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View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(Alchemy)AuthorAshmole, EliasHeadlineRare first edition of Ashmole's Alchemy, 1652PublisherPrinted by F. Grismond for N. BrookDate Published1652 Lot #3 Il Genio Vagante, Biblioteca Curiosa di Cento e piu Relazioni di Viaggi Stranieri de Nostri Tempi. Parte II View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorAnzi, Aurelio DegliHeadlineWith early map of Louigiana in New FranciaPublisherL. M. RoinetiDate Published1691 Lot #8 A Concordāce, that is to saie, a work wherein by the ordre of the letters of the A.B.C. ye maie redely finde any worde conteigned in the whole Bible, so often as it is there expressed or mentioned View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Heading(Bible - Concordance)AuthorMarbecke, JohnHeadlineFirst Concordance in English to Bible, 1550PublisherRichardus Grafton]Date Published1550 Lot #9 The Books of Samuel, Kings and Chronicles from the 1583 folio Geneva Bible View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bible in English)HeadlineOld Testament history from 1583 Geneva BiblePublisher[Christopher Barker]Date Published[1583 Lot #13 Prajnaparamita sutra - Japanese woodblock-printed Scroll Kamakura View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Heading(Buddhism)HeadlinePrajnaparamita sutra on Japanese scroll, 1250Date Publishedc.1250 Lot #16 Carey's American Pocket Atlas View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Carey's American Pocket Atlas)HeadlineCarey's American Pocket Atlas, 1814PublisherMathew CareyDate Published1814 Lot #18 Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. With Letters and Notes, Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineCatlin's Indians in chromolithography 1876PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1876 Lot #23 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Author[Dana, Richard Henry]HeadlineFirst issue of Two Years Before the Mast finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 Lot #24 La Divina Comedia di Dante, di nuovo alla sua vera lettione ridotta con lo aiuto di molti antichissimi esemplari View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorDante AlighieriHeadlineIllustrated edition of Dante's Divine Comedy 1555PublisherApresso Gabriel Giolito de Ferrari, et FratelliDate Published1555 [colophon dated 1554] Lot #29 A Description of the East, and Some Other Countries View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Egypt)AuthorPococke, RichardHeadlinePococke's Description of the East, 1743-45PublisherW. BowyerDate Published1743-45 Lot #31 Das Todtenbuch der Ägypter nach dem Hieroglyphischen Papyrus in Turin. Mit einem vorworte zum ersten male herausgegeben von R. Lepsius View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Egyptian Book of the Dead)HeadlineFirst printing of the Egyptian Book of the Dead, 1842PublisherGeorg WigandDate Published1842 Lot #35 Essays View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineRalph Waldo Emerson Essays First Edition 1841PublisherJames MunroeDate Published1841 Lot #43 Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorHeap, Gwinn HarrisHeadlineHeap's Central Route to Pacific with rare map 1854PublisherLippincott, Grambo and Co. / Trübner and Co.Date Published1854 Lot #44 Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army: A Journal Kept by W. W. Heartsill. For Four Years, One Month, and One Day, or Camp Life; Day-by-Day, of the W. P. Lane Rangers. From April 19th, 1861, to May 20th, 1865 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold AuthorHeartsill, William W.HeadlineHeartsill's Confederate Journal with 61 original photographs, 1876PublisherPrivately printed by the authorDate Published[1876] Lot #48 Oklahoma! Politically and Topographically Described. History and Guide to the Indian Territory. Biographical Sketches of Capt. David L. Payne, W. L. Couch, Wm. H. Osborn, and others. A Complete Guide to the Indian Territory, Illustrated with Map, Hunting and Fishing Grounds View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorJackson, A.P., & E.C. ColeHeadlineRare promotional guide to Oklahoma 1885PublisherPrinting House of Ramsey, Millett & HudsonDate Published[1885] Lot #49 Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDLXXXXII: Ad Patres Et Fratres eiusdem Societatis [bound with] Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDXCIII... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Jesuit letters)HeadlineLetters from Jesuit missionaries in late 1500'sPublisherApud Philippum IunctamDate Published1600 & 1601 Lot #51 Arithmologia sive, De abditis numerorum mysterijs qua origo, antiquitas & fabrica numerorum exponitur; abditæ eorundem proprietates demonstrantur; fontes superstitionum in amuletorum fabrica aperiuntur; denique post Cabalistarum, Arabum, Gnosticorum, aliorumque magicas impietates detectas, vera & licita numerorum mystica significatio ostenditur View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorKircher, AthanasiusHeadlineKircher examines mystical numerology, 1665PublisherEx typographia VaresijDate Published1665 Lot #56 Collection of letters signed by Charles Boyer, Margaret Hill, and various luminaries in show business and the preforming arts, relating to fundraising for American Aid to France, Inc. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Letters signed by Celebrities)HeadlineAutographs of 1940's show business luminariesDate Publishedc.1948 Lot #57 Nicholas Machiavel's Prince. Also, The life of Castruccio Castracani of Lucca. And the meanes Duke Valentine us'd to put to death Vitellozzo Vitelli, Oliverotto of Fermo Paul, and the Duke of Gravina. Translated out of Italian into English; by E[dward] D[acres]. With some animadversion noting and taxing his errours View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadlineMachiavelli's Prince, 1st in English 1640PublisherR. Bishop for Wil. Hils, and to be sold by Daniel PakemanDate Published1640 Lot #58 Marcus Aurelius Antoninus the Roman Emperor, His Meditations Concerning Himselfe: Treating of a Naturall Mans happinesse; Wherein it consisteth, and of the meanes to attaine unto it View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorMarcus Aurelius AntoninusHeadlineMeditations of Marcus Aurelius, 1st edition in EnglishPublisherPrinted by M. Flesher, for Richard MynneDate Published1634 Lot #60 The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an account of the tryals of several vvitches, lately excuted [sic] in New-England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring... View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold AuthorMather, CottonHeadlineCotton Mather on the Salem Witch Trials, 1693PublisherPrinted first, at Bostun [sic] in New-England; and reprinted at London, for John Dunton, at the Raven in the PoultryDate Published1693 Lot #61 Memoria presentada al Soberano Congreso Mexicano por el secretario de estado y del despacho de relaciones interiores y exteriores View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorHerrera, José Manuel deHeadlineCaliforina & Texas in 1822 Mexican documentPublisherEn la oficina de D. Alejandro Valdes, impresor de Cámara del ImperioDate Published1822 Lot #62 Esposicion hecha al Soberano Congreso Constituyente Mexicano. Sobre las provincias, de Sonora y Sinaloa View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorMier y Teran, Manuel deHeadlineMilitary security in northern Mexican provinces, 1823PublisherImprenta Nacional en PalacioDate Published1823 Lot #64 Philosophical Poems View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorMore, HenryHeadlineThe collected poetry of Henry More, 1647PublisherPrinted by Roger Daniel, Printer to the UniversityDate Published1647 Lot #70 Aromatum, et simplicium aliquot medicamentorum apud Indos nascentium historia View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorOrta, Garcia de, et al.HeadlineBotany of East & West Indies, 1593PublisherEx officina Plantiniana, apud viduam, & Ioannem MoretumDate Published1593 Lot #73 Lower Egypt, Thebes, and the Pyramids View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Photographs)AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Frith photographs EgyptPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Publishedc.1862 Lot #75 Upper Egypt and Ethiopia View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Photographs)AuthorFrith, FrancisHeadlineFrancis Frith photographs Upper Egypt & EthiopiaPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Publishedc.1862 Lot #77 California Gold Regions, with a full account of their Mineral Resources; How to Get There, and What to Take; the Expenses, the Time, and the Various Routes. With Sketches of California; an Account of the Life, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants, Its History, Climate, Soil, Productions, &c. View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorPratt, F. M., compilerHeadlineRare 1849 Gold Rush GuidePublisherF.M. PrattDate Published[1849] Lot #78 George Washington autograph matted and framed with Presidential Engraving of Washington View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1789)AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineAutograph of George Washington with the Presidential EngravingPublisherH.D. SymondsDate Published[c. 1796] Lot #79 Naval commission for Lieutenant Henry B. Rumsey signed by President Abraham Lincoln View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineSigned by President Abraham LincolnDate Published1864 Lot #87 Ilios: The City and Country of the Trojans. The Result of Researches and Discoveries on the Site of Troy and Throughout the Troad in the Years 1871-72-73-78-79 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorSchliemann, HenryHeadlinePresentation copy of Schliemann's IliosPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1880 Lot #88 Demonstratio Et Constructio Horologiorum Novorum. Radio Recto; Refracto in Aqua; Reflexo in Speculo; solo Magnete Horas Astronomicas, Italicas, Babylonicas indicantium View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSchönberger, GeorgHeadlineScarce study of horology, 1622PublisherApud Ioannem StrasserumDate Published1622 Lot #90 Cazadores del Desierto en la Ciudad de "San Bernardo" departmento de la Victoria, Provincia de Santiago, Chile,... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(South America - War of the Pacific)HeadlineRare Chilean broadside printed in gold, 1879PublisherLitografia de Pedro CadotDate Published1879 Lot #91 In Darkest Africa: or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorStanley, Henry M.HeadlineStanley's In Darkest Africa Deluxe Edition signedPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1890 Lot #100 Letter signed by Rafael Gonzales as Governor of Texas and Nuevo Leon View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorGonzalez, RafaelHeadlineLetter from Governor of Texas, 1825Date Published28 February 1825 Lot #101 The Tibetan Book of the Dead; or the After-Death Experience on the Bardo Plane, according to Lāma Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Tibet)AuthorEvans-Wentz, W.Y., editorHeadlineEvan-Wentz edition of Tibetan Book of DeadPublisherOxford University Press/Humphrey MilfordDate Published1927 Lot #102 [Tibetan Buddhist Sutra for recitation in rituals of the white parasol Goddess] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Tibetan Buddhism)HeadlineTibetan sutra in praise of the white parasol GoddessDate Published[ca. 1450?] Lot #105 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn, near fine first editionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #106 Mark Twain's Autobiography View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinePublisher's wrappers copy as mentioned in BALPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1924 Lot #109 American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States - complete set View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorWilson, AlexanderHeadlineAlexander Wilson's American Ornithology, complete setPublisherBradford and Inskeep; Laval & BradfordDate Published1808-25 Lot #110 Elements of Bacchus: or, Toasts and Sentiments, given by Distinguished Characters. Illustrated with forty portraits in aqua tinta, of the most celebrated bon vivants in Great Britain. With a variety of anecdotes and remarkable traits, prefixed to each portrait. Written and designed by George Murgatroyd [sic] Woodward View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorWoodward, George MoutardHeadlineColored aquatint plates of inebriated Britons, 1792PublisherPublished by William HollandDate Published1792 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next