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Previous|1|Next Image Lot Item Title Time Left Your Bids 6 Basil Valentine His Triumphant Chariot of Antimony, with Annotations of Theodore Kirkingius M.D. with The True Book of the Learned Synesius... concerning the Philosopher's Stone Heading(Alchemy)AuthorBasilius ValentinusHeadline1st English edition of important alchemy workPublisherDorman NewmanDate Published1678 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold View details 7 Les Origines de L'Alchimie Heading(Alchemy)AuthorBerthelot, MarcellinHeadlineBerthelot's history of early chemistryPublisherGeorges Steinheil, EditeurDate Published1885 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold View details 9 The History and Antiquities of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Parts Adjacent AuthorAllen, ThomasHeadlineExtra-illustrated History of London 1827ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCowie and StrangeDate Published1827 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 12 Istorii͡a Sibiri [History of Siberia] AuthorAndrijevič, Vladimir Kallistratovič (Владимир Константинович Андриевич)HeadlineSiberian History in Russian by V.K. Andrievich, 1889ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherV.V. KomarovaDate Published1889 Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 13 The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1775-1779 Heading(Annual Register)HeadlineAnnual Registers for 1775-1779PublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1777-1781 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 19 Three inscribed presentation copies of offprints on articles about Jupiter by Willem de Sitter Heading(Astronomy)AuthorSitter, Willem deHeadline3 inscribed offprints by W. de SitterPublisherKoninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van WetenschappenDate Published1906-1908 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold View details 35 Three works on mathematics Heading(Babbage, Charles)HeadlinePrize binding for UCL mathematicsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1820 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 36 History of the Wars of the French Revolution, from the Breaking Out of the War in 1792, to the Restoration of a General Peace in 1815; Comprehending the Civil History of Great Britain and France during that Period AuthorBaines, EdwardHeadlineBaines, Wars of the French RevolutionPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and James HarperDate Published1817 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 38 Seven French histories bound by Bayntun Heading(Bayntun)HeadlineSeven works on French History bound by BayntunDate Published1912-1914 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 41 A History of Russia AuthorBell, RobertHeadlineBell's History of Russia in 3 volumes, 1836ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & LongmanDate Published1836 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 42 The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design AuthorBell, Sir CharlesHeadlineSir Charles Bell The Hand 1833PublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1833 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 54 The Works of Jacob Behmen, The Teutonic Theosopher...with Figures, illustrating his Principles, left by the Reverend William Law, M.A. Heading(Boehme, Jacob)AuthorBehmen, JacobHeadlineWorks of Jacob Boehme, 1764-1781PublisherM. Richardson; G. RobinsonDate Published1764-1781 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold View details 60 The Theory of the Earth - Books I and II AuthorBurnet, ThomasHeadlineBurnet's Theory of the Earth, 1st ed. in EnglishPublisherPrinted by R. Norton for Walter KettilbyDate Published1684 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 70 Theoria Lunae, eius Motum per Eccentricum et Epicyclum Demonstrans AuthorCellarius, AndreasHeadlinePtolemaic model of lunar motion, 1661Date Publishedc.1661 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 71 Theoria Solis per Eccentricum sine Epicyclo AuthorCellarius, AndreasHeadlineChart showing Sun's orbit around the Earth, 1661Date Publishedc.1661 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 84 X-Rays and Electrons [with] X-Rays in Theory and Experiment AuthorCompton, Arthur Holly and Samuel K. AllisonHeadlineArthur Compton's 1st book owned by David WebsterProvenanceProfessor David L. Webster; Professor George Starr CollectionPublisherD. Van Nostrand CompanyDate Published1926-1935 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 89 An Encyclopedia of Civil Engineering, Historical, Theoretical, and Practical AuthorCresy, EdwardHeadlineCresy's manual on civil engineeringPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1847 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 91 Q. Curtii Rufi Rerum Alexandri Magni Libri VIII supersistes. Accedunt Titi Pompae et Ian Loccenii Notae AuthorCurtius Rufus, QuintusHeadlineRoman History, Elzevir printing 1625PublisherEx Officina ElsevirianaDate Published1625 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 92 Mr. De Sargues Universal Way of Dyaling. Or Plain and Easie Directions for Placing the Axeltree, and Marking the Hours in Sun-dyals, after the French, Italian, Babylonian, and Jewish Manner... Heading(Desargues, Gérard)AuthorKing, Daniel, translatorHeadline17th c. work on sundials owned by Florence YochProvenanceFlorence Yoch, Landscape ArchitectPublisherPrinted by Tho. LeachDate Published1659 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 96 Great Domesday Book: 900th Anniversary Library Edition Heading(Domesday Book)HeadlineMassive 6 volume set of the Domesday BookPublisherAlecto Historical EditionsDate Published1989 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 99 Letter from the Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother AuthorElizabeth, Queen, consort of George VI, King of Great BritainHeadlineLetter from the Queen Mother 1960Date Published1970 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 100 The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 AuthorEngels, FrederickHeadlineEngels Classic of Communist TheoryPublisherSwan Sonnenschein & Co.Date Published1892 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 101 Dell'Istoria di Mantova Libri cinque. Nella quale cominciandosi dall'edificazione di essa Citta, brevemente si raccontano tutte le cose piu notabili succedute di tempo in tempo cosi in pace, come in guerra AuthorEquicola, MarioHeadlineEarly 17th century history of Mantova, ItalyPublisherFrancesco OsannaDate Published1607 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 102 Four nicely bound volumes of European history Heading(European History)HeadlineNicely bound histories by Elliot and Saint-BeuvePublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1893; 1905 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 106 The Novelties of a Year and a Day, in a Series of Picturesque Letters on the Characters, Manners, and Customs of the Spanish, French, and English Nations... AuthorFigaroHeadlineLetters on Spain, France, and EnglandPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published[1785] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold View details 109 Anecdotes of Painting in England; With Some Account of the Principal Artists; and Incidental Notes on Other Arts... Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWalpole, HoraceHeadlineAnecdotes of Painting 1828PublisherPrinted at the Shakespeare Press by W. Nicol, for John MajorDate Published1828 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 113 Multum in Parvo [with] The Ceremonies of Opening and Closing Initiation, Passing and Raising Installation, &c. Heading(Freemasonry)HeadlineTwo vols of Freemason rituals w/ vellum membership certPublisherG. BradshawDate Publishedc.1847 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 122 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon' Decline & Fall, 1813PublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1813 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold View details 124 The Life of Richard Nash, of Bath, Esq; Extracted Principally From His Original Papers Author[Goldsmith, Oliver]HeadlineBio of celebrated 18th-century fashion iconProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for J. NewberyDate Published[1762] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 141 Sketches of the History of Man. Considerably Improved in a Third Edition. In Two Volumes AuthorHome, Henry, Lord KamesHeadlineHome on the History of Man 1779PublisherPrinted by James WilliamsDate Published1779 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 151 The Laws and Appeals of Murder, Containing I. The Nature of Appeals in General; how commenced, and by whom prosecuted in all Cases. II. Of Appeals and Murder, Manslaughter, &c. wherein are explained in numerous Instances... AuthorJacob, GilesHeadlineGiles Jacob on appeals and murder, 1719PublisherPrinted by Eliz. Nutt, and R. GoslingDate Published1719 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 156 An Introduction to the True Astronomy: or, Astronomical Lectures, Read in the Astronomical School of the University of Oxford AuthorKeill, JohnHeadlineKeill's Introduction to Astronomy, 1721PublisherPrinted for Bernard LintotDate Published1721 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 164 The System of the World AuthorLaplace, P. S.HeadlineThe System of the World by Laplace 1809ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for Richard PhillipsDate Published1809 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 173 The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man, with Remarks on Theories of the Origin of Species by Variation AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineGeological Evidences of the Antiquity of ManPublisherGeorge W. ChildsDate Published1863 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 174 Vindiciae Gallicae. Defence of the French Revolution and Its English Admirers... AuthorMackintosh, JamesHeadlineJames Mackintosh Vindiciae Gallicae 1791PublisherPrinted for G.G. J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1791 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 175 An Essay on the Principle of Population; or, a View of the Past and Present Effects of Human Happiness AuthorMalthus, T.R.HeadlineRevised classic of global population growthPublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1807-1817 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 177 De Successu Evangelii apud Indos Occidentales in Nova-Anglia; Epistola AuthorMathero, Crescentio [i.e. Increase Mather]HeadlineIncrease Mather on converting Native AmericansProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherApud Wilhelmum BroedelethDate Published1699 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold View details 181 Clinical Illustrations of the More Important Diseases of Bengal Heading(Medicine)AuthorTwining, WilliamHeadlineTwining's Diseases of Bengal, 1832PublisherBaptist Mission PressDate Published1832 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 199 The Life of David Marks, to the the 26th year of his age. Including the particulars of his conversion, call to the ministry, and labors in itinerant preaching for nearly eleven years Heading(Mormon)AuthorMarks, DavidHeadlineEarly anti-Mormon accountPublisherPrinted at the Office of the Morning StarDate Published1831 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 207 The True Prophecies or Prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, Physician to Henry II, Francis II, and Charles IX, Kings of France, and one of the best Astronomers that ever were. A Work full of Curiosity and Learning AuthorNostradamus, Michel deHeadlineFirst English edition of Nostradamus, 1672PublisherPrinted by Thomas Ratliffe & Nathaniel Thompson, and are to be sold by John Martin, [et al.]Date Published1672 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 208 Everybodys' Dream Book, and Fortune Teller Heading(Occult)Headline19th century Dreams & Fortune TellingPublisherPrinted for the BooksellersDate Published[1800s] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 212 Organic Remains of a Former World. Examination of the Mineralized Remains of the Vegetables and Animals of the Antediluvian World; Generally Termed Extraneous Fossils AuthorParkinson, JamesHeadlinePaleontology by identifier of Parkinson's diseaseProvenanceCharles Atwood Kofoid (bookplate); Professor George Starr CollectionPublisherC. Whittingham et alDate Published1804 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold View details 213 The Nature of the Chemical Bond. Application of Results Obtained from the Quantum Mechanics and from a Theory of Paramagnetic Susceptibility to the Structure of Molecules AuthorPauling, LinusHeadlineLinus Pauling 1931 offprint signed and inscribedPublisherJournal of the American Chemical SocietyDate Published1931 Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold View details 215 Eight issues of Philosophical Transactions Heading(Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society)Headline8 issues from 1st year of Philosophical TransactionsDate Published1665-1667 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 216 An Introduction to Electricity. In Six Sections Heading(Physics)AuthorFerguson, JamesHeadlineJames Ferguson Intro to Electricity 3rdPublisherPrinted for W. Strahan, and T. CadellDate Published1778 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 218 The Cratylus, Phaedo, Parmenides, and Timaeus of Plato Heading(Plato)AuthorTaylor, Thomas, translatorHeadlineThomas Taylor's translation of Plato, 1793PublisherPrinted for Benjamin and John WhiteDate Published1793 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold View details 219 C. Plinii Cæcilii Secundi Epistolarum libri X AuthorPliny the YoungerHeadlineLetters of Pliny the Younger, finely boundPublisherSumptibus editoris excudebant M. Ritchie & J. SammellsDate Published1790 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold View details 221 The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romaines, Compared Together by that Grave Learned Philosopher and Historiographer Plutarke of Chaeronea AuthorPlutarchHeadlineA lovely copy of Plutarch, 1610-12PublisherRichard FieldDate Published1612/1610 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 232 Psychodiagnostik/Psychodiagnostics, Tafeln - Tables [with] The Rorschach Technique AuthorRorschach, Hermann; Klopfer, Bruno and Douglas McGlashen KelleyHeadlineRorschach test inkblot cards, 1921PublisherHans Huber; World Book CompanyDate Published[1921]; 1946 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 234 Portraits of the Eighteenth Century Historic and Literary AuthorSaint-Beuve, C.A.HeadlinePortraits of the 18th century, nicely boundPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1905 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 235 An Historical Description of Ancient and Modern Rome; Also of the Works of Art, Particularly in Architecture, Sculpture, and Painting... AuthorSalmon, J.HeadlineJ. Salmon the history and art of Rome 1800PublisherPrinted for the Author by S. GosnellDate Published1800 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 241 A Generall Historie of France, written by John de Serres unto the yeare 1598. Contynued by Peter Mathew to the death of King Henry the fourth, in the yeare 1610. And again continued unto the Peace concluded before Montpellier in the yeare 1622. By Edward Grimston, Sargant at Armes AuthorSerres, Jean deHeadlineDe Serres, A Generall Historie of France 1624PublisherImprinted by G. Eld & M. FlesherDate Published1624 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 243 Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in Husbandry, Rolling Carriages, Cart Rollers, and Dvided Rollers for Land or Garden, Mills, Weighing Engines... AuthorSharp, JamesHeadlineSharp's Descriptions of Some of the Utensils in HusbandryPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Publishedc.1777 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold View details 245 Document recording the manumission of a slave paid for by her son Heading(Slavery)HeadlineSon frees his mother in Matanzas, Cuba, 1874Date Published1874 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 246 Four documents detailing the escape of over a dozen slaves in mid-19th century Spanish West Indies Heading(Slavery)HeadlineStory of many slaves escaping, 1852Date Published1852 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 247 List of fugitive slaves and orders for their capture and return in mid-19th century Cuba Heading(Slavery)HeadlineOrders to capture fugitive slaves in Cuba 1849Date Published1849 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 248 Manumission document for a female slave in Cuba Heading(Slavery)HeadlineManumission of 20 y/o woman, Cuba, 1872Date Published1872 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 249 Passport for four slaves from Guanajay, Cuba Heading(Slavery)HeadlinePassport for four slaves, likely mother & childrenDate Published1867 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 253 The Recent Origin of Man, as Illustrated by Geology and the Modern Science of Pre-Historic Archaeology AuthorSouthall, James C.HeadlineClassic archaeological work 1875PublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1875 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 262 The Examiners for the Year 1711 [with] The Second Volume of the Examiners Heading(Swift, Jonathan)Headline1711 paper edited by Jonathan SwiftPublisherJohn Morphew and A. DoddDate Published1712; 1714 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 266 Ritratto di Roma Antica, nel quale sono figurati... AuthorTotti, PompilioHeadlinePompilio Totti on Ancient Rome, 1645PublisherFranceso MonetaDate Published[1645] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 270 Original printed leaf from the first edition of De humani corporis fabrica, with full-page anatomical woodcut AuthorVesaliusHeadlineVesalius leaf with skeleton & musculaturePublisherJohannes OporinusDate Published1543 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 271 The Early Years of His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, compiled under the direction of Her Majesty The Queen Heading(Victoria, Queen of Great Britain)AuthorGrey, CharlesHeadlineSigned and inscribed by Queen VictoriaPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1868 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold View details 272 Histoire d'un Dessinateur: Comment on Apprend a Dessiner. Texte et Dessins par Viollet-le-Duc AuthorViollet-le-Duc, EugèneHeadlineFrench guide on drawing 1879PublisherJ. Hetzel & CieDate Published[1879] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next