OF (2) WHALING DOCUMENTS AND (1) ACCOUNTBOOK. TOinclude: an 1839 document with 27 pages pertaining to Captain Swain Isaac Smalley and the whaleship William out of Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The document is mostly...
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MERIWETHER LEWIS AND WILLIAM CLARK PAIRD7235 & D7234 -...Set includes: Meriwether Lewis (brown, yellow, red, beige, and black) and William Clark (brown, blue, black, pink, and red).
Specially commissioned by the...
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HARVARD CLASSICS ALUMNI EDITIONSet ofHarvard Classics. Alumni Edition, set no. 434. Edited by Charles W. Elliot, LLD. Published by P. F. Collier & Son, New York, 1910. Titles include ìThe Autobiography of Benjamin...
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1880 "A TRAMP ABROAD" BY MARK TWAIN1ST ED. RAREFeatured in this lot is a Rare 1880 First Edition of "A Tramp Abroad" by Mark Twain (Samuel L. Clemens), American Publishing Company, Hartford, Conn. Profusely...
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7 BOOKS RELATED TO U.S. NAVY AND TOMARITIMEHISTORY TO INCLUDE THE SHIPMASTERS ASSISTANT BY BLUNT, 1857, CALF LEATHER BOARDS, SHOWS WATER STAINING AND FOXING. VOYAGE OF THE U.S. EXPLORING SQUADRON, 1838, 1839,...
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ALBUM CONTAINING 10 BROCHURES RELATEDTO WHALINGTO INCLUDE THE WHALEMAN STATUE ON THE GROUNDS OF NEW BEDFORD LIBRARY, THE MURDOCK WHALING VOYAGES AND ENVELOPE, THE WORLD PREMIERE OF DOWN TO THE SEA IN SHIPS, 1922....
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POLYCHROME SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BYEDWARD BURDETT CIRCA 1830-1833 LENGTH 6.25". INCLUDES STAND. EDWARD BURDETT, Circa 1830-1833, Signed on edge "Engraved. By. Edward Burdett.". Obverse titled "Wm. Tell. of....
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH SIGNED BY CERESARTISAN EDMUND M. CHANDLER MID-1830S LENGTH 6.5". ARTISAN EDMUND M. CHANDLER, Mid-1830s, A rare example by the "Ceres C" artisan; few have come to market. Obverse depicts...
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IMPORTANT SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTEDTO JAMES ADOLPHUS BUTE, CREW MEMBER ON CHARLES DARWIN'S EXPEDITION CIRCA EARLY 1830S LENGTH 6.25". INCLUDES A GLASS AND WOOD CASE WITH MIRRORED BASE. CASE HEIGHT 5.5". WIDTH...
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THE AMERICAS AND MEXICO (11 Works in11 Volumes)
A group of works about The Americas and Mexico, comprising: OBER, Frederick. Travels in Mexico and Life Among the Mexicans. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1884. MAYER,...
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SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH ATTRIBUTED TOCERES ARTISAN WILLIAM A. GILPIN CIRCA 1835 LENGTH 6". CERES ARTISAN WILLIAM A. GILPIN, Circa 1835, Subtlety inscribed "Elizabeth", the name of Gilpin's wife, within a delicate...
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WILLIAM HOWARD YORKE (CANADA/UNITEDKINGDOM, 1847-1921), THE FOUR-MASTED BARQUE KENILWORTH OFF FASTNET ROCK, IRELAND., OIL ON CANVAS, 24" X 36". FRAMED 31" X 43" UNDER GLASS.WILLIAM HOWARD YORKE, Canada/United...
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WILLIAM D. APPLETON NANTUCKET LIGHTSHIPBASKET NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY BASKET HEIGHT 3". DIAMETER 6.5". BASKET, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Late 19th/Early 20th Century, Round, with...
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NANTUCKET LIGHTSHIP BASKET ATTRIBUTEDTO WILLIAM D. APPLETON NANTUCKET, MASSACHUSETTS, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY BASKET HEIGHT 3". DIAMETER 6.25". TO WILLIAM D. APPLETON, Nantucket, Massachusetts, Late 19th/Early...
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WILLIAM GAY AND MARY E. YORKE (NEW YORK/CANADA/ENGLAND,1817-C. 1888 AND C. 1854-1893), CLIPPER SHIP DREADNOUGHT., OIL ON CANVAS, 24" X 30". FRAMED 33.75" X 40".WILLIAM GAY AND MARY E. YORKE, New York/Canada/England, 1817-c. 1888...
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SIXTEEN BOOKS ON ARCTIC WHALING ANDEXPLORATION EXPLORATION, Sizes, bindings and conditions vary. Most illustrated. Includes: 1) True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World, by A.W. Greely. 2) Arctic Adventure:...
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WILLIAM GAY YORKE (NEW YORK/CANADA/ENGLAND,1817-C. 1888), SARAH NEUMANN INBOUND OFF THE SKERRIES., OIL ON CANVAS, 24" X 36". FRAMED.WILLIAM GAY YORKE, New York/Canada/England, 1817-c. 1888, Sarah Neumann inbound...
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LARGE SCRIMSHAW WHALE’S TOOTH BY WILLIAMLEWIS RODERICK CIRCA 1847-1856 LENGTH 8".LARGE SCRIMSHAW WHALE'S TOOTH BY WILLIAM LEWIS RODERICK, Circa 1847-1856, Depicts "Venus pleurant Adonis" (Venus mourning Adonis),...
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Brooks, William. Manuscript accountof his voyage to India, ''I left Liverpool in the ''William Parker'' Captain Sewell on Wednesday the 3rd February 1841 bound for Calcutta''. 4to., cont. qtr green roan. Calligraphic...
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WILLIAM ARNOLD EYDEN SR, INDIANA (1859- 1919), UNTITLED WOODLAND SCENE, OIL ON CANVAS, 17 1/2"H X 23 1/2"W, 24 1/4"H X 30 1/2"W (FRAME)William Arnold Eyden Sr, Indiana, (1859 - 1919) untitled woodland scene,...
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? FINE AND RARE CERAMIC 'SYDNEY COVEMEDALLION' BY JOSIAH WEDGWOOD
THE ORIGINAL ISSUE, 1789 modelled from dark brown unglazed earthenware, with crisply moulded decoration depicting a female figure, emblematic...
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20 BOOKS RELATED TO WHALING TO INCLUDE:1.GREYHOUNDS OF THE SEA BY CARL C. CUTLER, 1930, ILLUSTRATED. 2. WHALING AND SEALING, CHATHAM ISLAND BY RHYS RICHARDS, 1982. 3. OPERATIONS OF THE U.S. REVENUE STEAMER NUNIVAK...
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JOURNAL OF A WHALING VOYAGE TO THE PACIFICOCEANON BOARD THE "ELIZA L. B. JENNEY" OF FAIRHAVEN, JOHN CHURCH, MASTER, 1842. THE LOG COVERS FROM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1842 THROUGH MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1846 AND WAS PROBABLY...
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THOMASTON, ME-BUILT "JOSEPH B. THOMAS"SHIP PAPERS Folder containing Original Documents Relating to San Francisco, Baltimore and Liverpool Voyages in 1884, under the command of Captain William J. Lermond; including...
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Thomas Daniell & William Daniell - ''APicturesque Voyage to India by the Way of China'' illustrated with 50 aquatints printed for Longman Hurst Rees & Orme London 1810 (one gilt tooled green leather bound oblong...
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Rare books: Ottoman Empire history andreference Edrehi Isaac HISTORY OF THE CAPITAL OF ASIA AND THE TURKS TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE DOMESTIC MANNERS OF THE TURKS IN TURKEY. Vol I-III in one. Boston: Isaac...
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Books: Southern history and relatedAdams Nehemiah. A TOUR AMONG THE PLANTERS and THREE MONTHS AT THE SOUTH: A SOUTH-SIDE VIEW OF SLAVERY (in 2 volumes and slipcase) Beehive Press 1974. Brown John. SLAVE LIFE...
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Fine leatherbound books: Works by IrvingMaeterlinck and Hugo Irving Washington. THE SKETCH BOOK OF GEOFFREY CRAYON; TALES OF A TRAVELER; THE ALHAMBRA; ASTORIA; THE LIFE AND VOYAGES OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS; LIFE...
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American Colonial silver spoons by AlexanderCrouckeshanks Boston circa 1768 pair teaspoons one reduced in size and engraved No. 6 and the other engraved with initial D and No. 2; marked: AC spaced by pellet and with...
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Samuel Lawrence Early New York Representative& the Lawrence Family Manuscript Archive An extensive archive of approximately 67 documents of the noted Lawrence family of New York spanning the years 1799 to 1908. Dealing...
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3 vols. Antarctic Travel & Exploration:Scott, Capt. Robert F. The Voyage of The 'Discovery.' New York: Charles Scribner's, 1905. First edition, American issue. 2 vols., lg. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt, gilt-lettered...
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Good English Brass-Inlaid and -EdgedRosewood Necessaire de Voyage, by William Benfield, "Hair Cutter, Perruquier, Perfumer and Ornamental Hair Manufacturer" of London, the interior of the lid fitted with a...
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CHETWOOD WILLIAM RUFUS The Voyages DangerousAdventures and Immenent Escapes of Capt. Rich. Falconer. London: Printed for J. Marshal 1724. Small 8vo full calf gilt-lettered spine engraved frontispiece. Second edition...
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[Exploration and Travel] Books on Explorersand Others Lot of 4. Curtis Natalie ed. The Indians' Book. New York: Harper and Brothers 1908. Large 8vo printed cloth xxxi 574pp. Peters DeWitt C. Kit Carson's Life and...
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World War II POW Diaries of BritishLieut. J.W. Hugo Held by Japanese A lot of two diaries written in captivity by British officer Lt. James W. Hugo while prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. ?These two...
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A Group of Five Easter Island Engravings1777 from Capt. James Cook's work A Voyage Towards the South Pole... published by Strahan London after drawings by William Hodges featuring engravings of a woman a man implements...
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