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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 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(African-American)Author**Headline1819 First newspapers at African colonyDate Published1819 Lot #3 "The Quadroons" - 1842 Lydia Maria Child inscribes her classic anti-slavery story View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorChild, Lydia MariaHeadline"The Quadroons" - 1842 Lydia Maria Child inscribePublisherMassachusetts Anti-Slavery FairDate Published1842 Lot #18 Compendia Della Vita e Delle Gesta de Giuseppe Balsamo Denominato il Conte Cagliostro View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Balsamo, Giuseppe)Author[Barberi, Giovanni], attributedHeadlineLife of the scoundrel Giuseppe Balsamo 1791Date Published1791 Lot #24 Travels from St. Petersburgh in Russia, to Various Parts of Asia View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorBell, JohnHeadlineTravels from St. Petersburgh in Russia 1788PublisherPrinted for William CreechDate Published1788 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Bible in English)Author**HeadlineHoly Bible with engravings by Charles HeathPublisherWhite, Cochrane, and Co.Date Published1815 Lot #55 Queen Elizabeth View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCreighton, MandellHeadlineBiography of Queen Elizabeth extra illustratedPublisherBoussod, Valadon & Co.Date Published1896 Lot #73 Confessions of an English Opium-Eater View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthor[De Quincy, Thomas]HeadlineConfessions of an English Opium-Eater 2nd Ed 1823PublisherTaylor & HesseyDate Published1823 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Author(Defoe, Daniel)HeadlineRobinson Crusoe 1790 bound by BayntunPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1790 Lot #88 Histoire Physique, Civile et Morale des Environs de Paris View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorDulaure, J[acques]-A[ntoine]HeadlineDulaure's History of Paris 1829PublisherLevavasseurDate Published1829 Lot #97 Enthronement of the One Hundred Twenty-fourth Emperor of Japan View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorFleisher, Benjamin, publisher and editorHeadlineEnthronement of the 124th Japanese EmperorPublisherThe Japan AdvertiserDate Published1928 Lot #98 The Lakes of Scotland: A Series of Views, from Paintings Taken Expressly for the Work View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorFleming, John & John M. LeightonHeadlineJohn Fleming The Lakes of ScotlandPublisherJoseph SwanDate Published1834 Lot #100 Night Thoughts - With a fore-edge painting of Blenheim Palace View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fore-Edge Painting)AuthorYoung, EdwardHeadlineWith a fore-edge painting of Blenheim PalacePublisherF. and C. Rivington, et alDate Published1802 Lot #102 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePublisherA. Strahan, and T. CadellDate Published1788 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] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorGodwin-Austen, Captain H. H. & Captain Alexander Melville (Photographer)HeadlineDescription of a Mystic Play as Performed in LadaPublisherBaptist Mission PressDate Published1865 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.. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Author[Grangier de Liverdis, Balthazar]HeadlineJournal of a Voyage to France & Itlay 1667PublisherMichel VaugonDate Published1667 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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorIreland, SamuelHeadlinePicturesque Views on the River Thames 1801-02PublisherPrinted by C. Clarke, Published by T. EgertonDate Published1801-02 Lot #118 The Works of Flavius Josephus: Translated into English by Sir Roger L'Estrange, Knight... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorJosephus, FlaviusHeadlineLarge Paper Copy of L'Estrange's Josephus 1702PublisherPrinted for Richard SareDate Published1702 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 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorKnight, SamuelHeadlineThe Life of Erasmus by Samuel Knight 1726PublisherPrinted by Corn. Crownfield and sold by J. Wyat, et alDate Published1726 Lot #129 Elements of Field Fortification View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorLochee, LewisHeadlineLewis Lochee Elements of Field FortificationPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1783 Lot #130 Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorLockhart, John GibsonHeadlineMemoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott 5 volsPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published[1901] Lot #169 The History of the World View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold AuthorRaleigh, WalterHeadlineWalter Raleigh's History of the World 1614 1st edPublisherPrinted [by William Stansby] for Walter BurreDate Published1614 Lot #170 The Complete Works of James Whitcomb Riley View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorRiley, James WhitcombHeadlineThe Complete Works of James Whitcomb RileyPublisherC.B. RandallDate Published[1913] Lot #173 Instructions for the Drill and the Method of Performing Manœuvres as Ordered For His Majesty's Forces View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRussell, JohnHeadlineJohn Russell Instructions for the Drill 1799PublisherT. EgertonDate Published1799 Lot #195 The Crock of Gold View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorStephens, JamesHeadlineJames Stephens The Crock of Gold Limited EditionPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1926 Lot #198 The Novels and Tales of Robert Louis Stevenson View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineWorks of Robert Louis Stevenson finely boundPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1909-1912 Lot #200 The Picture of Petersburg View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorStorch, HenryHeadlineThe Picture of Petersburg by H. Storch 1801PublisherT.N. Longman & O. ReesDate Published1801 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 View details StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorBradford, WilliamHeadlineBradford’s Arctic Regions with 141 albumen photosPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low, and SearleDate Published1873 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next