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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 A Journey in Brazil AuthorAgassiz, Louis and Mrs. Louis AgassizPublisherTicknor & FieldsDate Published1868 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #21 11 Baedeker Travel Handbooks AuthorBaedeker, KarlPublisherKarl BaedekerDate Published1879-1924 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #23 Peter Carl Faberge: Goldsmith and Jeweller to the Russian Imperial Court and the principal Crowned Heads of Europe. An Illustrated Record and Review of his Life and Work, A.D. 1846-1920 AuthorBainbridge, Henry CharlesPublisherB.T. BatsfordDate Published[1949] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #25 From the Tropics to the North Sea, Including Sketches of Colonial Life; Five Years in the Seychelles, Gordon's Garden of Eden; with an Interlie at the Falklands in the South Pacific; followed by Promotion to Heligoland, the Gem of the North Sea AuthorBarkly, Fanny A.PublisherRoxburghe PressDate Published[1890] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #26 A Chronological History of Voyages into the Arctic Regions; Undertaken Chiefly for the Purpose of Discovering a North-East, North-West, or Polar Passage Between the Atlantic and Pacific: From the Earliest Periods of Scandinavian Navigation, to the Departure of the Recent Expeditions, Under the Orders of Captains Ross and Buchan AuthorBarrow, JohnPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1818 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #33 The History of Tewkesbury AuthorBennett, JamesPublisherPrinted by the authorDate Published1830 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #37 Greek Gems and Finger Rings: Early Bronze Age to Late Classical AuthorBoardman, JohnPublisherThames and HudsonDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #43 Five double-page plates from Peregrinationes in Terram Sanctam AuthorBreydenbach, Bernhard vonPublisher[Erhard Reuwich?]Date Published[c.1486] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #46 Amulets and Superstitions AuthorBudge, E.A. WallisPublisherOxford University PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #49 The Lake Regions of Central Africa, a Picture of Exploration AuthorBurton, Richard F.PublisherHarperDate Published1860 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #50 Chinese Art AuthorBushell, Stephen W.PublisherWyman & Sons for Victoria and Albert Museum / His Majesty's Stationery OfficeDate Published1905 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #51 Provincial Houses in Spain AuthorByne, Arthur and Mildred StapleyPublisherWilliam Helburn Inc.Date Published1925 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #57 Minerals in China Heading(China)Author**PublisherShanghai Scientific and Technical PublishersDate Published[1980] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #58 The Gem-Cutter's Craft AuthorClaremont, LeopoldPublisherGeorge BellDate Published1906 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #62 A Cruise; or, Three Months on the Continent. By a Naval Officer Heading(Cruise...)Author**PublisherLaw & WhittakerDate Published1818 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #67 The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex AuthorDarwin, CharlesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #70 The Ride Through Palestine AuthorDulles, John W.PublisherPresbyterian Board of PublicationDate Published[1881] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #71 The Alfred Jewel: An Historical Essay AuthorEarle, JohnPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #76 A Journey Through England and Scotland to the Hebrides in 1784 AuthorFaujas de Saint-Fond, B[arthelemi]PublisherHugh HopkinsDate Published1907 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #85 The Woodward Collection of Jades and Other Hard Stones AuthorGetz, JohnPublisherPrivately Printed by The De Vinne PressDate Published1913 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #86 Jade Lore AuthorGoette, JohnPublisherKelly and Walsh, LimitedDate Published1936 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #92 The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka & New Guinea with Notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and Various Islands of the Malay Archipelago AuthorGuillemard, F[rancis] H[enry] H[ill]PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1889 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #99 Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan AuthorHearn, LafcadioPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1895 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #102 Iceland; or the Journal of a Residence in that Island, During the Years 1814 and 1815. Containing Observations on the Natural Phenomena, History, Literature, and Antiquities of the Island; and the Religion, Character, Manners, and Customs of Its Inhabitants. With an Introduction and Appendix AuthorHenderson, EbenezerPublisherOliphant, Waugh & InnesDate Published1818 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #105 The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages Heading(Hill Collection)AuthorSilveira de Braganza, Rondal Louis, ed.PublisherUniversity LibraryDate Published1974, 1982 & 1983 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #110 Collecting and Classifying Coloured Diamonds: An Illustrated Study of the Aurora Collection AuthorHofer, Stephen C.PublisherAshland PressDate Published[1998] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #113 Ruby & Sapphire [two copies] AuthorHughes, Richard W.PublisherRWH PublishingDate Published1997 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #117 Essai Géognostique sur les Gisement des Roches dans led Deux Hémisphères AuthorHumboldt, [Baron Friedrich H.] Alexandre dePublisherF.G. LevraultDate Published1823 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #118 the Geology and Palæontology of Queensland and New Guinea AuthorJack, Robert L. & Robert Etheridge, Jr.PublisherJames Charles Beal, Government PrinterDate Published1892 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #131 Abrégé Chronologique de L'Histoire du Nord, ou des Etats De Dannemarc, de Russie, de Suede, de Pologne, de Prusse, de Courlande, &c., &c. AuthorLacombe, [Jacques]PublisherChez Jean-Thomas HerissantDate Published1762 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #134 Early Explorers in Australia: From the Log-Books and Journals, including the Diary of Allan Cunningham, Botanist, from March 1, 1817, to November 19, 1818 AuthorLee, Ida (Mrs. Charles Bruce Marriott)PublisherMethuen & Co., Ltd.Date Published[1925] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #138 Medve-Vadaszat/Chasse de L'Ours Heading(Lithograph)AuthorAndrasay, Count Mano, et al.Date Published1857 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #141 Mount Vesuvius: A Descriptive, Historical, and Geological Account of the Volcano and Its Surroundings AuthorLobley, J. LoganPublisherRoper & DrowleyDate Published1889 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #142 Geological Travels AuthorLuc, Jean Andre dePublisherF.C. & J. RivingtonDate Published1810-1811 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #146 Telliamed; or, The World Explain'd: Containing Discourses between an Indian Philosopher and a Missionary, on the Diminution of the Sea, the Formation of the Earth, the Origin of Men & Animals; and other Singular Subjects, Relating to Natural History & Philosophy Author[Maillet, Benoit de]PublisherPrinted by W. Pechin for D. PorterDate Published1797 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #147 Les Soirées de Saint-Petersbourg, ou Entretiens sur le Gouvernement Temporel de la Providence; suives d'un Traité sur les Sacrifices AuthorMaistre, Joseph dePublisherLouis LesneDate Published1842 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #150 North & South America, for the Elucidation of the Abbé Gaultiers Geographical Games Heading(Map)AuthorAspin, JehosaphatDate Published1838 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #154 Laurie & Whittle's New Map of all the Coach Roads, Both Direct and Cross, of England & Wales, with those of Scotland to the South of Edinburgh and Glasgow Heading(Map)AuthorColtman, NathanielPublisherLaurie & WhittleDate Published1809 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #156 Isola del Giapone e Peninsola di Corea Heading(Map)AuthorCoronelli, Vicenzia MariaDate Published[c.1692] View details Estimate$4,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #163 L'Amerique divisée par Grands Etats Heading(Map)AuthorJanvier, JeanDate Published1783 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #166 Carte Particuliere de la Côte du Nord-Ouest de l'Amérique reconnue par les Frégates Françaises La Boussole et l'Astrolabe en 1786. 3e Feuille. Heading(Map)AuthorLa Pérouse, Jean François Galaup de.Date Published[1797] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #167 Carte Des Etats-Unis Heading(Map)AuthorLapie, Alexandre EmileDate Published1814 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #169 America Noviter Delineata Heading(Map)AuthorMerian, MatthausDate Published[1638] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #172 North America Heading(Map)AuthorSwanston, G.H.PublisherA. FullartonDate Publishedc.1857 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #173 Western Hemisphere Heading(Map)AuthorThomson, JohnDate Published1815 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #175 Carte de la Partie de la Còte Nord-Ouest de l'Amérique Reconnue pendant les Etés de 1792, 1793, et 1794, depuis 29o 54' de Latitude Nord et 244o 33' de Longitute Orientale jusqu'au Cap Douglas par 58o 52' de Latitude et 207o 20' de Longitude Par le Capitaine George Vancouver... Heading(Map)AuthorVancouver, GeorgeDate Publishedc.1800 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #177 Scheeps Togt van Iamaica Gedaan na Panuco en Rio de las Palmas aan de Golf van Mexico Gelegen Heading(Map)AuthorVan der Aa, PieterDate Publishedc.1707 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #183 Parties Riches des Filons: Structure de ces Parties et Leur Relation avec les Directions des Systemes Stratigraphiques AuthorMoisenet, M.L.PublisherDunodDate Published1874 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #184 Stone Ornaments Used by Indians in the United States and Canada. Being a Description of Certain Charm Stones, Gorgets, Tubes, Bird Stones and Problematical Forms AuthorMoorehead, Warren K.PublisherAndover PressDate Published1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #195 The Fight for Everest: 1924 AuthorNorton, E.F.PublisherLongman's, GreenDate Published1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #196 Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages: A Review of its Characteristics, Decoration, Folklore and Symbolism AuthorNott, Stanley CharlesPublisherB.T. Batsford, Ltd.Date Published[1936] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #197 Voices from the Flowery Kingdom AuthorNott, Stanley CharlesPublisherThe Chinese Culture Study Group of AmericaDate Published1947 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #198 A Catalogue of Rare Chinese Jade Carvings AuthorNott, Stanley Charles, comp.PublisherThe House of JadeDate Published1940 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #199 Textiles of Highland Guatemala AuthorO'Neale, Lisa M.PublisherCarnegie Institution of WashingtonDate Published1945 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #200 Engraved Gems: Signets, Talismans and Ornamental Intaglios, Ancient and Modern AuthorOsborne, DuffieldPublisherHenry HoltDate Published1912 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #202 Report of a Geological Exploration of Part of Iowa, Wisconsin, and Illinois, Made Under Instructions from the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, in the Autumn of the Year 1839; With Charts and Illustrations AuthorOwen, David DalePublisherOrdered to be Printed by the SenateDate PublishedJune 11, 1844 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #205 Cyprus: Its Ancient Cities, Tombs, and Temples. A Narrative of Researches and Excavations During Ten Years' Residence in that Island AuthorParis di Cesnola, LouisPublisherHarperDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #206 Physical and Historical Evidences of Vast Sinkings of Land on the North and West Coasts of France, and South Western Coasts of England; Within the Historical Period. [bound with] On Steam, as the Power in Earthquakes and Volcanoes, and on Cavities in the Earth's Crust AuthorPeacock, R.A.PublisherE. & F. SponDate Published1868 & 1866 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #207 Notes on Italy...Written during a Tour in the Years 1829 and 1830 AuthorPeale, RembrandtPublisherCarey & LeaDate Published1831 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #208 Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North AuthorPfeiffer, IdaPublisherIngram CookeDate Published1852 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #210 Traité de Paléontologie ou Hisgtoire Naturelle ds Animaux Fossiles Considérés dans Leurs Rapports Zoologiques et Géologiques AuthorPictet, F.-J.PublisherJ.-B. BalliereDate Published1853-1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #213 The Most Noble and Famous Travels of Marco Polo together with the Travels of Nicolò de' Conti AuthorPolo, MarcoPublisherArgonaut PressDate Published1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #214 Early Chinese Jades AuthorPope-Hennessy, UnaPublisherFrederick A. Stoke Co.Date Published1923 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #215 Flora of Syria, Palestine and Sinai: A Handbook of the Flowering Plants and Ferns, Native and Naturalized, from the Taurus to Ras Muhammad and from the Mediterranean Sea to the Syrian Desert AuthorPost, George E.PublisherAmerican UniversityDate Published1932-1932 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #222 A History of Agriculture in India, 3 vols. AuthorRandawa, M.S.PublisherIndian Council of Agricultural ResearchDate Published[1980-1986] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #226 Moko; or Maori Tattooing AuthorRobley, [Horatio Gordon]PublisherChapman & HallDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #236 The Natural History of Mount Vesuvius, with the Explanation of the various Phenomena that usually attend the Eruptions of the celebrated Volcano Author[Serao, Francesco]PublisherE. CavesDate Published1743 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #237 The Peniciuk Jewels of Mary Queen of Scots AuthorSeton, WalterPublisherPhilip AlanDate Published1923 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #238 A Journal of Travels in England, Holland, and Scotland, and of Two Passages Over the Ocean in the Years 1805 and 1806 AuthorSilliman, BenjaminPublisherT.B. WaitDate Published1812 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #239 A Visit to Europe in 1851 AuthorSilliman, BenjaminPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1853 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #240 Remarks Made on a Short Tour Between Hartford and Quebec, in the Autumn of 1819... Author[Silliman, Benjamin]PublisherS. ConverseDate Published1824 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #242 Artist's sketchbook with 37 original watercolors of South African flowers AuthorSmith, Emily C.Date Published1905-06 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #244 Travels in the Two Sicilies, and Some Parts of the Apennines AuthorSpallanzani, LazzaroPublisherKimber and ConradDate Published1812 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #247 Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America from the Years 1772 to 1777. Elucidating the History of that Country & Describing Its Productions, viz. Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, & Roots; With an Account of the Indians of Guiana and Negroes of Guinea AuthorStedman, J[ohn] G[abriel]PublisherImprint SocietyDate Published1971 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #248 Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan AuthorStephens, John L.PublisherHarperDate Published1841 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #255 11 Miscellaneous Travel Books Heading(Travel)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #256 Letters on Iceland: Containing Observations on the Civil, Literary, Ecclesiastical, and Natural History; Antiquities, Volcanos, Basaltes, Hot Springs; Customs, Dress, Manners of the Inhabitants, &c. &c. Made, During a Voyage undertaken in the Year 1772, by Joseph Banks, Esq. F.R.S... AuthorTroil, Uno vonPublisherG. PerrinDate Published1780 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$118.75StatusSold Lot #260 The Voyage of John Huyghen Van Linschoten to the East Indies AuthorVan Linschoten, John HuyghenPublisherHakluyt SocietyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #261 Pearls and Pearling AuthorVertrees, Herbert H.PublisherFur News PublishingDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #265 The Romance of Plant Hunting AuthorWard, F. KingdonPublisherEdwin ArnoldDate Published1924 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #266 Preliminary Report of Explorations in Nebraska and Dakota, in the Years 1855-'56-'57 AuthorWarren, G[ouverneur] K.PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #269 The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne, in the County of Southampton Author[White, Gilbert]PublisherT. BensleyDate Published1789 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #271 Scrambles Amongst the Alps AuthorWhymper, EdwardPublisherNims & KnightDate PublishedN.d. [c.1890] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #273 Some Dreams Come True: Being a Sheaf of Stories Leading Up to the Discovery of Copper, Diamonds and Gold in Southern Africa, and of the Pioneers Who Took Part in the Excitement of Those Early Days AuthorWilliams, Alpheus F.PublisherHoward B. TimminsDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #277 A Geological Survey of the Yorkshire Coast: Describing the Strata and Fossils Occurring Between the Humber and the Trees, from the German Ocean to the Plain of York: Illustrated with Numerous Engravings AuthorYoung, George and John BirdPublisherGeorge ClarkDate Published1822 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next