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DraperDate Published[c. 1750] Lot #14 The National and Domestic History of England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAubrey, William Hickman SmithHeadlineNational & Domestic Hist. of England - 3 volsPublisherJames HaggerDate Published[1867-1870] Lot #17 A Chronicle of the Kings of England, from the Time of the Roman Government, to the Death of King James the First...with a Continuation to the Year 1660 by E. Phillipe...Whereto Will be Added a Second Continuation... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBaker, RichardHeadlineBaker's Chronicles of the Kings of EnglandPublisherSamuel BallardDate Published1733 Lot #26 The Life of Samuel Johnson View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Fine Bindings)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineLife of Samuel Johnson Temple Bar EditionPublisherGabriel WellsDate Published1922 Lot #43 A History of the English Speaking Peoples View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineA History of the English Speaking Peoples SignedPublisherCassellDate Published[1956-1958] Lot #44 Marlborough, His Life and Times View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's Biography of Marlborough Finely BoundPublisherGeorge G. HarrapDate Published[1933-38] Lot #45 The Second World War View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston S. Churchill The Second World War SignedPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1948-53 Lot #46 The World Crisis View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill The World Crisis SignedPublisherThornton ButterworthDate Published1923-31 Lot #50 Military Instructions for the Cavallrie: Or Rules and Directions for the Service of Horse View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Author[Cruso, John]HeadlineMilitary Instructions for the Cavallrie 1644PublisherRoger DanielDate Published1644 Lot #57 A Tour Through the Island of Great Britain. Divided into Circuits or Journies. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDefoe, Daniel, Mr. [Samuel] Richardson, et alHeadlineA Tour Through the Island of Great Britain 1778PublisherW. Strahan, et alDate Published1778 Lot #64 History of the World From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Collected and Arranged by the Best Authorities View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDuyckinck, Evert A.HeadlineHistory of the World 4 vols by Duyckinck 1871-73PublisherJohnson, Fry and CompanyDate Published[1871-1873] Lot #65 Seven 17th century English speeches and Parliament proceeding publications View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(England - 17th Century)Author**Headlineseven 17th cent. English parliament docsDate Published1642-1649 Lot #71 Lives of the Queens of England View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorStrickland, AgnesHeadlineStrickland's Lives of the Queens of EnglandPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1841-1848 Lot #73 10 finely bound volumes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**Headline10 fine binding booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #74 Rhein-Album View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFoltz, F.HeadlineRhein-Album 22 engraved plates by F. FoltzPublisherKarl NeulandDate Published[c.1890] Lot #75 Lettres galantes de Monsieur le Chevalier d'Her*** View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Fontenelle, Bernard le Bovier de]HeadlineFontenelle's Lettres Galantes 1699PublisherMichel BrunetDate Published1699 Lot #77 Sir John Froissart's Chronicles of England, France, Spain, Portugal, Scotland, Brittany Flanders and the Adjoining Countries... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorFroissart, JeanHeadlineFroissart's Chronicles 1812 EditionPublisherF.C. and J. Rivington, et alDate Published1812 Lot #78 Seven black and white photographs by Wang Gangfeng View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorGangfeng, WangHeadline7 black and white photographs by Wang GangfengDate Published[1980s?] Lot #79 The History of England: Under the Reign of George III., George IV., William IV., and Queen Victoria View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGaspey, ThomasHeadlineGaspey's History of EnglandPublisherLondon Printing and Publishing CompanyDate Published[c. 1860] Lot #83 History of the English People; and A Short History of the English People View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGreen, John RichardHeadline2 eds of History of English People 1880, 1902PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1880-1903 Lot #89 View of the State of Europe During the Middle Ages - 2 editions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHallam, HenryHeadlineView of Europe during Middle Ages, 2 eds H HallamPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1837-1848 Lot #94 [Opera - 2 volumes bound together] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorHerodotus & ThucydidesHeadline16th century works of Herodotus and ThucydidesPublisherOfficina HervagianaDate Published1557 & 1540 Lot #95 The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call’d, the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof: With the Best Accounts the People could give of their Antiquities. Collected from the original relations sent to the kings of Spain. By Antonio de Herrera, Historiographer to His Catholick Majesty. Translated into English by Capt. John Stevens. ... Illustrated with cutts and maps View details Estimate$3,000 - $4,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorHerrera y Tordesillas, Antonio deHeadlineHerrera's History of America 6 vols. 1725-6PublisherPrinted for Jer. Batley, at the Dove in Pater-Noster-RowDate Published1725-6 Lot #99 The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the End of the Reign of James II View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHume, David and Tobias Smollett, et. al.HeadlineHistory of England 3 vols. finely boundPublisherJames S. VirtueDate Published[c.1850] Lot #101 Japanese Dictionary printed with woodblocks View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese Dictionary)Author**HeadlineJapanese Dictionary printed with woodblocks 1783Date Published1783 Lot #106 A Collection of the Most Remarkable and Interesting Trials. Particularly of Those Persons Who Have Forfeited Their Lives to the Injured Laws of Their Country. In Which the Most Remarkable of the State Trials Will be Included. With the Defence and Behaviour of the Criminals, Before and After Condemnation. Intended Not Only to Point Out the Crimes of the Great, Which are at Present but Little Farther Known Than Their Own Families; But Also Those of Inferior Criminals, Who Only are Handed Down as Examples to Posterity. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Law)Author**HeadlineCollection of Interesting Trials 1775-76PublisherR. SnaggDate Published1775-76 Lot #107 A History of England in the Eighteenth Century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLecky, William Edward HartpoleHeadlineHistory of England in 18th Cent. 8 vols by LeckyPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1878-1890 Lot #109 The History of England From the Accession of James II; and Critical and Historical Essays View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMacaulay, Thomas BabingtonHeadlineEngland From the Accession of James II - 5 volsPublisherLongman, Brown, GreenDate Published1846-1861 Lot #110 The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadline1675 English Translation of MachiavelliPublisherprinted for John Starkey at the Miter in Fleetstreet, near Temple-BarDate Published1675 Lot #117 The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended. To Which is Prefix'd, A Short Chronicle from the First Memory of Things in Europe, to the Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorNewton, IsaacHeadlineNewton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms 1728PublisherJ. Tonson, et alDate Published1728 Lot #119 A View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Newton, Isaac)Author[Pemberton, Henry]HeadlineA View of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophy 1728PublisherS. PalmerDate Published1728 Lot #121 Africa: being an accurate description of the regions of Ægypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billedulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, Æthiopia, and the Abyssines, with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea... Collected and translated from most authentick authors, and augmented with later observations; illustrated with notes, and adorn’d with peculiar maps, and proper sculptures... View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorOgilby, JohnHeadlineOgilby's Africa 1670PublisherPrinted by Tho. Johnson for the authorDate Published1670 Lot #128 Collection of 34 manuscript leaves with paintings from Persia or Mughal India View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Heading(Persian/Mughal Manuscript Leaves)Author**Headline34 Persian/Mughal Manuscript LeavesDate PublishedEarly 19th century? Lot #131 Five titles in prize bindings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Prize Bindings)Author**Headline6 vols of prize binding booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #132 Grundsätze und Regeln der Kriegs-Kunst View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorPuysegur, [François-Jacques-Maximilien de Chastenet]HeadlinePuysegur's Art of War in German 1753PublisherJohann Friedrich GeditschensDate Published1753 Lot #133 The History of the World View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorRaleigh, WalterHeadlineRaleigh's History of the World 1652Publisherprinted for R: Best Jo. Place & Sam: CartwrightDate Published1652 Lot #136 A Treatise on Navigation by Steam, Comprising a History of the Steam Engine, and an essay towards a system of the Naval tactics peculiar to steam navigation, as applicable to both commerce and maritime warfare View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorRoss, JohnHeadlineJohn Ross on Steam Navigation 1837PublisherJohn WealeDate Published1837 Lot #151 Lives of the Queens of England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorStrickland, AgnesHeadlineLives of the Queens of England new revised, edPublisherLongman, Brown, GreenDate Published1857 Lot #160 Plan and Outlines of a Course of Lectures on Universal History, Ancient and Modern, Delivered in the University of Edinburgh View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTytler, AlexanderHeadlineLectures on Universal History by Alexander TytlerPublisherPrinted for William CreechDate Published1782 Lot #165 The History of France Under the Bourbons. A.D. 1589-1830 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorYonge, Charles DukeHeadlineFrance Under the Bourbons - 4 vols 1866-67PublisherTinsley BrothersDate Published1866-1867 Lot #173 Czarism at Bay - Autograph Manuscript View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorBlind, KarlHeadlineCzarism at Bay - Autograph MS. by Karl BlindDate Published[1904] Lot #176 Manuscript copies of three letters (2 are on on 1 four-page lettersheet, the other a single sheet) circulated by the followers of James II, to prove that Charles II was a supporter of the Catholic Church View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorCharles II, King of EnglandHeadline17th century copies of letters by Charles IIDate Published17th century Lot #184 Extracts out of the Recordes wherein may be Collected by what means the Kinges of England have and may raise Moneys View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Headingzzc(England)Author**Headline17th cent. Ms. on English taxationDate Publishedc.17th century Lot #199 Autograph Letter signed by McClure, to his wife, written from the Polar Sea View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorMcClure, RobertHeadlineLetter from Arctic Explorer Robert McClure 1853Date PublishedApril 15th, 1853 Lot #202 Lot of three letters to Professor Bernard Moses, relating to his service as U.S. Commissioner in the Philippines View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzd(Philippines)Author**HeadlineLetters to Philippines Commissioner MosesDate Published1900-1908 Lot #206 Menu for a dinner given for Shackleton, Amundsen and Peary at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, signed in ink by the three explorers View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorShackleton, Ernest H.; Roald Amundsen; Robert E. PearyHeadlineMenu signed by Shacklelton, Amundsen and PearyDate Published1913 Lot #208 Manuscript listing of missionaries and crew aboard the Ship Duff, bound for Tahiti, at the end of a commonplace book kept by one of the missionaries View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$6,875StatusSold Headingzzc(Tahiti)Author**HeadlineMs. list of Tahitian missionaries 1796Date Publishedc.1796-99 Lot #216 Lot of 17 responses to the question of whether the United States could or should maintain her neutrality during the World War View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(World War I - U.S. Neutrality)Author**HeadlineMS. responses on U.S. neutrality in WWIDate PublishedAugust 1915 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next