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Heading(Arctic)AuthorU.S. Navy DepartmentPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1883 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #172 Oriental and Western Siberia: A Narrative of Seven Years' Explorations and Adventures in Siberia, Mongolia, the Kirghis Steppes, Chinese Tartary, and Part of Central Asia AuthorAtkinson, Thomas WitlamPublisherJ. W. BradleyDate Published1860 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #173 Memoir of the North & South Atlantic Ocean, Containing Sailing Directions for Navigating the Coasts of Spain and Portugal, the West Coast of Africa, the Azores, Madeira, Cape Verds, and All Known Islands, Rocks, Shoals, and Dangers in This Navigation; together with the East Coasts of North and South America, the Strait of Magalhaen, the Falkland & Shetland Islands,Tierra del Fuego, &c., &c. General Description of Winds, Tides, and Currents. Tracks to and from England to the Cape of Good Hope, Coast of Brazil, West Indies, North America, &c., &c. And a Copious Table of Latitudes and Longitudes Heading(Atlantic Navigator)Author[Blachford, M.]PublisherJames ImrayDate Published1847 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #174 Dictionaire de Marine: Contenant Les Termes de la Navigation et de L'Architecture Navale, avec les Règles & Proportions qui doivant y étre observées. Ouvrage Enrichi de Figures . . . Author[Aubin, Nicolas]PublisherPierre BrunelDate Published1702 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #175 Australia: Comprising New South Wales; Victoria or Port Philip; South Australia; and Western Australia: Their History, Topography, Condition, Resoures, Statistics, Gold Discoveries, Mines of Copper, Lead...Merchants, Manufacturers, and Shipowners... Heading(Australia)AuthorMartin, R. MontgomeryPublisherJohn Tallis and Co.Date Published[1853] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #176 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 AuthorBack, Captain [George].PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1836 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #177 Sketches of Summerland, Giving Some Account of Nassau and the Bahama Islands Heading(Bahamas)AuthorNorthcroft, G[eorge] J.H.PublisherAt the Office of the "Nassau Guardian"Date Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #178 The Case of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich; Containing a Comprehensive View of the Internal Government: In Which are Stated the Several Abuses that have introduced into that Great National Establishment, wherein Landmen have been appointed to Offices contrary to Charter; The ample Revenues wasted in useless Works; and Money obtained, by Petition to Parliament, to make good Deficiencies; the Wards torn down, and converted into elegant Apartments for Clerks and their Deputies; the Pensioners fed with Bull Beef, and four Small Beer . . . with an Appendix . . . etc. Author[Baillie, Thomas]PublisherRoyal HospitalDate Published1778 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #179 Blown to Bits or the Lonely Man of Rakata. A Tale of the Malay Archipelago AuthorBallantyne, R.M.PublisherJames Nisbet & Co.Date Published1889 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #180 Sandwich Island Notes by a Haole Author(Bates, George Washington)PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1854 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #181 Nautical and Hydraulic Experiments, with Numerous Scientific Miscellanies AuthorBeaufoy, Colonel MarkPublisherPrinted at the Private Press of Henry BeaufoyDate Published1834 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #182 The Adventures of Abdalla, Son of Hanif, Sent by the Sultan of the Indies to make a Discovery of the Island of Borico, where the Fountain which restores past Youth is supposed to by found. Also an Account of the Travels of Rouschen, a Persian Lady, to the Topsy-Turvy Island, undiscovered to this Day. The whole intermix'd with several Curious and Instructive Histories. Translated into French from an Arabick Manuscript found at Batavia by Mr. de Sandisson; and now done into English by William Hatchett. Author[Bignon, Abbe Jean-Paul]PublisherPrinted for Tho. WorrallDate Published1729 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #183 A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands; or the Civil, Religious, and Political History of Those Islands: Comprising a Particular View of the Missionary Operations Connected with the Introduction and Progress of Christianity and Civilization Among the Hawaiian People AuthorBingham, HiramPublisherHezekiah HuntingtonDate Published1847 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #184 Bartimeus of the Sandwich Islands AuthorBingham, Rev. H[iram]PublisherAmerican Tract SocietyDate Published[1850?] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #185 Mat and Basket Weaving of the Ancient Hawaiians Described and Compared with the Basketry of the Other Pacific Islanders. With an Account of Hawaiian Nets and Nettings by John F.G. Stokes. Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Volume II, Number 1 AuthorBrigham, William T.PublisherBishop Museum PressDate Published1906 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #186 The Officer's Manual in the Field; or, a Series of Military Plans Representing the Principal Operations of a Campaign. Translated from the German. Heading(British Army officer's manual)Author**PublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for Egerton, et al.Date Published1798 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #187 The British Flag Triumphant! or the Wooden Wall of Old England: Being Copies of the London Gazettes, Containing the Account of the Great Victories and Gallant Exploits of the British Fleets, During the Last and Present War: together with Correct Lists of the Admirals and Captains in the Several Egagements; to Which is Prefixed an Address to the Officers, Seamen, and Marines of His Majesty's Fleets Heading(British Navy)Author**PublisherRivington, et alDate Published1806 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #188 A Seaman's Narrative of His Adventures during a Captivity Among Chinese Pirates, on the Caoss of Cochin-China, and Afterwards during a Journey on Foot across That COuntry in the Years 1857-8 AuthorBrown, EdwardPublisherCharles WestertonDate Published1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #189 Signature on envelope by explorer Richard E. Byrd AuthorByrd, Richard E. 1888-1957.HeadlineSignature on envelope by explorer Richard E. ByrdDate PublishedDecember 9, 1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #190 A Narrative of the Extraordinary Adventures and Sufferings by Shipwreck & Imprisonment of Donald Campbell, Esq. of Barbreck. With the Singular Humors of His Tartar Guide, Hassan Artaz. Comprising the Occurrences of Four Years, and Five Days in an Overland Journey to India. In a Series of Letters to His Son AuthorCampbell, DonaldPublisherPrinted by L. Nichols for Evert DuyckinckDate Published1801 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #191 The Log of the Stranger: A Cruise on the Broads of Norfolk. August, 1871 AuthorCampling, C.A.PublisherPrinted by William Moore & Co.Date Published1871 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #192 All About Ships and the Way to Make Models of Them, How to Get a Ship and Go to Sea, the Life & Duties of a Sailor, from Cabin Boy to a Captain, with Forty-Three Pages of Illustrations, Including Sections of a China Clipper of 1869, and Description of Her Outfit and Cargo, and also a Dictionary of Modern Sea Terms. AuthorChapman, Captain CharlesPublisherGeorge Berridge & Co.Date PublishedNo Date (circa 1870) View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #193 Biographia Navalis; or, Impartial Memoirs of the Lives and Characters of Officers of the Navy of Great Britain, from the Year 1660 to the Present Time... AuthorCharnock, JohnPublisherPrinted for R. FaulderDate Published1794-1798 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #194 The Island World of the Pacific: Being the Personal Narrative and Results of Travel Through the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands, and Other Parts of Polynesia AuthorCheever, Henry T.PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #195 Through Shên-Kan: The Account of the Clark Expedition in North China 1908-9 Heading(China)AuthorClark, Robert Sterling & Arthur de C. SowerbyPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1912 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #196 China: A History of the Laws, Manners and Customs of the People Heading(China)AuthorGray, John HenryPublisherMacmillanDate Published1878 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #197 The American Ship-Master's Guide and Commercial Assistant, being an Enlargement of the Seaman's Manual Important to Merchants, Ship-Masters, Consuls, Supercargoes, Marriners and Merchant's Clerks AuthorClarke, Francis G.PublisherAllen & Co.Date Published1850 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #198 Naval Sermons Preached on Board His Majesty's Ship the Impetueux, in the Western Squadron, During Its Services off Brest; to which is Added a Thanksgiving Sermon for Naval Victories Preached at Park Street Chapel AuthorClarke, James StanierPublisherPrinted for T. PayneDate Published1798 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #199 [Advertisement for the sailing of the "Luigi D." bound for San Francisco] "Per S. Francisco Di California toccando Valparaiso e Callao" Heading(Clipper Ship lettersheet)Author**PublisherStab. PellasDate PublishedNo date (circa 1890) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #200 Sailors' Life and Sailors' Yarns Author[Codman, John] "Captain Ringbolt"PublisherC.S. Francis & Co.Date Published1847 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #201 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 AuthorCook, Captain James and Captain James KingPublisherPrinted for H. Chamberlaine, et al.Date Published1784 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #202 Vie du Capitaine Cook, Traduite de l'Anglois du Docteur Kippis, Membre de la Société Royale de Londres. Par M. Castera Heading(Cook's Life in French)Author(Kippis, Andrew)PublisherHotel de ThouDate Published1789 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #203 Arrest Portant Establissement d'un Conseil de Commerce / An Arret for Establishing a Council of Commerce Heading(Council of Commerce)AuthorConseil de Commerce / Council of CommercePublisher[No Publisher]Date Published1700 (but 1701) View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #204 Remarks on the Manner of Fitting Boats for Ships of War and Transports AuthorCow, JohnPublisherW. Clowes & SonsDate Published1841 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #205 Account of the Russian Discoveries Between Asia and America. To Which are Added, the Conquest of Siberia, and the History of the Transactions and Commerce Between Russia and China AuthorCoxe, WilliamPublisherPrinted by J. Nichols for T. CadellDate Published1787 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #206 Strange, But True: Life and Adventures of Captain Thomas Crapo and Wife AuthorCrapo, Captain ThomasPublisherCapt. Thomas CrapoDate Published1893 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #207 Captain and Mrs. Crapo's Feat of Crossing the Atlantic in the Tiny Boat the "New Bedford" from New Bedford, Massachusetts, to Penzance: The Captain's Yarn, Telling the Chief Events of the Voyage AuthorCrapo, Thomas.PublisherDamon & PeetsDate PublishedNo Date (but 1877) View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #208 Collection of 46 duotone lithographic scenes from the Crimean War Heading(Crimean War)AuthorColnaghi, Paul and DominicPublisherPaul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co.Date Published1855 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #209 The Missionary's Daughter: A Memoir of Lucy Goodale Thurston, of the Sandwich Islands Author(Cummings, Mrs. A.P.)PublisherAmerican Tract SocietyDate Published(1842) View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #210 Twelve Hours on the Wreck; or, the Stranding of the Sheffield Author[Cutler, Rev. Benjamin C.]PublisherT.C. ButlerDate Published1844 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #211 Telegraphic Determination of Longitudes in Mexico and Central America and on the West Coast of South America, Embracing the Meridians of Vera Cruz; Guatemala; La Libertad; Salvador; etc. Published by Order of J.G. Walker AuthorDavis, Lieut. Commander Charles Henry, Lieuts. John Alexander Norris and Charles LairdPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1885 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #212 The Voyage of the Jeannette: The Ship and Ice Journals of George W. De Long, Lieutenant-Commander U.S.N., and Commander of the Polar Expedition of 1879-1881 AuthorDe Long, Emma (ed.)PublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #213 An Account of the Conduct and Proceedings of the Pirate Gow, (The Original of Sir Walter Scott's Captain Cleveland) AuthorDefoe, DanielPublisherH. Sotheran & Co. and William Peace & SonDate PublishedNo Date (but 1890) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #214 The Life, Remarkable Adventures, and Pyracies, of Captain Singleton: Containing an Account of his being set on Shore in the Island of Madagascar, his Settlement there, with a Description of the Place and Inhabitants . . . etc. Author[Defoe, Daniel]PublisherPrinted for F. NobleDate Published1768 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #215 Essai sur la Marine et sur le Commerce. Par Mr. D. Avec des Remarques Historiques & Critiques de Auteur Author[Deslandes, Andre Francois]PublisherFrancois ChanguionDate Published1743 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #217 History of the Sandwich Islands AuthorDibble, SheldonPublisherPress of the Mission SeminaryDate Published1843 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #218 A History of the Sandwich Islands AuthorDibble, SheldonPublisherThos. G. ThrumDate Published1909 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #219 Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries during 1866 and 1867 AuthorDilke, Charles WentworthPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1869 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #220 A Treatise on Naval Gunnery. Published with the Approbation and Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty AuthorDouglas, Colonel Sir HowardPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1820 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #221 Naval Evolutions: A Memoir, Containing a Review and Refutation of the Principal Essays and Arguments Advocating Mr. Clerk's Claims, in Relation to the Manouvre of the 12th of April, 1782 and Vindicating, by Tactical Demonstration, and Numerous Authentic Documents, the Professional Skill of the British Officers Chiefly Concerned on that Memorable Occasion AuthorDouglas, Maj. Gen. Sir HowardPublisherThomas & William BooneDate Published1832 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #222 Summer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland and Northern Finland AuthorDu Chaillu, Paul B.PublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published[1881]-1882 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #223 A Voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands, and around the World in the Years 1826-1829... AuthorDuhaut-Cilly, Auguste BernardPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1997 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #224 The Mariner's Chronicle; or, Authentic and Complete History of Popular Shipwrecks: Recording the Most Remarkable Disasters which have Happened on the Ocean, to People of All Nations, Particularly the Adventures and Sufferings of British Seamen, by Wreck, Fire, Famine, and other Calamities Incident to a Life of Maritime Enterprise AuthorDuncan, ArchibaldPublisherPrinted by and for J. and J. CundeeDate Published1805-1812 View details Estimate$300 - $400Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #225 A Journal of a Tour Around Hawaii, the Largest of the Sandwich Islands. By a Deputation from the Mission on Those Islands Author[Ellis, William, et al.]PublisherCrocker & BrewsterDate Published1825 View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #228 "Photo Album 1924 world tour" Heading(Far East - early 20th century photo album)Author** View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #229 Eighteen Months on a Greenland Whaler AuthorFaulkner, Joseph P.PublisherPublished for the AuthorDate Published1878 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #230 Flags of Maritime Nations: From the Most Authentic Sources. Prepared by Order of the Secretary of the Navy by the Bureau of Navigation Heading(Flags)Author**PublisherNo PublisherDate Published1882 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #231 Two hand-colored engravings from Foreign Field Sports: "Boats Approaching a Whale" and "Killing a Shark" Heading(Foreign Field Sports)AuthorClark, [John Heavyside] and M. DubourgPublisherEdward OrmeDate Published1813 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #232 The Philippine Islands. A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago... AuthorForeman, JohnPublisherScribner'sDate Published1899 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #233 Right Whaling in the Forties. A True Account of a Voyage to the North Pacific in the Year 1846 AuthorFrary, Hubert H.PublisherPrinted at the Hobby House Press by Lawrence W. ShenfieldDate Published1937 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #234 The Universal Traveller: Designed to Introduce Readers at Home to an Acquaintance with the Arts, Customs, and Manners, of the Principal Modern Nations on the Globe. Embracing a View of Their Persons, Character, Employments, Amusements, Religion, Dress . . . etc. Derived from the Researches of Recent Travellers AuthorGoodrich, Charles A.PublisherCanfield & RobinsDate Published1838 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #235 The "Great Eastern". 22,5000 Tons - 3000 Horse Power (Nominal.) Constructed under the direction of I.K. Brunel, F.R.S. - D.C.L. Heading(Great Eastern Steamship)Author**PublisherCurrier and IvesDate Published1869 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #236 The Great Eastern Steamship Heading(Great Eastern Steamship)Author**PublisherNo PublisherDate PublishedNo Date] circa 1858 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #237 Three Years of Arctic Service: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of Farthest North AuthorGreely, Adolphus W.PublisherScribner'sDate Published1886 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #238 Greenland. Published by the Commission for the Direction of the Geological and Geographical Investigations in Greeland Heading(Greenland)AuthorVahl, M., Ph.D., chief editor, et al.PublisherC.A. Reitzel and Humphrey Milford (Oxford University Press)Date Published1928-29 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #239 A Winter in the West Indies, Described in Familiar Letters to Henry Clay of Kentucky AuthorGurney, Joseph JohnPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1841 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #240 Journal of Three Voyages Along the Coast of China in 1831, 1832, & 1833, with Notices of Siam, Corea, and the Loo-Choo Islands. To Which is Prefixed an Introductory Essay on the Policy, Religion, etc. of Chiona by the Rev. W. Ellis AuthorGutzlaff, CharlesPublisherFrederick Westley & A.H. DavisDate Published1834 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #241 Canoes of Oceania: Volume I - The Canoes of Polyniesia, Fiji, and Micronesia & Volume II - The Canoes of Melanesia, Queensland, and New Guinea AuthorHaddon, A.C. and James HornellPublisherBishop MusemDate Published1936 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #242 Fragments of Voyages and Travels. Third Series. AuthorHall, Capain BasilPublisherRobert CadellDate Published1833 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #243 Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding...U.S. Naval Observatory, 1876 Heading(Hall, Charles Francis)AuthorRobeson, G.M. and C.H. Davis, editorsPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1876 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #244 WITHDRAWN Heading(Hawaii)AuthorWITHDRAWNDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #245 He Buke No Ke Ola Kino No Na Kamalii (Child's Primer of Physiology and Hygiene) Author(Hawaiian Language)PublisherA.S. BarnesDate Published1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #246 The Sailor Pilgrim AuthorHawker, RobertPublisherPrinted for Williams & SmithDate Published1806, 1810 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #247 The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole in the Schooner "United States" AuthorHayes, I[saac] I[srael]PublisherHurd and HoughtonDate Published1867 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #248 A Discourse of the Soveraign Power, in a Sermon Preached at St. Mary Le Bow, Nov. 28, 1682. Before the Artillery Company of London. And now Published at their Desire AuthorHickes, GeorgePublisherPrinted for John BakerDate Published1682 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #249 Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c. AuthorHooker, Sir Joseph DaltonPublisherWard, Lock, Bowden and Co.Date Published1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #250 The Life, Travels and Books of Alexander Von Humboldt - with autograph letter signed by Alexander von Humboldt AuthorHumboldt, AlexanderPublisherRudd & CarletonDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #251 Handbook of the Laws of Storms; Being a Digest of the Principal Facts of Revolving Storms, for the Use of Commanders in Her Majesty's Navy and the Mercantile Marine Heading(Hurricanes)AuthorBirt, William RadcliffePublisherGeorge Philip & SonDate Published1853 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #252 Conversations About Hurricanes: For the Use of Plain Sailors Heading(Hurricanes)AuthorPiddington, HenryPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #253 Lot of 3 volumes Heading(Illustrated Sea Voyages)Author**Date Published1859-1887 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #254 A Journey in Carniola, Italy, and France, in the Years 1817, 1818, Containing Remarks Relating to Language, Geography, History, Antiquities, Natural History, Science...Architecture...and Manufactures Heading(Italy)AuthorCadell, W.A.PublisherPrinted for Archibald Constable & Co.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #255 Scenes, Incidents, and Adventures in the Pacific Ocean, or the Islands of the Australasian Seas, during the Cruise of the Clipper Margaret Oakley under Capt. Benjamin Morrell. Clearing up the Mystery Surrounding this Famous Expedition and Containing a Full Account of the Exploration of the Nidera, Papua, Banda, Mindoro, Sooloo, and China Seas, the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants of the Islands, and a Description of Vast Regions Never before Visited by Civilized Man AuthorJacobs, Thomas JeffersonPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1844 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #256 Ericsson's Destroyer and Submarine Gun: Being a Consideration of Their Application to Naval Warfare, the Advantages of the System, together with a Short History of Submarine Artillery. (Questions of the Day, No. XXXI) AuthorJaques, William H.PublisherG.P. Putnam's Son'sDate Published1885 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #257 [Big Game Hunt in Java] Heading(Java)AuthorRhemrev (pseudonym)Publisher[Leiden]Date Published[1884] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #258 A General History of the Lives and Adventures of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-robbers, &c. To which is added, a Genuine Account of the Voyages and Plunders of the most Notorious Pyrates. Interspersed with several diverting tales, and pleasant songs. And adorned with the heads of the most remarkable villains, curiously engraven on copper. By Capt. Charles Johnson AuthorJohnson, Charles, pseud.PublisherPrinted for and sold by J. JanewayDate Published1734 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #259 Lives and Voyages of Drake, Cavendish, and Dampier: Including an Introductory View of the earlier Discoveries in the South Sea, and the History of the Bucaniers Author[Johnston, Christian Isobel]PublisherPrinted and Published by J. & J .HarperDate Published1832 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #260 Twilight in the Forbidden City AuthorJohnston, Reginald F.PublisherD. Appleton-CenturyDate Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #261 Honolulu: Sketches of Life Social, Political, and Religious, in the Hawaiian Islands, from 1828-1861 AuthorJudd, Laura FishPublisherAnson D. F. Randolph & Co.Date Published(1880) View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #262 The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The Fables and Folk-lore of a Strange People AuthorKalakaua (His Hawaiian Majesty)PublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1888 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #263 An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and Some of His Officers, Who, in August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a Packet Belonging to the Honourable East India Company AuthorKeate, GeorgePublisherG. NicolDate Published1789 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #264 Corea: The Hermit Nation Heading(Korea)AuthorGriffis, William ElliotPublisherScribner'sDate Published1882 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #265 Seasons with the Sea-Horses; or, Sporting Adventures in the Northern Seas AuthorLamont, JamesPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1861 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #266 Reports and Charts of the Cruise of the Brig Dolphin, Made Under Direction of the Navy Department. (33rd Congress, 1st Session. Senate Exec. Doc. 59) AuthorLee, Lieut. S.P.PublisherBeverly Tucker, Printer to the SenateDate Published1854 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #267 Instructions to Light-Keepers and Masters of Light-House Vessels. 1902. United States Light-House Establishment. By the Authority of the Light-House Board Heading(Lighthouses)Author**PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #268 Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries; and of the Discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864 AuthorLivingstone, David & CharlesPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1866 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #269 The Hermit; or, the Unparalled Sufferings and Surprizing Adventures of Philip Quarll, an Englishman; Who Was Lately Discovered on an Uninhabited Island in the South Sea; Where He Lived above Fifty Years without Any Human Assistance Author[Longueville, Peter]PublisherPrinted by G. Auld for A. CleughDate Published1805 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #270 A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay, Through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper in the Year MDCCCXXIV AuthorLyon, Capt. G[eorge] F[rancis]PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1825 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #271 The Private Journal of Captain G.F. Lyon of H.M.S. 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