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Auction Date
March 26, 2024 - March 26, 2024
Page Size: 271 items in 11 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
202 Deane, Samuel.

The New England Farmer; or Georgical Dictionary.

Worcester, MA., 1797 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 349.25
203 De Tocqueville, Alexis.

Democracy in America. Translated by Henry Reeve.

London 1836 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 698.50
204 Dickinson, John.

Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to The Inhabitants of The British Colonies.

Philadelphia 1769 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 1,524.00
205 Eastman, Mary H.

The American Aboriginal Portfolio.

Philadelphia, 1853 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 635.00
206 Frost, John.

Pictorial History of the United States.

Boston 1857 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 127.00
207 (Hamilton, Alexander, and James Madison, and John Jay).

The Federalist, on the New Constitution...Printed and Sold by George F.

New York 1802 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,445.00
208 Kercheval, Samuel.

A History of the Valley of Virginia.

Winchester, VA, 1833 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 285.75
209 Lahontan, Baron.

Voyages du Baron de Lahontan dans l'Amerique & Memoires.

Amsterdam, 1728 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 254.00
210 Mather, Cotton.

Ecclesiarum Clypei. The Second Book of the New English History.

London 1702 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 139.70
211 Mather, Cotton.

Magnalia Christi Americana; or, The Ecclesiastical History of NewEngland, from its First Planting in the Year 1620, Unto the Year of Our Lord 1698.

Hartford 1820 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
212 Melish, John.

Geographical Description of the United States.

Philadelphia, 1816 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 444.50
213 Melish, John.

The North American Tourist.

New York 1840 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 203.20
214 Paine, Robert Treat.

An Oration Written at the Request of the Young Men of Boston.

Boston 1799 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 127.00
215 Paine, Thomas.

The Works of Thomas Paine.

Philadelphia, 1797 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,016.00
216 Phillips, William.

The Conquest of Kansas, by Missouri and Her Allies.

Boston 1856 USD 120.00 - 225.00 Not Sold
217 Proud, Robert.

The History of Pennsylvania in North America, from the original institution and settlement of that province under the first proprietor and governor William Penn in 1681 till after the year 1742.

Phila. 1797-98. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 952.50
218 Robertson, William.

History of America.

London 1777-8. USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 177.80
219 Rockwell, John A.; Alexander, John Henry.

Canal or Railroad between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; Report # 145.

1849 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,270.00
220 Taft, William H.

United States and Peace.

New York 1914 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 2,159.00
221 Taylor, Bayard.

Eldorado, or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel.

New York 1850 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 177.80
222 Thomas, Isaiah.

History of Printing in America.

1810 USD 120.00 - 225.00 USD 139.70
223 Ulloa, Antoinio de.

Memoires Philosophiques, Historiques, Physiques, Concernant la d'ecouverte de l'Amerique.

Paris, 1787 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
224 Willis, Nathaniel Parker.

American Scenery.

London 1840 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 349.25
225 Coke, Thomas.

A form of discipline, for the ministers, preachers, and members (Now comprehending the principles and doctrines) of the Methodist Episcopal church in America, considered and approved at a conference held at Baltimore, in the state of Maryland, on Monday t

Philadelphia. 1790 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 698.50
226 Foxe, John.

[Book of Martyrs, i.e.:]

London: 1632, 1631. USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,302.00
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