Sale 623: Fine Books in All Fields (#623) 08/31/2017 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 08/31/2017 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-65 of 65. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Memoirs of John Bannister, Comedian. AuthorAdolphus, JohnHeadlineMemoirs of John Bannister, Comedian.PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #4 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, Edwin E. "Buzz"HeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #27 Ye "Darmo Lelangon": a Royal Song Without Words From the Isle of Lombok Heading(Balanese religious texts)AuthorPleyte, C.M.HeadlineYe "Darmo Lelangon", 1912PublisherG. Kolff & Co.Date Published[1912] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #40 To Kairwan The Holy: Scenes In Muhammedan Africa AuthorBoddy, Alexander A.HeadlineTo Kairwan The Holy: Scenes In Muhammedan Africa 1885PublisherKegan Paul, Trench & CoDate Published1885 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #69 The History of Leith, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Period: with a Sketch of the Antiquities of the Town. AuthorCampbell, AlexanderHeadlineScarce history of Leith.PublisherWilliam Reid & SonDate Published1827 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #78 Kaigai Shinwa [Foreign news, relations between China and Great Britain, and the story of the Opium War, based on the I fei fan chiang lu] Heading(China - First Opium War)AuthorMineta FukoHeadlineJapanese account of China's 1st Opium War 1849PublisherMineta-shi zoDate Published1849 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #79 Album with approximately 165 original photographs of China Heading(China)HeadlinePhotograph album of China 1920'sDate Publishedc.1920's View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #80 Album with eight original paintings of dramatic and possibly mythological scenes, with some text in Chinese Heading(China)HeadlineAlbum of original Chinese paintingsDate Publishedc.19th century View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #81 Lot of 88 Steel Engravings of China Heading(China)AuthorAllom, ThomasHeadline88 steel engravings of China by Thomas AllomPublisherFisher & SonDate Published[1843] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #82 The Invention of Printing in China and Its Spread Westward Heading(China)AuthorCarter, Thomas FrancisHeadlineInvention of printing in ChinaPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1925 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #83 The Island of Formosa: Past and Present. History, People, Resources, And Commercial Prospects. Tea, Camphor, Sugar, Gold, Coal, Sulphur, Economical Plants, And Other Productions; Historical View From 1430 To 1900. Heading(China)AuthorDavidson, James W.HeadlineScarce History of Formosa w/maps 1903Publisher[Book World Co.]Date Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #84 Formosa Notes on Mss., Languages and Races Heading(China)AuthorDe Lacouperie, TerrienHeadlineRare Formosa volume 1887PublisherStephen Austin & SonsDate Published1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #85 Eight volumes relating to China Heading(China)HeadlineEight volumes on ChinaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #86 Four volumes of the Journal of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society Heading(China)HeadlineChina Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1885-90PublisherRoyal Asiatic SocietyDate Published1885-1890 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #87 First lines of the practice of surgery in the west - Xi yi lüe lun Heading(China)AuthorHobson, BenjaminHeadlineChinese medical text by missionary 1857Date Published1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #88 China for the West: Chinese Porcelain & other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection Heading(China)AuthorHoward, David and John AyersHeadlineChina for the West: Chinese PorcelainPublisherSotheby Parke BernetDate Published1978 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #89 Peoples and Politics of the Far East Heading(China)AuthorNorman, HenryHeadlinePeoples and Politics of the Far East 1895PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1895 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #90 Gardens of China Heading(China)AuthorSirén, OsvaldHeadlineGardens of China by Osvald SirénPublisherThe Ronald Press CompanyDate Published[1949] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #91 Histoire des Arts Anciens de la Chine Heading(China)AuthorSiren, OsvaldHeadlineOsvald Siren History of Chinese ArtPublisherLes Éditions G. Van OestDate Published1929-1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #92 The City in Late Imperial China Heading(China)AuthorSkinner, William G., editorHeadlineWilliam Skinner The City in Late Imperial ChinaPublisher[Stanford University Press]Date Published[1977] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #93 On the Shapes of the Bronze Vessels of Ancient China: An Archaeological Study Heading(China)AuthorUmehara, SuejiHeadlineJapanese Study of Ancient Chinese Bronze VesselsPublisherTôhô Bunka Kenkyûsyo or the Institute of Oriental CultureDate Published1940 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #94 "Xiao Xue" ["Elementary learning" - a Korean translation of Chinese book to educate children] Heading(China)AuthorXi ZhuHeadlineChinese children's textbook in Korean 16th/17th centuryDate Publishedc. 16th/17th century View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #95 The George Eumorfopoulos Collection of the Chinese, Corean and Siamese Paintings Heading(Chinese Art)AuthorBinyon, LaurenceHeadlineThe George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Paintings 1/560PublisherErnest Benn, LTD.Date Published1928 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #96 The She King, or, the book of ancient poetry, translated into English verse, with essays and notes Heading(Chinese Literature)AuthorLegge, James, translatorHeadlineChinese Classic of Poetry in English 1876PublisherTrübner & Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #113 The Republic of Mexico in 1876. A Political and Ethnographical Division of the Population, Character, Habits, Costumes and Vocations of its Inhabitants AuthorCubas, Antonio GarciaHeadlineThe Republic of Mexico in 1876 w/color platesPublisherLa Ensenanza Printing OfficeDate Published1876 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #144 Cairo to Sinai and Sinai to Cairo; Being an Account of a Journey in the Desert of Arabia, November and December, 1860. Heading(Egypt)AuthorBeamont, W.J.HeadlineScarce Journey in the desert of Arabia with mapPublisherDeighton, Bell, and Co.Date Published1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #146 Three volumes from the Egypt Exploration Fund - one inscribed Heading(Egypt)AuthorNaville, Edouard et al.HeadlineThree volumes from the Egypt Exploration FundPublisherEgyptian Exploration FundDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #175 How to Compete with Foreign Cloth: A Study of the Position of Hand-spinning, Hand-weaving, and Cotton Mills in the Economics of Cloth Production in India AuthorGandhi. M.P.HeadlineEconomics of Cloth Production in India 1931Publisher[J.N. Ghosh]Date Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #189 Cosmos: Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe [with] Lives of the Brothers Humboldt, Alexander and William AuthorHumboldt, Alexander VonHeadlineAlexander Von Humboldt's Cosmos 1851PublisherHarpers & BrothersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #197 Annals of the Early Caliphate From Original Sources Heading(Islam)AuthorMuir, Sir WilliamHeadlineAnnals of the Early Caliphate 1883PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #201 Four works concerning Ainu Heading(Japan - Ainu)HeadlineFour volumes on the Ainu & their artDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #203 Decorative Japanese photograph album Heading(Japan - Photograph Album)HeadlineEmpty decorative Japanese photograph albumDate PublishedLate 19th / early 20th century View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #205 Five Parliamentary documents concerning Japanese silk Heading(Japan)AuthorAdams, Francis OttiwellHeadlineFive Parliamentary documents concerning Japanese silkPublisherPrinted by Harrison and SonsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #214 Japan and the Third Powers Heading(Japan)AuthorHsu, ShuhsiHeadlineFour volumes on the Second Sino-Japanese WarPublisherKelly & Walsh, LimitedDate Published1941 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #215 Imperial Songs: Being Poems by T.M. The Emperor and Empress of Japan, the Crown Prince and Princess, and Other Imperial and Distinguished Personages Heading(Japan)HeadlinePoems by The Emperor and Empress of Japan 1906PublisherThe YurakushaDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #216 Japan. No. 3 (1870). Correspondence Respecting Affairs in Japan: 1868-70. Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. Heading(Japan)HeadlineCorrespondence Respecting Affairs in Japan 1868-70PublisherPrinted by Harrison and SonsDate Published1870 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #217 [Japanese-English language studies book] Heading(Japan)HeadlineJapanese-English language studies book c.1860Date Publishedc.1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #221 Nikkō Tōshōgū Shashinchō Heading(Japan)HeadlineNikkō Tōshō-gū shrine, 30 color plates 1941Publisher[Tōshōgū Shamusho]Date Published[1941] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #222 Memorials of the Empire of Japon: In the XVI and XVII Centuries. Heading(Japan)AuthorRundall, Thomas, editorHeadlineMemorials of the Empire of Japon with folding map 1850PublisherHakluyt SocietyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #224 Seven items on Japanese military and related studies Heading(Japan)HeadlineJapanese military itemsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #225 Ten booklets & pamphlets relating to Japan Heading(Japan)HeadlineScarce pamphlets on Japan 1873-1949Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #227 Three pamphlets on the geology of Japan, each signed inscribed and signed by the author Heading(Japan)AuthorWatanabè, ManjirôHeadlineGeology offpritns by Manjiro WatanabeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #228 Extracts from the Journal of Marshal Soult Addressed to a Friend: How Obtained and By Whom Translated is Not a Subject of Enquiry Heading(Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Nicolas )AuthorKnapp, Samuel LHeadlineJournal of Marshal Soult 1817PublisherWilliam B. AllenDate Published1817 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #239 Report of the Research of Antiquities of the National Museum of Korea Vol. I: Two Old Silla Tombs, Ho-u Tomb and Silver Bell Tomb Heading(Korea)AuthorKim, Chae-wŏnHeadlineTwo Old Silla Tombs, Ho-u Tomb and Silver Bell Tomb 1948PublisherEul-yu Publishing. Co.Date Published1948 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #240 Korean National Treasures Illustrated Heading(Korea)HeadlineKorean National Treasures IllustratedDate Published[c.1957] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #271 History of South America and Mexico; Comprising Their Discovery, Geography, Politics, Commerce and Revolutions. To Which is Annexed a Geographical and Historical View of Texas, with a Detailed Account of the Texian Revolution and War, by Hon. L.T. Pease AuthorNiles, John M. and L.T. PeaceHeadlineHistory of South America and Mexico 1844PublisherS. HuntingtonDate Published1844 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #284 History of Ancient Persia Heading(Persia)AuthorMalcolm, Sir JohnHeadlineRare History of Ancient Persia w/platesPublisherPrinted by N.R. Ranina at the "Union Press."Date Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #285 Philippine Expeditionary Force Heading(Philippines)AuthorGaseiHeadlineJapanese occupation of the Philippines photographs 1943PublisherWatari Group Information DepartmentDate Published[1943] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #286 Twenty-four hand-colored nineteenth century albumen photographs of Manila Heading(Philippines)Headline24 color 19th century albumen photos of ManilaDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #287 Harper's History of the War in the Philippines Heading(Philippines)AuthorWilcox, Marrion, editorHeadlineHarper's History of the War in the PhilippinesPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #326 Four color plates from A Tour Through Paris AuthorSams, WilliamHeadlineFour color plates from A Tour Through ParisPublisher[William Sams]Date Published[1824] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #367 Bogota in 1836-7. Being a Narrative of an Expedition to the Capital of New-Grenada, and a Residence There of Eleven Months AuthorSteuart, JohnHeadlineScarce travels to BogotaPublisherPrinted for the author by Harper & Bros.Date Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #371 A Handbook for Travellers on The Rhine, from Holland to Switzerland Heading(Switzerland)AuthorBaedeker, KarlHeadlineBaedeker's Rhine Handbook 1864PublisherKarl BaedekerDate Published1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #375 Adventures and Observations on the West Coast of Africa, and its Islands. Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Madeira, Canary, Biafra and Cape Verd Islands... AuthorThomas, Chas. W.HeadlineAdventures on the West Coast of Africa 1860PublisherJ.B. McFerrin, AgentDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #382 Two German volumes on travel and exploration Heading(Travel and Exploration)HeadlineTwo German travel volumes with fold-out mapsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #384 Fifteen lithographed plates from the atlas volume of Voyage Pittoresque de Constantinople et du Bosphore Heading(Turkey)Author[Melling, Antoine Ignace]HeadlineFolio lithograph plates of Constantinople c.1822Date Published[c.1822-1828] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #392 Phong Hoa Heading(Vietnam)HeadlineVietnamese modernist journal 1933-4Date Published1932-1934 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #398 Views in India, Chiefly Among the Himalaya Mountains - with 4 additional photographs AuthorWhite, George F.HeadlineGeorge F. White, Views in India with 4 additional photographs 1836PublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #400 Speeches in Parliament of the Right Honourable William Windham. To Which is Prefixed Some Account of His Life By Thomas Amyot, Esq AuthorWindham, William. and Thomas AmyotHeadlineWilliam Windham Speeches in Parliament 1812PublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1812 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #422 Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, Oregon AuthorDe Smet, P. J.HeadlineVoyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, OregonPublisherMathieu Closson et Cie.Date Published1874 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #457 Little Mexico AuthorSpratling, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Spratling, Little Mexico inscribedPublisherPeter SmithDate Published1947 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #458 Little Mexico AuthorSpratling, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Spratling, Little Mexico -signedPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published1932 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #466 Approximately thirteen volumes of Americana, travel and miscellaneous titles Heading(Americana)HeadlineAmericana, travel and miscellaneous titlesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #467 Approximately thirteen books on China, Korea, and other miscellaneous volumes Heading(China)HeadlineBooks on China, Korea, etc.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #471 Approximately twelve volumes on Japan Heading(Japan)HeadlineTwelve volumes on JapanDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next