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