The Laurence Urdang Collection of Maritime Books from the Ten Pound Island Book Co.
Henry Manwayring's Seaman's Dictionary.
Item 64 is a copy of the second edition of Cook's second voyage. The title is A Voyage Toward the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772...1775. The second edition was published in 1777, same as the first, and is virtually identical. This was an exploration of major importance as it disproved the long and widely held theory that there was a massive polar continent to the south of the known continents. It was also on this voyage that Tahiti, Easter Island, and the Marquesas were discovered. Additionally, this was the voyage in which Cook brought back an island native, Omai, who would become the rage of London. $4,000.
Here is a book the lexicographer Urdang would have appreciated: The Sea-Man's Dictionary: or, an Exposition and Demonstration of All the Parts and Things Belonging to a Shippe. That spelling of "ship" tells you that this is a very old book. Henry Manwayring's work on seafaring was published in 1644. The author began his career as a pirate, but later settled down to a respectable career, and this book about seafaring terminology was the best for over a century. Item 151. $10,000.
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High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
High Bids Win Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines and Machine Manuals December 24 to January 9
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
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Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare. The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
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Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
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