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View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAdolphus, JohnHeadlineMemoirs of John Bannister, Comedian.PublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1839 Lot #38 History of The Philosophy of Mind: Embracing the Opinions of All Writers on Mental Science from the Earliest Times to the Present Day View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorBlakey, RobertHeadlineBlakey, History of The Philosophy of Mind 1850PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1850 Lot #78 Kaigai Shinwa [Foreign news, relations between China and Great Britain, and the story of the Opium War, based on the I fei fan chiang lu] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(China - First Opium War)AuthorMineta FukoHeadlineJapanese account of China's 1st Opium War 1849PublisherMineta-shi zoDate Published1849 Lot #79 Album with approximately 165 original photographs of China View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(China)HeadlinePhotograph album of China 1920'sDate Publishedc.1920's Lot #80 Album with eight original paintings of dramatic and possibly mythological scenes, with some text in Chinese View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(China)HeadlineAlbum of original Chinese paintingsDate Publishedc.19th century Lot #81 Lot of 88 Steel Engravings of China View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorAllom, ThomasHeadline88 steel engravings of China by Thomas AllomPublisherFisher & SonDate Published[1843] Lot #82 The Invention of Printing in China and Its Spread Westward View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorCarter, Thomas FrancisHeadlineInvention of printing in ChinaPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1925 Lot #83 The Island of Formosa: Past and Present. History, People, Resources, And Commercial Prospects. Tea, Camphor, Sugar, Gold, Coal, Sulphur, Economical Plants, And Other Productions; Historical View From 1430 To 1900. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorDavidson, James W.HeadlineScarce History of Formosa w/maps 1903Publisher[Book World Co.]Date Published1903 Lot #84 Formosa Notes on Mss., Languages and Races View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorDe Lacouperie, TerrienHeadlineRare Formosa volume 1887PublisherStephen Austin & SonsDate Published1887 Lot #85 Eight volumes relating to China View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(China)HeadlineEight volumes on ChinaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #86 Four volumes of the Journal of the China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(China)HeadlineChina Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 1885-90PublisherRoyal Asiatic SocietyDate Published1885-1890 Lot #87 First lines of the practice of surgery in the west - Xi yi lüe lun View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorHobson, BenjaminHeadlineChinese medical text by missionary 1857Date Published1857 Lot #88 China for the West: Chinese Porcelain & other Decorative Arts for Export illustrated from the Mottahedeh Collection View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorHoward, David and John AyersHeadlineChina for the West: Chinese PorcelainPublisherSotheby Parke BernetDate Published1978 Lot #89 Peoples and Politics of the Far East View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorNorman, HenryHeadlinePeoples and Politics of the Far East 1895PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1895 Lot #90 Gardens of China View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorSirén, OsvaldHeadlineGardens of China by Osvald SirénPublisherThe Ronald Press CompanyDate Published[1949] Lot #91 Histoire des Arts Anciens de la Chine View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorSiren, OsvaldHeadlineOsvald Siren History of Chinese ArtPublisherLes Éditions G. Van OestDate Published1929-1930 Lot #92 The City in Late Imperial China View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorSkinner, William G., editorHeadlineWilliam Skinner The City in Late Imperial ChinaPublisher[Stanford University Press]Date Published[1977] Lot #93 On the Shapes of the Bronze Vessels of Ancient China: An Archaeological Study View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorUmehara, SuejiHeadlineJapanese Study of Ancient Chinese Bronze VesselsPublisherTôhô Bunka Kenkyûsyo or the Institute of Oriental CultureDate Published1940 Lot #94 "Xiao Xue" ["Elementary learning" - a Korean translation of Chinese book to educate children] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorXi ZhuHeadlineChinese children's textbook in Korean 16th/17th centuryDate Publishedc. 16th/17th century Lot #95 The George Eumorfopoulos Collection of the Chinese, Corean and Siamese Paintings View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Art)AuthorBinyon, LaurenceHeadlineThe George Eumorfopoulos Collection of Paintings 1/560PublisherErnest Benn, LTD.Date Published1928 Lot #96 The She King, or, the book of ancient poetry, translated into English verse, with essays and notes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese Literature)AuthorLegge, James, translatorHeadlineChinese Classic of Poetry in English 1876PublisherTrübner & Co.Date Published1876 Lot #113 The Republic of Mexico in 1876. A Political and Ethnographical Division of the Population, Character, Habits, Costumes and Vocations of its Inhabitants View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCubas, Antonio GarciaHeadlineThe Republic of Mexico in 1876 w/color platesPublisherLa Ensenanza Printing OfficeDate Published1876 Lot #133 Types et Uniformes: L'armée Française View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorDetaille, Édouard and Jules RichardHeadlineTypes et Uniformes: L'armée Française, 1885-89PublisherBoussod, Valadon & CieDate Published1885-89 Lot #145 Tutankhamun's Painted Box. Reproduced in Colour from the Original in the Cairo Museum View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Egypt)AuthorDavies, Nina M.HeadlineBox from Tutankhamun's TombPublisherPrinted for the Griffith Institute at the University PressDate Published1962 Lot #146 Three volumes from the Egypt Exploration Fund - one inscribed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Egypt)AuthorNaville, Edouard et al.HeadlineThree volumes from the Egypt Exploration FundPublisherEgyptian Exploration FundDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #147 L'Éventail View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Fans)AuthorUzanne, OctaveHeadlineErotic look at women's fans through historyPublisherA. QuantinDate Published1882 Lot #166 Felix Frankfurter Reminisces: Recorded in Talks With Dr. Harlan B. Phillips View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Frankfurter, Felix)AuthorPhillips, Dr. Harlan B.HeadlineSigned by Supreme Court Justice Felix FrankfurterPublisherReynal & CompanyDate Published1960 Lot #173 Histoire des seigneurs de Gavres. Roman du XVe siècle publié par Van Dale. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorGachet, Emile, editorHeadlineHistoire des Seigneurs de Gavres 1845PublisherVan DaleDate Published[1845] Lot #174 Three volumes by or about Mahatma Gandhi View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Gandhi, Mahatma)AuthorDoke, Joseph J.Headline3 scarce volumes on M.K. GandhiDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #175 How to Compete with Foreign Cloth: A Study of the Position of Hand-spinning, Hand-weaving, and Cotton Mills in the Economics of Cloth Production in India View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGandhi. M.P.HeadlineEconomics of Cloth Production in India 1931Publisher[J.N. Ghosh]Date Published1931 Lot #184 The Description of Greece, by Pausanius. Translated from the Greek, with Notes in Which Much of the Mythology of the Greeks is Unfolded from a Theory which has been for many Ages unknown. And illustrated with Maps and Views elegantly engraved View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Greece)AuthorPausaniusHeadlinePausanius Description of Greece 1794PublisherPrinted for R. PaulderDate Published1794 Lot #185 Dartmoor Prison: Past and Present View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHarris, VernonHeadlineRare volume on Dartmoor Prison 1875PublisherWilliam Brendon and SonDate Published[c.1875] Lot #188 The Classical Gazetteer: A Dictionary of Ancient Geography, Sacred and Profane View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorHazlitt, William.HeadlineHazlitt's Classical Gazetteer 1851 with letterPublisherWhittaker and Co.Date Published1851 Lot #189 Cosmos: Sketch of a Physical Description of the Universe [with] Lives of the Brothers Humboldt, Alexander and William View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHumboldt, Alexander VonHeadlineAlexander Von Humboldt's Cosmos 1851PublisherHarpers & BrothersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #197 Annals of the Early Caliphate From Original Sources View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Islam)AuthorMuir, Sir WilliamHeadlineAnnals of the Early Caliphate 1883PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1883 Lot #214 Japan and the Third Powers View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)AuthorHsu, ShuhsiHeadlineFour volumes on the Second Sino-Japanese WarPublisherKelly & Walsh, LimitedDate Published1941 Lot #216 Japan. No. 3 (1870). Correspondence Respecting Affairs in Japan: 1868-70. Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)HeadlineCorrespondence Respecting Affairs in Japan 1868-70PublisherPrinted by Harrison and SonsDate Published1870 Lot #239 Report of the Research of Antiquities of the National Museum of Korea Vol. I: Two Old Silla Tombs, Ho-u Tomb and Silver Bell Tomb View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Korea)AuthorKim, Chae-wŏnHeadlineTwo Old Silla Tombs, Ho-u Tomb and Silver Bell Tomb 1948PublisherEul-yu Publishing. Co.Date Published1948 Lot #271 History of South America and Mexico; Comprising Their Discovery, Geography, Politics, Commerce and Revolutions. To Which is Annexed a Geographical and Historical View of Texas, with a Detailed Account of the Texian Revolution and War, by Hon. L.T. Pease View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorNiles, John M. and L.T. PeaceHeadlineHistory of South America and Mexico 1844PublisherS. HuntingtonDate Published1844 Lot #284 History of Ancient Persia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Persia)AuthorMalcolm, Sir JohnHeadlineRare History of Ancient Persia w/platesPublisherPrinted by N.R. Ranina at the "Union Press."Date Published1868 Lot #287 Harper's History of the War in the Philippines View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Philippines)AuthorWilcox, Marrion, editorHeadlineHarper's History of the War in the PhilippinesPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1900 Lot #324 Soviet Aviation [&] The Red Army & Navy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Russia)HeadlineSoviet military on eve of WWIIPublisherState Art PublishersDate Published1939 Lot #380 Parisian goldsmith's catalogue of ecclesiastical silver and other work View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Trade Catalogue)HeadlineParisian goldsmith's catalog with color lithographsDate Publishedc.1870-80 Lot #400 Speeches in Parliament of the Right Honourable William Windham. To Which is Prefixed Some Account of His Life By Thomas Amyot, Esq View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWindham, William. and Thomas AmyotHeadlineWilliam Windham Speeches in Parliament 1812PublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1812 Lot #401 Centro Viti-vinicola Nacional: La Viti-Vinicultura en 1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Wine)HeadlineLa Viti-vinicultura Argentina en 1910Date Published1910 Lot #411 Letters from the Cardinal Borgia, and the Cardinal of York. MDCCXCIX-MDCCC View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorBorgia, StefanoHeadlineLetters from the Cardinal Borgia 1800Publisher[W. Bulmer]Date Published[1800] Lot #432 The Crown Circuit Companion; containing the practice of the Assises on the Crown side, and of the Courts of General and General Quarter Sessions of the Peace...the second edition corrected; to which is added, The Clerk of Assises Circuit Companion. View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Law)AuthorStubbs, W. and G. TalmashHeadlineThe Crown Circuit Companion0 1749Publisherprinted by Henry Lintot. for J. WorrallDate Published1749 Lot #446 19th century photograph album View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Photograph Album)Headline19th century photo albumDate Published[c.1870's] Lot #467 Approximately thirteen books on China, Korea, and other miscellaneous volumes View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(China)HeadlineBooks on China, Korea, etc.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #471 Approximately twelve volumes on Japan View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Japan)HeadlineTwelve volumes on JapanDate PublishedVarious dates Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next