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Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Nine Photogravures from Volume 15 and One from Volume 16 from The North American Indian, bo
Lot: 95Sold for: $1,230$1,000Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Nine Photogravures from Volume 15 and One from Volume 16 from The North American Indian, both published 1926, including Plate 512, A Serrano Woman of ...
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Wedgwood Encaustic Decorated Black Basalt Root Pot
Lot: 93Sold for: $1,046$850Wedgwood Encaustic Decorated Black Basalt Root Pot, England, late 18th century, rectangular form with scrolled edges, pink and white borders with four paneled sides of cupids supporting a wreath in ...
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Wedgwood Black Basalt Figure of Diana
Lot: 118Sold for: $1,230$1,000Wedgwood Black Basalt Figure of Diana, England, 19th century, the partially clad figure modeled seated on an oval base with quiver by her side, impressed title and mark, ht. 9 1/2 in. ...
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Bartlett, John Russell (1805-1886) Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihu
Lot: 1145Sold for: $431$350Bartlett, John Russell (1805-1886) Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua. New York: Appleton & Co., 1854. First edition, two octavo ...
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British Scrapbooks, Late 19th Century.
Lot: 1164Sold for: $984$800British Scrapbooks, Late 19th Century. Three large quarto volumes in half leather, each approximately 100 leaves, consisting of original pen-and-ink and painted designs and representations in color ...
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Decorative Bindings, Sets, Literature, Twenty-six Volumes.
Lot: 1216Sold for: $554$450Decorative Bindings, Sets, Literature, Twenty-six Volumes. Small format leatherbound books in single volumes and sets, including Lord Macaulay's Works, London, 1873, in eight volumes; Earle's ...
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Decorative Bindings, Sets, Twenty-four Volumes.
Lot: 1223Sold for: $338$275Decorative Bindings, Sets, Twenty-four Volumes. A group of quarto and octavo format books, mostly from the 19th century, sets and individual volumes, including: The Works of Thomas Gray, London: ...
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Gordon, William (1728-1807) The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America: I
Lot: 1265Sold for: $4,920$4,000Gordon, William (1728-1807) The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment of the Independence of the United States of America: Including an Account of the Late War; and of the Thirteen ...
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Jardine, Sir William (1800-1874) Odd Volumes of The Naturalist's Library and Others, Eleven Volumes.
Lot: 1290Sold for: $400$325Jardine, Sir William (1800-1874) Odd Volumes of The Naturalist's Library and Others, Eleven Volumes. Eight separate 12mo volumes from Jardine's magnum opus, the Naturalist's Libray, Edinburgh: ...
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Lane, Edward William (1801-1876) The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments.
Lot: 1302Sold for: $221$180Lane, Edward William (1801-1876) The Thousand and One Nights, Commonly Called, in England, The Arabian Nights' Entertainments. London: Charles Knight & Co., 1839-1841. First edition of Lane's ...
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Meehan, Thomas (1826-1901) The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States
Lot: 1330Sold for: $554$450Meehan, Thomas (1826-1901) The Native Flowers and Ferns of the United States. Boston: Prang, 1878-1880. Four volumes, series I-II in two volumes each, illustrated with chromolithographs throughout, ...
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Reports from Committees of the House of Commons, Which have been printed by Order of the House, and are not inserted in the Journals.
Lot: 1376Sold for: $123$100Reports from Committees of the House of Commons, Which have been printed by Order of the House, and are not inserted in the Journals. London, 1776. Volumes I, III, and IV of the series, all folio ...
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Temple, Sir William (1628-1699) Five Titles in Seven Volumes, 1693-1703.
Lot: 1419Sold for: $160$130Temple, Sir William (1628-1699) Five Titles in Seven Volumes, 1693-1703. Miscellanea, in three volumes, London: Tonson [and Tooke], 1693-1701; An Introduction to the History of England, London: ...
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Willard, Samuel (1640-1707) A Compleat Body of Divinity.
Lot: 1447Sold for: $431$350Willard, Samuel (1640-1707) A Compleat Body of Divinity. Boston: B. Green & S. Kneeland for B. Eliot & D. Henchman, 1726. First edition, folio, title page printed in red and black, title page ...
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Wilson, Sir Charles William (1836-1905) Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt.
Lot: 1449Sold for: $338$275Wilson, Sir Charles William (1836-1905) Picturesque Palestine, Sinai, and Egypt. New York: Appleton, 1881-1883. First edition, American issue, four folio volumes, illustrated with thirty-nine ...
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Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Nine Photogravures from The North American Indian , Volume 14
Lot: 135Sold for: $1,476$1,200Edward Sheriff Curtis (American, 1868-1952) Nine Photogravures from The North American Indian, Volume 14, published 1924, including Plate 472, Mitat-Wailaki; Plate 473, Old "Ukiah" - Pomo; Plate ...
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Cased Sets of Keystone View Co. Stereoview Library Cards
Lot: 410Sold for: $3,998$3,250Cased Sets of Keystone View Co. Stereoview Library Cards, Meadville, Pennsylvania, volumes I-VIII of "World War," and volume I of "Egypt," "Mexico," Scandinavia," "England," "China," and "France," ...
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Pair of Wedgwood Black Basalt Griffin Candlesticks
Lot: 13Sold for: $3,444$2,800Pair of Wedgwood Black Basalt Griffin Candlesticks, England, 19th century, the figures each modeled seated atop a rectangular base bordered with egg and dart motif, impressed marks, ht. 12 1/2 ...
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Eight Volumes Relating to Synagogue Architecture
Lot: 1077Sold for: $160$130Eight Volumes Relating to Synagogue Architecture, 1920s to 2000s, including: Sukenik, Eleazar, The Ancient Synagogue of Beth Alpha. An Account of the Excavations..., London: Oxford University Press ...
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Marshall, John (1755-1835) The Life of George Washington
Lot: 39Sold for: $2,583$2,100Marshall, John (1755-1835) The Life of George Washington. Philadelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1804-1807. First edition, six octavo volumes, frontispiece portrait in volume one, bound in full contemporary ...
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Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories.
Lot: 177Sold for: $46,125$37,500Audubon, John James (1785-1851) The Birds of North America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories. New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844. ...
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Bonaparte, Charles Lucian (1803-1857) American Ornithology; or the Natural History of the Birds Inhabiting the United States, Not Given
Lot: 188Sold for: $2,214$1,800Bonaparte, Charles Lucian (1803-1857) American Ornithology; or the Natural History of the Birds Inhabiting the United States, Not Given by Wilson. Philadelphia: by Samuel Augustus Mitchell, sold by ...
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Dana, Charles Anderson (1819-1897) The United States Illustrated.
Lot: 215Sold for: $1,107$900Dana, Charles Anderson (1819-1897) The United States Illustrated. New York: J. Meyer, 1855. First edition, two large quarto volumes bound in publisher's dark leather, ornately tooled in gilt, both ...
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Emory, William Hemsley (1811-1887) Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey.
Lot: 254Sold for: $1,230$1,000Emory, William Hemsley (1811-1887) Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey. Washington, D.C.: Cornelius Wendell, 1857-1859. Four parts in two large quarto volumes, illustrated as ...
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Jenkins, James (fl. circa 1817) The Naval Achievements of Great Britain, from the Year 1793 to 1817.
Lot: 286Sold for: $4,920$4,000Jenkins, James (fl. circa 1817) The Naval Achievements of Great Britain, from the Year 1793 to 1817. London: Jenkins, c. 1817. Folio, first edition, later issue, illustrated with hand-colored ...
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Kendall, George Wilkins (1809-1867) & Carl Nebel (1805-1855) The War Between the United States and Mexico Illustrated.
Lot: 294Sold for: $13,530$11,000Kendall, George Wilkins (1809-1867) & Carl Nebel (1805-1855) The War Between the United States and Mexico Illustrated. New York & Philadelphia: Plon Brothers of Paris for Appleton, 1851. First and ...
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Morse, John Torrey, ed. (1840-1937) The American Statesman,
Lot: 327Sold for: $46,125$37,500Morse, John Torrey, ed. (1840-1937) The American Statesman, Autograph Edition, Extra-illustrated. Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1898-1900; 1908-1918. Forty octavo volumes, limited large paper ...
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Ross, John (1777-1856) A Voyage of Discovery made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander.
Lot: 355Sold for: $1,845$1,500Ross, John (1777-1856) A Voyage of Discovery made under the Orders of the Admiralty, in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander. London: John Murray, 1819. First edition, large quarto, ...
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Schoolcraft, Henry R. (1793-1864) Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian
Lot: 360Sold for: $1,599$1,300Schoolcraft, Henry R. (1793-1864) Historical and Statistical Information Respecting the History, Condition, and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States. Philadelphia: Lippincott, ...
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Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) The Border Antiquities of England & Scotland.
Lot: 362Sold for: $185$150Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832) The Border Antiquities of England & Scotland. London: Longman et al., 1814 [i.e. 1823]. Two quarto volumes, first edition, second printing, illustrated with ninety-five ...