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By George Anson, Esq.; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas AuthorAnson, GeorgeHeadlineLarge paper subscriber's copy, Anson's VoyagePublisherPrinted for the Author by John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1748 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details 5 Almanacks 1688 (spine title) Heading(Astronomy)Headline12 almanacs from 1688 in period bindingDate Published1687-1688 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold View details 7 Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New-York Heading(Audubon, John James)HeadlineAudubon's first published writing, 1824PublisherPrinted for the Lyceum by J. SeymourDate Published1824-25; 1828 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 10 Zeespiegel, inhoudende eene beschryvinghe der seekusten van de Oostersche ende Noordsche schipvaert. Wt ondervindinghen van veel ervaren zeevaerders vergadert... AuthorBlaeu, Willem JanszoonHeadlineVariant of Blaeu's Sea Atlas 1623PublisherGhedruckt by Willem Iansz BlaeuwDate Published1623 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 13 The Light of the World: A most True Relation of a Pilgrimess, M. Antonia Bourignon, Travelling towards Eternity. Published by Mr. Christian de Cort, late director of the Isle of Noordstrand... AuthorBourignon, AntoniaHeadlineFrench-Flemish mystic foresees end of timesDate Published1696 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 14 Two photographs of Margaret Bourke-White and Erskine Caldwell with a holograph note by Bourke-White to a Mrs. Sprackling on Bourke-White's business card Heading(Bourke-White, Margaret and Erskine Caldwell)AuthorBourke-White, MargaretHeadlineVintage photos of Bourke-White and CaldwellDate Published1941 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 15 Voyage of H.M.S. Blonde to the Sandwich Islands, In the Years 1824-1825 AuthorByron, Captain [George Anson]HeadlineByron returns the body of King KamehamehaPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1826 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold View details 16 Observations upon the First Five Bookes of Caesars Commentaries, setting fourth the practise of the art military, in the time of the Roman Empire... Heading(Caesar, Julius)AuthorEdmondes, Clement, SirHeadlineEdmondes on Caesar's Commentaries, 1600PublisherPrinted by Peter ShortDate Published1600 Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details 21 Manuscript Diary of William Edgar Geil, Missionary and Explorer Documenting his Trip Through China in 1910 Heading(China)AuthorGeil, William E.HeadlineManuscript Diary of William Edgar Geil, 1910Date Published1910 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 22 Original watercolor painting, likely of Hong Kong harbor, with numerous ships and boats, both western and Chinese, before it Heading(China)HeadlineChina trade painting, likely of Hong KongDate Published19th century Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 23 Twenty Original Watercolor Illustrations Depicting Chinese and East Asian Tradesmen Heading(China)HeadlineBeautiful collection of Asian tradesmen illustrationsDate Publishedc. 1921-1922 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 30 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 AuthorCook, James and James KingHeadlineCook's Third Voyage with Atlas Volume 1785PublisherPrinted by H. Hughs, for G. Nicol... and T. CadellDate Published1785 Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold View details 31 Picturesque Representations of The Dress and Manners of the Turks, [Chinese], [Russians], [Austrians] - four volumes Heading(Costume)AuthorAlexander, WilliamHeadlineCostumes of the Turks, Chinese, Russians, AustriansPublisherJames Goodwin; Thomas McLeanDate Published[1825-29] Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 33 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Origin of Species, 2nd edition, choice copyPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1860 Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold View details 36 Histoire generale des Antilles habitees par les Francois AuthorDu Tertre, Jean BaptisteHeadlineHistory of the French Antilles, 1667PublisherChez Thomas JollyDate Published1667 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold View details 40 Voyage aux Moluques et a la Nouvelle Guinée, fait sur la galere la Tartare en 1774, 1775 & 1776 par ordre de la Compagnie Angloise AuthorForrest, ThomasHeadlineFrench ed. of English voyage to New Guinea 1780PublisherHôtel de Thou, rue des PoitevinsDate Published1780 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 41 Mathematical Collections and Translations: The First Tome. In two parts... Heading(Galileo)AuthorSalusbury, ThomasHeadlineFirst publication of Galileo's Dialogo in EnglishPublisherPrinted by William LeybournDate Published1661 Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$28,125StatusSold View details 43 Herodotou Alikarnasseos I'storiōn logoith: epigraphomenoi Mousai tou autou Exegesis peri tes Homerou biotes = Herodoti Halicarnassei Historiarvm lib. IX: Eiusdem narratio de vita Homeri AuthorHerodotus, Henri Estienne, Lorenzo Valla, Joachim Camerarius, and CtesiasHeadlineEstienne edition of Herodotus, 1592PublisherExcudebat Henricus StephanusDate Published1592 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 48 Bronze Nias adu siraha salawa (ancestor figure) Heading(Indonesia)HeadlineRare bronze Indonesian Nias ancestry figureDate PublishedUndated [c.1880] Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold View details 49 [Views in Russia, Sweden, Poland and Germany] Author[James, J.T.]HeadlineWith 21 hand-colored lithographsPublisher[John Murray]Date Published[1826-27] Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold View details 51 Vernacular Photograph Album Documenting the Aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake in Japan Heading(Japan)HeadlineStunning visual document of monstrous Japan earthquakeDate Publishedc. 1923 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold View details 58 Rerum Germanicarum Sub Matthia, Ferdinandis II. & III. IMPP. Gestarum, Libri LV... AuthorLotichius, Joannes PetrusHeadlineRare complete copy, Lotichius' Rerum GermanicarumPublisherTypis exscripti Wolfgangi Hoffmani, Impensa Matthaei MerianiDate Published1646-50 Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold View details 59 Principles of Geology, Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface, By Reference to Causes Now in Operation AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineLyell's Principles of Geology, a boon to DarwinPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1832-33 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details 60 The Works of the Famous Nicholas Machiavel, Citizen and Secretary of Florence. Written originally in Italian, and from thence newly and faithfully translated into English AuthorMachiavelli, NiccoloHeadline1675 English Translation of MachiavelliPublisherPrinted for John Starkey at the Miter in Fleetstreet, near Temple-BarDate Published1675 Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold View details 69 Brasiliae qua parte paret Belgis Heading(Maps)AuthorMargraff, Georg, cartographerHeadlineRare oversized map of Brazil, 1657PublisherJoan Blaeu, publisherDate Published1657 Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$179,000StatusSold View details 75 Narrative of a Four Months' Residence among the Natives of a Valley of The Marquesas Islands; Or, A Peep at Polynesian Life AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineFirst Edition of Melville's First Book 1846PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1846 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 83 Ovid's Metamporphosis Englished by G.S. AuthorOvidHeadlineFirst significant literary translation in AmericaPublisherPrinted by William StansbyDate Published1626 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold View details 84 Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed In The Years 1819-20, In His Majesty’s Ships Hecla and Griper. With an Appendix, Containing Scientific and Other Observations AuthorParry, William EdwardHeadlineFirst edition of Parry's search for NW PassagePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1821 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 85 Outlines of the Globe [comprising] The View of Hindoostan [with] The View of India Extra Gangem, China, and Japan [and] The View of the Malayan Isles, New Holland, and the Spicy Islands Author[Pennant, Thomas]HeadlinePennant's Outlines of the Globe, 1798-1800PublisherHenry Hughs; Luke HanfordDate Published1798; 1800 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 86 The View of Hindoostan Author[Pennant, Thomas]HeadlineWith lovely hand-colored platesPublisherHenry HughsDate Published1798 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 87 New Voyages and Travels: Consisting of Originals, Translations, and Abridgements Author(Phillips, Richard)HeadlineFifty-seven narratives of travel and explorationPublisherSir Richard Phillips and CompanyDate Published1819-23 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold View details 88 Arte de navegar em que se ensinao as regras praticas, e os modos de cartear... e roteiro das viagens, e costas maritimas de Guine, Angola, Brazil, Indias, e llhas Occidentaes, e Orientaes AuthorPimentel, ManoelHeadlinePortuguese navigation guide to world ports 1762PublisherOfficina de Miguel Manescal da CostaDate Published1762 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold View details 92 The History of Java AuthorRaffles, Thomas StamfordHeadlineRaffles' Java with the rare atlasPublisherJohn Murray & Henry G. BohnDate Published1830 & 1844 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold View details 95 A Voyage to Abyssinia and Travels into the Interior of that Country... in the years 1809 and 1810... AuthorSalt, HenryHeadlineHenry Salt's account of Abyssinia, 1814PublisherPrinted for F.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1814 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 96 Naturgeschichte und Abbildungen des Menschen der verschiedenen Rassen und Stâmme nach den neuesten Entdeckungen und vorzüglichsten Originalien bearbeitet von H.R. Schinz Med. Doct. und Professor der Naturgeschichte in Zürich... Dritte Vermehrte Auflage AuthorSchinz, H.R.HeadlineEthnographic lithos with Bodmer picturesPublisherLithographirt und gerausgegeben von der J. Honeggerschen Lithographischen AnstaltDate Published1845 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 97 The Merry Wives of Windsor AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare Wives of Windsor from 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold View details 98 A Midsommer Nights Dreame AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline2nd folio Midsommer Nights Dreame 1632Date Published[1632] Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold View details 99 Much Adoe About Nothing [&] Loves Labour's Lost AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTwo plays from Shakespeare 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold View details 100 The Tempest [&] The Two Gentlemen of Verona AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineTwo plays from Shakespeare 2nd folio 1632Date Published[1632] Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold View details 101 The Tragedy of Richard the Third: with the Landing of Earle Richmond, and the Battell at Bosworth Field AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineRichard III from 4th folio Shakespeare 1685Publisher[H. Herringman, et al.]Date Published[1685] Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold View details 102 The Jew of Venice. A Comedy. As it is acted at the Theatre in Little-Lincolns-Inn-Fields, by His Majesty's Servants Author[Shakespeare, William]. Granville, George (Baron Lansdowne)HeadlineAdaption of Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice, 1701PublisherPrinted for Ber. LintottDate Published1701 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 107 An Account of an Embassy to the Kingdom of Ava, Sent by the Governor-General of India, in the Year 1795 AuthorSymes, MichaelHeadlineWith Symes to Burma and the Kingdom of AvaPublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer and Co.Date Published1800 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 108 The Geographical and Historical Dictionary of America and the West Indies. Containing an entire translation of the Spanish work of Colonel Don Antonio de Alcedo... with Large Additions and Compilations from modern voyages and travels and from original and authentic information AuthorThompson, G.A.HeadlineThompson's Alcedo 5 vols. 1812PublisherPrinted for James Carpenter, et al.Date Published1812-1815 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold View details 109 A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of Any Navigable Communication Between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineVancouver's Voyage, 1st edition with AtlasPublisherG.G. & J. Robinson, & J. EdwardsDate Published1798 Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$28,125StatusSold View details 110 Journal of a Visit to Some Parts of Ethiopia AuthorWaddington, George and Barnard HanburyHeadlineLovely fore-edge painting of the Nile RiverPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1822 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 111 An account of the Churches, or places of assembly, of the primitive Christians; from the churches of Tyre, Jerusalem, and Constantinople. Described by Eusebius... AuthorWheler, GeorgeHeadline17th century description of Holy Land churchesPublisherPrinted by S. Roycroft, for R. ClavellDate Published1689 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 113 A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects AuthorWollstonecraft, MaryHeadlineWollstonecraft's Rights of Women, 1792PublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1792 Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next