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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 The Origins of Totalitarianism AuthorArendt, HannahHeadlineArendt's Origins of Totalitarianism, 1st ed.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1951 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #14 Stereoskopbilder vom Sternhimmel Heading(Astronomy)AuthorWolf, MaxHeadlineStereoviews of the night skyPublisherVerlag von Johann Ambrosius BarthDate Published1909-1918 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #35 Three works on early photography by M.P.W. Boulton, bound together AuthorBoulton, M.P.W. [Matthew Piers Watt]HeadlineEarly attempts at photographyPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1863; 1864; 1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #43 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineDuncan's Caesar with plates & maps, 1753PublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #52 The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes Heading(Civil War)AuthorMiller, Francis Trevelyan, editorHeadlineComplete Photographic History of the Civil WarPublisherThe Review of Reviews Co.Date Published1911-12 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #56 Christopher Columbus His Own Book of Privileges 1502: Photographic Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Archives of the Foreign Office in Paris, now for the first time published, with expanded text translation into English Heading(Columbus, Christopher)AuthorStevens, Benjamin Franklin, compiler & editorHeadlinePublisher's copy of Columbus' Book of PrivilegesPublisherB.F. StevensDate Published1892 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #61 Contract for a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban Chinese indentured servant who "deserted"Date Published1872-[1877] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #62 Manuscript Expediente regarding a slave as the subject of an inheritance Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineA slave inherited in Cuba, 1870 manuscriptDate Publishedc.1870 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #63 Manuscript listing on printed form of Chinese indentures servants/slaves being imported into Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineListing of Chinese slaves in Cuba 1862Date Publishedc.1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #64 Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese & Black slaves sold in CubaDate Published1856-57 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #65 Two contracts for Chinese indentured servants/slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContracts for Cuban Chinese indentured servantsDate Published1872-[1877] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #72 The Worship of the Serpent Traced Throughout the World, and its Traditions Referred to the Events in Paradise: Proving the Temptation and Fall of Man by the Instrumentality of a Serpent Tempter. AuthorDeane, John BathurstHeadlineTheological treatise on snake worshipPublisherJ. Hatchard and Son; C.J.G. & F. RivingtonDate Published1830 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #87 With Edison at Schenectady, 1892 Heading(Edison, Thomas Alva)AuthorButler, William H.HeadlineEdison at Schenectady industrial photo albumPublisherAmerican Aristotype Co.Date Published1892 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #88 The Decrees of Memphis and Canopus Heading(Egypt)AuthorBudge, E.A. WallisHeadlineWallis Budge study of the Rosetta StonePublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Ltd.Date Published1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #103 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, First Edition of all vols.PublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1776-1788 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #104 American Whalers in the Western Arctic: The Final Epoch of the Great American Sailing Whaling Fleet AuthorGilkerson, WilliamHeadlineWith 12 color plates signed by the artistPublisherEdward J. LefkowiczDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #105 Historia Di M. Bernardo Giustiniano Gentiluomo Vinitiano. Dell Origine de Vinegia, & Delle Cose Fatte da Vinitiani. Nella Quale Anchora Ampiamente Tradotta da Lodovico Domenichi AuthorGiustiniani, BernardoHeadlineGiustiniani's History of Venice, 1545Publisher[Bernardo Bindoni]Date Published[1545] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #115 Windsor Castle. An Architectural History AuthorHope, W. H., St. JohnHeadlineHistory of the Windsor Castle's ArchitecturePublisherCountry LifeDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #124 The History of the Lives and Actions of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Street-Robbers, &c. &c. To Which is Added a Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the Most Noted Pirates AuthorJohnson, CharlesHeadlineHighwaymen, Street-Robbers and Pirates 1814PublisherPrinted for John Thomson Jun. and Co., Longman et al.Date Published1814 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #133 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 1849PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #137 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineWritings of Lincoln, Constitutional EditionPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published[1905-1906] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #143 Lecons sur l'étiologie et la prophylaxie de la fièvre jaune données a la fin de l'année 1884 aux eleves de clinique interne... augmentées de plusieurs notes sur des faits observés postérieurement, et d'une préface écrite par M. le Dr. D. Eduardo Liceaga Heading(Medical)AuthorCarmona y Valle, ManuelHeadlineYellow fever treatise w/ albumen photos 1885PublisherImp. du Ministère des Travaux PublicsDate Published1885 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #145 Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis Heading(Medical)AuthorClymer, MeredithHeadlineWith map of New York 1872 Meningitis outbreakPublisherLindsay & BlakistonDate Published1872 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #154 The X Ray or Photography of the Invisible and Its Value in Surgery Heading(Medical)AuthorMorton, William J. and Edwin HammerHeadlineEarly reference book for X-Rays in AmericaPublisherAmerican Technical Book Co.Date Published1896 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #157 Medical Inquiries and Observations upon the Diseases of the Mind Heading(Medical)AuthorRush, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Rush on mania, derangement, psychiatryPublisherKimber & RichardsonDate Published1812 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #172 Histoire Generale de Normandie. AuthorMoulin, Gabriel duHeadlineHistory of Normandy, 1631PublisherJean OsmontDate Published1631 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #173 Zoology of New-York, or New-York Fauna...Part V. Mollusca Heading(Natural History - New York)AuthorDe Kay, James E.HeadlineNatural History of New-York Part V: MolluscaPublisherCarroll and Cook, Printers to the AssemblyDate Published1843 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 in 2 volumes 1634PublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #197 American Entomology, or, Descriptions of the Insects of North America AuthorSay, ThomasHeadlineThomas Say, American Entomology 1824-5PublisherPhiladelphia Museum / Samuel Augustus MitchellDate Published1824-5 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #199 The World in Miniature AuthorSchoberl, Frederic, editorHeadlineComplete set, with numerous color platesPublisherR. AckermannDate Published[1821] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #203 Modernism Rediscovered AuthorShulman, JuliusHeadlineJulius Shulman in lavish Taschen editionPublisherTaschen PressDate Published2007 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #204 Historiarum de occidentali imperio Libri XX. AuthorSigonio, CarloHeadline1578 1st Ed Sigonio's History of Roman EmpirePublisherSocietatem Typographiae BononiensisDate Published1578 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #229 The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, Including Their Private Life, Government, Laws, Arts, Manufactures, Religion, Agriculture and Early History... AuthorWilkinson, J.G.HeadlineWilkinson's History of the Egyptians, first editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #267 Jazz Heading(Twelvetrees Press)AuthorClaxton, WilliamHeadlineJazz, signed by William ClaxtonPublisherTwelvetrees PressDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next