Sale 743: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#743) 10/07/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 10/07/2021 11:00 AM PDT 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 1-70 of 70. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Letter from Issac Jarratt to Robert S. Gracy, about the prospects for purchasing slaves and the prices one must pay Heading(African American, 1830)AuthorJarratt, IsaacHeadlineLetter on the price of slaves 1830Date PublishedJuly 24, 1830 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #3 Letter by the Georgia minister who pioneered organization of religious services for Southern slaves, and wrote the first Catechism for the Negro Race Heading(African American, 1847)AuthorJones, C.C.HeadlineLetter by white Minister called "Apostle to the Slaves"Date PublishedApril 30, 1847 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #4 Letter to Pennsylvania Slave Catcher Heading(African American, 1848 – Underground Railroad)AuthorTurner, F.HeadlineLetter to a Pennsylvania slave catcherDate PublishedJanuary 6, 1848 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #14 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #15 Letter from an anti-slavery Pennsylvania Democrat decrying the corrupt influence in a presidential election year Heading(Anti-Slavery – Mexican-American War)AuthorPiollet, V[ictor] E[mile]HeadlineCondemning corruption during the Mexican-American WarDate PublishedOct. 17, 1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #16 Two Letters Signed by Abolitionists elected to the House of Representatives Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorSmith, Gerrit; Owen LovejoyHeadlineLetters by two ultra Abolitionists elected to the US CongressDate Published1854 and 1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #24 Post-WWII hearings before the U. S. Senate Special Committee on Atomic Energy Heading(Atomic Bomb)Headline1st congressional hearings on the Atom Bomb after HiroshimaDate PublishedNovember 1945-April 1946 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #45 Letter to the Donner Party survivor and San Jose pioneer James F. Reed Heading(California - Donner Party)AuthorLovelock, ThomasHeadlineLetter to Donner Party survivorDate PublishedSept. 13, 1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #69 Indenture agreement for the sale of land at Gough and Union Streets in San Francisco, by Charles H. Gough to James L. Dwyer Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineGough sells land on his eponymous street in S.F.Date PublishedDecember 13, 1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #82 Advertising flyer for a governor for steam engines being sold in San Francisco a decade into the Gold Rush Heading(California - Steam Engines)HeadlineSteam engines in gold rush CaliforniaDate Published[c.1860] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #84 Letter from the San Francisco agent of Philadelphia booksellers Lea & Blanchard, about his attempts at selling their books during the height of the Gold Rush Heading(California Gold Rush Letter)AuthorHardie, RobertHeadlineSelling books in Gold Rush San FranciscoDate PublishedOctober 14, 1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #85 Letter from a resident of San Francisco, to his brother in Placerville, about sending his wife and children to visit, and other matters Heading(California Gold Rush Letter)AuthorPhillips, G.S.HeadlineS.F. Man sends wife & kids to Placerville 1852Date PublishedOctober 4th, 1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #86 Letter written from San Francisco, on letter sheet with printed page listing current prices for goods in San Francisco, which was produced by the writer of the letter Heading(California Gold Rush Letter)AuthorSweetser, J,.E.HeadlineGolf rush letter with printed prices current 1851Date PublishedJanuary 10, 1852 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #87 Three original documents relating to the California Gold Rush Heading(California Gold Rush)HeadlineDocuments of the California Gold Rush 1849Date Published1849 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #94 Manuscript letter signed by John Bigler as Governor of California, on Executive Department letterhead Heading(California)AuthorBigler, JohnHeadlineLetter from California Governor Bigler 1855Date PublishedFebruary 17th, 1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #98 Manuscript surety bond signed by Thomas Bell as principal, and Darius Ogden Mills and Maurice Dore as sureties, in the matter of estate of Francisca G. Walkinshaw Heading(California)HeadlineBond signed by D.O. Mills & Maurice Dore 1874Date PublishedJune 26, 1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #118 Letter from Charles Ripley of West Las Animas, Colorado, to a Mr. A. Prescott Baker of Newport, Rhode Island, offering to sell his ranch, and describing it in detail Heading(Colorado - Ranching)AuthorRipley, Chas. H.HeadlineRanch for sale in Colorado, 1878Date PublishedAugust 21, 1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #125 A Frontier Army Surgeon: An Authentic Description of Colorado in the Eighties. Heading(Colorado)AuthorByrne, Bernard J.HeadlineDescription of Colorado in the 1880s, 1/130Publisher[Allen Printing]Date Published[1935] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #135 Contract for a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba, with his cédula (i.d.) Heading(Cuba)HeadlineContract for Chinese indentured servant in CubaDate Published1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #143 The Hitchcock Edition of Somerville and Ross Heading(Derrydale Press)AuthorSomerville, Edith O. and Martin Ross (pseud. of Violet Martin)HeadlineSigned by Edith SomervillePublisherDerrydale PressDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #145 A Diplomatic History of the United States Heading(Dulles, John Foster)AuthorBemis, Samuel FlaggHeadlineHistory of US Diplomacy, john Foster Dulles' copyPublisherHoltDate Published1950 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #149 The Court Disposes AuthorFeinstein, IsidorHeadlineI.F. Stone on the Supreme Court, inscribedPublisherCovici Friede PublishersDate Published1937 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #160 Five documents relating to the conflicts between U.S. troops and Native Americans in Dakota Territory Heading(Frontier Wars - Dakota)HeadlineDocuments from Dakota Indian WarsDate Published1864-1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #166 Prison-Life in the Tobacco Warehouse at Richmond. By a Ball's Bluff Prisoner AuthorHarris, William C.HeadlineEarly Civil War P.O.W. account, 1862PublisherGeorge W. ChildsDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #181 Admiral Thomas Kinkaid Autograph and WWII Atlantic Fleet Telegram AuthorKinkaid, ThomasHeadlineWWII Admiral Kinkaid Autograph and TelegramPublisher[n.p.]Date Published1944 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #183 Only One Man Died: The Medical Aspects of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorChuinard, Eldon G.HeadlineMedical Aspects of Lewis & Clark ExpeditionPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1979 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #186 The Spirit of St. Louis AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineSpirit of Saint Louis, inscribed by LindberghPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1953 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #193 Archive of photographs, manuscripts, and other items relating to the life and career of Frank Alfred Johnson, master mariner, longtime captain for Matson lines, including command of a Matson liner converted to troop transport during World War II Heading(Maritime Archive)HeadlineArchive of a Master MarinerDate Publishedc.1900-1953 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #196 American Citizens Captured Near Santa Fe. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting the information required by the resolution of the House of Representatives... Heading(Mexican War)HeadlineInfamous 1840 expedition to Mexico aftermathDate Published[c. 1842] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #197 Consideraciones sobre la situacion politica y social de la Republica Mexicana, en el año 1847 Heading(Mexican-American War)HeadlineMexican Post-Mortem of Mexican-American WarPublisherValdés y RedondasDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #199 Franklin Democrat Extra, December 12, 1846 - President's Message Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorPolk, James KHeadlinePresident Polk's Mexican War State of the UnionPublisherFranklin DemocratDate Published1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #200 US Naval Surgeon observes the end of the Franco-Mexican Pastry War Heading(Mexico – 1839 Pastry War)AuthorLawyer, AugustusHeadlineSurgeon sees the end of 1st French invasion of MexicoDate PublishedAugust 1-5, 1839 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #203 Customs pass granting permission to transport merchandise from Querétaro to Zumpangoñ Heading(Mexico)HeadlineCustoms document in old Mexico, 1791Date Published1791 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #213 Carta del General Jose Maria Tornel a sus Amigos, Sobre un Articulo Inserto en el Cosmopolita del Dia 17 de Agosto del Presente Año Heading(Mexico)AuthorTornel y Mendivil, Jose MariaHeadlineMexican military affairs in Texas RevolutionPublisherImpreso por Ignacio CumplidoDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #228 Manuscript of Chiefs of the Hualapai tribe in Arizona, with the number of followers for each Heading(Native American)HeadlineListing of Hualapai chiefs & followers 1880sDate Published1880s View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #241 Archive of letters and other documents relating to the Wellsville Oil Company, and the ownership of oil claims and leases in Oklahoma, on lands held by the Five Civilized Tribes Heading(Oil Archive - Oklahoma)HeadlineOklahoma Oil Archive, 1909-19Date Publishedc.1909-1919 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #242 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$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #247 The Old Army Memories 1872-1918 AuthorParker, JamesHeadlineMemories of General James Parker, 1878-1918PublisherDorrance & CompanyDate Published1929 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #252 Two appointments of Joseph R. Lewis as associate justice of the Supreme Courts of Idaho and Washington Territories, each signed by Ulysses S. Grant, plus four letters to Lewis relating to judicial appointments signed by attorneys general Heading(Presidents, 1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S., etc.HeadlineU.S. Grant appoints Justice to 2 territoriesDate Published1869-1877 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #254 Preparing to Launch - signed by President George H.W. Bush Heading(Presidents, 1989)AuthorArcher, Richard L.F.HeadlineSigned by George H.W. Bush and his gunnerDate Published1991 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #262 The Life and Military Services of Gen. William Selby Harney. AuthorReavis, L.U.HeadlineMilitary career of Gen William Selby HarneyPublisherBryan, Brand & Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #263 Humbugs of New-York: Being a Remonstrance Against Popular Delusion; Whether in Science, Philosophy, or Religion AuthorReese, David MeredithHeadlineHumbugs of New-York 1838PublisherJohn S. TaylorDate Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #275 Printed publicity sheet inscribed and signed by Edward H. White Heading(Space)AuthorWhite, Edward Higgins, IIHeadlineSigned publicity sheet for astronaut Ed WhiteDate Publishedc.1965 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #283 WITHDRAWN - Letter on the Iowa-Minnesota Boundary Survey AuthorTalcott, AndrewHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Map-maker later arrested as Confederate spyDate PublishedNovember 11, 1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #284 Summons request signed by Charles McClung as Clerk of Knox County in Southwest Territory (the future state of Tennessee), sent to the sheriff of the county Heading(Tennessee)AuthorMcClung, CharlesHeadlinePre-statehood Tennessee documentDate Published3rd June 1794 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #298 Descriptive Catalogue of Fluid and Solid Extracts in Vacuo, also Concentrations and Officinal Pills...with Formulas and Receipts. AuthorThayer, Henry and CompanyHeadline1872 Henry Thayer & Co. pharmacy catalogPublisherHenry Thayer & Co.Date Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #304 Autograph Letter Signed Condemning the War of 1812 Heading(War of 1812)AuthorBartlett, Dr. ZacheusHeadlineMassachusetts Doctor condemns the War of 1812Date PublishedAug. 1, 1813 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #305 Letter from American military commander condemning bloodless U.S. surrender to the British at Detroit Heading(War of 1812)AuthorPreston, James P.HeadlineCondemnation of U. S. surrender at Detroit View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #310 The Metallic Wealth of The United States AuthorWhitney, Josiah DwightHeadlineThe Metallic Wealth of The United States 1854PublisherLippincott, Grambo & Co.Date Published1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #313 American Relief for France, Incorporated, A member agency of the National War Fund Heading(World War II)AuthorFernez, LouisHeadlinePro-French WWII PosterDate Published[ca. 1940s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #317 Fort Caspar (Platte Bridge Station) Heading(Wyoming)AuthorMokler, Alfred JamesHeadlineHistorical account of pioneer conflicts, 1939PublisherThe Prairie Publishing CompanyDate Published1939 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #321 Letter by Philadelphia newspaper publisher supporting congressional honors for Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane Heading(Arctic – Elisha Kent Kane)AuthorChild, George W.HeadlineLetter about Arctic explorer Elisha KaneDate PublishedMay 27, 1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #326 Six Volumes of The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of The Progress of Discovery in Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Natural History, Practical Mechanics, Geography, Statistics, and the Fine and Useful Arts AuthorBrewster, David and Robert Jameson, editorsHeadlineEdinburgh Philosophical Journal, 1829-1831PublisherPrinted for Adam Black; Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & GreenDate Published1829-1831 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #327 Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology AuthorBuckland, WilliamHeadlineBuckland's Geology and Theology, 1st EditionPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #334 Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales, with an Introductory Compendium of the General Principles of That Science, and Comparative views of the Structure of Foreign Countries, Illustrated by a Coloured Map and Sections. &c. AuthorConybeare, W.D.; William PhillipsHeadlineThe Geology of England and WalesPublisherPrinted and published by William PhillipsDate Published1822 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #337 Report on the Geology of Cornwall, Devon, and West Somerset. AuthorDe la Beche, Henry T.HeadlineDe la Beche's Report on the Geology, 1839PublisherLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #340 Scrapbook containing letters and postcards sent by a young woman traveling in Europe, sent to her parents Heading(European Travels)AuthorKerdell, GenevieveHeadlineYoung woman in Europe in the 1920sDate Published1928 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #349 Elements of Geology AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineLyell's Elements of Geology 1st Edition, 1838PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #350 The Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry How Far the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface are Referable to Causes Now in Operation AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlinePrinciples of Geology 1834 Charles Lyell 4 volPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1834 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #351 Life Letters and Journals of Sir Charles Lyell, Bart. Author of 'Principles of Geology' &c. Edited by His Sister-in-Law, Mrs. Lyell. AuthorLyell, Katherine M.HeadlineLife and Letters of Charles Lyell, 1881PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #352 Siluria. The History of the Oldest Fossiliferous Rocks and Their Foundations; with a Brief Sketch of the Distribution of Gold Over the Earth. AuthorMurchison, Roderick ImpeyHeadlineMurchison's Siluria, inscribed w/ signed notePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1859 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #353 Eight Volumes of The Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of The Progress of Discovery in Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Natural History, Practical Mechanics, Geography, Statistics, and the Fine and Useful Arts Heading(Natural History)AuthorBrewster, David and Robert Jameson, editorsHeadlineEight Vol. of Natural Philosophy, Herschel to HumboldtPublisherArchibald Constable and CompanyDate Published1819-1823 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #354 Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society, 1808-1837 Bound in Seven Volumes Heading(Natural History)HeadlineWernerian Society Natural History PapersPublisherAdam and Charles BlackDate Published1811-1838 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #357 Letter from future scientist of the Perry Expedition Heading(Perry Expedition)AuthorMorrow, Dr. JamesHeadlineEarly letter from scientist on Perry expedition to JapanDate PublishedJune 27, 1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #412 Mt. Tamalpais in Distance, Point Bonita in Middle Distance, Looking North from Lands End, S.F., Cal Heading(California)AuthorStuart, James EverettHeadlineSigned by artist James Everett StuartDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #425 Outline of the Geology of the Globe 1853 - Hand-Colored Lithograph Heading(Geology)Author[Hitchcock, Edward]HeadlineGeological Map of the World - 1853PublisherW.G. Sharpe's LithoDate Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #436 Original sepia ink drawing by Edward Lear - Egyptian vignette AuthorLear, EdwardHeadlineOriginal drawing signed by Edward LearDate Published[1848-49] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #470 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$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #471 A Plan of Japan's Proposed Military and Naval Conquest as Revealed in the Strategic Map (panel title) Heading(World War II)Headline1933 Anti-Japanese propaganda map of PacificDate Published[c. 1933] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #472 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$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next