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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than Eight Thousand Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]HeadlineAlcoholics Anonymous 1st Edition 4th PrintingPublisherWorks Publishing CompanyDate Published1943 Lot #6 Traité de l'Astronomie Indienne et Orientale, Ouvrage qui peut Servir de Suite à l'Histoire de l'Astronomie Ancienne. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorBailly, (Jean-Sylvain)HeadlineTraité de l'Astronomie Indienne et OrientalePublisherChex Debure l'aineDate Published1787 Lot #10 Traité Élémentaire d'Astronomie Physique View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorBiot, J(ean)-B(aptiste)HeadlineTraité Élémentaire d'Astronomie PhysiquePublisherBachelierDate Published1814-47 Lot #11 The Laws of Life, With Special Reference to the Physical Education of Girls View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorBlackwell, ElizabethHeadlineFirst book by the first American Woman DoctorPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1852 Lot #21 Academie des Sciences et des Arts, Contenant les Vies, & les Eloges Historiques des Hommes Illustres View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorBullart, IsaacHeadlineAcademie des Sciences et des ArtsPublisherLouis BilaineDate Published1682 Lot #24 L'art de Faire, Gouverner, et Perfectionner Les Vins. [Bound with]: Parmentier, [Antoine-Augustin] L'art de Faire les Eaux-de-Vie, d'apres la Doctrine de Chaptal View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorChaptal, [Jean-Antoine, comte de Chanteloup]HeadlineL'art de Faire Gouverner et Perfectionner Les VinPublisherChex Delain FilsDate PublishedAn X - 1801 Lot #25 A Descriptive and Illustrative Catalogue of Chinese Bronzes View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese Bronzes)Author**HeadlineIllustrative Catalogue of Chinese BronzesPublisherSmithsonian InstitutionDate Published1946 Lot #29 The First Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. Or, a Commentary Upon Littleton. Not the name of the Author Only but of the Law Itself. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorCoke, EdwardoHeadlineCoke on Littleton 14th edition 1791PublisherJames MooreDate Published1791 Lot #32 The Water Witch or the Skimmer of the Seas View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]HeadlineRare Dresen 1st Edition of Cooper's Water WitchPublisherPrinted for WaltherDate Published[not later than 18 September], 1830 Lot #35 On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, Or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's On the Origin of Species 3rd AmericanPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1860 Lot #36 On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's On the Origin of Species 4th EditionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1866 Lot #37 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man First EditionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1871 Lot #38 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man 1887 EditionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1887 Lot #39 Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, in a course of Lectures for the Board of Agriculture. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDavy, HumphryHeadlineElements of Agricultural Chemistry by DavyPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1813 Lot #54 La Sifilide Poema View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFracastoro, GirolamoHeadlineGirolamo Fracastoro La Sifilide Poema 1829PublisherCo' Tipi BodonianiDate Published1829 Lot #55 Experiments and Observations on Electricity made at Philadelphia in America... To which are added, Letters and Papers on Philosophical Subjects. The Whole corrected, methodized, improved, and now first collected into one Volume, and Illustrated with Copper Plates View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,500StatusUnsold AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBen Franklin's Experiments on Electricity 1774PublisherPrinted for F. NewberyDate Published1774 Lot #58 Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani. Tomus Primus (-Octavus) [Together with]: Elementa Physiologiae Corporis Humani. Fasciculus Primus (-Quarti pars Prima) View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold AuthorHaller, Albrecht vonHeadlineHaller's Elementa PhysiologiaePublisherMarci-Michael Bousquet / Sigismundi D'Arnay / Francisci Grasset / Julii Henrici PottDate Published1757-1778, 1782 Lot #59 Some Account of the Worshipful Company of Grocers of the City of London View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHeath, John BenjaminHeadlineAccount of the Worshipful Company of GrocersPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1854 Lot #61 Annotationessur la premier et second libres ,,,prognostique Hippocrates par M. Martin docteur …la faculté de medecin do Paris View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Hippocrates)Author**HeadlineManuscript volume on HippocratesDate Published18th century? Lot #67 Utopia View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Kelmscott Press)AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineKelmscott Press Utopia by Thomas MorePublisherKelmscott PressDate Published1893 Lot #71 A physical essay on the senses... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorLe Cat, [Claude Nicolas]HeadlineA physical essay on the senses... by Le CatPublisherFor R. GriffithsDate Published1750 Lot #76 The Maternal Physician; a Treatise on the Nurture and Management of Infants, from the Birth Until Two Years Old. Being the Result of Sixteen Years' Experience in the Nursery. Illustrated By Extracts from the most approved Medical Authors. By An American Matron. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Medical)Author"An American Matron"HeadlineThe Maternal Physician 1811PublisherIsaac RileyDate Published1811 Lot #77 Botica General de Remedios Experimentados. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Medical Manuscript)Author**HeadlineBotica General de Remedios Experimentados.Date Published18th century? Lot #78 Recueil de Questions, Proposées a Une Société de Savants, qui par Ordre de sa Majesté Damoise Font le Voyage de L'Arabie View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMichaelis, [Johann David]HeadlineJ.D. Michaelis Recueil de QuestionsPublisherBaaldeDate Published1774 Lot #91 Presentation book to Joseph B. Crockett upon retiring as President of the San Francisco Gas & Electric Co. in 1902 - signed by 396 employees of the company View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Pacific Gas & Electric)Author**HeadlinePre-PG&E president retires with special bookDate Published1902 Lot #93 The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Vision, Light, and Colours View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorPriestley, JosephHeadlinePriestly on Vision, Light and Color 1772PublisherJ. JohnsonDate Published1772 Lot #97 The Life of Robert Fulton...Accompanied with copies of Fulton's Original Drawings and Numerous Plates View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold AuthorReigart, J. FranklinHeadlineLife of Robert FultonPublisherC.G. HendersonDate Published1856 Lot #116 Programming a Computer for Playing Chess. [In]: The Philosophical Magazine, Volume 41, Number 314 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorShannon, Claude E.HeadlineProgramming a Computer for Playing ChessPublisherTaylor & FrancisDate Published[1950] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next