Sale 311: Rare Books & Manuscripts, including Exploration & Voyages (#311) 06/16/2005 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/16/2005 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 311 232 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 #2 Lot of two volumes from the Aldine press Heading(Aldine Press)Author**Date Published1550 & 1564 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #5 A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas AuthorAnson, GeorgePublisherPrinted for the Author by John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1749 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #6 Cosmographicus liber AuthorApianus, PetrusPublisherJoannes Grapheus for Arnold BirckmannDate PublishedFeb. 1533 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #12 Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, illustrative of the Travels of Anarcharsis the Younger in Greece Author[Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques]PublisherG.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1791 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #13 An Aegean note-book: comments on a Mid-Century Odyssey in Greece AuthorBeny, RoloffPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published[1950] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #14 A General History of Quadrupeds AuthorBewick, T[homas]PublisherPrinted by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby & T. BewickDate Published1790 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #21 A Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769 AuthorBougainville, Louis Antoine dePublisherJ. Nourse & T. DaviesDate Published1772 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #22 Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., editorPublisherJ.B. Millet Co.Date Published[1897] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #24 Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah AuthorBurton, Richard F.PublisherG.P. PutnamDate Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #25 The Commentaries...of his Wars in Gallia and the Civil Wars betwixt him and Pompey AuthorCaesar, C[aius] JuliusPublisherThomas Newcomb for Jonathan EdwinDate Published1677 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #26 Illustrations of Cairo...Taken on the spot between the Years 1830-40 AuthorCarter, Owen B.Date Publishedcirca 1860 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #29 Dessins pour la Bible AuthorChagall, MarcPublisherVerveDate Published[1960] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #30 A Syllabic Dictionary of the Chinese Language; arranged according to the Wu-Fang Yuen Yin with the Pronunciation of the Characters as heard in Peking, Canton, Amoy, and Shanghai Heading(Chinese Dictionary)AuthorWilliams, S. WellsPublisherAmerican Presbyterian Mission PressDate Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #31 The Columbus Papers. The Barcelona Letter of 1493 AuthorColumbus, ChristopherPublisherNew York Public Library and NYW PublishingDate Published1987 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #32 An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere...Drawn up from the Journals which were kept by the several Commanders, and from the Papers of Joseph Banks, Esq.; by John Hawkesworth LL.D. AuthorCook, JamesPublisherJames WilliamsDate Published1775 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #33 New, Authentic, and Complete Collection of Voyages Round the World, Undertaken and Performed by Royal Authority, Containing a New, Authentic, Entertaining, Instructive, Full, and Complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages, Undertaken by Order of His Present Majesty, for Making New Discoveries in Geography, Navigation, Astronomy, &c. in the Southern and Northern Hemispheres, &c. &c. &c. and Successively Performed in the Years 1768...1780.... Heading(Cook, James)AuthorAnderson, George WilliamPublisherAlex. HoggDate Published[1784-1786] View details Estimate$4,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #38 Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N. from 1832 to 1836 AuthorDarwin, CharlesPublisherGreat ColburnDate Published1839 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #45 Atlas novvs coelestis : in qvo mvndvs spectabilis et in eodem tam errantivm qvam inerrantivm stellarvm phoenomena notabilia, circaipsarvm lvmen, figvram, faciem, motvm, eclipses, occulationes, transitvs, magnitvdines, distantias, aliaque secvndvm Nic. Copernici et ex parte Tychonis de Brahe hipothesin ... graphice descripta exhibentvr / a Ioh. Gabriele Doppelmaiero ... AuthorDoppelmayr, Johann GabrielPublisherSumptibus heredum HomannianorumDate Published1742 View details Estimate$18,000 - $25,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #51 Proceedings of the French National Convention on the Trial of Louis XVI. Late King of France and Navarre... Heading(French Revolution)AuthorTrapp, Joseph, editorPublisherPrinted for the Author and Sold by Murray, Kearsley, et alDate Published1793 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #54 The History and Antiquities of Suffolk, Thingoe Hundred AuthorGage, JohnPublisherJohn DeckDate Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #56 The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Volume XIV. For the Year M.DCC.XLIV. By Sylvanus Urban, Gent. Heading(Gentleman's Magazine)Author**PublisherEdw. Cave, jun.Date Published1744 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #59 Description Generale de la Chine... AuthorGrosier, [Jean Baptiste Gabriel Alexandre]PublisherChez MoutardDate Published1787 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #60 His Three Books Treating of the Rights of War & Peace... AuthorGrotius, HugoPublisherThomas Basset and Ralph SmithDate Published1682 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #64 A New Discovery of a Vast Country in America, Extending above Four Thousand Miles, Between New France and New Mexico; with a Description of the Great Lakes, Cataracts, Rivers, Plants, and Animals. Also, the Manners, Customs and Languages of the Several Native Indians; and the Advantage of Commerce with those different Nations. With a Continuation, Giving an Account of the Attempts of the Sieur De la Salle upon the Mines of St. Barbe, &c. The Taking of Quebec by the English; with the Advantages of a Shorter Cut to China and Japan... AuthorHennepin, LouisPublisherPrinted for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. ManshipDate Published1698 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #65 Herodoti halicarnassei historiarum libri IX novem Musarum nominibus inscripti. Ejusdem narratio de vita Homeri. Excerpta e ctesiae libris de rebus Persicis & Indicis. GraeceÌ & Latineì. Et H. Stephani Apologia pro Herodoto. Accesserunt huic editioni chronologia Historiae, & tabula geographiae Herodoteae; necnon variantes lectiones, & notae ex pluribus Mss. codd. & antiquis scriptoribus collectae; una cum indice Graeco & Latino AuthorHerodotusPublisherE. Horton & J. GroverDate Published1679 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #66 The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus: The Translation of G. W. Rawlinson Revised & Annotated by A. W. Lawrence Heading(Herodotus)AuthorLawrence, A. W.PublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1935 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #71 Two 1-page autograph letters signed by Alexander von Humboldt, plus a special commemorative postage envelope of Humboldt AuthorHumboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)Date Published[c. 1815-22] & [c. 1836] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #72 A Book About Lawyers AuthorJeafferson, John CordyPublisherHurst & BlackettDate Published1867 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #73 Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language in Miniature. To Which are Added, an Alphabetical Account of the Heathen Deities, and a Copious Chronological Table of Remarkable Events, Discoveries and Inventions in Europe...Also, a New and Complete American Chronology... AuthorJohnson, [Samuel]PublisherG. LongDate Published1822 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #76 The History of Japan AuthorKaempfer, EngelbertPublisherPrinted for the Translator [J.G. Scheuchzer]Date Published1727-1728 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #81 Anno Regnie Gulielmi et Mariae, regis & reginae Angliae Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Primo Heading(Laws)Author**PublisherPrinted by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the King and QueenDate Published1689 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #82 Anno Tricesimo Nono. Georgii III. Regis.: Cap[ter] LXXX. An Act for better regulating the Manner of carrying Slaves, in British Vessels, from the Coast of Africa Heading(Laws)Author**Publisher[Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, printers for King George III]Date Published1799 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #86 Document signed by Francois I, King of France Heading(Manuscript)AuthorFrancois IDate Published[1540?] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #91 Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile AuthorMelville, HermanPublisherG.P. Putnam & Co.Date Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #92 Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas AuthorMelville, HermanPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1847 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #93 Topographia Sueviae... HeadingzzfAuthorMerian, MatthaeusHeadlineMerian'sTopographia Sueviae 1643PublisherM. MerianDate Published1643 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #99 Letter signed by Horatio Lord Nelson AuthorNelson, Vice-admiral Horatio Lord (1758-1805)Date PublishedMay 8, 1801 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #103 Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution by Thomas Paine [and] Two Letters Addressed to a Member of the Present Parliament, on the Proposals for Peace with the Regicide Directory of France by the Right Hon. Edmund Burke [and] A Reply to Mr. Burke's Invective Against Mr. Cooper, and Mr. Watt, in the House of Commons...by Thomas Cooper AuthorPaine, Thomas, Edmund Burke and Thomas CooperPublisherP. Byrne, et al.Date Published1791-92; 1796 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #108 Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, during the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808 AuthorPorter, Robert KerPublisherRichard PhillipsDate Published1809 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #112 The Gazetteer of Sikhim AuthorRisley, H[erbert] H[ope], intro.PublisherPrinted at the Bengal Secretariat PressDate Published1894 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #113 The Holy Land. Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia AuthorRoberts, DavidPublisherF.G. MoonDate Published1842 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold Lot #118 Original Letters, illustrative of English History... Heading(Sets)AuthorEllis, Henry, editorPublisherHarding, Triphook, and LepardDate Published1825-1827 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #121 The Works of Theodore Roosevelt Heading(Sets)AuthorRoosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)PublisherScribner'sDate Published1906-1913 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #124 Letters from the Marchioness de Sevigne, To Her Daughter the Gondess de Grignan Heading(Sets)AuthorSevigne, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise dePublisherSpurr & SwiftDate Published1927 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #130 The Second Punick War between Hannibal and the Romanes.... AuthorSilius Italicus, CaiusPublisherPrinted by Thomas Roycroft for J. Martin, J. Allestry, and T. DicasDate Published1661 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #131 Meeting the Sun: A Journey All Round the World through Egypt, China, Japan, and California AuthorSimpson, WilliamPublisherLongmans, Green, Reader, and DyerDate Published1874 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #133 Star-Chamber Cases. Shewing what Causes properly belong to the Cognizance of that Court Heading(Star-Chamber)AuthorCrompton, [Richard]PublisherJohn GroveDate Published1641 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #135 Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships Author[Swift, Jonathan] (1667-1745)PublisherPrinted for Benj. MotteDate Published1726 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #137 Annalium... AuthorTacitus, Publius CorneliusPublisherJ. Froben, 1533 & J. Hervagius. 1532 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #149 The Giant Raft (Part I). Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #155 A New Voyage and Description of the Isthmus of America, Giving an Account of the Author's Abode There, the Form and Make of the Country, the Coasts, Hills, Rivers, &c. Woods, Soil, Weather, &c. Trees, Fruit, Beasts, Birds, Fish, &c. The Indian Inhabitants, their Features, Complexion, &c... With Remarkable Occurrences in the South Sea, and elsewhere AuthorWafer, LionelPublisherPrinted for James KnaptonDate Published1699 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next