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Francis Bacon, Bacons Advancement of Learning, Instaur Mag P.I. Of The Advancement And Proficience Of Learning or the Partitions of Sciences IX Bo...

The Tragedies of Princes 1558, also called The Fall of Princes, was a long poem written by English poet John Lydgate in the 1400‘s and printed by ...

This is a two-volume set of The Life of Samuel Johnson, written by James Boswell and published in 1791, and it is a first edition in the first sta...

This is an American printing of Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language, in the original leather binding, with “Johnson’s Dictionary” ...

This is a first edition of the Letters from Lord Chesterfield To His Son, written in 1774 The title page reads Letters Written By The Late Right H...

This is a book written by Philip Dormer Stanhope, otherwise known as Lord Chesterfield, who was a British statesman, diplomat, and man of letters....

This is a complete four-volume set of Don Quixote De La Mancha in Spanish from 1738, and it represents a significant landmark in the printing hist...

The History and Adventures Of The Renowned Don Quixote. Translated from the Spanish of Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra. To which is prefixed, Some Ac...

This is a smaller version of Don Quixote translated by Smollett, and it was printed in 1796. The title is The History And Adventures Of The Renown...

Rare Herman Melville Autograph on thick brown paper, clear signature and the card measures 1 1/2 x 3 3/8 in wide.  ...[more]

Herman Melville, Narrative Of A Four Months’ Residence Among the Natives of A Valley Of The Marquesas Islands, Or, A Peep at Polynesian Life, Lond...

Herman Melville, Redburn His First Voyage, Being the Sailor-boy Confessions and Reminiscences of the Son-of-a-Gentleman, in the Merchant Service, ...

This is a first edition of The Piazza Tales, a collection of short stories written by Herman Melville (1819 - 1891), the American writer and poet ...

Mark Twain, (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910) Bold cut out autograph of the writer who has been praised as “America’...

(Published 1869, Copyright 1897). The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress is a travel book by American author Mark Twain. First Publis...

This is an important journal about the campaign of General Burgoyne, in a first edition state, and it provides you-are-there insights into the cam...

The Life Of The Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson: Baron Nelson Of The Nile, And Of Burnham-Thorpe And Hilborough In The County Of Nor...

The Life of Admiral Lord Nelson K.B. from His Lordship’s Manuscripts, By The Rev. James Stanier Clarke, F.R.S. Librarian to The Prince, And Chapla...

This lot is similar to the previous lot about Lord Nelson, but it is in brown boards and all the engravings are in black and white. It is still a ...

The Life of Nelson, By Robert Southey, In Two Volumes, London: Printed For John Murray, Bookseller To The Admiralty And To The Board Of Longitude,...

Nelsons Friendships, By Mrs. Hilda Gamlin, Author Of Emma Lady Hamilton … Etc Etc., In Two Volumes, With Sixty Illustrations, including many rare ...

These are two books related to Lord Nelson, one about the Victory and how it was built, the other a comprehensive bibliography that covers his lif...

Emma Lady Hamilton, An Old Story Re-told By Hilda Gamlin, With Portraits, Facsimiles And Other Illustrations, Liverpool, Edward Howell, 28 Church ...

This is the same book title as the previous lot, only it has the bookplate of Willam Nelson, Lord Nelson’ s brother, and the story behind the book...

The Collection Of Autograph Letters And Historical Documents Formed By Alfred Morrison (Second Series 1881 - 1893). The Hamilton & Nelson Papers, ...

Victories Of The Duke Of Wellington, from Drawings by R. Westall, R.A. London: Printed For Rodell And Martin, New Bond-Street 1819, with the print...

A biography about Arthur Wellesley, the Duke of Wellington, in a three-volume set that covers his life and battles and military career. The title ...

Waterloo: The Downfall Of The First Napoleon: History Of The Campaign Of 1815. By George Hooper, Author Of “The Italian Campaigns Of General Bonap...

Sixteenth century woodcut map of the British Isles created by Sebastian Munster for his book: Sebastian Munster's Cosmographia: There were numerou...

Old, antique map of Hungary, by Henricus Hondius.Cartographer: G. MercatorDate of the first edition: 1636Date of this map: 1641Copper engraving, p...

"Britannia" is a multi-volume work on the topography and history of Great Britain, written by William Camden and published in the late 16th and ea...

The History Of The Second Dragoons “Royal Scot Greys” by Edward Almack, published in London by Alexander Moring at the De La More Press in 1908, w...

History of the Scottish Highlands, Highland Clans, and Highland Regiments With an Account of the Gaelic Language, Literature, and Music by The Rev...

Queen Victoria, By Richard R Holmes F.S.A., Librarian to the Queen, London and Paris, Boussod, Valadon & Co. Fine Art Publishers to Her Majesty 18...

A Series Of Picturesque Views Of Seats Of The Noblemen And Gentlemen Of Great Britain And Ireland With Descriptive And Historical Letterpress. Edi...

A Voyage Round The World, In His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop, Resolution, commanded by Capt. James Cook, during the Years 1772, 3, 4, and 5. By Geor...

An Historical Account Of All The Voyages Round The World, Performed By English Navigators; Including Those Lately Undertaken By Order of his Prese...

This is a complete first edition set of Captain Cook’s third and final voyage across the ocean. The title is Captain James Cook, A Voyage to the P...

An Account Of The Mutinous Seizure Of The Bounty, With The Succeeding Hardships Of The Crew. To which are added, Secret Anecdotes of the Otaheitea...

Sir William Monsons Naval Tracts: in Six Books, Containing, 1. A Yearly Account of the English and Spanish Fleets, during the War in Queen Elizabe...

Lieut. J M Gilliss, The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere During the Years 1849 - ’50 - ’51- ’52, Volumes I and II, Ch...

The Narrative of Robert Adams, A Sailor, Who Was Wrecked On The Western Coast Of Africa, In The Year 1810, Was Detained Three Years In Slavery By ...

Interesting Particulars Of The Loss Of The American Ship Hercules, Capt. William Stout, On The Coast Of Caffraria, June 16, 1796; The Consequent S...

This is a four-language passport for the whaling ship John Howland, signed by President Franklin Pierce in 1854 - whaling passports allowed Americ...

This is a four-language passport for the whaling ship Sarah, signed by President Millard Fillmore in 1851, and whaling passports allowed American ...

Journal Of A Voyage To The Northern Whale-Fishery; Including Researches And Discoveries On The Eastern Coast Of West Greenland, Made in the Summer...

This is an attractive map of the voyage of Captain Cook in the Pacific Ocean near theislands of New Caledonia and Vanuatu. Captain Cook discovered...

One of the earliest views of the cities of Rome and Genoa (verso) from Hartmann Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle, printed by Koberger in 1493. The vi...

Old, antique map - panoramic view of Nürnberg, by Georg Braun and Frans Hogenberg.Date of the first edition: 1575. Date of this map: 1593. Copper ...

Palace of SS. Muti de Papazzurri the facade that looks onto the Piazza de SS. Apostoli was the architecture of the Marquis Gio. Batista Muti in th...

This is a second edition of Whitbourne’s A Discourse And Discovery of New-found-land, published in 1622, just two years after the first edition wa...

A Voyage to Hudsons-Bay, By The Dobbs Galley and California, in the Years 1746 and 1747, for Discovering a North West Passage; With an accurate Su...

Relation of Henri De Tonty Concerning the Explorations Of La Salle from 1678 to 1683, Translated By Melville B. Anderson, Chicago, The Caxton Club...

The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William And Queen Mary, To The Inhabitants Of The Province Of The Massachusetts-Bay In New-England. Bo...

The Heart Of The Antarctic Being The Story Of The British Antarctic Expedition 1907 - 1909 By E. H Shackleton, C.V.O. With An Introduction By Hugh...

The Yacht America, By Winfield M. Thompson, William P. Stephens, William U. Swan, Together With Material From Contemporary Record, with A Foreword...

This book depicts scenes with Chinese emperors from the sixteenth century, on finely engraved plates by Isidore Stanislas Helman (1743-1809), a co...

The Punishments of China, Illustrated By Twenty-Two Engravings: With Explanations In English and French, London: Printed For William Miller, Albem...

This is a panoramic album entitled “Les Boulevarts De Paris”, published by Lemercier circa 1855, with designs by Paul Lancel (“dessine par Lancel”...

This is a first edition of Tennyson’s first published work, written in collaboration with his brother Charles when they were just teenagers. The t...