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1
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    (Africa)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Four volumes on African exploration, travel, and
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
2
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    (Alaska)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Harriman Alaska series 1902-1914
  • Publisher
    Doubleday, Page & Co. (and) Smithsonian Institutions
  • Date Published
    1902-05, 1910, 1914
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
4
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    (Alps)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Views of the German and Swiss Alps
  • Publisher
    J.J. Weber
  • Date Published
    [c. 1890]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
6
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    (Asia)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Five works on Asian travel or history
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
12
  • Author
    Bonnycastle, John
  • Headline
    Bonnycastle's Introduction to Astronomy 1811
  • Publisher
    J. Johnson and Co.
  • Date Published
    1811
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
13
  • Author
    Britten, James
  • Headline
    European Ferns by J. Britten illus. D. Blair 1888
  • Publisher
    Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
  • Date Published
    [c.1888]
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
14
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    (Canada)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Three volumes on Canadian travel and history
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
21
  • Author
    Claridge, W. Walton
  • Headline
    History of the gold Coast and Ashanti 2vol 1915
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
27
  • Author
    Cooke, G[eorge] A[lexander]
  • Headline
    Cooke's Topography of Great Britain
  • Publisher
    Sherwood, Neely & Jones
  • Date Published
    [c. 1806-22]
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
29
  • Author
    [Cooper, Susan Fenimore]
  • Headline
    Rural Hours ornithological color plts SusanCooper
  • Publisher
    Willis P. Hazard
  • Date Published
    1854
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
30
  • Author
    Cooper, William T. and Joseph M. Forshaw
  • Headline
    The Birds of Paradise and Bower Birds
  • Publisher
    Collins
  • Date Published
    [1977]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$175
StatusSold
31
  • Author
    Cory, Charles B.
  • Headline
    The Birds of Haiti and San Domingo
  • Publisher
    Estes & Lauriat
  • Date Published
    1884-85
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
32
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    (Costume)
  • Author
    Kretschmer, Albert & Dr. Carl Rohrbach
  • Headline
    100 chromolithograph costume plates
  • Publisher
    Farbendruck
  • Date Published
    [c. 1864]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
33
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    (Curzon, George Nathaniel, Lord)
  • Author
    Ronaldshay, Lawrence, Earl
  • Headline
    Ronaldshay's Life of Lord Curzon
  • Publisher
    Boni & Liveright
  • Date Published
    [1928]
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
34
  • Author
    Curzon, George Nathaniel, Lord
  • Headline
    Curzon's Russia in Central Asia 1889
  • Publisher
    Longmans, Green
  • Date Published
    1889
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
35
  • Author
    Cuvier, [Georges]
  • Headline
    Cuvier's Essay on the Theory of the Earth
  • Publisher
    William Blackwood
  • Date Published
    1817
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
36
  • Author
    Darwin, Charles
  • Headline
    Early editions of 4 works by Charles Darwin
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
37
  • Author
    Darwin, Charles
  • Headline
    Charles Darwin's Works 1896-8 Edition
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    1896-98
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
39
  • Author
    Decaisne, Jh. & Ch. Naudin
  • Headline
    Manuel de l'Amateur des Jardins
  • Publisher
    Firmin Didot Freres
  • Date Published
    [1860s-70s]
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
43
  • Author
    Drake-Brockman, R. E.
  • Headline
    Mammals of Somaliland by Drake-Brockman 1910
  • Publisher
    Hurst and Blackett
  • Date Published
    1910
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
45
  • Author
    Drummond, W. H.
  • Headline
    Drummond on Game and Natural Hist. of Africa
  • Publisher
    Edmonston and Douglas
  • Date Published
    1875
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
46
  • Author
    Du Chaillu, Paul B.
  • Headline
    Ashango Land by Paul du Chaillu 1867 NY ed
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton
  • Date Published
    1867
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
47
  • Author
    Dufferin & Ava, Harriot (The Marchioness)
  • Headline
    Viceregal Life in India by Marchioness Dufferin
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1889
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
49
  • Author
    [Dutot, Charles de Ferrare]
  • Headline
    Finances and Commerce of France 1739
  • Publisher
    A. Millar
  • Date Published
    1739
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
51
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    (Europe)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Fifteen volumes on European travel and history
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
53
  • Author
    Fabre, J[ean] H[enri]
  • Headline
    11 volumes Souvenirs Entomologiques & La Vie
  • Publisher
    Delagrave
  • Date Published
    1923-1925
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
54
  • Author
    [Fitzgibbon, Edward] "Ephemera"
  • Headline
    The Book of the Salmon
  • Publisher
    Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
55
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    zzc
  • Author
    Flechia, Giovanni
  • Headline
    Storia Delle Indie Orientali
  • Publisher
    Sebastiano Franco E Figli
  • Date Published
    1862
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
56
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    zzc
  • Author
    Fouquier, Marcel
  • Headline
    De L'Art Des Jardins du XVe au XXe Siecle
  • Publisher
    Emile-Paul
  • Date Published
    1911
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
57
  • Author
    Fowlie, J.A.
  • Headline
    Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas by JA Fowlie 1977
  • Publisher
    Day Printing Corp.
  • Date Published
    [1977]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
60
  • Author
    Furber, [Robert]
  • Headline
    The Flower-Garden Display'd 1734
  • Publisher
    Printed for R. Montagu, J. Brindley & C. Corbett
  • Date Published
    1734
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$2,125
StatusSold
63
  • Author
    [Gmelin, Johann Georg]
  • Headline
    Only colored copy Flora Sibirica Plates
  • Publisher
    Academiae Scientiarum
  • Date Published
    1747-69
Estimate$40,000 - $60,000
StatusUnsold
64
  • Author
    Goldsmith, Oliver
  • Headline
    A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
  • Publisher
    Blackie and Son
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
65
  • Author
    Good, Peter P.
  • Headline
    Good's Family Flora in 2 vols 1854
  • Publisher
    Peter P. Good, Jr.
  • Date Published
    [1854]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
66
  • Author
    Gregory, J. W.
  • Headline
    Great Rift Valley, Narrative by JW Gregory 1896
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1896
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
68
  • Author
    Grey, Charles Hervey
  • Headline
    Hardy Bulbs by Charles H. Grey in 3 vols, w/dj
  • Publisher
    Williams & Norgate Ltd.
  • Date Published
    [1937-1938]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
71
  • Author
    Guthrie, William
  • Headline
    Guthries Modern Geography 1788
  • Publisher
    C. Dilly & G. Robinson
  • Date Published
    1788
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
77
  • Author
    James, Henry
  • Headline
    Instructions for Taking Meteorological Observatio
  • Publisher
    Eyre and Spottiswoode
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$125
StatusSold
82
  • Author
    Kerchove de Denterghem, O[swald] de
  • Headline
    Le Livres de Orchidées 31 Chromolithographs
  • Publisher
    Hoste & Masson
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
85
  • Author
    Langley, Batty
  • Headline
    Batty Langley New Principles of Gardening 1728
  • Publisher
    A. Bettesworth and J. Batley, et al
  • Date Published
    1728
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,000
StatusSold
88
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    zzc
  • Author
    Lindley, John and Thomas Moore
  • Headline
    The Treasury of Botany
  • Publisher
    Longmans, Green, and Co.
  • Date Published
    1866
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
90
  • Author
    Lyell, Charles
  • Headline
    The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1863
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
93
  • Author
    Malleson, George Bruce
  • Headline
    Malleson's Russo-Afghan Question 1885
  • Publisher
    George Routledge
  • Date Published
    1885
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
94
  • Author
    Malte-Brun
  • Headline
    Geographie Universelle de Malte-Brun
  • Publisher
    Dufour, Boulanger et Legrand
  • Date Published
    1862
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$500
StatusSold
96
  • Author
    Martyn, Thomas
  • Headline
    38 plates Linnaeus system Vegetables 1799 Martyn
  • Publisher
    J. White
  • Date Published
    1799
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
97
  • Heading
    zzc
  • Author
    Martyn, William Frederick
  • Headline
    Martyn's Geographical Magazine 1793
  • Publisher
    Harrison and Co.
  • Date Published
    1793
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
100
  • Author
    Michaux, F[rancois] Andre & Thomas Nuttall
  • Headline
    Michaux & Nuttall The North American Sylva 1859
  • Publisher
    Rice, Rutter & Co.
  • Date Published
    1865
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
102
  • Heading
    (Natural History)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Six works on science and natural history
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
106
  • Author
    Obregon, Luis Felipe
  • Headline
    Mexican Dances
  • Publisher
    Roberto Riveroll
  • Date Published
    [1947]
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
109
  • Author
    Parsons, Samuel B.
  • Headline
    Samuel B. Parsons on the Rose new rev.enlrgd ed
  • Publisher
    Orange Judd Company
  • Date Published
    1883
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
112
  • Heading
    zze
  • Author
    Picart, [Bernard]
  • Headline
    Picart's Ceremonies & Customs Vol. I
  • Publisher
    Nicholas Prevost
  • Date Published
    1731
Estimate$400 - $700
StatusUnsold
114
  • Heading
    zze
  • Author
    Picart, [Bernard]
  • Headline
    Ceremonies of the Idolatrous Nations
  • Publisher
    Nicholas Prevost
  • Date Published
    1731
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
115
  • Heading
    zze
  • Author
    Picart, Bernard
  • Headline
    Ceremonies of the Idolatrous Nations
  • Publisher
    James Bettenham, for Claude Du Bosc
  • Date Published
    1735
Estimate$400 - $700
StatusUnsold
116
  • Author
    Pluche, Abad M.
  • Headline
    Espectaculo de la Naturaleza...Vol. 1 only
  • Publisher
    Andres de Sotos
  • Date Published
    1785
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
120
  • Author
    Raynal, Abbé [Guillaume-Thomas François]
  • Headline
    Abbe Reynal's 8vols history east & west indies
  • Publisher
    Printed for A. Strahan and J. Cadell
  • Date Published
    1788
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$375
StatusSold
124
  • Author
    Schillings, C. G.
  • Headline
    3 books by C.G. Schillings; hunting in Africa
  • Publisher
    Hutchinson and Co.
  • Date Published
    1906; [1907]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
125
  • Heading
    (Sea Travel)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Five volumes of 19th century travel by sea
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
134
  • Heading
    (Travel & Exploration)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    18 volumes of travel and exploration & history
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$250
StatusSold
137
  • Heading
    (Tungsten)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Ms. Report on Tungsten with photographs 1935
  • Date Published
    June, 1935
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
138
  • Author
    Verelst, Harry
  • Headline
    Present State of Government in Bengal 1772
  • Publisher
    J. Nourse, et al
  • Date Published
    1772
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
139
  • Author
    Viollet-le-Duc, [Eugene Emmanuel]
  • Headline
    Dictionnaire Raisonne du Mobilier Francais
  • Publisher
    A. Morel & Cie.
  • Date Published
    1872-75
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$250
StatusSold
140
  • Author
    Wallace, Alfred Russel
  • Headline
    4 works by Alfred Russel Wallace
  • Publisher
    Macmillan
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
141
  • Author
    Walton, Izaak & Charles Cotton
  • Headline
    Walton's Complete Angler 1760 Edition
  • Publisher
    Thomas Hope
  • Date Published
    1760
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$375
StatusSold
142
  • Author
    Weise, Gustave
  • Headline
    Gustave Weise's Naturgeschichte in Bildern
  • Publisher
    Gustave Weise
  • Date Published
    [1893]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
145
  • Author
    Wright, John
  • Headline
    Buffon's Natural History
  • Publisher
    Thomas Tegg
  • Date Published
    1831
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
157
  • Heading
    zzb(Atlas)
  • Author
    U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey
  • Headline
    U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1881
  • Publisher
    Government Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$200
StatusSold
203
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    zzd(Americana)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    75 engravings of American cities and historical
  • Date Published
    1850's
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
204
  • Heading
    zzd(Animalia)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    6 chromolithos from the kingdom animalia
  • Date Published
    [c.1880-1900]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
210
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Audubon J[ohn] J[ames]
  • Headline
    Macgillivray's Shore-Finch Audubon Birds of Amer
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    [c.1850]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
211
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Audubon, J[ohn] J[ames] and J.W.
  • Headline
    42 color lithos from Quadrupeds of N.Amer Audubon
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    [c.1860]
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
212
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Audubon, J[ohn] J[ames] and J.W.
  • Headline
    9 handcolored lithos by J.J. Audobon & son
  • Publisher
    J.T. Bowen
  • Date Published
    [1849-1871]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
213
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    zzd
  • Author
    Badger, Mrs. C. M.
  • Headline
    8 plates from Floral Belles by Mrs. Badger 1867
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner & Company
  • Date Published
    1867
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
217
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Benard
  • Headline
    15 engravings of snakes from Histoire Naturelle
  • Date Published
    [c.1800]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
219
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Benard
  • Headline
    67 engraved plates from Histoire Naturelle
  • Date Published
    [c.1800]
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
222
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    zzd(Botanical)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    botanical prints - 27 total
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
223
  • Heading
    zzd(Botanical)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    27 botanical engravings, most hand-colored
  • Date Published
    1834
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
224
  • Heading
    zzd(Botanical)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    77 handcolored engravingsCurtis's botanic magazin
  • Date Published
    1790-1834
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
StatusUnsold
225
  • Heading
    zzd(Botanical)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    11 hand-colored botanical engravings
  • Date Published
    1793-1834
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
226
  • Heading
    zzd(Botanical)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    nine botanical chromolithographs c.1850
  • Date Published
    [c.1850]
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
227
  • Heading
    zzd(Botanical)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    91 handcolored medicinal floral copper plates1850
  • Publisher
    Tipografia di Giuseppe Cassone
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
228
  • Heading
    zzd(Botanical)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    5 large botanical prints
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
229
  • Heading
    zzd(Botanical)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    5 large botanical prints c.1800-1880
  • Date Published
    [1800-1880]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
230
  • Heading
    zzd(Botanical)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    2 orchid lithographs from Lindenia Iconoagraphie
  • Date Published
    [1888]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
232
  • Heading
    zzd(Botanical)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    11 chromolithograph plates from Journal des Roses
  • Date Published
    1888-1907
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
236
  • Heading
    zzd(Classical Art)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    153 engraved plates after classical artwork
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
237
  • Heading
    zzd(Color Lithographs of Fish)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    23 color lithographs of fish species circa 1880s
  • Date Published
    [c.1880]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
250
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Emmons, E[benezer]
  • Headline
    35 entomological plates nat. hist of NY E.Emmons
  • Date Published
    [c.1854]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
251
  • Heading
    zzd(Encyclopedia)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    15 plates from 1900 German encyclopedia
  • Publisher
    Bibliographisches Institut in Leipzig
  • Date Published
    [c.1900]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
252
  • Heading
    zzd(Encyclopedia)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    9 prints, mostly encyclopedic texts, 2 trains
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
255
  • Heading
    zzd(Engravings)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    21 engraved portraits of historical figures
  • Date Published
    18th and 19th Century
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
258
  • Heading
    zzd(Fish)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    2 color lithos Journal des Museum Godeffroy c1870
  • Date Published
    [c.1870]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
260
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Gay, Claudio
  • Headline
    43botanical handcolored engravings by Claudio Gay
  • Date Published
    [1854]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
261
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Gay, Claudio
  • Headline
    20 handcolored lithos from Gay'sHistoria de Chile
  • Date Published
    [1854]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
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