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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Sketch Book with 39 original pen-&-ink drawings and 12 watercolors of scenes and people in South Africa during the Second Boer War Heading(Africa - Boer War)Author**HeadlineOriginal drawings & watercolors of Boer WarDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #3 On Climate in Connection with Husbandry...[with] Review of the Agricultural Statistics of France...[with] On the Construction of a Collar Roof, with Arched Trusses of Bent Timber, at East Horsley Park [together with] two other publications Heading(Agriculture and Civil Engineering)AuthorLovelace, Earl of, et. al.Headline5 London pubs from 1848-49 bound togetherDate Published1848-49 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #5 Réflexions Morales de L'Empereur Marc Antonin Heading(Antoninus, Marcus)Author**HeadlineMarcus Antoninus reflections 1800 engravingsPublisherDidotDate Published1800 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #7 The Arabian Nights Heading(Arabian Nights)AuthorForster, Edward, translatorHeadlineThe Arabian Nights Forster Translation 1810PublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1810 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #8 The History of Astronomy, With Its Application to Geography, History, and Chronology; Occasionally Exemplified by the Globes Heading(Astronomy)AuthorCostard, GeorgeHeadlinehistory of astronomy by George Costard 1767PublisherJames ListerDate Published1767 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #10 Dictionnaire des Athees Anciens et Moderns Heading(Atheism)AuthorMarechal, Pierre-SylvainHeadlineMarechal's Dictionnaire des AtheesPublisherChez l'EditeurDate Published1833 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #13 An Historical and Political Discourse of the Laws and Government of England, From the First Times to the End of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth AuthorBacon, Nathaniel & John SeldenHeadlineDiscourse of the Laws and Government of EnglandPublisherDaniel Browne and Andrew MillarDate Published1739 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #16 Les Temples Immergés de la Nubie: The Temple of Derr AuthorBlackman, Aylward M.HeadlineTempel of Derr 1913 Lower Nubia by BlackmanPublisherL'Institut Français D'Archéologie OrientaleDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #18 The True and Eccentric Life of Betty Bolaine, (Late of Canterbury) A Well Known Character for Avarice, Meanness, and Vice; Who Died June 6, 1805, aged Eighty Two, Whilst Eating a Brown Crust; Although Worth Twenty Thousand Pounds! Heading(Bolaine, Betty)Author**HeadlineLife of Betty BolainePublisherJ. Scales, et alDate Published[c. 1805] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #21 The Book of the Dead: Facsimiles of the Papyri of Hunefer, Anhai, Kerasher, and Netchemet with Supplementary Text From the Papyrus of Nu AuthorBudge, E.A. WallisHeadlineThe Book of the DeadPublisherBritish Museum, et alDate Published1899 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #23 The Kasîdah AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinethe Kasidah by Richard F. Burton 1/10 copies1905PublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1905 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #25 Reglamento para el ejercicio y maniobras de la Caballería Heading(Cavalry)Author**HeadlineSpanish cavalry exercises 1825PublisherImprenta RealDate Published1825 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #26 The Second World War AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston S. Churchill The Second World WarPublisherCassell & Co., Ltd.Date Published[1948-1954] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #34 An Historical and Political View of the Constitution and Revolutions of Geneva, in the Eighteenth Century AuthorD'Ivernois, FrancisHeadlineConstitution and Revolutions of GenevaPublisherT. CadellDate Published1784 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #38 Dean's Recently Improved Analytical Guide to the Art of Penmanship... AuthorDean, HenryHeadlineDean's Guide to the Art of Penmanship... 1808PublisherFor the Author, et alDate Published[1808] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #41 A Bibliographical Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in the Northern Counties of England and in Scotland AuthorDibdin, Thomas FrognallHeadlineDibdin's Bibliographical Tour Large Paper EditionPublisherPrinted for the Author by C. RichardsDate Published1838 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #57 A History of Greece Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorGrote, GeorgeHeadlineGrote's History of Greece 12 volumesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1884 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #59 Literary Association of the English Lakes Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRawnsley, H.D.HeadlineLiterary Association of the English LakesPublisherMacmillanDate Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #63 A Student's Synchronological Chart of the Religions of the World AuthorForlong, [James]HeadlineSynchronological Chart Religions for Forlongs bkPublisherScott & FergusonDate Published[c.1883] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #70 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 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #71 Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army from the Conquest to the Present Time AuthorGrose, FrancisHeadlineGrose's Military AntiquitiesPublisherPrinted for T. Egerton & G. KearsleyDate Published1801 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #76 A Series of Mercantile Letters, Intended to Give a General Knowledge of Business to Those Young Persons Whose Views are Directed to Commerce, and for the Use of Schools AuthorHodgkins, E.HeadlineMercantile letters by E.Hodgkins 1808PublisherT. BooseyDate Published1808 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #77 The Log of the "Laura" in Polar Seas; a Hunting Cruise from Tromsö, Norway to Spitsbergen, the Polar Ice Off East Greenland and the Island of Jan Mayen in the Summer of 1906, kept by Bettie Fleischmann Holmes AuthorHolmes, Bettie FleischmannHeadlineLog of "Laura" in Polar Seas by B.F. Holmes 1907PublisherThe University PressDate Published1907 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #78 Queen Victoria AuthorHolmes, Richard R.HeadlineRichard Holmes Queen VictoriaPublisherBoussod, Valadon & Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #80 A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist [Quadrille; Piquet; Back-Gammon] AuthorHoyle, EdmondHeadlineEarly Edition of Hoyle's GamesPublisherT. OsborneDate Published1750 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #83 Old Sword-Play: The Systems of Fence in Vogue During the XVIth, XVIIth. and XVIIIth Centuries with Lessons Arranged from the Works of Various Ancient Masters AuthorHutton, AlfredHeadlineAlfred Hutton Old Sword-PlayPublisherGrevel & Co.Date Published1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #84 Illuminated manuscript leaf from an Antiphonal, on vellum Heading(Illuminated Manuscripts)Author**Headlineillum manuscript Antophonal on vellum 16th centDate Publishedc.16th century View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #94 Portraits of Illustrious Personages of Great Britain. Engraved from Authentic Pictures in the Galleries of the Nobility and the Public Collections of the Country. With Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Their Lives and Actions AuthorLodge, EdmundHeadlineLodge's Portraits 12 VolumesPublisherHarding, Mavor and LepardDate Published1823-1835 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #96 A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences; and on the choice of situations appropriate to every class of purchasers AuthorLoudon, JohnHeadlineScarce Architectural Treatise by John LoudonPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1806 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #100 Hommage de la Romanie A Ferdinand le Grand [&] Ode a la Roumanie par S.M. La Reine Mare de Roumanie AuthorMarie, Queen of RomaniaHeadlineFabulous velvet & metal bindingDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #106 Memoir on the salubrity of the Isle of Pines. Heading(Medical)AuthorHernández, José de la LuzHeadlineSalubrity of the Isle of Pines, Havana 1857Date Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #129 The Sphere of Gentry: Deduced from the Principles of Nature... AuthorMorgan, SylvanusHeadlinesphere of gentry by Sylvanus Morgan 1661PublisherWilliam LeybournDate Published1661 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #130 Report of the Committee appointed by the Philomathean Society... of the University of Pennsylvania to translate the inscription on the Rosetta Stone Author[Morton, Henry, Charles Reuben Hale & S. Huntington Jones]HeadlinePhilomathean Society Rosetta Stone 1st ed 1/400Publisher[Philomathean Society]Date Published[1858] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #132 Private Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, During the Periods of the Directory, the Consulate, and the Empire. Heading(Napoleon)AuthorBourrienne, [Louis Antione Fauvelet de].HeadlinePrivate Memoirs of Napoleon BonapartePublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1830 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #133 The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte Heading(Napoleon)AuthorHazlitt, WilliamHeadlineHazlitt's Life of Napoleon BuonapartePublisherOffice of the Illustrated London LibraryDate Published1852 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #134 History of the Expedition to Russia Undertaken by the Emperor Napoleon, in the Year 1812 Heading(Napoleon)AuthorSegur, Philip deHeadlineNapoleon's Expedition to RussiaPublisherTreuttel and Wurtz, et alDate Published1825 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #135 Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum. Observationibus ac Notis variorum Uberioribus illustratae, Accurante Roberto Keuchenio... AuthorNepos, CorneliusHeadlineCornelius Nepos Vitae Excellentium ImperatorumPublisherHackianaDate Published1667 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #137 An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries Heading(Newton, Isaac)AuthorMaclaurin, ColinHeadlineSir Isaac Newton's Philosophical DiscoveriesPublisherA. MillarDate Published1750 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #138 Collection of manuscript copies of early occult texts Heading(Occult)Author**HeadlineManuscript copies of early occult textsDate Published[Late 19th - early 20th centuries] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #139 Die Olympischen Spiele 1936 Heading(Olympics)Author**Headline1936 Olympics Cigarette Card BookPublisherCigaretten-BilderdienstDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #145 Joseph and Benjamin, a Conversation. Translated from a French Manuscript Author[Playfair, William]HeadlineJoseph & Benjamin transl from French MSS 1787PublisherLogographic PressDate Published1787 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #149 The Pyramids of Gizeh, From Actual Survey and Admeasurement... Illustrated by notes and references to the several plans with sketches taken on the spot, by E.J. Andrews Heading(Pyramids)AuthorPerring, James ErnestHeadlinePerring's Pyramids of Gizeh large folio 1839-42PublisherJames FraserDate Published1839-1842 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #150 Operations carried on at the pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into Upper Egypt, and an appendix Heading(Pyramids)AuthorVyse, [Richard William] HowardHeadlineHoward-Vyse explores Egyptian pyramidsPublisherJames FraserDate Published1840-1842 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #160 Paintings of India and Africa AuthorShepherd, DavidHeadlineDavid Shepherd Paintings of India and AfricaPublisher[Tryon Gallery]Date Published[1978] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #164 Horse-Hoeing Husbandry: Or, An Essay on the Principles of Vegetation and Tillage AuthorTull, JethroHeadlineJethro Tull of Vegetation and Tillage 1762PublisherA. MillarDate Published1762 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #168 The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, Called Paracelsus the Great AuthorWaite, Arthur Edward, ed.Headlinealchemical writings of Aureolus... 1894 2 volsPublisherJames Elliot and Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next