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AckermannDate Published[1808-1810] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #40 Dissertatio de Animi Affectionum Physica Causa et Loco ac de Tabaci Usu AuthorFabra, Luigi DallaHeadlineTreatise in Latin on the effects of tobacco 1702PublisherTypis Bernardini PomatelliDate Published1702 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #44 Josephine, Imperatrice et Reine Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorMasson, FredericHeadlineFrederic Masson's Josephine finely boundPublisherGoupil et CieDate Published1899 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold 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 #50 The Itinerary of Greece with a Commentary on Pausanias and Strabo and an Account of the Monuments of Antiquity at Present Existing in That Country AuthorGell, WilliamHeadlineThe Itinerary of Greece - the Blackmer copyPublisherT. PayneDate Published1810 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #51 A Picturesque Tour along the Rhine, from Mentz to Cologne: With Illustrations of the Scenes of Remarkable Events, and of Popular Traditions AuthorGerning, Baron J.J. vonHeadlineGerning's Views on the Rhine fabulous color platesPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1820 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold 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 #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 #64 Examples of Chinese Ornament Selected from Objects in the South Kensington Museum and other Collections AuthorJones, OwenHeadline19th century Chinese design in color lithographyPublisherS. & T. GilbertDate Published1867 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold 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 #79 The Life of Napoleon, A Hudibrastic Poem in Fifteen Cantos by Doctor Syntax Heading(Napoleon Bonaparte)Author[Combe, William]HeadlineDoctor Syntax and the Life of NapoleonPublisherT. TeggDate Published1817 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #80 Narrative of the Surrender of Buonaparte... Heading(Napoleon Bonaparte)AuthorMaitland, F.L.HeadlineMaitland's Surrender of NapoleonPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1826 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #89 Designs in Architecture for Garden Chairs, Small Gates for Villas, Park Entrances, Aviarys, Temples, Boat Houses, Mausoleums, and Bridges; with Their Plans, Elevations, and Sections, Accompanied with Scenery, &c. AuthorRobertson, WilliamHeadlineAckermann color plates Designs in Architecture for GardensPublisherR. Ackermann's Repository of ArtsDate Published1800 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #149 Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence on Morals and Happiness AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineCornerstone of Anarchist ThoughtPublisherPrinted by Bioren and MadanDate Published1796 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #164 "Bain" Masonic Reprints (The Secret History of the Free-Masons; Known as the "Briscoe" Copy of the Old Charges; The Preface to Long Livers: A Curious History &c.; Dr. Dassigny's "Enquiry" Reproduced in Exact Facsimile; Together with an Introductory Sketch on Royal Arch Masonry 1743-1893; The Orientation or Direction of Temples, by William Simpson; Builders' Rites and Ceremonies by G.W. Speth) Heading(Masonic)HeadlineThe Secret History of the Free-Masons View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #179 Rerum memorabilium sive deperditarum AuthorPanciroli, GuidoHeadlinePanciroli's 1660 encyclopaedic history of arts & technologyPublisherHeirs of G. SchoenwetterDate Published1660 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #189 Memoirs of the Mexican Revolution, Including a Narrative of the Expedition of General Xavier Mina, to which are Annexed Some Observations on the Practicability of Opening a Commerce Between the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, through the Mexican Isthmus... AuthorRobinson, William DavisHeadlineMemoirs of the Mexican RevolutionPublisherLackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & LepardDate Published1821 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next