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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 #6 The Birth, Life and Acts of King Arthur, of His Nobel Knight of the Round Table, Their Marvellous Enquests and Adventures, the Achieving of the San Greal and in the End Le Morte Darthur with the Dolourous Death and Departing Out of this World of Them All Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey)AuthorMalory, Sir ThomasHeadlineLe Morte d'Arthur Beardsley IllustrationsPublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #16 For Children. The Gates of Paradise AuthorBlake, WilliamHeadlineMuir facsimile of Blakes Gates of ParadisePublisher[William Muir]Date Published[1888] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #17 The Commentaries of Caesar, Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse Concerning the Roman Art of War AuthorCaesar, Caius JuliusHeadlineCaesar's Commentaries 1753 folio editionPublisherJ. & R. Tonson, et al.Date Published1753 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #21 The History of the Most Renowned Don Quixote of Mancha: And his Trusty Squire Sancho Pancha. Now Made English according to the Humour of our Modern Language. And Adorned with several Copper Plates AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineIllustrated edition of Don Quixote 1687PublisherPrinted by Tho. Hodgkin, and are to be sold by John NewtonDate Published1687 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold 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 #57 A Survey Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)AuthorBeerbohm, MaxHeadlineMax Beerbohm A SurveyPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #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 #65 La Légende du Juif Errant. Compositions et Dessins par Gustave Doré, gravés sur bois par Rouget, Jahyer et Gauchard AuthorDoré, GustaveHeadlineDoré's Wandering Jew 1862PublisherLibrairie du Magasin PittoresqueDate Published1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$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 #71 Nell Gwynne, 1650-1687 Headingzzh(Fine Binding - Cosway Style)AuthorDasent, Arthur IrwinHeadlineNell Gwynne in a Cosway-Style BindingPublisherMacmillanDate Published1924 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #72 Reynard the Fox, A Poem in Twelve Cantos Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorHolloway, E.W., translatorHeadlineReynard the Fox Finely Bound by Kelly & SonsPublisherA.H. Payne / W. FrenchDate Published[1852] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #76 The Seasons Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThomson, JamesHeadlineThomson's Seasons Finely BoundPublisherNonesuch PressDate Published1927 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #77 Poetry. Seventh Series Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorAbdy, Mrs. [Maria Smith]HeadlineFore Edge Painting of Wimborne Minster, DorsetPublisherJ. RobinsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #78 Poems and Songs Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorBurns, RobertHeadlineRobert Burns Poems & Songs Fore Edge PaintingPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1858 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #79 The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorClarendon, Edward [Earl of]HeadlineFore Edge Painting of London LandmarksPublisherUniversity PressDate Published1839 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #80 The Christian Philosopher Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorDick, ThomasHeadlineFore Edge Painting of Dundee ScotlandPublisherWilliam CollinsDate Published[1846] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #81 The Poetical Works Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorHowitt, Mary, Eliza Cook and L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon]HeadlineFore Edge Painting View of BostonPublisherPhillips, Sampson, & Co.Date Published1850 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #82 Ballads and Lays Illustrative of Events in the Early English History Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorMant, F.W.HeadlineWith a fore edge painting of the Tower of LondonPublisherBell and DaldyDate Published1857 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #83 The Pilgrim of Beauty; The Cottager's Sabbath; and Other Poems, Now First Collected Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorMullen, SamuelHeadlineMullen's Poems - Fore Edge PaintingPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1845 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #84 Le Rime di Messer F. Petrarca Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorPetrarch, FrancescoHeadlineFore Edge Painting View of TivoliPublisherBaudryDate Published1836 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #85 The Lady of the Lake Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineLady of the Lake with Fore Edge PaintingPublisherJohn Ballantyne, et alDate Published1810 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #86 Poems Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott's Poems with Fore Edge PaintingPublisherWilliam P. NimmoDate Published[1860s?] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #87 The Poetical Works Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineScott's Poetical Works with fore edge paintingPublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published1876 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #88 Rokeby Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineScott's Rokeby with a Fore Edge PaintingPublisherJohn Ballantyne, et alDate Published1813 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #89 The Complete Works Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Works with Fore Edge PaintingPublisherOxford University PressDate Published1919 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #90 Sabrinae Corolla in Hortulis Regiae Scholae Salopiensis Contexuerunt Tres Viri Floribus Legendis Heading(Fore Edge Painting)Author[Shrewsbury Royal School]HeadlineFore Edge Painting of a Franciscan ConventPublisherBell & DaldyDate Published1859 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #91 Historical Memorials of Westminster Abbey Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorStanley, Arthur PenrhynHeadlineWith a Fore Edge of Westminster Abbey 1896PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1896 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #92 Xenopontis Memorabilium Socratis Dictorum Libri IV Heading(Fore Edge Painting)AuthorXenophonHeadlineFore Edge Painting of Oxford UniversityPublisherE Theatro SheldonianoDate Published1749 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #93 The Book of Common Prayer Heading(Fore Edge Painting)Author**HeadlineFore Edge Painting of CambridgePublisherR. Watts for the UniversityDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold 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 #105 Sixteenth century illuminated manuscript of Persian poetry, probably produced in Samarkand Heading(Illuminated Manuscript)Author**Headline16th Century Persian Illuminated ManuscriptDate Published[c. 1576] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #109 The Whole Genuine and Complete Works of Flavius Josephus AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineWorks of Josephus Baltimore 1795PublisherPechin and Co.Date Published1795 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #113 Moby Dick or the Whale Heading(Kent, Rockwell)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby Dick with Illustrations by Rockwell KentPublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold 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 #126 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton's Paradise Lost folio 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Richard Bently...and Jacob TonsonDate Published1688 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold 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 #138 Her Majesty's Army: A Descriptive Account of the Various Regiments Now Comprising the Queen's Forces From Their First Establishment to the Present Time [and] ...Indian and Colonial Forces... AuthorRichards, WalterHeadlineWalter Richards Her Majesty's ArmyPublisherJ.S. VirtueDate Published[1890s] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 Lot #160 Andy Warhol's Index (Book) AuthorWarhol, AndyHeadlineAndy Warhol's Index (Book)PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1967 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next