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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 #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 #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 #17 The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign AuthorBlakston, W.A.; W. Swaysland; & August F. WienerHeadlineThe Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-BirdsPublisherCassell & Co., Ltd.Date Published[c 1880] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #23 The Kasîdah AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinethe Kasidah by Richard F. Burton 1/10 copies1905PublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1905 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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 #35 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Origin of Species, 2nd editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #53 De Aquis et Aquaeductibus Veteris Romae Dissertationes Tres AuthorFabretti, Raph[aele]Headlineon Roman aqueducts R. Fabretti 1680PublisherJoannes Baptista BussottiDate Published1680 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #64 Parrots of the World AuthorForshaw, Joseph M.HeadlineParrots of the WorldPublisherDoubledayDate Published1973 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold 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 #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 #88 The British Bird Book: An Account of All the Birds, Nests, and Eggs Found in the British Isles. AuthorKirkman, F.B., editorHeadlineF.B. Kirkman The British Bird BookPublisherT.C. & E.C. JackDate Published1911-1913 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #99 Éléments de Géologie AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineFirst French edition of Lyell's GeologyPublisherPitois-LevraultDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #105 An essay on the botanical, chemical, and medical properties of the Fucus edulis of Linnaeus... Heading(Medical)AuthorGriffen, Augustus R.HeadlineGriffen on Fucus edulis with color plate 1816PublisherVan Winkle and WileyDate Published1816 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold 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 #112 A Compleat History of Druggs...Divided into Three Classes, Vegetable, Animal and Mineral; With their Use in Physick, Chymistry, Pharmacy, and Several Other Arts... Heading(Medical)AuthorPomet, [Pierre]HeadlineCompleat History of Druggs by Pierre Pomet 1712PublisherR. Bonwicke, et. al.Date Published1712 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next