Sale 459: Fine Books in All Fields - Fine Literature (#459) 07/28/2011 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/28/2011 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 459 77 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-56 of 56. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 L'Afrique Francaise l'Empire de Maroc et les Deserts de Sahara View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Africa)AuthorChristian, P.HeadlineL'Afrique Francaise l'Empire de Maroc 1848PublisherA. BarbierDate Published[c.1848] Lot #3 A Journey in Brazil View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorAgassiz, Louis and Mrs. Louis AgassizHeadlineMr & Mrs Agassiz Journey in BrazilPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1868 Lot #37 Tippu Tip: Lebensbild Eines Zentralafrikanischen Despoten View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorBrode, Dr. HeinrichHeadlineTippu Tip by Dr. Heinrich 1905PublisherWilhelm BaenschDate Published1905 Lot #42 Lithograph poster advertising Burt's Seeds View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Burt's Seeds)Author**HeadlineLithograph poster advertising Burt's SeedsPublisherLithograph by J. OttmannDate Publishedc. 1896 Lot #48 The Alps From End to End View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorConway, William MartinHeadlineThe Alps From End to EndPublisherArchibald Constable and Co.Date Published1895 Lot #54 Four photographs of the S.S. President Wilson View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Cruise Ships - American President Lines)HeadlineFour photographs of the S.S. President WilsonDate PublishedNo date Lot #55 Two government documents issued to Theodore Marcollo, Jr., a young United States Merchant Marine View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Cruise Ships - Coast Guard)Author**Headline2 docs from a US Merchant Marine 1945-48Date Published1945; 1948 Lot #56 United States Inspectors Certificate to Engineers View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Cruise Ships - Engineer Certificate)Author**HeadlineUS Certificate to Engineers, 1878PublisherSteamboat Inspection ServiceDate Published1878 Lot #57 Bill heads, letters and other ephemera, mostly related to the operation of the barge "WK Moone" docking out of Duluth, Minnesota View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Cruise Ships - Ephemera)Author**Headlineephemera, letters, etc. ships travel, navigationDate Published1900s Lot #58 Menus and publications from various French Lines View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Heading(Cruise Ships - French Line)HeadlineMenus etc, from various French LinesDate Publishedmostly 1950s-1960s Lot #59 Six items relating to the Hamburg-American Line View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Cruise Ships - Hamburg-American Line)Author**Headline6 items relating to the Hamburg-American LineDate Published1920s-1930s Lot #60 Two letters and five photographs pertaining to Main St. Iron Works, San Francisco and its work on the Tenyo Maru View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Cruise Ships - Main St. Iron Works)Author**Headlineletters, photos Main St Iron Works, SF 1908Date Published1908 Lot #61 American Hospital Ship American & English Red Cross - program card for the Grand Gala Concert at the Metropolitan Opera House View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Cruise Ships - Red Cross)Author**HeadlineRed Cross Grand Gala Concert 1900 programDate PublishedMarch 22d, 1900 Lot #62 The Royal Navy as a Career and How to Join It View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Cruise Ships - Royal Navy)Author**HeadlineRoyal Navy as a Career and How to Join It 1st edPublisherAdmiralty, Whitehall, S.W.I.Date Published1936 Lot #63 Nineteen menus from the S.S. Monterey View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Cruise Ships - S.S. Monterey)Author**Headline19 menus from the S.S. Monterey 1970sDate Published1967; 1971 Lot #64 WITHDRAWN Passenger ticket aboard the Star of England, 1866 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Cruise Ships - Ticket)Author**HeadlinePassenger ticket for Star of England, 1866Date Published1866 Lot #65 1869 ticket for a German ship View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Cruise Ships - Ticket)Author**Headline1869 ticket for a German shipDate Published1869 Lot #67 Souvenir of my Voyage - handkerchief from the R.M.S. Majestic View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Heading(Cruise Ships - White Star Line - Majestic)Headlinesouvenir handkerchief from the R.M.S. MajesticDate PublishedNo date Lot #68 Two items from White Star Line View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Cruise Ships - White Star Line)Author**HeadlineTwo items from White Star LineDate Published1907-1909 Lot #73 The Native Races of the Indian Archipelago. Papuans View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorEarl, George WindsorHeadlineThe Native races of the Indian ArchipelagoPublisherHippolyte BailliereDate Published1853 Lot #74 History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Egypt)AuthorMaspero, G[aston], et al.HeadlineHistory of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia &cPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[c. 1905] Lot #76 Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856. Including a Journey to the Capital. With Notices of the Natural History of the Country and the Present Civilization of the People View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorEllis, WilliamHeadlineThree Visits to Madagascar 1853-56PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1859 Lot #77 A New and Accurate History and Survey of London, Westminster, Southwark, and Places Adjacent; Containing whateveris most worthy of notice in their ancient and present state: In which are described their civil, ecclesiastical, and military government, original constitution, antiquities, manufactories, trade, commerce, and navigation;... View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorEntick, JohnHeadlineEntick's History and Survey of London, etcPublisherEdward and Charles DillyDate Published1766 Lot #106 The Historians History of the World View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Fine Bindings)AuthorWilliams, Henry Smith, editorHeadlineThe Historians History of the WorldPublisherThe History AssociationDate Published1907 Lot #117 Tableaux De La Nature, Ou Considérations Sur Les Déserts, Sur La Physionomie Des Végétaux, et Sur Les Caracteres De l' Orénoque, sur la Structure et l'Actio des Volcans dans les Différentes Régions de lat Terre, etc. View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Geology)AuthorHumboldt, Alexandre DeHeadlineHumboldt Tableaux de la Nature 1828PublisherGide Fils, et al.Date Published1828 Lot #119 Some Account of the Volcanic Group of Santorin or Thera, once called Calilisté, or the Most Beautiful View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Geology)AuthorLeycester, E.M.HeadlineAccount of Volcanic Island in Aegean, 1850PublisherRoyal Geographical SocietyDate Published1850 Lot #120 In den Hoch- Anden von Ecuador: Chimborazo, Cotopaxi etc. Reisen und Studien View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Geology)AuthorMeyer, Prof. Dr. HansHeadlineStudies in the Andes 1907PublisherDietrich ReimerDate Published1907 Lot #126 Reisen nach Maroko und Indien in den Jahren 1767 bis 1773. Aus dem Franzosischen Auszugweise übersetzt. Mit einer Zugabe herausgegeben von T.F. Ehrmann View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Geology)AuthorRochon, AlexisHeadlineTravel to Morocco & India by French optician 1804PublisherIm Verlage des Landes-Industrie-ComptoirsDate Published1804 Lot #133 L’eruzione dell’Etna nell’anno 1669 ovvero Breve ragguaglio degli incendi di Mongibello avvenuti in quest'anno 1669 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Geology)AuthorTedeschi, TomasoHeadlineThe Erruption of Etna of 1669PublisherOrizzontio Bibliofilia ItalianaDate Published[1991] Lot #142 25 books, booklets, pamphlets, and offprints on seismic activities in New Zealand, Australia & the Pacific View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Geology)Author**Headline25 booklets on Pacific earthquakes & volcanoesDate Published1886-1968 Lot #160 Tour to the Sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorGray, Mrs. HamiltonHeadlineTour to the Sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839PublisherJ. Hatchard and SonDate Published1841 Lot #179 History of India View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(India)AuthorJackson, A.V. Williams, editorHeadlineHistory of India in 9 volumesPublisherGrolier SocietyDate Published[1906] Lot #180 Two works on Irish history View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Ireland)Author**HeadlineTwo works on Irish historyPublisherFrancis A. Niccolls & CompanyDate Published1911 Lot #182 Journal of a Tour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland, During the Years 1813 and 1814 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorJames, J[ohn] T[homas]HeadlineTour in Germany, Sweden, Russia, Poland 1813-14PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1816 Lot #199 Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the Eastern Ocean View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorLivingstone, DavidHeadlineLivingstone's Travels & Researches in South AfricPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[no date, c. 1857] Lot #201 M'Culloch's Universal Gazetteer. A Dictionary, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, of the Various Countries, Places and Principal Natural Objects in the World View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorM'Culloch, J.R.HeadlineM'Culloch's Universal Gazetteer 1847PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1847 Lot #206 Two photographs of the waterfall of Panang, Malaysia View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Malaysia)AuthorAfong, Lai, attrib.Headline2 photos of waterfall of Panang, MalaysiaDate Published1860s-1870s Lot #210 Paris 1837: Views of Some Monuments in Paris Completed During the Reign of Louis-Philippe I View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorMathieu, Caroline & Sylvain BellengerHeadlineParis 1837PublisherAlain de GourcuffDate Published[1999] Lot #213 Journal of a Residence in Scotland, and Tour Through England, France, Germany, Switzerland and Italy View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorMcLellan, Henry B.HeadlineJournal of a Residence in Scotland 1834PublisherAllen and TicknorDate Published1834 Lot #277 Three Expeditions Into the Interior of Eastern Australia; With Descriptions of the Recently Explored Region of Australia Felix, and of the Present Colony of New South Wales View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMitchell, T[homas] L[ivingstone]HeadlineMitchell's Expeditions in Eastern AustraliaPublisherT. & W. BooneDate Published1839 Lot #287 Scrapbook containing original photographs of eminent ornithologist James Moffitt and family View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorMoffitt, JamesHeadlineorig photo scrapbook of James Moffit ornithologisDate Published[1900-1943] Lot #292 La Plata, The Argentine Confederation, and Paraguay View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorPage, Thomas J.HeadlineThomas Page La Plata 1859PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1859] Lot #295 Voyage en Syrie et dans l'Asie Mineure. Illustré par cent-vingt magnifiques gravures sur acier d'après les dessins pris sur les lieux par W. H. Barlett, Thomas Allom, etc, etc. View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPellé, Clement & Léon GalibertHeadlineVoyage to Syria with Bartlett & Allom platesPublisherFisher, Fils & Cie.Date Published[1840] Lot #298 Album of launching photographs for ships built at Permanente's Richmond, California Shipyard View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Permanente Metals Richmond Shipyard)Author**HeadlinePermanente Ship Launching Photo AlbumDate Published1943-1944 Lot #312 The Picturesque Mediterranean, Its Cities, Shores and Islands View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(Picturesque Mediterranean)Author**HeadlineThe Picturesque MediterraneanPublisherCassell Publishing CompanyDate Published[c. 1890] Lot #315 Chemins de fer de Paris, Lyon, Méditerranée: L'Esterel entre Cannes et St Raphael - original poster View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Posters)Authord'Alési, F. HugoHeadlineoriginal poster for French railway c.1900 d'AlesiDate Published[c.1900] Lot #316 Archive of books, prints, ephemera and other material published and/or printed by Louis Prang & Co. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Prang, Louis)Author**HeadlineLouis Prang ArchiveDate PublishedLatter half of 19th century Lot #347 Collection of program, pamphlets, etc. from various Shriner's events View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Shriners)Author**HeadlineCollection of Shriner's ephemeraDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #348 Manners and Customs of the Japanese, in the Nineteenth Century: From the Accounts of Recent Dutch Residents of Japan, and from the German Work of Dr. Ph. Fr. Von Siebold View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSiebold, Philipp Franz vonHeadlineManners and Customs of the Japanese 1841PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1841 Lot #352 A lot of publications and photographs documenting American exploration of space View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Space Exploration)Author**Headlinepublications & photos of NASA space explorationDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #353 An Account of the Tides at and about the Scilly[sic] Islands, with Tide Tables by Graeme Spence, 1792 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSpence, GraemeHeadlineAccount of the Tides at & about the Scilly IslandPublisherPrinted by Order of the Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High AdmiralDate Published1794 Lot #361 [Switzerland Through the Stereoscope] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Stereoviews - Switzerland)Author**HeadlineSwitzerland Through the StereoscopePublisherUnderwood & UnderwoodDate Published[c. 1900] Lot #366 Caledonia Romana: A Descriptive Account of the Roman Antiquities of Scotland View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorStuart, RobertHeadlineRoman Antiquities of ScotlandPublisherSutherland and KnoxDate Published1852 Lot #375 The Algerine Captive; or, The life and adventures of Doctor Updike Underhill, six years a prisoner among the Algerines View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Tyler, Royall]HeadlineAlgerine Captive 1816PublisherPrinted by Peter B. Gleason and Co.Date Published1816 Lot #429 South Wind View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold AuthorDouglas, NormanHeadlineSouth Wind in 2vols by Norman Douglas in djs 1929PublisherArgus BooksDate Published1929 Lot #533 Advertisement for Author's National Edition of Mark Twain's works View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthor[Twain, Mark]HeadlineAd Broadside for Mark Twain's WorksPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[c. 1911] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next