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