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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 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Africa - Boer War)Author**HeadlineOriginal drawings & watercolors of Boer WarDate Publishedc.1900 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Agriculture and Civil Engineering)AuthorLovelace, Earl of, et. al.Headline5 London pubs from 1848-49 bound togetherDate Published1848-49 Lot #8 The History of Astronomy, With Its Application to Geography, History, and Chronology; Occasionally Exemplified by the Globes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Astronomy)AuthorCostard, GeorgeHeadlinehistory of astronomy by George Costard 1767PublisherJames ListerDate Published1767 Lot #16 Les Temples Immergés de la Nubie: The Temple of Derr View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBlackman, Aylward M.HeadlineTempel of Derr 1913 Lower Nubia by BlackmanPublisherL'Institut Français D'Archéologie OrientaleDate Published1913 Lot #17 The Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-Birds, British and Foreign View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBlakston, W.A.; W. Swaysland; & August F. WienerHeadlineThe Illustrated Book of Canaries and Cage-BirdsPublisherCassell & Co., Ltd.Date Published[c 1880] 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! View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Bolaine, Betty)Author**HeadlineLife of Betty BolainePublisherJ. Scales, et alDate Published[c. 1805] Lot #23 The Kasîdah View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinethe Kasidah by Richard F. Burton 1/10 copies1905PublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1905 Lot #34 An Historical and Political View of the Constitution and Revolutions of Geneva, in the Eighteenth Century View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorD'Ivernois, FrancisHeadlineConstitution and Revolutions of GenevaPublisherT. CadellDate Published1784 Lot #35 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Origin of Species, 2nd editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 Lot #53 De Aquis et Aquaeductibus Veteris Romae Dissertationes Tres View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorFabretti, Raph[aele]Headlineon Roman aqueducts R. Fabretti 1680PublisherJoannes Baptista BussottiDate Published1680 Lot #64 Parrots of the World View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorForshaw, Joseph M.HeadlineParrots of the WorldPublisherDoubledayDate Published1973 Lot #70 Autograph manuscript draft of The Fisherman Under the Southern Cross View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold AuthorGrey, RomerHeadlineautograph mss draft of Romer Grey's SouthernCrossDate Published[c.1925] 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorHolmes, Bettie FleischmannHeadlineLog of "Laura" in Polar Seas by B.F. Holmes 1907PublisherThe University PressDate Published1907 Lot #88 The British Bird Book: An Account of All the Birds, Nests, and Eggs Found in the British Isles. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorKirkman, F.B., editorHeadlineF.B. Kirkman The British Bird BookPublisherT.C. & E.C. JackDate Published1911-1913 Lot #96 A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences; and on the choice of situations appropriate to every class of purchasers View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorLoudon, JohnHeadlineScarce Architectural Treatise by John LoudonPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1806 Lot #99 Éléments de Géologie View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineFirst French edition of Lyell's GeologyPublisherPitois-LevraultDate Published1839 Lot #105 An essay on the botanical, chemical, and medical properties of the Fucus edulis of Linnaeus... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorGriffen, Augustus R.HeadlineGriffen on Fucus edulis with color plate 1816PublisherVan Winkle and WileyDate Published1816 Lot #106 Memoir on the salubrity of the Isle of Pines. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Medical)AuthorHernández, José de la LuzHeadlineSalubrity of the Isle of Pines, Havana 1857Date Published1857 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... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorPomet, [Pierre]HeadlineCompleat History of Druggs by Pierre Pomet 1712PublisherR. Bonwicke, et. al.Date Published1712 Lot #150 Operations carried on at the pyramids of Gizeh in 1837: with an account of a voyage into Upper Egypt, and an appendix View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Pyramids)AuthorVyse, [Richard William] HowardHeadlineHoward-Vyse explores Egyptian pyramidsPublisherJames FraserDate Published1840-1842 Lot #160 Paintings of India and Africa View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorShepherd, DavidHeadlineDavid Shepherd Paintings of India and AfricaPublisher[Tryon Gallery]Date Published[1978] Lot #164 Horse-Hoeing Husbandry: Or, An Essay on the Principles of Vegetation and Tillage View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTull, JethroHeadlineJethro Tull of Vegetation and Tillage 1762PublisherA. MillarDate Published1762 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next