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To which is annexed an account of a journey made in the years 1801 and 1802 to the residence of the chiefs of the Booshuana nation, being the remotest point in the interior of Southern Africa to which Europeans have hitherto penetrated... AuthorBarrow, JohnHeadlineBarrow's Cochinchina with aquatint plates 1806PublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1806 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #9 Nine Sumi Ink Paintings of the Northern California Coast and Waterways AuthorBentley, WilderHeadlineNine Sumi Ink Drawings by Wilder BentleyDate Published1952-1964 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #11 Approximately 175 engraved plates after Jan Luyken, Bernard Picart, Gerard Hoet and others of illustrated suites of the Bible Heading(Bible Illustrations)Author**HeadlineEngraved illustrated suites of the BibleDate Publishedc.1705 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #24 Memoires concernant l'histoire, les sciences, les arts; les moeurs, les usages, &c. des Chinois: Par les Missionaires de Pekin Heading(China)AuthorAmiot, Jean Joseph Marie, et al.HeadlineMemoires Chinois 15 vols. 1776-91PublisherNyonDate Published1776-1791 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #25 Journal du voyage de Siam fait en 1685. & 1686. AuthorChoisy, Abbé deHeadlineChoisy's Voyage de Siam 1687PublisherSebastien Mabre-CramoisyDate Published1687 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #31 London to Ladysmith, via Pretoria AuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineLondon to Ladysmith, via Pretoria First EditionPublisherLongmans, Green and Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #38 My African Journey AuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineWinston Churchill My African Journey 1st EdnPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1908 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #40 The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan AuthorChurchill, Winston SpencerHeadlineChurchill's the River War First Edition 1899PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #59 Representation of the Death of Capt. Cook Heading(Cook, James)Author**HeadlineEngraving of Death of Captain Cook 1781PublisherS.A. CamberlegeDate PublishedJuly 1, 1781 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #60 Series Chronologica Iconum Rom. Pontificum AuthorCoppa, StephanoHeadlinePopes' portraits, engr. 1783 Stephano CoppaPublisherCoppaDate Published1783 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #61 Etre Dieu: Opera-Poeme, Audiovisuel et Catharre en six parties AuthorDali, SalvadorHeadlineEtre Dieu by Salvador Dali, 3 parts w/LP recordsPublisherEditorial MediterraniaDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #62 Hindoo excavations in the mountain of Ellora, near Aurungabad, in the Decan, in twenty-four views, from the drawings of James Wales, under the direction of Thomas Daniell AuthorDaniell, Thomas & James WalesHeadlineDaniell's Hindoo Excavations wth 24 plates 1816PublisherWilliam Daniell, & Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1816 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #63 A Picturesque Voyage to India by the way of China AuthorDaniell, William & ThomasHeadlineDaniell Voyage to India 50 aquatint platesPublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1810 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #66 A Description of the Empire of China and Chinese-Tartary, together with the kingdoms of Korea, and Tibet: containing the geography and history (natural as well as civil) of those countries AuthorDu Halde, Jean-BaptisteHeadlineDu Halde's Description of China w/ maps & platesPublisherPrinted by T. Gardner...for Edward CaveDate Published1738-1741 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #69 An Account of the Empire of China, Historical, Political, Moral and Religious. A Short Description of that Empire, and Notable Examples of its Emperors and Ministers... AuthorFernandez Navarette, DomingoHeadlineFernandez Navarette's China 1752PublisherHenry Lintot & John OsbornDate Published[1752] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #94 Autograph manuscript draft of The Fisherman Under the Southern Cross AuthorGrey, RomerHeadlineautograph mss draft of Romer Grey's SouthernCrossDate Published[c.1925] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #99 Beschryving van Guiana, of de wildekust, in Zuid-America, betreffende de aardrykskunde en historie des lands, de zeeden en gewoontes der inwooners, de dieren, vogels, visschen, boomen en gewassen, als mede de eerste ontdekking dier kust, de bezittingen der Spanjaarden, Franschen en Portugeezen en voornaamelyk de volkplantingen der Nederlanderen, als Essequebo, Demerary, Berbice, Suriname, en derzelver rivieren, met de noodige kaarten en afbeeldingen der forten. Waarby komt eene verhandeling over den aart en de gewoontes der neger-slaaven AuthorHartsinck, Jan JakobHeadlineHartsinck's History of Guiana 1770PublisherGerrit TielenburgDate Published1770 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #103 Catalogue of specimens and travel narrative by the naturalist Ludwig Kumlien while on the Howgate Expedition Heading(Howgate Polar Expedition)AuthorKumlien, LudwigHeadlineLudwig Kumlien's 1877-78 Howgate Exp. journalDate Published[1877-1878] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #104 The Natural History of Barbados. In Ten Books AuthorHughes, GriffithHeadlineHughes' Natural History of Barbados 1750PublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1750 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #114 China Monumentis qua Sacris quà Profanis, Nec non variis Naturæ & Artis Spectaculis, Aliarumque rerum memorabilium Argumentis Illustrata.... AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineKircher's China Monumentis 1667 maps & platesPublisherApud Joannem Janssonium a Waesberge & Elizeum WeyerstraetDate Published1667 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #116 Memoirs and observations topographical, physical, mathematical, mechanical, natural, civil, and ecclesiastical. Made in a late journey through the empire of China, and published in several letters... AuthorLe Comte, LouisHeadlineLe Comte's Memoirs of China 1699PublisherPrinted for Benjamin TookeDate Published1699 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #117 "We" AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineCharles Lindbergh "We" 1 of 1000 signed copiesPublisherPutnamDate Published1927 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #122 Ahyouwaighs Chief or the Six Nations AuthorMcKenney, Thomas L. & James HallHeadlineMcKenney & Hall lithograph of Indian ChiefPublisherF.W. GreenhoughDate Published1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #123 Waa-Pa-Shaw, a Sioux Chief AuthorMcKenney, Thomas L. & James HallHeadlineMcKenney & Hall lithograph of Indian ChiefPublisherF.W. GreenhoughDate Published1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #128 Atlas Chinensis: Being a Second Part of a Relation of Remarkable Passages in Two Embassies from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Vice-Roy Singlamong and General Taising Lipovi, and to Konchi, Emperor of China and East Tartary… AuthorMontanus, ArnoldusHeadlineMontanus' Atlas Chinensis w/ maps & plates 1671PublisherPrinted by Tho. Johnson for the AuthorDate Published1671 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #133 The history of the conquest of China by the Tartars· Together with an account of several remarkable things, concerning the religion, manners, and customes of both nations, but especially of the latter. First writ in Spanish, by Señór Palafox Bishop of Osma, and Vice-Roy of Mexico. And now rendred English AuthorPalafox y Mendoza, Juan deHeadlinePalafox Conquest of China by Tartars 1671PublisherPrinted by W. Godbid, and sold by M. PittDate Published1671 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #145 The history of that great and renowned monarchy of China. VVherein all the particular provinces are accurately described: as also the dispositions, manners, learning, lawes, militia, government, and religion of the people. Together with the traffick and commodities of that countrey AuthorSemedo, AlvaroHeadlineSemedo's History of China 1655 with mapPublisherPrinted by E. Tyler for Iohn CrookDate Published1655 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #151 The Costume of Hindostan Elucidated by Sixty Coloured Engraving; With Descriptions in English and French, Taken in the Years 1798 and 1799 AuthorSolvyns, [Frans] Balt[asar]HeadlineThe Costume of Hindostan 60 color platesPublisherEdward OrmeDate Published1807 [but circa 1821] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #152 Voyage aux Indes Orientales et la Chine. Fait par ordre du Roi, depuis 1774 jusqu'en 1781. Dans lequel on traite des moeurs de la religion, des sciences & des arts des Indiens, des Chinois, des Pégouins & des Madégasses; suivi d'observations sur le cap de Bonne-Espérance, les isles de France & de Bourbon, les Maldives, Ceylan, Malacca, les Philippines & les Moluques, & de recherches sur l'histoire naturelle de ces pays AuthorSonnerat, [Pierre]HeadlineSonnerat's Voyage to India & China w/2 maps 1782PublisherChez l'Auteur, Froule, Nyon, BarroisDate Published1782 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #153 An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China [+ 2 others] AuthorStaunton, George LeonardHeadlineStaunton's Embassy to ChinaPublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer for G. NicolDate Published1797 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #154 Narrative of a five years expedition, against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, in Guiana, on the Wild Coast of South America; from the year 1772, to 1777: elucidating the History of that Country, and describing its Productions, Viz. Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, & Roots; with an account of the Indians of Guiana, & Negroes of Guinea. AuthorStedman, J[ohn] G[abriel]HeadlineStedman's Revolted Negroes of Surinam 1796PublisherJ. Johnson & J. EdwardsDate Published1796 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #158 Regni Chinensis descriptio. Ex Variis Authoribus AuthorTrigault, NicolasHeadlineTrigault's China from Elzivir Press 1639PublisherOfficina ElzevirianaDate Published1639 & 1631 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next