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Previous|12|Next Lot #368 Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: the Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse AuthorJesch, JudithHeadlineNautical vocabulary of the Viking AgePublisherThe Boydell PressDate Published[2001] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #370 The Heimskringla or The Sagas of the Norse Kings, from the Icelandic of Snorre Sturlason AuthorLaing, Samuel.HeadlineThe Sagas of the Norse Kings 1889PublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #371 Voyage dans la Cilicie et dans les Montagnes du Taurus. Exécuté pendant les années 1852-1853. AuthorLanglois, VictorHeadlineVictor Langlois, travels in Taurus mountains 1861PublisherBenjamin DupratDate Published1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #372 The Monuments of Nineveh. From Drawings Made on the Spot AuthorLayard, Austen HenryHeadlineLayard's Monuments of Nineveh w/100 platesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1853 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #373 Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers; and an Inquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians AuthorLayard, Austen HenryHeadlineLayard, Nineveh and Its Remains 1852PublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1852 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #374 Le Grand Circuit des Capitales AuthorLe Bruel, MarcelHeadlineLe Grand Circuit des Capitales with color mapPublisherChocolat Menier/Agence française de propagandeDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #375 Samothrace - complete in sixteen volumes AuthorLehmann, Phyllis Williams and Karl, editorsHeadlineSamothrace complete in 16 volumesPublisherPantheon Books and Princeton University PressDate Published1958-1998 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #377 A Journey From Aleppo to Jerusalem, at Easter A.D. 1697. Also a Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai and back again. Translated from a Manuscript Written by the Perfecto of Egypt by Right Rev. Robert. Clayton AuthorMaundrell, HenryHeadlineA Journey From Aleppo to Jerusalem, 1810PublisherPrinted for J. White and Co. & J. NunDate Published1810 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #378 The Home of the Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 AuthorMawson, Sir DouglasHeadlineMawson - The Home of the BlizzardPublisherJ.B. LippincottDate Published[c.1915] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #379 With the World's Great Travellers AuthorMorris, Charles and Oliver H.G. Leigh, editorsHeadlineWith the World's Great Travellers 1901PublisherUnion Book CompanyDate Published1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #380 Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt Heading(Palestine)AuthorWilson, Colonel Sir William, ed.HeadlinePicturesque PalestinePublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1881] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #381 Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association in the Years 1795,1796 and 1797 AuthorPark, MungoHeadlineMungo Parks Travels in the African Interior 1810PublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer for the Author and sold by G. and W. NicolDate Published1810 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #382 Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797...With an appendix, containing Geographical Illustrations of Africa by Major Rennell AuthorPark, MungoHeadlineMungo Parks Travels in the African Interior 1799PublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer for the Author and sold by G. and W. NicolDate Published1799 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #383 Some Account of London AuthorPennant, ThomasHeadlineThomas Pennant Some Account of LondonPublisherJ. Faulder, et alDate Published1813 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #384 Calendar display board for Tom's Dixie Kitchen, Inc., in Manila, with small calendar for 1924 attached Heading(Philippines)HeadlineTom's Dixie Kitchen in the PhilippinesDate Publishedc.1924 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #385 Nouvelle Description des Chasteaux et Parcs de Versailles et de Marly... AuthorPiganiol, de la Force, Jean-AymarHeadline1701 travellers guide to VersaillesPublisherChez Florentin & Pierre DelaulneDate Published1701 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #386 Travels in Morocco, By the Late James Richardson...Edited By His Widow in Two Volumes AuthorRichardson, JamesHeadlineJames Richardson Travels in Morocco 1860PublisherCharles J. SkeetDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #388 Herculanum et Pompei Recueil General des Peintures, Bronzes, Mosaiques, Etc. AuthorRoux, H. & M.L. BarreHeadlineHerculanum et Pompei by Roux and BarrePublisherDidot FreresDate Published1863 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #389 Excursions in the Interior of Russia; including Sketches of the Character and Policy of the Emperor Nicholas, &c. &c. Heading(Russia)AuthorBremner, RobertHeadlineBremner's Russia travels 1839PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1839 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #391 View Of The Russian Empire During The Reign Of Catharine The Second, And To The Close Of The Present Century Heading(Russia)AuthorTooke, WilliamHeadlineTooke's View Of The Russian Empire 1799PublisherPrinted For T.N.Longman And O.Rees, And J.DebrettDate Published1799 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #392 Narrative of the Mission to Russia, in 1866, of the Hon. Gustavus Vasa Fox, from the Journal and Notes of J.F. Loubat. Heading(Russia)AuthorVasa Fox, Gustavus and J. F. LoubatHeadlineFox's narrative of mission to Russia inscribed to Charles SumnerPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #393 Gronlands Fugle. The Birds of Greenland AuthorSalomonsen, FinnHeadlineBirds of GreenlandPublisherMunksgaardDate Published1950 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #394 The History of England, From Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George II AuthorSmollett, TobiasHeadlineSmollet's History of EnglandPublisherBaynes and Son, et alDate Published1822 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #395 Letters from Spain (cover title) Heading(Spain)AuthorShepard, MerrillHeadlineLetters home from a trip to Spain in 1923Date PublishedJune to September 1923 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #396 Five facsimile editions of classic works on exploration Heading(Travel and Exploration)HeadlineFive facsimile editions of classic works on explorationPublisherN. Israel & De Capo PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #397 Six volumes on world exploration Heading(Travel and Exploration)HeadlineSix volumes on world explorationDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #398 Three facsimile editions of classic travel and exploration titles Heading(Travel and Exploration)HeadlineThree facsimile editions of classic exploration titlesPublisherN. Israel & De Capo PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #399 Fotografla Turkiye. Turkey in Pictures Heading(Turkey)HeadlineTurkey in PicturesPublisherGeneral Direction of the PressDate Published[1930s] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #400 Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineVancouver's Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific OceanPublisherN. Israel / Da Capo PressDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #401 A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of Any Navigable Communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans... AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineOctavo edition of Vancouver's Voyages 1801PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1801 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #402 Voyage à la Nouvelle Galles du Sud, à Botany-Bay, au port Jackson, en 1787, 1788, 1789. Ouvrage où l'on trouve de nouveaux sur le caractère et les usages des habitans du cap de Bonne-Espérance, de l'île Ténériffe, de Rio-Janeiro et de la Nouvelle-Hollande, ainsi qu'une description exacte de plusieurs animaux inconnus jusqu'à présent, Traduit de l'Anglais, avec des notes critiques et philosophiques sur l'histoire naturelle et les moeurs AuthorWhite, JohnHeadlineJohn White's travels to Botany Bay, first French edition, 1795PublisherChez PouginDate Published1795 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #403 A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries. With a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands; and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite AuthorWilson, WilliamHeadlineVoyage to the South Pacific by Wilson 1799PublisherBy S. Gosnell for T. ChapmanDate Published1799 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #404 Fankwei; or, The San Jacinto in the Seas of India, China and Japan AuthorWood, William MaxwellHeadlineWood's Fankwei, from the library of Charles Erskine Scott WoodPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #429 Map of the Gold Run Mine. Gilta, Siskiyou County, California. Heading(California - Siskiyou County)AuthorDannenbrink, Aug. and Thos. V. ReevesHeadlineMap of Gold Run Mine, Siskiyou County 1920Date Published1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #433 Eight hand-colored scenes of California Heading(California)Headline8 hand-colored California scenesDate Published[c. late 1800's] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #443 Five engraved plates from Captain Cook's Voyages Heading(Cook, James)AuthorWebber, J.HeadlineFive engraved plates after J. WebberPublisher[Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell]Date Published[c.1784] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #447 The Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond, exhibiting every Object on both Banks of the River, with a Concise Description of the Most Remarkable Places and A General View of London. Heading(England - Thames)Author[Clark, John]HeadlineThe Panorama of the Thames from London to RichmondPublisherSamuel LeighDate Published[c.1830] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #452 Two maps from the White Leghorn Mining Company Heading(Nevada)AuthorKing & MaloneHeadlineTwo Nevada mining mapsPublisherWhite Leghorn Mining CompanyDate Published[c.1921] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #457 [View of Morea, one of the Friendly Islands] Heading(South Seas)AuthorCleveley, John, the youngerHeadlineRare view of harbor at MooreaPublisherF. JunesDate Published1787-88 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #461 Williams' New Trans-Continental Map of the Pacific R.R. and Routes of Overland Travel to Colorado, Nebraska, the Black Hills, Utah, Idaho, Nevada, Montana, California and the Pacific Coast [bound in] The Pacific Tourist: Williams' Illustrated Trans-Continental Guide of Travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean... Heading(United States - West)AuthorWilliams, Henry T., editorHeadlineWilliams' New Trans-Continental Map of the Pacific R.R.PublisherHenry T. WilliamsDate Published1876 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #468 The City of the Great King; or, Jerusalem as it was, as it Is, and as it is to Be. AuthorBarclay, J[ames] T.HeadlineJerusalem, The City of the Great King 1858PublisherJames Challen and SonsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #469 A Handful of Western Books [with] A Second Handful... [&] A Third Handful AuthorBay, J. ChristianHeadlineThree handfuls of Western BooksPublisherFriends of the Torch Press & Walter M. HillDate Published1935, 1936, 1937 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #481 On Two Continents. A Long Life's Experience AuthorBrake, HezekiahHeadlineTales of Western cattle trailsPublisherCrane & CompanyDate Published1896 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #482 Memoir of Vice Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton Heading(Brenton, Sir Jahleel)HeadlineMemoir of Jahleel BrentonPublisherLongman and Co.Date Published1855 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #486 Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia: or, the Present State of Great Britain; With Diverse Remarks Upon the Ancient State thereof... in Two Parts AuthorChamberlayne, JohnHeadlinePresent State of Great Britain 1755PublisherS. Birt, A. Millar, et alDate Published1755 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #487 My Nestorian Adventure in China: a Popular Account of the Holm-Nestorian Expedition to Sian-Fu and Its Results Heading(China)AuthorHolm, FritsHeadlineHolm's Nestorian Adventure in China 1923PublisherH. RevellDate Published1923 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #489 Early California Justice: The History of the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, 1849-1944 AuthorCosgrave, GeorgeHeadlineEarly California JusticePublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1948 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #498 Ocean to Ocean. Sandford Fleming's Expedition Through Canada in 1872 AuthorGrant, George M.HeadlineFleming's Canadian ExpeditionPublisherJames Campbell & SonDate Published1873 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #500 Three Years of Arctic Service: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of Farthest North AuthorGreely, Adolphus W.HeadlineGreely achieves Farthest NorthPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1886 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #511 Notes on the Western States; Containing Descriptive Sketches of their Soil, Climate, Resources, and Scenery AuthorHall, James.HeadlineNotes on the Western States in 1838PublisherHarrison HallDate Published1838 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #514 Through Asia AuthorHedin, SvenHeadlineHedin, Through Asia 1899PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1899 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #515 Days on the Road: Crossing the Plains in 1865 AuthorHerndon, Sarah RaymondHeadlineCrossing the plains in 1865PublisherBurr Printing HouseDate Published1902 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #516 Tales of the Colorado Pioneers AuthorHill, Alice PolkHeadlineTales of the Colorado PioneersPublisherPierson & GardnerDate Published1884 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #517 Many Days in Morocco AuthorHorne, JohnHeadlineMany Days in MoroccoPublisherPhilip Allan & CO.Date Published1925 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #519 Passages in Foreign Travel AuthorJewett, Isaac AppletonHeadlinePassages in Foreign Travel 1838PublisherCharles C. Little and James BrownDate Published1838 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #521 Sage-Brush Notes AuthorJoy, RuthHeadlineSage Brush Notes by Ruth Joy of Casper WyomingPublisherRuth Joy StudioDate Published[1920s?] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #522 Travels in North America [and] A Second Visit to the United States of North America AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineCharles Lyell's American Tours, 1845 & 1849Date Published1845 & 1849 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #525 Harvest of Barren Regrets: The Army Career of Frederick William Benteen, 1834-1908 AuthorMills, Charles K.HeadlineCharles K. Mills Harvest of Barren RegretsPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1985 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #526 Algeria: The Topography and History, Political, Social, and Natural of French Africa AuthorMorell, John ReynellHeadlineAlgeria A History of French AfricaPublisherNathaniel CookeDate Published1854 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #527 The New Californian - Zane Grey's copy Heading(New Californian)HeadlineRare California Theophysical PeriodicalDate Published1892-1894 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #530 Northward over the "Great Ice": A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897 AuthorPeary, Robert E.HeadlineNorthward Over the Great Ice with PearyPublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published1914 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #531 History of the Conquest of Peru, with a Preliminary View of the Civilization of the Incas AuthorPrescott, William Hickling.HeadlinePrescott's History of the Conquest of PeruPublisherHarper and BrothersDate Published1847 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #534 Three Years in the Pacific; Including Notices of Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru. By an Officer of the United States Navy AuthorRuschenberger, William Samuel WaithmanHeadlineNotices of Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, and Peru 1834PublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1834 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #536 The Ancient and Present State of The County and City of Cork... AuthorSmith, CharlesHeadlineHistory of Cork, Ireland with maps & platesPublisherPrinted by John ConnorDate Published1815 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #538 Three volumes of travel and exploration by Sir Percy Sykes AuthorSykes, Sir PercyHeadlineThree volumes by Sir Percy SykesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #539 A Cruise in Greek Waters with a Hunting Excursion in Tunis AuthorTownshend, Frederick TrenchHeadlineA Cruise in Greek WatersPublisherHurst and BlackettDate Published1870 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #540 The Traveler: An Illustrated Monthly Journal of Travel and Recreation Heading(Traveler...)HeadlineThe Traveler, 1st year, 1893PublisherJohnstone & BryanDate Published1893 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #547 Eleven volumes of Americana and history Heading(Americana and History)HeadlineEleven volumes of Americana and historyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #558 Eleven volumes of exploration and world history Heading(Travel and Exploration)HeadlineEleven volumes of exploration and world historyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #559 Ten volumes of travel and exploration Heading(Travel and Exploration)HeadlineTen volumes of travel and explorationDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #560 Ten volumes on exploration and world history Heading(Travel and Exploration)HeadlineTen volumes on exploration and world historyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #561 Thirteen volumes of travel and exploration Heading(Travel and Exploration)HeadlineThirteen volumes of travel and explorationDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #562 Eleven volumes of Western Americana Headingaa(Western Americana)Headline11 volumes of Western Americana.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #563 Fourteen volumes of Western Americana Heading(Western Americana)Headline14 volumes of Western AmericanaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #564 Nine volumes of Western Americana Heading(Western Americana)Headline9 volumes of Western AmericanaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #565 Twelve volumes of Western Americana Heading(Western Americana)HeadlineTwelve volumes of Western AmericanaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #576 The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing September, 1867 Heading(Directories - California)AuthorLangley, Henry G., compilerHeadlineThe San Francisco Directory for 1867PublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1867 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next