Sale 481: Rare Americana, Travel & Exploration with Manuscript Material, Maps & Ephemera (#481) 06/07/2012 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/07/2012 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 481 53 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 301-360 of 360. Previous|1234|Next Lot #301 Photo album of a 1930 visit to Persia View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Headingzzc(Iran)Author**HeadlinePhoto album of a 1930 visit to PersiaDate PublishedApril, 1930 Lot #302 Viaggio in Italia delle Delegazioni Americana ed Europee, 20-29 Maggio / Tour in Italy of the American and European Delegations, May 20th-29th, 1926 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Italy)AuthorAssociazione Italiana AlbergatoriHeadlineTour in Italy in Italian & English 1926Publisher[Societa Editrice di Novissima]Date Published1926 Lot #303 Illustrations for Genji Monogatari in 54 Wood-cut prints View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Headingzzc(Japan)AuthorEbina, MasaoHeadlineIllustrations for Genji Monogatari Masao EbinaPublisherYonekichi YamadaDate Published[1950s] Lot #304 Hand-tinted photographs of Japan, accordion-bound in a decorative lacquer album View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Japan)Author**Headlinedecorative lacquer album w/photos of JapanDate Published[c.1890] Lot #305 Arctic Explorations: The Second Grinnell Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin, 1853, '54, '55 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorKane, Elisha KentHeadlineKane's Arctic Explorations 2d Grinnell ExpeditionPublisherChilds & PetersonDate Published1856 Lot #306 Chinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little Tibet View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorLansdell, HenryHeadlineChinese Central Asia: A Ride to Little TibetPublisherScribner'sDate Published1894 Lot #307 Russian Central Asia: Including Kuldja, Bokhara, Khiva and Merv View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorLansdell, HenryHeadlineRussian Central Asia by Henry Lansdell 1885PublisherSampson LowDate Published1885 Lot #308 Journal of the Mission Voyage to the Melanesian Islands, of the Schooner "Southern Cross" made in May-October 1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Headingzzf(New Zealand)Author**HeadlineNew Zealand Missionaries to Melanesia 1866PublisherPrinted at the "Daily Southern Cross" OfficeDate Published1866 Lot #309 Glimpses of the East, 1934-1935 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Nippon Yusen Kaisha Line)Author**HeadlineGlimpses of the East, 1934-1935PublisherN.Y.K. LineDate Published1935 Lot #310 A Souvenir of the Palestine Exhibition: 16 Colour Sketches of the Picturesque Holy Land View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Palestine)Author**HeadlineSouvenir of the Palestine Exhibition c.1925Date PublishedNo date [c.1925] Lot #311 A Trip to Panama (From Notes Taken at the Time) View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Panama)AuthorHinkle, J[im] F.HeadlineA Trip to Panama 1932 by Jim F. Hinkle rare!Publisher[Privately Printed]Date Published[1932] Lot #312 Descripción del Río Paraguay, desde la boca del Xauru hasta la confluencia del Paraná View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Paraguay)AuthorQuiroga, JoséHeadlineDescripción del Río Paraguay 1836PublisherImprenta del EstadoDate Published1836 Lot #313 Travels in the Interior Districts of Africa: Performed under the Direction and Patronage of the African Association, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorPark, MungoHeadlineMungo Park's travels in Africa, 1800PublisherPrinted by W. Bulmer for the Author and sold by G. and W. NicolDate Published1800 Lot #314 Short History of the Discovery and Conquest of Peru by Francisco Pizarro View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzc(Peru)AuthorRobertson, W[illia]mHeadlineHistory of Discovery & Conquest of Peru 1801PublisherThos. L. Plowman for John BiorenDate Published1801 Lot #315 Five books of photography of various destinations View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Photo books)Author**Headline5 photo books of various destinationsPublisherBrentanos / [Ernst Wasmuth]Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #316 The Last Fight of the Revenge View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorRaleigh, Sir WalterHeadlineThe Last Fight of the Revenge 1886PublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1886 Lot #317 Affecting Narrative of the Loss of the Thames Smack, Captain Craiggy, Which, through a fatal Mistake, was run on the Nore Sand, Tuesday, February 8, 1809, Including the Escape of the Captain and Crew of the Boat, and the Perilous Situation of Four Female Passengers, Captain Johnson, and a Private Soildier...Also the Sufferings of Alexander Selkir, Who was left on a desolate Island, On which the Story of Robinson Crusoe is founded View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Shipwreck)Author**HeadlineLoss of the Thames Smack 1809 chapbookPublisherThomas TeggDate Published[1809] Lot #318 Authentic Narrative of the Wreck of His Majesty's Ship Sceptre, of 64 Guns, Capt. Valentine Edwards, in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, November 6, 1799, Including the Melancholy Loss of Upwards of Three Hundred and Fifty of the Crew...Also, the Sufferings of Don Joseph Pizarro, &c. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Shipwreck)Author**HeadlineWreck of His Majesty's Ship Sceptre 1809PublisherThomas TeggDate Published[c.1809] Lot #319 Loss of his Majesty's Ship Centaur, of Seventy-Four Guns, the 23d of September, 1782; And Miraculous Preservation of the Pinnace, with the Captain, Master, and Ten of the Crew. Also, the Explosion of the French East-India Company's Vessel the Prince, on the 25th of July, 1752... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Shipwreck)Author**HeadlineLoss of the Centaur Thos Tegg pub c.1809PublisherThomas TeggDate Published[c.1809] Lot #320 Loss of the Wager Man of War, One of Commodore Anson's Squadron, in the Year 1744, and the Consequent Embarrassments of the Crew, Separation, Mutinous Disposition, Narrow Escapes, Imprisonment, and other Distresses Which They Endured Upwards of Five Years View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Shipwreck)Author**HeadlineLoss of the Wager Man of War Thos Tegg 1809PublisherThomas TeggDate Published[c.1809] Lot #321 Piratical Seizure of the Brig Admiral Trowbridge, by Part of her Crew, While Lying at Anchor off the Island of Sooloo, August 21, 1807...and the Narrow Escape of Mr. William Sharpe. Also, the Captivity and Cruel Treatment of M. De Brisson, on the Coat of Barbary View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Shipwreck)Author**HeadlinePiratical Seizure of the Brig Admiral TrowbridgePublisherThomas TeggDate Published[c.1809] Lot #322 Shipwreck and Captivity of Captain Donald Campbell, on Leaving Goa for Madras, May 21, 1782: Including the Wonderful Manner in Which He Was Conveyed to the Shore by the Tides, His Imprisonment... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Shipwreck)Author**HeadlineShipwreck & Captivity of Captain Donald CampbellPublisherThomas TeggDate Published1808 Lot #323 Struggles and Escapes of Captain Wallis and his Crew, and Their Various Conflicts with the Natives of Otaheite, During a Voyage of Discovery to the Northern Hemisphere, in the Summer of 1766... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzzc(Shipwreck)Author**HeadlineStruggles & Escapes of Captain Wallis, Thos TeggPublisherThomas TeggDate Published[c.1809] Lot #324 Five Thousand Miles Around the Southern Cross: A Popular Review of Life and Customs in Cuba, Jamaica, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico and Ancient Yucatan With a Survey of The Great Panama Canal View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Southern Cross)AuthorLong, William SimonHeadlineFive Thousand Miles Around the Southern CrossPublisherLong Photographic Art StudiosDate Published1912 Lot #325 Autograph Letter, signed, from a gentleman who traveled from America to England, and desires to publish his travel narrative View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorSpillard, MauriceHeadlineALs about publishing a travel narr. 1769Date PublishedAugust 1769 Lot #326 Three original watercolors of a Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Headingzzc(Burma - watercolors)AuthorMyintHeadline3 watercolors of a major temple in BurmaDate Published1969 Lot #327 Arabia Felix: Across the "Empty Quarter" of Arabia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorThomas, BertramHeadlineBertram thomas Arabia Felix SignedPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 Lot #328 The Sea and the Jungle View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorTomlinson, H.M.HeadlineH.M. Tomlinson The Sea and the JunglePublisherDuckworthDate Published1912 Lot #329 A Study of History - With an archive of letters from Toynbee View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorToynbee, Arnold J.HeadlineA Study of History - With an archive of lettersPublisherOxford University PressDate Published[1951]-1954 Lot #330 Autograph Letter, signed to cousin Jane about trip to Liberia View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold HeadingzzcAuthorTroubridge, Thomas St. Vincent Hope CochraneHeadlineALs from Thomas Troubridge to cousin 1848Date PublishedDec 23, 1848 Lot #331 19 view books, plus three envelopes of photographic views - views of various destinations around the world View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Headingzzc(View Books)Author**Headline19 view books around the worldDate PublishedMostly circa 1900 Lot #332 On Admiral Bembo's Death in the West-Indies - broadside View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzc(West Indies)Author**HeadlineAdmiral Bembo's Death in the West-Indies broadsidPublisherPrinted and sold by JenningsDate Published[c.1802-1809] Lot #333 Entertaining Account of all the Countries of the Known World: Describing the different Religions, Habits, Tempers, Customs, Traffick, and Manufactures, of Their Inhabitants; The Remarkable Curiosities, amongst Them, either of Art, or Nature; The great Variety of strange Land and Sea-Animals; extraordinary Plants, Minerals, &c... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzzc(World)Author**HeadlineCountries of the Known World 1752PublisherR. GoadbyDate Published1752 Lot #334 Some Observations Made in Travelling Through France, Italy, &c. in the Years 1720, 1721, and 1722 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold HeadingzzcAuthorWright, EdwardHeadlineTravelling Through France, Italy in 1720-21-22PublisherPrinted for Tho. Ward and E. WicksteedDate Published1730 Lot #335 Carey's General Atlas, improved and enlarged; being a collection of maps of the world and quarters, their principal empires, kingdoms, &c ... View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Headingzzf(Atlas)AuthorCarey, MathewHeadlineCarey's General Atlas with 58 maps 1814PublisherM. CareyDate Published1814 Lot #336 Colton's General Atlas, Containing One Hundred and Eighty Steel Plate Maps and Plans, on One Hundred and Nineteen Imperial Folio Sheets...Letter-Press Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical, by Richard Swainson Fisher View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Headingzzf(Atlas)AuthorColton, G[eorge] WoolworthHeadlineColton's General Atlas 1866 EditionPublisherG.W. & C.B. ColtonDate Published1866 Lot #337 A New General Atlas, Comprising a Complete Set of Maps, Representing the Grand Divisions of the Globe, Together with the Several Empires, Kingdoms and States in the World; Compiled from the Best Authorities, and Corrected by the Most Recent Discoveries View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Headingzzf(Atlas)AuthorFinley, AnthonyHeadlineFinley's General Atlas 1831 60 mapsPublisherAnthony FinleyDate Published1831 Lot #338 Johnson's New Illustrated (Steel Plate) Family Atlas, with Descriptions, Geographical, Statistical, and Historical View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Atlas)AuthorJohnson, A. J. & J. H. ColtonHeadlineJohnson's New Illustrated Atlas 1860PublisherJohnson and BrowningDate Published1860 Lot #339 Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of Knowledge, Collected from Every Source; and Intended to Supersede the Use of All Other English Books of Reference View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Atlas - Encyclopaedia Perthensis)Author**HeadlineEncyclopaedia PerthensisPublisherC. Mitchel and Co.Date Published[1796-1806 (per ESTC)] Lot #340 Miniature German atlas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Atlas)Author**HeadlineMiniature German atlas c. 1840Date Published[c.1840] Lot #341 WITHDRAWNSketches Accompanying the Annual Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, 1851 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Atlas)AuthorU.S. Coast SurveyHeadlineCoast Survey Report 1851Date Published1851 Lot #342 Map of Verano, Sonoma Valley, California - on sheet with color lithographed scenes and views View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Headingzzf(California - Sonoma County)AuthorDavis, P.R., County SurveyorHeadlineRare map of Verano subdivision of Sonoma 1888PublisherLith. H.S. Crocker & CoDate Published20 May 1888 Lot #343 Las Mariposas Estate, Mariposas County, California. Containing 44,386 83/100 Acres Or 70 Square Miles. Lith of Sarony, Major & Knapp, 449 Broadway, N.Y. Max Strobel Engineer View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Headingzzf(California)AuthorStrobel, MaxHeadlineMap of Fremont's Mariposas Estate 1861Date Published1861 Lot #344 Fishing & Boating Map of the Bay, River & Delta Region View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzj(California)AuthorThomas Bros.HeadlineFishing & Boating Map of the Bay, CA c1940sPublisherThomas Bros.Date Published[c.1940s] Lot #345 Map of Shasta National Forest and Directions to Hunters and Campers View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Headingzzf(California)AuthorGraves, Henry S.HeadlineMap of Shasta National Forest & Directions 1914PublisherU.S. Geological SurveyDate Published1914 Lot #346 Carte des Isles Sandwich View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Hawaii)AuthorBonne, RigobertHeadlineBonne map of Hawaii c.1785Date Publishedc.1785 Lot #347 Eleven maps of Hawaii View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Headingzzf(Hawaii)Author**HeadlineEleven maps of HawaiiDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #348 Sixteen copper-engraved plates of Hawaiian scenes and people, in illustration of James Cook's Third Voyage View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Headingzzf(Hawaii)Author**Headline16 engraved plates of Hawaiian scenes and peopleDate Publishedc.1784-1820 Lot #349 45 engraved plates of scenes and people of Hawaii, from various works View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Headingzzf(Hawaii)Author**Headline45 engraved plates of scenes and people of HawaiiDate Publishedc.1800-1860 Lot #350 A New Map of Michigan with its Canals, Roads & Distances View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Headingzzf(Michigan)AuthorTanner, Henry SchenkHeadlineTanner map of Michigan 1839Date Published1839 Lot #351 Map of the Golden Rule and Adjacent Mines, Eureka District, Nevada View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Headingzzf(Nevada)AuthorRead, T.J., drawn byHeadlineMap of the Golden Rule Mine, Nevada c.1900?PublisherEmpire Lith. & Engr. Co.Date Published[1865] Lot #352 Map of the North Polar Region View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Headingzzf(North Pole)AuthorU.S. Hydrographic OfficeHeadlineMap of the North Polar Region 1879PublisherThe Graphic Co.Date Published1879 Lot #353 Map of Santa Maria Valley Oil Field, Santa Barbara Co., Calif. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Oil Map)AuthorBush, R.D., State Oil & Gas SupervisorHeadlineMap of Santa Maria Valley Oil Field Santa BarbaraPublisherDivision of Oil & GasDate Published1937 Lot #354 Map of the Coalinga Oil Field, Fresno, California View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzj(Oil Map - California)Author**HeadlineMap of the Coalinga Oil Field, Fresno, CaliforniaDate Published1936 Lot #355 Radio Map of the United States View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzzf(United States)AuthorRand McNallyHeadlineRadio Map of the United States c.1922PublisherRand McNally & CompanyDate Published[c.1922] Lot #356 Colton's Map of the United States of America, the British Provinces, Mexico and the West Indies, Showing the Country from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Headingzzf(Wall Map)AuthorColton, Joseph HutchinsHeadlineColton wall map of United States 1853Date Published1853 Lot #357 Ensign's Traveller's Guide and Map of the United States, Containing the Roads, Distances, Steam Boat and Canal Routes, &c. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Wall Map)AuthorEnsign, T. & E.H.HeadlineWall Map of U.S. 1845Date Published1845 Lot #358 Mitchell's National Map of the American Republic or United States of North America. Together with Maps of the Vicinities of Thirty-Two of the Principal Cities & Towns in the Union... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Wall Map)AuthorMitchell, S. AugustusHeadlineMitchell Wall Map of U.S. 1844Date Published1844 Lot #359 New Map of that Portion of North America, Exhibiting the United States and Territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Mexico, also Central America, and the West India Islands View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Headingzzf(Wall Map)AuthorMonk, JacobHeadlineMonk wall map of North America 1854Date Published1854 Lot #360 Map of the United States View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Wall Map)AuthorPhelps, HumphreyHeadlineWall map of U.S. 1833Date Published1833 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next