Morphy Auctions: The Art of War in America, 1750-1850: The James L. Kochan Study Collection, 121024, Denver

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December 10, 2024 - December 10, 2024
Page Size: 111 items in 5 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1181 LOVE, John.

GEODASIA, OR THE ART OF SURVEYING. 1786

London 1786 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 224.00
1185

2 CASED SETS OF 18TH CENTURY DRAWING AND MAPPING TOOLS.

18th century USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 832.00
1187 William Bell Clark.

NAVAL DOCUMENTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. VOLUMES 1-4.

Washington, DC 1964-1969 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 160.00
1188

THE NAVAL CHRONICLE, 1799-1818. A COMPLETE SET OF 40 VOLUMES.

London 1799-1818 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 1,280.00
1189 Hoyt, Epaphras.

HOYT. TREATISE ON MILITARY ART (CAVALRY DISCIPLINE), 1798

1798 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 896.00
1190

MASSACHUSETTS SOLDIERS & SAILORS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BOOKS, FULL SET.

Boston 1896-1908 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
1191

THE NORTH-AMERICAN & WEST-INDIAN GAZETTER. 1778

London 1778 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 USD 768.00
1192 [Amos Stoddard].

EXTREMELY RARE AMERICAN MANUAL: EXERCISE FOR GARRISON AND FIELD ORDNANCE. 1812

New York 1812 USD 5,000.00 - 10,000.00 USD 6,400.00
1194

AN IMPORTANT, UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT ORDER BOOK FROM THE DEFENCE OF BALTIMORE, 1814

1812-1814 USD 4,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 3,584.00
1195 Marshall (John).

MARSHALL'S ROYAL NAVAL BIOGRAPHY. 8 VOLS. (1823-1831): A NEAR-MINT SET.

London 1823-31. USD 700.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
1197

SYSTEM OF FIELD ARTILLERY 1829 [AND] IMPROVEMENT OF ARTILLERY 1841

Boston, 1829 USD 350.00 - 700.00 USD 256.00
1198

THE LONG-LOST ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT OF SIR JOHN MOORE'S MANUAL FOR THE 52ND LIGHT INFANTRY, C. 1803

c.1803 USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 USD 4,352.00
1199 [Anonymous].

THE MADRAS GUNNER (LONDON: 1808): IMPORTANT NAPOLEONIC ARTILLERY MANUAL.

London 1808 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,088.00
1200

DOUGLAS, SIR HOWARD. "A TREATISE ON NAVAL GUNNERY."

London 1829 USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
1205

NAPOLEONIC BRITISH UNIFORM PRINTS: 4 FRAMED PERIOD WORKS.

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 192.00
1207

[NAPOLEONIC COSTUME]. 1824 BOUILLY CARICATURE, "LES MOUSTACHES".

Paris, 1824 USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 416.00
1227

ANNUAL BRITISH ARMY LISTS, 1789-1816. 28 VOLUMES.

London 1789-1816. USD 2,000.00 - 4,000.00 Not Sold
1228

ANNUAL BRITISH ARMY LISTS, 1817-1849. 33 VOLUMES.

London 1817-1849. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
1258

[WAR OF 1812]. BROUGHTON PRINT OF DARTMOOR PRISON.

Boston, 1853 USD 600.00 - 1,200.00 USD 384.00
1263 Painted by T. Birch. Engraved by A. Lawson.

AFTER THOMAS BIRCH. "PERRY'S VICTORY ON LAKE ERIE."

Phila. [not dated, but probably 1814]. USD 1,200.00 - 2,400.00 USD 768.00
1275 Francis Wheatly (1747-1801).

RETURNING HOME AT THE CLOSE OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. 2 PRINTS.

London 14 June 1785 USD 800.00 - 1,600.00 USD 1,920.00
1278

THE ATTACK ON TRIPOLI... AN EXTREMELY RARE 1805 ENGRAVING BY GUERRAZZI.

USD 1,500.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,280.00
1340

1812 SILVER CAP PLATE OF THE 15TH US INFANTRY, WORN BY CPT ZACHARIAH ROSSELL.

USD 8,000.00 - 16,000.00 USD 10,240.00
1406

FORT NIAGARA AND THE FALLS AT NIAGARA: 2 FRENCH & INDIAN WAR PRINTS.

SEP 1759. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 256.00
1409 Adolph Menzel.

MENZEL PLATES OF FREDERICK THE GREAT'S PRUSSIAN ARMY DURING THE SEVEN YEARS' WAR.

Berlin, [1904] USD 400.00 - 800.00 USD 256.00
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