Grant Zahajko Auctions: Books, Maps & Atlases: Birmingham-Southern College Collection, 73124, DAVENPORT

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Auction Date
July 31, 2024 - July 31, 2024
Page Size: 501 items in 21 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
51

Address of the Committee of the Whig Convention to the People of Alabama.

1840 USD 100.00 - 300.00 USD 63.00
52

Report of the Chief Engineer [E.D. Sanford] Upon The Survey, Location, And Probable Cost of the North East & South West Alabama Rail Road: Made to the President And Directory.

Tuscaloosa 1855 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 189.00
53

An Act to Incorporate the Merchants Insurance Company, of Mobile. Passed January, 1833.

c.1833 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 126.00
54

Report of the Committee on the Public Lands, on the petition of Daniel Boone.

1813 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 189.00
55 Alexander Falconbridge,

An Account of the Slave Trade on the Coast of Africa

 London 1788 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,898.00
56 Audubon, John James (1785-1851)

Journals of John James Audubon, 1820-1821, 1840-1843. [and] Letters,1826-1840.

Boston 1930 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 567.00
57 Robert Squibb,

Gardener's Calendar for North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

 Charleston 1809 USD 500.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,638.00
58 Walton, Isaac & Charles Cotton,

The Complete Angler; or The Contemplative Man's Recreation,

 London, 1775 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 409.50
59 Buckland, William,

Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology,

London, 1837 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 252.00
60

A System of Operative Surgery: Based upon the Practice of Surgeons in the United States by Henry H. Smith,

Philadelphia 1856 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 378.00
61

Bernard Lile: an Historical Romance, embracing the Texas Revolution and the Mexican War.

Philadelphia, 1856 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 220.50
62

Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia 1619-1776, 13 Volumes.

1905-1915, USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 535.50
63 Darwin (Charles)

The Formation of Vegetable Mould, through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits

 1881 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 504.00
64 Darwin (Charles)

The Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs,

 1874 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 409.50
65 Darwin (Charles)

Darwin's Descent of Man First Edition, 1st Issue.

USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 3,024.00
66 DARWIN, Charles (1809-1882).

The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom.

London 1876 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 504.00
67 George Anson; compiled Richard Walter.

A Voyage Round the World in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV.

1769 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 189.00
68 DARWIN, Charles.

Geological Observations on the Volcanic Islands....

London 1876 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 409.50
69 Alexander de Humboldt, and Aime Bonpland.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, during the years 1799-1804.

1814-1829. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,134.00
70 Darwin (Charles).

Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the various Countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle, Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.M. from 1832 to 1836

 London 1840 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,512.00
71 Darwin, Charles

On the Various Contrivances by which British and Foreign Orchids are fertilised by

 London 1862 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 693.00
72 [Krause, Ernst and Charles Darwin]

Erasmus Darwin TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY W.S. DALLAS WITH A PRELIMINARY NOTICE BY CHARLES DARWIN,

London, 1879 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 315.00
73 ELLIS, WILLIAM. 1794-1872.

Polynesian Researches, During a Residence of Nearly Eight Years in the Society and Sandwich Islands.

London, 1839-1842. USD 150.00 - 225.00 USD 472.50
74 Willa Cather.

My Mortal Enemy.

New York 1926 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 378.00
75 Willa Cather.

One of Ours

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 756.00
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    Koller, Sep. 18: Cowper, William. Anatomia corporum humanorum ab excellentissimis… Utrecht, 1750. CHF 25,000 to 40,000
    Koller, Sep. 18: Bell, Thomas. A Monograph of the Testudinata. London [1836-1842]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds [and] Supplement completed after the authors death…, London [1849-]1861 and [1880-]1887. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller Auctions
    Books & Autographs
    18 September 2024
    Koller, Sep. 18: Gould, John. The birds of New Guinea and the adjacent Papuan Islands, including many new species recently discovered in Australia. CHF 50,000 to 80,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Levaillant, François. Histoire naturelle des oiseaux de paradis et des rolliers, suivie de celle des toucans et des barbus. Paris [1801-]1806. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
    Koller, Sep. 18: Pfinzing, Melchior. Die geverlicheiten und einsteils der geschichten des loblichen streytparen…, Nürnberg, 1517. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.
  • <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th September 2024</b> <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Bible, Arabic & Latin. <i>Biblia Sacra Arabica,</i> 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shepard (Ernest). <i>"Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison,</i> original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Economics.- Smith (Adam). <i>An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,</i> 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th September 2024</b> <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> More (Sir Thomas). <i>La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde,</i> first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). <i>De medicinali materia libri sex,</i> hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th September 2024</b> <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> World.- Blaeu (Johannes). <i>Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu,</i> engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Shelley (Mary). <i>Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus,</i> 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000. <b><center>Forum Auctions<br>Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper<br>26th September 2024</b> <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Lewis (C.S.) <i>[The Chronicles of Narnia],</i> 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Albertolli (Ferdinando). <i>Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli,</i> Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000. <b>Forum, 26 Sep:</b> Gregynog Press.- Euripides. <i>The Plays,</i> one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Bible, Arabic & Latin. Biblia Sacra Arabica, 3 vol., Rome, Tipografia della Congregazione di Propaganda Fide, 1671. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shepard (Ernest). "Wind in the Willows" Toad Escapes from Prison, original pencil drawing with watercolour, 1931. £15,000 to £20,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Economics.- Smith (Adam). An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, 2 vol., second edition, Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1778. £12,000 to £18,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Burma.- Burmese School (1870s). Folding manuscript, or parabaik, of festivities and processions, probably from the Court Workshop at the Royal Court at Manadaly, Burma, [c. 1870]. £10,000 to £15,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: More (Sir Thomas). La Description de l'Isle d'Utopie ou est comprins le Miroer des republiques du monde, first French edition, Paris, Charles l'Angelier, 1550. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Botany.- Dioscorides (Pedanius). De medicinali materia libri sex, hand-coloured throughout, Frankfurt-am-Main, Chr. Egenolff, 1543. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: World.- Blaeu (Johannes). Nova et Accuratissima Totius Terrarum Orbis Tabula Auctore Joanne Blaeu, engraved map, [c.1662]. £8,000 to £12,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Shelley (Mary). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus, 2 vol., [second edition], Printed for G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1823. £7,000 to £10,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: [Evans (Marian)] 'George Eliot'. A complete set of first editions of her works, uniformly bound in red morocco, 1858-1885 (30). £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum Auctions
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    26th September 2024
    Forum, 26 Sep: Lewis (C.S.) [The Chronicles of Narnia], 7 vol., first editions, 1950-56. £6,000 to £8,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Albertolli (Ferdinando). Porte di Città e Fortezze...di Michele Sammicheli, Milan, 1815. £4,000 to £6,000.
    Forum, 26 Sep: Gregynog Press.- Euripides. The Plays, one of 25 specially-bound copies, this by George Fisher at the Gregynog Bindery, 1931. £4,000 to £6,000.
  • <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> HAMILTON, Sir William - <i>Campi Phlegraei.</i> Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> KIRCHER, Athanasius - <i>Turris Babel.</i> Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> EDWARDS, George.London - <i>Gleanings of Natural History.</i> Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> HEVELIUS, Johannes - <i>Cometographia.</i> Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000 <b>Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25:</b> KUPKA, Frantisek - <i>Quatre histoires de blanc et noir.</i> Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HAMILTON, Sir William - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: 1779. € 50,000 - 80,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KIRCHER, Athanasius - Turris Babel. Amsterdam: 1679. € 3,000 - 5,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: EDWARDS, George.London - Gleanings of Natural History. Londra: 1758-1764. € 7,000 - 10,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Cometographia. Danzica: 1668. € 20,000 - 30,000
    Il Ponte, Sep. 24-25: KUPKA, Frantisek - Quatre histoires de blanc et noir. Parigi: 1926. € 10,000 - 15,000
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