Beale, Thomas (1807-1849) The Natural History of the Sperm Whale. London: van Voorst, 1839. Second, expanded edition, the one used by Melville while working on Moby Dick , octavo, with half-title, illustrated with three full page plates, 393 pages, no publisher's advertising, bound in full modern leather, elaborately gilt-tooled; some staining, signs of wear, 7 x 4 1/4 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15
Jefferys, Thomas (c. 1719-1771) The Natural and Civil History of the French Dominions in North and South America, Sir William Johnson's (c. 1715-1774) Copy. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-11-15
American School, 19th Century View of the Natural Bridge in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 20 x 15 1/4 in., unframed. Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-02-18
Attributed to Thomas Chambers (American, ac. 1808-1866) Delaware Water Gap , c. 1840, a view of the natural wonder on the Delaware River in Pennsylvania Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2002-06-09
Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826) Notes on the State of Virginia. Philadelphia: R.T. Rawle, publisher; John Thompson, printer, 1801. Octavo, illustrated with frontispiece portrait of Jefferson, with Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2019-11-11
London: A. Millar and W. Sandby, 1757. 4to, full contemporary calf professionally rebacked, gilt-lettered red leather spine label. Second, and best, edition of Shaw's observations Read more…
Auctioneer:
Leslie Hindman Auctioneers
Date:
2013-04-10
Doughty, John & Thomas (1793-1856) The Cabinet of Natural History and American Rural Sports with Illustrations. Philadelphia: J & T Doughty, 1830-1833. Three large quarto Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-10-30
Attributed to Thomas C. Molesworth (1890-1977) Jack Rabbit Smoking Stand, Wyoming, c. 1950, wrought iron, ht. 36, wd. 9, dp. 12 in. Note: Molesworth was Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2020-12-08
Enfield, William (1741-1797), Institutes of Natural Philosophy, Theoretical and Practical, Boston, Thomas & Andrews, 1811, with fifteen engraved plates, ht. 10 3/8, wd. 8 3/8 Read more…
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-11-15
Porta, John Baptista. Natural Magick. London: Printed for Thomas Young, and Samuel Speed, 1658. Vellum spine gilt stamped over marbled boards. Engraved and title page Read more…
Auctioneer:
Potter & Potter
Date:
2015-05-31
A natural golden Russian squirrel swing coat owned by Phyllis Diller. The coat is labeled "Edwards-Lowell, Beverly Hills." Diller was seen in Beverly Hills at Read more…
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2013-09-22
