Sale 408: Natural History - Travel & Exploration - Maps - Prints (#408) 07/23/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/23/2009 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info 408 128 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 #2 Harriman Alaska series. Volumes I-V, VII-XIV. (12 volumes complete) Heading(Alaska)Author**HeadlineHarriman Alaska series 1902-1914PublisherDoubleday, Page & Co. (and) Smithsonian InstitutionsDate Published1902-05, 1910, 1914 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #12 An Introduction to Astronomy in a Series of Letters, From a Preceptor to His Pupil AuthorBonnycastle, JohnHeadlineBonnycastle's Introduction to Astronomy 1811PublisherJ. Johnson and Co.Date Published1811 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #18 The American Legation Guard Annual. Peking, China 1932. Volume I, No. VI Heading(China)Author**HeadlineAmerican Legation Guard Annual Peking 1932Date Published1932 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #19 Annual: Fourth Marines, 1933-1934 Heading(China - U.S. Marine Yearbook)AuthorRogard, Corporal Bernard S., editorHeadlineAnnual of U.S. Marines in Shanghai 1933-34Date Published[1934] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #35 Essay on the Theory of the Earth. With Mineralogical Notes, and an Account of Cuvier's Geological Discoveries, by Professor Jameson AuthorCuvier, [Georges]HeadlineCuvier's Essay on the Theory of the EarthPublisherWilliam BlackwoodDate Published1817 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #36 Early editions of 4 works by Charles Darwin AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineEarly editions of 4 works by Charles DarwinDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #37 [Works] AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineCharles Darwin's Works 1896-8 EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1896-98 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #38 Letters from Buenos Ayres and Chili, with an Original History of the Latter Country Author[Davie, John Constanse]HeadlineLetters from Buenos Ayres and ChiliPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1819 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #40 Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1899. Miscellaneous Reports. Part II. Heading(Department of the Interior)Author**HeadlineMiscellaneous Reports Dept. of Interior US 1899PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #57 The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Varieties: Their Speciation, Distribution, Literature, and Cultivation - A Monographic Revision AuthorFowlie, J.A.HeadlineBrazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas by JA Fowlie 1977PublisherDay Printing Corp.Date Published[1977] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #59 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, J[ohn] C[harles]HeadlineExploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains 1842PublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #65 The Family Flora and Materia Medica Botanica, Containing the Botanical Analysis, Natural History, and Chemical and Medical Properties and Uses of Plants... AuthorGood, Peter P.HeadlineGood's Family Flora in 2 vols 1854PublisherPeter P. Good, Jr.Date Published[1854] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #72 The Making of a Sailor or Sea Life Aboard A Yankee Square-Rigger AuthorHarlow, Frederick PeaseHeadlineF.P. Harlow The Making of a SailorPublisherMarine Research SocietyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #73 The Friend: A Monthly Journal, Devoted to Temperance, Marine and General Intelligence Heading(Hawaii)AuthorDamon, Samuel C.Headline26 years of the Hawaiian periodical The FriendPublisherAt the Polynesian Office, et alDate Published1852-1881 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$16,250StatusSold Lot #74 Flyer advertising wireless transmission to Hawaii from the mainland U.S. Heading(Hawaii - Marconi Wireless)Author**HeadlineFlyer advertising wireless transmission to HawaiiDate Publishedc.1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #77 Instructions for Taking Meteorological Observations; With Tables for Their Correction, and Notes on Meteorological Phenomena AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineInstructions for Taking Meteorological ObservatioPublisherEyre and SpottiswoodeDate Published1860 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #80 Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55 AuthorKane, Elisha KentHeadlineElisha Kent Kane Arctic ExplorationsPublisherChilds & PetersonDate Published1856 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #90 The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man With Remarks on Theories of The Original of Species by Variation AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineThe Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of ManPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #95 Letters on the Elements of Botany. Addressed to a Lady. By the celebrated J.J. Rousseau. Translated into English, with notes, and twenty-four additional letters, fully explaining the system of Linnaeus AuthorMartyn , ThomasHeadlineRousseau's Elements of Botany with plates 1787-8PublisherB. White & SonDate Published1787-8 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #101 Peru: History of Coca "The Divine Plant" of the Incas with an Introductory Account of the Incas. and of the Andean Indians of To-Day AuthorMortimer, W. GoldenHeadlinePeru History of Coca The Divine Plant of the IncaPublisherJ.H. Vail & CompanyDate Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #104 Abstracts From a Journal Kept Aboard the Ship Sharon of Fairhaven on a Whaling Voyage in the South Pacific, 1841-1845 AuthorNicholson, Paul C.HeadlineAbstract from the whaling ship SharonPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1953 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #108 Journal of an Exploring Tour beyond the Rocky Mountains, under the Direction of the A.B.C.F.M. in the Years 1835, '36, and '37; Containing a Description of the Geography, Geology, Climate, Productions of the Country, and the Numbers; Manners, and Customs of the Natives... AuthorParker, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Parker's Rocky Mountains 1835-37PublisherMack, Andrus, & WoodruffDate Published1842 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #117 The Journal of Julius Rodman AuthorPoe, Edgar A.HeadlineJournal of Julius Rodman - Colt Press - 1 of 500PublisherThe Colt PressDate Published1947 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #130 Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America from the Years 1772 to 1777. Elucidating the History of that Country & Describing Its Productions, viz. Quadrupeds, Birds, Reptiles, Trees, Shrubs, Fruits, & Roots; With an Account of the Indians of Guiana and Negroes of Guinea AuthorStedman, J[ohn] G[abriel]HeadlineStedman's Narrative of a 5 Years ExpeditionPublisherImprint SocietyDate Published1971 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #131 A Historical and Descriptive Narrative of Twenty Years' Residence in South America AuthorStevenson, W[illiam] B[ennett]HeadlineStevenson's South AmericaPublisherHurst, Robinson, and Co.Date Published1825 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #137 The Tungsten Situation Heading(Tungsten)Author**HeadlineMs. Report on Tungsten with photographs 1935Date PublishedJune, 1935 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #140 4 works by Alfred Russel Wallace AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadline4 works by Alfred Russel WallacePublisherMacmillanDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #148 Zell's Descriptive Hand Atlas of the World Headingzzb(Atlas)AuthorBartholomew, JohnHeadlineZell's Descriptive Hand Atlas of the WorldPublisherT. Ellwood ZellDate Published1873 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #149 The Diamond Atlas. With Descriptions of all Countries...Western Hemisphere [Eastern Hemisphere] Headingzzb(Atlas)AuthorColby, CharlesHeadlineThe Diamond Atlas Western & Eastern HemispheresPublisherSamuel N. GastonDate Published1857-58 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #150 The Diamond Atlas. With Descriptions of All Countries...The Western Hemisphere Headingzzb(Atlas)AuthorColby, CharlesHeadlineThe Diamond Atlas 1857PublisherSamuel N. GastonDate Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #151 The World in Miniature: With Descriptions of Every Nation and Country. Together with a Treatise on Physical Geography. The Western Hemisphere Headingzzb(Atlas)AuthorColby, CharlesHeadlineThe World in Miniature 1857PublisherArthur B. GriswoldDate Published1857 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #152 Bound atlas comprising 7 copper-engraved maps from Harper & Bros. Gazetteer Headingzzb(Atlas)AuthorCopley, CharlesHeadlineCopley atlas with Texas independentPublisherHarper and BrothersDate Publishedc.1845 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #154 Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical Headingzzb(Atlas)AuthorJohnson, A. J. & J. H. ColtonHeadlineJohnson's New Illustrated Family Atlas 1860 Ed.PublisherJohnson and BrowningDate Published1860 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #156 First Annual Report of the Reclamation Service from June 17 to December 1, 1902 Headingzzb(Atlas)AuthorNewell, F.H.Headline1st annual report reclamation service 1902 USAPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1903 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #157 Report of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey showing the Progress of the Work during the fiscal year ending with June, 1879 Headingzzb(Atlas)AuthorU.S. Coast and Geodetic SurveyHeadlineU.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1881PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1881 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #164 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America. Illustrated with A.J. Johnson's and J.H. Colton's Steel Plate Maps and Plans of the Southern States and Harbors. A Work for the Millions Heading(Civil War)AuthorFisher, Richard SwainsonHeadlineA Chronological History of the Civil War in AmeriPublisherJohnson & WardDate Published1863 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #174 A Map of the State of New Jersey, with Part of the Adjoining States, Compiled under the Patronage of the Legislature of the Said State HeadingzzbAuthorGordon, ThomasHeadlineLarge folding map of New Jersey 1828Date Published1828 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #175 Archaeological Atlas of Michigan HeadingzzbAuthorHinsdale, Wilbert B.HeadlineArchaeological Atlas of MichiganPublisherUniversity of Michigan PressDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #177 Carte des États-Unis d'Amérique, du Canada, du Nouveau Brunswick et d'une partie de la Nouvelle Bretagne HeadingzzbAuthorLapie, [Pierre & Alexandre Emile]HeadlineLapie map of U.S. 1832PublisherEymery FrugerDate Published1832 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #194 Colton's Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico and the West Indies, Showing the Country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean Headingzzb(Wall Map)AuthorColton, Joseph HutchinsHeadlineColton wall map of United States 1853Date Published1853 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #195 The State of New York from New and Original Surveys Headingzzb(Wall Map)AuthorFrench, John HomerHeadlineWall map of New York by J.H. French 1860Date Published1860 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #197 New Map of that Portion of North America, Exhibiting the United States and Territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands Headingzzb(Wall Map)AuthorMonk, JacobHeadlineMonk wall map of North America 1854Date Published1854 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #199 Phelps & Ensign's Traveller's Guide and Map of the United States Containing the Roads, Distances, Steam Boat and Canal Routes Headingzzb(Wall Map)AuthorPhelps & EnsignHeadlinePhelps & Ensign wall map of U.S. 1843Date Published1843 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #202 Engraved portraits of important American figures Headingzzd(American)Author**Headline4 engravings of important American figuresPublisherJohnson, Fry & Co.Date Published1861-62 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #203 Engravings of early American cityscapes, historical engravings, and Philadelphia's factories Headingzzd(Americana)Author**Headline75 engravings of American cities and historicalDate Published1850's View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #209 29 photogravures of paintings Headingzzd(Art)Author**Headline29 photogravures of paintings pub in New YorkPublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published[c.1890] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #211 Collection of lithographs from Quadrupeds of North America HeadingzzdAuthorAudubon, J[ohn] J[ames] and J.W.Headline42 color lithos from Quadrupeds of N.Amer AudubonPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published[c.1860] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #212 Nine hand-colored lithographs from The Quadrupeds of North America HeadingzzdAuthorAudubon, J[ohn] J[ames] and J.W.Headline9 handcolored lithos by J.J. Audobon & sonPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published[1849-1871] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #233 63 military and political portrait engravings Headingzzd(Chappel, Alonzo)Author**Headline63 Engravings of military and political figuresDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #235 Small collection of cigar box labels Headingzzd(Cigar Box Labels)Author**Headlineephemeral collection of cigar sleeves, labelsDate Published1900-1930 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #243 Four military chromolithographs Headingzzd(Costume Plates)AuthorOdgen, H[enry] A[lexander]Headline4 military chromolithos by H.A. Odgen 1885-1908Date Published1885-1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #247 The Frightened Brood Headingzzd(Currier & Ives)Author**HeadlineFrightened Brood by Currier & IvesPublisherCurrier & IvesDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #259 Collection of Fortune magazine covers from the 1930's Headingzzd(Fortune Magazine)Author**Headline12 Fortune magazine covers from 1930sDate Published1930-1942 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #268 Collection of illustrations from Harper's Weekly Headingzzd(Harper's Weekly)Author**Headline17 woodcut illustrated pages Harper's WeeklyPublisher[Harper & Brothers]Date Published1860s-1890s View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #277 21 illustrations from Judge magazine Headingzzd(Judge)Author**Headline21 illustrations from Judge political magazinePublisherJudge CompanyDate Published1899-1907 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #289 Orchids: The Royal Family of Plants - six lithographs from the book HeadingzzdAuthorM[iner], H[arriet] S.Headline6 chromolithographs by Harriet Miner 1885Date Published[1885] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #291 Twelve woodcut caricatures from Harper's Weekly HeadingzzdAuthorNast, ThomasHeadlineThomas Nast woodcuts caricaturesHarper'sweeklyPublisher[Harper & Brothers]Date Published1871-1880 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #296 Lithographs from the US Pacific Railroad Exploration & Surveys Headingzzd(Ornithology)Author**Headline7 color lithos from USPRR Exp & Survey birdsDate Published[1857] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #298 62 engraved plates from Picturesque America Headingzzd(Picturesque America)Author**Headline62 engraved plates from Picturesque AmericaPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1869-1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #299 Lot of approximately 43 steel-engraved plates from Picturesque America Headingzzd(Picturesque America)Author**Headline43 steel-engraved plates from Picturesque AmericaDate Published1872 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #302 10 illustrations from Puck Headingzzd(Puck)Author**Headline10 plates from Puck political magazinePublisherPuck PressDate Published1899-1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #314 Eleven lithographs from the Department of Agriculture Yearbook HeadingzzdAuthorU.S. Dept. of AgricultureHeadline11 color lithos from US dept of Ag. yearbookDate Published1889-1916 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #318 Collection of views of the world Headingzzd(Views)Author**Headline42 prints-views of the worldDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #319 Collections of lithographed views from the US Pacific Railroad Exploration & Surveys Headingzzd(Views)Author**Headline37 views from US PRR Exp & Surveys lithographsDate Published[1850s] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next