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The Second shewing things Natural and Supernatural Heading(Alchemy)AuthorValentinus, BasiliusHeadlineLast Will and Testament of Basil ValentinePublisherPrinted by S.G. and B.G. for Edward BrewsterDate Published1671 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #8 Autograph Letter Signed about building a transatlantic iron Steam Boat Heading(American Inventor)AuthorBurden, HenryHeadlineProposal for building a transatlantic iron steam boatDate PublishedDec. 30, 1846 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #12 Birds of the Pacific Slope Heading(Arion Press)AuthorGrayson, Andrew JacksonHeadlineThe Audubon of the West from Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1986 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #14 L’Ere Des Robots [The Era/Age Of Robots] Heading(Artificial Intelligence – Robotics)AuthorDucrocq, AlbertHeadlineInscribed by a pioneering French robotic inventorPublisherJulliardDate Published1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #19 The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineFirst octavo edition of Audubon's masterpiecePublisherJ.J. Audubon, E.G. Dorsey for J.J. Audubon, and J.B. ChevalierDate Published1840-1844 View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000Sold for$37,500StatusSold Lot #20 Manuscript Guest Book for the Castello Bar in Mondsee, Austria, with hundreds of autographs of actors, authors, musicians, singers, dancers, race car drivers, and others Heading(Autographs)HeadlineAutographs of show business luminaries, etc.Date Published1952-1988 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #21 Two signed letters from Sir Henry Thompson, one excusing himself from a social engagement due to a medical debate. Heading(Autographs)AuthorThompson, HenryHeadlineSir Henry Thompson Signed LetterPublisherNo publisherDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #22 An Introduction to Geology, Illustrative of the General Structure of the Earth; Comprising the Elements of the Science, and an Outline of the Geology and Mineral Geography of England. AuthorBakewell, RobertHeadlineBakewell's Introduction to Geology, 1st editionPublisherPrinted for J. HardingDate Published1813 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #23 An Introduction to Geology, Illustrative of the General Structure of the Earth; Comprising the Elements of the Science, and an Outline of the Geology and Mineral Geography of England. AuthorBakewell, RobertHeadlineBakewell's Introduction to Geology, 2nd editionPublisherPrinted for J. HardingDate Published1815 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #33 The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists' Magazine - annuals from 1837 and 1842 Heading(Botanical - Gardening)AuthorHarrison, JosephHeadlineIncludes William Cox's copy, eminent gardenerPublisherWhittaker and Co.Date Published1837; 1842 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #34 The Illustrated Botany Heading(Botanical)AuthorComstock, J.L., editorHeadlineWith color litho plates, some hand-coloredDate Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #35 Flore des Serres et des Jardins de l'Europe, ou Descriptions et Figures des Plantes les Plus Rares et les Plus Méritantes - Volume I Heading(Botanical)AuthorVan Houtte, LouisHeadlineVolume I of van Houtte's lovely botany seriesPublisherLouis van HoutteDate Published1845 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #38 Natural History, General and Particular AuthorBuffon, Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, Le Comte deHeadlineA handsome set of Buffon's Natural History, 1785PublisherW. Strahan and T. CadellDate Published1785 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #41 Songs of Nature AuthorBurroughs, John, editorHeadlineInscribed with signature by John BurroughsPublisherMcClure Phillips & Co.Date Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #51 Arms and the Covenant AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineInscribed by Winston S. ChurchillPublisherGeorge G. Harrap & Co. Ltd.Date Published1938 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #59 My African Journey AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's travels in Africa, w/ signaturePublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1908 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #61 The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's The River War, 1899, 1st printingPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #67 The World Crisis AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineThe World Crisis, 6th Duke of Portland's copyPublisherThornton Butterworth LimitedDate Published[1923-1931] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #70 Leçons Elémentaires sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Animaux. [with] Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paléontologie Conchyliologique. Heading(Conchology)AuthorChenu, Jean CharlesHeadlineWith thousands of illustrations of MolluscaDate Published1847-1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #71 L'Histoire Naturelle Éclaircie dans Deux de ses Parties Principales, la Lithologie et la Conchyliologie, dont l'une Traite des Pierres et l'autres des Coquillages... Heading(Conchology)Author[Dezalllier d'Argenville, Antoine Joseph]HeadlineWith 32 copper-engraved plates of MolluscaPublisherMauclerc du BouchetDate Published1762 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #72 A History of British Mollusca, and Their Shells. Heading(Conchology)AuthorForbes, Edward & Sylvanus HanleyHeadlineWith 64 lithographic plates of MolluscaPublisherJohn Van VoorstDate Published1853 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #73 Four works of Conchology Heading(Conchology)HeadlineWith numerous lithograph plates of MollusksDate Publishedc. 1830s-1880s View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #74 Prodrome de Malacologie Française. Catalogue General des Mollusques Vivants de France - Mollusques Marins Heading(Conchology)AuthorLocard, ArnouldHeadlineCatalogue of French Mollusks, 1886PublisherLibrairie Henri Georg & J.-B. BailliereDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #75 Illustrated Index of British Shells. Heading(Conchology)AuthorSowerby, George BrettinghamHeadlineProfusely illustrated w/ hand-colored platesPublisherSimpkin, Marshall, and Co. and the AuthorDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #76 Three volumes of British Conchology Heading(Conchology)HeadlineThree volumes of British ConchologyDate Published1854-1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #77 Index Testaceologicus; or a Catalogue of Shells, British and Foreign, Arranged According to the Linnean System; With the Latin and English Names, References to Authors, and Places Where Found. Heading(Conchology)AuthorWood, W.HeadlineProfusely illustrated w/ hand-colored platesPublisherPrinted for W. Wood.Date Published1825 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #78 Key to North American Birds Containing a Concise Account of Every Species of Living and Fossil Bird AuthorCoues, ElliottHeadlineFirst edition by the noted American ornithologistPublisherNaturalists' AgencyDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #82 Autograph Note Signed about a revised edition of his 1872 book on the Coral Islands AuthorDana, JamesHeadlineNote Signed by Leading American Geologist of the 19th centuryDate PublishedApril 4, 1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #83 The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle During the Years 1832-1836 AuthorDarwin, Charles, editorHeadlineFacsimile limited edition, one of 750 copiesPublisherNova PacificaDate Published1980 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #84 A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos; With Remarks on Their Origin, Their Chemical Phaemonmena, and the Character of Their Products AuthorDaubeny, CharlesHeadlineDaubeny- Description of Active & Extinct VolcanosPublisherW. PhillipsDate Published1826 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #87 Two Editions of Physico-Theology: or, a demonstration of the being and attributes of God, from his Works of Creation. AuthorDerham, W.HeadlineTwo Editions of Physico-Theology by W. DerhamDate Published1758, 1798 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #88 Autograph letter signed by Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Charles DickensDate PublishedApril 1, 1850 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #96 Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise AuthorElliot, Daniel GiraudHeadlineDeluxe facsimile of Birds of ParadisePublisherJohnson Reprint CorporationDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #98 Lathams Falconry: Or The Faulcon's Lure and Cure: in Two Books Heading(Falconry)AuthorLatham, SymonHeadlineSigned by S. Kent Carnie at prefacePublisher[The Bate and Slice Society]Date Published[1957] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #108 Transactions of the Geological Society, Established November 13, 1807. Volume the First. Heading(Geological Society of London)HeadlineTransactions of the Geological Society Vol. IPublisherPrinted for the Society by William PhillipsDate Published1811 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #109 Report on the Geology of Vermont: Descriptive, Theoretical, Economical, and Scenographical.... Heading(Geology)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineGeological report on Vermont w/ mapsPublisherAlbert D. HagerDate Published1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #110 L'Histoire du Costume Feminin Francais de l'an 1037 a l'an 1870 AuthorGiafferri, Paul Louis deHeadlineWith numerous Pochoir plates of French fashionPublisherEditions NilssonDate Published[1922-23] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #120 Die Lehre vom Urteil im Psychologismus: Ein kritisch-positiver Beitrag zur Logik AuthorHeidegger, MartinHeadlinePresentation copy of Heidegger's first bookPublisherJohann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1914 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #124 Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts: In Four Parts: I. Economical Geology. II. Scenographical Geology. II. Scientific Geology. IV. Elementary Geology AuthorHitchcock, EdwardHeadlineFinal Report on the Geology of MassachusettsPublisherJ.S. & C. AdamsDate Published1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #127 Examen de Ingenios: or, the Tryal of Wits. Discovering the great Difference of Wits among Men, and what Sort of Learning suits best with each Genius. AuthorHuartes, JuanHeadlineExplaining the mind through the Humors, 1698PublisherRichard SareDate Published[1698] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #130 Chiromantia Metoposcopia and Physiognomia Odeer Kurtze Anweisung, Wieman Aus Denen Vier Haupt-Lineen in der Hand AuthorIngebern, JohannHeadlineIllustrated guide to palm reading, 1724PublisherWilhelm ForsterDate Published1724 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #133 Systematic Account of the Geology of Tasmania. AuthorJohnston, Robert MackenzieHeadlineIllustrated Account of the Geology of TasmaniaPublisherPublished by the Authority of the GovernmentDate Published1888 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #134 The Owls of North America (North of Mexico) AuthorKaralus, Karl E. and Allan W. EckertHeadlineSigned by Karl E. Karalus and Allan W. EckertPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1974 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #139 Journal of a Landscape Painter in Albania, &c. AuthorLear, EdwardHeadlineEdward Lear's travels and paintings in AlbaniaPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1851 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #142 Note Signed by Joseph Lister AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1897 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #143 Note Signed by Joseph Lister, With Photograph AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister Photo and AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1903 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #148 The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, With Remarks on Theories of The Original of Species by Variation. AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineGeological Evidences of the Antiquity of ManPublisherGeorge W. ChildsDate Published1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #149 A Geological Classification of Rocks, with Descriptive Synopses of the Species and Varieties, Comprising the Elements of Practical Geology. AuthorMacCulloch, JohnHeadlineMacCulloch's Geological Classification of RocksPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #151 Geological Excursions Round the Isle of Wight, and Along the Adjacent Coast of Dorsetshire; Illustrative of the Most Interesting Geological Phenomena, and Organic Remains. AuthorMantell, Gideon AlgernonHeadlineEarly geological travel guide by MantellPublisherHenry G. BohnDate Published[1847] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #152 The Geology of the South-East of England AuthorMantell, Gideon AlgernonHeadlineGeology of South-East of England w/ color mapPublisherLongman, Bees, Orme, Brown, Green, & LongmanDate Published1833 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #153 Thoughts on a Pebble; or a First Lesson in Geology. AuthorMantell, Gideon AlgernonHeadlineA First Lesson in Geology from Gideon MantellPublisherRelfe and FletcherDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #154 The Wonders of Geology AuthorMantell, Gideon AlgernonHeadlineWith six color lithographed platesPublisherRelfe and FletcherDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #158 Autograph Letter Signed about the first Math textbook published in America. Heading(Mathematics)AuthorPike, NicolasHeadlineLetter by the author of the 1st Math textbook in AmericaDate PublishedJan. 1, 1788 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #159 The Botanic Garden Consisting of Highly Finished Representations of Hardy Ornamental Flowering Plants, Cultivated in Great Britain with Their Classification, History, Culture and Other Interesting Information AuthorMaund, BenjaminHeadlineFirst four volumes of Maund's Botanic GardenPublisherBaldwin, Cradock & Joy; Simpkin and MarshallDate Published1825-32 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #160 Leaf Signed by Twenty-Three French Physicians and Zoologists Heading(Medicine and Zoology)HeadlineTwenty-Three Autographs of French Physicians & ZoologistsDate PublishedEarly 19th century? View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #164 The Chronicles of Engeurrand de Monstrelet AuthorMonstrelet, Enguerrand deHeadlineThe Chronicles of Engeurrand de MonstreletPublisherHafod PressDate Published1809 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #165 Large four-sheet indenture document for sale of property, signed by the Earl of Sandwich and others AuthorMontagu, John, 4th Earl of SandwichHeadlineEarl of Sandwich signs a documentDate Published23 March, 1743 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #171 Selections from Mr. Nicholson's Journal: A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts. AuthorNicholson, WilliamHeadlineUnique selecrtion of works by William NicholsonDate Publishedc. 1806 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #173 Autographed letter [framed with] engraved portrait of James Paget AuthorPaget, JamesHeadlineSigned letter and portrait of James PagetDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #174 Select Views of London; With Historical and Descriptive Sketches of Some of the Most Interesting of Its Public Buildings AuthorPapworth, John B.Headline76 aquatints of London 1816PublisherPrinted for R. AckermannDate Published1816 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #180 The Silent Friend, A Medical Work on Human Frailty, Onanisn and its Dreadful Consequences and on Venereal and Syphilitic Disease AuthorPerry, R. and L. & Co.HeadlineWith 5 color plates of disease symptomsPublisherPublished by R. and L. Perry & Co.Date Published[c.1840] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #188 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History with rare variant title pagePublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1635-1634 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #193 Two Autograph Letters Signed relating to treatment of insanity in the late 19th century Heading(Psychiatry - Insanity)Headline2 late 19th c. letters relating to treatment of insanityDate Published1876-1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #194 Letter on international recognition of ostracized Communist China Heading(Psychology)AuthorFromm, ErichHeadlineNoted psychologist advocates UN recognition of ChinaDate PublishedApril 18, 1963 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #198 The Geology of the Island of Arran, From Original Survey. AuthorRamsay, Andrew CrombieHeadlinePresentation copy of Tour in Arran w/ color mapPublisherRichard Griffin & CompanyDate Published[1841] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #204 Considerations on Volcanos, the Probable Causes of Their Phenomena, the Laws Which Determine Their March, the Disposition of Their Products, and Their Connexion with the Present State and Past History of the Globe; Leading to the Establishment of a New Theory of the Earth AuthorScrope, G. PoulettHeadlineConsiderations on Volcanos, Sen. Rensselaer's copyPublisherW. PhillipsDate Published1825 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #218 Familiar Wild Birds AuthorSwaysland, W.HeadlineProfusely illustrated w/ full-page color platesPublisherCassell & Company, LimitedDate Publishedc. 1883-1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #227 The Bridgewater Treatises on the Power Wisdom and Goodness of God, Eight Authors in Twelve Volumes. AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineBridgewater Treatises - Science and TheologyPublisherWilliam PickeringDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #231 Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video AuthorVidal, Emeric EssexHeadlineRare color plate book on Argentina 1820PublisherR. AckermannDate Published1820 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #233 Certificate of Election Signed by John C. Warren Heading(Warren, John C.)HeadlineJohn C. Warren AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #234 Benjamin Waterhouse Clipped Signature AuthorWaterhouse, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Waterhouse AutographDate PublishedEarly/mid 19th century View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #236 The Mansions of England. One Hundred and Forty-Six Coloured Engravings of County Seats of the Royal Family, Nobility and Gentry. AuthorWestall, William, et al.HeadlineMansions of England 146 color platesPublisherM.A. NattaliDate Published[c.1830s?] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #237 Astronomy and General Physics Considered With Reference to Natural Theology AuthorWhewell, WilliamHeadlineTheological perspectives on Astronomy & PhysicsPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1834 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #238 Geological Survey of California. Geology. Volume I. Report of Progress and Synopsis of the Field-Work, From 1860 to 1864 AuthorWhitney, J. D.HeadlineWhitney's Geological Survey of CaliforniaPublisherPublished by the Authority of the Legislature of CaliforniaDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #240 Autograph Letter Signed about the British Museum’s collection of reptiles and amphibians Heading(Zoology and Herpetology)AuthorDumeril, AugusteHeadline1865 Letter from leading French HerpetologistDate PublishedApril 7, 1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next