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View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorAbert, James W.HeadlineAbert's Examination of New Mexico 1848Date Published[1848] Lot #9 Letter from Freedmen’s Bureau entrepreneur about South Carolina freed slaves celebrating war’s end and Emancipation View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1865)AuthorDodge, J. G.HeadlineCarpetbagger organized freed slaves' celebrationPublisherOffice of the Superintendent of FreedmenDate PublishedApril 12, 1865 Lot #26 Brown University manuscript history class notes View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Author[Almy, Herbert]Headline1870 History notebook of Brown University studentDate Published[1870] Lot #28 The Silver Country or the Great Southwest. A Review of the Mineral and Other Wealth, the Attractions and Material Development of the Former Kingdom of New Spain... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorAnderson, Alex D.HeadlineWith folding map of New Spain circa 1877PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1877 Lot #30 Letter from Abolitionist Congressman hailing Universal Freedom View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorLovejoy, OwenHeadlineCongressman who championed Emancipation ProclamationDate PublishedDecember 8, 1862 Lot #36 Group of letters and postcards sent from Japan to family in the U.S. during WWII, one being addressed to an internment camp in Texas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Asian American)HeadlinePostcards from Japan to U.S. WW2Date Published1940s Lot #45 History of Kern County California, with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Kern County)AuthorMorgan, Wallace M.HeadlineIllustrated History of Kern County CaliforniaPublisherHistorical Record CompanyDate Published1914 Lot #53 Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties, Part 1. Bulletin No. 11 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California - Oil)AuthorWatts, W.L.HeadlineOil and Gas Formations of California, 1897PublisherA..J. JohnsonDate Published1897 Lot #62 Business Directory of San Francisco and Principal Towns of California and Nevada, 1877. Containing Names, Business and Address of Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional Men... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBusiness directory of San Francisco 1877PublisherL.M. McKenney PublisherDate Published1877 Lot #68 Three albumen photographs of views around San Francisco Cliff House View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadline3 c.1880s Photos of San Fran Cliff HousePublisherTaber Photo.Date Publishedc.1880-90 Lot #79 Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorMeek, F.B & W.M. GabbHeadlineGeological Survey of California. PaleontologyPublisher[Caxton Press of Sherman & Co.]Date Published1864; 1869 Lot #80 Reglamento Para el Gobierno de la Provincia de Californias, Aprobado por S.M. en Real Orden de 24 Octobre de 1781. Regulations for Governing the Province of the Californias approved by His Majesty by Royal Order, dated October 24, 1781 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineRegulations governing California from GrabhornPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1929 Lot #82 Geological Survey of California. Geology. Volume I. Report of Progress and Synopsis of the Field-Work, From 1860 to 1864. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorWhitney, J. D.HeadlineWhitney's landmark survey of California, 1865PublisherPublished by the Authority of the Legislature of CaliforniaDate Published1865 Lot #87 Report of the Joint Special Committee to Investigate Chinese Immigration with two related documents. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Immigration)HeadlineThree items concerning U.S. Chinese immigrationDate Published1877 Lot #88 Headquarters, Department of the South, Hilton Head, S.C., April 29, 1864. General Orders, No. 51. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Civil War Ephemera)HeadlineOrder for 200 gun salute to Confederate defeatPublisherDepartment of the SouthDate Published1864 Lot #89 The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorBarnes, Joseph K.HeadlineComplete medical compendium of the Civil WarPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1870-1888 Lot #90 My Diary: North and South View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorRussell, William HowardHeadlineBritish observations of the U.S. Civil WarPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1863 Lot #91 The Rocky Mountain Directory and Colorado Gazetteer for 1871 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Colorado)AuthorWallihan, S. S. , & Company, compilersHeadlineRare Rocky Mountain Directory, 1871PublisherS.S. Wallihan & CompanyDate Published[1870] Lot #92 Silver Mining Regions of Colorado: With Some Account of the Different Processes Now Being Introduced for Working the Gold Ores of that Territory. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Colorado)AuthorWhitney, Joel ParkerHeadlineWhitney's Silver Mining Regions of ColoradoPublisherD. Van NostrandDate Published1865 Lot #95 Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious General George Washington, Late President of the United States of America, and Commander in Chief of their Armies, during the Revolutionary War. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorCorry, JohnHeadlineJohn Corry's Memoirs of George Washington, 1810PublisherI. CookeDate Published1810 Lot #97 Crofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide, Containing a Full and Authentic Description of Over Five Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages... passing over the Union Pacific Railroad... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCrofutt, George A., & Co.HeadlineCrofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide 1873PublisherGeo. A CrofuttDate Published1873 Lot #101 Tenting on the Plains View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorCuster, Elizabeth B.HeadlineElizabeth Custer Tenting on the PlainsPublisherCharles L. Webster & Co.Date Published1887 Lot #103 Sixty Years in California. A History of Events and Life in California... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDavis, William HeathHeadlineWilliam Heath Davis 60 Years in CaliforniaPublisherA.J. LearyDate Published1889 Lot #106 Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDomenech, EmmanuelHeadline7 Years in the Great Deserts of North AmericaPublisherLongman, Green, Longman & RobertsDate Published1860 Lot #107 Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDoubleday, AbnerHeadlineAccount of beginning of the Civil WarPublisherHarper & Brothers, PublishersDate Published1876 Lot #108 Hunting for Gold: Reminiscences of Personal Experience and Researches in the Early Days of the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Panama View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDownie, Major WilliamHeadlineOne of the best Gold Rush reminiscencesPublisherCalifornia Publishing Co.Date Published1893 Lot #110 The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorEdwards, BryanHeadlineIncludes atlas with 12 maps of the West IndiesPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1794; 1819 Lot #111 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEmory, Lieut. Col. W[illiam] H.HeadlineMilitary Reconnoissance Missouri to CaliforniaPublisherWendell & Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 Lot #124 Memoirs of My Life, by John Charles Frémont. Including in the Narrative Five Journeys of Western Exploration, During the Years 1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7, 1848-9, 1853-4. Together with a Sketch of the Life of Senator Benton... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Memoirs in original partsPublisherBelford, Clarke & Co.Date Published1887 Lot #125 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFrémont's Expedition, House issue w/ 4 mapsPublisherBlair and RivesDate Published1845 Lot #126 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 [with] signed letter and bond note. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Expedition w/ map and signed ephemeraPublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 Lot #130 Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Ounce Troy, at Different Degrees of Fineness. with other Tables, which will be found useful to Bankers, Assayers, Chemists, Merchants, Dealers in Bullion and Ores View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Gold & Silver)AuthorPrice, ThomasHeadlineTable of Gold and Silver Values, 1881PublisherA.J. LearyDate Published1881 Lot #131 Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier; Subsequent Imprisonment of the Author; His Sufferings, and Final Escape from the Castle of Perote. With Reflections Upon the Present Political and Probable Future Relations of Texas, Mexico, and the United States...Illustrated by Drawings Taken from Life by Charles M'Laughlin, a Fellow-Prisoner View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGreen, Thomas J.HeadlineJournal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier, 1845PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1845 Lot #133 Records of a California Family: Journals and Letters of Lewis C. Gunn and Elizabeth LeBreton Gunn View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGunn, Lewis C. and Elizabeth LeBreton GunnHeadlineFamily life in the California Gold FieldsPublisherAnna Lee MarstonDate Published1928 Lot #147 The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHubbard, Gurdon SaltonstallHeadlineAutobiography of prominent Chicago land speculatorPublisherThe Lakeside Press; R.R. Donnelley & Sons CompanyDate Published[1911] Lot #148 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive and Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of Sierras, 1st ed., 1st issuePublisherPublished at the Old CabinDate Published1886 Lot #149 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and Other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of Sierras, finely boundPublisherThe Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1886 Lot #151 The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus and the Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineLife of Columbus, Quadricentennial Edition 1/402PublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1892 Lot #152 Flags Along the Coast. Charting the Gulf of Mexico, 1519-1759: A Reappraisal View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJackson, JackHeadlineJack Jackson Flags Along the CoastPublisherBook Club of TexasDate Published[1995] Lot #153 Experiences of a Forty-Niner, by Wm. G. Johnston, a Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California in the Memorable Year 1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorJohnston, William GrahamHeadlineExperiences of a '49er, signed w/ rare mapPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1892 Lot #156 The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress: Also, of the Special Session of the Senate View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Judaica & Jefferson Davis' copy)HeadlineJefferson Davis' copy of Congressional Globe 1860PublisherPrinted at the Office of John C. RivesDate Published1860 Lot #163 Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and by Direction of its committee on Historical Documents. Together with Manuscript material of Lewis and Clark from other Sources including Notebooks, Letters, Maps, etc. and the Journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorLewis, Meriwether & William Clark.HeadlineJournals of Lewis and Clark 1904 EditionPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1904-5 Lot #167 Summary of the Course of Permanent Fortification and of the Attack and Defence of Permanent Works for the use of the Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMahan, D.H.Headline1850 Guide to military siege engineering.PublisherLith. at the U.S. Mil. Acady. PressDate Published1850 Lot #170 The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. With Maps Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineEarly handbook for overland expeditionPublisherSampson Low, Son, and Co.Date Published1860 Lot #177 Mexico in 1842: A Description of the Country, Its Natural and Political Features; with a Sketch of Its History, Brought down to the Present Year. To Which is Added, an Account of Texas and Yucatan; and of the Santa Fe Expedition. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico)Author[Folsom, George]HeadlineMap of Mexico and Texas in 1842PublisherCharles J. FolsomDate Published1842 Lot #187 Rambles in the Rocky Mountains: With a Visit to the Gold Fields of Colorado View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMorris, Maurice O'ConnorHeadlineMorris, Rambles in the Rocky Mountains 1864PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1864 Lot #196 The Story of the Great March from the Diary of a Staff Officer. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorNichols, George WardHeadlineThe Story of Sherman's March, with color mapPublisherHarper & Brothers, PublishersDate Published1865 Lot #199 Sells Brothers' World-Conquering and All-Overshadowing 3-Ring Circus, Real Roman Hippodrome, Grand Firemen's Tournament, Indian Village and Museum, 5-Continent Menagerie, and Pawnee Bill's Famous-Original "Wild West!" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Ohio - Cincinnati)HeadlineWild West Circus c.1887, Blood-Sweating HipposPublisherThe Russell & Morgan Printing Co.Date Published[c.1887] Lot #203 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-56. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)HeadlineComplete set of Pacific Railroad SurveysPublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Senate PrinterDate Published1855-60 Lot #206 Jamaica: Enslaved and Free View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPeck, GeorgeHeadlineJamaica as a model for Abolition, 1846PublisherPublished by Lane & TippettDate Published1846 Lot #208 The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, to Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorPike, Zebulon MontgomeryHeadlineThe Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery PikePublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1895 Lot #209 Collection of Twenty-two American political pamphlets View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Political Pamphlets)HeadlineCollection of 19th-century political pamphletsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #210 The Life of George Washington, Commander in the Chief of the Armies of the United States in the War Which Established their Independence; and First President of the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1789)AuthorRamsay, DavidHeadlineThe Life of George Washington 1807 1st Ed.PublisherHopkins & SeymourDate Published1807 Lot #213 The Assassination of President Lincoln and the Trial of the Conspirators View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorPitman, Benn, compilerHeadlineAssassination of President Lincoln 1865PublisherMoore, Wilstach & BaldwinDate Published1865 Lot #214 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineGrant's Memoirs in half morocco bindingPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-86 Lot #215 Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1901)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineRoosevelt’s Ranch Life and the Hunting TrailPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1897 Lot #217 In the Court of Criminal Appeals of The State of Texas. Jack Ruby, Appellant, vs The State of Texas Appellee. Amicus Curiae Brief for Jack Ruby, Defendant and Appellant. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1961)AuthorBelli, Melvin M.HeadlineAmicus for Jack Ruby, signed by Melvin BelliPublisherBelli, Ashe and GerryDate Published[1965] Lot #218 Why England Slept View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineJFK's 1st book, Why England SleptPublisherWillard Funk, Inc.Date Published1940 Lot #226 The Fur Hunters of the Far West: A Narrative of Adventure in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorRoss, AlexanderHeadlineRoss's Fur Hunters of the West, 1855PublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1855 Lot #232 Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSitgreaves, LorenzoHeadlineWith folding map of Zuni and Colorado RiversPublisherPrinted by Robert ArmstrongDate Published1853 Lot #234 Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Including a Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorStansbury, HowardHeadlineStansbury's Great Sale Lake with map volumePublisherLippincott, Grambo & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #241 Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineBayard's El Dorado, 1st British EditionPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1850 Lot #249 Oregon and California: The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California...to which is added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with recent notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorThornton, J. QuinnHeadlineThornton in the Gold Rush 1849, with MapPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1849 Lot #250 Democracy in America View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTocqueville, Alexis DeHeadlineDe Tocqueville's Democracy in America 1862PublisherLongman, Green, Longman, and RobertsDate Published1862 Lot #252 Annual Report Upon the Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian... Being Appendix NN of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1878 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(U.S. Geological Survey)AuthorWheeler, George M.HeadlineWheeler Survey, Appendix NN, 1878 w/ two mapsPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1878 Lot #256 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... View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineVancouver's Voyages 1801, finely boundPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1801 Lot #265 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineWilkes' Exploring Expedition with AtlasPublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1845 Lot #267 Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorWingate, George W.HeadlineThrough the Yellowstone Park on HorsebackPublisherO. Judd Co.Date Published1886 Lot #275 The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1787 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Annual Register)HeadlineBritish views from the Age of RevolutionsPublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1789 Lot #280 "Make a Note of It" - unpublished manuscript View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorAustin, MauriceHeadlineUnpublished manuscript on aviation and motorcyclesDate Published[c. 1965] Lot #283 The History of the Indian Mutiny: Giving a Detailed Account of the Sepoy Insurrection in India... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorBall, CharlesHeadlineBall's Indian Mutiny, history of Sepoy RebellionPublisherThe London Printing & Publishing CompanyDate Published[c.1870] Lot #287 Diplomatische Geschichte des Portugesischen berühmten Ritters Martin Behaims View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Behaim, Martin)AuthorGottlieb von Murr, ChristophHeadline1778 History of Martin Behaim and Portuguese DiplomacyPublisherJohann EberhardDate Published1778 Lot #289 The Ashanti War. A Narrative Prepared from the Official Documents by Permission of Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBrackenbury, HenryHeadlineThe Ashanti War, 1874 with four folding mapsPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1874 Lot #290 A Complete System of Bayonet Exercise View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineFacsimile of Burton's Bayonet ExercisePublisher[Pierway]Date Published[2002] Lot #293 Voyage à Méroé, au Fleuve Blanc, au-delà de Fâzoql dans le midi du royaume de Sennâr, à Syouah et dans cinq autres oasis ; fait dans les années 1819, 1820, 1821 et 1822. Atlas Vol. II. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorCailliaud, FrédéricHeadlineWith 75 large illustrated plates of EgyptPublisherImprimerie de Rignoux et Imprimerie royaleDate Published1823 Lot #297 The Second World War View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineWinston Churchill The Second World WarPublisherCassellDate Published[1948-1954] Lot #299 Columbia: its Present State, in respect of Climate, Soil, Productions, Population, Government, Commerce,... Education, and Inducements to Emigration, &c. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Columbia)AuthorHall, FrancisHeadlineRare guide to Gran Columbia, 1825PublisherA. Small, E. Parker, E. Littell, and Marot & WalterDate Published1825 Lot #301 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 the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. Being a copious, comprehensive, and satisfactory Abridgement of the Voyage written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S., and Captain James King, L.L.D. and F.R.S. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorCook, JamesHeadlineOctavo edition of Cook's last voyage 1784PublisherJohn Stockdale, et al.Date Published[1784] Lot #315 The Life of Mahomet, With Sketches of the Reigns of his Successors Abubeker, Omar, Othman, and Ali View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbons's Life of Mahomet, from Decline & FallPublisherJohn WhitingDate Published1805 Lot #316 A Collection of the Parliamentary Debates in England from the year M,DC,LXVIII. To the Present Time. Vol III. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Great Britain)HeadlineEnglish Parliamentary Debates 1694-1703Date Published[1739] Lot #318 The Antiquities of Scotland View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGrose, FrancisHeadlineAntiquities Scotland Grose w/ folding color mapPublisherPrinted for S. HooperDate Published1789; 1791 Lot #320 Mein Kampf. Unexpurgated Edition. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHitler, AdolfHeadlineMein Kampf, illustrated unexpurgated editionPublisherHutchinson & Co.; Hurst & Blackett, Ltd.Date Published1939 Lot #326 Geschichte der deutschen Juden View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKohut, AdolfHeadlineHistory for the German-Jewish Household, 1898PublisherDeutscher VerlagDate Published[1898] Lot #340 Manuscript ledger listing in detail the ships of the naval powers in latter 19th century View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Naval Power)HeadlineMs. record of world naval power 1898Date Publishedc.1898 Lot #342 Mission Pavie Indo-Chine 1879-1895. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorPavie, AugusteHeadlineMission Pavie Indo-Chine w/ hand-colored platesPublisherErnest Leroux, ÉditeurDate Published1901; 1906; 1904 Lot #344 Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by Order of the Government of the United States. View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Perry, Matthew Calbraith)AuthorHawks, Francis L.HeadlineWith Nude Bathing Plate & Perry SignaturePublisherBeverley Tucker, Senate PrinterDate Published1856 Lot #349 A Discourse of the Laws relating to Pirates and Piracies, and the Marine Affairs of Great Britain View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Piracy)HeadlineBritish laws combating pirates & piracy 1726PublisherPrinted by W. Wilkins, for J. Peele,Date Published1726 Lot #351 Speculum Metallurgiae Politissimum, oder, Hell-polierter Berg-Bau-Spiegel: Darinnen zu befinden wie man Bergwerck suchen, ausschürffen, mit Nutzen bauen, allenthalben wohl anstellen, beförden, dabey... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorRoessler, BalthasarHeadlineWith 25 engraved plates of mining worksPublisherBey Johann Jacob WincklernDate Published1700 Lot #361 Le Lapidaire du Quatorzième Siècle. Description des Pierres Précieuses et de Leurs Vertus Magiques, D'Après le Traité du Chevalier Jean de Mandeville... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorSotto, Isaac del, editorHeadlineNicely bound copy of Sotto's Lapidaire, 1862PublisherImprimerie Impériale et Royale de la Cour et de L'étatDate Published1862 Lot #365 Visas for Life View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSugihara, YukikoHeadlineJapanese Rescue Jews in Nazi Europe, SignedPublisher[Edu-Comm. Plus]Date Published[1995] Lot #369 Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chile, &c. With a Scientific Appendix View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorTownsend, John KirkHeadlineTownsend's Journey Across the Rockies, 1st edPublisherHenry PerkinsDate Published1839 Lot #372 An Universal History, from the Earliest Account of Time... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Universal History)HeadlineWorld History in 25 vols, 1736-1765, Illus.PublisherT. Osborne, C. Hitch and L. Hawes et al.Date Published1736-1765 Lot #373 Collection des Uniformes des Armées françaises, de 1791 à 1814,... 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