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 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Aldine Press)Author**Date Published1550 & 1564 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 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorAnson, GeorgePublisherPrinted for the Author by John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1749 Lot #6 Cosmographicus liber View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorApianus, PetrusPublisherJoannes Grapheus for Arnold BirckmannDate PublishedFeb. 1533 Lot #12 Maps, Plans, Views and Coins, illustrative of the Travels of Anarcharsis the Younger in Greece View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Author[Barthelemy, Jean-Jacques]PublisherG.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1791 Lot #13 An Aegean note-book: comments on a Mid-Century Odyssey in Greece View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorBeny, RoloffPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published[1950] Lot #14 A General History of Quadrupeds View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBewick, T[homas]PublisherPrinted by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby & T. BewickDate Published1790 Lot #21 A Voyage Round the World. Performed by Order of His Most Christian Majesty, in the Years 1766, 1767, 1768, and 1769 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorBougainville, Louis Antoine dePublisherJ. Nourse & T. DaviesDate Published1772 Lot #22 Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese Written by Eminent Japanese Authorities and Scholars View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., editorPublisherJ.B. Millet Co.Date Published[1897] Lot #24 Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to El-Medinah and Meccah View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F.PublisherG.P. PutnamDate Published1856 Lot #25 The Commentaries...of his Wars in Gallia and the Civil Wars betwixt him and Pompey View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorCaesar, C[aius] JuliusPublisherThomas Newcomb for Jonathan EdwinDate Published1677 Lot #26 Illustrations of Cairo...Taken on the spot between the Years 1830-40 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorCarter, Owen B.Date Publishedcirca 1860 Lot #29 Dessins pour la Bible View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorChagall, MarcPublisherVerveDate Published[1960] 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Dictionary)AuthorWilliams, S. WellsPublisherAmerican Presbyterian Mission PressDate Published1874 Lot #31 The Columbus Papers. The Barcelona Letter of 1493 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold AuthorColumbus, ChristopherPublisherNew York Public Library and NYW PublishingDate Published1987 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. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorCook, JamesPublisherJames WilliamsDate Published1775 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.... View details Estimate$4,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorAnderson, George WilliamPublisherAlex. HoggDate Published[1784-1786] 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 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesPublisherGreat ColburnDate Published1839 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 ... View details Estimate$18,000 - $25,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorDoppelmayr, Johann GabrielPublisherSumptibus heredum HomannianorumDate Published1742 Lot #51 Proceedings of the French National Convention on the Trial of Louis XVI. Late King of France and Navarre... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(French Revolution)AuthorTrapp, Joseph, editorPublisherPrinted for the Author and Sold by Murray, Kearsley, et alDate Published1793 Lot #54 The History and Antiquities of Suffolk, Thingoe Hundred View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGage, JohnPublisherJohn DeckDate Published1838 Lot #56 The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle. Volume XIV. For the Year M.DCC.XLIV. By Sylvanus Urban, Gent. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Gentleman's Magazine)Author**PublisherEdw. Cave, jun.Date Published1744 Lot #59 Description Generale de la Chine... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorGrosier, [Jean Baptiste Gabriel Alexandre]PublisherChez MoutardDate Published1787 Lot #60 His Three Books Treating of the Rights of War & Peace... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorGrotius, HugoPublisherThomas Basset and Ralph SmithDate Published1682 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... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorHennepin, LouisPublisherPrinted for M. Bentley, J. Tonson, H. Bonwick, T. Goodwin, and S. ManshipDate Published1698 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHerodotusPublisherE. Horton & J. GroverDate Published1679 Lot #66 The History of Herodotus of Halicarnassus: The Translation of G. W. Rawlinson Revised & Annotated by A. W. Lawrence View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Herodotus)AuthorLawrence, A. W.PublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published1935 Lot #71 Two 1-page autograph letters signed by Alexander von Humboldt, plus a special commemorative postage envelope of Humboldt View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHumboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859)Date Published[c. 1815-22] & [c. 1836] Lot #72 A Book About Lawyers View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorJeafferson, John CordyPublisherHurst & BlackettDate Published1867 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... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, [Samuel]PublisherG. LongDate Published1822 Lot #76 The History of Japan View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold AuthorKaempfer, EngelbertPublisherPrinted for the Translator [J.G. Scheuchzer]Date Published1727-1728 Lot #81 Anno Regnie Gulielmi et Mariae, regis & reginae Angliae Scotiae, Franciae & Hiberniae, Primo View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Laws)Author**PublisherPrinted by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb, Printers to the King and QueenDate Published1689 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 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Laws)Author**Publisher[Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, printers for King George III]Date Published1799 Lot #86 Document signed by Francois I, King of France View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Manuscript)AuthorFrancois IDate Published[1540?] Lot #91 Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanPublisherG.P. Putnam & Co.Date Published1855 Lot #92 Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1847 Lot #93 Topographia Sueviae... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorMerian, MatthaeusHeadlineMerian'sTopographia Sueviae 1643PublisherM. MerianDate Published1643 Lot #99 Letter signed by Horatio Lord Nelson View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorNelson, Vice-admiral Horatio Lord (1758-1805)Date PublishedMay 8, 1801 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorPaine, Thomas, Edmund Burke and Thomas CooperPublisherP. Byrne, et al.Date Published1791-92; 1796 Lot #108 Travelling Sketches in Russia and Sweden, during the Years 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorPorter, Robert KerPublisherRichard PhillipsDate Published1809 Lot #112 The Gazetteer of Sikhim View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorRisley, H[erbert] H[ope], intro.PublisherPrinted at the Bengal Secretariat PressDate Published1894 Lot #113 The Holy Land. Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold AuthorRoberts, DavidPublisherF.G. MoonDate Published1842 Lot #118 Original Letters, illustrative of English History... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Sets)AuthorEllis, Henry, editorPublisherHarding, Triphook, and LepardDate Published1825-1827 Lot #121 The Works of Theodore Roosevelt View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Sets)AuthorRoosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)PublisherScribner'sDate Published1906-1913 Lot #124 Letters from the Marchioness de Sevigne, To Her Daughter the Gondess de Grignan View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Heading(Sets)AuthorSevigne, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise dePublisherSpurr & SwiftDate Published1927 Lot #130 The Second Punick War between Hannibal and the Romanes.... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorSilius Italicus, CaiusPublisherPrinted by Thomas Roycroft for J. Martin, J. Allestry, and T. DicasDate Published1661 Lot #131 Meeting the Sun: A Journey All Round the World through Egypt, China, Japan, and California View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSimpson, WilliamPublisherLongmans, Green, Reader, and DyerDate Published1874 Lot #133 Star-Chamber Cases. Shewing what Causes properly belong to the Cognizance of that Court View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Star-Chamber)AuthorCrompton, [Richard]PublisherJohn GroveDate Published1641 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 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Author[Swift, Jonathan] (1667-1745)PublisherPrinted for Benj. MotteDate Published1726 Lot #137 Annalium... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorTacitus, Publius CorneliusPublisherJ. Froben, 1533 & J. Hervagius. 1532 Lot #149 The Giant Raft (Part I). Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1881 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorWafer, LionelPublisherPrinted for James KnaptonDate Published1699 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next