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Sale 518: Fine Americana - African American History - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#518) 10/24/2013 11:00 AM PDT Closed

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Carte-de-visite photograph of the first Black voter in Illinois town
203

Carte-de-visite photograph of the first Black voter in Illinois town

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    (1870 Illinois photograph of first Black voter)
  • Headline
    Carte-de-visite photograph of 1st Black voter, IL
  • Publisher
    Bowman, Photographer
  • Date Published
    [1870]
Estimate$100 - $150
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Printed and handwritten Marriage License and (attached) Marriage Certificate for Benjamin Petty and Mary Robinson, "Colored", "legally solemnized" and signed by (white) Minister Benjamin Tiller, Warsaw, Kentucky, November 7, 1871
204

Printed and handwritten Marriage License and (attached) Marriage Certificate for Benjamin Petty and Mary Robinson, "Colored", "legally solemnized" and signed by (white) Minister Benjamin Tiller, Warsaw, Kentucky, November 7, 1871

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    (1871 Kentucky 'Colored' Marriage Certificate)
  • Headline
    1871 Kentucky ‘Colored’ Marriage Certificate
  • Date Published
    November 7, 1871
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
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Argument In behalf of appropriating unpaid bounties of United States colored soldiers to certain Institutions
208

Argument In behalf of appropriating unpaid bounties of United States colored soldiers to certain Institutions

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    (1880 Negro Soldiers Civil War Bounties to fund Black Colleges)
  • Author
    Painter, C.C. and S.C. Armstrong
  • Headline
    Work on Civil War Bounties for Colored Soldiers
  • Date Published
    [c.1880]
Estimate$80 - $120
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Autograph letter Signed from the New York photographer of Harriet Tubman
214

Autograph letter Signed from the New York photographer of Harriet Tubman

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    (Photographer of Harriet Tubman, 1889)
  • Author
    Lindsley, H[arvey] B.
  • Headline
    Photography, African-American, Harriet Tubman
  • Publisher
    Sunbeam Gallery
  • Date Published
    September 24, 1889
Estimate$10 - $100
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Autograph letter, signed on pictorial stationery, with photograph of William Davis in black-face
219

Autograph letter, signed on pictorial stationery, with photograph of William Davis in black-face

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    (1895 "Black-Face" Entertainment)
  • Author
    Hall, William Davis
  • Headline
    ALs from Wm Davis w/photo of "black-face" 1895
  • Date Published
    August 20, 1895
Estimate$60 - $90
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Blue & White. Los Angeles High School [Year Book] - with Senior photograph of Frederick Roberts, the school's first black student (later the first California Black legislator)
222

Blue & White. Los Angeles High School [Year Book] - with Senior photograph of Frederick Roberts, the school's first black student (later the first California Black legislator)

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    (1900 Los Angeles High School Graduates 1st Black California Legislator)
  • Headline
    LA high school year book winter 1902
  • Date Published
    1902 [1900]
Estimate$10
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Under Fire With The Tenth U.S. Cavalry, Being a Brief, Comprehensive Review of the Negro’s Participation in the Wars of the United States. Especially Showing the Valor and Heroism of the Negro Soldiers of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalries, and the Twenty-Four
225

Under Fire With The Tenth U.S. Cavalry, Being a Brief, Comprehensive Review of the Negro’s Participation in the Wars of the United States. Especially Showing the Valor and Heroism of the Negro Soldiers of the Ninth and Tenth Cavalries, and the Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Infantries of the Regular Army; As Demonstrated in the Decisive Campaign around Santiago de Cuba, 1898, when These Soldiers Crowned Themselves with a Halo of Unfaded Glory

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    (1902 African-American Regiments in Spanish-American War)
  • Author
    Cashin, Herschel; Charles Alexander; William T. Anderson; Arthur M. Brown; and Horace W. Bivins
  • Headline
    1902 African-American Regiments Span-Amer War
  • Publisher
    American Publishing House
  • Date Published
    [1902]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$87.50
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Twentieth Century Negro Literature, A Cyclopedia of Thought. Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro. By One Hundred of America’s Greatest Negroes
226

Twentieth Century Negro Literature, A Cyclopedia of Thought. Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro. By One Hundred of America’s Greatest Negroes

  • Heading
    (1902 First Twentieth Century Negro Cyclopedia)
  • Author
    Culp, D.W. editor
  • Headline
    1902 First Twentieth Century Negro Cyclopedia
  • Publisher
    J.L. Nichols & Co.
  • Date Published
    [c.1902]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
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The Underground Railway (From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Second Series, Volume VIII, Pp. 49-77)
227

The Underground Railway (From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Second Series, Volume VIII, Pp. 49-77)

  • Heading
    (1902 Rare Canadian Account Of The Underground Railroad)
  • Author
    Withrow, W.H.
  • Headline
    The Underground Railway 1902
  • Publisher
    For Sale by J. Hope & Sons, Ottawa; The Copp-Clark Co., Toronto; Bernard Quaritch, London, England
  • Date Published
    1902
Estimate$60 - $90
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The Brownsville Affray. Senate Report No. 355
234

The Brownsville Affray. Senate Report No. 355

  • Heading
    (1908 Dishonored Buffalo Soldiers of Brownsville, Texas)
  • Author
    [Foraker, Joseph and Morgan Bulkeley]
  • Headline
    Brownsville Affray. Senate Report No. 355
  • Publisher
    U.S. Senate Committee on Military Affairs
  • Date Published
    March 11, 1908
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$562.50
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“Reverend London Ferrill” [in] Lore of the Meadowland: Short Studies in Kentuckiana
236

“Reverend London Ferrill” [in] Lore of the Meadowland: Short Studies in Kentuckiana

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    (1911 First Kentucky Black Preacher)
  • Author
    Townsend, John Wilson
  • Headline
    “Reverend London Ferrill” 1911
  • Publisher
    J.L. Richardson & Co.
  • Date Published
    1911
Estimate$60 - $90
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Darkey Ditties - inscribed by the author
240

Darkey Ditties - inscribed by the author

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    (1915 Inscribed Black author’s "Darkey Ditties")
  • Author
    Henderson, Elliott B.
  • Headline
    Darkey Ditties - inscribed by the author 1915
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
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1915 "Injustice of African Exclusion" and "Protection of Negro Womanhood" - Two offprints of speeches by Illinois Congressman Martin B. Madden
241

1915 "Injustice of African Exclusion" and "Protection of Negro Womanhood" - Two offprints of speeches by Illinois Congressman Martin B. Madden

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    (1915 Offprints)
  • Author
    Madden, Hon. Martin B[arnaby]
  • Headline
    2 Govt offprints of Martin Madden speeches
  • Publisher
    GPO
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$60 - $90
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Stock certificate for shares in the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation
243

Stock certificate for shares in the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation

  • Heading
    (1918 Black Answer to Racist Epic Film "Birth of a Nation")
  • Headline
    stock certificate for birth of a race movie co.
  • Publisher
    Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation
  • Date Published
    September 27, 1918
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
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Songs and Spirituals of Negro Composition for Revivals and Congregational Singing
246

Songs and Spirituals of Negro Composition for Revivals and Congregational Singing

  • Heading
    (1921 - 1st Black cosmetics company Negro Spirituals Ad Book)
  • Author
    Overton-Hygienic Co.
  • Headline
    Songs and Spirituals of Negro Composition for Rev
  • Date Published
    1921
Estimate$60 - $90
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The Negro In Our History
254

The Negro In Our History

  • Heading
    (1928 Carter Woodson’s classic Black History)
  • Author
    Woodson, Carter Godwin
  • Headline
    The Negro In Our History and Negro History Week
  • Publisher
    Associated Publishers
  • Date Published
    [1928]
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$50
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Four issues of Judge Magazine with cover art by E. Simms Campbell
257

Four issues of Judge Magazine with cover art by E. Simms Campbell

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    (1931-32 First Nationally Recognized Black Cartoonist)
  • Author
    Campbell, E. Simms
  • Headline
    4 issues of Judge w/art by E. Simms Campbell
  • Publisher
    Judge
  • Date Published
    1931-1932
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
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Carter Woodson’s African Studies - two volumes
264

Carter Woodson’s African Studies - two volumes

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    (1936-39 Two African Studies by Carter Woodson)
  • Author
    Woodson, Carter Godwin
  • Headline
    Two African Studies by Carter Woodson 1936-39
  • Publisher
    Associated Publishers
  • Date Published
    [1936-1939]
Estimate$60 - $90
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1938-39 Black Cartoonist's First Black Themes - within the pages of Esquire magazine
268

1938-39 Black Cartoonist's First Black Themes - within the pages of Esquire magazine

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    (1938-39 First Black Cartoonist's Black Themes)
  • Author
    Campbell, E. Simms
  • Headline
    E Simms Campbell illus from Esquire mag 1938
  • Publisher
    Esquire
  • Date Published
    1938-39
Estimate$60 - $90
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Printed letter from "Father of the Blues" W.C. Handy at the New York World's Fair
272

Printed letter from "Father of the Blues" W.C. Handy at the New York World's Fair

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    (1939-40 Printed Letter from 'Father of the Blues')
  • Author
    Handy, W.C.
  • Headline
    TL from WC Handy "Father of the Blues" 1939-40
  • Date Published
    [c.1939-1940]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
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Dedication by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, South Side Community Art Center, May 7, 1941
274

Dedication by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, South Side Community Art Center, May 7, 1941

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    (1941 Eleanor Roosevelt Dedicates 1st African-American Art Museum in Chicago)
  • Author
    Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin D.
  • Headline
    Dedication by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, South S
  • Publisher
    South Side Community Art Center
  • Date Published
    May 7, 1941
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$200
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Autograph letter, signed by a liberal economist in wartime Washington, lamenting the Harlem Riots
276

Autograph letter, signed by a liberal economist in wartime Washington, lamenting the Harlem Riots

  • Heading
    (1943 letter about the Harlem Race Riots)
  • Author
    Dresher, Mrs. Melvin
  • Headline
    ALs lamenting the Harlem Riots 1943
  • Date Published
    August 1-2, [1943]
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$50
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Petition to Mayor Finerty and School Board - 1945 Gary, Indiana Fights Over School Integration
283

Petition to Mayor Finerty and School Board - 1945 Gary, Indiana Fights Over School Integration

  • Heading
    (African American - 1945 Indiana fight over School Integration)
  • Headline
    Petition to Mayor Finerty and School Board 1945
  • Publisher
    Pat Riley, Indiana State C.I.O. Anti-Discrimination Committee
  • Date Published
    [October, 1945]
Estimate$10 - $100
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Flash Photography - 1947 Gordon Parks, 1st Photography Manual by an African-American
285

Flash Photography - 1947 Gordon Parks, 1st Photography Manual by an African-American

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    (1947 Gordon Parks. 1st Photography Manual by an African-American)
  • Author
    Parks, Gordon
  • Headline
    Flash Photography by Gordon Parks 1947
  • Publisher
    Franklin Watts
  • Date Published
    [1947]
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$50
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Two Dick Gregory Presidential campaign "dollars"
298

Two Dick Gregory Presidential campaign "dollars"

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    (1968 Dick Gregory Presidential Campaign)
  • Author
    Gregory, Dick
  • Headline
    Two Dick Gregory Presidential campaign "dollars"
  • Date Published
    1968
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$62.50
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The Martin Luther King, Jr. Companion - inscribed from Coretta Scott King to Greg Louganis
299

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Companion - inscribed from Coretta Scott King to Greg Louganis

  • Heading
    (1993 - Inscribed from Mr. Luther King, Jr.'s Widow)
  • Author
    King, Coretta Scott
  • Headline
    Book inscribed from Coretta Scott King to Olympian Greg Louganis.
  • Publisher
    St. Martin's Press
  • Date Published
    [1993]
Estimate$250 - $350
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The West African Herald, No. 64
300

The West African Herald, No. 64

  • Heading
    (Africa - 1860 First Black-owned newspaper in West Africa)
  • Author
    Charles Bannerman, editor and proprietor
  • Headline
    West African Herald, 1860
  • Date Published
    April 2, 1860
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
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The Challenge 1983
301

The Challenge 1983

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    (America's Cup)
  • Author
    Gore, Philip, editor
  • Headline
    The Challenge 1983 1/1000 signed
  • Publisher
    Lyon Productions
  • Date Published
    1984
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$250
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The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1910-1912.
302

The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1910-1912.

  • Author
    Amundsen, Roald
  • Headline
    Amundsen's account of reaching the South Pole
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
Sold for$2,812.50
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Sydpolen: Den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med Fram, 1910-1912
303

Sydpolen: Den Norske Sydpolsfaerd med Fram, 1910-1912

  • Author
    Amundsen, Roald
  • Headline
    Roald Amundsen Sydpolen First Norwegian Edition
  • Publisher
    Jacob Dybwads Forlag
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$562.50
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Polynesia: A Popular Description of the Physical Features, Inhabitants, Natural History, and Productions of the Islands of the Pacific
304

Polynesia: A Popular Description of the Physical Features, Inhabitants, Natural History, and Productions of the Islands of the Pacific

  • Author
    Angas, George French
  • Headline
    Popular Description of Polynesia w/map 1886
  • Publisher
    Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
  • Date Published
    [1886]
Estimate$60 - $90
Sold for$37.50
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1946 Menu of the Royal Dinner that started the Arab-Israeli War
306

1946 Menu of the Royal Dinner that started the Arab-Israeli War

  • Heading
    (Arabia and Egypt)
  • Headline
    Menu from 1946 royal dinner that started Arab-Israeli War
  • Date Published
    1946
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
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Northern Najd: A Journey from Jerusalem to Anaiza in Qasim
307

Northern Najd: A Journey from Jerusalem to Anaiza in Qasim

  • Heading
    (Argonaut Press)
  • Author
    Guarmani, Carlo
  • Headline
    Argonaut Press, Northern Najd
  • Publisher
    The Argonaut Press
  • Date Published
    1938
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$112.50
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Ralegh's Last Voyage: Being an Account Drawn out of Contemporary Letters and Relations, both Spanish and English...the Voyage of Sir Walter Ralegh...to Guiana in the Year 1617 and the Fatal Consequences of the Same
308

Ralegh's Last Voyage: Being an Account Drawn out of Contemporary Letters and Relations, both Spanish and English...the Voyage of Sir Walter Ralegh...to Guiana in the Year 1617 and the Fatal Consequences of the Same

  • Heading
    (Argonaut Press)
  • Author
    Harlow, V.T.
  • Headline
    Argonaut Press, Ralegh's voyages
  • Publisher
    The Argonaut Press
  • Date Published
    1932
Estimate$60 - $90
Sold for$50
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Die Gende in Zentralgeuguinea: Vom Leben und Denken eines Papua-Stammes im Bismarckgebirge
309

Die Gende in Zentralgeuguinea: Vom Leben und Denken eines Papua-Stammes im Bismarckgebirge

  • Author
    Aufenanger, Heinrich and Georg Holtker
  • Headline
    Papuan tribe in the Bismarck Mountains 1940 signed
  • Publisher
    Wien-Modling
  • Date Published
    1940
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
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Australasia Illustrated - Parts 52 - 55
310

Australasia Illustrated - Parts 52 - 55

  • Heading
    (Australia)
  • Author
    Garran, Andrew, editor
  • Headline
    4 parts from the Australasia Illustrated series, 1892.
  • Publisher
    The Picturesque Atlas Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    [c.1892]
Estimate$60 - $90
Sold for$37.50
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Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835
311

Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835

  • Author
    Back, Captain [George]
  • Headline
    Back's Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition
  • Publisher
    E.L. Carey & A. Hart
  • Date Published
    1836
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
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Voyages and Travels mainly during the 16th and 17th Centuries
312

Voyages and Travels mainly during the 16th and 17th Centuries

  • Author
    Beazley, C. Raymond, introduction
  • Headline
    Voyages & Travels During the 16th and 17th Centuries
  • Publisher
    E. P. Dutton
  • Date Published
    [c.1900]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
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Two works by R. Reynell Bellamy
313

Two works by R. Reynell Bellamy

  • Author
    Bellamy, R. Reynell
  • Headline
    Two works by R. Reynell Bellamy
  • Publisher
    John Long Limited
  • Date Published
    1933-1934
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
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Three works about Borneo
315

Three works about Borneo

  • Heading
    (Borneo)
  • Headline
    Three early 20th century nice works on Borneo.
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$175
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Three volumes on Pacific travel by William D. Boyce
316

Three volumes on Pacific travel by William D. Boyce

  • Author
    Boyce, William D.
  • Headline
    3 volumes on Pacific Travel, Wm Boyce
  • Publisher
    Rand, McNally & Company
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$60 - $90
Sold for$37.50
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Lendas-Brasileiras: 21 Historis Criadas Pela Imaginacao de Nosso Povo
317

Lendas-Brasileiras: 21 Historis Criadas Pela Imaginacao de Nosso Povo

  • Heading
    (Brazil)
  • Author
    Cascudo, Luis da Camara
  • Headline
    21 Brazilian legends, beautifully illustrated.
  • Publisher
    Confraria dos Bibliogilos Brasileiros
  • Date Published
    1945
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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The Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions
318

The Mothers: A Study of the Origins of Sentiments and Institutions

  • Author
    Briffault, Robert
  • Headline
    3 volume set on relations between the sexes.
  • Publisher
    Macmillan
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
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The Gardens of the Sun: Or, A Naturalist's Journal on the Mountains and in the Forests and Swamps of Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago
319

The Gardens of the Sun: Or, A Naturalist's Journal on the Mountains and in the Forests and Swamps of Borneo and the Sulu Archipelago

  • Author
    Burbidge, F.W.
  • Headline
    Plant collecting in the wilds of Borneo
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1880
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
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Burma
320

Burma

  • Heading
    (Burma)
  • Author
    Ferrars, Max & Bertha
  • Headline
    Burme as a British Colony
  • Publisher
    Sampson, Low
  • Date Published
    1900
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$812.50
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Mission Life in the Islands of the Pacific: Being a Narrative of the Life and Labours of the Rev. A. Buzacott
321

Mission Life in the Islands of the Pacific: Being a Narrative of the Life and Labours of the Rev. A. Buzacott

  • Author
    Buzacott, A[aron]
  • Headline
    Labours of the Rev. A. Buzacott in South Seas
  • Publisher
    John Snow
  • Date Published
    1866
Estimate$100 - $200
Sold for$62.50
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Four volumes about Cannibals of the South Sea
322

Four volumes about Cannibals of the South Sea

  • Heading
    (Cannibal Narratives)
  • Headline
    4 volumes on Cannibals of the South Sea.
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$100
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Su Liu-Peng
323

Su Liu-Peng

  • Heading
    (China Art - 19th century Chinese artist, 1965 Hong Kong imprint)
  • Author
    Kwok-wing, Lee
  • Headline
    Su Liu-Peng 19th century Chinese artist
  • Publisher
    [City Hall Museum and Art Gallery]
  • Date Published
    [1965]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
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Cabinet card of Dr. John H. Lochhead, an American port doctor of British Hong Kong
324

Cabinet card of Dr. John H. Lochhead, an American port doctor of British Hong Kong

  • Heading
    (China)
  • Headline
    Cabinet card of an American dr in Hong Kong
  • Publisher
    Taber
  • Date Published
    1886 (manuscript note dated 1899)
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
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A Journey Through the Chinese Empire
325

A Journey Through the Chinese Empire

  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Huc, [Evariste Regis]
  • Headline
    Huc's Journey through Chinese Empire 1855
  • Publisher
    Harper
  • Date Published
    1855
Estimate$100 - $150
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China As She Is: A Comprehensive Album, 1934
326

China As She Is: A Comprehensive Album, 1934

  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Wu, L.T., editor-in-chief
  • Headline
    China As She Is in 1934
  • Publisher
    Liang You Printing & Publishing
  • Date Published
    1934
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,187.50
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Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China
327

Travels in the Regions of the Upper and Lower Amoor and the Russian Acquisitions on the Confines of India and China

  • Heading
    (China, Central Asia)
  • Author
    Atkinson, Thomas Witlam
  • Headline
    Atkinson's narrative of travels to China, 1st edition
  • Publisher
    Hurst and Blackett
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$150 - $250
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A Sketch of the Geology of the Southern Part of Hsing-King, China
328

A Sketch of the Geology of the Southern Part of Hsing-King, China

  • Heading
    (China, Geology - 1905 Japanese Geologists in Chinese Manchuria)
  • Author
    Inouye, Kinosuke
  • Headline
    A sketch of Geology in China 1905
  • Publisher
    Imperial Geological Survey
  • Date Published
    1905
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
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Sailing Directions and Nautical Remarks by Officers of the Late U.S. Naval Expedition to Japan under the Command of Commodore M.C.Perry
329

Sailing Directions and Nautical Remarks by Officers of the Late U.S. Naval Expedition to Japan under the Command of Commodore M.C.Perry

  • Heading
    (China, Japan - 1857 Commodore Perry Sailing Directions for China and Japan with large map of Asian waters)
  • Author
    Maury, William L., compiler
  • Headline
    With scarce folding map of Japan, China
  • Publisher
    A.O.P. Nicholson
  • Date Published
    1857
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$937.50
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Autograph Letter Signed - 1940 letter, Shanghai Japanese occupation and Schiff Art Portfolio
330

Autograph Letter Signed - 1940 letter, Shanghai Japanese occupation and Schiff Art Portfolio

  • Heading
    (China, Shanghai in World War II)
  • Author
    Mollitz, Jean
  • Headline
    ALs about Japanese occupation and Schiff Art 1940
  • Date Published
    June 18, 1940
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
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Two travel works by F.W. Christian
331

Two travel works by F.W. Christian

  • Author
    Christian, F.W.
  • Headline
    Two travel works by F.W. Christian
  • Date Published
    1899-1910
Estimate$150 - $250
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"Blackbirding" in the South Pacific; Or, The First White Man on the Beach
332

"Blackbirding" in the South Pacific; Or, The First White Man on the Beach

  • Author
    Churchward, W.B.
  • Headline
    "Blackbirding" in the South Pacific by Churchward
  • Publisher
    Swan Sonnenschein & Co.
  • Date Published
    1888
Estimate$10
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The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Together with an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland
333

The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England, Together with an Historical View of the Affairs of Ireland

  • Author
    Clarendon, Edward Hyde
  • Headline
    Clarendon's History of the Rebellion
  • Publisher
    University Press
  • Date Published
    1849
Estimate$250 - $350
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Islands of Queen Wilhelmina - signed by author
334

Islands of Queen Wilhelmina - signed by author

  • Author
    Clifton, Violet
  • Headline
    South Seas travel, signed by author Violet Clifton.
  • Publisher
    Constable & Company
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$100 - $150
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A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean...for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the
335

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean...for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerk, and Gore, in his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780

  • Author
    Cook, James and James King
  • Headline
    Cook's Third Voyage with atlas
  • Publisher
    Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell
  • Date Published
    1784
Estimate$7,000 - $10,000
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Cruise of the "Alert": Four Years in Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene Waters. (1878-82.)
336

Cruise of the "Alert": Four Years in Patagonian, Polynesian, and Mascarene Waters. (1878-82.)

  • Author
    Coppinger, R.W.
  • Headline
    British explore South Sea 1885
  • Publisher
    W. Swan Sonnenschein and Co.
  • Date Published
    1885
Estimate$10
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Recollections of Travel in New Zealand and Australia
337

Recollections of Travel in New Zealand and Australia

  • Author
    Crawford, James Coutts
  • Headline
    Observations of Australia and New Zealand
  • Publisher
    Truumlbner & Co.
  • Date Published
    1880
Estimate$60 - $90
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Advertising poster for the N.Y.K. Orient-California liners Asama Maru and Tatsuta Maru
338

Advertising poster for the N.Y.K. Orient-California liners Asama Maru and Tatsuta Maru

  • Heading
    (Cruise Ships)
  • Headline
    Poster for ships Asama Maru & Tatsuta Maru
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$200 - $300
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Lithograph poster for the Cunard Line ships Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary
339

Lithograph poster for the Cunard Line ships Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary

  • Heading
    (Cruise Ships)
  • Headline
    Promotional lithograph for the Queen Mary & Queen Elizabeth
  • Date Published
    1930s
Estimate$200 - $300
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American sugar 'Capitalist' in Spanish Cuba, 1838 Letter
340

American sugar 'Capitalist' in Spanish Cuba, 1838 Letter

  • Heading
    (Cuba, sugar trade)
  • Author
    Shelton, Henry
  • Headline
    Cuba, sugar trade
  • Date Published
    Dec. 31, 1838
Estimate$10 - $100
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1958 Archive of US Government Nickel Plant in Cuba during the Castro revolution
341

1958 Archive of US Government Nickel Plant in Cuba during the Castro revolution

  • Heading
    (Cuba, Mining)
  • Headline
    Archive of US Govt nickel plant in Cuba 1958
  • Date Published
    1958
Estimate$120 - $160
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At Home in Fiji
342

At Home in Fiji

  • Author
    Cumming, C[onstance] F[rederica] Gordon
  • Headline
    Woman traveler in Fiji 1881
  • Publisher
    William Blackwood and Sons
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$10
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A Journey to Ashango-Land: And Further Penetration Into Equatorial Africa
344

A Journey to Ashango-Land: And Further Penetration Into Equatorial Africa

  • Author
    Du Chaillu, Paul B.
  • Headline
    Journey to Ashango-Land by Paul DuChaillu 1867
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Co.
  • Date Published
    1867
Estimate$100 - $150
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Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands; Including Descriptions of the Natural History and Scenery of the Islands - With Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs o
345

Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Six Years in the South Sea Islands; Including Descriptions of the Natural History and Scenery of the Islands - With Remarks on the History, Mythology, Traditions, Government, Arts, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants

  • Author
    Ellis, William
  • Headline
    Ellis's Polynesian Researches 1839
  • Publisher
    Fisher, Son, & Jackson
  • Date Published
    1829
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$406.25
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Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856. Including a Journey to the Capital. With Notices of the Natural History of the Country and the Present Civilization of the People
346

Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856. Including a Journey to the Capital. With Notices of the Natural History of the Country and the Present Civilization of the People

  • Author
    Ellis, William
  • Headline
    Three Visits to Madagascar by Wm Ellis, 1859
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$60 - $90
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Anno regni Gulielmi III. Regis Angliæ, Scotiæ, Francia & Hiberniæ, Nono & Decimo. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the two and twentieth day of November, Anno Dom. 1695. In the seventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord William the Third, by th
347

Anno regni Gulielmi III. Regis Angliæ, Scotiæ, Francia & Hiberniæ, Nono & Decimo. At the Parliament begun at Westminster the two and twentieth day of November, Anno Dom. 1695. In the seventh year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord William the Third, by the grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c.

  • Heading
    (England)
  • Headline
    An act for granting the king 1,484,015+ pounds 1697
  • Publisher
    Charles Bill
  • Date Published
    1697
Estimate$100 - $150
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Journal of a Cruise among the Islands of the Western Pacific, including the Feejees and others inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races, in Her Majesty's Ship Havannah
348

Journal of a Cruise among the Islands of the Western Pacific, including the Feejees and others inhabited by the Polynesian Negro Races, in Her Majesty's Ship Havannah

  • Author
    Erskine, John Elphinstone
  • Headline
    Cruise in the Pacific with color plates 1853
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$200 - $300
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Manga Reva: The Forgotten Islands - First Edition, and First Trade Edition - two volumes
349

Manga Reva: The Forgotten Islands - First Edition, and First Trade Edition - two volumes

  • Author
    Eskridge, Robert Lee
  • Headline
    Two editions of Manga Reva including limited ed and 1st ed
  • Publisher
    Bobbs-Merrill
  • Date Published
    [1931]
Estimate$10
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Tonga and the Friendly Islands; with A Sketch of their Mission History. Written for Young People
350

Tonga and the Friendly Islands; with A Sketch of their Mission History. Written for Young People

  • Author
    Farmer, Sarah S.
  • Headline
    With two engraved double-page maps.
  • Publisher
    Hamilton, Adams, & Co.
  • Date Published
    1855
Estimate$10
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The Experiences of a Forty-niner During Thirty-four Years' Residence in California and Australia
351

The Experiences of a Forty-niner During Thirty-four Years' Residence in California and Australia

  • Author
    Ferguson, Charles D.
  • Headline
    Gold exploration in California & Australia 1888
  • Publisher
    Williams Pub. Co.
  • Date Published
    1888
Estimate$10
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Folk-Lore in Borneo: A Sketch
353

Folk-Lore in Borneo: A Sketch

  • Author
    Furness, William Henry 3d
  • Headline
    Folk-Lore in Borneo 1899 rare
  • Publisher
    Privately Published
  • Date Published
    1899
Estimate$100 - $150
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Ocean and Isle - signed
354

Ocean and Isle - signed

  • Author
    Geil, William Edgar
  • Headline
    Signed copy of Geil's Ocean and Isle, 1st ed
  • Publisher
    Wm. T. Pater & Co.
  • Date Published
    1902
Estimate$10
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Bulletin de la Societe Neuchateloise de Geographie. Tome XIV, 1902-1903
355

Bulletin de la Societe Neuchateloise de Geographie. Tome XIV, 1902-1903

  • Heading
    (Geography)
  • Headline
    Bulletin Societe Neuchateloise de Geographie 1902
  • Publisher
    Paul Attinger
  • Date Published
    1902
Estimate$10
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In Quest of the Sun [and] The Gospel of the Sun - two volumes
356

In Quest of the Sun [and] The Gospel of the Sun - two volumes

  • Author
    Gerbault, Alain
  • Headline
    Alain Gerbault's Sun novels 2 first UK editions
  • Publisher
    Hodder & Stoughton
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$60 - $90
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Le Premier Hivernage dans Glaces Antarctiques Relation Anecdotique Sommaire du Voyage de la Belgica
357

Le Premier Hivernage dans Glaces Antarctiques Relation Anecdotique Sommaire du Voyage de la Belgica

  • Author
    Gerlache, Adrien de
  • Headline
    Account of the first wintering in Antarctica
  • Publisher
    Charles Bulens
  • Date Published
    1902
Estimate$200 - $300
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Over the Reefs and Far Away - signed copy, plus three others by Robert Gibbings
358

Over the Reefs and Far Away - signed copy, plus three others by Robert Gibbings

  • Author
    Gibbings, Robert
  • Headline
    4 volumes by Robert Gibbings, 1 signed
  • Publisher
    E.P. Dutton
  • Date Published
    [1948]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
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Gems from the Coral Islands. Western Polynesia: Comprising the New Hebrides Group, the Loyalty Group, New Caledonia Group.
359

Gems from the Coral Islands. Western Polynesia: Comprising the New Hebrides Group, the Loyalty Group, New Caledonia Group.

  • Author
    Gill, William
  • Headline
    Gems from the Coral Islands. Western Polynesia
  • Publisher
    Presbyterian Board of Education
  • Date Published
    [1855]
Estimate$60 - $90
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The Story of Aotea - inscribed to Mrs. Zane Grey
360

The Story of Aotea - inscribed to Mrs. Zane Grey

  • Heading
    (Grey, Zane)
  • Author
    Hammond, T.G.
  • Headline
    Inscribed to Mrs. Zane Grey.
  • Publisher
    Lyttelton Times Co.
  • Date Published
    1924
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
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The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamchatka & New Guinea with Notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and Various Islands of the Malay Archipelago
361

The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamchatka & New Guinea with Notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and Various Islands of the Malay Archipelago

  • Author
    Guillemard, F[rancis] H[enry] H[ill]
  • Headline
    The Cruise of the Marchesa to Kamchatka & New Guinea
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$200 - $300
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Aus Insulinde: Malayische Reisebriefe
362

Aus Insulinde: Malayische Reisebriefe

  • Author
    Haeckel, Ernst
  • Headline
    Aus Insulinde: Malayische Reisebriefe 1901 in dj and slipcase
  • Publisher
    Emil Strauss
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$10
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The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India
363

The Commentaries of the Great Afonso Dalboquerque, Second Viceroy of India

  • Heading
    (Hakluyt Society)
  • Author
    Birch, Walter de Gray
  • Headline
    Afonso Dalboquerque Commentaries Vol IV 1884
  • Publisher
    The Hakluyt Society
  • Date Published
    1884
Estimate$60 - $90
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The Discoveries of the World, From Their First Original Unto the Year of our Lord 1555
364

The Discoveries of the World, From Their First Original Unto the Year of our Lord 1555

  • Heading
    (Hakluyt Society)
  • Author
    Galvano, Antonio
  • Headline
    Discoveries of the World by Galvano 1862 Hakluyt
  • Publisher
    The Hakluyt Society
  • Date Published
    1862
Estimate$10
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The Journal of Christopher Columbus (During his First Voyage, 1492-93), and Documents Relating to the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real
365

The Journal of Christopher Columbus (During his First Voyage, 1492-93), and Documents Relating to the Voyages of John Cabot and Gaspar Corte Real

  • Heading
    (Hakluyt Society)
  • Author
    Markham, Clements R., translator
  • Headline
    Journal of Christopher Columbus, Hakluyt 1893
  • Publisher
    The Hakluyt Society
  • Date Published
    1893
Estimate$10
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The Hawkins' Voyages During the Reigns of Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, and James I
366

The Hawkins' Voyages During the Reigns of Henry VIII, Queen Elizabeth, and James I

  • Heading
    (Hakluyt Society)
  • Author
    Markham, Clements R.
  • Headline
    Hawkins' Voyages, Hakluyt 1878
  • Publisher
    The Hakluyt Society
  • Date Published
    1878
Estimate$100 - $150
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The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci
367

The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci

  • Heading
    (Hakluyt Society)
  • Author
    Markham, Clements R.
  • Headline
    The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci 1894
  • Publisher
    The Hakluyt Society
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$100 - $150
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Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island
368

Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island

  • Author
    Hall, Basil
  • Headline
    Voyage to Corea, Loo-Choo Islands, 1818 1st Amer Ed
  • Publisher
    Abraham Small
  • Date Published
    1818
Estimate$250 - $350
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Seven Years in Tibet
369

Seven Years in Tibet

  • Author
    Harrer, Heinrich
  • Headline
    Seven Years in Tibet signed by the author
  • Publisher
    Dutton
  • Date Published
    1954
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
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Three volumes by Mary Dillingham Frear, including two signed
370

Three volumes by Mary Dillingham Frear, including two signed

  • Heading
    (Hawaii)
  • Author
    Frear, Mary Dillingham
  • Headline
    Including a book inscribed to Jane Grabhorn.
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$10
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A Monographic Study of the Hawaiian Species of the Tribe Lobelioideae Family Campanulaceae
371

A Monographic Study of the Hawaiian Species of the Tribe Lobelioideae Family Campanulaceae

  • Heading
    (Hawaii)
  • Author
    Rock, Joseph Francis Charles
  • Headline
    Monograph on a Hawaiian bellflower plant 1919
  • Publisher
    Published by Authority of the Trustees
  • Date Published
    1919
Estimate$10
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Sepia-tone panorama photograph of Honolulu with the harbor and Diamond Head
372

Sepia-tone panorama photograph of Honolulu with the harbor and Diamond Head

  • Heading
    (Hawaii)
  • Headline
    Panorama of Honolulu c.1920
  • Date Published
    c.1920
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
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Sesquicentennial Celebration of Captain Cook's Discovery of Hawaii (1778-1928). Held in The Hawaiian Islands, August 15 to 21, 1928
374

Sesquicentennial Celebration of Captain Cook's Discovery of Hawaii (1778-1928). Held in The Hawaiian Islands, August 15 to 21, 1928

  • Heading
    (Hawaii)
  • Author
    Taylor, Albert Pierce
  • Headline
    Celebration of Captain Cook's Hawaii 1928
  • Publisher
    Captain Cook Sesquicentennial Commission and the Archives of Hawaii Commission
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$100 - $150
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Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East - Inscribed by Ambrose Bierce
375

Gleanings in Buddha-Fields: Studies of Hand and Soul in the Far East - Inscribed by Ambrose Bierce

  • Author
    Hearn, Lafcadio
  • Headline
    Inscribed by Ambrose Bierce
  • Publisher
    Houghton, Mifflin and Company
  • Date Published
    1898
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
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Two Years in the French West Indies
376

Two Years in the French West Indies

  • Author
    Hearn, Lafcadio
  • Headline
    Two Years in the French West Indies
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    [1890]
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
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A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772
377

A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772

  • Author
    Hearne, Samuel
  • Headline
    First white man to cross travel overland to the Arctic Ocean
  • Publisher
    P. Byrne
  • Date Published
    1796
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,125
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Three works on the South Sea islands by George Henderson
378

Three works on the South Sea islands by George Henderson

  • Author
    Henderson, George
  • Headline
    3 works on the South Sea by George Henderson
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$100 - $200
Sold for$75
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