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42 lots

Auction 154, Lot 766

Subject: Atlases

Bonne/Raynal

Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre, Dresse Pour l'Historie Philosophique & Politique…, 1780

Size: 8.3 x 10.3 inches (21.1 x 26.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,500 - $1,800
Sold for: $1,000
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 767

Subject: Atlases

Teesdale, Henry

A New General Atlas of the World, Compiled from the Latest Authorities Both English & Foreign, Containing Separate Maps of Its Various Countries & States..., 1834

Size: 10.5 x 15 inches (26.7 x 38.1 cm)
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,250
Teesdale's Full-Color Atlas Featuring Detailed Maps of India and Australia
Sold for: $2,000
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 768

Subject: Atlases

Migeon, J.

Nouvel Atlas Illustre Geographie Universelle Comprenant la Geographie, l'Histoire, l'Administration, la Statistique, Etc..., 1895

Size: 12.4 x 16 inches (31.5 x 40.6 cm)
Estimate: $350 - $425
Sold for: $250
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 769

Subject: Atlases, United States

Harper Bros.

Berta and Elmer Hader's Picture Book of the States, 1932

Size: 12.6 x 9.3 inches (32 x 23.6 cm)
Estimate: $450 - $550
Sold for: $850
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 770

Subject: Geography Books

Drury, Luke

A Geography for Schools, upon a Plan Entirely New, Consisting of an Analytical Arrangement of All the Great Features of Nature, Particularly Adapted to an Atlas of Forty Luminous and Concise Maps..., 1822

Size: 8.9 x 10.1 inches (22.6 x 25.7 cm)
Estimate: $700 - $900
Scarce American Geography Book by Drury
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 771

Subject: Geography Books

Smith, Roswell C.

Smith's Quarto, or Second Book in Geography. A Concise and Practical System of Geography, for Schools, Academies, and Families..., 1853

Size: 9.9 x 11.9 inches (25.1 x 30.2 cm)
Estimate: $160 - $200
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 772

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, Africa, China

Prevost, Anton Francois

Histoire Generale des Voyages, ou Nouvelle Collection de Toutes les Relations de Voyages par Mer et par Terre ... Tome Cinquieme, 1748

Size: 8 x 10.3 inches (20.3 x 26.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,200
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 773

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, North America

Prevost, Anton Francois

Histoire Generale des Voiages, ou Nouvelle Collection ... Tome Cinquante-Sixieme, 1758

Size: 4.1 x 6.8 inches (10.4 x 17.3 cm)
Estimate: $800 - $1,000
Sold for: $600
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 774

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

La Harpe, Jean Francis de

[Lot of 24] Abrege de l'Histoire Generale des Voyages, 1780-86

Size: 5.1 x 7.8 inches (13 x 19.8 cm)
Estimate: $3,250 - $4,000
Complete Matching Set
Sold for: $2,750
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 775

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

Carver, Jonathan (Capt.)

Travels Through the Interior Parts of North America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768 ... the Third Edition..., 1781

Size: 5.3 x 8.4 inches (13.5 x 21.3 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Carver's Landmark Work on the Exploration of the American West
Sold for: $1,500
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 776

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, North America

Weld, Isaac

Travels Through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, During the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797 ... Vol. I, 1800

Size: 5.5 x 8.4 inches (14 x 21.3 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $475
Sold for: $425
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 777

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

U.S. Government

[Maps and Views] Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress…Part III, 1854

Size: 9 x 12 inches (22.9 x 30.5 cm)
Estimate: $240 - $300
NO RESERVE
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 778

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

Annales des Mines ou Recueil de Memoires sur l'Exploitation des Mines et sur les Sciences et les Arts ... Memoires. - Tome VII, 1855

Size: 5.3 x 8.4 inches (13.5 x 21.3 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $475
Sold for: $425
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 779

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

Ludlow, William (Capt.)

Report of a Reconnaissance from Carroll, Montana Territory, on the Upper Missouri, to the Yellowstone National Park, and Return, Made in the Summer of 1875, 1876

Size: 9.4 x 12 inches (23.9 x 30.5 cm)
Estimate: $300 - $400
Sold for: $220
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 780

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, Utah

U.S. Government

Monographs of the United States Geological Survey Volume I - Lake Bonneville, 1890

Size: 9.2 x 11.7 inches (23.4 x 29.7 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $250
Sold for: $150
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 781

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, Texas

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

Twenty-First Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1899-1900 ... Part VII - Texas, 1901

Size: 7.9 x 11.6 inches (20.1 x 29.5 cm)
Estimate: $275 - $350
Sold for: $150
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 782

Subject: Exploration and Surveys

Maximilian zu Wied-Neuwied

[4 Volumes] Travels in the Interior of North America Volumes I-IV (Atlas), 1905-06

Size: 15.6 x 20.8 inches (39.6 x 52.8 cm)
Estimate: $700 - $900
Sold for: $450
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 783

Subject: Exploration and Surveys, Texas

Geological Map of Texas [in report] Review of the Geology of Texas, 1916

Size: 33.7 x 33.2 inches (85.6 x 84.3 cm)
Estimate: $350 - $450
Sold for: $850
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 784

Subject: History Books

The History of the Bucaniers of America; from the First Original Down to this Time; Written in Several Languages; and Now Collected into One Volume..., 1704

Size: 4.9 x 7.8 inches (12.4 x 19.8 cm)
Estimate: $1,600 - $2,000
Complete Edition of Exquemelin's Rare History of Buccaneers
Sold for: $1,600
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 785

Subject: History Books

Tarleton, Banastre (Sir)

A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America, 1787

Size: 9 x 11.6 inches (22.9 x 29.5 cm)
Estimate: $6,000 - $7,500
Complete First Edition of Tarleton's Work on the Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution
Sold for: $6,000
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 786

Subject: History Books, Caribbean

Edwards, Bryan

[3 Volumes] The History, Civil and Commercial of the British Colonies in the West Indies, 1801

Size: 5.9 x 9.4 inches (15 x 23.9 cm)
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,300
Edwards' Rare History of the Caribbean Islands with 11 Maps
Unsold
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 788

Subject: Miscellaneous Books

Zimmerman, Eberhard A.W.

Taschenbuch der Reisen, oder Unterhaltende Darstellung der Entdeckungen des 18ten Jahrhunderts, in Rucksicht der Lander Menschen und Productenkunde. Fur jede Klasse von Lesern, 1805

Size: 3.7 x 5.3 inches (9.4 x 13.5 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $500
Includes Map Depicting the State of Franklin
Sold for: $300
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 789

Subject: Miscellaneous Books

The City of Rome Atlas of Rome The Form of the City on a 1:1000 Scale Photomap and Line Map, 1992

Size: 11.6 x 11.8 inches (29.5 x 30 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $230
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $55
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 791

Subject: References

Stevenson, Edward Luther

Geography of Claudius Ptolemy, 1932

Size: 12.4 x 17 inches (31.5 x 43.2 cm)
Estimate: $1,100 - $1,400
One of 250 Copies of the First English Translation of Ptolemy's Geography
Sold for: $800
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 801

Subject: References, Incunabula

Wilson, Adrian

The Making of the Nuremberg Chronicle, 1978

Size: 9.9 x 14 inches (25.1 x 35.6 cm)
Estimate: $160 - $190
Sold for: $100
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 802

Subject: References

Tooley, R. V.

[Lot of 19] The Map Collector, Issues 2-8 and 10-21, 1978-82

Size: 8.3 x 11.8 inches (21.1 x 30 cm)
Estimate: $140 - $170
Sold for: $100
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 803

Subject: References

Shirley, Rodney W.

Early Printed Maps of the British Isles A Bibliography 1477-1650, 1980

Size: 7.6 x 10 inches (19.3 x 25.4 cm)
Estimate: $200 - $300
NO RESERVE
Sold for: $80
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 805

Subject: References

Shirley, Rodney W.

The Mapping of the World Early Printed World Maps 1472-1700, 1983

Size: 10.1 x 14.2 inches (25.7 x 36.1 cm)
Estimate: $550 - $700
Sold for: $400
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 806

Subject: References

Harley, J.B.

The History of Cartography Volume One - Cartography in Prehistoric, Ancient, and Medieval Europe and the Mediterranean, 1987

Size: 8.8 x 11.3 inches (22.4 x 28.7 cm)
Estimate: $160 - $200
Sold for: $120
Closed on 9/16/2015

Auction 154, Lot 807

Subject: References

[Lot of 44] Mercator's World The Magazine of Maps, Atlases, Globes and Charts, 1996-2003

Size: 8.4 x 10.9 inches (21.3 x 27.7 cm)
Estimate: $400 - $500
Sold for: $275
Closed on 9/16/2015
42 lots