Sale 591: Rare Americana & Travel, with Books & Maps from the Warren Heckrotte Collection (#591) 07/28/2016 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/28/2016 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-51 of 51. Previous|1|Next Lot #5 A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from Papers, and other Materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his Direction, by Richard Walter, M.A., Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition AuthorAnson, George and Richard WalterHeadlineAnson's Voyage Round the World 1748PublisherPrinted for the Author by John & Paul KnaptonDate Published[1748] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #6 Chromolithograph of an encounter with Polar Bears in the frozen arctic Heading(Arctic)HeadlineAn encounter with Polar Bear in the frozen arcticDate PublishedLate 19th century View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #10 Arrian's Voyage round the Euxine Sea translated; and accompanied with a geographical dissertation, and maps. To which are added three discourses, I. On the trade to the East Indies by means of the Euxine Sea. II. On the distance which ships of antiquity usually sailed in twenty-four hours. III. On the measure of the Olympic Stadium AuthorArrian of NicomediaHeadlineFirst century guide to Black SeaPublisherSold by J. Cook; and by Messrs. Cadell and DaviesDate Published1805 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #20 Persia and the Persians AuthorBenjamin, S.G.W.HeadlinePersia and the Persians by BenjaminPublisherTicknor and CompanyDate Published1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #21 Nouveaux voyages aux Indes Occidentales; contenant une Relation de differens peuples qui habitent les environs du grand Fleuve Saint-Louis, appelle vulgairement le Mississipi; leur religion; leur gouvernement; leurs moeurs; leurs guerres & leur commerce. AuthorBossu, [Jean Bernard]HeadlineNouveaux voyages aux Indes Occidentales, 1768PublisherLe JayDate Published1768 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #22 Photo album of a trip to Brazil by American actor George O'Brien Heading(Brazil)AuthorO'Brien, GeorgeHeadlineActor George O'Brien visits BrazilDate Published1940s View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #28 Ultima Thule, or a Summer in Iceland AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineRichard Burton Ultima Thule 1st EditionPublisherWilliam P. NimmoDate Published1875 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #52 In und um Peking während der Kriegswirren 1900-1901... 36 Tafeln mit 1 Heliogravüre und 190 Bildern... nebst einem Plan von Peking Heading(China)AuthorWang, Dr., & Emil von Meerscheidt-HüllessemHeadlinePhotos of the Boxer Rebellion in ChinaPublisherMeisenbach RiffarthDate Published1902 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #64 Voyage dans l'Hemisphere Austral et Autour du Monde, Fait sur les Vaisseaux de Roi, l'Aventure, & la Resolution, en 1772, 1773, 1774, & 1775... AuthorCook, Captain JamesHeadlineCook's Voyages in French 1778PublisherHotel de ThouDate Published1778 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #65 The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages Heading(Cook, James)AuthorJoppien, Ruediger and Bernard SmithHeadlineThe Art of Captain Cook's VoyagesPublisherYale University PressDate Published1985-88 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #75 A Dissertation on the Course and Probable Termination of the Niger. AuthorDonkin, RufaneHeadlineA Dissertation on the Course and Probable Termination of the Niger, 1829PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1829 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #77 Guatimala, or The United Provinces of Central America, in 1827-8; Being sketches and memorandums made during a twelve months' residence in that republic AuthorDunn, HenryHeadlineGuatemala in early 19th centuryPublisherG. & C. CarvillDate Published1828 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #79 The English pilot. Describing the West-India navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones... The whole being much enlarged and corrected, with additions of several new charts and descriptions. By the information of divers able navigators of our own and other nations... Heading(English Pilot)HeadlineEnglish Pilot concentrating on Americas 1789PublisherPrinted for Mount and DavidsonDate Published1789 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #89 An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineGoldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated NaturePublisherA. Millar, et alDate Published1797 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #103 Happy England as Painted by Helen Allingham AuthorHuish, Marcus B.HeadlineHappy England A&C Black finely boundPublisherAdam & Charles BlackDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #113 An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and Some of His Officers, Who, in August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a Packet Belonging to the Honourable East India Company AuthorKeate, GeorgeHeadlineAn Account of the Pelew Islands, 1789PublisherG. NicolDate Published1789 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #119 The Voyage of the "Wanderer" AuthorLambert, C. & S.HeadlineVoyage of the "Wanderer" 1883PublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #120 In the Forbidden Land: An Account of a Journey into Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Llamas and Soldiers, Imprisonment, Torture... AuthorLandor, A. Henry SavageHeadlineHenry Savage Landor In the Forbidden LandPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1899 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #121 Narrative of a Journey in Egypt and the Country Beyond the Cataracts AuthorLegh, ThomasHeadlineTravels in Egypt 1816PublisherPrinted for John MurrayDate Published1816 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #125 Histoire des Croisades pour la Delivrance de la Terre Sainte AuthorMaimbourg, [Louis]HeadlineMaimbourg's History of the Crusades 1676PublisherSebastien Mabre-CramoisyDate Published1676 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #136 The Alps in 1864: A Private Journal. AuthorMoore, A. W.HeadlineThe Alps in 1864: A Private Journal, 1902PublisherDavid DouglasDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #137 The Photographic Face of Morocco: Twenty Pictures by Bernard Rouget Heading(Morocco)AuthorRouget, BernardHeadlineBernard Rouget Twenty Photos of MoroccoPublisherPhoto-Edition Bernard RougetDate Publishedc.1940 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #138 The Journal of James Morrison, Boatswain's Mate of The Bounty, Describing the Mutiny & subsequent Misfortunes of the Mutineers together with an account of the Island of Tahiti. Heading(Morrison, James)HeadlineThe Journal of James Morrison, 1935, 1/325PublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #140 Three volumes on motoring abroad Heading(Motoring Abroad)HeadlineThree volumes on motoring abroadDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #143 National Maritime Museum, Catalogue of the Library Heading(National Maritime Museum)HeadlineNational Maritime Museum, Catalogue of the LibraryPublisherHer Majesties Stationary OfficeDate Published1968-1976 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #163 Northward over the "Great Ice": A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897 AuthorPeary, Robert E.HeadlinePeary Northward over the Great IcePublisherFrederick A. Stokes CompanyDate Published1898 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #164 The Journey from Chester to London [together with] Of London AuthorPennant, ThomasHeadlineThomas Pennant Chester to London and Of LondonPublisherB. White / Robert FaulderDate Published1782 & 1790 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #165 Small archive of photographs, journals and other material relating to the 1926 Field Museum Peru-Central American archaeology expedition of W. Egbert Schenck and A.L. Kroeber Heading(Peru & Central America)AuthorSchenck, William EgbertHeadlineArcheology archive of Peru 1926Date Published1926-1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #171 Narrative of the Campaign in Russia During the Year 1812... to which is added A Narrative of the Events Which Followed Buonaparte's Campaign in Russia to the Period of Dethronement, by William Dunlap AuthorPorter, Robert KerHeadlineNapoleon invades RussiaPublisherPublished by Andrus and StarrDate Published1815 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #175 Two Volumes published by Rand, McNally & Co. Heading(Rand, McNally & Co.)HeadlineTwo Volumes published by Rand, McNally & Co.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #185 An Epistle from Oberea, Queen of Otaheite, to Joseph Banks, Esq. translated by T.Q.Z. Esq. professor of the Otaheite language in Dublin, and all the languages of the undiscovered islands in the South Sea; an enriched with historical and explanatory notes Author[Scott-Waring, John]PublisherPrinted for J. AlmonDate Published1774 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #194 Two works on Syria Heading(Syria)HeadlinePhotographs of SyriaDate Published[1946 & 1953] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #195 Picturesque Europe. With illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Most Eminent Artists AuthorTaylor, Bayard, editorHeadlinePicturesque Europe in 5 vols 1875PublisherAppletonDate Published[c.1875] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #204 Met in Siam, Excursionist & Tourist Advertiser: A quarterly Devoted to Travel and Trade in Siam. Edited and Published by Siam Tourist Bureau. Heading(Thailand)HeadlineTourism in Thailand 1926Date PublishedMarch 1926 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #207 Manuscript record of a trip by five English persons through Europe in 1935, in a Ford pulling a camper Heading(Travel Journal - European Motor Tour)HeadlineEuropean travel diary 1935Date Published1935 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #214 Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt AuthorWilson, Charles WilsonHeadlinePicturesque PalestinePublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1881] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #259 Tableau de l'Amerique: Cette Partie du Monde sut découverte en 1492, par Christophe Colomb, Génois,et en 1497, par Americ Vespuce, Florentin... Heading(Broadside)HeadlineRare French broadside on the AmericasDate Published[c.1770] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #268 An Abridgement of Captain Cook's Last Voyage, Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780, For making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, By Order of His Majesty. Extracted from the 4to Edition, in 3 Volumes. Containing a relation of all the interesting Transactions, particularly those relative to the unfortunate Death of Captain Cook; with his Life. By Captain King AuthorCook, JamesHeadlineAbridgement of Cook's Third VoyagePublisherPrinted for G. KearsleyDate Published1784 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #312 The Works of Washington Irving AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineWashington Irving's Works in full moroccoPublisherG.P. Putnam & Co.Date Published1856 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #314 Voyage of the U.S. Exploring Squadron Commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes...With Explorations and Discoveries made by Admiral D'Urville, Captain Ross and other Navigators and Travellers... AuthorJenkins, John S.HeadlineVoyage of the US Exploring Squadron 1850PublisherJames M. AldenDate Published1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #321 Rapport sur le concours au prix annuel pour la découverte la plus importante en géographie, lu à l'assemblée générale de la Société de géographie le 25 Avril 1874 (wrapper title) AuthorMalte-Brun, Victor-AdolpheHeadlineAward for explorations in Alaska with map 1874PublisherImprimerie de E. MartinetDate Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #336 At the Parliament begun... the twenty-ninth Day of November, Anno Domini 1774... An Act for giving a publick Reward unto such Person or Persons, being His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, as shall discover a Northern Passage for Vessels by Sea between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; and also unto such as shall first approach by Sea within One Degree of the Northern Pole Heading(Northwest Passage)AuthorGreat Britain, Laws, Statutes, etcHeadlineAct for discovering Northwest Passage 1776PublisherPrinted by Charles Eyers and William Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent MajestyDate Published1776 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #341 Fore and Aft; or, Leaves from the Life of an Old Sailor. By "Webfoot" Author[Phelps, William Dane]HeadlineWilliam Dane Phelps Fore & Aft 1871PublisherNichols & HallDate Published1871 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #362 Amphiorama, ou, La Vue du Monde: Phénomène inconnu pour la première fois observé et décrit AuthorTrafford, François W. C.HeadlineImaginary geography with polar-centric map 1877PublisherImprimerie Georges BridelDate Published1877 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #370 Histoire Générale des Grands Voyages et des Grands Voyageurs: Les Grands Navigateurs du XVIII Siècle AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineJunes Verne on 18th century explorersPublisherBibliothèque D'Éducation et de Récréation - J.Hetzel et CieDate Published[1879] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #481 Ismailia: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade AuthorBaker, Samuel W.HeadlineIsmailia: Narrative of Expedition to Central AfricaPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1875 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #506 Principal Excursions of the Innerleithen Alpine Club During the Years 1889-94 Heading(Innerleithen Alpine Club)HeadlinePrincipal Excursions of the Innerleithen Alpine ClubPublisherJohn McQueen, "Scottish Border Record" OfficeDate Published1895 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #515 America la Bien Llamada: La Conquista de Occidente AuthorLevillier, RobertoHeadlineAmerica la Bien Llamada, 1948PublisherGuillermo KraftDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #517 Voyage Autour Du Monde...1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829 AuthorLutke, FredericHeadlineLutke's Voyage Autour Du Monde 1826-1829PublisherN. Israel & De Capo PressDate Published[1971] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #519 In the Lena Delta AuthorMelville, George W.HeadlineGeorge Melville in the Lena DeltaPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #534 Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Around the World: Its Aims and Achievements - Inscribed AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineFrancis Drake's Voyage Around the WorldPublisherJohn HowellDate Published1926 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next