Auction Explorer Books: Auction Explorer Books : 52, 52,

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Auction Date
January 01, 2007 - January 01, 2007
Page Size: 481 items in 5 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
404 Mably, Abbe De Observations Sur Les Romains Geneva

1751

USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
405 Robertson, William History Of The Reign Of Emperor Charles V Dublin

1788

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
406 Liddell, Henry George & Scott, Robert A Greek-English Lexicon Oxford

1958

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
407 Mozin, L'Abbe Dictionnaire Complet Des Langues Francaise Et Allemande Stuttgart Et Tubingue

1850

USD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
408 Kresz, C. Traite Des Chasses Aux Pieges Paris

1822

USD 275.00 - 350.00 100.00
409 Longfellow, Henry W. Poetical Works and Prose Of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Boston

1881

USD 275.00 - 375.00 Not Sold
410 Ogden, Uzal Antidote To Deism, The Deist Unmasked Newark NJ

1795

USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
411 Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin Portraits Contemporains Paris

1881

USD 375.00 - 475.00 Not Sold
412 (Harrison, Joseph) Floricultural Cabinet And Florist's Magazine For 1847 London

1847

USD 350.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
413 Mcintosh, W.C. A Monograph Of The British Annelids London

1873

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
415 Emilio, Luis F. A Brave Black Regiment. History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer. Boston

1891

USD 2,000.00 - 2,400.00 Not Sold
416 Jun'chiro Sekino Jun'chiro Sekino Prints Tokyo

Undated

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
417 Rapp, George, and Joun a Gifford. Troy. The Archaeological Geology.

1982

USD 70.00 - 90.00 Not Sold
418 (Wittemann Brothers) Minneapolis (Minnesota, USA)

1882

USD 75.00 - 125.00 Not Sold
419 Wong, Dr. Herb. The Ultimate Jazz Fakebook for Alto Saxophone and All E Flat Instruments.

1988

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
420 [Edward VIII (King)] The Reign of A Unique Collection of Periodicals and other Publications, London

1936

USD 275.00 - 325.00 Not Sold
421 [ John Mowlem and Company, Publishers] The Place of Crowning, its History, (Westminster Abbey) London

1953

USD 200.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
422 Stael-Holstein (Baroness De) Corinne or Italy. (Limited 1894 Edition) London

1894

USD 150.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
423 [Bookbinding] A Group of Five publications on Bookbinding. (London)

1972-1987

USD 120.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
424 Green (James, American Lawyer) Causes of the War in South Africa (Inscribed Copy). Worcester, Mass.

1900

USD 40.00 - 50.00 30.00
425 Kuyper (le Dr. A.). La Crise Sud-Africaine. Paris

1900

USD 40.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
426 Simkin (R.) (Artist) Military Types. (Coloured Print) London

1900

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
427 (Anon) (Published Dublin, 1907) Soliloquy of the Poor Fusileer (Unrecorded broadside). Dublin

1907

USD 250.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
428 Institute of Commanding Officers of Volunteers Seating Plan for Annual Dinner, 1905 London

1905

USD 30.00 - 40.00 25.00
429 (Military Ephemera). HMSO. Volunteer Act, 1897. London

1897

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
430 ( Army Head Quarters, Pretoria). ( Army Head Quarters, Pretoria). The Pretoria Friend. (Complete Set in Fine Condition) Pretoria

n/a

USD 300.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
431 Walker, Richard and Walker, Helen Curtin's Cowboys - Australia's Secret Bush Commandos Sydney

1986

USD 175.00 - 175.00 Not Sold
432 [Churchill (Winston S.)] KING GEORGE VI, The Prime Minister's Broadcast London

1952

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Not Sold
433 Stevenson (Michael, Editor) Stevenson (Michael, Editor) Lndon

1999

USD 50.00 - 75.00 40.00
434 Greenaway (Kate) Proof for the 1884 'Kate Greenaway Calendar'. London

1884

USD 30.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
435 [City of London] Invitation to the Banquet at the Guildhall London

1916

USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
436 (Standard Bank) 1903 Bank Draft payable at KImberley London

1903

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Not Sold
437 (Anon / Various) British Sherry Labels (Collection). London

1967 & before.

USD 180.00 - 225.00 132.00
438 SAWFA "A Tasting of South African Wines ...." London

1966

USD 40.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
439 Gilbert (Terence, Artist) "Against the Odds" (Rugby Lithograph) Binfield, England

1993

USD 125.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
440 Hocken (T.M.) & Johnstone (A.H.) Bibliography of New Zealand Literature. Wellington, N.Z.

1909

USD 60.00 - 80.00 55.00
441 Hope (Henry). With Your Car at the Cape. (1936) Cape Town

1936

USD 25.00 - 40.00 Not Sold
442 Ralph, Julian War's Brighter Side London

1901

USD 30.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
443 Oberholster, A.G. (editor) Oorlogsdagboek van Jan F.E. Celliers; 1899 - 1902 Pretoria

1978

USD 30.00 - 30.00 Not Sold
444 Various authors Military Aviation (6 books)

USD 75.00 - 75.00 Not Sold
445 Tucker, E. N., and P. M. J. McGregor Per Noctem Per Diem. The Story of 24 Squadron, South African Air Force no place

1962

USD 90.00 - 90.00 74.00
446 Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap Kuns & Die Christiaan de Wet-Annale Bloemfontein

1972-1990

USD 100.00 - 100.00 35.00
447 Kestell, J.D. and D.E. van Velden The Peace Negotiations Between the Governments of the South African Republic and London

1912

USD 50.00 - 50.00 Not Sold
448 Various authors Early civil aviation (4 books)

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
449 Various authors Putnam and other aviation monographs (11 books)

USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
450 Sterne, Laurence A Sentimental Journey Waltham Saint Lawrence

1928

USD 70.00 - 70.00 20.00
451 Hawker, H[arold] G[eorge], and K. Mackenzie Grieve Our Atlantic Attempt (signed) Methuen

1919

USD 300.00 - 300.00 368.00
452 Borchgrevink, C. E. First on the Antarctic Continent London

1901

USD 300.00 - 300.00 189.00
453 Muller, Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Autograph letter, signed

USD 180.00 - 180.00 60.00
454 Wise, Thomas J. A bibliography of the writings of Alfred, Lord Tennyson London

1967

USD 80.00 - 80.00 20.00
455 Various authors Important cricket books (8 items)

USD 400.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
456 Various authors Napoleon in exile on Elba and St Helena (7 books)

USD 200.00 - 200.00 50.00
457 Various authors Wellington and Waterloo (13 items)

USD 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
458 Various authors Characters of the Napoleonic Wars (8 books)

USD 200.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
459 Various authors Peninsular War (8 books)

USD 300.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
460 Various authors Napoleonic Wars on land and sea (12 books)

USD 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
461 Various authors Cricket - The Ashes (11 books)

USD 100.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
462 Various authors Cricket - South Africa (12 books)

USD 150.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
463 Various authors Cricket - Miscellaneous (20 books)

USD 180.00 - 180.00 Not Sold
464 Dunbar, Ianthe The Edge of the Desert (with autograph letter, signed) London

1923

USD 150.00 - 150.00 58.00
465 Rose, Walter Veld & Vlei. An Account of South African Frogs, Toads, Lizards, Snakes, & Tortoi Cape Town

1929

USD 200.00 - 200.00 263.00
466 [Northern Cape Printers] The Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1900 Kimberley

no date [c.1901]

USD 450.00 - 450.00 Not Sold
467 Du Chaillu, P.B. Autograph note, signed

USD 150.00 - 150.00 50.00
468 Luckin, M. W. South African Cricket 1919 - 1927 Johannesburg

1927

USD 250.00 - 250.00 Not Sold
469 Hassell, J. Tour of the Isle of Wight. Two volumes London

1790

USD 100.00 - 150.00 294.00
470 (Kazkommertsbank) Eastern Kazakhstan.

1998

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
471 (J.E. Murphy) SOUVENIR OF NEWPORT. THE CITY BY THE SEA Boston

USD 150.00 - 200.00 Not Sold
472 Editions D'art Aurore L'Ensemble Architectural De L'ancienne Abbaye Leningrad

1980

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
473 Kuiter, Rudie H. Seahorses, Pipefishes and Their Relatives. Chorleywood, UK

2000

USD 50.00 - 75.00 40.00
474 Kessel, Joseph (text); Roland Michaud (images) Afghanastan. Paris

1970

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
475 Ritchie, J. Ewing Pictorial Edition Of The Life And Discoveries Of David Livingstone London & Edinburgh

1890

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
476 Warner, Charles Dudley My Winter On The Nile Among The Mummies And Moslems Hartford

1876

USD 200.00 - 300.00 85.00
477 Ross, W. McGregor Kenya From Within London

1928

USD 200.00 - 300.00 75.00
478 Dawson, W.H. South Africa: People Places And Problems London & Edinburgh

1925

USD 50.00 - 75.00 30.00
479 Crawford, E. May By The Equator's Snowy Peak London & Edinburgh

1913

USD 50.00 - 75.00 Not Sold
480 (Oscar and Peter Johnson Ltd.) William Huggins of Liverpool. 2 Catalogues London

1966 & 1984

USD 40.00 - 60.00 Not Sold
481 Lauer, Jean Philippe Saqqara. The Royal Cemetary of Memphis. Excavations and Discoveries Since 1850.

1976

USD 60.00 - 85.00 Not Sold
482 Gaumont-British Pictures. Rhodes of Africa. Original Press Photo. 1936. London

1936

USD 50.00 - 80.00 Not Sold
483 Harris (W.C.) A Group of Six Coloured lithographs from "Wild Sports of Southern Africa", London

1841-1852

USD 100.00 - 140.00 126.00
484 Butler (H). Two lithographs from "South African Sketches". Ackermann, London, 1841 London,

1841

USD 50.00 - 80.00 59.00
485 Martin Martincek and Maurian Pauer Akosakrutisvet. How the World Turns Round. Bratislava

1995

USD 75.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
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