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View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Arctic)AuthorU.S. Navy DepartmentPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1883 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 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorAtkinson, Thomas WitlamPublisherJ. W. BradleyDate Published1860 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Atlantic Navigator)Author[Blachford, M.]PublisherJames ImrayDate Published1847 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 . . . View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Author[Aubin, Nicolas]PublisherPierre BrunelDate Published1702 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... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Australia)AuthorMartin, R. MontgomeryPublisherJohn Tallis and Co.Date Published[1853] 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBack, Captain [George].PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1836 Lot #177 Sketches of Summerland, Giving Some Account of Nassau and the Bahama Islands View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Bahamas)AuthorNorthcroft, G[eorge] J.H.PublisherAt the Office of the "Nassau Guardian"Date Published1900 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. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Baillie, Thomas]PublisherRoyal HospitalDate Published1778 Lot #179 Blown to Bits or the Lonely Man of Rakata. A Tale of the Malay Archipelago View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorBallantyne, R.M.PublisherJames Nisbet & Co.Date Published1889 Lot #180 Sandwich Island Notes by a Haole View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Author(Bates, George Washington)PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1854 Lot #181 Nautical and Hydraulic Experiments, with Numerous Scientific Miscellanies View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBeaufoy, Colonel MarkPublisherPrinted at the Private Press of Henry BeaufoyDate Published1834 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. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Bignon, Abbe Jean-Paul]PublisherPrinted for Tho. WorrallDate Published1729 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorBingham, HiramPublisherHezekiah HuntingtonDate Published1847 Lot #184 Bartimeus of the Sandwich Islands View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorBingham, Rev. H[iram]PublisherAmerican Tract SocietyDate Published[1850?] 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 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorBrigham, William T.PublisherBishop Museum PressDate Published1906 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. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(British Army officer's manual)Author**PublisherPrinted by T. Bensley for Egerton, et al.Date Published1798 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(British Navy)Author**PublisherRivington, et alDate Published1806 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBrown, EdwardPublisherCharles WestertonDate Published1861 Lot #189 Signature on envelope by explorer Richard E. Byrd View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorByrd, Richard E. 1888-1957.HeadlineSignature on envelope by explorer Richard E. ByrdDate PublishedDecember 9, 1936 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCampbell, DonaldPublisherPrinted by L. Nichols for Evert DuyckinckDate Published1801 Lot #191 The Log of the Stranger: A Cruise on the Broads of Norfolk. August, 1871 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorCampling, C.A.PublisherPrinted by William Moore & Co.Date Published1871 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. View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorChapman, Captain CharlesPublisherGeorge Berridge & Co.Date PublishedNo Date (circa 1870) 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... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorCharnock, JohnPublisherPrinted for R. FaulderDate Published1794-1798 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorCheever, Henry T.PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 Lot #195 Through Shên-Kan: The Account of the Clark Expedition in North China 1908-9 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorClark, Robert Sterling & Arthur de C. SowerbyPublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1912 Lot #196 China: A History of the Laws, Manners and Customs of the People View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorGray, John HenryPublisherMacmillanDate Published1878 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorClarke, Francis G.PublisherAllen & Co.Date Published1850 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorClarke, James StanierPublisherPrinted for T. PayneDate Published1798 Lot #199 [Advertisement for the sailing of the "Luigi D." bound for San Francisco] "Per S. Francisco Di California toccando Valparaiso e Callao" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Clipper Ship lettersheet)Author**PublisherStab. PellasDate PublishedNo date (circa 1890) Lot #200 Sailors' Life and Sailors' Yarns View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Author[Codman, John] "Captain Ringbolt"PublisherC.S. Francis & Co.Date Published1847 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorCook, Captain James and Captain James KingPublisherPrinted for H. Chamberlaine, et al.Date Published1784 Lot #202 Vie du Capitaine Cook, Traduite de l'Anglois du Docteur Kippis, Membre de la Société Royale de Londres. Par M. Castera View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Cook's Life in French)Author(Kippis, Andrew)PublisherHotel de ThouDate Published1789 Lot #203 Arrest Portant Establissement d'un Conseil de Commerce / An Arret for Establishing a Council of Commerce View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Council of Commerce)AuthorConseil de Commerce / Council of CommercePublisher[No Publisher]Date Published1700 (but 1701) Lot #204 Remarks on the Manner of Fitting Boats for Ships of War and Transports View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorCow, JohnPublisherW. Clowes & SonsDate Published1841 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 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorCoxe, WilliamPublisherPrinted by J. Nichols for T. CadellDate Published1787 Lot #206 Strange, But True: Life and Adventures of Captain Thomas Crapo and Wife View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorCrapo, Captain ThomasPublisherCapt. Thomas CrapoDate Published1893 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorCrapo, Thomas.PublisherDamon & PeetsDate PublishedNo Date (but 1877) Lot #208 Collection of 46 duotone lithographic scenes from the Crimean War View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Crimean War)AuthorColnaghi, Paul and DominicPublisherPaul and Dominic Colnaghi & Co.Date Published1855 Lot #209 The Missionary's Daughter: A Memoir of Lucy Goodale Thurston, of the Sandwich Islands View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Author(Cummings, Mrs. A.P.)PublisherAmerican Tract SocietyDate Published(1842) Lot #210 Twelve Hours on the Wreck; or, the Stranding of the Sheffield View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold Author[Cutler, Rev. Benjamin C.]PublisherT.C. ButlerDate Published1844 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 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorDavis, Lieut. Commander Charles Henry, Lieuts. John Alexander Norris and Charles LairdPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1885 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorDe Long, Emma (ed.)PublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1883 Lot #213 An Account of the Conduct and Proceedings of the Pirate Gow, (The Original of Sir Walter Scott's Captain Cleveland) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorDefoe, DanielPublisherH. Sotheran & Co. and William Peace & SonDate PublishedNo Date (but 1890) 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. View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,375StatusSold Author[Defoe, Daniel]PublisherPrinted for F. NobleDate Published1768 Lot #215 Essai sur la Marine et sur le Commerce. Par Mr. D. Avec des Remarques Historiques & Critiques de Auteur View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Deslandes, Andre Francois]PublisherFrancois ChanguionDate Published1743 Lot #217 History of the Sandwich Islands View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorDibble, SheldonPublisherPress of the Mission SeminaryDate Published1843 Lot #218 A History of the Sandwich Islands View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorDibble, SheldonPublisherThos. G. ThrumDate Published1909 Lot #219 Greater Britain: A Record of Travel in English-Speaking Countries during 1866 and 1867 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorDilke, Charles WentworthPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1869 Lot #220 A Treatise on Naval Gunnery. Published with the Approbation and Permission of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorDouglas, Colonel Sir HowardPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1820 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDouglas, Maj. Gen. Sir HowardPublisherThomas & William BooneDate Published1832 Lot #222 Summer and Winter Journeys through Sweden, Norway, Lapland and Northern Finland View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorDu Chaillu, Paul B.PublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published[1881]-1882 Lot #223 A Voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands, and around the World in the Years 1826-1829... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorDuhaut-Cilly, Auguste BernardPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1997 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 View details Estimate$300 - $400Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDuncan, ArchibaldPublisherPrinted by and for J. and J. CundeeDate Published1805-1812 Lot #225 A Journal of a Tour Around Hawaii, the Largest of the Sandwich Islands. By a Deputation from the Mission on Those Islands View details Estimate$800 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Author[Ellis, William, et al.]PublisherCrocker & BrewsterDate Published1825 Lot #228 "Photo Album 1924 world tour" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Far East - early 20th century photo album)Author** Lot #229 Eighteen Months on a Greenland Whaler View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorFaulkner, Joseph P.PublisherPublished for the AuthorDate Published1878 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Flags)Author**PublisherNo PublisherDate Published1882 Lot #231 Two hand-colored engravings from Foreign Field Sports: "Boats Approaching a Whale" and "Killing a Shark" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Foreign Field Sports)AuthorClark, [John Heavyside] and M. DubourgPublisherEdward OrmeDate Published1813 Lot #232 The Philippine Islands. A Political, Geographical, Ethnographical, Social and Commercial History of the Philippine Archipelago... View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorForeman, JohnPublisherScribner'sDate Published1899 Lot #233 Right Whaling in the Forties. A True Account of a Voyage to the North Pacific in the Year 1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFrary, Hubert H.PublisherPrinted at the Hobby House Press by Lawrence W. ShenfieldDate Published1937 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorGoodrich, Charles A.PublisherCanfield & RobinsDate Published1838 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. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Great Eastern Steamship)Author**PublisherCurrier and IvesDate Published1869 Lot #236 The Great Eastern Steamship View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Great Eastern Steamship)Author**PublisherNo PublisherDate PublishedNo Date] circa 1858 Lot #237 Three Years of Arctic Service: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of Farthest North View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorGreely, Adolphus W.PublisherScribner'sDate Published1886 Lot #238 Greenland. Published by the Commission for the Direction of the Geological and Geographical Investigations in Greeland View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Greenland)AuthorVahl, M., Ph.D., chief editor, et al.PublisherC.A. Reitzel and Humphrey Milford (Oxford University Press)Date Published1928-29 Lot #239 A Winter in the West Indies, Described in Familiar Letters to Henry Clay of Kentucky View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGurney, Joseph JohnPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1841 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGutzlaff, CharlesPublisherFrederick Westley & A.H. DavisDate Published1834 Lot #241 Canoes of Oceania: Volume I - The Canoes of Polyniesia, Fiji, and Micronesia & Volume II - The Canoes of Melanesia, Queensland, and New Guinea View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHaddon, A.C. and James HornellPublisherBishop MusemDate Published1936 Lot #242 Fragments of Voyages and Travels. Third Series. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHall, Capain BasilPublisherRobert CadellDate Published1833 Lot #243 Narrative of the North Polar Expedition. U.S. Ship Polaris, Captain Charles Francis Hall Commanding...U.S. Naval Observatory, 1876 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Hall, Charles Francis)AuthorRobeson, G.M. and C.H. Davis, editorsPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1876 Lot #244 WITHDRAWN View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorWITHDRAWNDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #245 He Buke No Ke Ola Kino No Na Kamalii (Child's Primer of Physiology and Hygiene) View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author(Hawaiian Language)PublisherA.S. BarnesDate Published1887 Lot #246 The Sailor Pilgrim View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorHawker, RobertPublisherPrinted for Williams & SmithDate Published1806, 1810 Lot #247 The Open Polar Sea: A Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery Towards the North Pole in the Schooner "United States" View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorHayes, I[saac] I[srael]PublisherHurd and HoughtonDate Published1867 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorHickes, GeorgePublisherPrinted for John BakerDate Published1682 Lot #249 Himalayan Journals; or, Notes of a Naturalist in Bengal, the Sikkim and Nepal Himalayas, the Khasia Mountains, &c. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorHooker, Sir Joseph DaltonPublisherWard, Lock, Bowden and Co.Date Published1891 Lot #250 The Life, Travels and Books of Alexander Von Humboldt - with autograph letter signed by Alexander von Humboldt View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorHumboldt, AlexanderPublisherRudd & CarletonDate Published1859 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Hurricanes)AuthorBirt, William RadcliffePublisherGeorge Philip & SonDate Published1853 Lot #252 Conversations About Hurricanes: For the Use of Plain Sailors View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Heading(Hurricanes)AuthorPiddington, HenryPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #253 Lot of 3 volumes View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Illustrated Sea Voyages)Author**Date Published1859-1887 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 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Italy)AuthorCadell, W.A.PublisherPrinted for Archibald Constable & Co.Date Published1820 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorJacobs, Thomas JeffersonPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1844 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) View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJaques, William H.PublisherG.P. Putnam's Son'sDate Published1885 Lot #257 [Big Game Hunt in Java] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(Java)AuthorRhemrev (pseudonym)Publisher[Leiden]Date Published[1884] 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 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, Charles, pseud.PublisherPrinted for and sold by J. JanewayDate Published1734 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Author[Johnston, Christian Isobel]PublisherPrinted and Published by J. & J .HarperDate Published1832 Lot #260 Twilight in the Forbidden City View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJohnston, Reginald F.PublisherD. Appleton-CenturyDate Published1934 Lot #261 Honolulu: Sketches of Life Social, Political, and Religious, in the Hawaiian Islands, from 1828-1861 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorJudd, Laura FishPublisherAnson D. F. Randolph & Co.Date Published(1880) Lot #262 The Legends and Myths of Hawaii: The Fables and Folk-lore of a Strange People View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorKalakaua (His Hawaiian Majesty)PublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1888 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 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorKeate, GeorgePublisherG. NicolDate Published1789 Lot #264 Corea: The Hermit Nation View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Korea)AuthorGriffis, William ElliotPublisherScribner'sDate Published1882 Lot #265 Seasons with the Sea-Horses; or, Sporting Adventures in the Northern Seas View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorLamont, JamesPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1861 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) View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorLee, Lieut. S.P.PublisherBeverly Tucker, Printer to the SenateDate Published1854 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Lighthouses)Author**PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1902 Lot #268 Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries; and of the Discovery of the Lakes Shirwa and Nyassa. 1858-1864 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorLivingstone, David & CharlesPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1866 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 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Author[Longueville, Peter]PublisherPrinted by G. Auld for A. CleughDate Published1805 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorLyon, Capt. G[eorge] F[rancis]PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1825 Lot #271 The Private Journal of Captain G.F. Lyon of H.M.S. 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