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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 1819 First newspapers at African colony for freed slaves - The Royal Gazette; and Sierra Leone Advertiser Heading(African-American)Author**Headline1819 First newspapers at African colonyDate Published1819 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #3 "The Quadroons" - 1842 Lydia Maria Child inscribes her classic anti-slavery story Heading(African American)AuthorChild, Lydia MariaHeadline"The Quadroons" - 1842 Lydia Maria Child inscribePublisherMassachusetts Anti-Slavery FairDate Published1842 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #18 Compendia Della Vita e Delle Gesta de Giuseppe Balsamo Denominato il Conte Cagliostro Heading(Balsamo, Giuseppe)Author[Barberi, Giovanni], attributedHeadlineLife of the scoundrel Giuseppe Balsamo 1791Date Published1791 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #24 Travels from St. Petersburgh in Russia, to Various Parts of Asia AuthorBell, JohnHeadlineTravels from St. Petersburgh in Russia 1788PublisherPrinted for William CreechDate Published1788 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #31 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, and The Apocrypha. Embellished with Engravings by Charles Heath from Designs by Richard Westall Headingzzf(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineHoly Bible with engravings by Charles HeathPublisherWhite, Cochrane, and Co.Date Published1815 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #55 Queen Elizabeth AuthorCreighton, MandellHeadlineBiography of Queen Elizabeth extra illustratedPublisherBoussod, Valadon & Co.Date Published1896 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #73 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater HeadingzzfAuthor[De Quincy, Thomas]HeadlineConfessions of an English Opium-Eater 2nd Ed 1823PublisherTaylor & HesseyDate Published1823 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #75 The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner. Who Lived Eight & Twenty Years All Alone in an Uninhabited Island on the Coast Of America, Near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque, Having Been Cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men Perished But Himself. With an Account [of] How He Was At Last As Strangely Deliver’d By Pyrates. Written by Himself. [Continued in Volume Two as:] The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Being the Second and Last Part of His Life, and of the Strange Surprizing Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe. Written by Himself. [Including] The Life of Daniel Defoe , by George Chalmers Author(Defoe, Daniel)HeadlineRobinson Crusoe 1790 bound by BayntunPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1790 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #88 Histoire Physique, Civile et Morale des Environs de Paris AuthorDulaure, J[acques]-A[ntoine]HeadlineDulaure's History of Paris 1829PublisherLevavasseurDate Published1829 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #97 Enthronement of the One Hundred Twenty-fourth Emperor of Japan HeadingzzcAuthorFleisher, Benjamin, publisher and editorHeadlineEnthronement of the 124th Japanese EmperorPublisherThe Japan AdvertiserDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Lakes of Scotland: A Series of Views, from Paintings Taken Expressly for the Work AuthorFleming, John & John M. LeightonHeadlineJohn Fleming The Lakes of ScotlandPublisherJoseph SwanDate Published1834 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #100 Night Thoughts - With a fore-edge painting of Blenheim Palace Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorYoung, EdwardHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of Blenheim PalacePublisherF. and C. Rivington, et alDate Published1802 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #102 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePublisherA. Strahan, and T. CadellDate Published1788 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #103 Description of a Mystic Play as Performed in Ladak, Zaskar, &c., [Contained in Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, part 1, no. 2] AuthorGodwin-Austen, Captain H. H. & Captain Alexander Melville (Photographer)HeadlineDescription of a Mystic Play as Performed in LadaPublisherBaptist Mission PressDate Published1865 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #104 Journal d'un Voyage de France et d'Italie Fait par un Gentilhomme Francois, Commence; le Quatorzie'me Septembre 1660, et Acheve; le Trente-unieme Mai 1661.. Author[Grangier de Liverdis, Balthazar]HeadlineJournal of a Voyage to France & Itlay 1667PublisherMichel VaugonDate Published1667 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #112 Picturesque Views on the River Thames, from its Source in Gloucestershire to the Nore; With Observations on the Public Buildings and other Works of Art in its Vicinity AuthorIreland, SamuelHeadlinePicturesque Views on the River Thames 1801-02PublisherPrinted by C. Clarke, Published by T. EgertonDate Published1801-02 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #118 The Works of Flavius Josephus: Translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight... AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineLarge Paper Copy of L'Estrange's Josephus 1702PublisherPrinted for Richard SareDate Published1702 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #121 The Life of Erasmus, More particularly that part of it, which He spent in England; Wherein an Account is given of his Learned Friends, and the State of Religion and Learning at that Time in both our Universities With an Appendix Containing Several Original Papers HeadingzzfAuthorKnight, SamuelHeadlineThe Life of Erasmus by Samuel Knight 1726PublisherPrinted by Corn. Crownfield and sold by J. Wyat, et alDate Published1726 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #129 Elements of Field Fortification AuthorLochee, LewisHeadlineLewis Lochee Elements of Field FortificationPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1783 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #130 Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott AuthorLockhart, John GibsonHeadlineMemoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott 5 volsPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published[1901] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #169 The History of the World AuthorRaleigh, WalterHeadlineWalter Raleigh's History of the World 1614 1st edPublisherPrinted [by William Stansby] for Walter BurreDate Published1614 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #170 The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineThe Complete Works of James Whitcomb RileyPublisherC.B. RandallDate Published[1913] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #173 Instructions for the Drill and the Method of Performing Manœuvres as Ordered For His Majesty's Forces AuthorRussell, JohnHeadlineJohn Russell Instructions for the Drill 1799PublisherT. EgertonDate Published1799 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #195 The Crock of Gold HeadingzzfAuthorStephens, JamesHeadlineJames Stephens The Crock of Gold Limited EditionPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #198 The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineWorks of Robert Louis Stevenson finely boundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1909-1912 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #200 The Picture of Petersburg AuthorStorch, HenryHeadlineThe Picture of Petersburg by H. Storch 1801PublisherT.N. Longman & O. ReesDate Published1801 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #224 The Arctic Regions, Illustrated with Photographs Taken on an Art Expedition to Greenland by William Bradford. With a descriptive narrative by the artist HeadingzzcAuthorBradford, WilliamHeadlineBradford’s Arctic Regions with 141 albumen photosPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low, and SearleDate Published1873 View details StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next