Grays Auctioneers: A Library of Curiosities, 19990, Cleveland,
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- July 30, 2025 - July 30, 2025
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | POCOCKE, Richard (1704-1765). | Pococke's Description of the East. |
London | MDCCXLIII-MDCCXLV [1743-1745]. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | USD 3,250.00 |
| 77 | PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804). | The History and Present State of Discoveries Relating to Visions, |
London | MDCCLXXII [1772] | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 78 | PRIESTLEY, Joseph (1733-1804). | History of Electricity. |
London | MDCCLXVII [1767]. | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 79 | PRITCHARD, Andrew (1804-1884). | The Microscopic Cabinet of Selected Animated Objects. |
London | 1832 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 81 | RENAUD, Jean-Baptiste-Lupicin (1777-1827). | Instruction sur la Fabrication de la Poudre. |
A Paris | 1811 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 62.50 |
| 82 | RICH, Claudius James (1787-1821): | Rich's Babylon / London 1815. |
London | 1815 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 83 | ROSS, John (1777-1856). | A Treatise on Navigation by Steam. |
London | 1828 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 84 | ROSS, John, Sir (1777-1856). | Sir J. Ross's Arctic Expedition 1829-1833. |
London | 1835 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 85 | RUMFORD, Benjamin (1753-1814). | Essays, Political, Economical, and Philosophical. |
Boston | 1798-1799, and 1804. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 86 | SCOTT, Henry Lee (1814-1886). | Military Dictionary. |
New York | 1861 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 87 | SHAW, Thomas (1694-1751). | Travels. |
Oxford | 1738 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 88 | SMITH, George. | A Compleat Body of Distilling. |
London | [1725]. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 812.50 |
| 89 | SMITH, Robert (1689-1768). | A Compleat System of Optics. |
Cambridge | [1738]. | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 468.75 |
| 90 | SPENCER, John (1630-1693). | Prodigies. |
London | 1665 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 91 | STEEL, David (1734-1799): | The Ship-Master's Assistant and Owner's Manual. |
London | 1810 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 92 | STEVENS, George Alexander (1710-1780). | A Lecture on Heads. |
London | 1812 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 93 | STRAITH, Hector (1794-1871). | Plates for Major Straith's Treatise on Fortification and Artillery. |
London | 1852 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 100.00 |
| 94 | SWAMMERDAM, Jan (1637-1680). | Histoi des Insec. |
Utrecht, Chez G. de Walcheren | 1682 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 468.75 |
| 95 | TAYLOR, Isaac (1759-1825). | Taylor's Trades. |
London; Hartford; ([Hartford, Conn.] | 1826 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 62.50 |
| 96 | TERRY, John Taylor (1822-1913). | Rev. Edward Taylor (1642-1729). |
New York | 1892 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 75.00 |
| 97 | TIELKE, Johann Gottlieb (1731-1787). | The Field Engineer. |
London | 1789 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 98 | TOWNSEND, John Kirk (1809-1851). | Sporting Excursions in the Rocky Mountains. |
London | 1840 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 99 | TURNOR, Christopher Hatton (1840-1914). | Astra Castra: Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere. |
London | 1865 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 100 | VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). | Cinq Semaines en Ballon. |
Paris, J. Hetzel [1879?] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 237.50 | |
| 101 | VERNE, Jules (1828-1905). | De La Terre a la Lune. |
Paris | [1875?]. | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 212.50 |
![<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.](https://pjupgrade-qadev.s3.amazonaws.com/AdvertisementPhotos/acf970a0-a15d-4c79-aa24-5e8e414cb465.png "<b>Sotheby’s:</b> Ernest Hemingway. <i>Three Stories And Ten Poems,</i> [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.")
