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LEDYARD, JOHN. 1751-1789 A Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a North-West Passage, between Asia & America. WITH MAP COMPLETE. Hartford: Nathaniel Patten, 1783.LEDYARD, JOHN. 1751-1789 A Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a North-West Passage, between Asia & America. WITH MAP COMPLETE. Hartford: Nathaniel Patten, 1783.. Sold for US$127,500 inc. premium
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories., first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844.AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories., first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844.. Sold for US$32,000 inc. premium
SZYK, ARTHUR. 1894-1951. The Haggadah. London: Beaconsfield Press, Limited, [1940]SZYK, ARTHUR. 1894-1951. The Haggadah. London: Beaconsfield Press, Limited, [1940]. Sold for US$25,600 inc. premium
[BRITISH INDIA] Original Sketches in the Punjaub, by a Lady. London: Dickinson Bros., 1854.[BRITISH INDIA] Original Sketches in the Punjaub, by a Lady. London: Dickinson Bros., 1854.. Sold for US$16,640 inc. premium
WASHINGTON, GEORGE. 1732-1799. Document signed, with archive of sloop "Nancy".WASHINGTON, GEORGE. 1732-1799. Document signed, with archive of sloop "Nancy".. Sold for US$14,080 inc. premium
EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. Typed card signed.EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. Typed card signed.. Sold for US$4,864 inc. premium
[Kelmscott Press] Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) Poems Chosen Out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896[Kelmscott Press] Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) Poems Chosen Out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896. Sold for US$3,840 inc. premium

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LEDYARD, JOHN. 1751-1789 A Journal of Captain Cook's last voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in quest of a North-West Passage, between Asia & America. WITH MAP COMPLETE. Hartford: Nathaniel Patten, 1783.
[CAPTAIN COOK'S LAST VOYAGE] WEBBER, JOHN. 1751-1793. The Death of Captain Cook., London: W. Byrne and J. Webber, 1785.
[CAPTAIN COOK'S LAST VOYAGE] [after] WEBBER, JOHN. 1751-1793. Boxing Match Before Capt. Cook at Owhyhee..., London: Francis Edwards Ltd., [1919].
[CAPTAIN COOK'S LAST VOYAGE] Cook, James. 1728-1779; King, James. 1750-1784. A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. London: Printed by H. Hughs for G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1785.
[HAWAIIAN HISTORY] ELLIS, WILLIAM. 1794-1872. Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands. New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833.
[HAWAIIAN HISTORY] Assorted 19th-century Hawaiiana.
FIRST PRINTING OF NEW TESTAMENT IN HAWAIIAN. Ka Euanelio a Mataio, a Marako, a Ioane. Rochester, N.Y., Paiia I Ka Mea Pai Palapala a Lumiki, 1828-1829.
[HAWAIIAN HISTORY] BENNETT, C.C. Honolulu Directory and Historical Sketch of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands Honolulu: C.C. Bennett, 1869.
REPTON, H. [HUMPHRY]. 1752-1818. Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. London: Printed by T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1805.
THE NUREMBERG CHRONICLE. SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. 1440-1514. Liber Chronicarum. [German: Das Buch der Croniken und Geschichten]. Nuremberg: Anton Koberger for Sebald Schreyer and Sebastian Kammermeister, 23 December 1493.
CHAUCER, GEOFFREY. c. 1340s-1400. The Workes of Our Ancient and learned English Poet, Geffrey Chaucer, newly Printed. London: Adam Islip, 1602.
MORDEN, ROBERT. c. 1650-1703. Geography Rectified, or, a Description of the World. London: Printed for Robert Morden and Thomas Cockerill, 1693.
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and their Territories., first edition, New York: by J.J. Audubon [and] Philadelphia: by J.B. Chevalier, 1840-1844.
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. Brown Pelican (Pelicanus Fuscus) [Plate CCCCXXI]., London: Robert Havell, 1838.
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. Canis Lupus, Linn, Var Rufus (Red Texan Wolf) [Plate LXXXII], New York: J.T. Bowen, 1845.
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. Lepus Palustris, Bachman (Marsh Hare) [Plate XVIII]., New York: J.T. Bowen, 1845.
AUDUBON, JOHN JAMES. 1785-1851. Ovis Montana (Rocky Mountain Sheep) [Plate LXXIII]., New York: J.T. Bowen, 1845.
[Kelmscott Press] Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834) Poems Chosen Out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896
[Kelmscott Press] The Romance of Sir Degrevant, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896
[Kelmscott Press] Ruskin, John (1819-1900) The Nature of Gothic: A Chapter of The Stones of Venice, Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1892
[KELMSCOTT PRESS; WILLIAM HARCOURT HOOPER (1834-1912)] BEECHWOOD, WARWICK. The Friends and Other Poems. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1854.
SZYK, ARTHUR. 1894-1951. The Haggadah. London: Beaconsfield Press, Limited, [1940]
KELLY, LEON. 1901-1982. Two notebooks on camouflage.
KENT, ROCKWELL. 1882-1971. MELVILLE, HERMAN. 1819-1891. Moby Dick; or The Whale. Chicago: The Lakeside Press, 1930.
TWAIN, MARK (SAMUEL LANGHORNE CLEMENS). 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer's Comrade. New York: Charles L. Webster and Company, 1885.
Mark Twain portrait photograph signed.
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. 1899-1961. A Farewell to Arms. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929.
EINSTEIN, ALBERT. 1879-1955. Typed card signed.
FERDINAND II. 1452-1516. and ISABELLA I. 1451-1504. Document signed.
ELIZABETH I OF ENGLAND. 1533-1603. Document signed.
WASHINGTON, GEORGE. 1732-1799. Document signed, with archive of sloop "Nancy".
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. 1706-1790. Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital, from its First Rise to the Fifth Month, Called May, 1754 [with] Continuation of the Account...to 1761. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1754, 1761.
[BRITISH INDIA] Original Sketches in the Punjaub, by a Lady. London: Dickinson Bros., 1854.
ELPHINSTONE, MOUNTSTUART. 1779-1859. An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, and its Dependencies in Persia, Tartary, and India; Comprising A View of the Afghaun Nation, and A History of the Dooraunee Monarchy. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and J. Murray, 1815.
FORBES, JAMES. 1749-1819. Oriental Memoirs: Selected and Abridged from a Series of Familiar Letters Written During Seventeen Years Residence in India: Including Observations on Parts of Africa and South America, and A Narrative of Occurrences in Four India Voyages. London: Printed for the author by T. Bensley, published by White, Cochrane, and Co., 1813.
FRANCKLIN, WILLIAM. 1763-1839. Military Memoirs of Mr. George Thomas, who, by extraordinary talents and enterprize, rose, from an obscure station to the rank of a general, in the service of the native powers in the North West of India. Calcutta: Printed for the Author at the Hurkaru Press, 1803.
M.M.D.L.T. [MAISTRE DE LA TOUR, M.] The History of Hyder Shah, alias Hyder Ali Khan Bahadur: And of his Son, Tippoo Sultaun. London: W. Thacker & Co., 1855.
[ROWLANDSON, THOMAS. 1756-1827.] QUIZ [PSEUD.]. The Grand Master, or, Adventures of Qui Hi? in Hindostan. London: Thomas Tegg, 1816.
WHEELER, J. TALBOYS. 1824-1897. The History of the Imperial Assemblage at Delhi, Held on the 1st January, 1877, to Celebrate the Assumption of the Title of Empress of India by Her Majesty the Queen. London: Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, [c. 1877].
[BRITISH INDIA] The Historical Record of the Imperial Visit to India 1911. London: Published for the Government of India by John Murray, 1914.
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