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Woodbury, Levi (1789-1851) Secretarial Letter Signed, 4 December 1832.
Lot: 1176Sold for: $123$100Woodbury, Levi (1789-1851) Secretarial Letter Signed, 4 December 1832. Single wove bifolium inscribed over one page to Lieutenant Levin Minn Powell (1803-1885) of White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, more ...
U.S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, Thirteen Documents.
Lot: 1177UnsoldU.S. Navy, Norfolk, Virginia, Thirteen Documents. A group of manuscript and partially printed documents and letters relating to the business of the Naval Agent in Norfolk, mostly dated 1830-40, more ...
Documents and Indentures, 1790s-1830s.
Lot: 1178Sold for: $185$150Documents and Indentures, 1790s-1830s. Seven documents, including manuscript and printed indentures, and other assorted papers from Virginia from the same era. (7) more ...
Percival, John [aka Mad Jack Percival] (1779-1862) and James Barron (1768-1851) Documents Related to the Schooner Porpoise.
Lot: 1179UnsoldPercival, John [aka Mad Jack Percival] (1779-1862) and James Barron (1768-1851) Documents Related to the Schooner Porpoise. Five documents (four of which matted and framed together) related to the more ...
Morris, Captain Charles.
Lot: 1180Sold for: $246$200Morris, Captain Charles. Autograph letter signed to daughter Julia Morris, 2 March 1846, at Miss Mercer's School in Belmont, Virginia, mentioning Julia's mother's health, a visit to a cousin more ...
Ericsson, John (1803-1889) Autograph Letter Signed, 18 January 1860, and Two Photographs.
Lot: 1181Sold for: $400$325Ericsson, John (1803-1889) Autograph Letter Signed, 18 January 1860, and Two Photographs. Single page letter inscribed on wove lined paper, to an unnamed recipient, regarding engineering more ...
Naval Ordnance Practice Logbook
Lot: 1182Sold for: $3,075$2,500Naval Ordnance Practice Logbook, Experimental Battery, Washington Navy Yard, 1857-59, manuscript logbook detailing the testing and practice of iron and bronze American Dahlgren naval cannon, shot, more ...
Logbook of United States Frigate Brandywine
Lot: 1183Sold for: $1,599$1,300Logbook of United States Frigate Brandywine and Sloop of War Vincennes, many records apparently kept by Midshipman Richard W. Meade, United States Navy, 1826-1829, comprising hundreds of pages of more ...
Falconer, William (1732-1769),A New and Universal Dictionary of the Marine
Lot: 1184UnsoldFalconer, William (1732-1769),A New and Universal Dictionary of the Marine, modernized by William Burney, London, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1830, (binding detached),ht. 10 7/8, wd. 9 in. more ...
Two Books Owned by Commodore Stephen Decatur's Wife and Son
Lot: 1185UnsoldTwo Books Owned by Commodore Stephen Decatur's Wife and Son, The Life and Character of Stephen Decatur (Middletown, Connecticut: Clark & Lyman, 1822) with "Stephen Decatur" [the Commander's son] more ...
Two Commodore Charles Morris Biographies
Lot: 1186UnsoldTwo Commodore Charles Morris Biographies, The Autobiography of Commodore Charles Morris (Annapolis: U.S. Naval Institute, 1880) with presentation inscription "Charles Morris Addison/from more ...
Patterson, Howard (1856-1916),Patterson's Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia
Lot: 1187UnsoldPatterson, Howard (1856-1916),Patterson's Illustrated Nautical Encyclopedia, Cleveland: The Marine Review Pub. Co., 1901, ex library, ht. 10 1/3, wd. 7 1/4 in. more ...
Barksdale, Arthur Sydnor Jr., History of the Norfolk Navy Yard in World War II
Lot: 1188Sold for: $492$400Barksdale, Arthur Sydnor Jr., History of the Norfolk Navy Yard in World War II, typescript of book, 327 pages in cloth-covered binder, includes twelve photographs of United States naval ships more ...
The north part of America: conteyning Newfoundland, new England, Virginia, Florida, new Spaine, and Noua Francia wth ye rich Iles of Hi
Lot: 1189Sold for: $10,455$8,500The north part of America: conteyning Newfoundland, new England, Virginia, Florida, new Spaine, and Noua Francia wth ye rich Iles of Hispaniola, Cuba, Iamaica, and Porto Rieco on the south, and upon more ...
A Survey of the Buildings and Encroachments on the River Thames, on both sides, from London Bridge Eastwards to the Lower End of Lyme-H
Lot: 1190UnsoldA Survey of the Buildings and Encroachments on the River Thames, on both sides, from London Bridge Eastwards to the Lower End of Lyme-House. London: 1684. Two-page folding typographical table from more ...
Five Maps Showing the Gulf of Mexico
Lot: 1191Sold for: $1,046$850Five Maps Showing the Gulf of Mexico, late 17th/early 18th century, Nicolas De Fer: Les Costes Aux Environs De La Riviere De Misisipi 9 x 13 1/4 (plate); Dauphin Le Vieux Mexique ou Nouvelle more ...
The Description and Uses Of a New and Correct Sea-chart Of the Western and Southern Ocean, Shewing the Variations of the COMPASS
Lot: 1192Sold for: $800$650The Description and Uses Of a New and Correct Sea-chart Of the Western and Southern Ocean, Shewing the Variations of the COMPASS, as observed by Edmund Halley, 1700, from the English Pilot, more ...
A Correct Map of the Coast of New England
Lot: 1193Sold for: $2,214$1,800A Correct Map of the Coast of New England. London: Mount and Page, 1737. Large, four-folio panel map, from The English Pilot, fourth book, with an inset of Boston Harbor, toned, old folds, unframed, more ...
Johannes Cloppenburg's Nova Virginiae Tabula , Map.
Lot: 1194Sold for: $197$160Johannes Cloppenburg's Nova Virginiae Tabula, Map. Copper-plate engraved map on paper, c. 1738, based on the Blaeu map, after John Smith; matted and framed with a photo-mechanical reproduction of a more ...
A General Chart of the Western Ocean
Lot: 1195UnsoldA General Chart of the Western Ocean, from the English Pilot, Published and Sold by W. Mount & T. Page on Tower Hill, London, 1759, with place names along coast, compasses at sea, and rhumb lines, more ...
A Chart of the Atlantic Ocean
Lot: 1196Sold for: $369$300A Chart of the Atlantic Ocean, London. Printed for Robt Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the act directs 20 Feby 1775, showing parts of four continents, centered on the Atlantic more ...
A Chart of the Harbour of Boston With the Soundings, Sailing-Marks, and Other Directions
Lot: 1197Sold for: $5,228$4,250A Chart of the Harbour of Boston With the Soundings, Sailing-Marks, and Other Directions from the North American Pilot for New England, published by Robert Sayer and John Bennett, 1776, with more ...
Malte-Brun, Conrad (1775-1826),Atlas Complet du Precis de la Geographie Univselle
Lot: 1198UnsoldMalte-Brun, Conrad (1775-1826),Atlas Complet du Precis de la Geographie Univselle, Paris, 1837, eighty-six numbered plates, (foxed at margins),ht. 15 1/2, wd. 11 1/2 in. more ...
Map of Europe
Lot: 1199UnsoldMap of Europe, France, c. 1835, depicting Europe, parts of Northern Africa, and the Westernmost areas of Asia, inscribed in the lower left "Grave par Thierry," and in the upper right "Pl. 35 et more ...
Pen and Ink
Lot: 1200UnsoldPen and Ink Track of H.M.S.S Vixen from Callao to Valparaiso, Chilli [sic], c. 1860, in red and black pen on laid paper, the track plotted in red, the South American Pacific coastline and salient more ...
War Department Railroad Survey, Geological Map of a Part of the State of California Explored in 1853 by Lieut. R. S. Williamson
Lot: 1201Sold for: $123$100War Department Railroad Survey, Geological Map of a Part of the State of California Explored in 1853 by Lieut. R. S. Williamson, Savony, Major & Knapp, New York, Lithographers, c. 1855, lithographed more ...
Twenty-one Various Maps and Charts
Lot: 1202Sold for: $492$400Twenty-one Various Maps and Charts, England, America, and Europe, 18th, 19th, and 20th century, including views of the World, North America, Boston Harbor, Chesapeake Bay, The Great South Ocean, more ...
Three Nautical Charts
Lot: 1203UnsoldThree Nautical Charts, from United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, mid-20th century, including "Chesapeake Bay Wold Trap to Smith Point," "Cape May to Cape Hatteras," and "Approaches to New York more ...
Three Nautical Charts
Lot: 1204UnsoldThree Nautical Charts, from United States Coast and Geodetic Survey, mid-20th century, including "Chesapeake Bay Entrance," "Norfolk Harbor and Elizabeth River," and "Hampton Roads." more ...
Waltham Watch Co. Chronometer Watch
Lot: 1205Sold for: $738$600Waltham Watch Co. Chronometer Watch, no. 21491450, 2 1/2-in. arabic numeral dial with subsidiary seconds and marked "8 Days" and "Waltham Watch Co.," three-quarter nickel plate lever escapement more ...