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Previous|12|Next Lot #405 Four novels about Pacific travel, in decorative trade bindings Heading(Pacific Travel)HeadlineFour South Seas novels in decorative trade bindingsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #406 Nine volumes on Pacific travel Heading(Pacific Travel)HeadlineNine volumes on Pacific travelDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #407 Nine volumes on Pacific travel Heading(Pacific Travel)HeadlineNine volumes on Pacific travelDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #408 Nine volumes on travel & exploration in the Pacific Heading(Pacific Travel)HeadlineNine volumes on travel in the PacificDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #409 Ten volumes on Pacific travel and exploration Heading(Pacific Travel)Headline10 volumes on Pacific travel, explorationDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #410 Original holograph manuscript for “A Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Ship Oswego, on the Coast of South Barbary, and of the sufferings of the master and the crew while in bondage among the Arabs…” AuthorPaddock, JudahHeadlineRare manuscript of Arab captivity 1818Date Published1818 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$7,500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #411 Unfrequented Ocean Paths: A Recital of Incidents by a Business Man who has Traveled for Both Business and Pleasure in Unfrequented Parts of the World AuthorParker, Geo. S.HeadlineSigned 1st edition in dj, Geo Parker's travelsDate Published1935 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #413 The Barren Ground of Northern Canada. AuthorPike, Warburton.HeadlineThe Barren Ground of Northern Canada.PublisherMacmillanDate Published1892 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #414 The Cruise of Her Majesty's Ship "BACCHANTE" 1879-1882. Compiled from the Private Journals, Letters, and Note-Books of Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales, with additions by John N. Dalton. AuthorPrince Albert Victor and Prince George of WalesHeadlineCruise of the Ship "BACCHANTE" 1879-1882PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1886 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #415 Flying Fox and Drifting Sand: The Adventures of a Biologist in Australia AuthorRatcliffe, FrancisHeadlineInscribed copy in dj - Flying FoxPublisherRobert M. McBrideDate Published1938 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #417 Six works by Olaf Ruhen AuthorRuhen, OlafHeadlineSix works by Olaf Ruhen in dust jacketsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #418 The Red Mark and Other Stories AuthorRussell, JohnHeadlineSigned by the author.PublisherKnopfDate Published1919 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #419 Polynesia: Or, An Historical Account of the Principal Islands in the South Sea, Including New Zealand AuthorRussell, M.Headline1842 travel narrative to Polynesia with folding map.PublisherOliver & BoydDate Published1842 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #420 The Naboli Dialect [and] The Bataks of Palawan AuthorScheerer, Otto / Miller, Edward Y.HeadlineThe Naboli Dialect [and] The Bataks of PalawanPublisherBureau Public PrintingDate Published1905 View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$37.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #421 Scott's Last Expedition AuthorScott, R[obert] F[alcon]HeadlineScott's Last Expedition 1st EditionPublisherDodd, Mead and CompanyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #422 The Right Hon. R.J. Seddon's (The Premier of New Zealand) Visit to Tonga, Fiji, Savage Island, and the Cook Islands. May, 1900. AuthorSeddon, Richard JohnHeadlineThe Premier of New Zealand travels the south seasPublisherJohn MacKay, Government PrinterDate Published1900 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #423 Viti: an Account of a Government Mission to the Vitian or Fijian Islands in the Years 1860-61 AuthorSeemann, Berthold CarlHeadlineAccount of Viti from a British botanist 1862PublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #424 Tahiti: The Island Paradise AuthorSenn, NicholasHeadlineHistory of Tahiti by Dr. Nicholas SennPublisherW.B. ConkeyDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #425 Report on the Geological Collections Made During the Voyage of the "Quest" on the Shackleton-Rowett Expedition to the South Atlantic & Weddell Sea in 1921-1922 Heading(Shackleton, Ernest)HeadlineThe final Antarctic expedition of Ernest ShackletonPublisherBritish MuseumDate Published1930 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #426 South: The Story of Shackleton's Last Expedition, 1914-1917 AuthorShackleton, ErnestHeadlineSouth: The Story of Shackleton's Last ExpeditionPublisherHeinemannDate Published1919 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #427 The Heart of the Antarctic: Being the Story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909. AuthorShackleton, E[rnest] H.HeadlineShackleton's Heart of the AntarcticPublisherJ.B. LippincottDate Published1909 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #428 Islands of the Southern Seas: Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, and Java AuthorShoemaker, Michael MyersHeadlineHawaii, Samoa, New Zealand, Tasmania, Australia, and JavaPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1898 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #429 Jungle Islands: The 'Illyria' in the South Seas AuthorShurcliff, Sidney NicholsHeadlineJungle Islands: The 'Illyria' in the South SeasPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1930 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #430 A Journal of Travels in England, Holland and Scotland, and of Two Passages over the Atlantic in the Years 1805 and 1806 Author[Silliman, Benjamin]HeadlineFirst Edition of Silliman's Journal of Travels in EnglandPublisherPrinted by D. & G. Bruce, for Ezra SargeantDate Published1810 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #431 Fregatten Eugenies Resa Omkring Jorder, Aren 1851-1853 Heading(Hawaii and the Pacific)AuthorSkogman, C[arl Johan Alfred]HeadlineFirst Swedish circumnavigation, w/views of HawaiiPublisherAdolf BonnierDate Published[1854-55] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #432 The Lore of the Whare-Wananga; Or, Teachings of the Maori College on Religion, Cosmogony, and History AuthorSmith, S. Percy, translatorHeadlineThe Lore of the Whare-WanangaPublisherThe Polynesian SocietyDate Published1913, 1915 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #433 Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori; With a Sketch of Polynesian History. - 2 editions, both presentation copies AuthorSmith, S. PercyHeadlineHawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori Presentation copiesPublisherWhitcombe and TombsDate Published1904, 1910 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #434 British Somaliland and Sokotra Heading(Somaliland)HeadlineBritish Somaliland and Sokotra HandbookDate PublishedMarch 1919 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #435 Etablissements Francais du Pacifique Austral: Nouvelle Caledonie et Dependances...Etablissements Francais de l'Oceanie Heading(South Pacific)HeadlineBook on the South Pacific, bound by Zaehnsdorf.PublisherSociete d'Editions Geographiques, Maritimes et ColonialesDate Published1931 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #436 The Several Reports of the Committee of Secrecy to the Honourable House of Commons, Relating to the late South-Sea Directors, &c. Heading(South Sea Bubble)HeadlineReports of the Committee of Secrecy 1721 South Sea BubblePublisherA. MooreDate Published1721 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #437 Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile AuthorSpeke, John HanningHeadlineJournal of the Discovery of the Source of the NilePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #438 Antarctic Miscellany: Books, Periodicals & Maps Relating to the Discovery and Exploration of Antarctica AuthorSpence, Sydney A.HeadlineSpence's Antarctic Miscellany 1/1000 copiesPublisher[Simper & Simper]Date Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #439 Two titles by on the South Seas by Alfred St. Johnston AuthorSt. Johnston, AlfredHeadlineSouth Seas by Alfred St. JohnstonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1883 & 1890 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #440 In Darkest Africa, or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria AuthorStanley, Henry M[orton]HeadlineStanley's In Darkest Africa deluxe bindingPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1890 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #442 Three volumes by William Stone, including one inscribed AuthorStone, William S.Headline3 Pacific novels by Wm. Stone, one inscribed.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$37.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #443 Autograph Letter Signed - 1921 American young woman in French-occupied Turkish Syria Heading(Syria and Turkey)AuthorMartin, Jessie StillHeadlineALS from American woman in Syria 1921Date PublishedOctober 1, 1921 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$437.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #444 Mademoiselle Against the World AuthorTitaynaHeadlineMademoiselle Against the World in dj 1931PublisherHorace LiverightDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #445 Six volumes by H.M. Tomlinson AuthorTomlinson, H.M.HeadlineSix volumes by H.M. TomlinsonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #446 James Calvert; Or, From Dark to Dawn in Fiji AuthorVernon, R.HeadlineJames Calvert; Or, From Dark to Dawn in FijiPublisherFleming H. RevellDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #449 Two volumes on Pacific travel by Caspar Whitney AuthorWhitney, CasparHeadline2 volumes on Pacific travel by Caspar WhitneyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10StatusUnsoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #450 Undiscovered Australia: Being an Account of an Expedition to Tropical Australia to Collect Specimens of the Rare Native Fauna for the British Museum, 1923-1925 AuthorWilkins, G.H.HeadlineWilkins' book on Australia, in rare dust jacketPublisherPutnam'sDate Published1929 View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #451 A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries. With a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands; and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite AuthorWilson, WilliamHeadlineVoyage to the South Pacific by Wilson 1799PublisherBy S. Gosnell for T. ChapmanDate Published1799 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #462 Thirteen lithographed plates from the Atlas Pittoresque of "Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée..." Heading(Antarctica & Pacific)AuthorDumont d'Urville, Jules-Sébastien-CésarHeadlineView of Pacific & AntarcticPublisherGideDate Published1846 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #477 Vue de Tour Porcellaine a Nancking en Chine Heading(China)HeadlineEngraving of Porcelain Tower in Nanking, ChinaDate Publishedc.1780 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #480 Souvenir of my Voyage - handkerchief from the R.M.S. Majestic Heading(Cruise Ships - White Star Line - Majestic)Headlinesouvenir handkerchief from the R.M.S. MajesticDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$37.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #487 London from the Thames AuthorParrott, Wm.HeadlineWm. Parrott London From the ThamesPublisherNewton K. GreggDate Published[1973] View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #492 Bridges of Florence, 1937-1987 Heading(Italy)AuthorMorrill, F. GordonHeadlineBridges of Florence 1937-1987PublisherF. Gordon MorrillDate Published1987 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #505 Six copper-engraved bird's-eye views of forts, ports, towns and other locales in Palestine and the Middle East AuthorCalmet, AugustinHeadlineViews of ports & cities in PalestineDate Published1722-28 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #522 Plan de la Ville Faubourg et Environs de St. Petersbourg [on sheet with] Carte Particuliere des Environs de St. Petersboug, du Cours de la R. de Neva... [on sheet with] Carte Pour l'Intelligence de la Guerre de Moscovie et de Suede... Heading(Russia)AuthorBeaurain, Jean Chevalier deHeadlinePlan of St. Petersburg Russia c.1745Date Publishedc.1745 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #525 Paddle-Wheel Gun-Boat Heading(Ships of War)Headlinelithography plate of British Gun-Boat 1864PublisherDay & SonDate PublishedJanuary 1st, 1864 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #526 Screw Gun Boat Heading(Ships of War)Headlinelithography plate of British Screw Gun 1864PublisherDay & SonDate PublishedJanuary 1st, 1864 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #527 Emisfero Terrestre Meridionale Tagliato su l'Equatore Heading(South Pole & Hemisphere)AuthorZatta, AntonioHeadlineZatta map of the Southern HemisphereDate Published1779 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #533 Ensign & Thayer's Travellers' Guide through the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Wisconsin; with Railroad, Canal, Stage, and Steamboat Routes; Accompanied with a New Map of the above States Heading(United States - Midwest)AuthorEnsign, Thayer & Co.HeadlineEnsign & Thayer's Travellers' Guide Ohio 1853PublisherThayer, Bridgeman & FanningDate Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #548 The Search for the Niger AuthorLloyd, ChristopherHeadlineSearch for Niger in West AfricaPublisherCollinsDate Published1973 View details StatusUnsold Lot #551 The Westward Crossings: Balboa, Mackenzie, Lewis and Clark AuthorMirsky, JeannetteHeadlineEarly explorers cross the continentPublisherAllan WingateDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$10Sold for$12.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #552 The European Discovery of America AuthorMorrison, Samuel EliotHeadlineEuropean Discovery of AmericaPublisherOxford University PressDate Published1971 & 1974 View details Estimate$10Sold for$12.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Lot #554 Voyaging to Cathay: Americans in the China Trade AuthorTamarin, Alfred & Shirley GlubokHeadlineAmericans trade in 19th century ChinaPublisherViking PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$10Sold for$12.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next