Sale 581 - Rare Cartography, Exploration & Voyages: The Warren Heckrotte Collection, Part III - Filling in the Gaps (#581) 03/10/2016 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 03/10/2016 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 581 386 PDF Prices RealizedPDF Catalog 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 1-53 of 53. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Compilation of Narratives of Explorations in Alaska Heading(Alaska)HeadlineAccounts of Alaska ExplorationPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1900 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #2 Maps and Descriptions of Routes of Exploration in Alaska in 1898 with general information concerning the territory... Heading(Alaska)HeadlineAlaska explored in 1898 with mapsPublisherUnited States Geological SurveyDate Published1899 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #3 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft AuthorBancroft, Hubert HoweHeadlineLovely set of Bancroft's Works with replica bookcasePublisherA.L. Bancroft & Co.Date Published1883-1890 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #6 Views of Louisiana; Together with a Journal of a Voyage Up the Missouri River, in 1814 AuthorBrackenridge, Henry MarieHeadlineBrackenridge Views of Louisiana 1814PublisherCramer, Spear and RichbaumDate Published1814 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #8 Eastern Colorado. A Brief description of the new lands now being opened up, together with a sectional map of Nebraska and Eastern Colorado, showing towns and railway lines completed and in course of construction on April 1st, 1887. Published by the Burlington Route, April, 1887 Heading(Colorado)HeadlineLands of Colorado and Nebraska with map 1887PublisherJournal Company, State PrintersDate Published1887 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #9 Alaska and Its Resources AuthorDall, William H.HeadlineAlaska and its Resources by DallPublisherLee & ShepardDate Published1870 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #11 The History of Texas, or the Emigrant's, Farmer's and Politician's Guide to the Character, Climate, Soil and Productions of that Country: Geographically Arranged from Personal Observation and Experience AuthorEdward, David BHeadlineEdward's Texas with important map 1836PublisherStereotyped and Published by J.A. James & Co.Date Published1836 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #12 Fahrten und Schicksale eines Deutschen in Texas AuthorEhrenberg, HermanHeadlineRare German account of Texas Revolution 1845PublisherVerlag von Otto WigandDate Published1845 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #13 Regulating the Indian Department. [To accompany bills H.R. nos. 488, 489, & 490.] May 20, 1834. Mr. H. Everett, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, made the following report... AuthorEverett, HoraceHeadlineReport on Indians west of the Missouri 1834PublisherGales & Seaton, print.Date Published1834 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #15 Our Land and Land Policy, National and State (wrapper title) AuthorGeorge, HenryHeadlineHenry George on Land Policy with map 1871PublisherWhite & Bauer... W.E. LoomisDate Published1871 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #17 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, JosiahHeadlineGregg Commerce of the Prairies presentation bindingPublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1844 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #18 Hare's Guide to San Jose and Vicinity, for tourists and new settlers. Containing directions to, and descriptions of all points of interest in the Valley; also, a carefully prepared statement of resources, climate, soil, school and church privileges, cost of living, wages, etc. With a map of the City of San Jose, also, one of the Valley in its vicinity AuthorHare, George H.HeadlineScarce early guide to San Jose with map 1872PublisherPublished by Geo. H. Hare, Bookseller and StationerDate Published1872 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #19 Journal of Voyages and Travels in the Interiour [sic] of North America, Between the 47th and 58th Degrees of North Latitude, Extending from Montreal Nearly to the Pacific Ocean... Illustrated by a map of the country AuthorHarmon, Daniel WilliamsHeadlineHarmon's Voyages in the Interior of North America 1820PublisherPrinted by Flagg and GouldDate Published1820 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #20 Final Report of the United States Geological Survey of Nebraska and portions of the adjacent territories, and under the direction of the Commissioner of the General Land Office AuthorHayden, Ferdinand V.HeadlineGeology of Nebraska with landmark map 1872Date Published1872 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #21 The Columbian Traveller and Statistical Register. Principally relating to the United States. November, 1833 AuthorHayward, JohnHeadlineScarce Columbian Traveller 1833 with mapsPublisherPublished by the Author, sold by Carter, Henee & Co., etc.Date Published1833 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #22 Ethnographisch Skizzen über Die Völker Des Russischen Amerika, von H. J. Holmberg. Erste Abtheilung. Nebst einer Karte. (Aus den Alten der Finnl. Societ. d. Wissensch. besonders abgedruckt.) AuthorHolmberg, H. J.HeadlineIndigenous peopls of Alaska with map 1855PublisherGedruckt bei H. C. FriisDate Published1855 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #23 Report on the Ancient Ruins Examined in 1875 and 1877 AuthorJackson, William HenryHeadlineW.H. Jackson in Moqui country 1879PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1879 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #24 Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt; Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston, During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound: With an Account of the Manners, Mode of Living, and Religious Opinions of the Natives AuthorJewitt, John R.HeadlineJewett captured by Nootka Sound IndiansPublisherPrinted for the PublisherDate Published[c.1815] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #25 Northern Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the Board of Direction of the Company, Communications from Lieut. Gen'l Grant, Brevet Maj. Gen'l Meigs, Q.M.G., and Brevet Maj. Gen' Ingalls, A.Q.M., and Report of the Engineer in Chief. November, 1867 (wrapper title) AuthorJohnson, Edwin F., Alexander Ramsay, et al.HeadlineMemorial Northern Pacific RR with map, rare first issuePublisherCase, Lockwood and Company, PrintersDate Published1867 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #26 In the Senate of the United States... Mr. Ramsey submitted the following Memorial, &c. Northern Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the board of direction of the company, communications from Lieutenant General Grant, Brevet Major General Meigs, Q.M.G, and Brevet Major General Ingalls, A.Q.M., and report of the engineer-in-chief, November, 1867 (caption title) AuthorJohnson, Edwin F., Alexander Ramsay, et al.HeadlineMemorial Northern Pacific Railroad with mapDate Published1867 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #27 Illinois and the West. With a township map, containing the latest surveys and improvements AuthorJones, Abner D.HeadlineIllinois 1838 with a mapPublisherWeeks, Jordan and CompanyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #29 Report of the Exploring Expedition from Santa Fé, New Mexico, to the Junction of the Grand and Green Rivers of the Great Colorado of the West, in 1859 AuthorMacomb, John Navarre and John Strong NewberryHeadlineExploration of Colorado River with map & platesPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1876 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #33 A Geographical Description of the United States, with the contiguous British and Spanish Possessions, intended as an accompaniment to Melish's Map of these countries AuthorMelish, JohnHeadlineMelish describes U.S. Geography 1816PublisherPublished by the Author. T.H. Palmer, printerDate Published1816 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #34 Reglamento para el establecimiento de las colonias militares en la frontera del norte. México. — Diciembre de 1868 Heading(Mexico)HeadlineRare report on Mexican Borderlands with map 1869PublisherImprenta del Gobierno, en Palacio, á cargo de José M. SandovalDate Published1869 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #35 Mitchell's Compendium of the Internal Improvements of the United States: Comprising general notices of all the most important Canals and Rail=Roads, throughout the several states and territories of the Union: together with brief notice of works of internal improvement in Canada and Nova Scotia AuthorMitchell, Samuel AugustusHeadlineMitchell's Travellers Guide with map 1835PublisherPublished by Mitchell & HinmanDate Published1835 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #36 The American Geography; Or, A View of the Present Situation of The United States of America AuthorMorse, JedidiahHeadlineMorse's American Geography 1789 1st editionPublisherPrinted by Shepard Kollock, for the AuthorDate Published1789 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #37 Elements of Geography: Containing a concise and comprehensive view of that useful science, as divided onto, 1. Astronomical 2. Physical or Natural 3. Political Geography, on a new plan... Illustrated with a neat Map of the United States, and a beautiful Chart of the whole World AuthorMorse, JedidiahHeadlineRare Morse Geography for children 1795PublisherI. Thomas and E.T. AndrewsDate Published1795 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #38 Geography Made Easy. Being a short, but comprehensive System of that very useful and agreeable science... Illustrated with two correct and elegant maps, one of the World, and the other of the United States... AuthorMorse, JedidiahHeadlineRare 1st edition of Morse's Geography Made Easy 1784PublisherPrinted by Meigs, Bowen and DanaDate Published[1784] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #40 Report Intended to Illustrate a Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River AuthorNicollet, Joseph NorthHeadlineNicollet's report with map of Mississippi Basin 1843PublisherBlair and RivesDate Published1845 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #41 New Homes in Minnesota, Northern Dakota, Montana and the Yellowstone Valley, and Washington Territory AuthorNorthern Pacific RailroadHeadlinePromoting Northern Pacific Railroad lands 1881 with mapPublisherEuropean Agency of the Northern Pacific RailroadDate Published1881 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #42 Phelps' Hundred Cities and Large Towns of America: with Railroad Distances throughout the United States, Maps of Thirteen Cities, and Other Embellishments AuthorPhelps, Fanning & Co.HeadlineWith hand-colored plans of 13 US cities 1853PublisherPublished by Phelps, Fanning, & Co.Date Published1853 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #43 Phelps' Travelers' Guide Through the United States, Containing Upward of Seven Hundred and Fifty Railroad, Canal, Stage, and Steamboat Routes. Accompanied by a New Map of the United States AuthorPhelps, HenryHeadlinePhelps' Travelers' Guide with map 1853PublisherPublished by Horace Thayer & Co.Date Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #44 The Mining and Metallurgy of Gold and Silver AuthorPhillips, John ArthurHeadlineGold & Silver Mining with map of Grass ValleyPublisherE. & F.N. SponDate Published1867 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #45 Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the Second Session of the Thirtieth Congress Author[Polk, James K]HeadlineHouse Document on California Gold Rush with MapsPublisherWendell & Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #46 Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating the report of an exploration of the Territory of Minnesota, by Brevet Captain Pope AuthorPope, JohnHeadlineExploration of Minnesota with map 1850Date Published1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #48 Sketch of the Geographical Rout of a Great Railway, by which it is proposed to connect the canals and navigable waters of the states of New-York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri; and the Michigan, North-West, and Missouri Territories; Opening thereby a free communication, at all seasons of the year, between the Atlantic States and the Great Valley of the Mississippi AuthorRedfield, William C.HeadlineRailway to interior of U.S. 1829PublisherG. & C. & H. CarvillDate Published1829 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #51 Report from the Secretary of War, Communicating... the Report and Map of the Route from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, made by Lieutenant Simpson AuthorSimpson, James H.HeadlineSimpson Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe 1850Date Published1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #52 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 BasinPublisherJ.B. LippincottDate Published1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #53 The Illustrated Hand-Book, A New Guide for Travelers through the United States of America: Containing a description of the states, cities, towns, villages, watering places, colleges, etc., etc.; with the railroad, stage, and steamboat routes, the distances from place to place, and the fares on the great traveling routes. Embellished with 125 highly finished engravings. Accompanied by a large and accurate map AuthorSmith, John CalvinHeadlineJ. Calvin's Guide to U.S. with map 1847PublisherPublished by Sherman & SmithDate Published1847 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #56 Message of the President of the United States, Communicating information... in relation to California and New Mexico. (caption title) AuthorTaylor, ZacharyHeadlineCalifornia and New Mexico 1850 with mapsDate Published1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #57 Géologic Pratique De La Louisiane Par R. Thomassy... (Accompagné de 6 planches.) AuthorThomassy, RaymondHeadlineGeology of Louisiana & mouth of Mississippi 1860PublisherChez L'Auteur/ Chez Lacroix et BaudryDate Published1860 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #62 Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, Showing the Progress of the Survey During the Year 1867 AuthorU.S. Coast SurveyHeadlineCoast Survey with Alaska maps 1869PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1869 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #63 Guide to the Union Pacific Railroad Lands: 12,000,000 Acres Best Farming and Mineral Lands in America, for Sale by the Union Pacific Railroad Company, in Tracts to Suit Purchases and at Low Prices Heading(Union Pacific Railroad)HeadlineRailroad lands in NebraskaPublisherRepublican Steam Printing HouseDate Published1870 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #64 Map of Alaska Showing Known Gold-Bearing Rocks with Descriptive Text Containing Sketches of the Geography, Geology, and Gold Deposits and Routes to the Gold Fields AuthorUnited States Geological SurveyHeadlineMap of Alaska with text 1898PublisherUnited States Geological SurveyDate Published1898 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #65 Report of the Secretary of War, communicating... the report of Captain H.D. Wallen of his expedition, in 1859, From Dalles City to Great Salt Lake, and back AuthorWallen, Henry D.HeadlineExpedition from Dalles to Sale Lake 1859 with mapDate Published1860 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #66 Colorado, In the United States of America. Schedule of Ores contributed by Sundry Persons to the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867, with some information about the Region and its Resources By J.P. Whitney (of Boston, Massachusetts) Commissioner from the Territory AuthorWhitney, Joel P.HeadlineColorado Ores at Paris Expo 1867 with mapsPublisherCassell, Petter and GalpinDate Published1869 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #67 Colorado, In the United States of America. Schedule of Ores contributed by Sundry Persons to the Paris Universal Exposition of 1867, with some information about the Region and its Resources By J.P. Whitney (of Boston, Massachusetts) Commissioner from the Territory AuthorWhitney, Joel P.HeadlineMineral wealth of Colorado with maps 1867PublisherCassell, Petter and GalpinDate Published1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #68 The Auriferous Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California AuthorWhitney, Josiah D.HeadlineAuriferous Gravels of the Sierra Nevada 1880PublisherUniversity Press, John Wilson & SonDate Published1880 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #70 [Journal of the Russian Geographical Society, i.e.] Zaspiski Russkago Geograficheskago Obshchestva Knizhka I [II] [in Vol. II is found "Summary of Lieutenant Zagoskin's Diary of his Expedition on the Mainland of Northwestern America" compiled by S.E. Zelenim] AuthorZagoskin, L.A., et al.HeadlineRussians explore interior of Alaska with map 1846Date Published1846-1847 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #73 Maps and Illustrations of the Missions of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. September, 1845 AuthorAmerican Board of Commissioners for Foreign MissionsHeadlineAtlas of American Missions 1845Date Published1845 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #84 Colton's Condensed Octavo Atlas of the Union: Containing Maps of All the States and Territories of the United States of America AuthorColton, Joseph HutchinsHeadlineColton's Atlas of the Union 1865PublisherJ.H. Colton, PublisherDate Published1865 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #162 Lloyd's Map of the Lower Mississippi River from St. Louis to the Gulf of Mexico. Compiled from Government Surveys in the Topographical Bureau, Washington, D.C. Revised and corrected to the present time by Captains Bart and William Bowen, Pilots of Twenty Years' Experience on that River. Exhibiting the Sugar and Cotton Plantations, Cities, Towns, Landings, Sand Bars, Islands, Bluffs, Bayous, Cut-Offs, the Steamboat Channels, Mileage, Fortifications, Railroads, &c. along the River AuthorLloyd, James T.HeadlineLarge scale mapping of Mississippi River 1863PublisherJ.T. Lloyd, PublisherDate Published1863 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #197 Map of New-York Bay and Harbor and the Environs. Founded upon a trigonometrical survey under the direction of F.R. Hassler, Superintendent of the Survey of the Coast of the United States... AuthorU.S. Coast SurveyHeadlineRare chart of NY Harbor on 6 sheets 1844Date Published1844-1845 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next