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Louis Choris.
Voyage Pittoresque autour du Monde, avec des Portraits de Sauvages d'Amérique, d'Asie, d'Afrique, et des Iles du Grand Ocean; des Paysages, des Vues Maritimes, et Pllusieurs Objets d'Histoire Naturelle
;
Accompagné de Descriptions par M. le Baron Cuvier, et M. A. de Chamisso, et d'Observations sur les crânes humains par M. le Docteur Gall. Par M. Louis Choris, Peintre. Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Firmin Didot, Imprimeur du Roi, de l'Institut et de la Marine, 1822.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45080 | Nov 4, 2015
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Andreas Vesalius.
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem.
Basel: Johannes Oporinus, June [August] 1543.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45171 | Nov 4, 2015
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Ian Fleming [ James Bond ].
From Russia With Love.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1957].
Uncorrected Proof. One of 75 copies printed, though few have survived.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45331 | Nov 4, 2015
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Joseph Smith.
The Book of Mormon:
An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi...By Joseph Smith, Junior, Author and Proprietor. Palmyra: Printed by E. B. Grandin, for the Author, 1830.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45131 | Nov 4, 2015
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George Mortimer.
Observations and Remarks Made During a Voyage to the Islands of Teneriffe, Amsterdam, Maria's Islands Near Van Diemen's Land; Otaheite, Sandwich Islands; Owhyhee, the Fox Islands on the North West Coast of America, Tinian, and from Thence to Canton, in the Brig Mercury, Commanded by John Henry Cox, Esq. Illustrated with A Sketch of the Island of Amsterdam, A Plan of Oyster Harbour at the Maria Islands, with Some Views of the Land; A Curious Medal; and a Club Accurately Engraved.
London: Printed for the Author; and sold by T. Cadell, J. Robinson, and J. Sewell, 1791.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45102 | Nov 4, 2015
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William Robert Broughton.
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean: In which the Coast of Asia... The Island of Insu, (Commonly Known Under the Name of the Land of Jesso,) The North, South, and East Coasts of Japan, the Lieuchieux and the Adjacent Isles, as well as the Coast of Corea, Have Been Examined and Surveyed. Performed in His Majesty's Sloop Providence, and Her Tender, in the Years 1795, 1796, 1797, 1798
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London: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies in the Strand [by A. Strahan], 1804.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45079 | Nov 4, 2015
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Governor [Arthur] Phillip.
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay; with an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson & Norfolk Island
;
compiled from Authentic Papers, which have been obtained from the several Departments. To which are added, The Journals of Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Ball, & Capt. Marshall; with an Account of their New Discoveries. Embellished with fifty five Copper Plates, The Maps and Charts taken from Actual Surveys, & the Plans & Views drawn on the Spot, by Capt. Hunter, Lieuts. Shortland, Watts, Dawes, Bradley, Capt. Marshall, &c. London: Printed for John Stockdale, 1789.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45110 | Nov 4, 2015
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Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Tarzan of the Apes.
In The All-Story Magazine.
New York: The Frank A. Munsey, Company, October, 1912.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45941 | Nov 5, 2015
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Ian Fleming [ James Bond ].
Casino Royale.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1953].
First edition, first printing in first issue dust jacket with prices intact, one of an estimated 3,000 copies printed.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45318 | Nov 4, 2015
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Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Tarzan of the Apes.
In The All-Story Magazine.
New York: The Frank A. Munsey, Company, October, 1912.
The first appearance in print of the first Tarzan novel, complete in this rare issue.
(Total: 2 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45290 | Nov 4, 2015
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George Vancouver. [John Vancouver, editor].
A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; in which the Coast of North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed ....and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795... In Three Volumes
. London: Printed for G.G. and J. Robinson and J. Edwards, 1798. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45115 | Nov 4, 2015
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[Salvador Dali, illustrator]. Lewis Carroll.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
New York: Maecenas Press and Random House, 1969.
One of 200 Deluxe copies on Rives paper, out of a total edition of 2,500 (this being copy number "LXXIV.").
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45216 | Nov 4, 2015
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Ian Fleming [ James Bond ].
Moonraker.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1955].
First edition, first state, in the first issue dust jacket with prices intact. With "shoo" for "shoot" on page 10.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45341 | Nov 4, 2015
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J. K. Rowling.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
[London]: Bloomsbury, [1997].
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45251 | Nov 4, 2015
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Urey Lisiansky (Iurii Fedorovich Lisianskii).
A Voyage Round the World, in The Years 1803, 4, 5, & 6; performed, by Order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, Emperor of Russia, in the Ship Neva
,
by Urrey Lisiansky, Captain in the Russian navy, and Knight of the orders of Ast. George and St. Vladimer [
sic
]. London: Printed for John Booth...and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown...by S. Hamilton, Weybridge, Surrey, 1814.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45098 | Nov 4, 2015
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Captain Cook's Voyages in Nine Volumes
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All books uniformly bound in full calf with gilt ruled borders, five raised bands on spine with gilt lettered leather title labels, gilt rules and floral designs in compartments, marbled edges and matching endpapers. Each volume has the bookplate: "Ex-Libris/ Edward and Ruby Thalmann" and the armorial bookplate "Godfrey Meynell, Esq./ Meynell Langley" on front pastedown. Library location label on each rear pastedown.
[Captain James Cook]. John Hawkesworth.
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 Carteret, Captain Wallis, And Captain Cook, in the Dolphin, the Swallow, and the Endeavour... In Three Volumes...
London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell in the Strand, 1773. (Total: 9 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45082 | Nov 4, 2015
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Henry David Thoreau.
The Writings of Henry David Thoreau.
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin and Company, 1906. (Total: 20 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45452 | Nov 4, 2015
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Adam Smith.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1776. First edition. Quarto (volume II only).
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45061 | Nov 4, 2015
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Abel Du Petit-Thouars.
Voyage Autour du Monde sur la Frégate la Vénus pendant les années 1836-1839
,
publié par ordre du Roi, sous les auspices du Ministre de la Marine, par M. Abel du Petit-Thouars, Capitaine de vaisseau, Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur
. Paris: Gide, 1840-1845.
[Together with:] Voyage autour du Monde sur la Frégate La Vénus, pendant les années 1836-1839, publié par ordre du Roi, sous les auspices du ministre de la marine...Atlas Pittoresque.
Paris: Gide, Éditeur, 1841.
(Total: 5 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45109 | Nov 4, 2015
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Captain James Cook and Captain James King.
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean.
Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. ...Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780. In Three Volumes. Vol. I and II written by Captain James Cook, F.R.S. Vol. III by Captain James King, LL.D. and F.R.S. ...Published by Order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.
London: Printed by W. and A. Strahan, 1784. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45085 | Nov 4, 2015
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[Natural History]. Griffith Hughes.
The Natural History of Barbados.
London: Printed for the Author, 1750. First edition, large paper issue. Folio.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45192 | Nov 4, 2015
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Ian Fleming [ James Bond ].
On Her Majesty's Secret Service.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1963].
First edition, one of 250 copies signed by Fleming (this is copy number 205) on the verso of the special title page.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45345 | Nov 4, 2015
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G.H. Von Langsdorff.
Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of the World during the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807
[-
Part II. Containing the Voyage to the Aleutian Islands and North-West Coast of America, and Return by Land over the North-East Parts of Asia, through Siberia, to Petersburgh
].
London: Printed for Henry Colburn, 1813 - 1814.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45097 | Nov 4, 2015
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[Harvey Cushing]. [Elliott Cutler, editor]. INSCRIBED.
Cushing Birthday Volume
:
To Harvey Cushing from His Pupils.
[together with:] Typed Two Page Autobiography SIGNED by Harvey Cushing and Other Papers.
[N.p.]: [n.p., 1929].
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45151 | Nov 4, 2015
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Ian Fleming [ James Bond ].
Live and Let Die.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1954].
First edition in the original first issue dust jacket with prices intact, one of approximately 5,300 copies printed.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45337 | Nov 4, 2015
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Adam J[ohann] von Krusenstern (Ivan Fedorovich Kruzenshtern).
Voyage round the World, in the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, & 1806, by order of His Imperial Majesty Alexander the First, on board the ships Nadeshda and Neva, under the command of Captain A. J. von Krusenstern, of the Imperial Navy
.
In Two Volumes. Translated from the original German by Richard Belgrave Hoppner, Esq. London: Printed by C. Roworth [Volume II Printed by T. Davison], for John Murray, Bookseller to the Admiralty and the Board of Longitude, 1813.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45096 | Nov 4, 2015
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John James Audubon (1785-1851).
American Robin
- Plate CXXXI (Havell Edition).
A beautiful hand-colored aquatint engraving by R. Havell from the double-elephant-folio first edition of
The Birds of America
(London: 1827-1838). Watermark reads J. Whatman 1832, and plate is dated 1832.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45173 | Nov 4, 2015
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Ian Fleming [ James Bond ]. The James Bond Novels.
New York: The Macmillan Company, The Viking Press, New American Library, 1954 - [1966]. First American editions, first printings of all of Fleming's James Bond novels. (Total: 14 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45336 | Nov 4, 2015
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Alexander Wilson.
American Ornithology; or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States.
With a Sketch of the Author's Life
by George Ord. New York and Philadelphia: Collins & Co and Harrison Hall, 1828-1829 [and] Philadelphia: Harrison Hall, 1855. (Total: 4 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45213 | Nov 4, 2015
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James Colnett.
A Voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn into the Pacific Ocean, for the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries, and other Objects of Commerce
,
by Ascertaining the Ports, Bays, Harbours, and Anchoring Births [
sic
], in Certain Islands and Coasts in those Seas at which the Ships of the British Merchants Might be Refitted. Undertaken and Performed by Captain James Colnett, of the Royal Navy, in the Ship
Rattler
. London: Printed for the Author by W. Bennett [and] Sold by A. Arrowsmith, Stockdale, Edgerton, Elmsly, and White, 1798.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45081 | Nov 4, 2015
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Cormac McCarthy.
Blood Meridian or the Evening Redness in the West.
New York: Random House, [1985]. First edition.
Signed by McCarthy on the title-page.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45425 | Nov 4, 2015
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Hieronymus Brunschwig.
Chirurgia das ist handwürckung der wundartzney M. Jeronymi Braunschweig
,
weilend der Kaiserlichen Statt Strassburg Wundartzet, wie er die von vil erfarnen Artzeten gelernet, unnd inn seiner Practica löblich gebraucht hatt. Mit sönderm fleyss von newem wider aussgangen. [Augsburg: Alexander Weissenhorn], 1534.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45145 | Nov 4, 2015
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Theodore Roosevelt.
The Winning of the West.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons/Knickerbocker Press, 1900.
Daniel Boone edition, one of 200 numbered copies (this being copy 22) with an original leaf of manuscript in volume I.
(Total: 4 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45024 | Nov 4, 2015
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[Sir] Winston S. Churchill.
The World Crisis
.
London: Thornton Butterworth Limited, 1923-1931. (Total: 6 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45047 | Nov 4, 2015
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Captain James Cook. Henri Zimmermann.
Dernier voyage du Capitaine Cook Autour du Monde, où se trouvent les circonstances de sa mort, publié en Allemande par Henri Zimmermann temoin oculaire, & traduit avec un abrégé de la vie de ce navigateur célebre, & des notes
.
Berne: Nouvelle Société Typographique, 1782.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45086 | Nov 4, 2015
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[Doves Press].
The English Bible. Containing the Old Testament & the New translated out of the original tongues by special command of His Majesty King James the First and now reprinted with the text revised by a collation of its early and other principal editions and edited by the Late Rev. F.H. Scrivener M.A. LL.D. for the Syndics of the University Press Cambridge.
Hammersmith: The Doves Press, 1903-1905. (Total: 5 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45240 | Nov 4, 2015
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Julius Casserius.
De Vocis Auditusque Organis Historia Anatomica...
Tractatibus Duobus Explicata ac Variis Iconibus Aere Excusis Illustrata.
Ferrara: Victorius Valdinus, 1600 [1601]. First edition.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45146 | Nov 4, 2015
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Col. Thomas L. McKenney & James Hall.
History of the Indian Tribes of North America, With Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits.
Philadelphia: D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1855, 1858. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45019 | Nov 4, 2015
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John James Audubon (1785-1851).
Canada Goose
- Plate CCI (Havell Edition).
A beautiful hand-colored aquatint engraving by R. Havell from the double-elephant-folio first edition of
The Birds of America
(London: 1827-1838). Watermark reads J. Whatman/Turkey Mill/ 1834.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45176 | Nov 4, 2015
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Thomas L. McKenney and James Hall.
History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs....In Three Volumes
.
Philadelphia: Published by D. Rice & A.N. Hart, 1854. (Total: 3 Items)
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45020 | Nov 4, 2015
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Edgar Rice Burroughs.
The Cave Girl.
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1925.
First edition.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45262 | Nov 4, 2015
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[Mexico and California]. Hernán Cortes and Francesco Lorenzana.
Historia de Nueva-España...
México: Joseph Antonio de Hogal, 1770.
First edition of one of the best books printed in Mexico during the eighteenth century.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45049 | Nov 4, 2015
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[Pablo Picasso, illustrator]. Aristophanes. SIGNED/ LIMITED.
Lysistrata
.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1934.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45229 | Nov 4, 2015
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Ian Fleming [ James Bond ].
Dr No.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1958].
Corrected proof. One of only 100 copies printed, but surviving copies are rare.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45325 | Nov 4, 2015
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John Meares.
Voyages Made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America
. To which are prefixed, An Introductory Narrative of A Voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the ship Nootka; Observations on the Probable Existence of A North West Passage; and Some Account of the Trade between the North West Coast of America and China; and the Latter Country and Great Britain.
London: Printed at the Logographic Press; and Sold by J. Walter..., 1790.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45101 | Nov 4, 2015
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Ian Fleming [ James Bond ].
The Man with the Golden Gun.
London: Jonathan Cape, [1965]. Uncorrected Proof. Octavo. 221, [3, blank] pages. Publisher's printed wrappers. With the original proof dust jacket with "Proof Only" on the front flap.
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45339 | Nov 4, 2015
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Nathanael West. INSCRIBED.
Miss Lonelyhearts
.
New York: Liveright, [1933].
Auction 6148
| Lot: 45456 | Nov 4, 2015
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[Ornithology]. John Gould.
The Birds of Europe. Vol. II. Insessores.
London: Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, 1837. First edition. Volume II only. Imperial folio.
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| Lot: 45191 | Nov 4, 2015
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