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Previous|12|Next Lot #357 Memoires Relating to the State of the Royal Navy of England, For Ten Years, Determin'd December 1688 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Author[Pepys, Samuel]HeadlinePepys Memoirs of the Royal Navy 1690Date Published1690 Lot #358 Album of photographs recording the U.S. invasion and occupation of the Philippines in 1898, the resulting insurrection, and daily life View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Heading(Philippines)HeadlinePhotographs of U.S. invasion of Philippines 1898Date Published1896-1899 Lot #359 A New, Complete, and Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels to all the Various Parts of the World View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorPortlock, Wiliam HenryHeadlineMassive collection of voyages with maps & platesPublisher[Alex. Hogg?]Date Published[c.1794] Lot #361 The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, and Arabia [with] Egypt and Nubia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorRoberts, DavidHeadline2 Folio Society volumes of David RobertsPublisherThe Folio SocietyDate Published2010 Lot #362 A Voyage Round the World, Between the Years 1816-1819 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRocquefeuil, Camille deHeadlineA Voyage Round the World, 1823PublisherPrinted for Sir Richard Phillips and Co.Date Published1823 Lot #363 Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-West Passage, and of a Residence in the Arctic Regions During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833... Including the Reports of Commander, now Captain, James Clark Ross... and the Discovery of the Northern Magnetic Pole...[with] Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorRoss, JohnHeadlineRoss Narrative of a 2nd Voyage with AppendixPublisherA.W. WebsterDate Published1835 Lot #365 A Journal of the Disasters in Affghanistan, 1841-2 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorSale, Florentia, LadyHeadlineLady Sale's Journal of Afghan War 1843PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1843 Lot #366 Scott's Last Expedition View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorScott, Robert FalconHeadlineScott's Last Expedition 1st EditionPublisherDodd, Mead and CompanyDate Published1913 Lot #367 Travels, or Observations Relating to Several Parts of Barbary and the Levant View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorShaw, ThomasHeadlineThomas Shaw, Travels in Barbary and Levant 1738PublisherPrinted at the TheatreDate Published1738 Lot #368 Fregatten Eugenies: Resa Omkring Jorden aren 1851-1853, under Befal af C. A. Virgin. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSkogman, Carl JohanHeadlineOfficial account of voyage to South Seas, Hawaii, BrazilPublisherAdolf BonnierDate Published[1854-55] Lot #369 Voyage of the Prince Albert in Search of Sir John Franklin: A Narrative of Every-Day Life in the Arctic Seas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorSnow, William ParkerHeadlineWith map of route and 4 chromolithograph platesPublisherLongman, Brown, Green and LongmansDate Published1851 Lot #370 Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt: Undertaken by Order of the Old Government of France View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorSonnini, Charles SigisbertHeadlineC.S. Sonnini, Travels in Upper and Lower Egypt 1799PublisherPrinted for John StockdaleDate Published1799 Lot #371 Manuscript document relating to the shipment of items from Barcelona, Spain, to Montevideo, which was apparently rerouted to Lima because of unrest in region View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(South America - Uruguay)HeadlineShip bound for Montevideo in troubled timesDate Published1813? Lot #372 My Early Travels and Adventures in America and Asia View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorStanley, Henry M.HeadlineHenry Stanley's travels in America and AsiaPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1895 Lot #373 Through the Dark Continent; or, The Sources of the Nile, Around the Great Lakes of Equatorial Africa and Down the Livingstone River to the Atlantic Ocean View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorStanley, Henry M.HeadlineStanley, Through the Dark ContinentPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1878 Lot #374 Two titles by Viljalmur Stefansson View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorStefansson, ViljalmurHeadlineTwo works by Viljalmur Stefansson, 1 inscribedPublisherMacmillanDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #375 Ruins of Desert Cathay. Personal narrative of explorations in Central Asia and westernmost China View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorStein, AurelHeadlineAurel Stein in Western China 1912PublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1912 Lot #378 A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson, in New South Wales, including an Accurate Description of the Situation of the Colony; of the Natives; and of Its Natural Productions View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorTench, WatkinHeadlineTench Account of Settlement Port Jackson 1793PublisherSold by G. Nicol, Pall-Mall; and J. Sewell, CornhillDate Published1793 Lot #379 An Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour Round the Southern Coast of England View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Turner, J.M.W., illustrator)HeadlineTurner's Southern Coast of England 1849PublisherM. A. NattaliDate Published1849 Lot #381 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 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineVancouver's Voyage, 1st edition with AtlasPublisherG.G. & J. Robinson, & J. EdwardsDate Published1798 Lot #382 The Royal Commentaries of Peru, in Two Parts View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorVega, Garcilaso de laHeadlineThe Royal Commentaries of Peru, 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher for Christopher WilkinsonDate Published1688 Lot #383 Views in India, Chiefly Among the Himalaya Mountains View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorWhite, George F.HeadlineWhite's Himalayan Views, 1838PublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published1838 Lot #384 Scrambles Amongst the Alps in the Years 1860-1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWhymper, EdwardHeadlineScrambles Amongst Alps: mountaineering classicPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 Lot #385 A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries. With a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands; and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorWilson, WilliamHeadlineMissionary voyage to Tahiti 1799PublisherPrinted by S. Gosnell for T. ChapmanDate Published1799 Lot #387 China in a Series of Views, Displaying The Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Allom, Thomas, illustrator)AuthorWright, George NewenhamHeadlineAllom's China with steel-engraved platesPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c.1843] Lot #398 Overland to China View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorColquhoun, Archibald RossHeadlineColquhoun, Overland to China, 1900PublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published1900 Lot #405 Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China: Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy, of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorEllis, HenryHeadlineEllis' Embassy to China 1817 with color platesPublisherPrinted for John MurrayDate Published1817 Lot #406 Guide to Peking and its Environs Near and Far View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorFei-Shi [i.e. Emil Sigmund Fisher]HeadlineFei-Shi, Guide to Peking 1924PublisherThe Tientsin PressDate Published1924 Lot #408 Chinese Bridges View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFugl-Meyer, H.HeadlineDanish-Shanghai Engineer on Chinese BridgesPublisherKelly & Walsh, Ltd.Date Published1937 Lot #415 The Map of Peiping with Street Directory (Alphabetical and Numerical) View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Map - Beijing)HeadlineStreet map of Peking in the early 20th centuryDate Published[c. 1920s] Lot #418 Pageant of Peking View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineThe Pageant of Peking by Donald MenniePublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published1920 [i.e. 1921] Lot #420 Narrative of the Earl of Elgin's mission to China and Japan in the years 1857, '58, '59 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorOliphant, LaurenceHeadlineEarl of Elgin's Mission to China and JapanPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1859 Lot #422 China For the Tourist View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Republic of China)HeadlineChinese National Railways brochure, 1931PublisherRailway Through Traffic Administration Ministry of RailwaysDate Published1931 Lot #437 The Junks and Sampans of the Yangtze. A Study in Chinese Nautical Research View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWorcester, George Raleigh GrayHeadlineJunks and Sampans of the Yangtze vol.1PublisherStatistical Department of the Inspectorate General of CustomsDate Published1947 Lot #438 The Yangtze Gorges in Pictures and Prose [with] A Glimpse through the Gorges of the Great Yangtse View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Yangtze River)Headline2 photo books on the Yangtze River c.1930sDate Publishedc.1930s Lot #476 Map of the Central Pacific Railroad and its Connections View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Central Pacific Railroad)HeadlineMap of the Central Pacific Railroad 1875PublisherCentral Pacific RailroadDate PublishedMay 1875 Lot #493 Map of Military Road from Fort Walla Walla on the Columbia to Fort Benton on the Missouri... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMullan, JohnHeadlineMullan Road from Walla Walla to Fort BentonDate Published1863 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next