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First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military Academy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorFlipper, Henry OssianHeadlineThe Benét family copy of Flipper's narrativePublisherHomer Lee & Co.Date Published1878 Lot #22 The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Agriculture)HeadlineThe Horticulturist, complete run 1846-1875Date Published1846-1875 Lot #33 Atomic Energy / Hearings before the Special Committee on Atomic Energy, US Senate, Parts 1-5, November 1945-February 1946 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Atomic Bomb - Oppenheimer, Bush, Groves)Headline1st congressional hearings on Atomic EnergyPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1945-1946 Lot #105 California—Refund Money to State of, for Suppressing Indian Aggressions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineReport before Congress on CA war on IndiansPublisherCommittee on Military AffairsDate Published1854 Lot #114 Invitation to Sutter Rifles Grand Military Ball View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(California)Headline1852 Sutter Rifles military ball invitationDate Published1852 Lot #141 Atomic Quest: A Personal Narrative View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorCompton, Arthur HollyHeadlineSigned with inscription by a Nobel laureatePublisherOxford University PressDate Published1956 Lot #161 Geological Survey of California. Ornithology. Volume I. Land Birds. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCooper, J.G. and S.F. Baird (editor)HeadlineGeological Survey of California Ornithology 1870Publisher[University Press]Date Published1870 Lot #167 Alaska and Its Resources View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorDall, William H.HeadlineAlaska and its Resources, Frederick Ellis' copyPublisherSampson Low, Son, and MarstonDate Published1870 Lot #168 Seven works by Richard Harding Davis View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDavis, Richard HardingHeadlineSeven works by Richard Harding DavisDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #169 Account of the Battle of Bunker's Hill. With a Letter to Maj. Gen. Dearborn, Repelling His Unprovoked Attack on the Character of Gen. Israel Putnam View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorDearborn, Henry and Daniel PutnamHeadlineDaniel Putnam's defense of his father 1818PublisherPublished by Munroe & Francis, No. 4, CornhillDate Published1818 Lot #170 History Of The Battle Of Breed’s Hill [Cover title: Bunker Hill Battle] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Dearborn, Henry)AuthorHeath, Major-general William, et. al.HeadlineBattle of Bunker Hill 1835 scarcePublisherD. C. Colesworthy, PrinterDate Published1835 Lot #176 Autograph note signed by Thomas Edison View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorEdison, Thomas AlvaHeadlinePencil note signed by Thomas A. EdisonDate Published1920 Lot #207 Recollections of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Drawn with Pen and Ink by Richard H. Horne. Melbourne. Octr. 16th, 1856 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHorne, Richard HenryHeadlineRare broadside by Richard Henry HorneDate Published1856 Lot #214 Admiral Thomas Kinkaid Autograph and WWII Atlantic Fleet Telegram View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKinkaid, ThomasHeadlineWWII Admiral Kinkaid Autograph and TelegramPublisher[n.p.]Date Published1944 Lot #215 Radical Rule: Military Outrage in Georgia. Arrest of Columbus Prisoners, with Facts connected with their Imprisonment and Release View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Ku Klux Klan)HeadlineJudge Ashburn assassinated by the Ku Klux KlanPublisherJohn P. MortonDate Published1868 Lot #223 Surgery: Its Principles and Practice View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorKeen, William Williams, editorHeadlineKeen's Surgery in six volumesPublisherW.B. Saunders CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #224 An Essay on the Subject of the Yellow Fever, Intended to Prove its Transmissibility View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(Medical)AuthorStrobel, B.B., M.D.HeadlineEarly Florida Doctor records Yellow Fever epidemicPublisherPrinted by Asa J. MuirDate Published1840 Lot #225 Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorMeek, F.B & W.M. GabbHeadlineGeological Survey of California. PaleontologyPublisher[Sherman & Co.]Date Published1864 & 1869 Lot #250 Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System of the Veterinary Art as at Present Practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMiles, W.J.HeadlineModern Practical Farriery by W.J. MilesPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[ca. 1880] Lot #269 Early and Later History of Petroleum with Authentic Facts in Regard to Its Development in Western Pennsylvania View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Oil)AuthorHenry, J.T.HeadlineHistory of Petroleum w/ 27 woodburytypes, 1873Publisher[J.T. Henry]Date Published[1873] Lot #275 The Mining and Metallurgy of Gold and Silver View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPhillips, John ArthurHeadlineGold & Silver Mining with map of Grass ValleyPublisherE. & F.N. SponDate Published1867 Lot #324 Defence of Gen. Henry Dearborn, Against the Attack of Gen. WilliamHull. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(War of 1812)AuthorDearborn, Henry Alexander ScammellHeadlineDefense of Dearborn against attacks of Gen. Hull.PublisherPrinted by Edward W. DaviesDate Published1824 Lot #329 The Metallic Wealth of The United States View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWhitney, Josiah DwightHeadlineThe Metallic Wealth of The United States 1854PublisherLippincott, Grambo & Co.Date Published1854 Lot #334 Japanese with Pictures: Part I. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(World War II)HeadlineJapanese with Pictures, Part 1 ca. 1940sDate Published[ca. 1940s] Lot #343 The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(1885)AuthorNasmyth, James and James CarpenterHeadlineThe Moon: Considered as a Planet w/ WoodburytypesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1885 Lot #344 Mars View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(1895)AuthorLowell, PercivalHeadlineLowell's first book concerning MarsPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1895 Lot #345 Annals of the Lowell Observatory: Volume III View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1905)AuthorLowell, PercivalHeadlineAnnals of Lowell Observatory Vol. 3 on MarsDate Published1905 Lot #346 Annals of the Lowell Observatory View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(1905)HeadlineAnnals of Lowell Observatory 1898-1905, 3 vols.Date Published1905 Lot #347 Mars and its Canals View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(1906)AuthorLowell, PercivalHeadlineLowell's theories about Martian CanalsPublisherThe Macmillan Company; Macmillan & Co.Date Published1906 Lot #348 Mars As The Abode Of Life View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(1908)AuthorLowell, PercivalHeadlineLowell's speculation about intelligent life on MarsPublisherThe MacMillan CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #349 The Moon with a Description of its Surface Formations View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(1931)AuthorGoodacre, WalterHeadlineThe Moon with a Description of its SurfacePublisherPrinted for the author by Party & Son, BournemouthDate Published1931 Lot #350 Extracts from The Futurian, with an illustration of a Space Ship design proposed by scientific amateurs of the British Interplanetary Society View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1939)Author[Clarke, Arthur C., et al]HeadlineA first scientific Lunar Space Ship designPublisherGreen Jester PressDate PublishedAutumn & Winter 1939 Lot #351 Three imprints on World War II Rocketry View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1946-1948 - World War II rocketry)HeadlineWorld War II rocketry developmentDate Published1946-1948 Lot #352 Jet Propulsion; and Engineering Cybernetics View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(1946-1954)AuthorTsien, Hsue-shenHeadlineUS publications by father of the Chinese Space programPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1946, 1954 Lot #353 Four imprints on Space-Suit requirements View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1950-1967)HeadlineSpace Suits from imagination to realityDate Published1950-1967 Lot #356 Proceedings of Lunar and Planetary Exploration Colloquium, held from 1958 to 1963 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(1957-1963)Headline1st scientific conferences on Exploration of the MoonPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1960-1963 Lot #359 Three publications authored or edited by Dr. Nancy Grace Roman View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1958-1967)AuthorRoman, Nancy GraceHeadlineNASA’s 1st woman executive, “Mother of Hubble”PublisherVarious publishersDate Published1958-1967 Lot #360 Crew Selection and Training for Space Flight View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1958-1968, Mercury-Apollo medical)AuthorBerry, Major Charles A.HeadlineAstronaut Selection and Training, c. 1958PublisherU.S. Air ForceDate Publishedca. 1958 Lot #363 Three volumes on the first NASA university Space research and conferences View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1962-1964)HeadlineNASA solicits university innovationPublisherNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationDate Published1962-1964 Lot #365 Five imprints of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the 1st American Photographic Lunar Probe and the 1st Mariner probes to Mars and Venus View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1962-1969 - Moon and Mars probes)HeadlineImprints on the Ranger and Mariner missionsPublisherNASADate Published1962-1969 Lot #377 Spaceguard Survey, Report of the NASA International Near-Earth-Object Detection Workshop (January 25-March 31, 1992) View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(1992)Author[Clarke, Arthur] David Morrison, editorHeadlineSpaceguard, Asteroid DeflectionPublisherNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationDate Published1992 Lot #389 Le théâtre d'agriculture et Mesnage des champs, dans lequel est représenté tout ce qui est requis et nécessaire pour bien dresser, gouverner, enrichir et embellir la maison rustique. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Agriculture)AuthorSerres, Olivier deHeadlineDe Serres' Le théâtre d'Agriculture 1804PublisherMadam HuzardDate Published1804-1805 Lot #392 Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium apud Louanienses medicum & mathematicum insignem, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta & annotationibus marginalibus illustrata... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorApianus, PetrusHeadlineApianus' Cosmographia with volvelles, 1574PublisherApud Haeredes Arnoldi BirckmanniDate Published1574 Lot #402 Reliquiae Diluvianae: or, Observations on the Organic Remains Contained in Caves, Fissures, and Diluvial Gravel and on Other Geological Phenomena Attending the Action of an Universal Deluge View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBuckland, WilliamHeadlineRev. Buckland inspects fossils of the FloodPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1823 Lot #414 Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCroll, JamesHeadlineJames Croll on climate and timePublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1875 Lot #415 Discussions on Climate and Cosmology View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCroll, JamesHeadlineJames Croll on cosmological effects on climatePublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1886 Lot #416 The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin inspects vegetable moldPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1881 Lot #417 The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Letters of Charles Darwin 1888PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1888 Lot #418 The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineCharles Darwin on climbing plantsPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1882 Lot #435 Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos: In a Series of Letters, Addressed to The Royal Society...to which are added, Explanatory Notes by the Author, hitherto unpublished View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorHamilton, WilliamHeadlineObservations on Mt. Vesuvius 1773 w/mapPublisherT. CadellDate Published1773 Lot #436 History of the Extinct Volcanos of the Basin of Neuwied on the Lower Rhine View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorHibbert, SamuelHeadlineExtinct Volcanos on the Lower Rhine 1832PublisherW. and D. LaingDate Published1832 Lot #438 Versuche über das Blut, die Entzündung und die Schusswunden: nebst einer Nachricht von dem Leben des Verfassers von Everard Home: aus dem Englischen übersetzt View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHunter, JohnHeadlineGerman edition of 1794 treatise on gun-shot woundsPublisherD. E. B. G. HebenstreitDate Published1797 Lot #451 Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Newton, Isaac)AuthorBrewster, DavidHeadlineBrewster's biography of Sir Isaac Newton, 1855PublisherThomas Constable and Co.; Hamilton, Adams, and Co.Date Published[1855] Lot #457 Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPhillips, JohnHeadlineFrom the man who named the "Mesozoic"PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1835; 1836 Lot #472 A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in all Countries and in all Times Together with Some Closely Related Subjects View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorStone, George CameronHeadlineStone's illustrated glossary of armorPublisherSouthworth PressDate Published1934 Lot #475 Darwinism: an Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with some of its applications View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineDarwinism by Alfred Russel WallacePublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1889 Lot #586 Follow With Flags The Invasion Campaigns Against The Axis In Europe. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(World War II)AuthorGodshall, Richard L.Headline1943 Color map of Europe at WarPublisherThe Philadelphia InquirerDate Published1943 Lot #587 United Press War Map (panel title) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(World War II)HeadlineUnited Press Pacific War Map 1942PublisherC. S. Hammond & Co.Date Published[ca. 1942] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next