Charles Agvent

THE DIAMOND ATLAS ... THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

COLBY, Charles · 1857

$625.00 (€567.04 | £473.00 | ¥99,816)

New York. Morse and Gaston. First Edition. Small square quarto (6-1/4" x 7-1/4") in original publisher's binding of full red morocco leather with heavy gilt decorations; 239 pages. Illustrated with 55 hand-colored maps and charts, mostly full page and including double-page map...

ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE MANNERS, CUSTOMS, & CONDITION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. With Letters and Notes Written during Eight Years of Travel and Adventure among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing. With Three Hundred and Sixty Engravings, from the Author's Original Paintings. In Two Volumes

CATLIN, George · 1866

$21,875.00 (€19,846.54 | £16,554.90 | ¥3,493,572)

London. Henry G. Bohn. Tenth Edition. First published in 1841, this is the Deluxe Issue of the Tenth Edition of this classic with illustrations colored by hand. Two volumes (6-1/4" x 9-3/4") bound in the publisher's half red morocco over marbled boards with gilt lettering and ...

HISTORY OF THE INDIAN TRIBES OF NORTH AMERICA, With Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs. Embellished with One-Hundred and Twenty Portraits from the Indian Gallery in The Department of War, at Washington

McKENNEY, Thomas L. and HALL, James · 1858

$18,750.00 (€17,011.32 | £14,189.91 | ¥2,994,491)

Philadelphia. D. Rice & A. N. Hart. Fourth Edition. Three royal octavo volumes (7" x 10-3/4") of this magnificent set in publisher's full blind-stamped brown morocco leather with gilt-lettered spines. Illustrated with 120 beautiful hand-colored lithographs of Native Americans ...

THE BIRDS OF AMERICA, FROM DRAWINGS MADE IN THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR TERRITORIES

AUDUBON, John James · 1860

$25,000.00 (€22,681.76 | £18,919.88 | ¥3,992,654)

New York. V. G. Audubon/Roe Lockwood & Son. Fourth Octavo Edition. Seven royal octavo volumes (6-3/4" x 10-3/8") uniformly bound in full publisher's blind-stamped brown morocco leather and illustrated with 500 hand-colored lithographed plates with tissue guards. This edition d...

A GENERAL HISTORY OF BIRDS

LATHAM, John · 1821

$10,625.00 (€9,639.75 | £8,040.95 | ¥1,696,878)

Winchester. Jacob and Johnson for the Author. First Edition. Eleven quarto (8-1/2" x 10-3/4") volumes bound in 10 in modern half sheep leather and marbled boards. A comprehensive and systematic study "of every new discovery in ornithology," illustrated with 193 hand-colored co...

AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY

WILSON, Alexander & BONAPARTE, Charles · 1832

$4,375.00 (€3,969.31 | £3,310.98 | ¥698,714)

London. Whittaker, Treacher, & Arnot. First Edition. Three octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") volumes bound in dark green half morocco leather and cloth with matching morocco corners, very slightly trimmed down from the original size when rebound about 75 years ago. The first and best o...

Atlas Volumes of Plates for AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY; OR THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE BIRDS OF THE UNITED STATES

WILSON, Alexander and BONAPARTE, Charles Lucian · 0

$18,750.00 (€17,011.32 | £14,189.91 | ¥2,994,491)

Philadelphia. Porter & Coates. Two large folio (14" x 18") volumes bound in contemporary half brown morocco leather with leather corners and marbled boards. The desirable large atlas volumes to the 1871 edition of the combined AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY by Wilson and Bonaparte, with...

[CUTCH, OR, RANDOM SKETCHES, Taken During a Residence in One of the Northern Provinces of Western India; Interspersed with Legends and Traditions]

[INDIA] POSTANS, Marianne · 0

$1,500.00 (€1,360.91 | £1,135.19 | ¥239,559)

[London]. [Smith, Elder and Co.]. First Edition. Modern half polished calf with marbled boards and matching calf corners (5-1/2" x 9"); xvii, (3), 283, (1) pages, housed in a red buckram clamshell box. Lacking the printed title page but with the lithographed additional pictori...

GROUPS OF FLOWERS, DRAWN AND ACCURATELY COLOURED AFTER NATURE, WITH FULL DIRECTIONS FOR THE YOUNG ARTIST; Designed as a Companion to the Treatise on Flower Painting [bound with] GROUPS OF FRUIT [bound with] SIX BIRDS

BROOKSHAW, George · 1819

$3,125.00 (€2,835.22 | £2,364.99 | ¥499,082)

London. Thomas McLean, printed by Turner and Hadley, Minerva Press. Second Edition. Three parts in one folio (10-1/2" x 14-3/4") volume in original boards rebacked with black leather which also surrounds the entire covers with a matching gilt-lettered label on the center of th...

PICTURESQUE REPRESENTATIONS OF THE DRESS AND MANNERS OF THE CHINESE

ALEXANDER, William · 1814

$1,875.00 (€1,701.13 | £1,418.99 | ¥299,449)

London. John Murray. First Edition. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-1/4") in later 3/4 black morocco leather and marbled boards with gilt lettering and decorations on the spine. Illustrated with 50 hand-colored lithographed plates.. Later ink presentation on front endpaper, paper poc...

THE RACE - JEROME PARK N.Y

1869

$1,875.00 (€1,701.13 | £1,418.99 | ¥299,449)

New York. Thomas Kelly. First Edition. Scarce hand-colored lithograph (28” x 22” matted and framed to an overall size of 34" x 27"), one of a series of four prints published by Kelly and printed by Wm. C. Robertson of Jerome Park, site of the inaugural Belmont Stakes in 1867. ...

THE BOTANIST'S REPOSITORY, FOR NEW, AND RARE PLANTS. CONTAINING COLOURED FIGURES OF SUCH PLANTS, AS HAVE NOT HITHERTO APPEARED IN ANY SIMILAR PUBLICATION...

ANDREWS, Henry C · 1797

$43,750.00 (€39,693.09 | £33,109.79 | ¥6,987,145)

London. T. Bensley for the author. First Edition. Twelve large quarto volumes (8-1/2" x 10-1/2") volumes consisting of volumes 1-6 bound in full green morocco leather gilt with all edges gilt and volumes 5-10 in half brown morocco with marbled boards and matching morocco corn...

OUR STREET

TITMARSH, M. A. [THACKERAY, William M] · 1848

$437.50 (€396.93 | £331.10 | ¥69,871)

London. Chapman and Hall. First Edition. Finely bound in full red levant morocco leather by Riviere with original covers mounted as front and rear pastedowns, triple gilt-ruled covers, gilt-lettered and decorated spine, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt (5-1/2 x 7-1/4"). Illustra...

THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA

AUDUBON, John James and BACHMAN, Rev. John · 18491856

$7,500.00 (€6,804.53 | £5,675.96 | ¥1,197,796)

New York. V. G. Audubon. Early Edition. Early Octavo Edition of the first two volumes, lacking the third volume. Two volumes in publisher's full brown morocco leather elaborately embossed and stamped, the spine with five raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt; 7" x 10...

THE QUADRUPEDS OF NORTH AMERICA

AUDUBON, John James and BACHMAN, Rev. John

$18,750.00 (€17,011.32 | £14,189.91 | ¥2,994,491)

New York. V. G. Audubon. First Edition. Second Octavo Edition of the first volume, First Editions of the second and third. Three volumes in modern half black morocco leather with matching corners, retaining the original marbled boards, all edges marbled; 6-3/4" x 10-3/8"; viii...

HUDIBRAS, A POEM

BUTLER, Samuel · 1822

$937.50 (€850.57 | £709.50 | ¥149,725)

London. Akerman et. al.. New Edition. Two octavo (5-1/4" x 8-1/4") volumes bound by Bayntun in full red morocco leather with decorative gilt panels on all covers; gilt-decorated and lettered spines with five raised bands; gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers; all edges gilt. I...

A PICTURESQUE TOUR OF THE ENGLISH LAKES, CONTAINING A DESCRIPTION OF THE MOST ROMANTIC SCENERY OF CUMBERLAND, WESTMORELAND, AND LANCASHIRE, with Accounts of Antient and Modern Manners and Customs, and Elucidations of the History of Antiquities of that part of the country, &c. &c

FIELDING, T. H., and WALTON, J · 1821

$3,125.00 (€2,835.22 | £2,364.99 | ¥499,082)

London. R. Ackermann. First Edition. Quarto (8-1/4" x 10-3/4") bound in full crimson morocco leather; gilt rules and gilt-lettered spine; gilt dentelles and marbled endpapers; all edges gilt; vi, 288 pages. Illustrated with a hand-colored title page vignette and 48 hand-colore...

THE DANCE OF LIFE, A POEM

ROWLANDSON, Thomas · 1817

$937.50 (€850.57 | £709.50 | ¥149,725)

London. R. Ackermann. First Edition. Quarto (6" x 9-1/2") bound in 19th century half polished green calf leather with matching corners and marbled boards; gilt rules; gilt-decorated spine with a gilt-lettered morocco spine label and five raised bands; marbled endpapers and edg...

THE MOTHER'S MANUAL; OR, ILLUSTRATIONS OF MATRIMONIAL ECONOMY. An Essay in Verse, with Twenty Plates

[TROLLOPE, Frances] · 1833

$2,187.50 (€1,984.65 | £1,655.49 | ¥349,357)

London. Treutel and Würtz, and Richter. First Edition. Quarto (6" x 9-1/2") bound in full polished mottled calf leather by Root and Son with triple gilt rules and gilt floral decorative devices in each corner of both covers, gilt-lettered and decorated spine with five raised b...

JOURNAL OF SENTIMENTAL TRAVELS IN THE SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF FRANCE, Shortly Before the Revolution

ROWLANDSON, Thomas · 1821

$1,062.50 (€963.98 | £804.09 | ¥169,688)

London. R. Ackermann. First Edition. Quarto (5-3/4" x 9-1/2") bound in full burgundy morocco leather by W. Root and Son, neatly rebacked with the original spine; gilt rules and gilt floral decorations in each corner of both covers; gilt-lettered and decorated spine with five r...