Sale 344: Fine & Rare Books, with Fine Printing & the Book Arts (#344) 11/30/2006 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/30/2006 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 344 199 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-51 of 51. Previous|1|Next Lot #9 Collection of 96 steel-engraved plates from Allom's China, its Scenery, Architecture, Social Habits... AuthorAllom, ThomasHeadlineAllom China Engraved Prints EphemeraPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c.1860] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #10 France Illustrated. Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c. Heading(Allom, Thomas)AuthorWright, G. N. & Thomas Allom (illus)HeadlineEngravingsPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c1845] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #11 The South Pole: An Account of the Norwegian Antarctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1910-1912 AuthorAmundsen, RoaldHeadlineantarctic exploration polarPublisherLee KedrickDate Published1913 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #12 A New and Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels; Comprising Whatever is Valuable of this Kind in the most Celebrated English, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Swedish, and Danish Writers.... AuthorAnonymousHeadlinetravel copperplates europePublisherPrinted for J. CooteDate Published1760 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #20 Rambles in Eastern Asia, Including China and Manilla, Dujring Several Years' Residence. With Notes of the Voyage to China, Excursions in Manilla, Hong-Kong, Canton, Shanghai, Ningpoo, Amoy, Fouchow, and Macao AuthorBall. B[enjamin] L.HeadlineTravel asia chinaPublisherJames French and CompanyDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #21 The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Picturesque Scenery of Great Britain. Illustrated by Views Taken on the Spot, by W.H. Bartlett, J.D. Harding, T. Creswick, and Others. With Descriptions, Historical and Descriptive Heading(Bartlett, William Henry, et al.)Author**HeadlineBartlett, Engravings, maritimePublisherVirtue & Co.Date Published[c1850] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #23 Scotland. Illustrated in a Series of View Taken Expressly for this Work AuthorBeattie, WilliamHeadlineScotland, EngravingsPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #24 The Beauties of England and Wales; or, Delineations, Topographical, Historical, and Descriptive, of Each County Heading(Beauties of England and Wales)AuthorBritton, John and Edward Wedlake BrayleyHeadlinebookPublisherThomas Maiden for Vernor and Hood, Longman and Rees, et al.Date Published1801-1818 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #25 Journal of a Political Mission to Afghanistan, in 1857, Under Major (Now Colonel) Lumsden, with an Account of the Country and People AuthorBellew, H[enry] W[alter]Headlinetravel asia exploration great gamePublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #31 Tactique navale, ou, Traite des evolutions et des signaux; avec figures en taille-douce AuthorBigot de Morogues, Sebastien FrancoisHeadlinenaval nautical ships militaryPublisherH.L. Guerin & L.F. DelatourDate Published1763 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #43 The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinemormon americana travelPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, and RobertsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #44 Goa and the Blue Mountains; or, Six Months of Sick Leave AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinetravel indiaPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1851 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #45 The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlineafrica explorationPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, and RobertsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #46 The Lake Regions of Central Africa, a Picture of Exploration AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlinetravel exploration africaPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1860 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #47 The Land of Midian (Revisited) AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineAfrica explorationPublisherC. Kegan Paul & Co.Date Published1879 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #48 A Mission to Gelele, King of Dahome. With Notices of the So Called "Amazons," the Grand Customs, the Yearly Customs, the Human Sacrifices, the Present State of the Slave Trade, and the Negro's Place in Nature AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlineafrica slavery explorationPublisherTinsley BrothersDate Published1864 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #49 The Nile Basin AuthorBurton, Richard F.Headlineafrica travel exploration View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #50 To the Gold Coast for Gold: A Personal Narrative AuthorBurton, Richard F. & Verney Lovett CameronHeadlineafrica explorationPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1883 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #59 The Military History of His Serene Highness Prince Eugene of Savoy, Now Generalissimo of the Imperial Army. As also of His Grace the late Duke of Marlborough, Prince of the Roman Empire . . . etc. Written in French by M. Dumont . . . and by Mr. Rousset and now faithfully translated into English by Paul Chamberlen AuthorChamberlen, PaulHeadlinemilitaryPublisherW. RaynerDate Published1738 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #65 Big Game Shooting in Lower Burma AuthorChristopher, SydneyHeadlinehunting sporting travel far east asiaPublisherBurma Pictorial PressDate Published1916 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #66 The Life of Lord Viscount Nelson, Duke of Bronté, Ec. Illustrated by Engravings of It's Most Striking and Memorable Incidents AuthorChurchill, T.O.Headlinenelson navy napoleon warPublisherR. BowyerDate Published1808 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #73 Piedmont and Italy, from the Alps to the Tiber, Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken on the Spot. With a Descriptive and Historical Narrative AuthorCostello, DudleyHeadlineitaly engravings travelPublisherJames S. VirtueDate Published[1859-61] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #81 The Nightless City, Or the "History of the Yoshiwara Yuwaku. By an English Student of Sociology Author[De Becker, Joseph Ernest]Headlineprostitution harlots geishas japanPublisherZ.P. Maruya & Co., L'd.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #84 The True History of the Conquest of Mexico AuthorDiaz del Castillo, BernalHeadlinemexico spanish war indiansPublisherPrinted for J. WrightDate Published1800 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #90 Travels in Arabia Deserta AuthorDoughty, Charles M[ontagu]Headlinetravel exploration. T.E. LawrencePublisherPhilip Lee Warner/Jonathan CapeDate Published1921 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #119 South Wales Illustrated in a Series of Views, Comprising the Picturesque Scenery, Towns, Castles, Seats of Nobility & Gentry, Antiquities, &c. HeadingzzcAuthorGastineaux, HenryHeadlineSouth Wales, MezzotintsPublisherJones & Co.Date Published[c1832] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #121 The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52 AuthorGilliss, J[ames] M[elville]Headlinetravel americana ornithologyPublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Public PrinterDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #126 Run of 4 Heath's Picturesque Annuals 1832-1835 Headingzzc(Heath's Picturesque Annual)AuthorRitchie, LeitchHeadlineEngravingsPublisherLongman, Rees, et alDate Published1832-1835 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #140 An Album of Historical Materials Connected with Foreign Intercourse Heading(Japan)AuthorNagayama, TokihideHeadlineJapan foreignersPublisherNagasaki LibraryDate Publishedc.1920's View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #147 China Monumentis qua Sacris quà Profanis, Nec non variis Naturæ & Artis Spectaculis, Aliarumque rerum memorabilium Argumentis Illustrata.... AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlinetravel china engravingsPublisherJacobum à MeursDate Published1667 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #150 A Voyage to Arabia Fœlix through the Eastern Ocean and the Streights of the Red-Sea, being the First made by the French in the Years 1708, 1709, and 1710... AuthorLa Roque, Jean DeHeadlinevoyages arabia middle east coffeePublisherPrinted for E. SymonsDate Published1732 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #157 Travels into the Interior Parts of Africa, by the Way of the Cape of Good Hope; in the Years 1780, 81, 82, 83, 84 and 85 AuthorLevaillant, FrancoisHeadlineafrica travel explorationPublisherPrinted by Graisberry and Campbell, for Chamerlaine & Rice, et al.Date Published1790 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #167 The Mansions of England in the Olden Time HeadingzzeAuthorNash, JosephHeadlinearchitecturePublisherHenry Sotheran & Co.Date Published1869-1872 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #171 Commentatio de Nummo Alexandri Magni: Cum Summa Raritate tum Typo Singulari Conspicuo et Thesauri Fredericiani Ornamento Maximo. Accedit Thesauro Supellectilis Antiquariae Sive Collectione Opuscullorum Rariorum Quibus Viri Eruditi Numos Gemmas Lapidesque, etc. Heading(Numismatics)AuthorSchlaeger, Julius CarolusHeadlinenumismatics, ancient greece, coins, gemsPublisherJohann Georg PiscatorDate Published1736 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #175 Album with 68 hand-colored albumen photographs Heading(Photographs - Japan)Author**Headlinephotographs photography japanDate Publishedc.1880's View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #176 Album with 50 mounted hand-colored albumen photographs of Japan Heading(Photographs - Japan)Author**Headlinephotographs photography japanDate Publishedc.1880's View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #177 Album with 74 mounted hand-colored albumen photographs of Japan Heading(Photographs - Japan)Author**Headlinephotographs photography japanDate Publishedc.1880's View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #178 Album with title photograph & 50 mounted hand-colored albumen photographs of Japan Heading(Photographs - Japan)Author**Headlinephotographs japanPublisherA. Fasari & Co.Date Publishedc.1880's View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #180 Picturesque Europe Author(Picturesque Europe)HeadlineengravingsPublisherCassel, Petter & GalpinDate Published[c1870] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #194 Flights over Ancient Cities of Iran AuthorSchmidt, Erich F.Headlinearcheology archaeology photography aviationPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published[1940] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #203 Europe Illustrated: its Picturesque Scenes and Places of Note AuthorSherer, JohnHeadlineengravings travel europePublisherThe London Printing and Publishing CompanyDate Published[1876-79] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #207 Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland Author[Stephens, John Lloyd]Headlinetravel exploration middle east europePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1838 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #224 Picturesque Views on the Southern Coast of England, from Drawings made principally by J.M.W. Turner, R.A. and Engraved by W.B. Cooke, George Cooke, and Other Eminent Engravers. Heading(Turner, J.M.W.)Author**HeadlineTurner, EngravingsPublisherJohn & Arthur Arch, et al.Date Published1826 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #230 Five Years with the Congo Cannibals AuthorWard, HerbertHeadlineafrica hunting explorationPublisherRobert Bonner's SonsDate Published1890 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #238 A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and Gun: Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel, Exploration, and Observation in teh More Remote Parts of the Flowery Kingdom AuthorWilson, Ernest HenryHeadlinetravel china asia huntingPublisherDoubleday, PageDate Published1913 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #242 China in a Series of Views, Displaying THe Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire. AuthorWright, G[eorge] N[ewenham]HeadlineChina, Asia, AllomPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c1843] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #248 Pictures From Italy Heading(Allen Press)AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlinetravel literature fine press printingPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #254 Christopher Columbus Heading(Allen Press)AuthorKazantzakis, NikosHeadlineexplorers exploration greek literature tragediesPublisherThe Allen PressDate Published1972 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #263 The Voices of Marrakesh: A record of a visit Heading(Arion Press)AuthorCanetti, EliasHeadlinefine press travel africa photographyPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2001 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #298 A Voyage to the South Seas: Undertaken by command of His Majasty for the purpose of conveying the Bread-Fruit Tree to the West Indies in His Majesty's Ship Bounty...including an Account of the Mutiny on Board... Heading(Limited Editions Club)AuthorBligh, WilliamHeadlineLimited Editions Club, ExplorationPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1975 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #376 Lot of 2 facsimile editions of classic color plate books Headingzze(Facsimile Editions)Author**HeadlineHoly Land, orchidsDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next