Sale 672: Rare Americana, including California & the West (#672) 05/02/2019 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/02/2019 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 1-42 of 42. Previous|1|Next Lot #9 Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorMayer, BrantzHeadlineCaptain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African SlaverPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1854 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #30 Alaska. Volumes 1 & 2 of the Harriman Alaska series Heading(Alaska)AuthorBurroughs, John, John Muir, et alHeadlineVolumes 1 & 2 of Harriman's AlaskaPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #34 A Voyage Round the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Now Lord Anson, Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas AuthorAnson, GeorgeHeadlineAnson's Voyage 2nd Ed 1748 Octavo IssuePublisherPrinted for John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1748 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #60 The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineCity of the Saints by Richard Burton 1862PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #78 The Enchanted Circle Heading(California - Monterey)HeadlinePhotographs of Monterey PeninsulaDate Published[c.1930] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #92 WITHDRAWN - 1910 group photograph of the first boosters of the Twin Peaks Tunnel Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineWITHDRAWN - 1910 Photo, San Francisco Twin Peaks Tunnel organizersDate Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #103 [Photogravures of the construction of the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges] Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlinePhotogravures of the construction of the Golden Gate and Bay BridgesPublisherPaul W. Wood CompanyDate PublishedNo date (after 1936) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #107 Panoramic photograph, "Business District of San Francisco 1 Year after the Fire Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorWaters, R.J., & Co.HeadlinePanorama photograph of SF 1 year after earthquake and fireDate Published1907 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #128 Inscribed photograph of James Rolph Heading(California Politician)HeadlineInscribed photograph of SF mayor/CA governor James Rolph, 1928Date Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #149 Civil War era photograph album Heading(Civil War Photographs)HeadlineCivil War era photograph albumPublisher[J.P. Vail]Date PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #160 Four original photographs of mines and mining towns in Colorado Heading(Colorado)HeadlineFour photos of Colorado mines & townsDate Publishedc.1880-1906 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #171 The Flute of the Gods Heading(Curtis, Edward S.)AuthorRyan, Marah EllisHeadlineThe Flute of the Gods Edward Curtis Photos 1/500PublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #174 To Cuba and Back. A Vacation Voyage AuthorDana, Richard Henry, Jr.HeadlineTo Cuba and Back. A Vacation Voyage, 1860PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #180 History and General Views of the Sandwich Islands' Mission AuthorDibble, SheldonHeadlineDibble's History of Sandwich Islands 1839PublisherTaylor & DoddDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #209 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Exploring Expedition 1845 with large mapPublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #212 Rélation d'un voyage fait en 1695, 1696 & 1697 aux côtes d'Afrique détroit de Magellan, Bresil, Catenne et isles Antille, par une efcadre des viffeaux du roi commandée par de Gennes AuthorFroger, FrançoisHeadlineFroger, Rélation d'un voyage fait en 1695PublisherAntoine SchelteDate Published1699 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #213 The American Coast Pilot: Covering the Course and Distances Between the Principal Harbours, Capes and Headlands, from Passamaquoddy, through the Gulf of Florida... Together with the Courses and Distances from Cape Cod and Cape Ann to Georges' Banks...with the Latitudes and Longitudes of the Principal Harbours on the Coast, Together with a Tide Table. AuthorFurlong, LawrenceHeadlineAmerican Coast Pilot, 6th Ed. with mapsPublisherEdmund M. BluntDate Published1809 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #216 The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, During the Years 1849-'50-'51-'52 AuthorGilliss, James MelvilleHeadlineThe U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, 1855PublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Public PrinterDate Published1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #238 Eleven photochrom prints from photographs by William Henry Jackson, of the Grand Canyon and Native Americans of the Southwest AuthorJackson, William HenryHeadlinePhotochroms by William Henry JacksonPublisherDetroit Photographic Co.Date Published1899-1905 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #243 Travels of the Jesuits, into the Various Parts of the World: Particularly China and East-Indies... Translated from the celebrated Lettres edifiantes & curiouses, ecrites des Missons etrangeres, par les Missonaires de la compagnie de Jesus... To which is now prefixed, An Account of the Spanish Settlements, in America, with a general Index to the whole Work Heading(Kino, Eusebio Francisco)AuthorLockman, JohnHeadlineWith the Kino map of California 1762PublisherPrinted for T. PietyDate Published1762 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #256 Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and by Direction of its committee on Historical Documents. Together with Manuscript material of Lewis and Clark from other Sources including Notebooks, Letters, Maps, etc. and the Journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorThwaites, Reuben Gold, editorHeadlineOriginal Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1959PublisherAntiquarian Press LtdDate Published1959 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #259 A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay, Through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper in the Year MDCCCXXIV AuthorLyon, Capt. George FrancisHeadlineAn Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay, 1st Ed.PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1825 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #281 Photo archive of Joaquin Miller and the Steamer Queen Heading(Miller, Joaquin - Klondike Gold Rush)HeadlineJoaquin Miller, photographs and poem fragment, c.1897Date Publishedc.1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #286 Original sepia-tone silver photograph of a stagecoach at Red Rock, Montana Heading(Montana)HeadlinePhoto of Montana stagecoachDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #292 Cabinet card studio photograph of Lewis F. Hadley Heading(Native American Sign Language)HeadlineCabinet card studio photograph of Indian Sign Language creatorPublisherC.C. CookDate Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #293 Photograph of Hopi Indian Burton Onsac Heading(Native American)HeadlineSigned photo of Hopi Indian Burton OnsacDate PublishedUndated View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #294 Eight original lantern slides of Christian Mono and Yosemite Indians Heading(Native Americans - Mono & Yosemite Indians)HeadlineLantern slides of Mono & Yosemite IndiansDate Publishedc.1919-1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #295 Archive of Nez Perce Photographs Heading(Native Americans)HeadlineArchive of Nez Perce Photographs, 1890s-1950sDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #308 Original Cirkut Camera panoramic photograph of firemen and fire trucks posed on the grounds of the P.P.I.E. in San Francisco Heading(Panama Pacific International Exposition)HeadlinePanorama of Firemen at the P.P.I.E.PublisherCardinell-Vincent Co.Date Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #310 Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by Order of the Government of the United States. AuthorPerry, Matthew CalbraithHeadlinePerry's Japan ExpeditionPublisherBeverly TuckerDate Published1856 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #312 Photograph Album of a Grand Tour of Europe Heading(Photographs - American family tours Europe)HeadlinePhotograph Album of a Grand Tour of Europe, 1914Date Publishedc.1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #313 Two cartes de visite studio photographs of Laura Dewey Bridgman Heading(Photographs)Headline2 CdV studio photographs of Laura Dewey BridgmanPublisherBlack & Case [and] C.F. ConlyDate Publishedc.1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #353 Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers AuthorSitgreaves, LorenzoHeadlineExpedition Down the Zuni & Colorado, 1854PublisherBeverly Tucker, Senate PrinterDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #370 Archive of work by Cinematographer Robert L. Surtees AuthorSurtees, Robert L.HeadlineArchive of Cinematographer Robert L. SurteesDate Published1926-1966 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #373 The Taber Photographic Album of Principal Business Houses, Residences and Persons (cover title) AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadlineTaber's photographically illustrated advertising album, 1880PublisherI.W. TaberDate Published1889 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$120,000StatusSold Lot #393 Mitla, a Narrative of Incidents and Personal Adventures on a Journey in Mexico, Guatemala, and Salvador in the Years 1853 to 1855 Authorvon Tempsky, G.F.HeadlineTravels in Mexico, Guatemala, Salvador, 1858PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & RobertsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #398 Three Years' Wanderings of a Connecticut Yankee, in South America, Africa, Australia, and California, with Descriptions of the Several Countries, Manners, Customs and Conditions of the People, Including Miners, Natives, Etc. Also, a Detailed Account of a Voyage Around the World... AuthorWelles, C. M.HeadlineThree Years' Wanderings of a Connecticut Yankee, 1st Ed.PublisherAmerican Subscription Publishing HouseDate Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #400 Twenty-five stereo views taken by the official photographer of the Western Pacific Railroad, many showing the tracks and bridges Heading(Western Pacific Railroad - Stereo Views)HeadlineStereo Views along Western Pacific RailroadDate Publishedc.1905 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #413 Photograph album of WWII soldiers in Hawaii and Japan Heading(World War II - Photographs)HeadlinePhotograph album of WWII soldiers in Hawaii and JapanDate Publishedc.1944 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #429 WITHDRAWN - Cabinet card of John Franklin Swift, American politician and author Heading(California Politician)HeadlineCabinet card of Jonathan Swift, writer and California politicianDate PublishedUndated View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #436 Early albumen photograph of a Hawaiian sugar mill Heading(Hawaii - Photograph)AuthorChase, H.L.HeadlineAlbumen photo of Hawaiian sugar millDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #450 Cased daguerreotype photograph of young man, quite possibly Adolph Sutro Heading(Sutro, Adolph?)HeadlineCased photograph of young man, likely Adolph SutroDate Publishedc.1850 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next