Sale 743: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#743) 10/07/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 10/07/2021 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 101-162 of 162. Previous|12|Next Lot #312 Ma Vie Nomade aux Montagnes Rocheuses. AuthorWoelmont, Arnold deHeadlineFrench account of life in the Rockies, 1878PublisherLibrairie de Firmin-Didot et Cie.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #315 Yellowstone National Park; or the Great American Wonderland...A Complete Hand, or Guide Book for Tourists. AuthorWylie, W.W.HeadlineEarly travel guide to Yellowstone, 1882PublisherPublishing House of Ramsey, Millett & HudsonDate Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #316 Le Wyoming: Au pied des Montagnes Rocheuses- Les Richesses d'un Pays neuf.- L'élevage.--Le Pétrole aux États-Unis, son rôle dans l'avenir.--La Standard-oil cy. Heading(Wyoming)AuthorLe Roux, HuguesHeadlineFrench book on the oil industry in WyomingPublisherFélix JuvenDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #317 Fort Caspar (Platte Bridge Station) Heading(Wyoming)AuthorMokler, Alfred JamesHeadlineHistorical account of pioneer conflicts, 1939PublisherThe Prairie Publishing CompanyDate Published1939 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #321 Letter by Philadelphia newspaper publisher supporting congressional honors for Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane Heading(Arctic – Elisha Kent Kane)AuthorChild, George W.HeadlineLetter about Arctic explorer Elisha KaneDate PublishedMay 27, 1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #322 Oriental Series. Japan: Its History, Arts, and Literature. [&] China: Its History, Arts and Literature Heading(Asia)AuthorBrinkley, Captain F., editorHeadlineBrinkley's Oriental Series: Japan & China, 1/1000PublisherJ.B. Millet CompanyDate Published[1901-02] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #323 Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River, and along the Shores of the Arctic Ocean in the Years 1833, 1834, and 1835 AuthorBack, GeorgeHeadlineOverland expedition: Montreal to Central ArcticPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #324 A Summer in the Azores. With a Glimpse of Madeira. AuthorBaker, Charlotte AliceHeadlineEarly American travel narrative of the AzoresPublisherLee and Shepard; Charles T. DillinghamDate Published[1882] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #325 The Last of the Arctic Voyages; Being a Narrative of the Expedition in H.M.S. Assistance, Under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., in Search of Sir John Franklin... AuthorBelcher, EdwardHeadlineBelcher's Last of the Arctic Voyages w/ mapsPublisherLovell ReeveDate Published1855 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #326 Six Volumes of The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of The Progress of Discovery in Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Natural History, Practical Mechanics, Geography, Statistics, and the Fine and Useful Arts AuthorBrewster, David and Robert Jameson, editorsHeadlineEdinburgh Philosophical Journal, 1829-1831PublisherPrinted for Adam Black; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & GreenDate Published1829-1831 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #327 Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology AuthorBuckland, WilliamHeadlineBuckland's Geology and Theology, 1st EditionPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #328 Shanghai of To-day: A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of 'the Model Settlement' Heading(China - Shanghai)HeadlineVandyke print album of Shanghai viewsPublisherKelly and WalshDate Published1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #329 Album of approx. 390 gelatin silver print photographs of travel through China by foot, boat and rail Heading(China)HeadlineApprox. 390 travel photos of ChinaDate Published[Early 20th Century] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #330 Approximately 420 gelatin silver print photographs of China Heading(China)HeadlineAlbum of Chinese photographs, early 20th centuryPublisher[Aji-a Shashin Daikan Sha / Asia Photo Grand View Publishing]Date Published[Early Showa Era] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #331 China in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire Heading(China)AuthorWright, George NewenhamHeadlineWright's China w/ 30 plates by Thomas AllomPublisher[Fisher, Son & Co.]Date Published[c. 1843] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #333 "E.A." Abroad. A Summer in Europe AuthorConner, Eliza ArchardHeadlineEliza Conner's 1882 European summer tripPublisherW.E. Dibble & Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #334 Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales, with an Introductory Compendium of the General Principles of That Science, and Comparative views of the Structure of Foreign Countries, Illustrated by a Coloured Map and Sections. &c. AuthorConybeare, W.D.; William PhillipsHeadlineThe Geology of England and WalesPublisherPrinted and published by William PhillipsDate Published1822 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #335 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 AuthorCook, James and James KingHeadlineCook's 3rd Voyage with atlas plates bound inPublisherPrinted by H. Hughs, for G. Nicol... and T. CadellDate Published1785 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #336 Tagebuch eines Französischen Officiers in Diensten der Pohlnischen Konföderation welcher von den Russen gefangen und nach Sibirien verwiefsen worden Authorde Belcour, Frederic Auguste ThesbyHeadlineDiary of a French officer in the Polish Confederation 1776Date Published1776 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #337 Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset. AuthorDe la Beche, Henry T.HeadlineDe la Beche's Report on the Geology, 1839PublisherLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #338 The English Abroad. Sketched by an Australian Cousin. Author[Duffy, Susan Gavan]HeadlineAustralian's views of English expats, 1894PublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #339 Untrodden Peaks and Unfrequented Valleys: A Midsummer Ramble in the Dolomites AuthorEdwards, Amelia B.HeadlineAmelia Edwards, Untrodden Peaks, 1873PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #340 Scrapbook containing letters and postcards sent by a young woman traveling in Europe, sent to her parents Heading(European Travels)AuthorKerdell, GenevieveHeadlineYoung woman in Europe in the 1920sDate Published1928 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #341 Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22...With an Appendix on Various Subjects Relating to Science and Natural History AuthorFranklin, JohnHeadlineFirst Voyage of John Franklin 1823PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1823 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #342 Journal de Madame Rose de Saulces de Freycinet d'après le manuscrit original, accompagné de notes par Charles Duplomb AuthorFreycinet, Rose Marie Pinon de Saulces deHeadlineRare female journal of French circumnavigationPublisherSociété d'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes, et ColonialesDate Published1927 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #345 Five volumes from the Hakluyt Society Heading(Hakluyt Society)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineFive volumes published by the Hakluyt SocietyPublisherHakluyt SocietyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #346 Life with the Esquimaux: the Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque "George Henry," from the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th of September, 1862. AuthorHall, Charles FrancisHeadlineArctic Voyage w/ descriptions of Eskimo lifePublisherSampson Low, Son, and MarstonDate Published1864 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #347 Album of one hundred twenty-three photographs attributed to the family of Daigoro Yasukawa Heading(Japan)HeadlineAlbum of 123 Japanese photographsDate Published[c. 1900-1943] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #348 Relationis Historicae Semestralis Autumnalis Continuatio. AuthorLatomus, Sigismundus et al.HeadlineHistory textbooks in German 1668-69PublisherLatomus Wolfenbüttel Herzog August BibliothekDate Published1668-69 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #349 Elements of Geology AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineLyell's Elements of Geology 1st Edition, 1838PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #350 The Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry How Far the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface are Referable to Causes Now in Operation AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlinePrinciples of Geology 1834 Charles Lyell 4 volPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1834 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #351 Life Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. Author of 'Principles of Geology' &c. Edited by His Sister-in-Law, Mrs. Lyell. AuthorLyell, Katherine M.HeadlineLife and Letters of Charles Lyell, 1881PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #352 Siluria. The History of the Oldest Fossiliferous Rocks and Their Foundations; with a Brief Sketch of the Distribution of Gold Over the Earth. AuthorMurchison, Roderick ImpeyHeadlineMurchison's Siluria, inscribed w/ signed notePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1859 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #353 Eight Volumes of The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of The Progress of Discovery in Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Natural History, Practical Mechanics, Geography, Statistics, and the Fine and Useful Arts Heading(Natural History)AuthorBrewster, David and Robert Jameson, editorsHeadlineEight Vol. of Natural Philosophy, Herschel to HumboldtPublisherArchibald Constable and CompanyDate Published1819-1823 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #354 Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, 1808-1837 Bound in Seven Volumes Heading(Natural History)HeadlineWernerian Society Natural History PapersPublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published1811-1838 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #355 Elephant-Hunting in East Equatorial Africa. Being an Account of Three Years' Ivory Hunting Under Mount Kenia and Among the Ndorobo Savages of the Lorogi Mountains, Including a Trip to the North End of Lake Rudolph. AuthorNeumann, Arthur H.HeadlineNeumann's Equatorial Africa w/ butterfly platePublisherRowland WardDate Published1898 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #356 Secrets of Polar Travel AuthorPeary, Robert E.HeadlinePeary's 1917 Secrets of Polar Travel in djPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #358 Album of approximately 106 photographs of England, Ireland, and Scotland Heading(Photographs - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland)AuthorValentine James; George Washington Wilson (or studio)HeadlineJames Valentine and George Washington WilsonDate Published[1870-1880] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #360 Two watercolor paintings of Iranian men with beards and turbans AuthorSarkissian, ArthurHeadlineWatercolors by Iranian artist SarkissianPublisherStudio HayrapetianDate Published1955 & 1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #361 A Journal of the Travels and Sufferings of Daniel Saunders, jun. A Mariner on board the Ship Commerce, of Boston Samual Johnson, Commander, which was cast away near Cape Morebet, on the Coast of Arabia, July 10, 1792 AuthorSaunders, DanielHeadlineTravels and Sufferings of A Mariner, 1792PublisherThomas C. CushingDate Published1794 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #363 The Imperial Palaces of Peking AuthorSirén, OsvaldHeadlineProfusely illustrated from photos by SirénPublisherG. Van OestDate Published1926 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #365 Home Letters. From Italy and France. AuthorUnite, Mary J.Headline1880 Travel diary of trip to Italy and FrancePublisher[Privately printed by H. Richardson]Date Published[c. 1885] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #366 Calli E Canali in Venice and in the Islands of the Lagoons 1899 Heading(Venice)AuthorHome-Rosenberg, F.HeadlineCalli e Canali in Venice, 52 heliogravuresPublisherFerdinand OnganiaDate Published1899 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #367 Collected Rowland Ward "Records of Big Game" AuthorWard, RowlandHeadlineRowland Ward's Records of Big Game, One SignedPublisherRowland Ward, LimitedDate Published1899-1935 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #368 Drawings by William Westall, Landscape artist on board H.M.S. Investigator during the circumnavigation of Australia [...] Heading(Westall, William)HeadlineWestall's Australian Voyage SketchesPublisherThe Royal Commonwealth SocietyDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #369 Pictures and Portraits of Foreign Travel. AuthorWolf, Annie S.HeadlineEuropean travel narrative in 126 lettersPublisherE. Claxton & CompanyDate Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #370 The Grand Canyon of Arizona, Kaibab National Forest Heading(Arizona)HeadlineGrand Canyon map, Kaibab National Forest 1954Publisher[Fred Harvey Management]Date Published1954 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #378 Amador County: The Goal of the "749-er" Why not yours? Heading(California - Amador County)HeadlineAmador County Tourist Guide w/ map, ca. 1915Publisher[Amador County Chamber of Commerce]Date Published[ca. 1915] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #386 Lake Tahoe - California-Nevada - Lake Tahoe Sierra Association Heading(California - Lake Tahoe)AuthorEddy, Gerald A.HeadlineLake Tahoe, 1950s color map from paintingPublisherLake Tahoe Sierra AssociationDate Published[ca. 1950s] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #414 Cary's New map of England and Wales, With Part of Scotland. On which are carefully laid down all the direct and principal cross roads, the course of the rivers and the navigable canals, cities, market and burough towns, parishes, and most considerable hamlets, parks, forests, &c, &c.. AuthorCary, J.HeadlineCary's New Map of England and Wales 1794PublisherJ. CaryDate Published1794 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #415 China Postal Atlas Showing the Establishments and Postal Routes in Each Province Heading(China)HeadlineChina Postal Atlas 1933PublisherDirectorate General PostsDate Published1933 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #418 The Nile From Alexandria to Aswan Illustrated Guide-Map Heading(Egypt)HeadlineTourist guide map for Egypt, ca. 1950sPublisherLehnert & LandrockDate Published[ca. 1950s] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #426 WITHDRAWN - Au Lacorhamphus Caeruleocularis - plate from A Monograph of the Ramphastidae, or Family of Toucans AuthorGould, JohnHeadlineWITHDRAWN - John Gould hand-colored toucan lithographDate Published[1833-35] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #429 Ginza district shopping map Heading(Japan)HeadlineGinza shopping district map ca. 1964PublisherGinza Matsuya Department StoreDate Published[ca. 1964] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #436 Original sepia ink drawing by Edward Lear - Egyptian vignette AuthorLear, EdwardHeadlineOriginal drawing signed by Edward LearDate Published[1848-49] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #440 Map of the Silver Hill Workings Storey Co. Nevada Heading(Nevada)AuthorBoyle, Emmet D.HeadlineMap of Silver Hill Workings Storey Co. MinesDate Published[c. 1910s] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #445 London from the Thames AuthorParrott, WilliamHeadlineHand-colored facs. London from the ThamesPublisherNewton K. GreggDate Published[1973] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #446 Phelps' Hundred Cities and Large Towns of America: with Railroad Distances throughout the United States, Maps of Thirteen Cities, and Other Embellishments AuthorPhelps, Fanning & Co.Headline1853 Map guide to 14 U.S. citiesPublisherPublished by Phelps, Fanning, & Co.Date Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #450 L' America Settentrionale AuthorRossi, LuigiHeadlineRare Italian map of North America, 1821Publisher[Batelli & Fanfani]Date Published1821 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #451 Devismarkt / Fish Market Heading(Rotterdam)AuthorDe Vou, JanHeadlineFish Market, panel from Rotterdam wall mapDate Published[1694-1778] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #452 Asia According to the Sieur D'Anville Divided into its Empires, Kingdoms and States Showing the European Settlements in the East Indies AuthorSayer, RobertHeadlineLarge map of Asia in two parts, 1772Date Published1772 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #467 Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Including a Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains (Map Volume Only) Heading(Utah)AuthorStansbury, HowardHeadlineStansbury's Great Salt Lake 1852 map volumeDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next