Sale 403: Americana with Manuscript Material; Travel & Exploration; Maps; Photographs (#403) 05/14/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed

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    AAA
  • Author
    Banks, Joseph
  • Headline
    Autograph Letter signed by Joseph Banks
  • Date Published
    May 3, 1792
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
37
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    AAA(Hydro Electricity)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Hydro-Electricity, archive of Wilfrid A. Froggatt
  • Date Published
    1940's-1960's
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
82
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    (Alaska)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Harriman Alaska series 1902-1914
  • Publisher
    Doubleday, Page & Co. (and) Smithsonian Institutions
  • Date Published
    1902-05, 1910, 1914
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
91
  • Author
    Beckett, S. B.
  • Headline
    Guide Book of the Atlantic & St. Lawrence RR
  • Publisher
    Sanborn & Carter, and H.J. Little & Co.
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
103
  • Heading
    (California - Los Angeles)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Aug 1907 L.A. Balloon Route Souvenir
  • Publisher
    Balloon Route Excursion Company
  • Date Published
    August, 1907
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
120
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company brochur
  • Date Published
    1895
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
126
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Smith, J. Bucknall
  • Headline
    A Treatise Upon Cable or Rope Traction 1887
  • Publisher
    Offices of "Engineering"
  • Date Published
    1887
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$112.50
StatusSold
156
  • Author
    Davis, Andrew McFarland
  • Headline
    The Journey of Moncacht-Apé 1883
  • Publisher
    Charles Hamilton
  • Date Published
    1883
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
173
  • Author
    Frémont, J[ohn] C[harles]
  • Headline
    Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains 1842
  • Publisher
    Gales & Seaton
  • Date Published
    1845
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
175
  • Heading
    (Gatlin, Lillian)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    1922 Aero Congress Medal & fob Lillian Gatlin's
  • Date Published
    1922
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
181
  • Author
    Hall, Basil
  • Headline
    Basil Hall Travels in North America
  • Publisher
    Carey, Lea & Carey
  • Date Published
    1829
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
200
  • Author
    [Joy, Henry]
  • Headline
    Historical Collections of Belfast 1817
  • Publisher
    George Berwick
  • Date Published
    1817
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
201
  • Author
    Kane, Elisha Kent
  • Headline
    Elisha Kent Kane Arctic Explorations
  • Publisher
    Childs & Peterson
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
204
  • Author
    Knower, Daniel
  • Headline
    Daniel Knower The Adventures of a Forty-Niner
  • Publisher
    Weed-Parsons
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
238
  • Author
    Perrie, George W.
  • Headline
    Bucksin Mose; Life from the Lakes to the Pacific
  • Publisher
    Henry L. Hinton
  • Date Published
    1873
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
263
  • Heading
    (Southern Pacific Company)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Collection of Southern Pacific publications
  • Date Published
    1894-96
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
265
  • Heading
    (Steamship)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    New York and Texas Steamship Co. brochure
  • Publisher
    Broun-Green Co.
  • Date Published
    1898
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$100
StatusSold
268
  • Author
    Strickland, Major [Samuel]
  • Headline
    Maj. Strickland Twenty-Seven Years in Canada West
  • Publisher
    Richard Bentley
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
274
  • Heading
    (Travel - United States)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    3 vols on 19th cent travel w/in the US illus.
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
279
  • Heading
    (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1882
  • Publisher
    Government Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1882
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
283
  • Author
    Van Tramp, John C.
  • Headline
    Van Tramp's Prairie and Rocky Mountain Adventures
  • Publisher
    Segner & Condit
  • Date Published
    1868
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
297
  • Author
    Wood, Nicholas
  • Headline
    A Practical Treatise on Rail-Roads 1832
  • Publisher
    Carey & Lea
  • Date Published
    1832
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
305
  • Heading
    (Yosemite)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    8 tourist/ephemral vols on Yosemite, CA
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$175
StatusSold
309
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Adams, Andrew Leith
  • Headline
    Wanderings of a Naturalist in India 1st ed 1867
  • Publisher
    Edmonston and Douglas
  • Date Published
    1867
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
310
  • Heading
    zzd(Baron de Tott, François)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    2nd ed Memoirs of Baron de Tott, 2 vols 1786
  • Publisher
    Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson
  • Date Published
    1786
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
312
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Bruce, C.G., et al.
  • Headline
    The Assault on Mount Everest 1922 1st edition
  • Publisher
    Longmans, Green & Co. / Edward Arnold & Co.
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$250
StatusSold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
314
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Byne, Arthur and Mildred Stapley
  • Headline
    Provincial Houses in Spain 1925
  • Publisher
    William Helburn Inc.
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
316
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Casati, Gaetano
  • Headline
    10 years in Equatoria by Casati 1891
  • Publisher
    Frederick Warne
  • Date Published
    1891
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$200
StatusSold
317
  • Heading
    zzd(Castaway Narrative)
  • Author
    Nevill, Samuel
  • Headline
    Mss castaway narrative 1758 written in margins
  • Publisher
    Wm. Bradford
  • Date Published
    1752
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
318
  • Heading
    zzd(China)
  • Author
    Allom, Thomas
  • Headline
    Allom's China 79 Plates including 4 colored
  • Date Published
    [c. 1859]
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
319
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Cumming, Roualeyn Gordon
  • Headline
    five Years of a Hunter's Life by Cumming 1st AmEd
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
321
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Dirom, Alexander
  • Headline
    Inquiry into the Corn Laws & Corn Trade 1796
  • Publisher
    William Creech
  • Date Published
    1796
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$168.75
StatusSold
322
  • Author
    Earl, George Windsor
  • Headline
    Earl's Voyages in the Eastern Seas
  • Publisher
    Wm. H. Allen
  • Date Published
    1837
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
323
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Forbes, Major [Jonathan]
  • Headline
    Forbes Eleven Years in Ceylon
  • Publisher
    Richard Bentley
  • Date Published
    1841
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
325
  • Heading
    zzd(Fraser, Simon, Lord Lovat)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Impeachment of Simon Fraser, Lord Lovat
  • Publisher
    Samuel Billingsley
  • Date Published
    1747
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
326
  • Author
    Gironiere, Paul P. de la
  • Headline
    P.P. de la Gironiere 20 years in the Philippines
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    [1854]
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
327
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Goswami, S. M.
  • Headline
    Everest Is It Conquered by Goswami 1st ed
  • Publisher
    [The Indian Press, Ltd.]
  • Date Published
    [1954]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
329
  • Heading
    zzd(India)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Indian horse racing archive
  • Date Published
    1950s-70s
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
330
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Keller, Franz
  • Headline
    Keller, Amazon and Madeira Rivers 1875 book
  • Publisher
    Lippincott
  • Date Published
    1875
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$87.50
StatusSold
331
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Kelly, Christopher
  • Headline
    Kelly's Universal Geography 1814-17
  • Publisher
    Thomas Kelly
  • Date Published
    1814-17
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$250
StatusSold
332
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Kotzebue, Moritz von
  • Headline
    Narrative of a Journey Into Persia, 1817
  • Publisher
    Longman, Hurst, et al
  • Date Published
    1819
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
333
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Languepin, J. J.
  • Headline
    To Kiss High Heaven by Languepin 1st UK ed
  • Publisher
    William Kimber
  • Date Published
    [1956]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
334
  • Heading
    (Ships of War)
  • Headline
    lithography plate of British Gun-Boat 1864
  • Publisher
    Day & Son
  • Date Published
    January 1st, 1864
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
335
  • Heading
    (Ships of War)
  • Headline
    lithography plate of British Screw Gun 1864
  • Publisher
    Day & Son
  • Date Published
    January 1st, 1864
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
336
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Little, George
  • Headline
    Little, Life on the Ocean 20 Years at Sea 1847
  • Publisher
    George Clark & Son
  • Date Published
    1847
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
337
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Livingstone, David
  • Headline
    Explorations dans l'interieur de l'Afrique 1877
  • Publisher
    Hachette
  • Date Published
    1877
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
340
  • Heading
    (London)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    The Picture of London, Enlarged and Improved
  • Publisher
    Longman, Hurst, et al
  • Date Published
    [c. 1822]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
341
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Maundrell, Hen[ry]
  • Headline
    A Journey from Aleppo to Jerusalem 1732
  • Publisher
    Printed at the Theater
  • Date Published
    1732
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
342
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Mawson, Sir Douglas
  • Headline
    Mawson - The Home of the Blizzard
  • Publisher
    J.B. Lippincott
  • Date Published
    [c.1915]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
343
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Moore, John
  • Headline
    View of Society & Manners in France 2 vols 7th ed
  • Publisher
    Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell
  • Date Published
    1789
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
344
  • Author
    [Mortimer, Mrs. F.L.]
  • Headline
    Missionaries in the South Sea Islands
  • Publisher
    American Tract Society
  • Date Published
    [c. 1850]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
346
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Newby, Eric
  • Headline
    A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush 1st in dj
  • Publisher
    Secker & Warburg
  • Date Published
    1958
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
347
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    [Norgay], Tenzing with James Ramsey Ullman
  • Headline
    Biography of Tenzing of Everest Signed
  • Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Date Published
    [1955]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
348
  • Author
    Prinsep, Henry T.
  • Headline
    Political & Military Transactions British India
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1820
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
349
  • Author
    Prior, James
  • Headline
    Voyage in the Indian Seas, in the Nisus Frigate
  • Publisher
    Sir Richard Phillips and Co.
  • Date Published
    1820
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
350
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Raleigh, Walter
  • Headline
    Walter Raleigh's History of the World 1617
  • Publisher
    Printed for Walter Burr
  • Date Published
    1614 [i.e. 1617]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
351
  • Author
    Raynal, Abbé [Guillaume-Thomas François]
  • Headline
    Abbe Reynal's 8vols history east & west indies
  • Publisher
    Printed for A. Strahan and J. Cadell
  • Date Published
    1788
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
352
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Roberts, [Frederick Sleigh], Lord
  • Headline
    Roberts Forty-One Years in India Finely Bound
  • Publisher
    Richard Bentley and Son
  • Date Published
    1897
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
353
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Saabye, Hans Egede
  • Headline
    Hans Egede Saabye Greenland
  • Publisher
    Boosey and Sons
  • Date Published
    1818
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
354
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Shaw, Robert
  • Headline
    Visits to High Tartary by Robert Shaw 1871
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1871
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
355
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Simonov, Yevgeny
  • Headline
    Conquering the Celestial Mountains by Simonov
  • Publisher
    Foreign Languages Publishing House
  • Date Published
    1958
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
356
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Slade, John
  • Headline
    Opium War-Slade's Narrative of events in China`
  • Publisher
    Canton Register Press
  • Date Published
    1839
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
357
  • Heading
    zzd(Spain)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Medical Topography of Madras 2 vols 1843
  • Publisher
    R.W. Thorpe
  • Date Published
    1843-44
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
358
  • Author
    Spry, Henry H.
  • Headline
    Modern India by Henry H. Spry 2 vols 1837
  • Publisher
    Whittaker & Co.
  • Date Published
    1837
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
360
  • Author
    Storch, Henry
  • Headline
    Henry Storch The Picture of Petersburg 1801
  • Publisher
    T.N. Longman & O. Rees
  • Date Published
    1801
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
361
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Swinburne, Henry
  • Headline
    Travels in the 2 Sicilies 2d ed, 2 vols Swinburne
  • Publisher
    Printed by J. Nichols, for T. Cadell, and P. Elmsly
  • Date Published
    1790
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$750
StatusSold
362
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Swinburne, Henry
  • Headline
    Swinburne's travels through Spain-2 vols 2nd ed
  • Publisher
    Printed by J. Davis; for P. Elmsly
  • Date Published
    1787
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
363
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Terry, Adrian R.
  • Headline
    Travels in the Equatorial Regions of South Americ
  • Publisher
    Cooke & Co.
  • Date Published
    1834
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
364
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Thomson, Thomas
  • Headline
    Western Himalaya and Tibet Thomson 1852
  • Publisher
    Reeve and Co.
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
365
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Tichy, Herbert
  • Headline
    Cho Oyu: By Favour of the Gods 1st in dj
  • Publisher
    Methuen
  • Date Published
    [1957]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
366
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Torrens, Lieut. Colonel [Henry d'Oyley]
  • Headline
    Travels in Ladak, Tartary...1862 by Henry Torrens
  • Publisher
    Saunders, Otley, and Co.
  • Date Published
    1862
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
367
  • Author
    Tyndall, John
  • Headline
    Tyndall Mountaineering in 1861. A Vacation Tour
  • Publisher
    Longman, Green
  • Date Published
    1862
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
368
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Volney, M. C[onstantin] F[rançois]
  • Headline
    2 vols Volney's Travels Syria & Egypt 1788
  • Publisher
    Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson
  • Date Published
    1788
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$200
StatusSold
369
  • Heading
    zzd(Wales)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Ancient Laws and Institutes of Wales 1841
  • Publisher
    Commissioners on the Public Records
  • Date Published
    1841
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
370
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Ward, Rowland
  • Headline
    2 editions of Rowland Wards Records of Big Game
  • Publisher
    Rowland Ward
  • Date Published
    1907 & 1928
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
371
  • Heading
    zzc
  • Author
    White, Gilbert
  • Headline
    The Natural History and Antiquites of Selborne
  • Publisher
    John Van Voorst
  • Date Published
    1877
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
373
  • Heading
    zzd(Whitelock, John)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    The Trial at Large of Lieut. Gen. Whitelock
  • Publisher
    R. Faulder and Son, et al
  • Date Published
    1808
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
374
  • Heading
    zzd
  • Author
    Workman, William Hunter and Fanny Bullock Workman
  • Headline
    Call of the Snowy Hispar 1910
  • Publisher
    Constable and Company
  • Date Published
    1910
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
375
  • Heading
    zzf(Atlas)
  • Author
    Colton, G[eorge] Woolworth
  • Headline
    Colton's General Atlas with handcolored maps 1857
  • Publisher
    J.H. Colton & Co.
  • Date Published
    1857
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
397
  • Heading
    zzb(Atlas)
  • Author
    Newell, F.H.
  • Headline
    1st annual report reclamation service 1902 USA
  • Publisher
    Government Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1903
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
441
  • Heading
    zzh(China)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Glass lantern slides of China c. 1880-1900
  • Date Published
    c. 1880-1900
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
474
  • Heading
    zzh(Pacific Islands)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Collection of Photographs of Samoa, etc.
  • Date Published
    [1950s?]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
492
  • Heading
    zzc(Venice, Italy)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Ricordo di Venezia - 24 albumen photos of Venice
  • Date Published
    [c.1880]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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