Sale 591: Rare Americana & Travel, with Books & Maps from the Warren Heckrotte Collection (#591) 07/28/2016 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/28/2016 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 591 400 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 1-51 of 51. Previous|1|Next Lot #5 A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas. Compiled from Papers, and other Materials of the Right Honourable George Lord Anson, and published under his Direction, by Richard Walter, M.A., Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship the Centurion, in that Expedition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorAnson, George and Richard WalterHeadlineAnson's Voyage Round the World 1748PublisherPrinted for the Author by John & Paul KnaptonDate Published[1748] Lot #6 Chromolithograph of an encounter with Polar Bears in the frozen arctic View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Arctic)HeadlineAn encounter with Polar Bear in the frozen arcticDate PublishedLate 19th century Lot #10 Arrian's Voyage round the Euxine Sea translated; and accompanied with a geographical dissertation, and maps. To which are added three discourses, I. On the trade to the East Indies by means of the Euxine Sea. II. On the distance which ships of antiquity usually sailed in twenty-four hours. III. On the measure of the Olympic Stadium View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorArrian of NicomediaHeadlineFirst century guide to Black SeaPublisherSold by J. Cook; and by Messrs. Cadell and DaviesDate Published1805 Lot #20 Persia and the Persians View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBenjamin, S.G.W.HeadlinePersia and the Persians by BenjaminPublisherTicknor and CompanyDate Published1887 Lot #21 Nouveaux voyages aux Indes Occidentales; contenant une Relation de differens peuples qui habitent les environs du grand Fleuve Saint-Louis, appelle vulgairement le Mississipi; leur religion; leur gouvernement; leurs moeurs; leurs guerres & leur commerce. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBossu, [Jean Bernard]HeadlineNouveaux voyages aux Indes Occidentales, 1768PublisherLe JayDate Published1768 Lot #22 Photo album of a trip to Brazil by American actor George O'Brien View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Brazil)AuthorO'Brien, GeorgeHeadlineActor George O'Brien visits BrazilDate Published1940s Lot #28 Ultima Thule, or a Summer in Iceland View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineRichard Burton Ultima Thule 1st EditionPublisherWilliam P. NimmoDate Published1875 Lot #52 In und um Peking während der Kriegswirren 1900-1901... 36 Tafeln mit 1 Heliogravüre und 190 Bildern... nebst einem Plan von Peking View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorWang, Dr., & Emil von Meerscheidt-HüllessemHeadlinePhotos of the Boxer Rebellion in ChinaPublisherMeisenbach RiffarthDate Published1902 Lot #64 Voyage dans l'Hemisphere Austral et Autour du Monde, Fait sur les Vaisseaux de Roi, l'Aventure, & la Resolution, en 1772, 1773, 1774, & 1775... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorCook, Captain JamesHeadlineCook's Voyages in French 1778PublisherHotel de ThouDate Published1778 Lot #65 The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorJoppien, Ruediger and Bernard SmithHeadlineThe Art of Captain Cook's VoyagesPublisherYale University PressDate Published1985-88 Lot #75 A Dissertation on the Course and Probable Termination of the Niger. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorDonkin, RufaneHeadlineA Dissertation on the Course and Probable Termination of the Niger, 1829PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1829 Lot #77 Guatimala, or The United Provinces of Central America, in 1827-8; Being sketches and memorandums made during a twelve months' residence in that republic View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDunn, HenryHeadlineGuatemala in early 19th centuryPublisherG. & C. CarvillDate Published1828 Lot #79 The English pilot. Describing the West-India navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones... The whole being much enlarged and corrected, with additions of several new charts and descriptions. By the information of divers able navigators of our own and other nations... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(English Pilot)HeadlineEnglish Pilot concentrating on Americas 1789PublisherPrinted for Mount and DavidsonDate Published1789 Lot #89 An History of the Earth, and Animated Nature View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineGoldsmith's History of the Earth and Animated NaturePublisherA. Millar, et alDate Published1797 Lot #103 Happy England as Painted by Helen Allingham View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHuish, Marcus B.HeadlineHappy England A&C Black finely boundPublisherAdam & Charles BlackDate Published1909 Lot #113 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 Honourable East India Company View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorKeate, GeorgeHeadlineAn Account of the Pelew Islands, 1789PublisherG. NicolDate Published1789 Lot #119 The Voyage of the "Wanderer" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorLambert, C. & S.HeadlineVoyage of the "Wanderer" 1883PublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1883 Lot #120 In the Forbidden Land: An Account of a Journey into Tibet, Capture by the Tibetan Llamas and Soldiers, Imprisonment, Torture... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorLandor, A. Henry SavageHeadlineHenry Savage Landor In the Forbidden LandPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1899 Lot #121 Narrative of a Journey in Egypt and the Country Beyond the Cataracts View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorLegh, ThomasHeadlineTravels in Egypt 1816PublisherPrinted for John MurrayDate Published1816 Lot #125 Histoire des Croisades pour la Delivrance de la Terre Sainte View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMaimbourg, [Louis]HeadlineMaimbourg's History of the Crusades 1676PublisherSebastien Mabre-CramoisyDate Published1676 Lot #136 The Alps in 1864: A Private Journal. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorMoore, A. W.HeadlineThe Alps in 1864: A Private Journal, 1902PublisherDavid DouglasDate Published1902 Lot #137 The Photographic Face of Morocco: Twenty Pictures by Bernard Rouget View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Morocco)AuthorRouget, BernardHeadlineBernard Rouget Twenty Photos of MoroccoPublisherPhoto-Edition Bernard RougetDate Publishedc.1940 Lot #138 The Journal of James Morrison, Boatswain's Mate of The Bounty, Describing the Mutiny & subsequent Misfortunes of the Mutineers together with an account of the Island of Tahiti. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Morrison, James)HeadlineThe Journal of James Morrison, 1935, 1/325PublisherGolden Cockerel PressDate Published1935 Lot #140 Three volumes on motoring abroad View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Motoring Abroad)HeadlineThree volumes on motoring abroadDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #143 National Maritime Museum, Catalogue of the Library View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(National Maritime Museum)HeadlineNational Maritime Museum, Catalogue of the LibraryPublisherHer Majesties Stationary OfficeDate Published1968-1976 Lot #163 Northward over the "Great Ice": A Narrative of Life and Work along the Shores and upon the Interior Ice-Cap of Northern Greenland in the Years 1886 and 1891-1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPeary, Robert E.HeadlinePeary Northward over the Great IcePublisherFrederick A. Stokes CompanyDate Published1898 Lot #164 The Journey from Chester to London [together with] Of London View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPennant, ThomasHeadlineThomas Pennant Chester to London and Of LondonPublisherB. White / Robert FaulderDate Published1782 & 1790 Lot #165 Small archive of photographs, journals and other material relating to the 1926 Field Museum Peru-Central American archaeology expedition of W. Egbert Schenck and A.L. Kroeber View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Peru & Central America)AuthorSchenck, William EgbertHeadlineArcheology archive of Peru 1926Date Published1926-1927 Lot #171 Narrative of the Campaign in Russia During the Year 1812... to which is added A Narrative of the Events Which Followed Buonaparte's Campaign in Russia to the Period of Dethronement, by William Dunlap View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPorter, Robert KerHeadlineNapoleon invades RussiaPublisherPublished by Andrus and StarrDate Published1815 Lot #175 Two Volumes published by Rand, McNally & Co. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Rand, McNally & Co.)HeadlineTwo Volumes published by Rand, McNally & Co.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #185 An Epistle from Oberea, Queen of Otaheite, to Joseph Banks, Esq. translated by T.Q.Z. Esq. professor of the Otaheite language in Dublin, and all the languages of the undiscovered islands in the South Sea; an enriched with historical and explanatory notes View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Author[Scott-Waring, John]PublisherPrinted for J. AlmonDate Published1774 Lot #194 Two works on Syria View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Syria)HeadlinePhotographs of SyriaDate Published[1946 & 1953] Lot #195 Picturesque Europe. With illustrations on Steel and Wood by the Most Eminent Artists View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, Bayard, editorHeadlinePicturesque Europe in 5 vols 1875PublisherAppletonDate Published[c.1875] Lot #204 Met in Siam, Excursionist & Tourist Advertiser: A quarterly Devoted to Travel and Trade in Siam. Edited and Published by Siam Tourist Bureau. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Thailand)HeadlineTourism in Thailand 1926Date PublishedMarch 1926 Lot #207 Manuscript record of a trip by five English persons through Europe in 1935, in a Ford pulling a camper View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Travel Journal - European Motor Tour)HeadlineEuropean travel diary 1935Date Published1935 Lot #214 Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorWilson, Charles WilsonHeadlinePicturesque PalestinePublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1881] Lot #259 Tableau de l'Amerique: Cette Partie du Monde sut découverte en 1492, par Christophe Colomb, Génois,et en 1497, par Americ Vespuce, Florentin... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Broadside)HeadlineRare French broadside on the AmericasDate Published[c.1770] Lot #268 An Abridgement of Captain Cook's Last Voyage, Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780, For making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, By Order of His Majesty. Extracted from the 4to Edition, in 3 Volumes. Containing a relation of all the interesting Transactions, particularly those relative to the unfortunate Death of Captain Cook; with his Life. By Captain King View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCook, JamesHeadlineAbridgement of Cook's Third VoyagePublisherPrinted for G. KearsleyDate Published1784 Lot #312 The Works of Washington Irving View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineWashington Irving's Works in full moroccoPublisherG.P. Putnam & Co.Date Published1856 Lot #314 Voyage of the U.S. Exploring Squadron Commanded by Captain Charles Wilkes...With Explorations and Discoveries made by Admiral D'Urville, Captain Ross and other Navigators and Travellers... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJenkins, John S.HeadlineVoyage of the US Exploring Squadron 1850PublisherJames M. AldenDate Published1850 Lot #321 Rapport sur le concours au prix annuel pour la découverte la plus importante en géographie, lu à l'assemblée générale de la Société de géographie le 25 Avril 1874 (wrapper title) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMalte-Brun, Victor-AdolpheHeadlineAward for explorations in Alaska with map 1874PublisherImprimerie de E. MartinetDate Published1874 Lot #336 At the Parliament begun... the twenty-ninth Day of November, Anno Domini 1774... An Act for giving a publick Reward unto such Person or Persons, being His Majesty's Subject or Subjects, as shall discover a Northern Passage for Vessels by Sea between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; and also unto such as shall first approach by Sea within One Degree of the Northern Pole View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Northwest Passage)AuthorGreat Britain, Laws, Statutes, etcHeadlineAct for discovering Northwest Passage 1776PublisherPrinted by Charles Eyers and William Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent MajestyDate Published1776 Lot #341 Fore and Aft; or, Leaves from the Life of an Old Sailor. By "Webfoot" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Phelps, William Dane]HeadlineWilliam Dane Phelps Fore & Aft 1871PublisherNichols & HallDate Published1871 Lot #362 Amphiorama, ou, La Vue du Monde: Phénomène inconnu pour la première fois observé et décrit View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorTrafford, François W. C.HeadlineImaginary geography with polar-centric map 1877PublisherImprimerie Georges BridelDate Published1877 Lot #370 Histoire Générale des Grands Voyages et des Grands Voyageurs: Les Grands Navigateurs du XVIII Siècle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineJunes Verne on 18th century explorersPublisherBibliothèque D'Éducation et de Récréation - J.Hetzel et CieDate Published[1879] Lot #481 Ismailia: A Narrative of the Expedition to Central Africa for the Suppression of the Slave Trade View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorBaker, Samuel W.HeadlineIsmailia: Narrative of Expedition to Central AfricaPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1875 Lot #506 Principal Excursions of the Innerleithen Alpine Club During the Years 1889-94 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Innerleithen Alpine Club)HeadlinePrincipal Excursions of the Innerleithen Alpine ClubPublisherJohn McQueen, "Scottish Border Record" OfficeDate Published1895 Lot #515 America la Bien Llamada: La Conquista de Occidente View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorLevillier, RobertoHeadlineAmerica la Bien Llamada, 1948PublisherGuillermo KraftDate Published[1948] Lot #517 Voyage Autour Du Monde...1826, 1827, 1828 et 1829 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorLutke, FredericHeadlineLutke's Voyage Autour Du Monde 1826-1829PublisherN. Israel & De Capo PressDate Published[1971] Lot #519 In the Lena Delta View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorMelville, George W.HeadlineGeorge Melville in the Lena DeltaPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #534 Sir Francis Drake's Voyage Around the World: Its Aims and Achievements - Inscribed View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineFrancis Drake's Voyage Around the WorldPublisherJohn HowellDate Published1926 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next