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Previous|12|Next 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 #135 The Extinct Mammalian Fauna of Dakota and Nebraska, Including an Account of Some Allied Forms from Other Localities, Together with a Synopsis of the Mammalian Remains of North America, Illustrated with 30 Plates AuthorLeidy, JosephPublisherAcademy of Natural Sciences of PhiladelphiaDate Published1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #137 Grundzüge der Mineralogie AuthorLeonhard, GustavPublisherC.F. Winter'sche VerlagshandlungDate Published1860 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #139 Richardson's Grouse, Tetrao Richardson Heading(Lithograph - Grouse)AuthorElliot, Daniel GiraudDate Publishedc.1865 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #140 Nyctea Nivea Heading(Lithograph - Owl)AuthorWolf, J. & H.C. RichterDate Publishedc.1850 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 #144 Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry How Far the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface are Referable to Causes Now in Operation AuthorLyell, CharlesPublisherJames Kay, Jun. & BrotherDate Published1837 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #145 The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, With Remarks on the Origin of Species by Variation AuthorLyell, CharlesPublisherGeorge W. ChildsDate Published1863 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold 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 #148 The Wonders of Geology AuthorMantell, Gideon AlgernonPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published1857 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #167 Carte Des Etats-Unis Heading(Map)AuthorLapie, Alexandre EmileDate Published1814 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #179 Botanical Exploration of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1790-1850 AuthorMcKelvey, Susan DelanoPublisherArnold Arboretum of Harvard UniversityDate Published1955 [i.e. 1956] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #180 Some of My Bush Friends in Tasmania: Native Flowers, Berries and Insects AuthorMeredith, Louisa AnnePublisherDay & SonDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #181 Common Wayside Flowers AuthorMiller, ThomasPublisherRoutledge, Warne, and RoutledgeDate Published1863 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #182 American Medicinal Plants; an Illustrated and Descriptive Guide to the American Plants Used as Homœpathic Remedies: Their History, Preparation, Chemistry, and Physiological Effects AuthorMillspaugh, Charles F.PublisherBoericke & TafelDate Published[1887] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold 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 #185 Lehrbuch der Komischen Physik AuthorMüller, Joh.PublisherFridrich Vieweg und SohnDate Published1856 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #186 Three works on the Geology of New Brunswick bound together Heading(New Brunswick)AuthorBailey, L.W. & Henry Youle HindPublisherG.E. Fenety, Printer to the QueenDate Published1865 & 1866 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #188 Mineralogy of New York; Comprising Detailed Descriptions of the Minerals Hitherto Found in the State of New-York, and Notices of Their Use in the Arts and Agriculture Heading(New York - Natural History)AuthorBeck, Lewis C.PublisherW. & A. White & J. VisscherDate Published1842 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #189 Geology of New York. Part II, Containing the Survey of the Second Geological District Heading(New York - Natural History)AuthorEmmons, EbenezerPublisherW. & A. White & J. VisscherDate Published1842 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #190 Geology of New York. Part IV. Comprising the Survey of the Fourth Geological District Heading(New York - Natural History)AuthorHall, JamesPublisherCarroll and CookDate Published1843 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #191 Palæontology of New York. Volume II. Containing Descriptions of the Organic Remains of the Lower Middle Division of the New-York System, (Equivalent in Part to the Middle Silurian Rocks of Europe.) Heading(New York - Natural History)AuthorHall, JamesPublisherC. Van BenthuysenDate Published1852 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #192 Geology of New York. Part I, Containing the Geology of the First Geological District Heading(New York - Natural History)AuthorMather, William W.PublisherCarroll & CookDate Published1843 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #193 Geology of New York. Part III, Comprising the Survey of the Third Geological District Heading(New York - Natural History)AuthorVanuxem, LardnerPublisherW.& A. White & J. VisscherDate Published1842 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #194 Petrificata Suecana Formationis Cretaceæ, Descripta et Iconibus Illustrata... Pars Prior, Vertebrata et Mollusca Sistens AuthorNilsson, S[ven]PublisherOfficina BerlingianaDate Published1827 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #201 The Life and Remains of the Rev. Edward Daniel Clarke AuthorOtter, WilliamPublisherJ.F. DoveDate Published1824 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #203 Report of a Geological Survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota; and Incidentally of a Portion of Nebraska Territory AuthorOwen, David DalePublisherLippincott, GramboDate Published1852 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #204 The Eruption of Vesuvius in 1872...With Notes, and an Introductory Sketch of the Present State of Knowledge of Terrestrial Vulcanicity, the Cosmical Nature and Relations of Volcanoes and Earthquakes AuthorPalmieri, Luigi and Robert MalletPublisherAsher & Co.Date Published1873 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #208 Visit to Iceland and the Scandinavian North AuthorPfeiffer, IdaPublisherIngram CookeDate Published1852 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #209 A Treatise on Geology, Forming the Article Under That Head in the Seventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica AuthorPhillips, JohnPublisherAdam & Charles BlackDate Published1837 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold 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 #211 The Turquoise: A Study of Its History, Mineralogy, Geology, Ethnology, Archæology, Mythology, Folklore, and Technology AuthorPogue, Joseph E[zekial]Date Published1915 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #212 The Gallery of Nature and Art; or, a Tour Through Creation and Science. AuthorPolehampton, Edward & John M. GoodPublisherR.N. RoseDate Published1821 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold 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 #216 Eléménts de Physique Expérimantale et de Météorologie AuthorPouillet, C.S.M.PublisherL. HachetteDate Published1853 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #218 Geology: Chemical, Physical, and Stratigraphical AuthorPrestwich, JosephPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1886-1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #219 Notes for a History of Lead and an Inquiry into the Development of the Manufacture of White Lead and Lead Oxides AuthorPulsifer, William H., comp.PublisherD. Van NostrandDate Published1888 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #220 Les Pierres Précieuses et les Principaux Ornaments AuthorRambosson, J[ean]PublisherFirmin Didot FreresDate Published1870 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$68.75StatusSold Lot #221 The Old Glaciers of Switzerland and North Wales AuthorRamsay, A.C.PublisherLongman, Green, et al.Date Published1860 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold 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 #223 Three Physico-Theological Discources, Concerning I The Primative Chaos and Creation of the World. II The General Deluge, Its Causes and Effects. III The Dissolution of the World, and Future Conflagration AuthorRay, JohnPublisherSam. SmithDate Published1693 View details Estimate$300 - $400Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #224 Wild Flowers of The United States, Volumes One, Two, Four, Five, Six and Index AuthorRickett, Harold WilliamPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book Co.Date Published[1966] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #225 Flora and Sylva: A Monthly Review for Lovers of Garden, Woodland, Tree or Flower; New and Rare Plants, Trees, Shrubs, and Fruits; the Garden Beautiful, Home Woods, and Home Landscape AuthorRobinson, W[illiam], ed.PublisherPublished for W. RobinsonDate Published1903-1905 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #227 Das Krystallo-Chemische Mineralsystem AuthorRose, GustavPublisherWilhelm EngelmannDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #228 The Museum of Flowers: Consisting of Thirty-Seven Highly-Finished Engravings, Beautifully Coloured After Nature Author[Rosenberg, Mary Elizabeth]PublisherR. Groombridge & SonsDate Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #230 Saggi di Naturali Esperienze fatte nell' Accademia del Cimento Terza Edizione Preceduta da Notizie Storiche dell'accademia Stessa e Seguitata da Alcune Aggiunte Heading(Saggi...)Author**PublisherTipografia GalileianaDate Published1841 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #231 Vulkanstudien: Santorin 1866 bis 1872. Vesuv, Bajae, Stromboli, Aetna 1870 AuthorSchmidt, J.F. JuliusPublisherCarl ScholtzeDate Published1874 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #232 Theorie der Verschiebungen älterer Gänge mit Anwendung auf den Bergbau. Ein Beitrag zur allgemeinen Gangtheorie... AuthorSchmidt, Johann Christian LebrechtPublisherJohann Christian HermannDate Published1810 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #233 The Book of Choice Ferns for the Garden, Conservatory, and Stove AuthorSchneider, GeorgePublisherL. Upcott GillDate Published1892-1894 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #234 A History of Land Mammals in the Western Hemisphere AuthorScott, William B.PublisherMacmillanDate Published1913 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #235 The Geology and Extinct Volcanos of Central France AuthorScrope, G. PoulettPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1858 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #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 #241 La Vie Souterraine ou les Mines et les Mineurs AuthorSimonin, L[ouis]PublisherL. HachetteDate Published1867 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #243 Bibliotheca Chemico-Mathematica: Catalogue of Works in Many Tongues on Exact and Applied Science, With a Subject-Index AuthorSotheran, Henry, & Co.PublisherHenry Sotheran & Co.Date Published1921 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #245 Flora Medica: Containing Coloured Delineations of the Various Medicinal Plants Admitted into the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Pharmacopœias; With Their Natural History, Botanical Descriptions, Medical and Chemical Properties, &c...Together with a Concise Introduction to Botany; a Copious Glossary of Botanical Terms; and a List of Poisonous Plants, &c. Author[Spratt, George]PublisherCallow and WilsonDate Published1829 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #246 Orchids from the Botanical Register 1815-1847 AuthorSprunger, Samuel, Phillip Cribb and William Thomas Stearn, eds.PublisherBirkhäuserDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #250 The First and Second Annual Reports of the Geological Survey of Missouri AuthorSwallow, G[eorge] C[linton]PublisherJames Lusk, Public PrinterDate Published1855 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #251 Wild Flowers of the Pacific Coast, from Original Water Color Sketches Drawn from Nature AuthorThayer, Emma HomanPublisherCassellDate Published[1887] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #252 The English Flower Garden, of Hardy and Half-Hardy Plants AuthorThompson, W[illiam]PublisherSimpkin, Marshall and Co.Date Published1855 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #258 A New System of Geology in Which the Great Revolutions of the Earth and Animated Nature are reconciled at once to Modern Science and Sacred History AuthorUre, AndrewPublisherLongman, Rees, et al.Date Published1829 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #259 Ure's Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures, and Mines Containing a Clear Exposition of Their Principles and Practice [and] Supplement Heading(Ure, Andrew)AuthorHunt, Robert and F.W. RudlerPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #261 Pearls and Pearling AuthorVertrees, Herbert H.PublisherFur News PublishingDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #262 Philosophie der Geologie und mikroskopische Gesteinsstudien AuthorVogelsang, H[ermann]PublisherMax CohenDate Published1867 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #264 The Mineral Springs of the United States and Canada, with Analyses and Notes on the Prominent Spas of Europe, and a List of Sea-Side Resorts AuthorWalton, Geo[rge] E.PublisherD. AppletonDate Published1873 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$68.75StatusSold Lot #265 The Romance of Plant Hunting AuthorWard, F. KingdonPublisherEdwin ArnoldDate Published1924 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #267 Die neue Markscheidekunst und ihre Anwendung auf die Anlage des Rothschönberger Stollns bei Freiberg in Sachsen... Erste Abtheilung: Die trigonometrischen und Nivellir-Arbeiten über Tage AuthorWeisbach, JuliusPublisherFriedrich Vieweg und SohnDate Published1851 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #268 New Theory on the Formation of Veins; With Its Application to the Art of Working Mines... Translated from the German. To Which is Added, an Appendix, Containing Notes Illustrative of the Subject; by Charles Anderson, M.D. AuthorWerner, Abraham GottlobPublisherArchibald ConstableDate Published1809 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,000StatusSold 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 #270 An Inquiry into the Original State and Formation of the Earth; Deduced from Facts and the Laws of Nature AuthorWhitehurst, JohnPublisherW. BentDate Published1786 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #272 The California Fruits and How to Grow Them: A Manual of Methods Which Have Yielded Greatest Success; With Lists of Varieties Best Adapted to the Different Districts of the State AuthorWickson, Edward J.PublisherDewey & Co.Date Published1889 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold 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 #274 L'Écorce Terrestre: Les Mineraux, Leur Histoire et Leurs Usages dans les Arts et Metiers AuthorWith, EmilePublisherE. PlonDate Published1874 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #275 Minerals of Broken Hill AuthorWorner, H[oward] K. and R.W. Mitchell, eds.PublisherAustralian Mining & Smelting Ltd.Date Published[1982] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #276 The Circle of the Sciences; A Cyclopædia of Experimental, Chemical, Mathematical, & Mechanical Philosophy, & Natural History AuthorWylde, James, ed.PublisherThe London Printing and Publishing Co.Date Published[c.1862-1867] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next