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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Sketches of Vesuvius, with Short Accounts of Its Principal Eruptions AuthorAuldjo, JohnHeadlineJohn Auldjo Sketches of Vesuvius 1833PublisherLongman, Rees, et alDate Published1833 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #7 The Early Serial Publications of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory AuthorBenes, Darcy, et. al., editorsHeadlineSerial Pubs of Hawaiian Volcano Observ. 3 volsPublisherHawaii Natural History AssociationDate Published1988 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #9 Atlas Geologique; ou Vues d'Amas de Colonnes Basaltiques Faisant Suite aux Institutions Geologiques AuthorBreislak, ScipionHeadlineBreislak's Atlas Geologique 1818Date Published1818 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #14 Histoire du Mont Vesuve, avec l'Explication des Phenomenes AuthorCastera, Duperron deHeadlineHistoire du Mont Vesuve by De Castera 1741PublisherChez HuartDate Published1741 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #15 Naples, le Vesuve et Pompei. Croquis de Voyage. AuthorChevalier, C.HeadlineAccout of travels to Pompeii 1871PublisherAlfred Mame et FilsDate Published1871 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #16 The General History of Earthquakes Author[Crouch, Nathaniel]HeadlineThe General History of Earthquakes 1734PublisherA. Bettesworth and J. HodgesDate Published1734 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #17 Fire Fountains: The Kingdom of Hawaii, Its Volcanoes, and the History of its Missions AuthorCumming, C.F. GordonHeadlineFire Fountains Volcanoes of HawaiiPublisherWilliam BlackwoodDate Published1883 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #21 The Hereford Earthquake of December 17, 1896 AuthorDavison, CharlesHeadlineThe Hereford Earthquake of December 17, 1896PublisherCornish BrothersDate Published1899 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #23 Voyage Geologique dan les Republiques de Guatemala et de Salvador AuthorDollfus, A. & E. de Mont-SerratHeadlineVoyage Geologique Guatemala & San SalvadorPublisherImprimerie ImperialeDate Published1858 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #27 Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District... AuthorDutton, Clarence E.HeadlineTertiary History of the Grand Cañon DistrictPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1882 [but 1885] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #33 Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands AuthorEllis, WilliamHeadlineEllis's Polynesian Researches 1832-6PublisherFisher, Son, & JacksonDate Published1832-6 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #44 Geology of the Yellowstone National Park. Part II: Descriptive Geology, Petrography, and Paleontology AuthorHague, Arnold et alHeadlineGeology of Yellowstone National Park 1899PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #45 Campi Phlegræi: Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies AuthorHamilton, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Hamilton Campi Phlegræi FacsimilePublisherBanco di NapoliDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #46 Campi Phlegræi: Observations on the Volcanos of the Two Sicilies AuthorHamilton, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Hamilton Campi Phlegræi FacsimileDate PublishedNo date [1980s?] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #50 Shelf on Hawaiian volcanic activity, plus a few historical accounts of life in Hawaii Heading(Hawaii - Volcanoes)Author**HeadlineShelf of books, etc on Hawaiian volcanic activityDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #57 Kleinere Schriften...Geognostische und Physikalische Erinnerungen. [With atlas, titled] Umrisse von Vulkanen aus den Cordilleren von Quito und Mexico AuthorHumboldt, Alexander vonHeadlineHumboldt on the Volcanoes of Mexico with AtlasPublisherJ.G. Cotta'scher VerlagDate Published1853 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #58 Volcans de Cordilleres de Quito et du Mexique AuthorHumboldt, Alexander vonHeadlineVolcans de Cordilleres de Quito et du MexiquePublisherLibrarie des Sciences NaturellesDate Published1864 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #59 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. Headingzzf(Geology)AuthorHumboldt, Alexandre DeHeadlineHumboldt Tableaux de la Nature 1828PublisherGide Fils, et al.Date Published1828 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #60 The Eruptions of Sakurajima Volcanoe and Its Plants. November 1, 1926 Heading(Japan)AuthorKagoshima Prefecture (compiled by)HeadlineThe Eruptions of Sakurajima Volcanoe 1926Date Published[c. 1927] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #61 The Great Earthquake of 1923 in Japan Heading(Japan)Author**HeadlineThe Great Earthquake of 1923 in JapanPublisherBureau of Social Affairs, Home OfficeDate Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #63 The Reconstruction of Tokyo Heading(Japan)Author**HeadlineThe Reconstruction of TokyoPublisherTokyo Municipal OfficeDate Published1933 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #65 Three titles about the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 Heading(Japan)Author**Headline3 titles about the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #67 Monograph of the Earthquakes of Ischia: A Memoir Dealing with the Seismic Disturbances in that Island from Remotest Times, with Special Observations on Those of 1881 and 1883 AuthorJohnston-Lavis, H.J.HeadlineMonograph of the Earthquakes of IschiaPublisherDulau & Co.Date Published1885 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #77 A True and Particular Relation of the Dreadful Earthquake Which Happen'd at Lima, the Capital of Peru, and the Neighbouring Port of Callao, on the 18th of October, 1746 Author[Lozano, Pedro]Headline1746 Earthquake of PeruPublisherT. OsborneDate Published1748 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #79 Great Neapolitan Earthquake of 1857. The First Principles of Observational Seismology AuthorMallet, RobertHeadlineGreat Neapolitan Earthquake of 1857PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1862 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #81 Collection of popular works on the Eruption of Mt. Pelee, Martinique Heading(Martinique)Author**HeadlineMt. Pelee eruption disaster booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #82 Angestellte Betrachtung über die den 1. November 1755 so ausserordentliche Erdbeben und Meeresbewegungen, wodurch die Grundfeste eines grossen Theils Europens und Africa erschüttert, und einige derer Städten verunglückt worden AuthorM[aschenbauer], J[ohann] A[ndreas] E[rdmann]HeadlineScarce account of the 1755 Lisbon EarthquakePublisherJohann Michael WagnerDate Published1756 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #84 Die Insel Tenerife. Wanderungen im Canarischen hoch- und Tiefland AuthorMeyer, HansHeadlineHans Meyer Die Insel TenerifePublisherHirzelDate Published1896 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #85 In den Hoch- Anden von Ecuador: Chimborazo, Cotopaxi etc. Reisen und Studien Heading(Geology)AuthorMeyer, Prof. Dr. HansHeadlineStudies in the Andes 1907PublisherDietrich ReimerDate Published1907 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #87 The Great Earthquake in Japan, 1891 AuthorMilne, John and W.K. BurtonHeadlineThe Great Earthquake in Japan, 1891PublisherLane, Crawford & Co.Date Published[1891] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #92 Historia universal dos terremotos que tem havido no mundo, de que ha noticia, desde a sua creaçaõ até o seculo presente; com huma narraçam individual do terremoto do primeiro de Novembro de 1755., e noticia verdadeira dos seus effeitos em Lisboa, todo Portugal, Algarves, e mais partes da Europa, Africa, e América AuthorMoreira de Mendonça, Joachim JoséHeadlineHistory of the 1755 Lisbon EarthquakePublisherAntonio Vicente da SilvaDate Published1758 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #94 Ten volumes, plus a small collection of booklets and offprints, and other materials about Mount Vesuvius Heading(Mount Vesuvius)Author**Headline12 vols, plus off-prints, etc. about Mt VesuviusDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #96 The National Geographic Magazine - eighteen volumes of bound reprints, Volumes I-XVIII Heading(National Geographic)Author**Headlinebound Nat'l Geographic reprints vols. 1-18PublisherNational Geographic SocietyDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #97 25 books, booklets, pamphlets, and offprints on seismic activities in New Zealand, Australia & the Pacific Heading(Geology)Author**Headline25 booklets on Pacific earthquakes & volcanoesDate Published1886-1968 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #100 Histoire Naturelle des Volcans, Comprenant les Volcans Soumarins, Ceux de Boue, et Autres Phenomenes Analogues AuthorOrdinaire, C.N.HeadlineHistoire Naturelle des Volcans 1802PublisherChez Levrault FreresDate PublishedAn X (1802) View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #105 Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, With a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah. AuthorPowell, J[ohn] W[esley]HeadlineLands of the Arid Region of the United StatesPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #106 Reisen nach Maroko und Indien in den Jahren 1767 bis 1773. Aus dem Franzosischen Auszugweise übersetzt. Mit einer Zugabe herausgegeben von T.F. Ehrmann Heading(Geology)AuthorRochon, AlexisHeadlineTravel to Morocco & India by French optician 1804PublisherIm Verlage des Landes-Industrie-ComptoirsDate Published1804 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #113 Saggio di Congettur su i terremoti Headingzzf(Geology)AuthorSarti, CristofanoHeadlineEarly work on earthquakesPublisherFrancesco BonsignoriDate Published1783 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #116 Vulkanstudien. Santorin 1866 bis 1872. Vesuv, Bajae, Stromboli, Aetna 1870 AuthorSchmidt, J.F. JuliusHeadlineJulius Schmidt Vulkanstudien 1874PublisherCarl ScholtzeDate Published1874 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #120 Volcanos. The Character of Their Phenomena, Their Share in the Structure and Composition of the Surface of the Globe and Their Relation to Its Internal Forces. With a Descriptive Catalogue of All Known Volcanos and Volcanic Formations AuthorScrope, G. PoulettHeadlineVolcanos. The Character of Their PhenomenaPublisherLongman, Green, Longmans, and RobertsDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #121 The Natural History of Mount Vesuvius, with the Explanation of the various Phenomena that usually attend the Eruptions of the celebrated Volcano Author[Serao, Francesco]HeadlineThe Natural History of Mount Vesuvius 1743PublisherE. CavesDate Published1743 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #124 Travels in the Two Sicilies and Some Parts of the Apennines AuthorSpallanzani, LazzaroHeadlineTravels in the Two Sicilies 1798PublisherG.G. and J. RobinsonDate Published1798 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #135 L’eruzione dell’Etna nell’anno 1669 ovvero Breve ragguaglio degli incendi di Mongibello avvenuti in quest'anno 1669 Heading(Geology)AuthorTedeschi, TomasoHeadlineThe Erruption of Etna of 1669PublisherOrizzontio Bibliofilia ItalianaDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #139 Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineNorth Pacific Ocean 3 vols + charts fascimile edPublisherN. Israel / Da Capo PressDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #140 Four works on Volcanoes by Verbeek AuthorVerbeek, R.D.M.HeadlineFour works on Volcanoes by VerbeekDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #142 Approximately eighty-two volumes on volcanoes Heading(Volcanoes)Author**Headlineapprox 82 vols on volcanoes around the worldDate Published19th and 20th Century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #152 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineNarrative of US Exploring by Wilkes 1838-42PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1845 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #153 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineWilkes United States Exploring Expedition 5 vols.PublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1845 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #154 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineNarrative of the US Exploring Expedition 1970PublisherGregg PressDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #155 Atlas. Geology. United States Exploring Expedition, During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Heading(Wilkes Expedition)AuthorDana, James D.HeadlineGeology Atlas from Wilkes ExpeditionPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published[1849] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #170 The End of the Game HeadingzzcAuthorBeard, Peter H.HeadlineBeard's End of the Game 1st ed. in jacketPublisherVikingDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #180 The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52. Volume I. Chile HeadingzzcAuthorGilliss, J[ames] M[elville]HeadlineUS Naval Expedition to Chile 1849-52PublisherA.O.P. NicholsonDate Published1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #200 The History of the Deschutes Club HeadingzzcAuthorSnow, BerkeleyHeadlinescarce History of the Deschutes Club 1966PublisherTouchstone PressDate Published[1966] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #203 Wanderings in South America, the North-West of the United States, and the Antilles, in the Years 1812, 1816, 1820, and 1824. With Original Instructions for the Perfect Preservation of Birds, &c. For Cabinets of Natural History HeadingzzcAuthorWaterton, CharlesHeadlineWanderings in South America 1825 Chas WatertonPublisherJ. MawmanDate Published1825 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #219 Shelf lot of VHS video tapes about volcanoes and earthquakes Heading(Shelf Lot - Videos)Author**HeadlineShelf lot of VHS videos on volcano/earthquakeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next