Sale 738: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Space - World History - Cartography (#738) 08/19/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 08/19/2021 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 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)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 1-58 of 58. Previous|1|Next Lot #17 The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A. First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military Academy Heading(African American)AuthorFlipper, Henry OssianHeadlineThe Benét family copy of Flipper's narrativePublisherHomer Lee & Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #22 The Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste Heading(Agriculture)HeadlineThe Horticulturist, complete run 1846-1875Date Published1846-1875 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #33 Atomic Energy / Hearings before the Special Committee on Atomic Energy, US Senate, Parts 1-5, November 1945-February 1946 Heading(Atomic Bomb - Oppenheimer, Bush, Groves)Headline1st congressional hearings on Atomic EnergyPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1945-1946 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #105 California—Refund Money to State of, for Suppressing Indian Aggressions Heading(California)HeadlineReport before Congress on CA war on IndiansPublisherCommittee on Military AffairsDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #114 Invitation to Sutter Rifles Grand Military Ball Heading(California)Headline1852 Sutter Rifles military ball invitationDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #141 Atomic Quest: A Personal Narrative AuthorCompton, Arthur HollyHeadlineSigned with inscription by a Nobel laureatePublisherOxford University PressDate Published1956 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #161 Geological Survey of California. Ornithology. Volume I. Land Birds. AuthorCooper, J.G. and S.F. Baird (editor)HeadlineGeological Survey of California Ornithology 1870Publisher[University Press]Date Published1870 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #167 Alaska and Its Resources AuthorDall, William H.HeadlineAlaska and its Resources, Frederick Ellis' copyPublisherSampson Low, Son, and MarstonDate Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #168 Seven works by Richard Harding Davis AuthorDavis, Richard HardingHeadlineSeven works by Richard Harding DavisDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #169 Account of the Battle of Bunker's Hill. With a Letter to Maj. Gen. Dearborn, Repelling His Unprovoked Attack on the Character of Gen. Israel Putnam AuthorDearborn, Henry and Daniel PutnamHeadlineDaniel Putnam's defense of his father 1818PublisherPublished by Munroe & Francis, No. 4, CornhillDate Published1818 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #170 History Of The Battle Of Breed’s Hill [Cover title: Bunker Hill Battle] Heading(Dearborn, Henry)AuthorHeath, Major-general William, et. al.HeadlineBattle of Bunker Hill 1835 scarcePublisherD. C. Colesworthy, PrinterDate Published1835 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #176 Autograph note signed by Thomas Edison AuthorEdison, Thomas AlvaHeadlinePencil note signed by Thomas A. EdisonDate Published1920 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #207 Recollections of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Drawn with Pen and Ink by Richard H. Horne. Melbourne. Octr. 16th, 1856 AuthorHorne, Richard HenryHeadlineRare broadside by Richard Henry HorneDate Published1856 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #214 Admiral Thomas Kinkaid Autograph and WWII Atlantic Fleet Telegram AuthorKinkaid, ThomasHeadlineWWII Admiral Kinkaid Autograph and TelegramPublisher[n.p.]Date Published1944 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #215 Radical Rule: Military Outrage in Georgia. Arrest of Columbus Prisoners, with Facts connected with their Imprisonment and Release Heading(Ku Klux Klan)HeadlineJudge Ashburn assassinated by the Ku Klux KlanPublisherJohn P. MortonDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #223 Surgery: Its Principles and Practice Heading(Medical)AuthorKeen, William Williams, editorHeadlineKeen's Surgery in six volumesPublisherW.B. Saunders CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #224 An Essay on the Subject of the Yellow Fever, Intended to Prove its Transmissibility Heading(Medical)AuthorStrobel, B.B., M.D.HeadlineEarly Florida Doctor records Yellow Fever epidemicPublisherPrinted by Asa J. MuirDate Published1840 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #225 Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. AuthorMeek, F.B & W.M. GabbHeadlineGeological Survey of California. PaleontologyPublisher[Sherman & Co.]Date Published1864 & 1869 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #250 Modern Practical Farriery, A Complete System of the Veterinary Art as at Present Practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London. AuthorMiles, W.J.HeadlineModern Practical Farriery by W.J. MilesPublisherWilliam MackenzieDate Published[ca. 1880] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #269 Early and Later History of Petroleum with Authentic Facts in Regard to Its Development in Western Pennsylvania Heading(Oil)AuthorHenry, J.T.HeadlineHistory of Petroleum w/ 27 woodburytypes, 1873Publisher[J.T. Henry]Date Published[1873] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #275 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$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #324 Defence of Gen. Henry Dearborn, Against the Attack of Gen. WilliamHull. Heading(War of 1812)AuthorDearborn, Henry Alexander ScammellHeadlineDefense of Dearborn against attacks of Gen. Hull.PublisherPrinted by Edward W. DaviesDate Published1824 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #329 The Metallic Wealth of The United States AuthorWhitney, Josiah DwightHeadlineThe Metallic Wealth of The United States 1854PublisherLippincott, Grambo & Co.Date Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #334 Japanese with Pictures: Part I. Heading(World War II)HeadlineJapanese with Pictures, Part 1 ca. 1940sDate Published[ca. 1940s] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #343 The Moon: Considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite. Heading(1885)AuthorNasmyth, James and James CarpenterHeadlineThe Moon: Considered as a Planet w/ WoodburytypesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #344 Mars Heading(1895)AuthorLowell, PercivalHeadlineLowell's first book concerning MarsPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1895 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #345 Annals of the Lowell Observatory: Volume III Heading(1905)AuthorLowell, PercivalHeadlineAnnals of Lowell Observatory Vol. 3 on MarsDate Published1905 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #346 Annals of the Lowell Observatory Heading(1905)HeadlineAnnals of Lowell Observatory 1898-1905, 3 vols.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #347 Mars and its Canals Heading(1906)AuthorLowell, PercivalHeadlineLowell's theories about Martian CanalsPublisherThe Macmillan Company; Macmillan & Co.Date Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #348 Mars As The Abode Of Life Heading(1908)AuthorLowell, PercivalHeadlineLowell's speculation about intelligent life on MarsPublisherThe MacMillan CompanyDate Published1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #349 The Moon with a Description of its Surface Formations Heading(1931)AuthorGoodacre, WalterHeadlineThe Moon with a Description of its SurfacePublisherPrinted for the author by Party & Son, BournemouthDate Published1931 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #350 Extracts from The Futurian, with an illustration of a Space Ship design proposed by scientific amateurs of the British Interplanetary Society Heading(1939)Author[Clarke, Arthur C., et al]HeadlineA first scientific Lunar Space Ship designPublisherGreen Jester PressDate PublishedAutumn & Winter 1939 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #351 Three imprints on World War II Rocketry Heading(1946-1948 - World War II rocketry)HeadlineWorld War II rocketry developmentDate Published1946-1948 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #352 Jet Propulsion; and Engineering Cybernetics Heading(1946-1954)AuthorTsien, Hsue-shenHeadlineUS publications by father of the Chinese Space programPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1946, 1954 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #353 Four imprints on Space-Suit requirements Heading(1950-1967)HeadlineSpace Suits from imagination to realityDate Published1950-1967 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #356 Proceedings of Lunar and Planetary Exploration Colloquium, held from 1958 to 1963 Heading(1957-1963)Headline1st scientific conferences on Exploration of the MoonPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1960-1963 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #359 Three publications authored or edited by Dr. Nancy Grace Roman Heading(1958-1967)AuthorRoman, Nancy GraceHeadlineNASA’s 1st woman executive, “Mother of Hubble”PublisherVarious publishersDate Published1958-1967 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #360 Crew Selection and Training for Space Flight Heading(1958-1968, Mercury-Apollo medical)AuthorBerry, Major Charles A.HeadlineAstronaut Selection and Training, c. 1958PublisherU.S. Air ForceDate Publishedca. 1958 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #363 Three volumes on the first NASA university Space research and conferences Heading(1962-1964)HeadlineNASA solicits university innovationPublisherNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationDate Published1962-1964 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #365 Five imprints of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory on the 1st American Photographic Lunar Probe and the 1st Mariner probes to Mars and Venus Heading(1962-1969 - Moon and Mars probes)HeadlineImprints on the Ranger and Mariner missionsPublisherNASADate Published1962-1969 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #377 Spaceguard Survey, Report of the NASA International Near-Earth-Object Detection Workshop (January 25-March 31, 1992) Heading(1992)Author[Clarke, Arthur] David Morrison, editorHeadlineSpaceguard, Asteroid DeflectionPublisherNational Aeronautics and Space AdministrationDate Published1992 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #389 Le théâtre d'agriculture et Mesnage des champs, dans lequel est représenté tout ce qui est requis et nécessaire pour bien dresser, gouverner, enrichir et embellir la maison rustique. Heading(Agriculture)AuthorSerres, Olivier deHeadlineDe Serres' Le théâtre d'Agriculture 1804PublisherMadam HuzardDate Published1804-1805 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #392 Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium apud Louanienses medicum & mathematicum insignem, iam demum ab omnibus vindicata mendis ac nonnullis quoque locis aucta & annotationibus marginalibus illustrata... AuthorApianus, PetrusHeadlineApianus' Cosmographia with volvelles, 1574PublisherApud Haeredes Arnoldi BirckmanniDate Published1574 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #402 Reliquiae Diluvianae: or, Observations on the Organic Remains Contained in Caves, Fissures, and Diluvial Gravel and on Other Geological Phenomena Attending the Action of an Universal Deluge AuthorBuckland, WilliamHeadlineRev. Buckland inspects fossils of the FloodPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1823 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #414 Climate and Time in Their Geological Relations: A Theory of Secular Changes of the Earth's Climate AuthorCroll, JamesHeadlineJames Croll on climate and timePublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #415 Discussions on Climate and Cosmology AuthorCroll, JamesHeadlineJames Croll on cosmological effects on climatePublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #416 The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on Their Habits AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin inspects vegetable moldPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #417 The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineThe Life and Letters of Charles Darwin 1888PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1888 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #418 The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineCharles Darwin on climbing plantsPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #435 Observations on Mount Vesuvius, Mount Etna, and Other Volcanos: In a Series of Letters, Addressed to The Royal Society...to which are added, Explanatory Notes by the Author, hitherto unpublished AuthorHamilton, WilliamHeadlineObservations on Mt. Vesuvius 1773 w/mapPublisherT. CadellDate Published1773 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #436 History of the Extinct Volcanos of the Basin of Neuwied on the Lower Rhine AuthorHibbert, SamuelHeadlineExtinct Volcanos on the Lower Rhine 1832PublisherW. and D. LaingDate Published1832 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #438 Versuche über das Blut, die Entzündung und die Schusswunden: nebst einer Nachricht von dem Leben des Verfassers von Everard Home: aus dem Englischen übersetzt AuthorHunter, JohnHeadlineGerman edition of 1794 treatise on gun-shot woundsPublisherD. E. B. G. HebenstreitDate Published1797 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #451 Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton. Heading(Newton, Isaac)AuthorBrewster, DavidHeadlineBrewster's biography of Sir Isaac Newton, 1855PublisherThomas Constable and Co.; Hamilton, Adams, and Co.Date Published[1855] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #457 Illustrations of the Geology of Yorkshire AuthorPhillips, JohnHeadlineFrom the man who named the "Mesozoic"PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1835; 1836 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #472 A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in all Countries and in all Times Together with Some Closely Related Subjects AuthorStone, George CameronHeadlineStone's illustrated glossary of armorPublisherSouthworth PressDate Published1934 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #475 Darwinism: an Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with some of its applications AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineDarwinism by Alfred Russel WallacePublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #586 Follow With Flags The Invasion Campaigns Against The Axis In Europe. Heading(World War II)AuthorGodshall, Richard L.Headline1943 Color map of Europe at WarPublisherThe Philadelphia InquirerDate Published1943 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #587 United Press War Map (panel title) Heading(World War II)HeadlineUnited Press Pacific War Map 1942PublisherC. S. Hammond & Co.Date Published[ca. 1942] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next