Kestenbaum and Company: The Library of the late Dr. Michael D. Paul of St. John’s, Newfoundland., 115, Brooklyn

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Auction Date
March 05, 2026 - March 05, 2026
Page Size: 200 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 (COOK, JAMES). HAWKESWORTH, JOHN.

An Account of the Voyages Undertaken by the Order of His Present Majesty for Making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere and Successively Performed by Commodore Byron, Captain Wallis, Captain Carteret and Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and

London 1773 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
2 COOK, JAMES.

A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, In the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. In which is included Captain Furneaux's Narrative of his Proceedings in the Adventure during the

London 1777 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
3 COOK, JAMES.

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean.

London 1785 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
4 LA MOTTRAYE, AUBREY DE.

Voyages... en Europe, Asie & Afrique.

The Hague 1727 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
5 CLARKE, EDWARD DANIEL.

Travels in Various Countries of Europe, Asia and Africa.

London 1810-23. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
6 BOYS, THOMAS SHOTTER.

Picturesque Architecture in Paris, Ghent, Antwerp, Rouen &c.

London 1839 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Unknown
7 ELPHINSTONE, MOUNTSTUART.

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 Dooranee Monarchy.

London 1819 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
8 SPARRMAN, ANDREAS.

A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, Towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and round the World: but Chiefly into the Country of the Hottentots and Caffres, from the year 1772, to 1776.

London 1786 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
9 BERNATZ, JOHN MARTIN.

Scenes in Ethiopia Designed from Nature...With Descriptions of the Plates and Extracts from a Journal of Travel in that Country.

London 1852 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 Unknown
10 ANNESLEY, GEORGE (Viscount Valentia).

Voyages and Travels to India, Ceylon and the Red Sea, Abyssinia, and Egypt.

London, 1809 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
11 BOSSU, JEAN BERNARD.

Nouveaux Voyages dans l'Amerique Septentrionale.

Amsterdam [but Paris] 1777 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
12 COLLOT, GEORGES H. VICTOR.

Voyage dans l'Amerique Septentrionale, ou Description des pays arroses par le Mississippi, l'Ohio, le Missouri et autres rivieres affluentes.

Paris 1826 (but printed in 1804/5). USD 60,000.00 - 90,000.00 Unknown
13 EASTMAN, MARY HENDERSON.

The American Indian Portfolio.

Philadelphia 1853 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
14

Three works in four volumes: * 1. NIEBUHR, CARSTEN. Voyage en Arabie & en d'autres Pays circonvoisins. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. Two volumes. Engraved title-pages. 124 engraved plates, maps, and plans (many folding). Gay 3589.

Amsterdam, 1776-80. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
15 BURCKHARDT, JOHN LEWIS.

Travels in Arabia, Comprehending an Account of those Territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans Regard as Sacred ... published by authority of the Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior of Africa.

London 1829 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
16 PARRY, WILLIAM EDWARD.

Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed in the Years 1819-20.

London 1821 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
17 FRANKLIN, JOHN.

Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1825, 1826, and 1827.

London 1828 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
18 BACK, GEORGE.

Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835.

London 1836 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
19 WHITE, JOHN.

Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales with Sixty-five Plates of Non Descript Animals, Birds, Lizards, Serpents, Curious Cones of Trees and other Natural Productions.

London 1790 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Unknown
20 ANGAS, GEORGE FRENCH.

South Australia Illustrated.

London 1847 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
21 BICKHAM, GEORGE.

The British Monarchy: Or, a New Chorographical Description of all the Dominions Subject to the King of Great Britain. Comprehending the British Isles, The Electoral States, The American Colonies, The African & Indian Settlements.

London 1747-49. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
22 VIMONT, BARTHELEMY.

Relation de ce qui s'est passe en la Nouvelle France, en l'annee 1642 & 1643.

Paris 1644 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Unknown
23 CHABERT, JOSEPH-BERNARD.

Voyage fait par Ordre du Roi en 1750 et 1751, dans l'Amerique Septentrionale.

Paris 1753 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
24 MACKENZIE, SIR ALEXANDER.

Voyages from Montreal, on the River St. Laurence, through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans.

London 1801 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
25 DANIELL, SAMUEL.

A Picturesque Illustration of the Scenery, Animals, and Native Inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon.

London 1808 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Unknown
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    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
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    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
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    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000
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