Sale 686: Americana - Yosemite - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#686) 10/24/2019 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 10/24/2019 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 1-64 of 64. Previous|1|Next Lot #7 Auto Court Guide for Transcontinental Travel. Compiled by the Outing Bureau Heading(Automobile Guide Book)HeadlineAuto court guide from 1931PublisherAutomobile Club of Southern CaliforniaDate Published1931 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #57 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineNotes of a Military Reconnoissance by EmoryPublisherWendell and Van Benthuysen, PrintersDate Published1848 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #61 Memoirs of My Life, by John Charles Frémont. Including in the Narrative Five Journeys of Western Exploration, During the Years 1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7, 1848-9, 1853-4. Together with a Sketch of the Life of Senator Benton, in Connection with Western Expansion by Jessie Benton Frémont. A Retrospect of Fifty Years, Covering the Most Eventful Periods of Modern American History... AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineMemoirs of Charles FremontPublisherBelford, Clarke & Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #62 Narrative 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 CharlesHeadlineExploring Expedition to the Rocky MountainsPublisherTaylor, Wilde & Co.Date Published1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #67 Nouvelle Decouverte d'un tres Grand Pays Situe dans Amerique, entre le Nouveau Mexique, et La Mer Glaciele AuthorHennepin, LouisHeadlineHennepin's New Discoveries, Utrecht 1697PublisherChez Guillaume BroedeletDate Published1697 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #69 Buffalo Jones' Forty Years of Adventure AuthorInman, Colonel Henry, compilerHeadlineBuffalo Jones' Forty Years of AdventurePublisherCrane & CompanyDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #72 The Western Pony AuthorLeigh, WilliamHeadlineLeigh's The Western Pony in jacketPublisherHarper and BrothersDate Published[1933, but 1935} View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #74 The Spirit of St. Louis - inscribed by the great aviator AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineThe Spirit of Saint Louis inscribed by Charles LindberghPublisherScribner'sDate Published1954 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #80 Letter on Mexican political chaos after Iturbide's abdication Heading(Mexico - post-Independence)Author[Manuel Huerta?]HeadlineLetter, Mexican political chaos after Independence from SpainDate PublishedAug. 26, 1823 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #86 Cruise Of The Revenue Steamer Corwin In Alaska And The N. W. Arctic Ocean In 1881 AuthorMuir, John, Irving C. Rosse, et al.HeadlineUSS Corwin searching for the lost JeanettePublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #87 Journal of the Senate During the Third Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada, 1867 Heading(Nevada)HeadlineNevada Senate Journal 1867PublisherJoseph E. EckleyDate Published1867 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #91 The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineOregon Trail with Remington IllustrationsPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1892 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Winning of the West AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineDiplomatic-Consular edition 1/50PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1900 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #99 Life in The Far West AuthorRuxton, George F.HeadlineRuxton, Life in the Far West, 1849PublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1849 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #124 Two pictorial California souvenir volumes Heading(California)HeadlineTwo pictorial California souvenir volumesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #129 Three volumes by C.F. Gordon Cumming AuthorCumming, C. F. GordonHeadlineThree volumes by C.F. Gordon CummingPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #132 California - Sights and Scenes for the Tourist AuthorDickinson, E., E.L. Lomax, et al.HeadlineCalifornia - Sights and Scenes for the Tourist, 1893PublisherUnion Pacific RailroadDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #133 Donner Party Relic Heading(Donner Party)HeadlineDonner Party Relic 1893PublisherMcGlashan, C.F.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #136 Yosemite Souvenir & Guide (cover title) AuthorFoley, Daniel JosephHeadlineFoley's Yosemite Souvenir & Guide scarce 1st ed. 1901Publisher"Tourist" Studio-OfficeDate Published[1901] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #137 Yosemite Souvenir & Guide (cover title) AuthorFoley, Daniel JosephHeadlineFoley's Yosemite Souvenir & Guide 1902Publisher"Tourist" StudioDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #138 Yosemite Souvenir & Guide (cover title) - four editions AuthorFoley, Daniel JosephHeadlineFoley's Yosemite Souvenir & Guide - four editionsPublisher"Tourist" Studio, etc.Date Published1905-15 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #140 On the Proposed Use of a Portion of the Hetch Hetchy, Eleanor, and Cherry Valleys within and near to the boundaries of the Stanislaus U.S. National Forest Reserve and the Yosemite National Park as Reservoirs for Impounding Tuolumne River Flood Waters and Appurtenant Works for the Water Supply of San Francisco, California and Neighboring Cities AuthorFreeman, John RipleyHeadlineHetch-Hetchy Water Supply for San Francisco 1912PublisherBy Authority of the Board of SupervisorsDate Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #144 The Yo-semite Almanac: Adapted to California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana and Utah. AuthorHutchings, James Mason, compilerHeadlineThe Yo-semite Almanac 1867 scarceDate Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #145 Hutchings' Illustrated California Magazine - one bound volume and 11 individual issues AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutching's California Magazine bound and individual volumesPublisherHutchings & RosenfieldDate Published1856-1858 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #146 Hutchings' Table of Distances, for the State of California. AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings' Table of Distances 1855 lettersheetPublisherHutchings & WadsworthDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #147 In the Heart of the Sierras. The Yo Semite Valley both Historical and Descriptive: and Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra... AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings In the Heart of the SierrasPublisherOld Cabin / Pacific PressDate Published1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #148 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive and Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of Sierras, 1st ed., 1st issue in deluxe bindingPublisherPublished at the Old CabinDate Published1886 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #149 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings In the Heart of the SierrasPublisherThe Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #150 Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California. Illustrated by 105 well executed engravings, including the Mammoth Trees of Calaveras; the Caves and Natural Bridges of Calaveras; the Yo-Semite Valley; the Mammoth Trees of Mariposa and Frezno; Mount Shasta; the Quicksilver Mines of New Almaden and Henriquita; the Farallon Islands; The Geyser Springs; the Riffle-Box Waterfall; Deer Creek; Lake Bigler; Scenes on the Sacramento; the El Dorado County Cave, etc. AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineScenes of Wonder and Curiosity in CaliforniaPublisherJ.M. HutchingsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #151 Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California...including the Mammoth Trees of Calaveras; Caves and Natural Bridges; the Yo-Semite Valley; the Mammoth Trees of Mariposa and Frezno; Mount Shasta... AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineScenes of Wonder and Curiosity in CA, 1st ed.PublisherHutchings & RosenfieldDate Published[1860] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #154 Tourists' Edition. In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineTourists' Edition of Hutchings' SierraPublisherPacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published[1886 but later] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #156 The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California AuthorKneeland, SamuelHeadlineKneeland's Wonders of Yosemite with 10 mounted photosPublisherAlexander MooreDate Published1872 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #160 Ramblings Through the High Sierra [cover title] AuthorLe Conte, JosephHeadlineLe Conte's Rambling in the High Sierra scarce 1900 ed.PublisherThe Sierra ClubDate Published1900 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #162 Adventures of Zenas Leonard: Fur Trader and Trapper 1831-1836 AuthorLeonard, ZenasHeadlineMountain Man Narrative of Yosemite DiscoveryPublisherBurrows BrothersDate Published1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #170 My First Summer in the Sierra AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineYolla Bolly Press John Muir First Summer in the SierraPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #171 The Writings of John Muir AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineSierra Edition of the Writings of John MuirPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[c. 1924] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #198 My Trip to Yosemite: From the Journal of Emilie Sussman, 1872 AuthorSussman, EmilieHeadlineMy Trip to Yosemite signed by Emilie SussmanPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #214 Collection of 19 glass lantern slides of South Africa and Zulus Heading(Africa - Lantern SlidesHeadlineLantern slides of South AfricaDate Publishedc.1890's? View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #215 La Guide Universelle de Tous les Pays Bas ou les Dix-Sept Provinces AuthorBoussingault, [Adam]HeadlineLa Guide Universelle de Tous les Pays BasPublisherFrançois ClouzierDate Published1673 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #216 Letters from Europe, Comprising the Journal of a Tour through Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Italy, and Switzerland, in the Years 1825,'26, and '27 AuthorCarter, N.H.HeadlineN.H. Carter, Letters from Europe, 1827PublisherG. & C. CarvillDate Published1827 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #217 Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey Through the Country From Pekin to Canton Heading(China)AuthorBarrow, JohnHeadlineBarrow's Travels in China with 8 platesPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1806 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #220 Comments of the White Paper: United States Relations with China Heading(China)AuthorYen, Hsi-shanHeadlineEnd of Nationalists in China, 1949PublisherThe Chinese Anti-aggression LeagueDate Published1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #223 Adventures of Don Juan de Ulloa, in a Voyage to Calecut, Soon After the Discovery of India AuthorDe Gama, VascoHeadlineAdventures of Don Juan de Ulloa, 1833PublisherPeter HillDate Published1833 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #224 Proceedings of the "Proteus" Court of Inquiry on the Greely Relief Expedition of 1883 Heading(Greely, A.W.)HeadlineProceedings of the Proteus Court of Inquiry 1884PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #230 The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, Through the Deserts and Steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, &c. AuthorMichie, AlexanderHeadlineOverland from Peking to PetersburgPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1864 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #232 Ethnographisches Materialen aus den Neues Hebriden und den Banks Inseln - a manuscript English translation of what appears to be a partial text of Speiser's first book [with] an archive of albumen photographs of Samoan islanders Heading(New Hebrides and Banks Islands)AuthorSpeiser, FelixHeadlineArchive related to Felix Speiser's New HebridesDate Publishedc. 1980's? View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #234 The Life Of Frederic, Baron Trenck: Written by Himself AuthorTrenck, Baron FredericHeadlineThe Life Of Baron Frederic Trenck, 1788PublisherJ. MurrayDate Published1788 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #239 A New General Atlas, Constructed from the latest Authorities... AuthorArrowsmith, AaronHeadlineArrowsmith's New General Atlas 1817PublisherA. Constable & Co.Date Published1817 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #241 Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri Septem.In quibus Tabulae omnes gradibus distinctae, descriptiones accuratae, caetera supra priores editiones politiora, Auctioraque. ad Christianissimum Galliae & Navarrae Regem Ludovicum XIII AuthorBertius, PetrusHeadlineBertius' Geography with 220 maps 1618PublisherJodocus HondiusDate Published1618 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #242 The Third Centenary Edition of Johan Blaeu Le Grand Atlas Ou Cosmographie Blaviane. Amsterdam, 1663 AuthorBlaeu, JohanHeadlineThird Centenary Edition of Johan Blaeu's Atlas 1/1000PublisherTheatrum Orbis TerrarumDate Published1967 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #337 The Letters. of Gertrude Bell AuthorBell, GertrudeHeadlineWoman traveler in the Middle EastPublisherBoni & LiverighhtDate Published1927 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #340 Who's Who in Los Angeles County, 1927-1928 Heading(California - Los Angeles County)HeadlineWho's Who in Los Angeles County, 1927-1928PublisherChas J. LangDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #341 Souvenir pamphlet from The Palm Restaurant, Los Angeles - With 2 original caricatures by Jolly Bill Steinke Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineSouvenir pamphlet from The Palm Restaurant, LADate Published1940s? View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #343 Proclamation by His Excellency, James Douglas... governor and commander in chief of Vancouver Island and its dependecies... whereas, I have been empowered by Her Majesty's government to fix the upset price of country land within the colony of Vancouver Island and its dependencies at 4s, 2d per acre... British subjects may enter upon and occupy Land, not being otherwise reserved... Heading(Canada - British Columbia)AuthorDouglas, JamesHeadlineRegulations for purchasing land in British Columbia 1861Date Published1861 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #344 Proclamation by James Douglas as Governor of British Columbia regarding licenses and penalties for distilling spirits Heading(Canada - British Columbia)AuthorDouglas, JamesHeadlineDistillers licensed in 1861 British ColumbiaPublisher1861 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #345 Proclamation No. 12...By His Excellency James Douglas... to construct and complete a certain Wagon Road and Works... Heading(Canada - British Columbia)AuthorDouglas, JamesHeadlineConstructing a wagon road in British Columbia, 1861Date Published1861 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #346 "Captain James Cook Royal Navy F.R.S. By Nathaniel Dance" Heading(Cook, James)HeadlineFamous portrait of James CookPublisherNational Maritime MuseumDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #348 Struggles through Life, Exemplified in the Various Travels and Adventures in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, of Lieut. John Harriott, Formerly of Rochford, in Essex; now Resident-Magistrate of the Thames Police. AuthorHarriott, JohnHeadlineJohn Harriet Struggles Through Life 1808PublisherPrinted for the Author by J. SkirvenDate Published1808 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #349 A Ranchman's Recollections: An Autobiography in which Unfamiliar Facts Bearing Upon the Origin of the Cattle Industry in the Southwest and of the American Packing Business are Stated, and Characteristic Incidents Recorded AuthorHastings, Frank S.HeadlineA Ranchman's Recollections, 1921PublisherBreeder's GazetteDate Published1921 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #352 A Second Visit to North America AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineA Second Visit to North America 1855PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1855 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #364 Land of Wonder and Fear AuthorMitchell-Hedges, F.A.HeadlineTravels in Central AmericaPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published[1931] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #365 Mogg's Handbook for Railway Travellers; or, Real Iron-road Book: Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of all the Travellable Railways Hitherto Completed... AuthorMogg, EdwardHeadlineMogg's Handbook for Railway Travellers, 1840PublisherPrinted for the Proprietor, Edward MoggDate Published1840 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #370 Ferdinand Magellan Master Mariner AuthorPond, Seymour GatesHeadlineChildren's books on MagellanPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #372 The Voyages of Columbus AuthorRienits, Rex & TheaHeadlineProfusely illustrated Voyages of ColumbusPublisherHamlyn Publishing Group Ltd.Date Published[1970] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next