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Previous|12|Next Lot #21 Famed Black woman sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance encounters racism on a Boston bus, 1928 letter Heading(African-American, 1928)AuthorFuller, Meta V.W.HeadlineFamed Black woman sculptress of the Harlem Renaissance, 1928 letterDate Published1928 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #33 Early American bank-note engraver whose firm designed the first US postage stamps, printed and handwritten Document Signed Heading(American Engraver)AuthorRawdon, FreemanHeadlineEarly American bank-note and postage stamp engraver, 1844 Document SignedDate Published1844 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #59 The Ten Star Auto Tours of the Southland with mileage and full descriptions Heading(Automobile Tour Maps)AuthorSmith, Bert C., compilerHeadlineMotor tours of Southern California 1912PublisherCalifornia Automobile CompanyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #76 Set of blueprints and typed building specifications for a "Concrete Store Building" in Los Altos, designed for future U.S. Senator Alan M. Cranston and his older sister Eleanor C. Fowle Heading(California - Alan M. Cranston)AuthorZekarian, Carl, draftsmanHeadlineBlueprints for Alan Cranston's concrete store building, 1949Date Published1947 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #108 Archive of nine original architectural drawings for renovations to the building at Post and Mason streets in San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorHeiman, S., architectHeadlineArchitectural drawings for San Francisco buildingDate Publishedc.1920s View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #134 Three Years' Travels Throughout the Interior Parts of North America, for More Than Five Thousand Miles... AuthorCarver, JonathanHeadlineCarver's Three Years' Travels Throughout North America 1813PublisherIsaiah ThomasDate Published1813 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #176 Life in the Rocky Mountains: A Diary Of Wanderings on the Sources of the Rivers Missouri, Columbia, and Colorado 1830-1835...and Supplementary Writings by Ferris With a Detailed Map of the Fur Country Drawn by Ferris in 1836 AuthorFerris, Warren AngusHeadlineFerris' Life in the Rocky Mountains, 1830-1835PublisherOld West Publishing CompanyDate Published1940 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #195 Bibliotheca Americana Vetustissima: A Description Of Works Relating To America Published Between the Years 1492 And 1551 AuthorHarrisse, HenryHeadlineDescription Of Works Relating To America from the Years 1492 to 1551PublisherGeo. P. PhilesDate Published1866 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #231 Two volumes on the Lewis and Clark Expedition Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)HeadlineTwo volumes on Lewis and Clark ExpeditionDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #238 Album with photographs & typed narrative of a journey through Mexico Heading(Mexico)HeadlineYoung woman's travel diary in Mexico with photosDate Publishedc.1946 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #271 Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky Mountains AuthorRuxton, G F.HeadlineRuxton's Adventures in Mexico and the Rocky MountainsPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1847 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #272 Life in The Far West AuthorRuxton, George F.HeadlineRuxton's Life in The Far WestPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1849 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #276 Archive of hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of blueprints & photostatic copies of designs for various features of the San Francisco East Bay Terminal, later renamed the Transbay Terminal Heading(San Francisco Transbay Terminal)HeadlineDesign archive for Transbay TerminalDate Published1937 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #283 The Palatial Mansion of the Late Henry James Smith and its Rare and Costly Artistic Contents, Heading(Smith, James Henry)HeadlineThe Palatial Mansion of the Late Henry James Smith 1910 1/275PublisherThe American Art AssociationDate Published1910 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #299 David Thompson's Narrative 1784-1812 AuthorThompson, DavidHeadlineDavid Thompson's Narrative 1/750PublisherChamplain SocietyDate Published1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #314 Reasearches in Assyria, Babylonia, and Chaldaea; Forming part of the Labours of the Euphrates Expedition AuthorAinsworth, William [Francis]HeadlineArcheology in present Iraq, 1838PublisherJohn W. ParkerDate Published1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #315 A Monograph of Christmas Island AuthorAndrews, Charles W.HeadlineA Monograph of Christmas Island w/21 plates, mapPublisherPrinted by the Order of TrusteesDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #316 A Travel Book Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMartin, FredHeadlineFred Martin's Travel Book, Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #317 The Gold Regions of South Eastern Africa AuthorBaines, ThomasHeadlineThe Gold Regions of South Eastern AfricaPublisherEdward Stanford / J.W.C. MackayDate Published1877 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #319 A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands; or the Civil, Religious, and Political History of Those Islands: Comprising a Particular View of the Missionary Operations Connected with the Introduction and Progress of Christianity and Civilization Among the Hawaiian People. AuthorBingham, HiramHeadlineResidence of 21 Years in the Sandwich IslandsPublisherHezekiah HuntingtonDate Published1847 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #320 Dangerous Voyage. Containing an account of the wonderful and truly providential escape of Captain Bligh and a part of the crew of His Majesty's Ship Bounty; and of their safe arrival at Timor in the Year 1789;... Heading(Bligh, William)HeadlineCaptain Bligh's Dangerous VoyagePublisherGraisberry and CampbellDate Published1817 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #321 The Log of H.M.S. Bounty 1787-1789 AuthorBligh, WilliamHeadlineLog of H.M.S. Bounty 1787-1789PublisherGenesis PublicationsDate Published1975 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #322 The Log of H.M.S. Providence 1791-1793 AuthorBligh, WilliamHeadlineThe Log of H.M.S. Providence 1/500PublisherGenesis PublicationsDate Published1976 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #323 British Columbia 1946 Heading(British Coumbia)HeadlinePhotographs of British Columbia Hunting trip 1946Date Published1946 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #325 Unexplored Syria. Visits to the Libanus, the Tulúl el Safá, the Anti-Libanus, the Northern Libanus, and the 'Aláh AuthorBurton, Richard F. & Charles F. Tyrwhitt DrakeHeadlineBurton explores Syria, 1872PublisherTinsley BrothersDate Published1872 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #326 Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains. An Exploration AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineBurton explores West AfricaPublisherTinsley BrothersDate Published1863 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #327 Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil; With a Full Account of the Gold and Diamond Mines. Also, Canoeing Down 150 Miles of the Great River São Francisco, from Sabará to the Sea AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineBurton's Highlands of Brazil, 1869PublisherTinsley BrothersDate Published1869 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #328 The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineBurton explores the Lake Regions of Central AfricaPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, and RobertsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #329 The Lake Regions of Central Africa: A Picture of Exploration AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineBurton's Lake Regions of Central Africa 1st editionPublisherLongman, Green, Longman, and RobertsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #330 The Lake Regions of Central Equatorial Africa, with Notices of the Lunar Mountains and the Sources of the White Nile. Being the results of an expedition undertaken under the patronage of Her Majesty's Government and the Royal Geographical Society of London, in the years 1857-1859 AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineBurton in search of the source of the NilePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1859 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #331 Sindh, and the Races that Inhabit the Valley of the Indus; with Notice of the Topography and History of the Province. AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineRichard F. Burton Sindh First EditionPublisherWm. H. Allen & Co.Date Published1851 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #332 1930 Guide to Peking. Published by "The Leader" 30 cents (wrapper title) Heading(China)HeadlineScarce guide to Peking, China, 1930PublisherThe LeaderDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #334 Picturesque China. Architecture and Landscape, a Journey Through Twelve Provinces Heading(China)AuthorBoerschmann, ErnstHeadlinePicturesque China by BoerschmannPublisherBrentano'sDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #335 La Chine en Miniature, ou Choix de Costumes, Arts et Métiers de cet Empire. Heading(China)AuthorBreton de la Martinière, Jean Baptiste Joseph.Headline80 engravings of China 1811PublisherNepveuDate Published1811 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #336 Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy, of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton. Heading(China)AuthorEllis, HenryHeadlineJournal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to ChinaPublisherPrinted and Published by A. SmallDate Published1818 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #337 Personal Narrative of Three Years' Service in China Heading(China)AuthorFisher, Lt.-ColonelHeadlineThree Years' Service in China inscribed 1863PublisherRichard Bentley, Publisher in Ordinary to Her MajestyDate Published1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #339 A Naturalist in Western China with Vasculum, Camera and Gun: Being Some Account of Eleven Years' Travel, Exploration, and Observation in the More Remote Parts of the Flowery Kingdom Heading(China)AuthorWilson, Ernest HenryHeadlineBotanical explorations in the interior of ChinaPublisherDoubleday, PageDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #341 The Voyages of Captain James Cook Round the World AuthorCook, JamesHeadlineCooks Voyages with maps by TallisPublisherJames Tallis & CompanyDate Publishedc.1860 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #342 L'Homme Americain (de L'Amerique Meridionale) Considere Sous Ses Rapports Physiologiques Et Moraux. Atlas. AuthorD'Orbigny, AlcideHeadlineAlcide D'Orbigny's Atlas w/15 plates 1839PublisherPitois-LevraultDate Published1839 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #343 Rare and Remarkable Animals of Scotland, Represented from Living Subjects: With Practical Observations on their Nature, Volume II AuthorDalyell, John GrahamHeadlineRare Animals of Scotland w/56 color platesPublisherJohn van VoorstDate Published1848 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #344 Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, between the Years 1826 and 1836, describing their Examination of the Southern Shores of South America, and the Beagle's Circumnavigation of the Globe. Heading(Darwin, Charles)AuthorFitz-Roy, Captain Robert, Philip Parker King & Charles DarwinHeadlineFacsimile of the 1839 edition of the Beagle's voyagesPublisherAMS PressDate Published1966 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #345 To Siberia and Russian America: Three Centuries of Russian Eastward Expansion AuthorDmytryshyn, Basil, E.A.P. Crownhart-Vaughan and Thomas VaughanHeadlineTo Siberia and Russian AmericaPublisherOregon Historical Society PressDate Published1985-1989 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #346 Atlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; Containing Armorial Bearings, Fac Similes, Maps, and Military Plans. Heading(Duke of Marlborough)Author[Coxe, William, editor]HeadlineAtlas to the Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough 1820PublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & BrownDate Published1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #349 Dahomey and the Dahomans: Being the Journals of two Missions to the King of Dahomey, and Residence at his Capital in the Years 1849 and 1850 AuthorForbes, Frederick EHeadlineForbes, Dahomey and the Dahomans 1851PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans.Date Published1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #351 The Antiquities of England and Wales AuthorGrose, FrancisHeadline12 volumes w/ supplement, Antiquities of England, Ireland, ScotlandPublisherHooper & WigsteadDate Published[c.1783-1812] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #352 A New History of the East-Indies, Ancient and Modern. Author[Guyon, Claude Marie, et al]HeadlineA New History of the East Indies 1757PublisherR. and J. DodsleyDate Published1757 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #356 Memoirs of Henry Obookiah, A Native of Owhyhee, and a Member of the Foreign Mission School; Who Died at Cornwall, Conn. Feb. 17, 1818, Aged 26 Years Heading(Hawaii)AuthorDwight, E.W.HeadlineMemoirs of Henry Obookiah, a Native of Owhyhee.PublisherEdson HartDate Published1819 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #363 The Oriental Navigator, or, New Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies: also for the use of ships trading in the Indian and China seas to New Holland, &c. &c. Author[Huddart, Joseph]HeadlineHuddart, The Oriental Navigator 1797PublisherRobert Laurie and James WhittleDate Published1794 [but 1797] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #364 Dessins et Peintures D'Asie. Exécutés au cours de l'Exepédition Citroën Centre-Asie. Troisième mission G.-M. Haardt, L. Adouin-Dubreuil AuthorIacovleff, AlexandreHeadlineAlexandre Lacovleff's color plates from Central Asia 1/500PublisherLucien VogelDate Published[c.1935] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #365 Italy, Classical, Historical, and Picturesque, Illustrated in a Series of Views by Leading Landscape Painters of Great Britain with Description of the Scenes. Heading(Italy)AuthorMapei, CamilloHeadlinePicturesque Italy w/61 platesPublisherBlackie and SonDate Published[1843] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #366 Japanese hand-painted architectural manuscript plan of the Taki Gashira Mura Mitsu Zoin temple Heading(Japan)HeadlineJapanese hand-painted architectural plan 1880Date Published[c.1880] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #367 The Tale of Genji Scroll Heading(Japan)AuthorMorris, IvanHeadlineThe Tale of Genji Scroll 1/1500PublisherTokia Kodansha InternationalDate Published[1971] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #368 Ships and Men in the Late Viking Age: the Vocabulary of Runic Inscriptions and Skaldic Verse AuthorJesch, JudithHeadlineNautical vocabulary of the Viking AgePublisherThe Boydell PressDate Published[2001] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #370 The Heimskringla or The Sagas of the Norse Kings, from the Icelandic of Snorre Sturlason AuthorLaing, Samuel.HeadlineThe Sagas of the Norse Kings 1889PublisherJohn C. NimmoDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #371 Voyage dans la Cilicie et dans les Montagnes du Taurus. Exécuté pendant les années 1852-1853. AuthorLanglois, VictorHeadlineVictor Langlois, travels in Taurus mountains 1861PublisherBenjamin DupratDate Published1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #372 The Monuments of Nineveh. From Drawings Made on the Spot AuthorLayard, Austen HenryHeadlineLayard's Monuments of Nineveh w/100 platesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1853 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #373 Nineveh and Its Remains: With an Account of a Visit to the Chaldæan Christians of Kurdistan, and the Yezidis, or Devil-Worshippers; and an Inquiry into the Manners and Arts of the Ancient Assyrians AuthorLayard, Austen HenryHeadlineLayard, Nineveh and Its Remains 1852PublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1852 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #374 Le Grand Circuit des Capitales AuthorLe Bruel, MarcelHeadlineLe Grand Circuit des Capitales with color mapPublisherChocolat Menier/Agence française de propagandeDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #375 Samothrace - complete in sixteen volumes AuthorLehmann, Phyllis Williams and Karl, editorsHeadlineSamothrace complete in 16 volumesPublisherPantheon Books and Princeton University PressDate Published1958-1998 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #377 A Journey From Aleppo to Jerusalem, at Easter A.D. 1697. Also a Journal from Grand Cairo to Mount Sinai and back again. Translated from a Manuscript Written by the Perfecto of Egypt by Right Rev. Robert. Clayton AuthorMaundrell, HenryHeadlineA Journey From Aleppo to Jerusalem, 1810PublisherPrinted for J. White and Co. & J. NunDate Published1810 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #378 The Home of the Blizzard: Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 AuthorMawson, Sir DouglasHeadlineMawson - The Home of the BlizzardPublisherJ.B. LippincottDate Published[c.1915] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #379 With the World's Great Travellers AuthorMorris, Charles and Oliver H.G. Leigh, editorsHeadlineWith the World's Great Travellers 1901PublisherUnion Book CompanyDate Published1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #380 Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt Heading(Palestine)AuthorWilson, Colonel Sir William, ed.HeadlinePicturesque PalestinePublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1881] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #381 Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association in the Years 1795,1796 and 1797 AuthorPark, MungoHeadlineMungo Parks Travels in the African Interior 1810PublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer for the Author and sold by G. and W. NicolDate Published1810 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #382 Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797...With an appendix, containing Geographical Illustrations of Africa by Major Rennell AuthorPark, MungoHeadlineMungo Parks Travels in the African Interior 1799PublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer for the Author and sold by G. and W. NicolDate Published1799 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #383 Some Account of London AuthorPennant, ThomasHeadlineThomas Pennant Some Account of LondonPublisherJ. Faulder, et alDate Published1813 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #384 Calendar display board for Tom's Dixie Kitchen, Inc., in Manila, with small calendar for 1924 attached Heading(Philippines)HeadlineTom's Dixie Kitchen in the PhilippinesDate Publishedc.1924 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #385 Nouvelle Description des Chasteaux et Parcs de Versailles et de Marly... AuthorPiganiol, de la Force, Jean-AymarHeadline1701 travellers guide to VersaillesPublisherChez Florentin & Pierre DelaulneDate Published1701 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #386 Travels in Morocco, By the Late James Richardson...Edited By His Widow in Two Volumes AuthorRichardson, JamesHeadlineJames Richardson Travels in Morocco 1860PublisherCharles J. SkeetDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #388 Herculanum et Pompei Recueil General des Peintures, Bronzes, Mosaiques, Etc. AuthorRoux, H. & M.L. BarreHeadlineHerculanum et Pompei by Roux and BarrePublisherDidot FreresDate Published1863 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #389 Excursions in the Interior of Russia; including Sketches of the Character and Policy of the Emperor Nicholas, &c. &c. Heading(Russia)AuthorBremner, RobertHeadlineBremner's Russia travels 1839PublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1839 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #391 View Of The Russian Empire During The Reign Of Catharine The Second, And To The Close Of The Present Century Heading(Russia)AuthorTooke, WilliamHeadlineTooke's View Of The Russian Empire 1799PublisherPrinted For T.N.Longman And O.Rees, And J.DebrettDate Published1799 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #392 Narrative of the Mission to Russia, in 1866, of the Hon. Gustavus Vasa Fox, from the Journal and Notes of J.F. Loubat. Heading(Russia)AuthorVasa Fox, Gustavus and J. F. LoubatHeadlineFox's narrative of mission to Russia inscribed to Charles SumnerPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #393 Gronlands Fugle. The Birds of Greenland AuthorSalomonsen, FinnHeadlineBirds of GreenlandPublisherMunksgaardDate Published1950 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #394 The History of England, From Revolution in 1688 to the Death of George II AuthorSmollett, TobiasHeadlineSmollet's History of EnglandPublisherBaynes and Son, et alDate Published1822 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #395 Letters from Spain (cover title) Heading(Spain)AuthorShepard, MerrillHeadlineLetters home from a trip to Spain in 1923Date PublishedJune to September 1923 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #396 Five facsimile editions of classic works on exploration Heading(Travel and Exploration)HeadlineFive facsimile editions of classic works on explorationPublisherN. Israel & De Capo PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #397 Six volumes on world exploration Heading(Travel and Exploration)HeadlineSix volumes on world explorationDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #398 Three facsimile editions of classic travel and exploration titles Heading(Travel and Exploration)HeadlineThree facsimile editions of classic exploration titlesPublisherN. Israel & De Capo PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #399 Fotografla Turkiye. Turkey in Pictures Heading(Turkey)HeadlineTurkey in PicturesPublisherGeneral Direction of the PressDate Published[1930s] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #400 Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineVancouver's Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific OceanPublisherN. Israel / Da Capo PressDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #401 A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of Any Navigable Communication between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans... AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineOctavo edition of Vancouver's Voyages 1801PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1801 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #402 Voyage à la Nouvelle Galles du Sud, à Botany-Bay, au port Jackson, en 1787, 1788, 1789. Ouvrage où l'on trouve de nouveaux sur le caractère et les usages des habitans du cap de Bonne-Espérance, de l'île Ténériffe, de Rio-Janeiro et de la Nouvelle-Hollande, ainsi qu'une description exacte de plusieurs animaux inconnus jusqu'à présent, Traduit de l'Anglais, avec des notes critiques et philosophiques sur l'histoire naturelle et les moeurs AuthorWhite, JohnHeadlineJohn White's travels to Botany Bay, first French edition, 1795PublisherChez PouginDate Published1795 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #403 A Missionary Voyage to the Southern Pacific Ocean, Performed in the Years 1796, 1797, 1798, in the ship Duff, commanded by Captain James Wilson. Compiled from journals of the officers and the missionaries. With a preliminary discourse on the geography and history of the South Sea Islands; and an appendix, including details never before published, of the natural and civil state of Otaheite AuthorWilson, WilliamHeadlineVoyage to the South Pacific by Wilson 1799PublisherBy S. Gosnell for T. ChapmanDate Published1799 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #404 Fankwei; or, The San Jacinto in the Seas of India, China and Japan AuthorWood, William MaxwellHeadlineWood's Fankwei, from the library of Charles Erskine Scott WoodPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #425 Six framed hand-colored views of California, mostly San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSix framed hand-colored views of California, mostly San FranciscoPublisher[Harper's Weekly]Date Published[Late 1800's] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #433 Eight hand-colored scenes of California Heading(California)Headline8 hand-colored California scenesDate Published[c. late 1800's] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #443 Five engraved plates from Captain Cook's Voyages Heading(Cook, James)AuthorWebber, J.HeadlineFive engraved plates after J. WebberPublisher[Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell]Date Published[c.1784] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #447 The Panorama of the Thames from London to Richmond, exhibiting every Object on both Banks of the River, with a Concise Description of the Most Remarkable Places and A General View of London. Heading(England - Thames)Author[Clark, John]HeadlineThe Panorama of the Thames from London to RichmondPublisherSamuel LeighDate Published[c.1830] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #457 [View of Morea, one of the Friendly Islands] Heading(South Seas)AuthorCleveley, John, the youngerHeadlineRare view of harbor at MooreaPublisherF. JunesDate Published1787-88 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #468 The City of the Great King; or, Jerusalem as it was, as it Is, and as it is to Be. AuthorBarclay, J[ames] T.HeadlineJerusalem, The City of the Great King 1858PublisherJames Challen and SonsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #482 Memoir of Vice Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton Heading(Brenton, Sir Jahleel)HeadlineMemoir of Jahleel BrentonPublisherLongman and Co.Date Published1855 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #486 Magnæ Britanniæ Notitia: or, the Present State of Great Britain; With Diverse Remarks Upon the Ancient State thereof... in Two Parts AuthorChamberlayne, JohnHeadlinePresent State of Great Britain 1755PublisherS. Birt, A. Millar, et alDate Published1755 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #487 My Nestorian Adventure in China: a Popular Account of the Holm-Nestorian Expedition to Sian-Fu and Its Results Heading(China)AuthorHolm, FritsHeadlineHolm's Nestorian Adventure in China 1923PublisherH. RevellDate Published1923 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #498 Ocean to Ocean. Sandford Fleming's Expedition Through Canada in 1872 AuthorGrant, George M.HeadlineFleming's Canadian ExpeditionPublisherJames Campbell & SonDate Published1873 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #500 Three Years of Arctic Service: An Account of the Lady Franklin Bay Expedition of 1881-84 and the Attainment of Farthest North AuthorGreely, Adolphus W.HeadlineGreely achieves Farthest NorthPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1886 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #514 Through Asia AuthorHedin, SvenHeadlineHedin, Through Asia 1899PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1899 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #517 Many Days in Morocco AuthorHorne, JohnHeadlineMany Days in MoroccoPublisherPhilip Allan & CO.Date Published1925 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #519 Passages in Foreign Travel AuthorJewett, Isaac AppletonHeadlinePassages in Foreign Travel 1838PublisherCharles C. Little and James BrownDate Published1838 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #522 Travels in North America [and] A Second Visit to the United States of North America AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineCharles Lyell's American Tours, 1845 & 1849Date Published1845 & 1849 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next