Sale 714: Americana - Travel, Exploration, Space - World History - Cartography (#714) 11/05/2020 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/05/2020 11:00 AM PST 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 1-21 of 21. Previous|1|Next Lot #15 Putorius Negripes, Black Footed Ferret, Natural Size Heading(Audubon, John James)AuthorAudubon, John [Woodhouse].HeadlineAudubon hand-colored litho, black footed ferretDate Published1846 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #16 Mus Decumanus, Brown, or Norway Rat. Male, Female & Young. Natural Size AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineAudubon hand-colored litho, Norway RatDate Published1845 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #35 Summary of Operations, California Oil Fields... Annual Report of the Sate Oil and Gas Supervisor issued by California State Mining Bureau Heading(California - Oil)HeadlineCalifornia oil industry, 1919-1936PublisherCalifornia State Mining BureauDate Published1919-1936 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #39 California Redwood for the Engineer Heading(California - Redwood)HeadlineCalifornia Redwood for the Engineer, 1917PublisherCalifornia Redwood AssociationDate Published[1917] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #133 Flora Americæ Septentrionalis; or, A Systematic Arrangement and Description of the Plants of North America. Containing, Besides What Have Been Described by Preceding Authors, Many New and Rare Species, Collected During Twelve Years Travels and Residence in that Country AuthorPursh, Frederick [Traugott]HeadlinePursh's Plants of North America 1814PublisherPrinted for White, Cochrane and Co.Date Published1814 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #155 Science, The Endless Frontier: Report To The President On A Program For Postwar Scientific Research Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorBush, VannevarHeadline1945 blueprint for postwar American scientific researchPublisherUnited State Government Printing OfficeDate PublishedJuly 1945 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #156 Science and Statecraft: Address at the Weizmann Institute Dinner, New York City, December 2, 1958 Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorOppenheimer, J. RobertHeadlineJ. Robert Oppenheimer on Science and StatecraftPublisherAmerican Committee for the Weizmann Institute of ScienceDate Published1958 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #160 Histoire Naturelle, Agricole et Économique du Mäis AuthorBonafous, MatthieuHeadlineFolio monograph on maize with color plates 1836PublisherHazard / BoccaDate Published1836 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #180 Rambles of a Naturalist on the Shores and Waters of the China Sea: Being Observations in Natural History During a Voyage to China... AuthorCollingwood, CuthbertHeadlineA naturalist's voyages in the China SeasPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #190 Traité Général des Pesches: et Histoire des Poissons qu'Elles Fournissent, Tant pour la Subsistance des Hommes... AuthorDuhamel du Monceau, Henri-Louis and L H de La MarreHeadlineTraité Général des Pesches, 1769PublisherSaillant & Nyon / DesaintDate Published1769 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #257 L’Astronautique [and] Exploring the Moon by Rocket Ship Heading(Space Exploration, 1930)AuthorEsnault-Pelterie, RobertHeadlineAstronautics classics by the French father of space travelPublisherImprimerie A.Lahure [and] Modern Mechanics and InventionsDate Published1930-1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #258 The Problem of Space Travel [and] The Problem of Dr. Campbell Heading(Space Exploration, 1948-1952)AuthorCampbell, J. W. and Arthur C. ClarkeHeadlineArthur C. Clarke refutes Royal Astronomer on SpaceflightDate Published1948-1952 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #259 Physics And Medicine Of The Upper Atmosphere: Study Of The Aeropause Heading(Space Exploration, 1953)AuthorWhite, Clayton S.; and Otis BensonHeadlineSigned by the Doctor who championed women astronautsPublisherUniversity of New Mexico PressDate Published1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #266 Carl Sagan's first major book + three by his Russian collaborator Heading(Space Exploration, 1966)AuthorSagan, CarlHeadlineIncludes Carl Sagan's first major bookDate Published1966-1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #281 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years, 1838, 1839, 1849, 1841, 1842 AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineEarly edition of Wilkes' Exploring ExpeditionPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1856 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #282 Prehistoric Man; Researches into the Origin of Civilisation in the Old and the New World AuthorWilson, DanielHeadlineSir Daniel Wilson's Prehistoric Man, 1862PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #296 Terrestrial and Celestial Globes: Their History and Construction Including a Consideration of Their Value as Aids in the Study of Geography and Astronomy AuthorStevenson, Edward LutherHeadlineGlobe reference book with 5 print photographsPublisherYale University Press for the Hispanic Society of AmericaDate Published1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #347 Star chart featuring Delphinus, the dolphin - from Atlas Celeste Heading(Celestial Maps)AuthorBevis, JohnHeadlineAstrological star chart with Delphinus, the dolphin, 1786Date Publishedc.1786 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #351 "Phasis Luna a Quadratura Recontis..." - from Selenographia Heading(Celestial Maps)AuthorHevelius, JoannesHeadlineEngraving of the Moon by Hevelius, 1647Date Published1647 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #379 Roosevelt County New Mexico Heading(New Mexico - Oil)HeadlineOil map for Roosevelt County New MexicoPublisherR.M. Metcalfe Co. Map PublishersDate Publishedc.1930 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #397 Devils Bend Area of Brazos River Burleson & Brazos Counties Rochmill-McRobie Well. Scale 1" = 500 Vrs. Heading(Texas - Oil)HeadlineOil map along Texas' Brazos RiverDate Publishedc.1930 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next