Sale 524: Fine Americana - African American History - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#524) 01/16/2014 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/16/2014 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 524 319 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 101-151 of 151. Previous|12|Next Lot #209 California Voyages, 1539-1541. Translation of Original Documents AuthorWagner, Henry R., editorHeadlineCalifornia Voyages, 1539-1541 inscribed from authorPublisherJohn HowellDate Published1925 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #210 Four Zamorano & Roxburghe Club keepsakes by Henry R. Wagner AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineZamorano & Roxburghe Keepsakes by HR WagnerDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #211 The Plains and the Rockies: A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure, 1800-1865 AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineWagner-Camp The Plains & The Rockies 1937PublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1937 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #212 Photographs Made on the Rodman Wanamaker Historical Expeditions to the North American Indian Comprise the Most Complete Collection of Indian Subjects in Existence - 12 pp. booklet of photographs AuthorWanamaker, RodmanHeadlineRare photography catalog Rodman Wanamaker exhibit c.1914Date Published[c.1914] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #213 Wells Fargo & Co Express. Official Directory Heading(Wells Fargo & Co.)HeadlineWells Fargo & Co Express. Official Directory 1916PublisherWells Fargo & CoDate Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #214 Collection envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co's Express, filled out in ink, transmitting $25 from S.J. Harris in Mariposa, drawn on the Commercial Bank of Madera Heading(Wells, Fargo & Co.)HeadlineCollection envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co. 1899Date PublishedJune 19, 1899 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #215 Commission envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co.'s Express, filled out in ink, transmitting $5 in coin Heading(Wells, Fargo & Co.)HeadlineCommission envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co. 1860Date Published10 Dec. 1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #222 Mapping the Transmississippi West...1540-1861 AuthorWheat, Carl I[rving]HeadlineWheat's Mapping the Transmississippi WestPublisherInstitute for Historical CartographyDate Published1957-1963 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #223 Report Upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian - Volume III only AuthorWheeler, George M.HeadlineVolume 3 of the Wheeler surveyPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1875 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #224 War Message of President Wilson and Proclamation Declaring State of War. Including Rules for Conduct of Enemy Aliens AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineWar Message of Pres. Wilson - rare 11 pg. edition 1917PublisherRincon Publ. Co.Date PublishedApril 2, 1917 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #225 Narrative and Critical History of America AuthorWinsor, Justin (ed.)HeadlineNarrative and Critical History of AmericaPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #227 A General History of the British Empire in America AuthorWynne, John HuddlestoneHeadlineWynne's History of the British Empire in American 1770PublisherW. Richardson and L. UrquhartDate Published1770 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #231 Letter from the Mutual Security Company offering for sale bonds to cover the construction costs of the Yosemite Post Office Building, on letterhead with a reproduced photograph of the building Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineConstruction of the Yosemite Post Office Bldg.Date Publishedc.1925 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #233 Touring: The Free Tourist Guide of the West] Heading(Yosemite, etc.)HeadlineScarce Western tourist guide 1919PublisherPeck-Juday Co.Date PublishedJaunuary, 1919 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #244 Autograph Letter Signed about free Blacks in Oberlin, Ohio Heading(1861 Free Blacks of Oberlin, Ohio 2 months before Civil War)AuthorSmith, MosesHeadlineLetter about 1861 Free Blacks of Oberlin, OHDate PublishedFebruary 2, 1861 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #252 Argument In behalf of appropriating unpaid bounties of United States colored soldiers to certain Institutions Heading(1880 Negro Soldiers Civil War Bounties to fund Black Colleges)AuthorPainter, C.C. and S.C. ArmstrongHeadlineWork on Civil War Bounties for Colored SoldiersDate Published[c.1880] View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #254 Autograph letter, signed on pictorial stationery, with photograph of William Davis in black-face Heading(1895 "Black-Face" Entertainment)AuthorHall, William DavisHeadlineALs from Wm Davis w/photo of "black-face" 1895Date PublishedAugust 20, 1895 View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #256 The Underground Railway (From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Second Series, Volume VIII, Pp. 49-77) Heading(1902 Rare Canadian Account Of The Underground Railroad)AuthorWithrow, W.H.HeadlineThe Underground Railway 1902PublisherFor Sale by J. Hope & Sons, Ottawa; The Copp-Clark Co., Toronto; Bernard Quaritch, London, EnglandDate Published1902 View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #262 “Reverend London Ferrill” [in] Lore of the Meadowland: Short Studies in Kentuckiana Heading(1911 First Kentucky Black Preacher)AuthorTownsend, John WilsonHeadline“Reverend London Ferrill” 1911PublisherJ.L. Richardson & Co.Date Published1911 View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #268 Songs and Spirituals of Negro Composition for Revivals and Congregational Singing Heading(1921 - 1st Black cosmetics company Negro Spirituals Ad Book)AuthorOverton-Hygienic Co.HeadlineSongs and Spirituals of Negro Composition for RevDate Published1921 View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #276 1938-39 Black Cartoonist's First Black Themes - within the pages of Esquire magazine Heading(1938-39 First Black Cartoonist's Black Themes)AuthorCampbell, E. SimmsHeadlineE Simms Campbell illus from Esquire mag 1938PublisherEsquireDate Published1938-39 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #285 Petition to Mayor Finerty and School Board - 1945 Gary, Indiana Fights Over School Integration Heading(African American - 1945 Indiana fight over School Integration)HeadlinePetition to Mayor Finerty and School Board 1945PublisherPat Riley, Indiana State C.I.O. Anti-Discrimination CommitteeDate Published[October, 1945] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #315 Six contracts for Chinese slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese slavery documents)HeadlineGroup of six Cuban contracts for Chinese slavesDate Published1860s-1870s View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #319 Manumission "Libertad" document for a black slave child in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManumission papers for a black slave child in CubaDate Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #320 Manumission "Libertad" document for a black slave child in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManumission papers for a black slave child in CubaDate Published1867 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #322 Autograph document regarding the Cholera epidemic of 1832, with Spanish translation Heading(Cuba)AuthorCleveland, Ricard JeffreyHeadlineDocuments regarding the 1832 Cholera epidemic in CubaDate PublishedJuly 10, 1832 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #342 The Grasses of Hawaii Heading(Hawaii)AuthorHitchcock, A.S.HeadlineThe Grasses of Hawaii, Memoirs of Bishop Museum 1922PublisherBishop Museum PressDate Published1922 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #343 The House of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii Heading(Hawaii)AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineHouse of Pride and Other Tales of Hawaii 1stPublisherMacmillanDate Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #345 Polk-Husted Directory Co.'s Directory of Honolulu and the Territory of Hawaii Vol. XXXV, 1928-9 Heading(Hawaii)AuthorPolk-HustedHeadlineHonolulu, Hawaii 1928 directoryPublisherPolk-Husted Directiry Co.Date Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #347 Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent, During the Years 1799-1804 AuthorHumboldt, Alexander de and Aimé BonplandHeadlineNarrative of Humboldt's Travels 7 volumesPublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1814-1829 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #348 Bond-Certificate Campaign: First Loan of the Elected Government of the Republic of Ireland Heading(Irish Republic)AuthorAmerican Commission on Irish IndependenceHeadlineRare US issued financial pamphlet for Irish RepublicPublisherNational HeadquartersDate Published[1919] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #367 A View of South-America and Mexico, Comprising Their History, the Political Condition, Geography, Agriculture, Commerce, &c.... Author[Niles, John Milton]HeadlineA View of South-America and Mexico 1825PublisherH. Huntington, Jr.Date Published1825 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #378 Engraving of the Magnificent Steam Ship, The Great Western Heading(Steamship)AuthorWalter, JosephHeadlineEngraving of the Magnificent Steam Ship, The Great WesternDate PublishedMid 19th century View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #398 Atlas. Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years of 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Heading(Atlas)AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineAtlas volumes to Wilkes' ReportPublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1845 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #399 Mapping the Transmississippi West, Volume Five, Part Two: From the Civil War to the Geological Survey AuthorWheat, Carl I.HeadlineVolume 5, Part 2 of Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi WestPublisherInstitute of Historical CartographyDate Published1963 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #433 Industrial Map of Los Angeles Harbor and Vicinity Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineScarce map of LA Harbor 1929PublisherAutomobile Club of Southern CaliforniaDate Published1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #437 Map of Petaluma, Sonoma County, Calif., and vicinity Showing Rural Free Delivery Routes Nos. 1--5 Heading(California - Petaluma)HeadlinePetaluma postal map c.1920Date Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #438 Beautiful Park Business & Residence Lots at Auction Thursday April 17, 1890 by McAfee, Baldwin & Hammond Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBird's-eye view of Golden Gate ParkDate Published1890 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #440 California Heading(California)AuthorColton, J.H.HeadlinePocket map of California 1854Date Published1854 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #494 Map of the Counties of Washtenaw and Lenawee Michigan from special surveys and official records by G.R. Bechler & E. Wenig Heading(Michigan)HeadlineRare wall map of Michigan counties 18964PublisherSamuel Geil publisherDate Published1864 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #550 New England and the Sea AuthorAlbion, Robert G.PublisherWesleyan University PressDate Published1972 View details Estimate$10Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #551 The Mallorys of Mystic Six Generations in American Maritime Enterprise AuthorBaughman, James P.PublisherWesleyan University PressDate Published1972 View details Estimate$10Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #553 The First Spanish entry into San Francisco Bay 1775 AuthorGalvin, John (Edited by)PublisherJohn Howell-BooksDate Published1971 View details Estimate$10Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #555 A Record of Travels in Arizona and California 1775 to 1776 Fr. Francisco Gacces AuthorGalvin, John, EditorPublisherJohn Howell-BooksDate Published1965 View details Estimate$10Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #557 The Republic's Private Navy The American Privateering Business as practiced by Baltimore during the War of 1812 AuthorGaritee, Jerome R.PublisherWesleyan University PressDate Published1977 View details Estimate$10Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #558 Digging for Gold without a Shovel AuthorHammond, George P. (Editor)PublisherOld West Publishing CompanyDate Published1967 View details Estimate$10Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #559 The CALIFORNIAN Volume 1 AuthorHammond, GeorgePublisherJohn Howell - BooksDate Published1971 View details Estimate$10Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #561 Glory of the Seas AuthorMjelde, Michael JayPublisherWesleyan University PressDate Published1970 View details Estimate$10Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #562 "Beware of the Wrath of a Patient Man!" - War Savings Stamps poster Heading(Poster)AuthorFlagg, James MontgomeryHeadlineJames Montgomery Flagg World War II poster Uncle SamPublisherAmerican Lithographic Co.Date Published1940s View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #563 A Description of The Kingdom of New Spain AuthorSr Dn Pedro Alonso O'CrouleyPublisherJohn Howell - BooksDate Published1972 View details Estimate$10Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #564 A Pictorial and Narrative History of Monterey Adobe Capital of California 1770-1847 AuthorVan Nostrand, JeannePublisherCalifornia Historical SocietyDate Published1968 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next