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With Descriptions of All Countries Exhibiting Their Actual and Comparative Extent, and Their Present Political Divisions, Founded on the Most Recent Discoveries and Rectifications View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorColby, CharlesHeadlineDiamond Atlas Western Hemisphere 1858PublisherSamuel N. HastonDate Published1858 Lot #177 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorCook, James and James KingHeadlineCook's 3rd Voyage 2nd EditionPublisherPrinted by H. Hughs, for G. Nicol... and T. CadellDate Published1785 Lot #178 Account of the Russian Discoveries Between Asia and America. To Which are added, the Conquest of Siberia, and the History of the Transactions and Commerce Between Russia and China View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorCoxe, WilliamHeadlineCoxe's Russian Discoveries 1780PublisherJ. Nichols for T. CadellDate Published1780 Lot #179 A New System of Modern Geography, or a General Description of the Most Remarkable Countries Throughout the Known World; Their Respective Situations, Extent, Divisions, Cities... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorDavies, BenjaminHeadlineDavies' New System of Geography w/ maps 1815PublisherJohnson Warner et al.Date Published1815 Lot #182 The Ziegler Polar Expedition 1903-1905; Scientific Results Obtained under the Direction of William J. Peters Representative of the National geographic Society in Charge of Scientific Work View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorFiala, AnthonyHeadlineScientific findings of the Ziegler Polar Expedition, 1907PublisherThe National Geographic Society by the Estate of William ZieglerDate Published1907 Lot #186 A Popular History of Gibraltar, its institutions, and its neighbourhood on both sides of the straits, and a guide book to their principal places and objects of interest View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGilbard, Lieut.-ColonelHeadlineGuide to Gibraltar, 1886PublisherGarrison Library Printing EstablishmentDate Published1886 Lot #187 Flora Sibirica Sive Historia Plantarum Sibiriae Tomvs II., Continens Tabvlas Aeri Incisas XCVIII View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorGmelin, Johann GeorgHeadlinePlants of Siberia, 1749PublisherEx Typographia Academiae ScientiarumDate Published1749 Lot #188 Géographie des Grecs analysée; ou les systêmes d'Eratosthenes, de Strabon et de Ptolémée comparés entre eux et avec nos connoissances modernes View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorGossellin, Pascal François JosephHeadlineGeography of the ancient GreeksPublisherDe l'Imprimerie de DidotDate Published1790 Lot #191 The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English Nation View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorHakluyt, RichardHeadlineHakluyt's Voyages in 12 volumes, 1/100PublisherJames MacLehose and SonsDate Published1903-05 Lot #193 The Missionary's Daughter: A Memoir of Lucy Goodale Thurston, of the Sandwich Islands View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)Author[Cummings, Mrs. A.P.]HeadlineThe Missionary's Daughter 1st ed. 1842PublisherDayton & NewmanDate Published1842 Lot #200 Hawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1878: Hawaii's Centennial, It Being One Hundred Years Since The Discovery Of These Island By Capt. Cook. A Handbook Of Information On Matters Relating To The Hawaiian Islands. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorThrum, Thomas G.HeadlineHawaiian Almanac and Annual for 1878 - rare centennial ed.PublisherThrum and OatDate Published1878 Lot #201 Élémens de topographie militaire, ou instruction détaillée sur la manière de lever à vue et de dessiner avec promptitude les cartes militaires. Ouvrage traduit de l'allemand; Revu et augmenté de Notes et Figures additionnelles par un officier au corps impérial du Génie de France View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHayne, J.E.G.HeadlineMilitary topography during the Napoleonic wars.PublisherChez MagimelDate Published1806 Lot #202 Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, Made Under Direction of the Navy Department View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHerndon, William Lewis & Lardner GibbonHeadlineHerndon & Gibbons' exploration of the Amazon with mapsDate Published1854 Lot #207 The Amazon and Madeira Rivers: Sketches and Descriptions from the Note-Book of an Explorer View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorKeller, FranzHeadlineThe Amazon and Madiera Rivers 1874PublisherJ. B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1875 Lot #210 The Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile Kt. which Treateth of the Way to Jerusalem and of Marvayles of Inde, with other Ilands and Countryes View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMandeville, Sir JohnHeadlineThe Voiage and Travaile of Sir John Maundevile, 1725PublisherPrinted for J. Woodman, D. Lyon, and C. DavisDate Published1725 Lot #211 Diary recording a voyage aboard a tramp steamer from New York to South America, then aboard another vessel to Italy and the Mediterranean View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Maritime Diary)HeadlineTramp steamer voyage to South American 1895-6Date Published1895-96 Lot #213 The Figure of the Earth, Determined from Observations made by Order of the French King, at the Polar Circle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMaupertuis, Pierre Louis Moreau de, et al.HeadlineFrench expedition measures shape of earth 1738PublisherPrinted or T. Cox, et al.Date Published1738 Lot #215 Mitchell's School Geography. Second Revised Edition. A System of Modern Geography Comprising a Description of the Present State of the World... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMitchell, Samuel AugustusHeadlineMitchell's School Geography 2nd Revised 1848PublisherThomas, Cowperthwait & Co.Date Published1848 Lot #217 New and Complete System of Universal Geography; Describing Asia, Africa, Europe and America... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorPayne, JohnHeadlinePayne's Geography with maps of U.S. states 1798-1800PublisherJohn LowDate Published1798-1800 Lot #218 The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 [1898]. Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and their Peoples, their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as related in contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of those Islands from their earliest relations with European Nations to the beginning of the Nineteenth Century View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Philippine Islands)AuthorBlair, Emma Helen and James Alexander Robertson, editorsHeadlinePhilippine Islands historical archives, 1493-1803PublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1903-1908 Lot #219 Letter from a soldier to his mother, chronicling his journey the United States to embark on a transport to Hawaii and the Philippines, and his first impressions once there View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Philippines)Author"Tom"HeadlineSoldier's journey to Philippines to quell unrest, 1909 letterDate PublishedApril 18, 1909 Lot #220 The Races of Man; and Their Geographical Distribution to Which is Affixed An Analytical Synopsis of the Natural History of Man. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPickering, CharlesHeadlineRaces of Man w/hand-colored plates 1850PublisherH.G. BohnDate Published1850 Lot #222 Le Chemin de Fer Trans-Saharien View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Railroads)AuthorDuponchel A.HeadlineThe Trans-Saharan Railway, 1878PublisherTypographie et Lithographie de Boehm & FilsDate Published1878 Lot #223 Le Chemin de Fer Congo-Océan View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Railroads)HeadlineThe Congo-Ocean Railway, 1934Date Published[1934] Lot #225 A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, and Interior Communication in General View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Railroads)AuthorWood, NicholasHeadlineA Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads, 1838 3rd Ed.PublisherLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & LongmansDate Published1838 Lot #226 Observations Topographical, Moral, & Physiological; made in a Journey Through part of the Low-Countries, Germany, Italy, and France: with A Catalogue of Plants not Native of England, found Spontaneously growing in those Parts, and their Virtues. View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorRay, John and Francis WillughbyHeadlineJohn Ray, Observations Topographical..., 1673 1st Ed.PublisherPrinted for John MartynDate Published1673 Lot #228 The Lord's Land: A Narrative of Travels in Sinai Arabia Petraea and Palestine from the Red Sea to the Entering in of Hamath View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRidgaway, Henry B.HeadlineThe Lord's Land Deluxe binding 1876PublisherNelson & PhillipsDate Published1876 Lot #229 Turkistan: Notes of a Journey in Russian Turkistan, Khokand, Bukhara, and Kuldja View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSchuyler, EugeneHeadlineSchuyler's Journey in Turkistan 1876PublisherF.A. Brockhaus & Sampson Low, Marston, Low, Searle, & RivingstonDate Published1876 Lot #230 Im Herzen von Afrika: Reisen und Entdeckungen im Centralen Aequatorial-Afrika. Während der jahre 1868 bis 1871. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorSchweinfurth, GeorgHeadlineSchweinfurth's The Heart of Africa, 1st EditionPublisherF.A. Brockhaus & Sampson Low, Marston, Low, and SearleDate Published1874 Lot #231 The Clans of the Highlands of Scotland: Being an Account of their Annuals, Separately & Collectively, with Delineations of Their Tartans, and Family Arms View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Scotland)AuthorSmibert, Thomas, editorHeadlineThe Clans of the Highlands of ScotlandPublisherJames HoggDate Published1850 Lot #232 The Costume of the Clans View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Scotland)AuthorAllen, John Carter and Charles Manning [writing as John Sobieski Stolberg Stuart and Charles Edward Stewart]HeadlineThe Costume of the Clans, 1/500PublisherJohn GrantDate Published1892 Lot #233 The Castle of the Lothians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Scotland)AuthorBell, J. MunroHeadlineThe Castles of the LothiansPublisherPrinted for the Author by R.& R. ClarkDate Published1893 Lot #234 A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Scotland)AuthorBrowne, JamesHeadlineHistory of the Highland Clans w/color map 1848PublisherA. Fullarton & Co.Date Published1848 Lot #236 Caledonian Sketches, or A Tour Through Scotland in 1807 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Scotland)AuthorCarr, Sir JohnHeadlineJohn Carr's Caledonian SketchesPublisherMathews and LeighDate Published1809 Lot #237 Modern Athenians: A Series of Original Portraits of Memorable Citizens of Edinburgh View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Scotland)AuthorCrombie, Benjamin W.HeadlineHand-colored plates from Crombie etchingsPublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published1882 Lot #238 An Account of the Confederation of Clan Chattan, its Kith and Kin View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Scotland)AuthorFraser-Mackintosh, CharlesHeadlineThe Minor Septs of Clan ChattanPublisherJohn MackayDate Published1898 Lot #239 The Scottish Gaël; or Celtic Manners, as Preserved Among the Highlanders: Being an Historical Account and Descriptive Account of the Inhabitants, Antiquities, and National Peculiarities of Scotland View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Scotland)AuthorLogan, JamesHeadlineThe Scottish Gaël w/color plates 1831PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1831 Lot #240 The Provincial Antiquities and Picturesque Scenery of Scotland View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Scotland)AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineSir Walter Scott on Scottish antiquitiesPublisher[J. Menzies]Date Published1847 Lot #241 Sketches of the Character, Manners, and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland...Military Service of the Highland Regiments View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Scotland)AuthorStewart, Col. DavidHeadlineHighlanders of Scotland w/hand-colored map 1822PublisherArchibald Constable & Co.Date Published1822 Lot #242 Old and Rare Scottish Tartans View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Scotland)AuthorStewart, Donald WilliamHeadlineOld & Rare Scottish Tartans, 1/300PublisherGeorge P. JohnstonDate Published1893 Lot #243 Lockhart's Advance Through Tirah View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorShadwell, L. J.HeadlineLockhart's Advance Through Tirah 1899 w/ folding mapsPublisherNew Amsterdam Book Company & W. Thacker & CompanyDate Published1899 Lot #245 Wall Paintings from Ancient Shrines in Central Asia recovered by Sir Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E. Described by Fred H. Andrews, O.B.E. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorStein, Aurel & Frederick Henry AndrewsHeadlineStein's wall paintings on ancient Asian shrinesPublisherOxford University Press / Geoffrey CumberlegeDate Published1948 Lot #246 Innermost Asia, Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia, Kan-Su and Eastern Iran. Carried Out and Described Under the Orders of H.M. Indian Government View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold AuthorStein, AurelHeadlineAurel Stein in Innermost Asia, first editionPublisherClarendon PressDate Published1928 Lot #247 Serindia: Detailed Report of Explorations in Central Asia and Westernmost China, Carried Out and Described Under the Orders of H.M. Indian Government View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorStein, AurelHeadlineAurel Stein's Serindia, first edition, completePublisherClarendon PressDate Published1921 Lot #248 The Thousand Buddhas: Ancient Buddhist Paintings from the Cave-Temples of Tun-huang on the Western Frontier of China. Recovered and Described by Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E. With an introductory essay by Laurence Binyon View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold AuthorStein, AurelHeadlineStein's cave paintings of 1000 BuddhasPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1921 Lot #252 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineWilkes Narrative of the United States Exploring ExpeditionPublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1845 Lot #253 Sketches in Canada, and Rambles Among the Red Men View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Women Travelers - Canada)AuthorJameson, Mrs. [Anna]HeadlineAnna Brownell Jameson's travels in CanadaPublisherLongman, Brown, Green and LongmansDate Published1852 Lot #254 The Englishwoman in Egypt: Letters from Cairo Written During a Residence There in 1842, 3, & 4 with E.W. Lane, Esq. Author of 'The Modern Egyptians.' By his Sister View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Women Travelers - Middle East)Author[Poole, Sophia]HeadlineSophia Poole's The Englishwoman in EgyptPublisherG.. CoxDate Published1846-1853 Lot #255 West African Studies View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Women Travelers)AuthorKingsley, Mary H.HeadlineWest African Studies, 1899PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1899 Lot #256 The Letters of Gertrude Bell View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Women Travelers)AuthorBell, GertrudeHeadlineLetters of Middle East traveler Gertrude BellPublisherBoni & LiverightDate Published1927 Lot #257 Unbeaten Tracks in Japan View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Women Travelers)AuthorBird, Isabella L.HeadlineUnbeaten Tracks in Japan by Isabella Bird, 1st USPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1881 Lot #258 The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton: The Story of Her Life View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Women Travelers)AuthorBurton, Isabel and W.H. WilkinsHeadlineThe Romance of Isabel Lady Burton, 1897PublisherDodd MeadDate Published1897 Lot #259 Lot of four titles by Amelia B. Edwards View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Women Travelers)AuthorEdwards, Amelia B.HeadlineThree works by Amelia B. EdwardsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #260 Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys: A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Women Travelers)AuthorEdwards, Amelia B.HeadlineAmelia Edwards, Untrodden PeaksPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate PublishedNo date Lot #261 A Winter with the Swallows View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Women Travelers)AuthorEdwards, Matilda BethamHeadlineA poet and traveler in AlgiersPublisherHurst and BlackettDate Published1867 Lot #262 On the Borders of Pigmy Land View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Women Travelers)AuthorFisher, Ruth B.HeadlineRuth Fisher on UgandaPublisherMarshall BrothersDate PublishedNo date Lot #263 Lot of nine works by women travelers View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Women Travelers)HeadlineLot of 9 titles by women travelersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #264 Letters of the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montague: Written During Her Travels in Europe, Asia and Africa, To Persons of Distinction, Men of Letters, & c. In Different Parts of Europe View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Women Travelers)AuthorMontague, Mary WortleyHeadlineLetters of Lady Wortley Montague, 1769PublisherPrinted for T. Becket and P.A. De HondtDate Published1769 Lot #265 A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Women Travelers)AuthorSale, Florentia, LadyHeadlineLady Sale's Journal of Afghan War, 1843PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1843 Lot #266 A Sportswoman in India: Personal Adventures and Experiences of Travel in Known and Unknown India View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Women Travelers)AuthorSavory, IsabelHeadlineIsabel Savory, A Sportswoman in India, 1900PublisherHutchinson & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #268 Ajanta: the Colour and Monochrome Reproductions of the Ajanta Frescoes based on Photography View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorYazdani, GhulamHeadlineThe Ajanta Buddhist caves in IndiaPublisher[Oxford University Press]Date Published1930-1955 Lot #300 Scenic Auto Trips Radiating from the Pikes Peak Region: Colorado Springs and Manitou, Colorado (panel title) View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Colorado)HeadlineAuto trips around Pikes PeakDate Publishedc.1920's Lot #301 Colton and Fitch's Introductory School Geography View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorColton, George Woolworth and George W. FitchHeadlineColton & Fitch's Intro Geography w/ maps 1870PublisherIvison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co.Date Published1870 Lot #305 Méxique View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorDuvotenay, ThunotHeadlineWith Texas an independent countryPublisherMaison BassetDate Published1846 Lot #306 Geographically Correct Map of Florida, showing Seaboard Air Line Railway and Connections. Issued by the Industrial Department View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Florida)HeadlineRare folding map of Florida at start of 20th centuryPublisherMatthews-Northrup Co.Date Published1905 Lot #307 Mexico & Texas View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGilbert, JamesHeadlineMexico with a large independent Texas, c.1845 mapPublisherGrattan & GilbertDate Publishedc.1845 Lot #315 City of Lovelock, Nevada: Complete Water Distribution System, City of Lovelock View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)HeadlineWater system of Lovelock, Nevada, 1930 mapDate Publishedc.1930 Lot #316 Surveyed Claims, Robinson Mining District, Ely, Nevada View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Nevada)AuthorMillard, Ed, & SonHeadlineMines at Ely, NevadaPublisherUtah Litho. Co.Date Publishedc.1900? Lot #317 Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Official Railroad Map of the United States & Canada View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(North America)AuthorRand, McNally & Co.HeadlineLarge Railroad Map of US & Canada 1907Date Published1907 Lot #321 Central America Including Mexico, Texas and California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPhilip, George, & SonHeadlineUnusual configuration in the Southwest U.S., 1852 mapDate Publishedc.1852 Lot #328 Texas View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorFlemming, CarlHeadlineScarce German map of independent Texas 1843Date Published1843 Lot #330 United States View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorTallis, JohnHeadlineTallis map of U.S. with independent TexasDate Published[1850] Lot #335 Mapping the Transmississippi West...1540-1861 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorWheat, Carl I[rving]HeadlineMapping the Transmississippi West 6 volsPublisherMaurizio Martino PublicationsDate Published[c.2000] Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next