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Fine Books and Manuscripts

Auction 19427
New York
15 Dec 2011, starting at 13:00 EST.
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REVOLUTIONARY WAR, Prison ship Jersey
Sold for US$ 31,250 inc. premium
REVOLUTIONARY WAR—P.O.W. ARCHIVE. Archive of 14 documents relating to William Russell, seaman in the Continental Navy and ...
PTOLEMAEUS, CLAUDIUS. Geographicae enarrationis libri octo. Lyons: Melchior & Gaspar Trechsel, 1535.<BR />
Sold for US$ 31,250 inc. premium
PTOLEMAEUS, CLAUDIUS. Geographicae enarrationis libri octo. Lyons: Melchior & Gaspar Trechsel, 1535.
ARTISTS. 5 binders containing approximately 93 manuscript examples of 19th and 20th century artists,
Sold for US$ 22,500 inc. premium
ARTISTS. 5 binders containing approximately 93 manuscript examples of 19th and 20th century artists,
SCHULZ, CHARLES. 1922-2000. Original 4-panel comic strip, pen and ink on stiff paper,
Sold for US$ 16,250 inc. premium
SCHULZ, CHARLES. 1922-2000. Original 4-panel comic strip, pen and ink on stiff paper,

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Brue. 11 atlases in bound volume. Includes N. America and Africa.
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ATLAS—A.H. BRUE. 11 maps from the Atlas Universel de Geographie, [Paris, 1820s]..
Sold for US$ 875 inc. premium
BATES, HENRY WALTER. 1825-1892. The Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects of Nature under the Equator, During Eleven Years of Travel. London: John Murray, 1863.
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BATES, HENRY WALTER. 1825-1892. The Naturalist on the River Amazons, a Record of Adventures, Habits of Animals, Sketches of Brazilian and Indian Life, and Aspects ...
Sold for US$ 4,000 inc. premium
Bridgens, Richard. Sketches Illustrative of the Manners and Costumes of Italy, Switzerland and France. [L: 1821] With 50 colored plates. 4to. Full red levant gilt by Baynton.
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BRIDGENS, RICHARD. Sketches Illustrative of the Manners and Costumes of Italy, Switzerland and France. [London: c. 1840.]
Sold for US$ 500 inc. premium
BULLOCK, WILLIAM. c.1773-1849. Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico; Containing Remarks on the Present State of New Spain, its Natural Productions, State of Society, Manufactures, Trade, Agriculture, and Antiquities, &c. London: John Murray, 1824.
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BULLOCK, WILLIAM. c.1773-1849. Six Months' Residence and Travels in Mexico; Containing Remarks on the Present State of New Spain, its Natural Productions, State of Society, ...
Estimate:
US$ 300 - 500
£200 - 330
€230 - 390
BÜNTING, HEINRICH. 1545-1606. Set of five woodcut maps with period hand-coloring,
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BÜNTING, HEINRICH. 1545-1606. Set of five woodcut maps with period hand-coloring,
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US$ 25,000 - 35,000
£17,000 - 23,000
€19,000 - 27,000
CORTES, HERNAN Historia de Nueva Espana
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CORTÉS, HERNANDO, AND FRANCISCO ANTONIO DE LORENZANA [Y BUITRÓN]. Historia de Nueva-Espana. Mexico City: Hogal, 1770.
Sold for US$ 10,000 inc. premium
Photo album and journal, Florida and the Caribbean. 1896-1900.
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FLORIDA AND THE CARIBBEAN. Album, oblong folio, containing approx 300 gelatin print photographs taken off the Atlantic coast of Florida, Feb-March, 1899 (some earlier images ...
Sold for US$ 6,875 inc. premium
Forster, George. A Voyage Round the World. L: 1777. 2 vols. With map. Rebacked. Duke of Portland bookplates.
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FORSTER, GEORGE. 1754-1794. A Voyage Round the World in Her Britannic Majesty's Sloop, Resolution.... London: Printed for B. White, J. Robson, P. Elmsly, G. Robinson, ...
Sold for US$ 4,375 inc. premium
A Saga of Sapeloe. Photo album. Oblong folio.
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GEORGIA SEA ISLANDS. Large album, oblong folio, containing 24 8 by 10 inch silver prints and 31 4 x 10 inch panoramic silver prints,
Sold for US$ 2,000 inc. premium
HARRIS, JOHN. 1667?-1719. Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels. London: T. Osborne, 1764.
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HARRIS, JOHN. 1667?-1719. Navigantium atque itinerantium bibliotheca. Or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels. London: T. Osborne, 1764.
Sold for US$ 10,000 inc. premium
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