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 1-35 of 35. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 [Le Corps Humain] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Anatomy)Author[Cuyer, Edmond]PublisherJ.B. BailliereDate Publishedcirca 1880's 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #43 Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the Adjoining Countries... [and] Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorFroissart, JeanPublisherHenry G. Bohn / William SmithDate Published1855 / 1844-45 Lot #54 The History and Antiquities of Suffolk, Thingoe Hundred View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGage, JohnPublisherJohn DeckDate Published1838 Lot #58 The Universal Herbal; or, Botanical, Medical, and Agricultural Dictionary View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorGreen, ThomasPublisherPrinted at the Caxton Press by Henry FisherDate Published[1816-1820] 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 #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 #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 #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 #83 The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Annuals View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorLoudon, [Jane Webb]PublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1842 Lot #84 The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials View details Estimate$5,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorLoudon, [Jane Webb]PublisherWilliam SmithDate Published1843-44 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 #95 Orchids. The Royal Family of Plants View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorMiner, Harriet StewartPublisherLee and ShepardDate Published1885 Lot #101 The North American Sylva; Or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada and Nova Scotia... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorNuttall, ThomasPublisherSmith & Wistar, et alDate Published1849 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 #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 #116 Album du jeune naturaliste, ou l'oeuvre de la creation... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Author[Senefelder, Alois]PublisherEymery, FrugerDate Published1830 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 #134 Studer's popular ornithology. The birds of North America: drawn and colored from life byTheodore Jasper... [and] Ornithology; or, the science of birds View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorStuder, Jacob H., Theodore Jasper, et alPublisherJacob H. StuderDate Published1878 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 #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