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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Alaska. - Volumes 1 & 2 of the Harriman Alaska series Heading(Alaska)AuthorBurroughs, John, John Muir, et alHeadlineVolumes 1 & 2 of Harriman's AlaskaPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1902 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #7 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Heading(Allix, Susan)AuthorOmar KhayyamHeadlineSusan Allix illustrates Omar KhayyamPublisher[Quadrat Press]Date Published1973 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #9 Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa. In Which are Described the Character and the Condition of the Dutch Colonist of the Cape of Good Hope, and of the Several Tribes of Natives Beyond its Limits.. AuthorBarrow, JohnHeadlineBarrow's Travels into the Interior of Southern Africa 2nd ed.PublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1806 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #17 Fifteen volumes from the Religious Tract Society in custom painted bindings, together creating a mosaic of Blake's "Good and Evil Angels" Heading(Blake, William, after)HeadlineHand-painted bindings after William BlakeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #18 An History of the Principal Rivers of Great Britain [An History of the River Thames] AuthorBoydell, John and Josiah, publishersHeadlineBoydell's River Thames with 76 colored aquatintsPublisherPrinted for W. Bulmer and Co. for John and Josiah BoydellDate Published1794-1796 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #23 A voyage to California, to observe the transit of Venus. By Mons. Chappe d'Auteroche. With an historical description of the author's route through Mexico, and the natural history of that province. Also, a voyage to Newfoundland and Sallee, to make experiments on Mr. Le Roy's time keepers. By Monsieur de Cassini AuthorChappe d'Auteroche, JeanHeadlineEarly Scientific Voyage to California 1772PublisherEdward and Charles DillyDate Published1778 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #25 The Annals of Ireland, Translated from the Original Irish of the Four Masters. AuthorConnellan, Owen and Philip Mac DermottHeadlineThe Annals of Ireland 1846PublisherBryan GeraghtyDate Published1846 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #26 A Voyage Round Great Britain, Undertaken in the Summer of the Year 1813, and Commencing From the Land's-End in Cornwall, by Richard Ayton, With a Series of Views Illustrative of the Character and Prominent Features of the Coast AuthorDaniell, William & Richard AytonHeadlineA Voyage Round Great Britain with color plates by DaniellPublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1814 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #27 Les Warega (Congo belge) AuthorDelhaise, Charles Godefroid Félix FrançoisHeadlineThe Warega people of the Belgian CongoPublisherAlbert de WitDate Published1909 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #28 Narrative of Travels and Discoveries in Northern and Central Africa, in the Years 1822, 1823, and 1824,...Extending Across the Great Desert to the Tenth Degree of Northern Latitude, and From Kouka in Bornou, to Sackatoo, the Capital of the Felatah Empire AuthorDenham, Maj. Dixon & Capt. Hugh ClappertonHeadlineDenham & Clapperton in Northern & Central AfricaPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1826 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #29 L'Histoire Naturelle éclaircie dans deux de ses Parties Principales. La Lithologie et la Conchyliologie AuthorDezallier d'Argenville, Antoine JosephHeadlineEarly work on classifying corals and shells w/32 platesPublisherChez de Bure l'AineDate Published1742 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #31 Kali. Poems & Etchings AuthorDine, JimHeadlineKali. Poems and Etchings by Jim DinePublisherEnitharmon Press for Whitman CollegeDate Published1999 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #33 A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece, During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806 AuthorDodwell, EdwardHeadlineDodwell's Tour of Greece 1819PublisherRodwell and MartinDate Published1819 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #34 Zum Kontinent des Eisigen Sudens; Deutsche Sudpolarexpedition, Fahreten und Forschungen des "Gauss," 1901-1903 AuthorDrygalski, Erich vonHeadlineScarce German polar expedition 1904PublisherGeorg ReimerDate Published1904 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #36 Superb album of 75 photographs of the sights, scenes, and people of Egypt Heading(Egypt)HeadlineSuperb album of albumen photographs of EgyptPublisherAlinari & CookDate Published1890s View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #41 The Birth and Triumph of Love. A Poem Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorBurges, James BlandHeadlineHand-colored plates of Cupid in fine bindingPublisherPrinted by C. Roworth for T. Egerton, et al.Date Published1796 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #43 Sports of Love, in Six Poems and Six Etchings... Dedicated to the Women of the British Empire Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCraig, W.M.HeadlinePoems of Love, colored plates, finely bound, 1818PublisherPrinted by B.R. Howlett for Thomas M'LeanDate Published1818 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #49 The Geography and Antiquities of Ithaca AuthorGell, WilliamHeadlineThe Geography and Antiquities of IthacaPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, and OrmeDate Published1807 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #58 Travels in the Ionian Isles, Albania, Thessaly, Macedonia, etc., During the Years 1812 and 1813. AuthorHolland, HenryHeadlineHolland's Travels in the Ionian Isles, etc. 1812-13 First EditionPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1815 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #60 His Iliads Translated, Adorn'd with Sculpture, and Illustrated with Annotations, by John Ogilby AuthorHomerHeadlineOgilby's trans. of Homer's Iliad with 50 platesPublisherThomas RoycroftDate Published1660 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #61 Travels in Sicily, Greece and Albania. AuthorHughes, Thomas SmartHeadlineHughes Travels in Sicily Greece and AlbaniaPublisherJ. MawmanDate Published1820 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #62 Photograph album of Italian art, architecture, and life Heading(Italy)HeadlineLate 19th century Italian albumen photo albumDate PublishedLate 19th century View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #65 Der Blaue Reiter AuthorKandinsky, Wassily & Franz MarcHeadlineKandinsky's Blaue Reiter, hand-colored platesPublisherR. Piper & Co.Date Published1914 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #71 The Story of Ferdinand AuthorLeaf, MunroHeadlineFerdinand the Bull signed 1st edition in jacketPublisherViking PressDate Published1936 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #72 WITHDRAWN - Oxonia illustrata, sive Omnium celeberrimæ istius universitatis collegiorum, aularum, bibliothecæ Bodleianæ, scholarum publicarum, Theatri Sheldoniani; nec non urbis totius scenographia. Delineavit & sculpsit Dav: Loggan Univ. Oxon. Chalcographus AuthorLoggan, DavidHeadlineWITHDRAWN - The finest 17th century engraved views of OxfordPublisherTheatro SheldonianoDate Published1675 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #78 From Edinburgh to the Antarctic: An Artist's Notes and Sketches During the Dundee Antarctic Expedition of 1892-93. AuthorMurdoch, W.G. BurnHeadlineScarce whaling narrative 1894PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #86 Piter Pan dans les Jardins de Kensington Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineRackham's Piter Pan one of 20 copies on Japan VellumPublisherHachette et CieDate Published1907 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #87 Piter Pan. Douze Réproductions en Couleur des Originaux de A. Rackham qui ont Servi a l'Illustration de l'Ouvrage de J.M. Barrie. Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)HeadlineFrench edition of Arthur Rackham's Peter Pan PortfolioPublisherHachetteDate Published1911 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #88 Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World Heading(Rackham, Arthur, illustrator)AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineGulliver's Travels finely bound w/Rackham illustrationsPublisherJ.M. Dent & Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #90 Loyal Volunteers of London & Environs, Infantry & Cavalry, in Their Respective Uniforms Representing the Whole of the Manual, Platoon, & Funeral Exercise in 87 Plates AuthorRowlandson, ThomasHeadlineThomas Rowlandson color plates of London uniformsPublisher[Rudolph Ackermann]Date Published[1798-99] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #91 Picturesque Tour of the Seine, From Paris to the Sea... AuthorSauvan, Jean Baptiste Balthazar.HeadlineSauvan's Tour of the Seine color platesPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1821 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #93 Seven Little Stories on Big Subjects Heading(Sendak, Maurice)AuthorBond, Gladys BakerHeadlineSendak illustrates seven stories for the B'nai B'rithPublisherAnti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rithDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #94 The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 AuthorShackleton, E. H.HeadlineShackleton's Heart of the Antarctic 1st UK EdnPublisherHeinemannDate Published1909 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #98 Specimens of tile pavements, drawn from existing authorities AuthorShaw, HenryHeadlineColor plates of ancient British pavement tilesPublisherBasil M. PickeringDate Published1858 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #104 La Venetia Edificata: Poema Eroico con Gli Argomenti del Sig. Francesco Cortesi. AuthorStrozzi, GiulioHeadlineEarly history of Venice with engraved plates 1624PublisherAppresso Antonio PinelliDate Published1624 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #107 Penrod AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineFirst Edition of Penrod, inscribed and in dust jacketPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1914 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #110 Phong Hoa Heading(Vietnam)HeadlineVietnamese modernist journal 1933-4Date Published1932-1934 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #112 WITHDRAWN - A Journey Into Greece, By George Wheler Esq.; In Company of Dr. Spon of Lyons. AuthorWheler, GeorgeHeadlineThe standard 17th century history of GreecePublisherWilliam Cademan, Robert Kettlewell, and Awnsham ChurchillDate Published1682 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #115 The Journal of Joseph Banks in the Endeavor 1768-1771 AuthorBanks, JosephHeadlineJoseph Banks Journal 1768-1771, Forward by HRH Prince PhilipPublisherGenesisDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #118 There is No Natural Religion AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineBlake's No Natural Religion, 1/50 copiesPublisherTrianon PressDate Published1972 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #122 The Official Handbook for Boys Heading(Boy Scouts of America)AuthorBSA Editorial Board and Various ExpertsHeadline1911 US Boy Scout HandbookPublisherBoy Scouts of America/Doubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #124 The Ten Little Mulligan Guards AuthorBraham, David and Edward HarriganHeadlineMcLoughlin Brothers The Ten Little Mulligan GuardsPublisherMcLoughlin BrothersDate Published[1874] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #146 Hyperion: A Romance Heading(Frith, Francis)AuthorLongfellow, Henry W.HeadlineIllustrated with Original Photographs by Francis FrithPublisherAlfred William BennettDate Published1865 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #177 New-England Primer Improved for the more easy attaining the true Reading of English. To which is added, The Assembly of Divines' Catechism Heading(New-England Primer...)HeadlineEarly 19th c. of popular American children's primerPublisherHudson & GoodwinDate Published1803 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #191 Two Suppressed Printed Christmas Card Sketches AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadline2 Rare Sendak Christmas Card SketchesPublisherFarrar Straus & GirouxDate Published1973 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #203 A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland, Containing a General Description of the Kingdom with a Particular Account of the Counties, Islands, Lakes, Rivers, Mountains, Valleys, Cities, Towns, Villages,Objects of Natural History, Scenery of the Country, .... Together with an account of the weights and measures of each county, the revenues of towns, and of all the religious houses at the time of the Reformation, &c, and an Elegant Sheet Map. AuthorWebster, DavidHeadline1817 Topographical Dictionary of ScotlandPublisherD. Schaw, PrinterDate Published1817 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #207 Redrawn by Request: The Great Cartoons of J.R. Williams AuthorWilliams, J.R.HeadlineThe Great Cartoons of J. R. WilliamsPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #208 Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come Heading(Wyeth, N.C., illustrator)AuthorFox, John Jr.HeadlineLimited edition signed by N. C. WyethPublisherCharles Scribner’s SonsDate Published1931 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next