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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Collection of nine Americana titles, plus a scrap book of original photographs and newspaper clippings during a trip through California View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Americana)Author**Headline8 Americana titles + scrapbookDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #6 Eleven volumes of Americana View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Americana)Author**HeadlineEleven volumes of AmericanaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #8 Ten works of Americana View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Americana)Author**HeadlineTen titles (in 13 vols) of Americana booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #14 The British Mercury View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorArchenholtz, Johann Wilhelm von, editorHeadlineThe British Mercury Volumes 12-15PublisherB.C. HoffmanDate Published1790 Lot #18 The Art Journal - New Series, Volumes 1-5 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Art Journal)Author**HeadlineArt Journal New Series, Vols 1-5, 1875-79PublisherD. AppletonDate Published1875-1879 Lot #36 A Frail Memorial: Being Selections from the Writings and Engravings of Thomas Bewick View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Heading(Cherryburn Press)AuthorBewick, ThomasHeadlineThos Bewick Frail Memorial Cherryburn Press 1/100PublisherCherryburn PressDate Published[1975] Lot #45 Boswell on the Grand Tour: Italy, Corsica, and France, 1765-1766 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Author[Boswell, James]HeadlineBoswell on the Grand TourPublisherHeinemannDate Published1955 Lot #50 Osiris and the Egyptian Resurrection View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBudge, E.A. WallisHeadlineOsiris and the Egyptian Resurrection 2 vols w/djsPublisherMedici SocietyDate Published[1911] Lot #54 Nine volumes of Californiana View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(California)Author**HeadlineNine volumes of CalifornianaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #60 London to Ladysmith, via Pretoria View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineLondon to Ladysmith, via Pretoria First EditionPublisherLongmans, Green and Co.Date Published1900 Lot #61 London to Ladysmith via Pretoria View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold HeadingzzbAuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineLondon to Ladysmith via Pretoria London 1900PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1900 Lot #62 Lord Randolph Churchill View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzbAuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineWinston S. Churchill's bio of Lord RandolphPublisherMacmillanDate Published1906 Lot #63 The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold HeadingzzbAuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineRiver War by Churchill in 2 vols 1899PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1899 Lot #64 The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineStory of the Malakand Field Force 1898PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1898 Lot #65 The World Crisis View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold HeadingzzbAuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineThe World Crisis 5 vols (in 6) 1st English edsPublisherThornton ButterworthDate Published[1923-1931] Lot #72 A Treatise on the Wealth, Power, and Resources of the British Empire in Every Quarter of the World, Including the East Indies... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorColquhoun, P[atrick]HeadlineWealth, Power & Resources of Great BritainPublisherJoseph MawmanDate Published1814 Lot #105 Twelve titles in trade cloth bindings View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Decorative Cloth Bindings)Author**HeadlineTwelve titles in trade cloth bindingsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #109 Histoire de la Maison de Bourbon View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDesormeaux, [Joseph Louis Ripault]HeadlineHistoire de la Maison de BourbonPublisherL'Imprimerie RoyaleDate Published1772-1788 Lot #115 A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece, During the Years 1801, 1805, and 1806 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorDodwell, EdwardHeadlineDodwell's Tour Through GreecePublisherRodwell and MartinDate Published1819 Lot #121 Memoirs of John Evelyn, Esq. F.R.S. Author of the "Sylva," &c. &c. Comprising His Diary, from 1641 to 1705-6, and a Selection of His Familiar Letters. To Which is Subjoined, the Private Correspondence Between Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorEvelyn, JohnHeadlineMemoirs of John Evelyn in 5 vols 1827PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1827 Lot #126 The Comic History of Rome View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorA'Beckett, Gilbert AbbottHeadlineComic History of Rome bound by RivierePublisherBradbury, Agnew, & Co.Date Published[c. 1870] Lot #135 Marlborough: His Life and Times View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's Life of Marlborough Finely BoundPublisherHarrapDate Published[1933-38] Lot #142 The History of England, From the Earliest Times to the Death of George II View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineGoldsmith's History of England 1825 Finely BoundPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1825 Lot #147 Six volumes in deluxe publisher's binding View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLacroix, PaulHeadline6 vols in deluxe binding by Paul LacroixPublisherLibrairie de Firmin-DidotDate Published1877-1885 Lot #148 [Works] - in 6 volumes View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorLamb, CharlesHeadlineCharles Lamb works, in 6 finely bound volumesPublisherMacmillanDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #155 Napoleon st Son Temps View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPeyre, RogerHeadlineNapoleon st Son Temps Fabulous Bindings!PublisherFirmin DidotDate Published1896 Lot #167 Four two-volume sets of finely bound works View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineFour two-volume sets of finely bound worksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #168 Seven finely bound volumes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSeven finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #169 Seven finely bound works View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSeven finely bound worksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #171 Six finely bound volumes, including one inscribed by the author View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**Headline6 finely bound books, including 1 signed by authorDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #172 Six works in fifteen finely bound volumes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineSix works in fifteen finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #173 Ten finely bound volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineTen finely bound volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #174 Eight volumes from fine presses View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Press)Author**Headline8 volumes from fine pressesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #175 Nine volumes from fine presses View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Fine Press)Author**HeadlineNine volumes from fine pressesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #176 Ten volumes from fine presses View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Press)Author**HeadlineTen volumes from fine pressesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #187 The fatal effects of gambling exemplified in the murder of Wm. Weare, and the trial and fate of John Thurtell, the murderer and his accomplices; with biographical sketches of the parties concerned, and a comment on the extraordinary circumstances developed in the narrative, in which gambling is proved to be the source of forgery, robbery, murder, and general demoralization. To which is added, The gambler's scourge : a complete exposé of the whole system of gambling in the metropolis, with memoirs and anecdotes of notorious blacklegs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Gambling & Murder)Author**HeadlineFatal Effects of Gambling, 1824PublisherThomas KellyDate Published1824 Lot #206 A Biographical History of England from Egbert the Great to the Revolution [With] A Supplement, Consisting of Corrections and Large Additions, To A Biographical History of England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorGranger, J[ames]HeadlineGranger's Biographical History of EnglandPublisherT. DaviesDate Published1769-1774 Lot #209 A Popular History of France, From the Earliest Times View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGuizot, [Francois Pierre Guillaume]HeadlinePopular History of France in 7 vols by GuizotPublisherDana Estes and Charles E. LauriatDate Published[c. 1880] Lot #212 The Spirit of the Ghetto View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorHapgood, HutchinsHeadlineHutchins Hapgood The Spirit of the GhettoPublisherFunk & WagnallsDate Published1902 Lot #215 The Automobile: A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor Cars, Steam, Petrol, Electric and Petrol-Electric View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHasluck, Paul N., editorHeadlineThe Automobile 1909 Special EditionPublisherCassell and CompanyDate Published[1909] Lot #218 Twenty-one titles in history, literature and science View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(History, Literature and Science)Author**Headline21 titles in history, literature and scienceDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #219 Six titles on the history of France and England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(History)Author**Headline6 titles on the history of France and EnglandDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #233 Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F.P. Blackwood, R.N. in Torres Strait, New Guinea, and Other Islands of the Eastern Archipelago, During the Years 1842-1846: Together with an Excursion into the Interior of the Eastern Part of Java View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorJukes, J. BeeteHeadlineSurveying Voyage of H.M.S. FlyPublisherT. & W. BooneDate Published1847 Lot #235 Campaigns of King William and the Duke of Marlborough...Also a New System of Military Discipline, for Foot in Action, with the Most Essential Exercise for Cavalry View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorKane, RichardHeadlineCampaigns of King William 2nd Edition 1747PublisherJ. MillanDate Published1747 Lot #246 Précis Historique de la Révolution Francaise View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorLacretelle, [Charles de]HeadlinePrecis Historique Revolution Francaise 6 volsPublisherChez Onfroy / Treuttel et WurtzDate Published1792-1816 Lot #248 Prince Charles Edward View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorLang, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Lang Prince Charles EdwardPublisherGoupil & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #259 Five titles from the Limited Editions Club View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions Club)Author**HeadlineFive titles from the Limited Editions ClubDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #266 Dictaten Over Theoretische Natuurkunde Naar de Colleges van Prof[essor] Dr. H[endrik] A[ntoon] Lorentz View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Lorentz, Hendrik Antoon)Author**HeadlineLecture Notes from Prof. Hendrik A. Lorentz 1909Date Published1909-1912 Lot #269 The Pilgrimage of the Life of Man...From the French of Guillaume de Deguileville... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLydgate, JohnHeadlinePilgrimage of the Life of Man, John Lydgate 1905PublisherNichols and SonsDate Published1905 Lot #280 Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMiles, Henry DownesHeadlinePugilistica: The History of British Boxing 3 volsPublisherJohn GrantDate Published1906 Lot #284 Essais de Michel de Montaigne View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorMontaigne, Michel deHeadlineEssais de Michel de Montaigne 5 vols 1826PublisherChez LefèvreDate Published1826 Lot #293 Fourteen titles printed by John Henry Nash View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Nash, John Henry)Author**Headline14 titles in 16 volumes from John Henry NashPublisherJohn Henry NashDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #305 Memoirs of Samuel Pepys View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorPepys, SamuelHeadlineMemoirs of Samuel Pepys First EditionPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1825 Lot #313 A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorPortlock, NathanielHeadlinePortlock's Voyage Around the World 1789PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1789 Lot #316 Le Costume Historique View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorRacinet, M.A.HeadlineRacinet Le Costume Historique Folio EditionPublisherFirmin DidotDate Published1888 Lot #321 Thebes: Its Tombs and Their Tenants Ancient and Present Including a Record of Excavations in the Necropolis View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorRhind, A. HenryHeadlineThebes: Its Tombs and Their TenantsPublisherLongman, Green, et alDate Published1862 Lot #324 Portrait of Mexico View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Rivera, Diego)AuthorWolfe, Bertram D.HeadlinePortrait of Mexico signed by Diego RiveraPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published[1937] Lot #328 The Ancient History Of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorRollin, [Charles]HeadlineAncient History Of the Egyptians, etc. 2nd edPublisherJohn and Pual KnaptonDate Published1738-1740 Lot #341 A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, towards the Antarctic Polar Circle and round the World: but chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorSparrman, AndersHeadlineSparrman's Voyage 1785PublisherG.G.J. & J. RobinsonDate Published1785 Lot #347 Fritiofs Saga: Svea Nattvardsbarnen Axel View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorTegnér, EsaiasHeadlineFritiofs Saga: Svea Nattvardsbarnen Axel 1933PublisherSaxon & LindströmsDate Published[1933] Lot #353 Historical Collections, Out of Several Grave Protestant Historians, Concerning the Changes of Religion, and the Strange Confusions Following: In the Reigns of King Henry the Eight. Edward the Sixth. Queen Mary and Elizabeth... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Author[Touchet, George]HeadlineCollections from Protestant Historians 1686PublisherPrinted by Henry HillsDate Published1686 Lot #359 All About Coffee View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorUker, William H.HeadlineAll About Coffee signed by Wm Uker 2nd edPublisherThe Tea & Coffee Trade Journal CompanyDate Published1935 Lot #369 The Historian's History of the World View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorWilliams, Henry Smith, editorHeadlineThe Historian's History of the WorldPublisherOutlookDate Published1904 Lot #375 Nine titles of world history and travel and exploration View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(World History)Author**Headline9 titles of history & travel & explorationDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #376 Two by Richard Wright View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorWright, RichardHeadlineTwo by Richard WrightPublisherHarper & BrotherDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #380 A Popular History of Germany, From the Earliest Period to the Present Day View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorZimmermann, WilliamHeadlineA Popular History of Germany by ZimmermannPublisherHenry J. 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