Sale 699: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#699) 05/07/2020 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/07/2020 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 101-178 of 178. Previous|12|Next Lot #203 Memoirs of Elder Jesse Mercer AuthorMallary, C.D.HeadlineMemoirs of Baptist minister Jesse Mercer, 1844PublisherJohn GrayDate Published1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #205 The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. With Maps Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineEarly handbook for overland expeditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #206 The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. With Maps Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineEarly handbook for overland expeditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #207 History of the Donner Party. A Tragedy of the Sierras AuthorMcGlashan, Charles FayetteHeadlineMcGlashan's History of the Donner PartyPublisherCrowley & McGlashanDate Published[1879] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #213 Our National Parks AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir Our National Parks INSCRIBED!PublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1901 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #219 Statutes of the State of Nevada Passed at the First Session of the Legislature 1864-5 Begun December 12th, 1964 and ended March 11th, 1965 Heading(Nevada)HeadlineNevada Statutes Passed at First Legislative SessionPublisherJohn Church, State PrinterDate Published[1865] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #220 Statutes of the State of Nevada Passed at the Fourth Session of the Legislature, 1869, Begun on Monday, the Fourth Day of January, and Ended on Thursday, the Fourth Day of March Heading(Nevada)HeadlineNevada statutes passed during fourth year of statehoodPublisherHenry R. Mighels, State PrinterDate Published1869 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #221 San Juan County, New Mexico. Its resources, agricultural, horticultural, and mineral, climate, schools, etc., etc. Heading(New Mexico)HeadlineRare promo for San Juan County New Mexico 1893PublisherRand, McNally & Co., PrintersDate Published1893 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #222 Santa Fe, the End of the Trail: Official program Santa Fe Fiesta, September 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th, 1921. This annual fiesta at the ancient capital of New Mexico was first celebrated A.D. 1712 Heading(New Mexico)HeadlineFiesta in Santa Fe, 1921PublisherSanta Fe Chamber of CommerceDate Published1921 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #225 "C.J. Joiner Announces his Paramount Well in Morris-Titus County, Texas Area... Gusher Runs Wild!!..." Heading(Oil)HeadlineFortune in oil to be madeDate Publishedc.1935 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #226 The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations on Cotton and Slavery in the American Slave States AuthorOlmstead, Frederick LawHeadlineThe Cotton Kingdom, 1861 1st Ed.PublisherMason BrothersDate Published1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #227 A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, With Remarks on Their Economy AuthorOlmsted, Frederick LawHeadlineA Journey in the Seaboard Slave States, 1856PublisherDix & EdwardsDate Published1856 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #229 The Personal Narrative of James O. Pattie of Kentucky, During an expedition from St. Louis, through the vast regions between that place and the Pacific Ocean, and thence back through the City of Mexico to Vera Cruz, during journeyings of six years,... AuthorPattie, James O.Headline1st narrative of overland journey to CaliforniaPublisherE.H. FlintDate Published1833 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #230 Carte-de-visite Portrait Book from Civil War Period Heading(Photographs - Cartes-de-Visite)HeadlineCarte-de-visite Portrait Book from Civil War Period View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #233 Some Account of the Pious Fund of California and the Litigation to Recover It Heading(Pious Fund)AuthorDoyle, John T.Headline12 pamphlets on Pious fund of CA by Doyle 1880PublisherEdward Bosqui & coDate Published1880 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #235 Additional observations on the nature and value of civil liberty, and the war with America. Also observations on schemes for raising money by public loans; an historical deduction and analysis of the national debt AuthorPrice, RichardHeadlineObservations of America, 1777PublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published1777 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #236 The History of America AuthorRobertson, WilliamHeadlineThe History of America, 1788PublisherA. Strahan, T. Cadell and J. BalfourDate Published1788 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #237 [Log Book for the Bluefish] Heading(Sailing)AuthorTilden, Capt. Walter ClarkeHeadline1930s yachting logbook and ephemeraDate Publishedc.1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #241 Hull-House Maps and Papers: A Presentation of Nationalities and Wages in a Congested District of Chicago Heading(Settlement Movement)HeadlineHull-House Maps and Papers, 1895PublisherThomas Y. Cromwell & Co.Date Published1895 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #243 Ledger for the John Patten Heading(Ship's Ledger)HeadlineHandwritten ship's ledger, 1862-77Date Published1862-1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #244 History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania AuthorSmedley, R.C.HeadlineHistory of the Underground Railroad, 1863PublisherPrinted at the Office of the JournalDate Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #245 Directory of hotels, boarding houses and resorts on or reached by the lines of the Southern Pacific in California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico Heading(Southern Pacific Company)HeadlineWestern hotels reached by Southern Pacific lines, 1903PublisherPassenger Department, Southern Pacific CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #246 Hunting - Fishing: Southern Pacific Lines in Louisiana and Texas Heading(Southern Pacific Lines)AuthorMonroe, J.T.HeadlineSport in Louisiana & Texas along Southern Pacific linesPublisherSouthern Pacific LinesDate Published1928 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #248 A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United States AuthorStroud, GeorgeHeadlineLaws Relating to Slavery in the US, 1858PublisherHenry LongstrethDate Published1856 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #251 Lower Yosemite Fall AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadlineLower Yosemite Fall Taber photoDate Published[Late 1800s?] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #252 The American Harmony; Or, Royal Melody Complete AuthorTans'ur, WilliamHeadlineThe American Harmony: or, Royal Melody CompletePublisherDaniel BayleyDate Published1771 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #254 Planning for Telephones in Buildings: For the use of Architects, Engineers, Builders, Owners Heading(Telephones)HeadlineGuide to Retrofitting buildings for Telephones, 1928PublisherSouthern California Telephone CompanyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #255 Travels Through the Western Country in the Summer of 1816: Including Notices of the Natural History, Antiquities, Topography, Agriculture, Commerce and Manufactures; with a Map of the Wabash Country, now Settling AuthorThomas, DavidHeadlineTravels Through ... Wabash Country, 1819PublisherDavid RumseyDate Published1819 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #256 Virgil Thomson AuthorThomson, VirgilHeadlineVirgil Thomson, 1967, inscribedPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1967 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #258 Roughing It AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Roughing It First Edition, First StatePublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #259 Acts Passed at the Third Congress of the United States of America: begun and Held at the City of Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, on Monday, the Second of December, One Thousand Seven Hundred and Ninety-Three, and the Independence of the United States the Eighteenth. Heading(United States Congress)HeadlineActs Passed at the Third Congress of the United States of America, 1795PublisherPrinted by Francis ChildDate Published1795 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #264 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineNarrative of the Wilkes Expedition 1845 w/atlasPublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1845 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #266 Among the Shoshones AuthorWilson, Elijah N.HeadlineAmong the Shoshones, 1st Ed.PublisherSkelton Publishing CompanyDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #267 Program Eleventh Biennial Convention of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, San Francisco, June 23 to July 5, 1912 Heading(Women's Clubs)HeadlineConvention of Women's Clubs in San Francisco 1912PublisherF.F. Phelps, PrinterDate Published1912 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #268 Year Book City and County Federation of Women's Clubs. Miss Jennie Partridge, President Heading(Women's Clubs)HeadlineWomen's Clubs of San Francisco, 1920-23PublisherPrinted by the Margaret Mary Mead Co.Date Published1920-1923 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #269 History of the 307th Engineers, August 11, 1917 - March 1, 1919 Heading(World War I)HeadlineWWI chronicle of the 307th EngineersDate Published1919 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #270 WACS & Wings Heading(World War II)HeadlineWACS with Far East Air Force in WWIIDate Published1946 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #271 Twenty-two early 20th century photographs of Montana and Yellowstone Heading(Yellowstone)HeadlineCollection of Montana photographs, early 20th centuryDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #273 Photo Album of Yosemite Trip Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineYosemite Travel Album w/ portrait of Galen ClarkDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #275 Snapshots on our Yosemite trip, 1902 Heading(Yosemite)AuthorWagener, A.C.HeadlinePhoto Album of Yosemite Family Trip 1902Date Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #276 British Jamaican merchant's purchase of half a mini-nation in present day Cameroon, West Africa - Autograph Manuscript Signed Heading(Africa - Cameroon, 1850s)AuthorEdgerley, SamuelHeadline1850s British merchant's purchase of a West African "kingdom"Date Publishedca. 1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #284 Collection of early 20th century photographs of China, including Hong Kong, Tianjin, Beijing, and military scenes Heading(China)HeadlineEarly 20th century photographs of ChinaDate Publishedc.1905 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #285 Collection of photographs of scenes and people around Peking Heading(China)HeadlineChinese street scenes c. 1900Date Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #287 Photograph album depicting Puyi and last days of the Qing Empire Heading(China)HeadlinePhotograph album depicting last Emperor of ChinaDate Publishedc.1922 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #289 Photograph album documenting the life of photographer David Carlos Thompson Heading(China, etc.)HeadlinePhoto album of Donald Thompson, war photographerDate Published1915-1937 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #290 Songs of the Bat (Cover Title) Heading(Cricket)Author[Lucas, E.V.]HeadlineSongs of the Bat, E.V. Lucas 1892Publisher[W.P. Griffith & Sons]Date Published1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #291 Document/letter addressed to the Secretary of State of Cuba, signed and with the seal of numerous Chinese Societies in Cuba, requesting that homage be paid to General Tsai Ting Kau, who was to visit Cuba Heading(Cuba - China)HeadlineGeneral honored by Cuban Chinese societies 1934Date Published1934 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #292 Four Chinese Nationality Certificates issued to Chinese slaves or indentured servantes in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese nationality certificates for Cuban residency 1880Date Published1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #293 Manuscript document regarding the sale of slave in early 19th century and the taxes thereupon Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves arriving in Cuba from Africa, 1817Date Published1817 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #294 School Atlas to Cummings' Ancient & Modern Geography Author[Cummings, Jacob Abbott]HeadlineScarce early American atlas, c.1820PublisherCummings & HilliardDate Publishedc.1820 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #315 Letter from a soldier to his mother, chronicling his journey the United States to embark on a transport to Hawaii and the Philippines, and his first impressions once there Heading(Philippines)Author"Tom"HeadlineSoldier's journey to Philippines to quell unrest, 1909 letterDate PublishedApril 18, 1909 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #317 African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineRoosevelt's hunting expedition in AfricanPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #326 Collection of WW II Japanese P.O.W. photographs Heading(World War II)AuthorHarada, Henry HiroshiHeadlinePhotographs of WWII Japanese P.O.W.sDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #345 Key Positions Vicinity of San Francisco Bay Prepared by San Francisco District U.S. Coast Guard. Do not use for Navigational Purposes. RESTRICTED Heading(California - San Francisco Bay Area)HeadlineCoast Guard map of San Francisco Bay 1941Date Published1941 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #352 P.A. Buell's Map of a Part of California: Showing the Great Mother Lode Mineral Belt with Railroad and Stage Connections to Stockton, Cal Heading(California - Stockton)HeadlineMap of Mother Lode Mineral Belt and Stockton, 1898PublisherP.A. Buell & Co.Date Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #356 Perrine's New Topographical War Map of the Southern States with a Chronology of the Great Rebellion [with] A Concise History of the War Heading(Civil War)AuthorPerrine, Charles O. and Capt. John S. BishopHeadlineMap of the Civil War, 1863PublisherCharles O. PerrineDate Published[1864] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #357 Scenic Auto Trips Radiating from the Pikes Peak Region: Colorado Springs and Manitou, Colorado (panel title) Heading(Colorado)HeadlineAuto trips around Pikes PeakDate Publishedc.1920's View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #360 Map of 1960 Winter Olympic Games in Squaw Valley, California Heading(Olympics)AuthorBloodgood, DonHeadlinePictorial map of 1960 Winter Olympic Games at Squaw ValleyPublisherShell OilDate Published1960 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #364 The Sportsman's Dude Ranch Map Heading(Sportsman's...)AuthorBlakeman, T.G.HeadlinePictorial map of Dude Ranches of the WestPublisherThe Sportsman Publishing Co.Date Published1934 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #367 Eight post-Civil War issues of Atlantic Monthly magazine Heading(Atlantic Monthly)HeadlineAtlantic Monthly magazine, 8 post-Civil War issues, 1869Date Published1869 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #368 Across the Continent: A Summer's Journey to the Rocky Mountains, the Mormons, and the Pacific States, with Speaker Colfax AuthorBowles, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Bowles Across the Continent, 1868PublisherSamuel Bowles & Co.Date Published1868 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #372 The Arthur H. Clark Company: A Bibliography and History, 1902-1992 AuthorClark, Robert A. and Patrick J. BrunetHeadlineArthur H. Clark Biblio & History, 1993PublisherArthur H. ClarkDate Published1993 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #374 Code of Honor AuthorDramesi, John A,HeadlineSigned by the authorPublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1975] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #376 Letter from Frank S. Giles to Irvin A. Maurer AuthorGiles, FrankHeadlineLetter from Frank S. Giles to Irvin A. MaurerDate Published1971 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #377 Life in the Open: Sport with Rod, Gun, Horse and Hound in Southern California AuthorHolder, Charles FrederickHeadlineEarly 20th c. account of the wild environment in Southern CaliforniaPublisherG. P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1906 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #381 Geography Made Easy: Being an Abridgment of the American Universal Geography AuthorMorse, JedidiahHeadlineVery early American geography, 1796PublisherI. Thomas and E.T. AndrewsDate Published1796 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #385 Bird's-eye view photograph of the Panama Pacific International Exposition Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineBirds-eye view photo of the PPIE; SF, 1915Date Published1915 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #386 Before the Permanent Court of Arbitration under the Hague Convention of 1899. The case of the Pious Fund of the Californias. United States of America v. Republic of Mexico. Heading(Pious Fund)HeadlineThe case of the Pious Fund of the CaliforniasPublisher[Government Printing Office]Date Published1902 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #387 In the International Arbitral Court of the Hague. The Case of the Pious Fund of California Heading(Pious Fund)AuthorDoyle, John T.HeadlinePious Fund California 1906 by John DoylePublisherGeo. Spaulding & Co., PrintersDate Published1906 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #388 Lot of 5 titles pertaining to the Pious Fund of the Californias Heading(Pious Fund)Headline5 vol. on the Pious Fund of the Californias, 1902-1969Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #389 Churchill & Roosevelt: The Complete Correspondence Heading(Presidents, 1933)AuthorKimball, Warren F. (editor)HeadlineChurchill & Roosevelt: The Complete CorrespondencePublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published[1984] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #390 A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford Heading(Presidents, 1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineGerald Ford A Time to Heal, signedPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1979] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #391 Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President Heading(Presidents, 1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineJimmy Carter Keeping Faith special signed editionPublisherBantam BooksDate Published[1982] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #400 Burnt section, 80 Feet from Stump, Mariposa Grove AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadlineBurnt section of Stump Taber Yosemite photoDate Published[late 1800's?] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #402 Loop Tennis pictorial advertising sheet describing the game and selling equipment 1950's Heading(Tennis)AuthorLoop TennisHeadlineScarce 1950's Loop Tennis ephemeraPublisherLowe & Campbell Athletic Goods Co.Date Published[1950?] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #404 Nine Issues of Sartain's Union Magazine Heading(Thoreau, Henry David)Headline9 Issues of Sartain's, 2 with works by ThoreauPublisherJohn SartainDate Published1851-1852 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #410 Approximately 10 volumes of California with some Zamorano 80 titles Heading(California)HeadlineApproximately 10 volumes of California with some Zamorano 80 titles View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #411 Eleven volumes on California Heading(California)HeadlineEleven volumes on California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$406.25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next