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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Narrative of a Journey in the Interior of China, and of a Voyage to and from that Country, in the Years 1816 and 1817; Containing an Account of the Most Interesting Transactions of Lord Amherst's Embassy to the Court of Pekin, and Observations on the Countries which it visited AuthorAbel, ClarkeHeadlineClarke Abel's Journey to China 1819 color platesPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1819 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #30 Typographical Antiquities; Or the History of Printing in England, Scotland and Ireland: Containing Memoirs of our Ancient Printers and a Register of the Books Printed by Them. AuthorAmes, Joseph, William Herbert, and Thomas Frognall DibdinHeadlineAmes & Herbert Typographical Antiquities 1810-19PublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1810-19 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #31 The Art of the Atlantic Salmon Fly Heading(Angling)AuthorBates, Joseph D., Jr.HeadlineBates, Art of..Atlantic Salmon Fly deluxe editionPublisherDavid R. GodineDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #32 An American Angler in Australia Headingzzk(Angling)AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey An American Angler in Australia 1st EdnPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1937 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #33 Modern Development of the Dry Fly: The New Dry Fly Patterns, the Manipulation of Dressing them, and Practical Experiences of their Use Headingzzk(Angling)AuthorHalford, Frederic M.HeadlineHalford, Modern Development of the Dry Fly 1/50PublisherE. P. DuttonDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #34 The Gentleman Angler: Containing Short, Plain, and Easy Instructions, whereby the most ignorant Beginner may, in short Time, become a perfect Artist, in Angling for Salmon, Salmon Peal, Trout, Pike, Carp, Perch, Barbel, Tench, Bream, Chub, Grayling, Mullets, Flounders, Roch, Dace, Gudgeon, &c.... By a Gentleman, who has made Angling his Diversion upwards of Twenty-Eight Years Heading(Angling)Author**HeadlineGentleman Angler 1st Ed. 1726 full leatherPublisherA. BettesworthDate Published1726 View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #37 Istoria della China de Lodovico Arrivabene Gentil'hvomo Mantovano, nella quale si tratta de molte cose marauigliose di quell' amplissimo Regno AuthorArrivabene, LodovicoHeadlineHistory of China, 1599PublisherAppresso A. Tamo ad instanza di Angelo de'RossiDate Published1599 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #40 Album of autographs collected by Geary Steffen, aka Willie Ritchie, Jr. Heading(Autographs)Author**HeadlineAutograph collection, sports, politcs, etc.Date Publishedc. 1932 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #42 Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri Septem. In quibus Tabulae omnes gradibus distinctae, descriptiones accuratae, caetera supra priores editiones politiora, Auctioraque. ad Christianissimum Galliae & Navarrae Regem Ludovicum XIII AuthorBertius, PetrusHeadlineBertius' Geography with 220 maps 1618PublisherJodocus HondiusDate Published1618 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #50 Heures Imprimees Par L'Ordre de Monseigeur L'Archeveque de Paris, A L'Usage de Son Diocese Heading(Book of Hours)Author**HeadlineFrench Book of Hours 1736 Finely BoundPublisherAux depens des Libraires associes pour les Usages du DioceseDate Published1736 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #52 Discovery: The Story of the Second Byrd Antarctic Expedition AuthorByrd, Richard E.HeadlineRichard Byrd Discovery Signed with photosPublisherPutnam'sDate Published1935 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #55 Veterum Romanorum Religio, Castrametatio, Disciplina Militaris ut & Balneae ex Antiquis Numismatibus & Lapidibus Demonstrata. AuthorChoul, Guilielmo DuHeadlineGuilielmo Du Choul Veterum Romanorum 1685PublisherJansson-WaesbergDate Published1685 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #56 Les Civilisations de L'Inde Heading(Chromolithographs)AuthorLe Bon, Le Dr. GustaveHeadlineLes Civilisations de L'Inde - 7 chromolithographsPublisherFirmin-Didot & Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #57 Biographia Literaria; Or, Biographical Sketches of My Literary Life and Opinions. AuthorColeridge, S[amuel] T[aylor]HeadlineColeridge's Biographia Literaria First EditionPublisherRest FennerDate Published1817 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #58 Doctor Syntax in Paris Or A Tour in Search of the Grotesque Author[Combe, William]HeadlineDoctor Syntax in Paris First Edition 1820PublisherW. WrightDate Published1820 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #59 First Editions of Cooper's Five "Leatherstocking Tales" AuthorCooper, James FenimoreHeadlineFirst Editions of Cooper's Leatherstocking TalesPublisherVarious PublishersDate Published1823-1841 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold Lot #61 From Calcutta to London by the Suez Canal HeadingzzkAuthor[Dall, Charles Henry Appleton]HeadlineFrom Calcutta to London by the Suez Canal 1869PublisherPrinted at the "Englishman" PressDate Published1869 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #64 Egypt, the Cradle of Ancient Masonry AuthorDe Clifford, Norman FrederickHeadlinede Clifford, Egypt Ancient Masonry 1902 bookPublisherThe Lincoln Pub. Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #67 A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. Judiciously selected from the best Writers in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, and other Languages... AuthorDrake, Edward CavendishHeadlineDrakes' Voyages with maps & plates 1771PublisherJ. CookeDate Published1771 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #70 Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China... AuthorEllis, HenryHeadlineEllis' Embassy to China 1817PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1817 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #73 5 titles by Henry Fielding - First Editions AuthorFielding, HenryHeadline5 titles by Henry Fielding - First EditionsPublisherMillarDate PublishedVarious Dates View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #75 The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798 Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCasanova de Seingalt, JacquesHeadlineMemoirs of Casanova Finely BoundPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1940 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #76 The Works of Joseph Conrad Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineThe Works of Joseph Conrad Sun-Dial Edn SignedPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1920-1928 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #77 Writings of J. Fenimore Cooper. Author's Autograph Edition. Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorCooper, James FenimoreHeadlineCooper's Works Author's Autograph Edition 1 of 63PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1895-1900] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #78 El Oficio del Domingo Heading(Fine Bindings)Author**HeadlineEl Oficio del Domingo Tortoise Shell BindingPublisherDesclee, LefebvreDate Published[c. 1880] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #79 The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineEmerson's Works Autograph Centenary EditionPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1903-04 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #80 Private Lives of Kaiser William II and His Consort Headingzze(Fine Bindings)AuthorFischer, Henry W.HeadlinePrivate Lives of Kaiser William II & His ConsortPublisherJ.R. SmithDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #81 The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineThe Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 1 of 100PublisherGeorge BarrieDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 The Collected Works of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorRossetti, Dante GabrielHeadlineWorks of Dante Gabriel Rossetti Finely BoundPublisherEllis and ScruttonDate Published1886 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #83 The Waverley Novels Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Waverley Novels 48 Finely Bound VolumesPublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published1877-79 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #84 The Works Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorSmollett, TobiasHeadlineWorks of Tobias Smollet 1797 Full Leather BindingPublisherB. Law, J. Johnson, et alDate Published1797 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #85 Memoirs of the Prince de Talleyrand Headingzze(Fine Bindings)AuthorTalleyrand, Prince deHeadlineMemoirs of Talleyrand Finely BoundPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #86 The Poetic and Dramatic Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorTennyson, Alfred LordHeadlineLarge Paper Edn of Tennyson's Works Finely BoundPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1929 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #87 [Works] Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThackeray, Miss (Mrs. Richmond Ritchie)HeadlineNovels by Miss Thackeray Finely BoundPublisherBernhard TauchnitzDate Published1870s-80s View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #88 The Writings of Henry David Thoreau Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Writings Large Paper Edition 1 of 150PublisherRiverside PressDate Published1894 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #89 A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland; With Lists of Their Works Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWalpole, Horace & Thomas ParkHeadlineA Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors 1806PublisherJohn ScottDate Published1806 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #90 The Picture of Dorian Gray Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlinePicture of Dorian Gray Bound by Paul DelruePublisherCharles CarringtonDate Published1908 (i.e. 1910) View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #91 Poems of William Wordsworth Heading(Fore-edge Painting)AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlinePoems of William Wordsworth w/ fore-edge paintingPublisherRoutledge, Warnes & RoutledgeDate Published1859 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #95 Narrative of my Captivity in Japan During the Years 1811, 1812 & 1813; With Observations on the Country and the People . . . To which is added, An Account of Voyages to the Coasts of Japan, and of Negotiations with the Japanese, for the Release of the Author and his Companions. AuthorGolownin, Vasil Mikhailavich & [Petr Ivanovich] RikordHeadlineGolownin - My Captivity in Japan 1811-13PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1818 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #96 Dell' Historia Della China AuthorGonzález de Mendoza, JuanHeadlineHistory of China 1586PublisherAppresso Bartolomeo Grassi,Date Published1586 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #97 A Biographical History of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution... AuthorGranger, Rev. J.HeadlineBiographical History of England, 300+ engravingsPublisherPrinted for William Baynes & SonDate Published1824 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #98 Dictionnaire Chinois, Français et Latin. Publié d'apres l'Ordre de sa Majesté l'Empereur et Roi Napoléon le Grand. AuthorGuignes, [Chretien Louis de].HeadlineDictionnaire Chinois, Français et Latin 1813PublisherImprimerie ImperialeDate Published1813 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #100 The principal navigations, voyages, traffiques and discoveries of the English nation, made by sea or over-land, to the remote and farthest distant quarters of the earth, at any time within the compasse of these 1600 yeres: divided into three severall volumes, according to the positions of the regions, whereunto they were directed... AuthorHakluyt, RichardHeadlineHakluyt's Voyages, 1599-1600PublisherGeorge Bishop, Ralph Newberie and Robert BarkerDate Published1599-1600 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #101 The Sylvan Year: Leaves from the Notebook of Raoul Dubois AuthorHamerton, Philip GilbertHeadlineP.G. Hamerton The Sylvan Year Finely BoundPublisherSeeley, Jackson and HallidayDate Published1876 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #103 The Scarlet Letter: A Romance AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Scarlet Letter, first issue, 1850PublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1850 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #107 Three Years Travels from Moscow Over-land to China: Thro' Great Ustiga, Siriana, Permia, Sibiria, Daour, Great Tartary, &c. to Peking... AuthorIdes, Evert YsbrantsHeadlineIdes Travels to Chinia 1706 with platesPublisherPrinted for W. Freeman, et al.Date Published1706 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #108 London: From the South Side of the Thames Heading(Illustrated London News)Author**HeadlineView of London From the South Side of the ThamesPublisherIllustrated London NewsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #110 Enthronement of the One Hundred Twenty-Fourth Emperor of Japan Heading(Japan)AuthorFleisher, Benjamin W., ed.HeadlineEnthronement of the 124th Emperor of JapanPublisherThe Japan AdvertiserDate Published1928 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #117 Some Considerations of the Consequences of the Lowering of Interest and Raising the Value of Money. In a Letter to a Member of Parliament. Author[Locke, John]HeadlineLocke's Considerations on the Value of Money 1692PublisherAwnsham and John ChurchillDate Published1692 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #122 Moby-Dick AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby-Dick 1st American Edition bound by PapuchyanPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #129 The Poems of Master Francois Villon of Paris Headingzzc(Mosher Press)AuthorVillon, FrancoisHeadlinePoems of Francois Villon 1 of 50 on vellumPublisherThomas B. MosherDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #131 Disquisitio Geographica & Historica, De Chataia, In Qua 1. Praecipue Geographorum nobilis illa Controversia: Quaenam Chataia sit, & an sit idem ille terrarum tractus, quem Sinas, & vulgo Chinam vocant, aut pars eius aliqua? latissime tractatur; 2. Eadem vero opera pleraque rerum, quae unquam de Chataia, deque Sinis memorabilia fuerunt, atque etiam nunc sunt, compendiose enarrantur AuthorMüller, AndreasHeadlineMüller's History of China 1671PublisherTypis RungianisDate Published1671 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #132 History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, From the Year 1807 to the Year 1814 AuthorNapier, W[illiam] F[rancis] P[atrick]HeadlineNapier's Peninsular War First EditionPublisherJohn Murray & Thomas and William BooneDate Published1828-40 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #135 Las Obras y Relaciones de Anton. Perez, Secretario de Estado, que fue del Rey de España Don Phelippe II deste nombre AuthorPerez, AntonioHeadlineRare works of Philip II's Secretary 1654PublisherImprimido por Pietro ChouëtDate Published1654 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #136 Political Arithmetick, Or A Discourse Concerning, The Extent and Value of Lands, People, Buildings; Husbandry, Manufacture, Commerce, Fishery, Artizans, Seamen, Soldiers; Publick Revenues, Interest, Taxes, Superlucration, Registries, Banks; Valuation of Men, Increasing of Seamen, of Militia's Harbours, Situation, Shipping, Power at Sea, &c. As the Same Relates to Every Country in General, But More Particularly to the Territories of His Majesty of Great Britain, and His Neighbors of Holland, Zealand, and France. AuthorPetty, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Petty Political Arithmetick 1690PublisherRobert Clavel and Hen. MortlockDate Published1690 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #138 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History 1624PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #139 Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and places discovered, from the Creation unto this Present..... AuthorPurchas, SamuelHeadlineFirst edition of Purchas His Pilgrimage 1613PublisherPrinted by William Stansby for Henrie FetherstoneDate Published1613 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #143 Goblin Market AuthorRossetti, ChristinaHeadlineC. Rossetti's Goblin Market in Embroidered ClothPublisherMacmillanDate Published1893 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #146 The Life of Napoleon Buonaparte, Emperor of the French. With a Preliminary View of the French Revolution Author[Scott, Sir Walter]HeadlineSir Walter Scotts Life of Napoleon 1827PublisherLongman, Rees, et alDate Published1827 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #150 History of Woman Suffrage AuthorStanton, Elizabeth Cady, Susan B. Anthony, and Matilda Joslyn GageHeadlineStanton & Anthony History of Woman SuffragePublisherSusan B. AnthonyDate Published1887 & 1902 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$16,250StatusSold Lot #152 Cup of Gold: A Life of Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck, Cup of Gold, First Ed. 1st issue in djPublisherRobert M. McBrideDate Published1929 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #156 Regni Chinensis Descriptio... Author[Trigault, Nicolas, et al.]HeadlineElzevir History of China 1639PublisherElzevirDate Published1639 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #157 Nimphidia and the Muses Elizium Headingzzc(Vale Press)AuthorDrayton, MichaelHeadlineVale Press Nimphidia and the Muses 1896Publisher[Ballantyne Press (for the Vale Press)]Date Published[1896] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #162 A Treatise Upon the Art of Flying, by Mechanical Means; With a Full Explanation of the Natural Principles by Which Birds are Enabled to Fly: Likewise, Instructions and Plans for Making a Flying Car With Wings, in Which a Man May Sit, and, by Working a Small Lever, Cause Himself to Ascend and Soar Through the Air. AuthorWalker, ThomasHeadlineWalker's Treatise Upon the Art of Flying 1810PublisherPrinted by Joseph Simmons for Longman, et alDate Published1810 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #164 An Historical Essay Endeavoring a Probability that the Language of the Empire of China is the Primitive Language AuthorWebb, JohnHeadlineWebb on Chinese Language with map 1669PublisherPrinted for Nath. BrookDate Published1669 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #165 Manuscript Account Book for the Barke Congaree Heading(Whaling Journal)Author**HeadlineManuscript Account Book for the Barke CongareeDate Published1856-58 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #166 Manuscript Log Book for the Ship South Carolina Heading(Whaling Log Book)Author**HeadlineManuscript Log Book for the Ship South CarolinaDate Published1848-51 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next