels in Arabia Deserta AuthorDoughty, Charles M[ontagu]Headlinetravel exploration. T.E. LawrencePublisherPhilip Lee Warner/Jonathan CapeDate Published1921 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #91 Micah Clarke AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineDoyle Literature Fiction Sherlock Holmes LettersPublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1889 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #92 Stories from The Arabian Nights Heading(Dulac, Edmund)AuthorHousman, LaurenceHeadlineillustrated 1001 nightsPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1907] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #93 Chants et Chanson Populaires de la Franci AuthorDumersan & H. ColetHeadlineMusic, Illustrated booksPublisherGarnier FrèresDate Published[c.1848] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #94 National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans: Including Orators, Statesmen, Naval and Military Heroes, Jurists, Authors, Etc., Etc. - 2 vols. AuthorDuyckinck, Evert A. and Alonzo ChappelHeadlinesteel engravingPublisherJohnson, Fry & Co.Date Published[1862 & 1864] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #95 The American Aboriginal Portfolio AuthorEastman, Mary H.HeadlineNative Americans, IndiansPublisherLippincott, GramboDate Published[1853] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #96 The Boke, named the Governovr, deuised by sir Thomas Elyot, Knight AuthorElyot, ThomasHeadlinelaw england kings duties princes politicsPublisherThomas EastDate Published1580 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #97 Abregé de l'Histoire des Roys de France, avec les Effigies Depuis Pharamond iusques au Roy Loys XIII á present regnant Heading(Emblem Book)Author**Headlinewood engravingPublisherDavid GeufroyDate Published1613 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #98 Omnia Andreae Alciati v. c. emblemata, cum commentariis, quibus emblematum detecta origine, dubia omnia, et obscura illustrantur. Adiectae nouam appendices nusquam antea editae Per Claude Minoem Heading(Emblem Book)AuthorAlciati, Andrea and Claude MinoemHeadlineemblem books, engravingPublisherJohann RicheriiDate Published1602 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #99 Le Guide Fidele de la Vraie Gloire presente Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne, Instruisant ce Jeune Prince des Choses qu'il doit Croire, Demander, Pratiquer, Frequenter, et Eviter pour etre Roy Pendant tous les siecles... Heading(Emblem Book)AuthorBarenger, Andre ThomasHeadlineemblem book religion engravingsPublisherChez P. 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