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AuthorAdolphus, JohnHeadlineMemoirs of John Bannister, Comedian.PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #38 History of The Philosophy of Mind: Embracing the Opinions of All Writers on Mental Science from the Earliest Times to the Present Day AuthorBlakey, RobertHeadlineBlakey, History of The Philosophy of Mind 1850PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold 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 #133 Types et Uniformes: L'armée Française AuthorDetaille, Édouard and Jules RichardHeadlineTypes et Uniformes: L'armée Française, 1885-89PublisherBoussod, Valadon & CieDate Published1885-89 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #145 Tutankhamun's Painted Box. Reproduced in Colour from the Original in the Cairo Museum Heading(Egypt)AuthorDavies, Nina M.HeadlineBox from Tutankhamun's TombPublisherPrinted for the Griffith Institute at the University PressDate Published1962 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 #147 L'Éventail Heading(Fans)AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineErotic look at women's fans through historyPublisherA. QuantinDate Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #166 Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: Recorded in Talks With Dr. Harlan B. Phillips Heading(Frankfurter, Felix)AuthorPhillips, Dr. Harlan B.HeadlineSigned by Supreme Court Justice Felix FrankfurterPublisherReynal & CompanyDate Published1960 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #173 Histoire des seigneurs de Gavres. Roman du XVe siècle publié par Van Dale. AuthorGachet, Emile, editorHeadlineHistoire des Seigneurs de Gavres 1845PublisherVan DaleDate Published[1845] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #174 Three volumes by or about Mahatma Gandhi Heading(Gandhi, Mahatma)AuthorDoke, Joseph J.Headline3 scarce volumes on M.K. GandhiDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #184 The Description of Greece, by Pausanius. Translated from the Greek, with Notes in Which Much of the Mythology of the Greeks is Unfolded from a Theory which has been for many Ages unknown. And illustrated with Maps and Views elegantly engraved Heading(Greece)AuthorPausaniusHeadlinePausanius Description of Greece 1794PublisherPrinted for R. PaulderDate Published1794 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #185 Dartmoor Prison: Past and Present AuthorHarris, VernonHeadlineRare volume on Dartmoor Prison 1875PublisherWilliam Brendon and SonDate Published[c.1875] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #188 The Classical Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography, Sacred and Profane AuthorHazlitt, William.HeadlineHazlitt's Classical Gazetteer 1851 with letterPublisherWhittaker and Co.Date Published1851 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #324 Soviet Aviation [&] The Red Army & Navy Heading(Russia)HeadlineSoviet military on eve of WWIIPublisherState Art PublishersDate Published1939 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #380 Parisian goldsmith's catalogue of ecclesiastical silver and other work Heading(Trade Catalogue)HeadlineParisian goldsmith's catalog with color lithographsDate Publishedc.1870-80 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #401 Centro Viti-vinicola Nacional: La Viti-Vinicultura en 1910 Heading(Wine)HeadlineLa Viti-vinicultura Argentina en 1910Date Published1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #411 Letters from the Cardinal Borgia, and the Cardinal of York. MDCCXCIX-MDCCC AuthorBorgia, StefanoHeadlineLetters from the Cardinal Borgia 1800Publisher[W. Bulmer]Date Published[1800] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #432 The Crown Circuit Companion; containing the practice of the Assises on the Crown side, and of the Courts of General and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace...the second edition corrected; to which is added, The Clerk of Assises Circuit Companion. Heading(Law)AuthorStubbs, W. and G. TalmashHeadlineThe Crown Circuit Companion0 1749Publisherprinted by Henry Lintot. for J. WorrallDate Published1749 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #446 19th century photograph album Heading(Photograph Album)Headline19th century photo albumDate Published[c.1870's] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold 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