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R. Lockwood and SonDate Published[1870] Lot #7 The Pictorial Album; or, Cabinet of Paintings for the Year 1837 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBaxter, G[eorge], illus.PublisherChapman & HallDate Published[1837] Lot #8 A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$118.75StatusSold Heading(Baxter, George, illus.)AuthorWilliams, JohnPublisherPublished for the Author, by J. Snow...Date Published1837 Lot #9 Lot of six titles View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorBaxter, George, illus.Date Published1836-53 Lot #10 La Barbe bleue et La belle au bois dormant View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Beaumont, Edouard de, illus.)Author[Perrault, Charles]PublisherBoussod Valadon & CieDate Published1887 Lot #14 The Hundredth Book: A Bibliography of the Publications of the Book Club of California & A History of the Club View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)AuthorMagee, DavidPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1958 Lot #15 Birds and Trees of North America View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold AuthorBrasher, RexDate Published1929-1932 Lot #16 Calder View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Calder, Alexander)AuthorMulos, Ugo and H. Harvard ArnasonPublisherViking PressDate Published[1971] Lot #20 Addresses Delivered in the Year Nineteen Hundred and Forty to the People of Great Britain, of France, and to the Members of the English House of Commons, by the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorChurchill, WinstonPublisherRansohoffsDate Published1940 Lot #21 Broadcast Addresses to the People of Great Britain, Italy, Poland, Russia, and the United States, by the Prime Minister of the British Empire, Winston Churchill, MCMXL-MCMXLI View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$106.25StatusSold AuthorChurchill, WinstonPublisherRansohoffsDate Published1941 Lot #24 The Bravo. A Venetian Story View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1831 Lot #25 The Deerslayer: or, the First War-Path. A Tale View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,000StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1841 Lot #26 The Headsman; or, the Abbaye des Vignerons. A Tale View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1833 Lot #27 The Heidenmauer; or the Benedictines View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1832 Lot #28 The History of the Navy of the United States of America View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorCooper, J[ames] FenimorePublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1839 Lot #29 Home as Found View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1838 Lot #30 The Last of the Mohicans; a Narrative of 1757 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherJohn MillerDate Published1826 Lot #31 Mercedes of Castile. A Romance of the Days of Columbus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorCooper, J[ames] FenimorePublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1841 Lot #32 Mercedes of Castile: or, the Voyage to Cathay View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1840 Lot #33 The Pathfinder: or, the Inland Sea View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1840 Lot #34 The Pilot; A Tale of the Sea View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherJohn MillerDate Published1824 Lot #35 The Pilot; a Tale of the Sea View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherCharles WileyDate Published1824 Lot #36 The Red Rover, a Tale View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1827 Lot #37 The Spy; A Tale of the Neutral Ground; Referring to Some Particular Occurrences During the American War: Also Pourtraying American Scenery and Manners View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]PublisherG. and W.B. WhittakerDate Published1822 Lot #38 Lot of 3 items View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorCooper, James FenimoreDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #41 A Compendious System of Midwifery, Chiefly Designed to Facilitate the Inquiries of those who may be pursuing this branch of Study... View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorDewees, William P[otts]PublisherH.C. Carey & L. LeaDate Published1824 Lot #51 A Monograph of the Phasianidae, or Family of the Pheasants View details Estimate$120,000 - $180,000StatusUnsold AuthorElliot, Daniel GiraudPublisherBy the authorDate Published[1870]-1872 Lot #52 Autograph poetic quote, signed View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoDate PublishedSeptember 1861 Lot #57 Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorMagee, David and DorothyPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1957 Lot #64 Galleria Omerica; o, Raccolta di monumenti antichi esibita dal Cav. Francesco Inghirami, per servire allo studio dell'Iliade e dell'Odissea View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorInghirami, FrancescoPublisherPoligraphia Fiesolana dai torchi dell'autoreDate Published1831-36 Lot #65 The Naval History of Great Britain... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorJames, WilliamPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 Lot #81 History of the Indian Tribes of North America with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorMcKenney, Thomas L. [& James Hall]PublisherD. Rice & Co.Date Published1872 Lot #83 Original Manuscript Court Documents relating to theft of a Mulatto Slave, 1576 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico – 16th Century Manuscript Court Documents)Author**Date Published1576 Lot #84 Mapa que comprehende la exttencion y districto termino del curato antiguo de San Andres y el nuevo de Santa Clara, rotulados sus pueblos, hazziendas, ranchas, caminos, barrancas, y el termino que los divide para su mas facil comprehension View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Mexico - 18th Century Manuscript Map)Author**Date PublishedLatter half of 18th century Lot #85 Manuscript map of an unidentified region of Mexico, showing the rivers, towns etc., including the Rio de Tlalhistaquilla View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Mexico - 18th Century Manuscript MapAuthor**Date PublishedLatter half of 18th century Lot #86 Manuscript map of an unidentified region of Mexico, showing the rivers, towns etc., including the Rio del Oro View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico - 18th Century Manuscript MapAuthor**Date PublishedLatter half of 18th century Lot #87 The North American Sylva; Or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia... View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorMichaux, F[rancois] Andre & Thomas NuttallPublisherD. Rice & A.N. HartDate Published1857 Lot #89 The Palm Tree View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMoody, SPublisherT. Nelson & SonsDate Published1864 Lot #115 A Collection of Colour Prints View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorParrish, Maxfield and Jules GuérinPublisher[J. H. Jansen]Date PublishedNo date [c. 1915] Lot #116 Lot of three hand-colored engravings View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Perspective Views)Author**Date PublishedMid-late 18th century Lot #120 Das polychrome Ornament View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorRacinet, A[uguste]PublisherPaul NeffDate Published1880 Lot #125 Gamonia: or, The Art of Preserving Game... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorRawstorne, LawrencePublisherRudolph AckermannDate Published1837 Lot #126 Three autograph letters signed to Miriam Koshland View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorReik, TheodorDate Published1949-1951 Lot #127 The Museum of Flowers View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorRosenberg, [Mary Elizabeth]PublisherR. Groombridge & SonsDate Published1845 Lot #128 Recent Art View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorRowlands, WalterPublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[1889] Lot #138 Autograph copy of "America" ("My Country Tis of Thee") signed by Samuel F. Smith View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorSmith, Samuel F.Date PublishedFeb. 25, 1895 Lot #140 Popular Mineralogy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSowerby, HenryPublisherReeve and BenhamDate Published1850 Lot #143 Leaves of Grass with Sands at Seventy & a Backward Glance o'er Travelled Roads View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltDate Published[1889] Lot #144 American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorWilson, Alexander and Prince Charles Lucian BonapartePublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1876 Lot #146 Bibliography of Books on Alaska Published Before 1868 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Alaska)AuthorLada-Mocarski, ValerianPublisherYale University PressDate Published1969 Lot #155 Voyage de Découvertes dans la Partie Septentrionale de l'Ocean Pacifique...pendant les Années 1795, 1796, 1797, et 1798; Dans lequel il a parcouru et visité la côte d'Asie.... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBroughton, W[illiam] R[obert]PublisherDentuDate Published1807 Lot #165 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean...for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerk, and Gore, in his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorCook, James and James KingPublisherPrinted by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. CadellDate Published1784 Lot #177 A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorDixon, GeorgePublisherPublished by Geo. GouldingDate Published1789 Lot #179 French Explorers in the Pacific View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorDunmore, JohnPublisherOxford [University Press] at the Clarendon PressDate Published1965; 1969 Lot #183 The Voyages of the English Nation to America View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHakluyt, Richard, comp.PublisherE. & G. GoldsmidDate Published1889-1890 Lot #187 The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Hill Collection)AuthorSilveira de Braganza, Rondal Louis, ed.PublisherUniversity Library, Univ. of Calif.Date Published1974, 1982 & 1983 Lot #198 Rovings in the Pacific, from 1837 to 1849; with a Glance at California. By a Merchant Long Resident at Tahiti... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Author[Lucatt, Edward]PublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1851 Lot #201 Exploraciones en los Andes Ecuatorianos View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMartinez, NicolasPublisherTalleres Graficos NacionalesDate Published1933 Lot #202 Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed, an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the Ship Nootka; Observations on the Probable Existence of a North West Passage; and some account of the Trade between the North West Coast of America and China; and the latter country and Great Britain View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorMeares, JohnPublisherLogographic PressDate Published1790 Lot #218 A Tenderfoot with Peary View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Polar)AuthorBorup, GeorgePublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1911] Lot #219 My Attainment of the Pole: Being the Record of the Expedition that First Reached the Boreal Center, 1907-1909, with the Final Summary of the Polar Controversy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Polar)AuthorCook, Frederick A.PublisherThe Polar Publishing Co.Date Published1911 Lot #220 My Attainment of the Pole. Being the Record of the Expedition that First Reached the Boreal Center, 1907-1909. With the Final Summary of the Polar View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Polar)AuthorCook, Frederick A.PublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1913 Lot #221 My Attainment of the Pole: Being the Record of the Expedition that First Reached the Boreal Center, 1907-1909, with the Final Summary of the Polar Controversy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Polar)AuthorCook, Frederick A.PublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1912 Lot #222 To the Top of the Continent: Discovery, Exploration and Adventure in Sub-arctic Alaska. The First Ascent of Mt. McKinley, 1903-1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Polar)AuthorCook, Frederick A.PublisherDoubleday, PageDate Published1908 Lot #223 Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Polar)AuthorKane, Elisha KentPublisherChilds & PetersonDate Published1857 Lot #224 Nearest The Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Polar)AuthorPeary, R[obert] E..PublisherDoubleday, PageDate Published1907 Lot #225 The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Polar)AuthorPeary, Robert E.PublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published1910 Lot #227 The Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806. The Report of Count Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov of His Voyage to that Provincia of Nueva España from New Archangel View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorRezanov, Nikolai PetrovichPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1926 Lot #228 The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt and Nubia. * Egypt and Nubia View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$37,500StatusSold AuthorRoberts, DavidPublisherF.G. MoonDate Published1842-43-49 & 1846-49 Lot #229 The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold AuthorRoberts, DavidPublisherF.G. MoonDate Published1842-43-49 Lot #230 The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorRoberts, DavidPublisherDay & SonDate Published1855-56 Lot #231 Hand-colored lithograph of Cordova View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Roberts, David]Date Published[1837/38] Lot #232 Hand-colored lithograph of Cordova View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Roberts, David]Date Published[1837/38] Lot #233 Hand-colored lithograph of a street scene View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Roberts, David]Date Published[1837/38] Lot #234 Hand-colored lithograph of the Bridge of Toledo in Madrid View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Roberts, David]Date Published[1837/38] Lot #235 Hand-colored lithograph of the Church of San Jaco, Xeres View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Roberts, David]Date Published[1837] Lot #245 A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of Any Navigable Communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery Sloop of War, and Armed Tender Chatham, under the Command of Captain George Vancouver View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorVancouver, GeorgePublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1801 Lot #249 Fiji and the Fijians View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorWilliams, Thomas and James CalvertPublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published1859 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next