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La Nouvelle Orpheline Angloise our Les Bisarreries du Destin

Author
[Castres, Antoine Sabatier de]
Headline
The New English Orphan 1770
Publisher
Aux Depens de la Compagnie
Date Published
1770

Estimate$10 - $100

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5

Historia del mas famoso escudero Sancho Panza: Desde la gloriosa muerte de don Quixote de la Mancha hasta el último dia y postrera hora de su vida

Heading
(Cervantes)
Author
Gatell y Carnicer, Pedro
Headline
Gatell y Carnicer's continuation of Don Quixote, part 1
Publisher
Impremia Real
Date Published
1793

Estimate$10 - $100

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8

Chance: A Tale in Two Parts

Author
Conrad, Joseph
Headline
Joseph Conrad Chance 1914
Publisher
Methuen & Co.
Date Published
1914

Estimate$10 - $100

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9

The Mirror of the Sea

Author
Conrad, Joseph
Headline
Conrad, Mirror of the Sea, 1st
Publisher
Methuen & Co.
Date Published
[1906]

Estimate$10 - $100

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14

3 volumes of early detective fiction

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(Detective Fiction)
Headline
Early detective and mystery fiction

Estimate$10 - $100

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15

Pickwick excerpt along with a Poe parody

Author
Dickens, Charles and "Abel Reid"
Headline
Two scarce literary pamphlets
Publisher
various publishers
Date Published
1875-1868

Estimate$10 - $100

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16

American Notes for General Circulation

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Three Editions of Dicken's 1842 travelogue to America
Date Published
[1842-1850]

Estimate$10 - $100

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18

2 volumes by Emile Gaboriau

Author
Emile Gaboriau
Headline
Gaboriau detective fiction
Publisher
James R. Osgood and Company
Date Published
1874 and 1875

Estimate$10 - $100

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20

A Journal of the Life, Travels & Labours in the Work of the Ministry

Author
Griffith, John
Headline
John Griffith's Journal, 1779
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
James Phillips
Date Published
1779

Estimate$10 - $100

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21

Two illustrated classics: The Arabian Nights [with] Robinson Crusoe

Heading
(Illustrated Books)
Headline
Two illustrated classics: Arabian Nights & Robinson Crusoe
Publisher
Rand McNally & Co.; Garden City Publishing Company
Date Published
[1927]; No date

Estimate$10 - $100

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22

Miscellaneous Works of the Late Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield...

Heading
(Johnson, Samuel)
Author
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, [4th] Earl of
Headline
Miscellaneous Works of Lord Chesterfield 1st
Publisher
Edward and Charles Dilly
Date Published
1777

Estimate$10 - $100

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23

Almoran and Hamet: An Oriental Tale. In Two Volumes

Heading
(Johnson, Samuel)
Author
[Hawkesworth, John]
Headline
Hawkesworth, Almoran and Hamet 1761
Publisher
Printed by C. Say for H. Payne and W. Cropley
Date Published
1761

Estimate$10 - $100

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24

Love Letters of Mrs. Piozzi Written When She Was Eighty to William Augustus Conway

Heading
(Johnson, Samuel)
Author
[Piozzi, Hester Lynch]
Headline
Octogenarian's love letters 1843
Publisher
John Russell Smith
Date Published
1843

Estimate$10 - $100

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25

The Life of Mr. Richard Savage [with] Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson

Author
Johnson, Samuel
Headline
2 volumes of Johnsoniana
Date Published
1769; 1850

Estimate$10 - $100

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26

Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses

Author
Kipling, Rudyard
Headline
Kipling's Barrack-Room Ballads
Publisher
Methuen and Co.
Date Published
1892

Estimate$10 - $100

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27

Fables de La Fontaine

Author
La Fontaine, [Jean de]
Headline
Fables de La Fontaine, Grandville illustr.
Publisher
Garnier Freres
Date Published
[c.1865]

Estimate$10 - $100

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29

Approx. 10 volumes of miscellaneous fine literature

Heading
(Literature)
Headline
10 volumes fine literature

Estimate$10 - $100

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32

An Historical View of the Principles, Characters, Persons, &c. of the Political Writers in Great-Britain

Author
Marforio (pseud.)
Headline
Pamphlet on British political writing 1740
Publisher
Printed for W. Webb
Date Published
1740

Estimate$10 - $100

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39

3 volumes of poetry

Heading
(Poetry)
Headline
The poetries of Horace, Byron, and Service

Estimate$10 - $100

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40

The Works of John Sheffield, Earl of Mulgrave...and Duke of Buckingham

Heading
(Pope, Alexander)
Author
Buckingham, John Sheffield Duke of
Headline
Pope's edited works of John Sheffield 1723
Publisher
Printed by John Barber
Date Published
1723

Estimate$10 - $100

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41

The New Foundling Hospital for Wit. Several Pieces Never Before Published. A New Edition Corrected and Considerably Enlarged. In Six Volumes.

Heading
(Satire)
Headline
6 volumes of British satire
Publisher
Printed for J. Debrett
Date Published
1786

Estimate$10 - $100

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46

Sketches of the History of Literature, from the Earliest Period to the Revival of Letters in the Fifteenth Century

Author
Tannehill, Wilkins
Headline
Tannehill's survey of world lit, 1827
Publisher
John S. Simpson
Date Published
1827

Estimate$10 - $100

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48

Two editions of Fabulous Histories, designed for the Instruction of Children, respecting their Treatment of Animals

Author
Trimmer, Mrs. [Sarah]
Headline
2 eds. of Mrs. Trimmer's Fabulous Histories
Date Published
1791; 1793

Estimate$10 - $100

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49

He Knew He Was Right

Author
Trollope, Anthony
Headline
Trollope's detailed study on a mad husband
Publisher
Strahan and Company, Publishers
Date Published
1869

Estimate$10 - $100

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50

Is He Popenjoy?

Author
Trollope, Anthony
Headline
Is He Popenjoy? by Anthony Trollope
Publisher
Chapman & Hall
Date Published
1878

Estimate$10 - $100

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51

Lotta Schmidt and other Stories

Author
Trollope, Anthony
Headline
Trollope's Lotta Schmidt 1st
Publisher
Alexander Strahan
Date Published
1867

Estimate$10 - $100

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52

Salome: A Tragedy in One Act

Heading
(Vassos, John)
Author
Wilde, Oscar
Headline
Oscar Wilde's Salome illustrated by John Vassos
Publisher
Dutton
Date Published
[1927]

Estimate$10 - $100

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54

Beyond the Barrier with Byrd: an Authentic Story of the Byrd Antarctic Exploring Expedition

Author
Adams, Lt. Harry
Headline
Byrd Antarctic Expedition signed by 4
Publisher
M. A. Donohue
Date Published
[1932]

Estimate$10 - $100

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61

Die Alpen Rufen! [with] Berge Im Schnee

Heading
(Alpinism)
Author
Koch, Carl; Luis Trenker
Headline
Two 1930's works on alpinism and winter sport
Publisher
Verlag Ludwig Simon
Date Published
1931; 1932

Estimate$10 - $100

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86

Sailing Directions for the Bay of Biscay, Comprised Between Ouessant Island and Cape Estaca

Heading
Bay of Biscay
Author
Imray F.R.G.S., James F.
Headline
Sailing Instruction
Publisher
Chart and Nautical Book Publishers
Date Published
1877

Estimate$10 - $100

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87

Expedition to San Francisco Bay in 1770: Diary of Pedro Fages

Author
Bolton, Herbert Eugene
Headline
Diary of Pedro Fages
Publisher
University of California, Berkeley
Date Published
1911

Estimate$10 - $100

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90

The Gold-Mines of Midian and The Ruined Midianite Cities. A Fortnight's Tour in North-western Arabia

Author
Burton, Richard F.
Headline
Burton, Gold Mines of Midian 1st
Publisher
C. Kegan Paul
Date Published
1878

Estimate$10 - $100

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103

Peking, North China, South Manchuria and Korea. With Maps, Plans and Illustrations.

Heading
(China)
Headline
Traveler's guide to Northern China, 1920 w/ maps
Publisher
Thos. Cook & Son
Date Published
1920

Estimate$10 - $100

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105

Lights and Shadows of Sailor Life, as exemplified in Fifteen Years' Experience, including the more Thrilling Events of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, and Reminiscences of an Eventful Life on the "Mountain Wave"

Author
Clark, Joseph G.
Headline
Clark's Account of U.S. Exploring Expedition
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
Benjamin A. Mussey
Date Published
1848

Estimate$10 - $100

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106

A Practical Guide for the Light Infantry Officer: Comprising valuable extracts from all the most popular works on the subject...

Author
Cooper, Thomas Hammont
Headline
British infantry during Napoleonic wars
Publisher
Printed for T. Egerton
Date Published
1806

Estimate$10 - $100

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109

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.

Author
Emory, Lt. Col. William H.
Headline
2 copies of military reconnaissance from Missouri to California
Publisher
Wendell & Van Benthuysen
Date Published
1848

Estimate$10 - $100

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110

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.

Author
Emory, William H.
Headline
Notes of a Military Reconnoissance by Emory
Publisher
Wendell and Van Benthuysen
Date Published
1848

Estimate$10 - $100

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119

Fragments of Voyages and Travels Including Anecdotes of a Navel Life: Chiefly for the Use of Young Persons

Author
Hall, Basil
Headline
Hall's Fragments of Voyages for young people
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
Carey and Lea
Date Published
1831

Estimate$10 - $100

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120

Söderhafvets Öar Framställda i Natur- och Folklif

Author
Hartwig, Georg
Headline
Islands of the Southern Ocean w/color plates
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
P. G. Berg
Date Published
1862

Estimate$10 - $100

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122

The Missionary's Daughter: A Memoir of Lucy Goodale Thurston, of the Sandwich Islands

Heading
(Hawaii - Missionaries)
Author
[Cummings, Mrs. A.P.]
Headline
The Missionary's Daughter 1842
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
American Tract Society
Date Published
1842

Estimate$10 - $100

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123

Memoir of Mrs. Mary Mercy Ellis, Wife of Rev. William Ellis, Missionary in the South Seas,... Including Notices of Heathen Society, of the Details of Missionary Life,...

Heading
(Hawaii - Missionaries)
Author
Ellis, William
Headline
Memoir of Mrs. Mary Mercy Ellis Hawaiian Missions
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
Crocker & Brewster
Date Published
1836

Estimate$10 - $100

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125

The Island World of the Pacific: Being the Personal Narrative and Results of Travel Through the Sandwich or Hawaiian Islands, and Other Parts of Polynesia

Heading
(Hawaii)
Author
Cheever, Henry T.
Headline
Henry Cheever's account of Hawaii
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
William Collins
Date Published
[c. 1851]

Estimate$10 - $100

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126

A Journal of a Tour Around Hawaii, the Largest of the Sandwich Islands. By a Deputation from the Mission on Those Islands

Heading
(Hawaii)
Author
[Ellis, William, et al.]
Headline
A Journal of a Tour Around Hawaii 1825
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
Crocker & Brewster
Date Published
1825

Estimate$10 - $100

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131

The Achehnese

Author
Hurgronje, C. Snouck
Headline
1906 work on the Aceh in Indonesia
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
E. J. Brill
Date Published
1906

Estimate$10 - $100

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136

3 volumes of exploration and bildungsroman adventures

Heading
(Literature)
Headline
3 adventures of growth and exploration

Estimate$10 - $100

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137

Life on the Ocean; or, Twenty Years at Sea; Being the Personal Adventures of the Author

Author
Little, George
Headline
1st U.K. of Little's Life on the Ocean, 1843
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
George Clark and Son
Date Published
1847

Estimate$10 - $100

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138

Life on the Ocean; Or, Twenty Years at Sea: Being the Personal Adventures of the Author.

Author
Little, George
Headline
Merchant captain sails the seas for 20 years
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
Waite, Peirce, and Company
Date Published
1845

Estimate$10 - $100

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139

A Second Visit to the United States of North America

Author
Lyell, Charles
Headline
Lyell's Second Visit to the US
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1849

Estimate$10 - $100

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141

The Morning Star: History of the Children's Missionary Vessel, and of the Marquesan and Micronesian Missions.

Heading
(Missionaries)
Author
Warren, Jane S.
Headline
Children's Missions in the Pacific 1860
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
American Tract Society
Date Published
[1860]

Estimate$10 - $100

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154

Folk Tales of Swat

Heading
(Pakistan - Swat)
Author
Inayat-Ur-Rahman
Headline
Folk Tales of Swat in English and Pashto
Publisher
IsMEO
Date Published
1968

Estimate$10 - $100

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157

1920s-30s Annotated Travel Photograph Album - Yellowstone, Canada et.al.

Heading
(Photograph Albums)
Headline
Terrific Photo Diary from 1920's to 1930's
Date Published
c.1927-1934

Estimate$10 - $100

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162

4 volumes of exploration by sea adventures

Heading
(Sea voyages)
Headline
4 maritime adventures

Estimate$10 - $100

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171

Four books concerned with travel

Heading
(Travel)
Headline
19th Century Travel Books
Publisher
Various publishers
Date Published
1829-1856

Estimate$10 - $100

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175

Dust and Foam; or, Three Oceans and Two Continents; Being Ten Years' Wanderings in Mexico, South America, Sandwich Islands, The East and West Indies, China, Philippines, Australia and Polynesia

Author
Warren, T. Robinson
Headline
T. Robinson Warren Dust and Foam Pacific Travel
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
Charles Scribner
Date Published
1859

Estimate$10 - $100

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181

Four volumes of travel to the West

Heading
(Westward Travel)
Headline
4 Arthur H. Clarks vol. on travel to the West
Publisher
Arthur H. Clark Company
Date Published
1979-1990

Estimate$10 - $100

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182

The Whale and His Captors: or, the Whaleman's Adventures, and the Whale's Biography, as Gathered in the Homeward Cruise of the `Commodore Preble'

Heading
(Whaling)
Author
Cheever, Henry T.
Headline
American whaling lore & practices
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
William Collins
Date Published
[c.1850]

Estimate$10 - $100

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183

Extracts from the Letters and Journal of Daniel Wheeler, While Engaged in a Religious Visit to the Inhabitants of Some of the Islands of the Pacific Ocean, Van Diemen's Land, New South Wales, and New Zealand, Accompanied by His Son, Charles Wheeler

Author
Wheeler, Daniel
Headline
Wheeler's journals of the South Pacific
Provenance
Klaus Werner Collection
Publisher
Printed by Joseph Rakestraw
Date Published
1840

Estimate$10 - $100

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186

Three articles by János Xántus on travels in the Americas

Author
Xántus, János
Headline
3 articles by Janos Xantus on American travels
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Date Published
1887-1888

Estimate$10 - $100

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192

A Map of the Cape of Good Hope & the Country adjacent 1752

Heading
(Africa)
Author
Gibson, John, engraver
Headline
Cape of Good Hope South Africa in 1752
Date Published
1755

Estimate$10 - $100

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193

Sketch of the situation of Saldanha, Table, Wood, and False Bays near the Cape of Good Hope

Heading
(Africa)
Author
Neele, Samuel John, engraver
Headline
Detail of southern tip of Africa, 1798
Publisher
G.G. & J. Robinson
Date Published
1798

Estimate$10 - $100

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194

Cape Town and Table Bay in 1886 (From Sketch by Graham Winch.)

Heading
(Africa)
Author
Winch, Graham, artist
Headline
Color panoramas of South African towns 1886
Publisher
Saul Solomon & Co
Date Published
1886

Estimate$10 - $100

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227

The Kangchenjunga Adventure

Author
Smythe, F. S.
Headline
Prize binding of Kangchenjunga Adventure
Publisher
Victor Gollancz, Ltd.
Date Published
[1932]

Estimate$10 - $100

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