Sale 575 - Rare Cartography, Exploration & Voyages: The Heckrotte Collection, Part II - California & the Way Thither (#575) 12/03/2015 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/03/2015 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-100 of 235. Previous|123|Next Lot #1 Message from the President... Communicating a report of an expedition led by Lieutenant Abert, on the upper Arkansas and through the country of the Comanche Indians, in the fall of the year 1845 AuthorAbert, James WilliamHeadlineAbert in Comanche country with map 1846Date Published1846 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #2 Report of the Secretary of War, communicating... a report and map of the examination of New Mexico, made by Lieutenant J.W. Abert, of the topographical corps AuthorAbert, James WilliamHeadlineAbert explores New Mexico with map 1848Date Published1848 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #3 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 AuthorBryant, EdwinHeadlineBryant in California 5th ed. with mapsPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1849 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #4 United States and Mexican Mail Steamship Line and Statistics of Mexico by Carlos Butterfield, Washington, December, 1859. AuthorButterfield, CarlosHeadlineButterfield's US & Mexico with map 1860PublisherJ.A.H. Hasbrouck & Co. PrintersDate Published1860 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #5 California and New Mexico: Message of the President of the United States, Transmitting information... on the Subject of California and New Mexico (caption title) Heading(California & New Mexico)Author[Taylor, Zachary]HeadlineReport on California with maps 1850Date Published1850 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #6 History of California, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; Comprising also a Full Description of its Climate, Surface, Soil... with a Journal of the Voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and Back, via Panama AuthorCapron, E[lisha] S.HeadlineCapron's California with map 1854PublisherJohn P. Jewett & Co.Date Published1854 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #7 The Central Pacific R. R. of California. Character of the Work, Its Progress, Resources, Earnings, and Future Prospects. New York, October, 1866 Heading(Central Pacific Railroad)HeadlineCentral Pacific RR pamphlet with map 1866PublisherGeorge Brown, PrinterDate Published1866 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #8 Report of the Committee on Internal Improvements with Reference to a Road Across the Sierra Nevada, Submitted April 10, 1855 AuthorDay, ShermanHeadlineRoad across the Sierra Nevada 1855PublisherB.B. Redding, State PrinterDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #9 Missions de L'Oregon et Voyages dans les Montagnes Rocheuses aux sources de la Columbie, de l'Athabasca et du Sascatshawin, en 1845 et 1846, par le Pere P.J. De Smet, de la Societe de Jesus AuthorDe Smet, P[ierre] J[ean]HeadlineDe Smet's Oregon Missions in FrenchPublisherImpr. & Lith. de ve. Vander ScheldenDate Published[1848] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #10 Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a reconnoissance of the Gulf of California and the Colorado river by Lieutenant Derby AuthorDerby, George H.HeadlineDerby maps Colorado River 1852Publisher[Government Printing Office]Date Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #11 Report of The Secretary of War, Communicating, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report of the Tulare valley, made by Lieutenant Derby, August 24, 1852 AuthorDerby, George H.HeadlineWith Derby map of southern Central Valley Calif. 1852Date Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #12 Exploration de Territoire De L'Orégon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille, exécutée pendant les années 1840,1841, et 1842, par M. Duflot De Mofras, Attaché à la Légation de France à Mexico; ouvrage publié par ordre de Roi... AuthorDuflot de Mofras, EugèneHeadlineDuflot de Mofras 2 volumes + atlas inscribedPublisherArthus Bertrand, ÉditeurDate Published1844 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$31,250StatusSold Lot #13 Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District with Atlas AuthorDutton, Clarence E.HeadlineDutton's Grand Canyon with AtlasPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1882 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold Lot #14 The Colonial History of the City of San Francisco: Being a Narrative Argument in the Circuit Court of the United States for the State of California, for Four Square Leagues of Land Claimed by that City and Confirmed to It By That Court AuthorDwinelle, John W.HeadlineColonial History of San Francisco 1866PublisherPrinted by Townw & Bacon, Book & Job PrintersDate Published1866 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #15 Two Reports by California Surveyor General W.M. Eddy, and one about the need to replace his Official Map of California - one is signed by Eddy AuthorEddy, William MarstonHeadline3 Wm. Eddy documents, 1 signedDate Published1852-1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #16 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers AuthorEmory, W[illiam] H.HeadlineFine copy of Emory with mapPublisherWendell and Van Benthuysen, PrintersDate Published1848 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #17 Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineEmory's Boundary Report with colored Geologic MapPublisherCornelius Wendell, printerDate Published1857-1859 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #18 Description de la Nouvelle Californie: Geographique, Politique et Morale... Avec une grande carte de la Nouvelle Californie, des cartes particulières des Baies de Monterey et de San-Francisco, de L'Isthme de Panama, de Cap Horn et du Détroit de Magellan, et plusieurs vues intéressant de la Californie AuthorFerry, HypoliteHeadlineFerry's Nouvelle Californie 1850 with mapsPublisherL. MaisonDate Published1850 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #19 California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, Comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c... AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineHistory of Upper & Lower California by ForbesPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1839 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #20 Narrative of a Voyage to the Northwest Coast of America in the Years 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 or the First American Settlement on the Pacific AuthorFranchere, GabrielHeadlineFranchere to Northwest Coast 1811-1814PublisherRedfieldDate Published1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #21 Report on an Exploration of the Country Lying Between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, on the Line of the Kansas and Great Platte Rivers AuthorFrémont, J[ohn] C[harles]HeadlineFrémont's 1842 expedition in wrappersPublisherPrinted by order of the United States' SenateDate Published1843 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #22 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 AuthorFrémont, J[ohn] C[harles]HeadlineFremont's Exploring Expedition with large mapPublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #23 Reise nach dem Felsengeburge im Jahre 1842 und nach dem Oregongebiet und Nord-Californien in den Jahren 1843 und 1844, von Capitain J.C. Fremont, Bürger der Vereinigten Staaten AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineGerman edition of Frémont 1848 with mapDate Published[1848] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #24 Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California, in Illustration of his Map of Oregon and California by John Charles Frémont Addressed to the Senate of the United States AuthorFrémont, John Charles/ Charles PreussHeadlineFrémont's Geographical Memoir with map 1848PublisherWendell and Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #25 Scènes de la Vie Californienne AuthorGerstäcker, F[riedrich]HeadlineScenes de la Vie Californienne 1859PublisherImprimerie de Jules-Gme. FickDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #26 Commerce of the Prairies: or a Journal of a Santa Fe Trader, during Eight Expeditions across the Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of Nearly Nine Years in Northern New Mexico AuthorGregg, JosiahHeadlineJosiah Gregg Commerce of the Prairies 1844PublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1844 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #27 Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853 AuthorHeap, Gwinn HarrisHeadlineHeap's Central Route to Paciific with rare map 1854PublisherLippincott, GramboDate Published1854 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #28 Dragoon Campaigns to the Rocky Mountains; Being a History of the Enlistment, Organization, and first Campaign of the Regiment of United States Dragoons; Together with Incidents of a Soldier's Live, and Sketches of Scenery and Indian Character Author[Hildreth, James]HeadlineDragoon Campaigns to the Rocky Mountains 1836PublisherWiley & LongDate Published1836 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #29 The Hand-Book of Arizona: Its Resources, History, Towns, Mines, Ruins and Scenery. Amply Illustrated. Accompanied with a New Map of the Territory AuthorHinton, Richard J.HeadlineHinton's Arizona Handbook with large map 1878PublisherPayot, Upham & Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #30 The Resources of Vallejo: A series of articles, reprinted from the Solano County Advertiser, 1868-69 (caption title) AuthorHittell, John S.HeadlineResources of Vallejo CA with 2 maps 1869Date Published1869 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #31 Californiens Gegenwart und Zukunft. Nebst Beiträgen von A. Erman: Ueber die Klimatologie von Californaiien und ueber die geographische Verbreitug des Goldes AuthorHoppe, J[anus] & A[dolph] ErmanHeadlineGerman account of Gold Rush California w/maps 1849PublisherG. ReimerDate Published1849 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #32 Californien, dets Nutid og Fremtid. Af J. Hoppe og A. Erman. Oversat af J.S. Schuthe. Med et lithographeret Kort AuthorHoppe, J. and A. ErmanHeadlineHoppe Californien Danish edition 1850 with mapPublisherTrult paa Sh. Steen & Sons ForlagDate Published1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #33 Horn's Overland Guide from the U.S. Sub-agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River to the City of Sacramento, in California; Containing a Table of Distances and Showing All the Rivers, Creeks, Lakes, Springs, Mountains, Hills, Camping-places, and Other Prominent Objects; with Remarks on the Country, Roads, Timbers, Grasses, Curiosities, etc.; the Entire Route Having Been Tracked by a Road-measurer, and the Distances from Place to Place, and from the Missouri River, Accurately Ascertained AuthorHorn, Hosea B.HeadlineHorn's Overland Guide 1852 with mapPublisherJ.H. ColtonDate Published1852 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #34 Sailing Directions for the West Coast of North America, embracing the coasts of Central America, California, Oregon, Fuca Strait, Puget Sound, Vancouver Island, and islands and rocks off the coasts of Central America and California. With an appendix, containing various remarks on the winds, tides, currents, &c. Carefully compiled from the most recent surveys made by order of the British, United States, Spanish, and French Governments AuthorImray, James F.HeadlineImray's sailing directions to West Coast 1853PublisherJames ImrayDate Published1853 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #35 Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineIrving's Astoria, the Streeter copy, with mapPublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1836 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #36 The Rocky Mountains: or, Scenes, Incidents, and Adventures in the Far West; Digested from the Journal of Captain B.L.E. Bonneville of the Army of the United States, and Illustrated from various other sources AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineIrving's Rocky Mountians with 2 Bonneville maps 1837PublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1837 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #37 Report upon the Colorado River of the West AuthorIves, Joseph C[hristmas]HeadlineIves's report on the exploration of the Colorado RiverPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1861 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #38 Sights in the Gold Region, and Scenes by the Way... With Numerous Illustrations AuthorJohnson, Theodore T.HeadlineJohnson's Sights in the Gold Region with map 1850PublisherBaker & ScribnerDate Published1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #39 Reports of the Secretary of War, with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso... Also, the Report of Capt. R.B. Marcy's Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; and the Report of Lieutenant W.J.C. Whiting's Reconnaissances of the Western Frontier of Texas AuthorJohnston, J[oseph] E[ggleston], et al.HeadlineJohnston's reconnaissance in TexasPublisherPrinted at the Union OfficeDate Published1850 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #40 Report of the Chief Engineer upon the Preliminary Survey, Revenue, and Cost of Construction, of the San Francisco and Sacramento Rail Road AuthorJudah, Theodore DehoneHeadlineRailroad from S.F. to Sacto 1856PublisherPrinted by Whitton, Towne & Co.Date Published1856 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #41 Report of the Chief engineer of the Preliminary Survey and Cost of Construction of the Central Pacific Railroad, of California, Across the Sierra Nevada Mountains, From Sacramento to the Eastern Boundary of California AuthorJudah, Theodore D.HeadlineRare report by Judah on Central Pacific RR 1861Date PublishedOctober 1, 1861 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #42 Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, comprising a Description of a Tour through Texas, and across the Great Southwestern Prairies, the Camanche and Caygua Hunting-grounds, with an Account of the Sufferings from Want of Food, Losses from Hostile Indians, and Final Capture of the Texans, and their March, as Prisoners, to the City of Mexico AuthorKendall, George WilkinsHeadlineKendall's Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe ExpeditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1844 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #43 Journal of the Expedition of Dragoons under the Command of Col. Henry Dodge to the Rocky Mountains, during the summer of 1835 (wrapper title) Author[Kingsbury, Gaines P.]HeadlineDodge's dragoons to the Rockies 1836Date Published1836 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #44 Report of the Chief Engineer of the Pacific and Atlantic Rail Road Co., January, 1855 Author[Lewis, William J. ]HeadlineWith 1st railroad map published in CaliforniaPublisherWhitton, Towne & Co.Date Published1855 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #45 In The Senate of the United States. June 6, 1838. Submitted, and oredered to be printed. Mr. Linn submitted the following Report: [To accompany Senate bill No. 206.] The Select Committee, to which was referred a bill to authorize the President of the United States to occupy the Oregon Territory, submit to the consideration of the Senate the following report:... AuthorLinn, Lewis F.HeadlineLinn's Report on Oregon with Hood map 1838Date Published[1838] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #46 The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions, with Maps, Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineMarcy's Prairie Traveler 1859PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1859 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #47 The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions, with Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific, and a Map AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineMarcy's Prairie Traveler edited by Burton 1863PublisherTrübner and Co.Date Published1863 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #48 The Mariposas Estate Heading(Mariposa Estate)HeadlineMariposas Estate 1861 with MapDate Published1861 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #49 The Mariposa Company, 34 Wall Street, New York. James Hoy, President... Organized 25th June, 1863 Heading(Mariposa Estate)HeadlineMariposa Company 1863 with mapPublisherWm. C. Bryant & Co., printersDate Published1863 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #50 The Mariposa Estate: Its Past, Present and Future. Comprising the Official Report of J. Ross Browne (U.S. commissioner) upon its Mineral Resources, transmitted to Congress on the 5th of March, 1868 by the Hon Hugh McCulloch, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and other documents; with a review of the causes which led to the late failure of the Mariposa Company and the transfer of the estate to the trustees... Heading(Mariposa Estate)Author[Stillwell, Benjamin Marshal]HeadlineMariposas Estate 1868 with MapPublisherRussells' American Steam Printing HouseDate Published1868 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #51 Report on the Construction of a Military Road from Walla-Walla to Fort Benton AuthorMullan, JohnHeadlineMullan's Military Road with lithos & maps 1863PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1863 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #52 Miners and Travelers' Guide to Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. Via the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. Accompanied by a General Map of the Mineral Region of the Northern Sections of the Rocky Mountains AuthorMullan, JohnHeadlineMullan's Miners Guide with map 1865PublisherW.M. FranklinDate Published1865 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #53 Report of Surveys Across the Continent, in 1867-'68, on the Thirty-Fifth and Thirty-Second Parallels, for a Route Extending the Kansas Pacific Railway to the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco and San Diego AuthorPalmer, William JacksonHeadlineWith 1st map to name Grand Canyon of ColoradoPublisherW.B. SelheimerDate Published1869 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #54 De la Colonisation du Colorado et du Nouveau-Mexique AuthorPalmer, William JacksonHeadlineWith first view of Colorado Springs, slightly reducedPublisherTypographie LahureDate Published1874 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #55 Letter of John D. Perry, President of the Union Pacific Railway (Eastern Division) together with the reports of the engineer and the geologist of the road, showing the necessity and advantages of its construction to the Pacific (wrapper title) AuthorPerry, John D., et al.HeadlineConstruction of Union Pacific with map 1868PublisherReview Print. HouseDate Published1868 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #56 A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn AuthorRevere, Joseph WarrenHeadlineRevere's Tour of Duty in California with map 1849PublisherC. S. Francis & Co.Date Published1849 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #57 A Series of Charts, with Sailing Directions embracing Surveys of the Farralones, Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay, Confluence and Deltic Branches of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers, and the Sacramento River (with the Middle Fork) to the American River, Including the Cities of Sacramento and Boston, State of California AuthorRinggold, CadwaladerHeadlineRinggold's Charts of S.F. Bay 4th ed 1852PublisherPrinted by Jno. T. TowersDate Published1852 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #58 California and its Gold Regions; With a Geographical and Topographical View of the Country, its Mineral and Agricultural Resources. Prepared from Official and other Authentic Documents... AuthorRobinson, FayetteHeadlineRobinson's Gold Regions with map 1849PublisherStringer & TownsendDate Published1849 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #59 War Department - Report on a Reconnaissance in the Ute Country, made in the year 1873 AuthorRuffner, E.H.HeadlineRuffer reports on Ute Country with map 1874PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1874 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #60 Manual of the Corporation of the City of San Francisco containing A Map of The City; The Declaration of Independence; The Constitution of The United States; The Constitution of The State of California; The Charters of the City; The Revised Ordinances; The General Repealing Ordinances; The Ordinances still in force, and certain laws relating particularly to the City of San Francisco. Published by Authority Heading(San Francisco)HeadlineS.F. Manual of Corporation with 2 maps 1852PublisherG.K. Fitch & Co., PrintersDate Published1852 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #61 A Description of the Recently Discovered Petroleum Region in California. With a Report on the Same by Professor Silliman AuthorSilliman, BenjaminHeadlineSilliman pamphlet on Cal. oil fields with map 1865PublisherFrancis & LoutrelDate PublishedFebruary, 1865 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #62 Professor Silliman's Report Upon The Oil Property Of The Pacific Coast Petroleum Company, Of New -York, Situated In San Luis Obispo County, California. To which is added Notes of Survey and Exploration in 1850 and 1857 by Col. J. Williamson, Engineer-in-Chief of Survey AuthorSilliman, BenjaminHeadlineSilliman pamphlet on Cal. oil fields with color map 1865PublisherWilliam A. WheelerDate Published1865 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #63 Professor Silliman's Report upon the Oil Property of The Philadelphia and California Petroleum Company, of Philadelphia, Situated in Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties, California, to which are added extracts from the field notes made on a survey and exploration for a Rail Road, in 1850 and 1857, by Co. J. Williamson, Chief Engineer of the Survey AuthorSilliman, BenjaminHeadlineRare pamphlet on Calif. oil field with maps 1865PublisherE.C. Markley & SonDate Published1865 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #64 The Shortest Route to California Illustrated by a History of Explorations of the Great Basin of Utah with its Topographical and Geological Character and Some Account of the Indian Tribes AuthorSimpson, J[ames] H.HeadlineSimpson explores the Great Basin, inscribedPublisherJ.P. LippincottDate Published1869 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #65 Report of Explorations Across the Great Basin of the Territory of Utah for a Direct Wagon-Route from Camp Floyd to Genoa, in Carson Valley, in 1859 AuthorSimpson, J[ames] H[ervey]HeadlineSimpson explores Utah with large map 1876PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1876 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #66 Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers AuthorSitgreaves, L[orenzo]HeadlineSitgreaves' Expedition Down the Zuni 1854PublisherRobert Armstrong, Public PrinterDate Published1853 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #67 Sonora Gold Mining Company, Organized January 24th, 1852 Heading(Sonora Gold Mining Company)HeadlineRare prospectus for Sonora Gold Mine with map 1862PublisherLambert & Lane, StationersDate Published[1852] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #68 The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California, and a Complete History of all the Important Events Connected with Its Great City: To Which Are Added, Biographical Memoirs of Some Prominent Citizens AuthorSoulé, Frank, John H. Gihon and James NisbetHeadlineAnnals of San Francisco 1855 with mapsPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1855 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #69 Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Including a Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains AuthorStansbury, HowardHeadlineStansbury's Great Sale Lake with mapsPublisherLippincott, Grambo & Co.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #70 Altowan; Or, Incidents of Life and Adventure in the Rocky Mountains by an Amateur Traveler Author[Stewart, William Drummond]HeadlineAltowan by Wm Stewart 1846PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1846 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #71 San Francisco Business Directory and Mercantile Guide for 1864-65. A General Business Directory for All Persons Throughout This State; Also, Oregon, Nevada Territory and Mexico AuthorStillwell, B.F.HeadlineStillwell's S.F. Business Directory with mapPublisherAgnew & Deffeback, PrintersDate Published1864 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #72 El-Dorado Schilderungen einer Reise über Panama nach Californien und des Ausenthalts daselbst, sowie der Zustande, der Eigenthumlichseiten des Lebens, des commerciellen Berkehrs, des Klimas u. zu San Francisco, Monterey u. in den Golddistricten... AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineGerman Eldorado with maps 1851PublisherB.F. VoigtDate Published1851 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #73 Three reports by John B. Trask on the geology of California AuthorTrask, John B.HeadlineTrask reports on California geology 1854-56Date Published1854, 1855, 1856 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #74 Geology and Industrial Resources of California... To which is added, The official reports of Genls. Persifer F. Smith and B. Riley - Including the Reports of Lieuts. Talbot, Ord, Derby and Williamson, of their Explorations in California and Oregon; and also of their examinations of routes for rail road communication eastward from those countries AuthorTyson, Philip T[homas]HeadlineTyson's Geology of CA 1851 presentation copyPublisherWm. MinifieDate Published1851 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #75 Four Months Among the Gold Finders in Alta California: Being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts Author[Vizetelley, Henry] Brooks, J. Tyrwhitt, pseuHeadlineBrooks/Vizetelley; Gold Finders in Alta CaliforniaPublisherDavid BogueDate Published1849 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #76 Mexico. By H.G. Ward, Esq. His Majesty’s Chargé D’Affaires in that Country During the Years 1825, 1826, and Part of 1827… with an Account of the Mining Companies, and of the Political Events in that Republic, to the Present Time AuthorWard, H[enry] G[eorge]HeadlineWard's Mexico in 1827 with mapsPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1829 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #77 Explorations in the Dacota Country, in the year 1855 AuthorWarren, G[ouverneur] K.HeadlineWarren's Dacota Country with maps 1856PublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Senate PrinterDate Published1856 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #78 Bodie and Esmeralda: Being an Account of the Revival of Affairs in Two Singularly Interesting and Important Mining Districts, including something of their Past History... also, detailed description of mines most developed, tunnels, mills, etc. - also, general resources of Mono and Esmeralda Counties - with maps and illustrations AuthorWasson, JosephHeadlineMines of Bodie & Esmeralda 1878PublisherSpaulding, Barto & Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #79 The Yosemite Guide-Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada and of the Big Trees of California AuthorWhitney, Josiah DwightHeadlineWhitney's Yosemite Guide Book 1869 with mapsPublisherPublished by the Authority of the LegislatureDate Published1869 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #80 Western America, Including California and Oregon with Maps of Those Regions, and of "The Sacramento Valley" AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineWilkes' Western America with maps 1849PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1849 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #81 Gold Fields of Australia. Notes on the Distribution of Gold throughout the World, including Australia, California, and Russia. With Five Maps... AuthorWyld, JamesHeadlineGold fields of Australia & California with maps 1853PublisherJames WyldDate Published1853 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #82 America West Diego Bay to Cape Mendocino from the United States Coast Survey 1855 [and] America West Cape Mendocino to Vancouver Id. from Cape Flattery southward, from the United States Coast Survey 1855. Juan de Fuca Strait by Captn. Kellet R.N. 1847 AuthorAdmiralty, BritishHeadlineLarge Admiratly charts of West Coast 1858PublisherPublished by the Hydrographic Office of the AdmiraltyDate Published1858 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #83 N. America West Coast - San Francisco Harbour Surveyed by Lieut. James Alden U.S. Navy 1856 AuthorAdmiralty, BritishHeadlineLarge chart of San Francisco Bay 1860PublisherPublished at the AdmiraltyDate Published1860 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #84 The Provinces of British Columbia & Vancouver Island, with Portions of the United States & Hudson's Bay Territories, Compiled from Original Documents AuthorArrowsmith, JohnHeadlineEarly map of British Columbia 1859PublisherJohn ArrowsmithDate Published1859 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #85 Map of Central America Including the States of Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua & Costa Rica, the Territories of Belise & Mosquito, with parts of Mexico, Yucatan & New Granada Shewing the Proposed Routes Between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans by way of Tehuantepeque, Nicaragua & Panama AuthorBailey, JohnHeadlineLarge map of Central America 1850PublisherPublished by Trelawney SaundersDate Published1850 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #86 Map of the Mining Region of California 1855. Drawn and Compiled by Geo. H. Baker AuthorBaker, George H.HeadlineMap of California Gold Region on LettersheetPublisherBarber & BakerDate Published1855 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #87 Bancroft's Map of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, Published by A. L. Bancroft & Compy. Booksellers & Stationers San Francisco Cal. 1873 AuthorBancroft, Albert LittleHeadlineBancroft's Map of California, Nevada, 1873PublisherA.L. Bancroft & Co.Date Published1873 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #88 Bancroft's Map of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona, Published by A. L. Bancroft & Compy. Booksellers & Stationers San Francisco Cal. 1876 AuthorBancroft, Albert LittleHeadlineBancroft's Map of California, Nevada, 1876PublisherA.L. Bancroft & Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #89 Bancroft's Official Guide Map of City and County of San Francisco, Compiled from Official Maps in Surveyor's Office AuthorBancroft, Albert LittleHeadlineBancroft's Guide Map to San Francisco 1877PublisherA.L. Bancroft & Co.Date Published1877 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #90 Bancroft's Map of California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona AuthorBancroft, Hubert HoweHeadlineBancroft's California, Nevada, etc. 1864PublisherH.H. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1864 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #91 Bancroft's Map of the Pacific States Compiled by Wm. Henry Knight AuthorBancroft, Hubert HoweHeadlineBancroft's Pacific States on 4 sheets 1867PublisherH.H. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1867 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #92 Map of the City of Benicia Founded by Mariano G. Vallejo, Thomas O.Larkin & Robert Semple 1847 Surveyed and Drawn by Benjamin W. Barlow City & County Surveyor AuthorBarlow, Benjaman W.HeadlinePlan of Benicia CA 1852PublisherSteam Lith. Britton & ReyDate Published[1852] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #93 The Harbour of San Francisco, Nueva California [on sheet with] The Entrance of San Francisco Harbour [and selection of coastal profiles and views] AuthorBeechey, Frederick WilliamHeadlineBeechey's rare chart of San Francisco Bay 1833PublisherHydrographical Office of the AdmiraltyDate Published1833 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold Lot #94 Port De San Francisco Levé en 1827 et 1828 Par Le Capitaine F.W. Beechey de la Marine Royale Anglaise... AuthorBeechey, Frederick WilliamHeadlineChart of S.F. Bay after BeecheyPublisherDépôt-Général De La MarineDate Published1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #95 Blanchards New Map of the Territories Being a Complete Guide to the Newly Discovered Goldfields AuthorBlanchard, RufusHeadlineRare pre-fire Chicago map of Western U.S.PublisherRufus BlanchardDate Published[c.1865] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #96 Cabinet Map of California & Nevada (wrapper title) AuthorBlanchard, RufusHeadlineRare little "Cabinet Map" of California 1868PublisherRufus BlanchardDate Published[1868] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #97 Cabinet Map of the United States and Territories on a rectangular projection showing the location of gold silver and other minerals, the Railroads and Principal Cities... AuthorBlanchard, RufusHeadlineCabinet map of US 1868PublisherPublished by Rufus BlanchardDate Published1868 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #98 North Pacific Ocean AuthorBlunt, Edward and George W.Headline1849 Pacific chart with pencil tracks of shipsDate Published1849 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #99 West Coast of North America, from the Gulf of Dulce to San Francisco. Spanish and other Authorities AuthorBlunt, Edward and George W.HeadlineChart of West Coast before Gold RushPublisherE. & G.W. BluntDate Published1848 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #100 Map of Humboldt County [Nevada] Compiled by W.E. Bowen, County Surveyor, From Maps and Field Notes now on File in State Land Office, At Carson AuthorBowen, W. E.HeadlineRare map of Humboldt County NevadaPublisherRand, McNally & Co. 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