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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 4 Collection of Twenty-five Drawings of the Arizona Territory Heading(Arizona)AuthorRoberts, A. G.Headline1870-1887 original drawings of Arizona TerritoryDate Published1870-1887 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold View details 6 Three works on the development of the atomic bomb and its deployment and use over Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan Heading(Atomic Bomb - Hiroshima & Nagasaki)HeadlineAtomic bombs over Hiroshima & NagasakiDate Published1945 & [1946] Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold 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 8 Sketch of the History and Resources of Dakota Territory AuthorBatchelder, George A.HeadlineRare early history and report on the Dakota TerritoryPublisherPress Steam Power Printing Co.Date Published1870 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold 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 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 19 Manuscript Royal Order to Colonize the Californias, signed by Philip V, King of Spain Heading(California)AuthorPhilip V, King of SpainHeadlineKing of Spain authorizes colonization of CaliforniaDate PublishedAugust 13, 1705 Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$173,000StatusSold View details 20 Our Catholic Heritage in Texas 1519-1936 AuthorCastaneda, Carlos E.HeadlineScarce complete history of Spanish Texas, 7 vol.PublisherVon Boeckmann-JonesDate Published1936-1958 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold 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 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 42 Sketchbook with original pencil drawings by William Hammond Hall of Oregon & California, 1867-68 AuthorHall, William HammondHeadlineWilliam Hammond Hall sketches OR & CA 1867Date Published1867-1868 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold View details 44 Atlas Geographique et Physique du Royaume de la Nouvelle-Espagne, fonde sur des Observations Astronomiques, des Mesures Trigonometriques et des Nivellemens Barometriques AuthorHumboldt, AlexanderHeadlineAtlas volume to Humboldt's Essai PolitiquePublisherChez G. DufourDate Published1812 Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$23,750StatusSold 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 52 Archive of documents and bulletins from the Community Analysis Section of the War Relocation Authority detailing the role of American social scientists in the internment of United States Citizens of Japanese ancestry Heading(Japanese Internment - WRA Community Analysis Section)HeadlineSocial scientists abet Japanese InternmentPublisherCommunity Analysis Section of the War Relocation AuthorityDate Published1942-56 Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold View details 61 Amstelodami Celeberrimi Hollandiae Emporii Delineatio Nova Heading(Maps)AuthorBlaeu, JoanHeadlineBirds-eye view of Amsterdam c.1650Date Publishedc.1650 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold View details 62 Americæ nova Tabula Heading(Maps)AuthorBlaeu, WillemHeadlineBlaeu's carte-à-figures map of AmericasDate Published1617-[1635] Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold View details 63 Asia Noviter Delineata Heading(Maps)AuthorBlaeu, WillemHeadlineCarte-a-figures map of Asia by BlaeuDate Publishedc.1631 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 64 Europa Recens Descripta Heading(Maps)AuthorBlaeu, WillemHeadlineBlaeu's carte-à-figures map of EuropeDate Publishedc.1640 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold View details 65 Plan of the City of Washington in the Territory of Columbia, Ceded by the States of Virginia and Maryland to the United States of America, and by Them Established as the Seat of Their Government After the Year MDCC Heading(Maps)AuthorEllicott, Andrew & Peter Charles L'EnfantHeadlineEllicott's Plan of Washington D.C. 1792PublisherEngraved by Thackara & VallanceDate Published1792 Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold View details 66 World at One View Heading(Maps)AuthorEnsign & ThayerHeadlineMarvelous pictorial map of the WorldDate Published1847 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 67 Le Golfe De Venise, Avec ses Principaux Caps, Promontoires, & Ports de Mer Heading(Maps)AuthorJaillot, Alexis-HubertHeadlineLarge detailed map of Gulf of Venice, 1693Date Published1793 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 68 Orbis Terrarum Tabula Recens Emendata et in Lucem Edita Heading(Maps)AuthorKeur, Hendrik & JacobHeadlineStriking world map with pictorial surround, 1682Date Published1682 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 70 Map of a Portion of Eden Township Alameda County. Compiled by Geo. L. Nusbaumer, C.E. County Surveyor 1891. Scale: 6 chains to 1 inch Heading(Maps)AuthorNusbaumer, George L.HeadlineLarge MS. map of part of Alameda Co., Cal. 1891Date Published1891 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold View details 71 Abrahami Patriarchae Peregrinatio, et Vita Heading(Maps)AuthorOrtelius, AbrahamHeadlineOrtelius map of Holy Land with 22 vignette viewsDate Published1586-[1608] Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 72 The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States... AuthorMarshall, JohnHeadlineMarshall's Life of Washington 1st Edition 1804-07PublisherC.P. WayneDate Published1804-1807 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold 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 76 El Territorio Mexicano se divide en tantos Departamentos cuantos eran los Estados, con las variaciones siguientes. Heading(Mexico)AuthorCorro, José Justo / Ortiz Monasterio, José MariaHeadlineDecree separating Coahuila and Texas, 1836PublisherPrimera Secretaria de Estado, Departamento del ExteriorDate Published1836 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold View details 77 Comisión de inmigración : dictamen del vocal ingeniero José María Romero, encargado de estudiar la influencia social y económica de la inmigración asiática en México Heading(Mexico)AuthorRomero, José MaríaHeadlineChinese immigration into Mexico, 1911PublisherImprenta de A. Carranza e hijosDate Published1911 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 78 Two volumes of "Revista Mexicana" Heading(Mexico)HeadlineWith lithos of Mexico, Texas & California, 1845-6PublisherJ.M. LaraDate Published1845 & 1846 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 90 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. AuthorPratt, F. M., compilerHeadlineRare 1849 Gold Rush GuidePublisherF.M. PrattDate Published[1849] Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold 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 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next