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Previous|12|Next Lot #474 Letter from Samuel Wetmore in Canton, China, to his cousin William Wetmore, regarding trade and commercial matters View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorWetmore, SamuelHeadlineOpium in the China Trade 1838 letterDate PublishedJanuary 22nd, 1838 Lot #475 Letter from Samuel Wetmore in Canton, China, to his cousin William Wetmore, regarding trade and commercial matters, with mention of opium smuggling View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorWetmore, SamuelHeadlineOpium smuggling in the China Trade 1837 letterDate PublishedOct. 27th, 1827 Lot #477 Four Years in a Government Exploring Expedition: to the Island of Madeira - Cap Verde Islands - Brazil... View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorColvocoresses, Geo. M.HeadlineFour Years in a Government Exploring ExpeditionPublisherCornish, Lamport & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #478 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 View details Estimate$15,000 - $20,000StatusUnsold AuthorCook, James and James KingHeadlineCaptain James Cook: A Voyage to the Pacific OceanPublisherG. NicolDate Published1785 Lot #479 Ten plates published in an edition of Captain James Cook's voyages View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)HeadlineCaptain James Cook's voyages, 10 platesDate PublishedNo date Lot #483 Journal of a Voyage of Discovery, to the Arctic regions, Performed Between the 4th of April and the 18th of November 1818, in His Majesty's Ship Alexander, Wm. Edw. Parry, Esq. Lieut. and Commander View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Author[Fisher, Alexander]HeadlineVoyage of Discovery to the Arctic RegionsPublisherRichard PhillipsDate Published[1819] Lot #485 Souvenir de Nancy - 15 mounted photographs View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(France)HeadlineSouvenir de Nancy 15 mounted photographsDate Published[c1887] Lot #486 Souvenir viewbook of Versaille, France View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(France)HeadlineSouvenir viewbook of Versailles FranceDate PublishedLate 19th Century Lot #487 Harriman Alaska series. Volumes I-V, VIII-XIV. (12 volumes complete) View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Harriman Alaska Expedition, 1899)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineHarriman Alaska series. Complete set.PublisherDoubleday, Page & Co. (and) Smithsonian InstitutionsDate Published1901, 1910, 1914 Lot #490 Annapurna: First Conquest of an 8000-meter Peak View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorHerzog, MauriceHeadlineMaurice Herzog Annapurna signedPublisherE.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published1953 Lot #491 The Ascent of Everest View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Hillary, Edmund)AuthorHunt, JohnHeadlineAscent of Everest signed by Sir Edmund Hillary & 2 morePublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1953] Lot #494 Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorKane, Elisha KentHeadlineKane's Arctic Explorations 2d Grinnell ExpeditionPublisherChilds & PetersonDate Published1856 Lot #495 An Account of the Pelew Islands Situated In The Western Part Of The Pacific Ocean. Composed From The Journals And Communications Of Captain Henry Wilson And Some Of His Officers, Who, In August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, In The Antelope, A Packet belonging to the Hon. East India Company View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorKeate, GeorgeHeadlineAn Account of the Pelew Islands 1st American EdnPublisherJoseph CrukshankDate Published1789 Lot #496 The Expedition to Borneo of H. M. S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy: with Extracts from the Journal of James Brooke, Esq. View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorKeppel, Captain The Hon. HenryHeadlineThe Expedition to Borneo of H. M. S. Dido, by Keppel, Captain The Hon. HenryPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1846 Lot #499 A Series of Groups Illustrating the Physiognomy, Manners, and Character of the People of France and Germany View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorLewis, GeorgeHeadlineLewis's Etching of the people of France and GermanyPublisherFor the authorDate Published1823 Lot #500 Catalogue of Books Contained in the Lockhart Library and in the General Library of the London Missionary Society View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(London Missionary Society)AuthorMabbs, GoodeveHeadlineLondon Missionary Society LibraryPublisherLondon Missonary SocietyDate Published1899 Lot #502 Three Years in the Klondike View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLynch, JeremiahHeadlineLynch: Three Years in the KlondikePublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1904 Lot #503 A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay, Through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper in the Year MDCCCXXIV View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLyon, Capt. G[eorge] F[rancis]HeadlineAn Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse BayPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1825 Lot #504 Ship's Captain of California Gold Rush era, 1845-67 archive View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Maritime – Archive of a Gold Rush-era Ship Captain, 1845-67)HeadlineMaritime, California, steamships, Vanderbilt, South Africa Lot #506 Stray Leaves From an Arctic Journal; or, Eighteen Months in the Polar Regions, in Search of Sir John Franklin's Expedition, in the Years 1850-51 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorOsborn, SherardHeadlineStray Leaves from an Arctic Journal 1852PublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1852 Lot #507 The North Pole: Its Discovery in 1909 Under the Auspices of the Peary Arctic Club View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorPeary, Robert E.HeadlineRobert Peary The North Pole First EditionPublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published1910 Lot #509 Photo album of a European tour View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Photographs)Headline1920s album from a European TourDate Published1920s Lot #512 The Historie of the World. In Five Bookes View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorRaleigh, WalterHeadlineWalter Raleigh's History of the World 1634Publisher[Printed for G. Latchum, and R. Young]Date Published[1634] Lot #513 Through the Yukon and Alaska View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRickard, T.A.HeadlineRickard: Through the Yukon and AlaskaPublisherMining and Scientific PressDate Published1909 Lot #514 Himalaya: A Monograph View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorRoerich, NicholasHeadlineRoerich views of the HimalayasPublisherBreantano'sDate Published[1926] Lot #515 Histoire Physique, Morale, Civile et Politique de la Russie Ancienne [Moderne] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Russia)AuthorLe Clerc, [Nicolas-Gabriel]HeadlineLe Clerc's History of Ancient and Modern RussiaPublisherCrez Froulle & Chez BlaizotDate Published1783-85 Lot #516 Tours in the Soviet Union (wrapper title) View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Russia)HeadlineTours of Soviet Union in 1930sPublisher[Zeese Wilkinson Co.]Date Published[c.1930s] Lot #517 Letters from Broosa, Asia Minor, by Mrs. E.C.A. Schneider, with an essay on the prospects of the heathen and our duties to them, by Rev. B. Schneider, and an introduction by Rev. E. Heiner... Published by Rev. Samuel Gutelius View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold AuthorSchneider, Mrs. E[liza] C[heney] A[bbot]HeadlineMission to Turkey's Armenians 1846PublisherPrinted at the Publication Office of the Ger. Ref. church,Date Published1846 Lot #518 Antarctic Days View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Shackleton, Ernest)AuthorMurray, James & George MarstonHeadlineAntarctic Days, Shackelton. 1 st. Edition.PublisherAndrew MelroseDate Published1913 Lot #519 The Danubian Principalities, The Frontier Lands of the Christian and the Turk. By a British Resident of Twenty Years in the East View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Author[Skene, James Henry]HeadlineThe Frontier Lands of the Christian and the TurkPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1854 Lot #522 The Life of John Ledyard, The American Traveller, Comprising Selections from His Journals and Correspondence View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSparks, JaredHeadlineLife of John LedyardPublisherHilliard and BrownDate Published1828 Lot #523 Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorSpeke, John HanningHeadlineSpeke's Discovery of the Source of the NilePublisherWilliam Blackwood & SonsDate Published1863 Lot #524 In Darkest Africa or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin Governor of Equatoria View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorStanley, Henry M[orton]HeadlineStanley's In Darkest Africa, British editionPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Searle & RivingtonDate Published1890 Lot #525 Rambles and Scrambles in North and South America View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorSullivan, EdwardHeadlineRambles in North and South AmericaPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1853 Lot #526 Exposé qui ont Accompagné l'Agression des Francais contre l'Ile de Tahiti, et l'Injuste Etablissement de la Domination Francaise dans Cette Ile. Par les Directeurs de la Sociéte des Mission de Londres View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Tahiti)Headlinel'Agression des Francais contre l'Ile de TahitiPublisherL.-R. DelayDate Published1843 Lot #527 Ceylon: An Account of the Island, Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of It's Natural History, Antiquities and Productions View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorTennent, Sir James EmersonHeadlineAccount of Ceylon 1859PublisherLongman, Green, et al.Date Published1859 Lot #528 Two titles about travels on the Pacific Coast and the Sandwich Islands View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Travel - Hawaii & Pacific Coast)HeadlineTravels -Pacific Coast/Sandwich Islands. 3 vols.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #530 Universal Exhibition 1873 in Vienna (Spine title) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Vienna International Exposition)HeadlineVienna International Exhibition 1873PublisherKaiserlich-königliche Hof- und StaatsdruckereiDate Published1873 Lot #532 A Statistical, Historical, and Political Description of the Colony of New South Wales, and Its Dependent Settlements in Van Diemen's Land View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorWentworth, W.C.HeadlineWentworth on the Colony of New South WalesPublisherG. and W.B. WhittakerDate Published1819 Lot #533 The Rhine, Italy and Greece View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorWright, George NewenhamHeadlineEngravings of heartland of EuropePublisherFisher & SonDate Published1841 Lot #534 Life of John Coleridge Patteson, Missionary Bishop of the Melanesian Islands View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorYonge, Charlotte MaryHeadlineLife of John Coleridge PattesonPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1875 Lot #541 Map Showing Interurban Lines of Electric and Steam Railways to Los Angeles Resorts, Giving Distances, Routes and Fares from Los Angeles, Cal. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineInterurban railways of Los AngelesPublisherMunseyDate Publishedc.1920s Lot #542 Map of Mountain View Field Kern County, Calif View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - Mountain View Oil Field, Kern County)AuthorBush, R.D., State Oil & Gas SupervisorHeadlineMap of oil & gas drilling in Kern County Mt. View California 1935PublisherDivision of Oil and GasDate PublishedSept, 1935 Lot #543 Petaluma, Sonoma County, Cal. 1857 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - Petaluma)AuthorKuchel & DreselHeadlineRare litho view of Petaluma Cal.PublisherKuchel & DreselDate Published1857 Lot #547 The California Water Atlas View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorKahrl, William L. et al.HeadlineThe California Water AtlasPublisherState of CaliforniaDate Published[1979] Lot #559 Paddle-Wheel Gun-Boat [and] Screw Gun Boat View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Ships of War)HeadlineShips of War series: Plate 83 and 86PublisherDay & SonDate PublishedJanuary 1st, 1864 Lot #576 English-Eskimo and Eskimo-English Vocabularies View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Arctic - 1890 US Navy studies Alaskan & Siberian Eskimo)AuthorWells, Jr., Ensign Roger; and Interpreter John W. KellyHeadline1890 Alaska, US Navy studies EskimoPublisherUS Bureau of EducationDate Published1890 Lot #579 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: California Inter Pocula - Volume XXXV View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorBancroft, Hubert HoweHeadlineBancroft: California Inter Pocula - Volume XXXVPublisherThe History CompanyDate Published1888 Lot #580 California Mines and Minerals View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBenjamin, Edward H.HeadlineBenjamin: California Mines and MineralsPublisherCalifornia Miners' AssociationDate Published1899 Lot #582 What I Saw in California: Being the Journal of a Tour by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, Across the Continent of North America, the Great Desert Basin, and Through California, in the Years 1846, 1847 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorBryant, EdwinHeadlineBryant: What I Saw in CaliforniaPublisherFine Arts PressDate Published1936 Lot #586 1874 Petitioning Congress for a port on the Oakland waterfront View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(California - Oakland port for “Asiatic” trade 1874)HeadlineCalifornia - Oakland port for “Asiatic” trade 1874Date Published1874 Lot #587 The Ulatis, 1936 - Yearbook of the Vacaville Union High School View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(California - Solano County)Headline1936 Vacaville Union High School YearbookDate Published1936 Lot #594 Chapters on the History of the Southern Pacific View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorDaggett, StuartHeadline1922 History of the Southern PacificPublisherThe Ronald Press Co.Date Published1922 Lot #601 The Narrative of a Japanese; What Has Seen and the People He has Met in the Course of the Last Forty Years View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorHeco, JosephHeadlineThe Narrative of a JapanesePublisherAmerican-Japanese Publishing AssociationDate Published[c. 1950] Lot #604 Ramona View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorJackson, Helen HuntHeadlineH.H. Jackson's Ramona Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1959 Lot #607 A Journal Ramblings Through the High Sierra of California by the University Excursion Party View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorLe Conte, JosephHeadlineLeConte in High SierraPublisherThe Sierra ClubDate Published[1960] Lot #610 John Marsh, Pioneer: The Life Story of a Trail-blazer on Six Frontiers View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorLyman, George D.HeadlineLyman, John Marsh PioneerPublisherScribner'sDate Published1930 Lot #611 Mountains and Molehills, or Recollections of a Burnt Journal View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMarryat's Mountains & MolehillsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1949 Lot #617 Travel and Comment View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorPhelan, James D.HeadlineTravels of U.S. Senator from CaliforniaPublisherA.M. RobertsonDate Published1923 Lot #624 Popular Studies of California Wild Flowers View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$10StatusSold AuthorRice, Bertha M. and RolandHeadlineCalifornia Wild FlowersPublisherUpton Bros. & DelzelleDate Published[1920] Lot #626 1878 San Francisco weekly business circular View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(San Francisco 1878 – China and Hawaii trade)HeadlineSan Francisco 1878 – China and Hawaii tradeDate Published1878 Lot #637 The California Overland Express: The Longest Stage Ride in the World View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorTallack, William.HeadlineStage ride from Califorina to St. Louis 1865Date Published1865 Lot #639 A Pictorial and Narrative History of Monterey Adobe Capital of California 1770-1847 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorVan Nostrand, JeannePublisherCalifornia Historical SocietyDate Published1968 Lot #642 Fifteen volumes about California History with an emphasis on biographies View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineShelf lot, 15 volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #643 Fifteen volumes of California History with Trade and Mining View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineShelf lot, 15 volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #644 Fourteen volumes of California History and Exploration View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineShelf lot, 14 volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #645 Fourteen volumes on California History View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineShelf lot, 14 volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #646 Nineteen volumes of books about California History - gold rush View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$130StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineShelf lot, 19 volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #647 Sixteen volumes of California History, mining, and medicine View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineShelf lot, 16 volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #648 - WITHDRAWN - Thirteen volumes about California's history, specifically diaries and gold rush-related View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineShelf lot, 13 volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #649 Thirteen volumes of books about California History and mining View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineShelf lot, 13 volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #650 Thirteen volumes of California History and Native Americans View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineShelf lot, 13 volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #651 Twelve volumes of California History--specifically related to cowboys and Native Americans View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineShelf lot, 12 volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #652 Sixteen books about California History - gold, Yellowstone, and memoir View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(California, etc.)HeadlineShelf lot, 16 volumes, CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next