Sale 557 - Fine Americana & the Exploration of the West - Asian-American History & Art - Travel - Maps (#557) 04/02/2015 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/02/2015 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-38 of 38. Previous|1|Next Lot #67 Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings and other Papers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorBruff, J. GoldsboroughHeadlineBruff: Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings, PapersPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1944 Lot #89 Six volumes on the California Gold Rush View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)HeadlineGold Rush. 6 vols.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #91 Voyage to China “less hazardous” than living in California, 1851 letter View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(California Gold Rush, 1851)Headline1851 letter, voyage to China “less hazardous” than living in CaliforniaDate Published1851 Lot #92 Life insurance for a Forty-Niner who joined Audubon's son on a famously ill-fated overland trek to California View details Estimate$300 - $400Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush, ill-fated Audubon trek, 1849)HeadlineJoining the 1849 overland trek of Audubon's son to CaliforniaDate Published1849 Lot #170 The Gold Regions of California: Being a Succinct Description of the Geography, History, Topography, and General Features of California: Including a Carefully Prepared Account of the Gold Regions of that Fortunate Country. Prepared from Original Documents and Other Authentic Sources View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorFoster, G[eorge] G.HeadlineThe Gold Regions [mines] of California. 1848. 1st, ed,PublisherDeWitt & DavenportDate Published1848 Lot #207 The Adventures of a Forty-Niner: An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorKnower, DanielHeadlineKnower: The Adventures of a Forty-NinerPublisherWeed-ParsonsDate Published1894 Lot #231 Recollections of a '49er. A Quaint and Thrilling Narrative of a Trip Across the Plains, and Life in the California Gold Fields During the Stirring Days following the Discovery of Gold in the Far West View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorMcIlhany, EdwardHeadlineMcIlhany: Recollections of a '49erPublisherHailman Printing CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #312 Journal of a Trip to California: Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal. in the Summer of 1850 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, C[harles] W.HeadlineSmith: Journal of a Trip to California - 1850PublisherCadmus Book ShopDate Published[1920] Lot #336 Four Months Among the Gold Finders in Alta California: Being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Vizetelley, Henry] Brooks, J. Tyrwhitt, pseuHeadlineBrooks/Vizetelley; Gold Finders in Alta CaliforniaPublisherDavid BogueDate Published1849 Lot #344 The Maps of the California Gold Region, 1848-1857: A Biblio-Cartography of an Important Decade View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorWheat, Carl I[rving]HeadlineWheat: Maps - California Gold RegionPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1942 Lot #364 "Smallest man in the world",inscribed photo of Barnum's famous "Chinese dwarf" View details Estimate$300 - $400StatusUnsold Heading(1899-1909 P.T. Barnum’s famous “Chinese Dwarf”, signed photo)HeadlineP.T. Barnum’s famous “Chinese Dwarf”, signed photo, 1899 Lot #365 1902 San Francisco Convention demands continued ban on Chinese immigration View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(Asian-American 1902)Headline1902 San Francisco Chinese Exclusion ConventionDate Published1902 Lot #380 1941 Rare Program, Los Angeles–Hollywood benefit for United China Relief View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(1941 Rare Program, Los Angeles–Hollywood benefit for United China Relief – only known copy)HeadlineChina, World War II, United China ReliefDate Published1941 Lot #384 Very rare United China Relief Panda Bath Soap "for the children of America" during World War II View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1942 United China Relief Panda Bath Soap "for the children of America")HeadlineChina, World War II, United China Relief Lot #385 1942 United China Relief promotional booklet, with dramatic Uncle Sam cover by James Montgomery Flagg View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(1942 United China Relief promotional, with Uncle Sam cover by James Montgomery Flagg)HeadlineChina, World War II, United China Relief Lot #395 Autobiography of a Chinese Woman, put into English by her husband Yuenren Chao View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1947 Scarce autobiography of Chinese-American Woman Doctor and classic cookbook author)AuthorBuwei Yang ChaoHeadlineCalifornia Chinese-American woman Doctor and classic cookbook author, scarce 1947 autobiographyPublisherJohn DayDate Published1947 Lot #450 Opium trade and use in China and Asia - 1906 US Report View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(China)HeadlineOpium trade and use in China and Asia - 1906 US ReportDate Published1906 Lot #454 The Chinese Way in Medicine View details Estimate$140 - $200Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(China – first American Doctor’s account of Chinese Medicine, 1940)AuthorHume, Edward H.HeadlineFirst American Doctor’s account of Chinese Medicine, 1940PublisherJohns Hopkins PressDate Published1940 Lot #455 Holograph Journal of the ocean voyage of Dr. John Plimpton Green from New York to Hong Kong, his arrival in China, and his early experiences as a physician in China View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(China – Journal of Doctor’s Voyage and Reception)AuthorGreen, Dr. John PlimptonDate Published1843 Lot #458 Rare Chinese Interior Decoration trade catalogue of Art Deco era View details Estimate$500 - $750StatusUnsold Heading(China – Shanghai Art Deco architect and interior designer, rare 1925-39 trade catalogue)AuthorRobert FanHeadlineShanghai, Chinese Art Deco architect and interior designer, rare 1925-39 trade catalogueDate Published1925-1939 Lot #460 Through Hong Kong with a camera: some photographs of Picturesque Scenery and other views in Hong Kong View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorArnold, J[ohn]HeadlineThrough Hong Kong with a cameraPublisherHood & Co., Ltd.Date Published1910 Lot #461 “Manifesto” - Broadside Protesting French Disregard for Chinese Sovereignty View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(China)HeadlineRare Chinese students broadside 1946PublisherStudents of ShanghaiDate Published[January, 1946] Lot #462 Broadway Mansions Hotel, Shanghai - Brochure View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Heading(China)HeadlineShanghai Hotel brochure 1940sDate Published1940s Lot #463 Sian: A Coup d'Etat / A Fortnight in Sian: Extracts From a Diary View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorChiang, Mayling Soong (Madme Chiang Kai-shek) / Chiang Kai-shekHeadlineChiang fights Communists rather than JapanesePublisherThe China Publishing Co.Date Published1937 Lot #464 Chinese Poster: “Beware of Our Unseen Enemies! They Cause Disease and Death” View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(China)HeadlineChinese poster battling fleas & fliesPublisherSino-American Joint Commission on Rural ReconstructionDate Publishedc.1949 Lot #465 Chinese Poster: “Rice Harvest Might Decrease Do To Lack of Potash Fertilizer" View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(China)HeadlinePoster for Chinese Agriculture c.1949PublisherSino-American Joint Commission on Rural ReconstructionDate Publishedc.late 1940s-early 1950s Lot #466 Harbingers of Happiness: The Door Gods of China View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorKoehn, AlfredHeadlinePaper Gods of ChinaPublisherAt the Lotus CourtDate Published1948 Lot #467 The Chinese Festive Board View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorLamb, CorrinneHeadlineFestive food of China 1938PublisherHenri VetchDate Published[1938] Lot #468 [Quotations from Chairman Mao]- in Chinese View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorMao Tse-tung (Mao Ze Dong)HeadlineMao's Little Red Book first editionPublisher[Central Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army]Date Published[1964] Lot #469 China North and South - A Series of Vandyck photogravures illustrating the picturesque aspect of Chinese life and surroundings View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorMennie, D., photographerHeadlineDonald Mennie. China North and SouthPublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published[c. 1920's] Lot #470 Pageant of Peking View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorMennie, Donald, photographerHeadlineDonald Mennie: Pageant of PekingPublisherA. S. Watson & Co.Date Published1922 Lot #471 [National Railway Map of North China, Showing Interruption and Destruction by War - in Chinese] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(China)HeadlineRare map of Chinese railroads 1940sDate Publishedc.1940s Lot #472 Shanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of 'the Model Settlement' View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(China)HeadlineShanghai of To-day-A Souvenir Album, 1927PublisherKelly and WalshDate Published1927 Lot #473 The Walls and Gates of Peking: Researches and Impressions by Osvald Sirén. Illustrated with 109 Photogravures after Photographs by the Author and Fifty Architectural Drawings Made by Chinese Artists View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorSirén, OsvaldHeadlineThe Walls and Gates of Peking 1924PublisherOrientaliaDate Published[c.1924] 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 #476 China As She Is - A Comprehensive Album View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorWu, L.T., et alHeadlineChina as she is. Album.PublisherThe Liang You Printing & Publishing Co., Ltd.Date Published1934 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next