Grays Auctioneers: A Library of Curiosities - Part 2, 20948, Cleveland,

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Auction Date
November 08, 2025 - November 08, 2025
Page Size: 99 items in 4 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
72 RUTHERFORTH, T. (Thomas), 1712-1771.

A system of natural philosophy, being a course of lectures in Mechanics, Optics, Hydrostatics, and Astronomy

Cambridge, London. 1748 USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 187.50
73 SANDYS, George, 1578-1644.

Sandys Travailes

London 1658 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 687.50
74 SCHLEY, Winfield Scott, 1839-1911.

Report of Winfield S. Schley, commander, U.S. Navy, commanding Greely Relief Expedition of 1884.

Washington, DC 1887 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
75 SHAW, Thomas (1694-1751).

Travels. First Edition.

Oxford 1738 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
76 SLEEMAN, Charles William.

Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare

Portsmouth (Eng.) 1880 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
77 SMYTHS, C. Piazzi, (Charles Piazzi), 1819-1900.

Life and Work at the Great Pyramid during the months of January, February, March, and April, A.D. 1865 Spine title: The Great Pyramid

Edinburgh 1867 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 531.25
78 SOLLEYSEL, Jacques de, 1617-1680.

The compleat horseman

London MDCXCVI. [1696]. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 375.00
78A SPENCE, Lewis, 1874 - 1955,

Myths & Legends of Ancient Egypt, Pantheon Edition limited no 238 out of 250.

Boston; London England (Not dated) 1883 - 1963 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 175.00
79 SPENCER, John (1630-1693).

A Discourse Concerning Prodigies. The Second Edition. Bound with a Discourse Concerning Vulgar Prophecies.

London 1665 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
80 SPINETO, Marquis.

Lectures on the Elements of Hieroglyphics and Egyptian Antiquities, by the Marquis Spineto.

London 1829 USD 150.00 - 300.00 USD 187.50
81 STEVENS, George Alexander (1710-1780).

A Lecture on Heads.

London 1812 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 62.50
81A STEPHENS, John L. 1805 - 1852.

Incidents of Travel in Yucatan. By John L. Stephens, Author of "Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan." Spine Title: Stephens Yucatan.

London MDCCCXLIII. [1843] 2 volumes. With illustrations USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 212.50
82 STEPHENS, John L., 1805-1852.

Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, by John L. Stephens ;

New York 1841 USD 750.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
83 STIELER, Adolf, 1775-1836.

Handatlas uber alle Theile der Erde und uber das Weltgebaude herausgegeben von Adolf Stiele. Cover title: Stieler's Hand-Atlas

Gotha [1875?] USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
84 SURIREY DE SAINT-REMY, Pierre, approximately 1650-1716.

Memoires d'artillerie : Recueillis par le Sr Surirey de Saint Remy, Commissaire Provincial de l'Artillerie, & l'un des Cent & un Officiers Privilegiez de ce Corps.

A Paris M.DC. XCVII [1697]. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
85 TIELKE, Johann Gottlieb (1731-1787).

The Field Engineer.

London 1789 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 150.00
86 TURNOR, Christopher Hatton (1840-1914).

Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere by Hatton Turner.

London 1865 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
87 WALKER, John, 1759-1830.

Elements of geography and of natural and civil history, by John Walker.

London 1795 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
88 WARNER, Charles Dudley, 1829-1900.

My Winter on the Nile, by Charles Dudley Warner.

Leipzig 1891 USD 80.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
89 WEDDELL, James, 1787-1834.

A Voyage Towards the South Pole, performed in the years 1822-24 : containing an examination of the Antarctic Sea to the seventy-fourth degree of latitude, and a visit to Tierra del Fuego, with a particular account of the inhabitants, to which is added, mu

London 1825 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
90 WILLIAMS JACKSON, Abraham Valentine, Editor. 1862-1937.

The History of India, edited by A.V. Williams Jackson.

London 1906-07. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
90A YATES, William Holt, 1802-1874,

The Modern History and Condition of Egypt, its Climate, Diseases,and Capabilities...., with an Account of the Proceedings of Mohammed Ali Pascha from 1801 - 1843.

London 1843 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 343.75
91 ZINCKE, F. Barham (Foster Barham), 1817-1893.

Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Kedive, by F. Barham Zincke.

London 1871 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
92

A Blowpipe Apparatus and Four Books Pertaining to Blowpipes, 19th Century

19th Century USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 375.00
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