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View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorAbert, James W.HeadlineAbert's Examination of New Mexico 1848Date Published[1848] Lot #27 New Orleans Wholesale Prices Current View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(American Judaica)Author[Levy, Benjamin]HeadlineFirst Jewish printer-publisher in the SouthPublisherBenjamin LevyDate PublishedAugust 17, 1839 Lot #28 The Silver Country or the Great Southwest. A Review of the Mineral and Other Wealth, the Attractions and Material Development of the Former Kingdom of New Spain... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorAnderson, Alex D.HeadlineWith folding map of New Spain circa 1877PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1877 Lot #45 History of Kern County California, with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Kern County)AuthorMorgan, Wallace M.HeadlineIllustrated History of Kern County CaliforniaPublisherHistorical Record CompanyDate Published1914 Lot #46 Castaic Power Plant construction photo album View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineCastaic Power Plant, construction photo albumDate Published1969-1973 Lot #49 Who's Who in Wilmington (cover) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineWho's Who in Wilmington & San Pedro CaliforniaDate Published[1922] Lot #52 The Oakland Daily Times. Illustrated Annual 1885. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlineOakland Daily Times, illustrated annual, 1885PublisherTimes Publishing CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #53 Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties, Part 1. Bulletin No. 11 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California - Oil)AuthorWatts, W.L.HeadlineOil and Gas Formations of California, 1897PublisherA..J. JohnsonDate Published1897 Lot #58 Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Beach California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Diego County)HeadlineScarce brochure for Hotel Del Coronado, 1915Date Published[1915] Lot #62 Business Directory of San Francisco and Principal Towns of California and Nevada, 1877. Containing Names, Business and Address of Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional Men... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBusiness directory of San Francisco 1877PublisherL.M. McKenney PublisherDate Published1877 Lot #67 Sutro Baths - Cliff House - Sutro Heights View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineTaber photos of Sutro Baths & Cliff HouseDate Published1895 Lot #68 Three albumen photographs of views around San Francisco Cliff House View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadline3 c.1880s Photos of San Fran Cliff HousePublisherTaber Photo.Date Publishedc.1880-90 Lot #70 Santa Rosa California. Business Center of the North Bay Counties. (panel title) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Santa Rosa)HeadlineEconomic advertisement for Santa Rosa, 1922PublisherSanta Rosa Chamber of CommerceDate Published[1922] Lot #79 Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorMeek, F.B & W.M. GabbHeadlineGeological Survey of California. PaleontologyPublisher[Caxton Press of Sherman & Co.]Date Published1864; 1869 Lot #82 Geological Survey of California. Geology. Volume I. Report of Progress and Synopsis of the Field-Work, From 1860 to 1864. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorWhitney, J. D.HeadlineWhitney's landmark survey of California, 1865PublisherPublished by the Authority of the Legislature of CaliforniaDate Published1865 Lot #83 Farm Opportunities in Canada (wrapper title) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Canada)HeadlineFarming the "White Man's Climate" in CanadaPublisherDepartment of Immigration and Colonization.Date Published1925 Lot #87 Report of the Joint Special Committee to Investigate Chinese Immigration with two related documents. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Immigration)HeadlineThree items concerning U.S. Chinese immigrationDate Published1877 Lot #91 The Rocky Mountain Directory and Colorado Gazetteer for 1871 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Colorado)AuthorWallihan, S. S. , & Company, compilersHeadlineRare Rocky Mountain Directory, 1871PublisherS.S. Wallihan & CompanyDate Published[1870] Lot #92 Silver Mining Regions of Colorado: With Some Account of the Different Processes Now Being Introduced for Working the Gold Ores of that Territory. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Colorado)AuthorWhitney, Joel ParkerHeadlineWhitney's Silver Mining Regions of ColoradoPublisherD. Van NostrandDate Published1865 Lot #93 Frauds Exposed; or, How The People Are Deceived And Robbed, And Youth Corrupted. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorComstock, AnthonyHeadlineFrauds Exposed: early American cons & scamsPublisherJ. Howard BrownDate Published[1880] Lot #97 Crofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide, Containing a Full and Authentic Description of Over Five Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages... passing over the Union Pacific Railroad... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCrofutt, George A., & Co.HeadlineCrofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide 1873PublisherGeo. A CrofuttDate Published1873 Lot #101 Tenting on the Plains View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorCuster, Elizabeth B.HeadlineElizabeth Custer Tenting on the PlainsPublisherCharles L. Webster & Co.Date Published1887 Lot #106 Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDomenech, EmmanuelHeadline7 Years in the Great Deserts of North AmericaPublisherLongman, Green, Longman & RobertsDate Published1860 Lot #108 Hunting for Gold: Reminiscences of Personal Experience and Researches in the Early Days of the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Panama View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDownie, Major WilliamHeadlineOne of the best Gold Rush reminiscencesPublisherCalifornia Publishing Co.Date Published1893 Lot #110 The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorEdwards, BryanHeadlineIncludes atlas with 12 maps of the West IndiesPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1794; 1819 Lot #111 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEmory, Lieut. Col. W[illiam] H.HeadlineMilitary Reconnoissance Missouri to CaliforniaPublisherWendell & Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 Lot #112 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineWith additional large Reconnaissance mapPublisherWendell & Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 Lot #113 Icones Farlowianae: Illustrations of the Larger Fungi of Eastern North America View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorFarlow, William GilsonHeadlineWith 103 color plates of various American fungiPublisherThe Farlow Library and Herbarium of Harvard UniversityDate Published1929 Lot #117 Letter about land claims after U.S. Supreme Court’s validation of the vast Spanish Arredondo land grant in the Florida Territory View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Florida)AuthorDrysdale, JohnHeadlineLetter by Arredondo grantee Florida Terr. landownerDate PublishedJune 27, 1832 Lot #124 Memoirs of My Life, by John Charles Frémont. Including in the Narrative Five Journeys of Western Exploration, During the Years 1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7, 1848-9, 1853-4. Together with a Sketch of the Life of Senator Benton... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Memoirs in original partsPublisherBelford, Clarke & Co.Date Published1887 Lot #125 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFrémont's Expedition, House issue w/ 4 mapsPublisherBlair and RivesDate Published1845 Lot #126 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 [with] signed letter and bond note. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Expedition w/ map and signed ephemeraPublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 Lot #130 Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Ounce Troy, at Different Degrees of Fineness. with other Tables, which will be found useful to Bankers, Assayers, Chemists, Merchants, Dealers in Bullion and Ores View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Gold & Silver)AuthorPrice, ThomasHeadlineTable of Gold and Silver Values, 1881PublisherA.J. LearyDate Published1881 Lot #131 Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier; Subsequent Imprisonment of the Author; His Sufferings, and Final Escape from the Castle of Perote. With Reflections Upon the Present Political and Probable Future Relations of Texas, Mexico, and the United States...Illustrated by Drawings Taken from Life by Charles M'Laughlin, a Fellow-Prisoner View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGreen, Thomas J.HeadlineJournal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier, 1845PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1845 Lot #132 The Perils of Pearl Street, Including a Taste of the Dangers of Wall Street, by a Late Merchant View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Author[Greene, Asa]HeadlineEarly cautionary novella about Wall StreetPublisherPublished by Betts & Anstice, and Peter HillDate Published1834 Lot #133 Records of a California Family: Journals and Letters of Lewis C. Gunn and Elizabeth LeBreton Gunn View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGunn, Lewis C. and Elizabeth LeBreton GunnHeadlineFamily life in the California Gold FieldsPublisherAnna Lee MarstonDate Published1928 Lot #140 Illustrated Handbook of the Hawaiian Islands. Guide to Honolulu and Vicinity. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorGodfrey, FrankHeadlineIllustrated guide to Hawaiian Islands, 1898PublisherRobert Grieve, Electric Book and Job PrinterDate Published1898 Lot #146 Celebrated American Caverns, Especially Mammoth, Wyandot, and Luray, together with Historical, Scientific, and Descriptive Notices of Caves and Grottoes in Other Lands [with] The Caverns of Luray View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHovey, Horace C.HeadlineTwo works on American Caverns, one signedPublisherRobert Clark & Co.; Crowl & LehnerDate Published1882; 1893 Lot #147 The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHubbard, Gurdon SaltonstallHeadlineAutobiography of prominent Chicago land speculatorPublisherThe Lakeside Press; R.R. Donnelley & Sons CompanyDate Published[1911] Lot #148 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive and Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of Sierras, 1st ed., 1st issuePublisherPublished at the Old CabinDate Published1886 Lot #149 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and Other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of Sierras, finely boundPublisherThe Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1886 Lot #152 Flags Along the Coast. Charting the Gulf of Mexico, 1519-1759: A Reappraisal View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJackson, JackHeadlineJack Jackson Flags Along the CoastPublisherBook Club of TexasDate Published[1995] Lot #153 Experiences of a Forty-Niner, by Wm. G. Johnston, a Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California in the Memorable Year 1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorJohnston, William GrahamHeadlineExperiences of a '49er, signed w/ rare mapPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1892 Lot #162 The Cripple Creek Strike 1903-1904 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorLangdon, EmmaHeadlineThe Cripple Creek Strike, Charles Moyer's copyPublisherVictor Daily RecordDate Published1904 Lot #163 Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and by Direction of its committee on Historical Documents. Together with Manuscript material of Lewis and Clark from other Sources including Notebooks, Letters, Maps, etc. and the Journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorLewis, Meriwether & William Clark.HeadlineJournals of Lewis and Clark 1904 EditionPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1904-5 Lot #168 The American Bird-Keeeper's Manual; or Directions for the Proper Management of American and Foreign Singing Birds with Particular Instructions for the Breeding of Canary Birds,... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMann, JamesHeadline1848 Guide to managing a variety of song birdsPublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1848 Lot #169 Practical Orange Culture: Including the Culture of the Orange, Lemon, Lime, and Other Citrus Fruits, as Grown in Florida. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorManville, A.H.Headline1883 guide to growing citrus in FloridaPublisherAshmead Bros.Date Published1883 Lot #170 The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. With Maps Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineEarly handbook for overland expeditionPublisherSampson Low, Son, and Co.Date Published1860 Lot #177 Mexico in 1842: A Description of the Country, Its Natural and Political Features; with a Sketch of Its History, Brought down to the Present Year. To Which is Added, an Account of Texas and Yucatan; and of the Santa Fe Expedition. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico)Author[Folsom, George]HeadlineMap of Mexico and Texas in 1842PublisherCharles J. FolsomDate Published1842 Lot #181 The North American Sylva; Or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorMichaux, F[rancois] Andre & Thomas NuttallHeadlineMichaux & Nuttall The North American Sylva 1857PublisherD. Rice & A.N. HartDate Published1857 Lot #184 Wild Scenes and Song-Birds View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Miller, Alfred Jacob, artist)HeadlineWith color lithos after Alfred Jacob MillerPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1854 Lot #187 Rambles in the Rocky Mountains: With a Visit to the Gold Fields of Colorado View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMorris, Maurice O'ConnorHeadlineMorris, Rambles in the Rocky Mountains 1864PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1864 Lot #191 Report on Indians Taxed and Not Taxed in the United States (Except Alaska) at the Eleventh Census 1890 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Native American)AuthorDonaldson, Thomas C., editorHeadlineReport on American Indians from the 1890 censusPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1894 Lot #197 Report Intended to Illustrate a Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorNicollet, Joseph NorthHeadlineWith large folding map of Mississippi Basin 1843PublisherBlair and RivesDate Published1843 Lot #199 Sells Brothers' World-Conquering and All-Overshadowing 3-Ring Circus, Real Roman Hippodrome, Grand Firemen's Tournament, Indian Village and Museum, 5-Continent Menagerie, and Pawnee Bill's Famous-Original "Wild West!" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Ohio - Cincinnati)HeadlineWild West Circus c.1887, Blood-Sweating HipposPublisherThe Russell & Morgan Printing Co.Date Published[c.1887] Lot #200 Early and Later History of Petroleum with Authentic Facts in Regard to Its Development in Western Pennsylvania View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Oil Industry)AuthorHenry, J.T.HeadlineHistory of Petroleum w/ 28 woodburytypes, 1873PublisherJas. B. Rodgers Co.Date Published1873 Lot #201 Black Gold View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Oklahoma)Author[McArthur, R.A.]HeadlineEarly promo book for Black Gold Oil companyPublisherR.A. McArthurDate Published[1930] Lot #202 Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. Album View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Oregon)HeadlineWith 111 silver prints of lumber processingPublisherBooth-Kelly Lumber Co.Date Published[c. 1950s] Lot #203 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-56. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)HeadlineComplete set of Pacific Railroad SurveysPublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Senate PrinterDate Published1855-60 Lot #208 The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, to Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorPike, Zebulon MontgomeryHeadlineThe Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery PikePublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1895 Lot #214 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineGrant's Memoirs in half morocco bindingPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-86 Lot #215 Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1901)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineRoosevelt’s Ranch Life and the Hunting TrailPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1897 Lot #226 The Fur Hunters of the Far West: A Narrative of Adventure in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorRoss, AlexanderHeadlineRoss's Fur Hunters of the West, 1855PublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1855 Lot #230 The Macrolepidopteria of the World: The American Rhopaloceria View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorSeitz, Adalbert, ed.Headline194 Chromolithos of Butterflies, MothsPublisherAlfred KernenDate Published1924 Lot #232 Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSitgreaves, LorenzoHeadlineWith folding map of Zuni and Colorado RiversPublisherPrinted by Robert ArmstrongDate Published1853 Lot #234 Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Including a Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorStansbury, HowardHeadlineStansbury's Great Sale Lake with map volumePublisherLippincott, Grambo & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #241 Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineBayard's El Dorado, 1st British EditionPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1850 Lot #249 Oregon and California: The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California...to which is added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with recent notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorThornton, J. QuinnHeadlineThornton in the Gold Rush 1849, with MapPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1849 Lot #252 Annual Report Upon the Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian... Being Appendix NN of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1878 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(U.S. Geological Survey)AuthorWheeler, George M.HeadlineWheeler Survey, Appendix NN, 1878 w/ two mapsPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1878 Lot #256 A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed... View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineVancouver's Voyages 1801, finely boundPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1801 Lot #257 "The Friend": Common Sense Horse Doctor, or Dr. Holbrook's Specific Remedies for Horses View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Veterinary)AuthorHolbrook, J.L., M.D.HeadlineScarce frontier horse veterinary manual, 1890PublisherReview Book and Job Print.Date Published1890 Lot #265 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineWilkes' Exploring Expedition with AtlasPublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1845 Lot #267 Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorWingate, George W.HeadlineThrough the Yellowstone Park on HorsebackPublisherO. Judd Co.Date Published1886 Lot #275 The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1787 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Annual Register)HeadlineBritish views from the Age of RevolutionsPublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1789 Lot #295 Java and the East Indies View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCarpenter, Frank G.HeadlineCarpenter's guide to Java and the East IndiesPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1923 Lot #299 Columbia: its Present State, in respect of Climate, Soil, Productions, Population, Government, Commerce,... Education, and Inducements to Emigration, &c. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Columbia)AuthorHall, FrancisHeadlineRare guide to Gran Columbia, 1825PublisherA. Small, E. Parker, E. Littell, and Marot & WalterDate Published1825 Lot #300 Four works of Conchology View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Conchology)HeadlineWith numerous lithograph plates of MollusksDate Publishedc. 1830s-1880s Lot #302 The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed...Vol. IX View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1795)AuthorCurtis, WilliamHeadlineCurtis's Botanical Magazine Vol. IX with 71 color platesPublisherPrinted by Stephen Couchman for W. CurtisDate Published1795 Lot #303 Curtis's Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed... Vol. XLVI View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1819)AuthorSims, JohnHeadlineCurtis's Botanical Magazine Vol. XLVI with 82 color platesPublisherSherwood, Neely & JonesDate Published1819 Lot #304 Curtis's Botanical Magazine; Flower Garden Displayed... Vol. LX View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1833)AuthorHooker, William JacksonHeadlineCurtis's Botanical Magazine Vol. LX with 84 color platesPublisherPrinted by Edward Couchman for Samuel CurtisDate Published1833 Lot #306 Sailing Directions For South America. Part II. La Plata, Patagonia, Magellan Strait, Tierra Del Fuego, Falkland Islands, Staten Island, Chile, Bolivia, And Peru... Third Edition. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Darwin, Charles)AuthorKing, Phillip Parker & Robert Fitz-RoyHeadlineRare sailing directions with Darwin reference 1851PublisherPrinted for the Hydrographic Office, AdmiraltyDate Published1851 Lot #307 The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin on Emotions in Man and AnimalsPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1872 Lot #308 A Naturalist's Voyage: Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of Countries Visited During the Voyage of HMS ‘Beagle’ Round the World View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Naturalist's Voyage 1888 editionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1888 Lot #309 A Description of Active and Extinct Volcanos, of Earthquakes, and of Thermal Springs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDaubeny, CharlesHeadlineWith four engraved plates and eleven mapsPublisherRichard and John E. TaylorDate Published1848 Lot #311 British and Irish Salmonidae. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDay, FrancisHeadlineWith nine chromolithographic plates of SalmonPublisherWilliams and NorgateDate Published1887 Lot #325 The Manures Most Advantageously Applicable to the Various Sorts of Soils and the Causes of Their Beneficial Effect in Each Particular Instance. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorKirwan, RichardHeadline1806 Guide to the use of manures in soilPublisherPrinted for Vernor, Hood & Sharpe et al.Date Published1806 Lot #327 Ivory and the Elephant in Art, in Archæology, and in Science View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorKunz, George FrederickHeadlineKunz's scarce treatise on IvoryPublisherDoubleday, Page and CompanyDate Published[1916] Lot #336 A Natural History of British Moths, Accurately Delineating Every Known Species, with the English as well as Scientific Names, Accompanied by Full Descriptions,... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMorris, Francis OrphenHeadlineWith nearly 2000 hand-colored lithographed mothsPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1872 Lot #337 A Natural History of The Nests and Eggs of British Birds View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMorris, Francis OrphenHeadlineNests and Eggs of British Birds 3 vols. w/color platesPublisherGeorge Bell and SonsDate Published1875 Lot #342 Mission Pavie Indo-Chine 1879-1895. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorPavie, AugusteHeadlineMission Pavie Indo-Chine w/ hand-colored platesPublisherErnest Leroux, ÉditeurDate Published1901; 1906; 1904 Lot #343 A Tour In Scotland, and Voyage to the Hebrides; MDCCLXXII View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Author[Pennant, Thomas]HeadlinePennant's Scotland with engravings & mapsPublisherPrinted by John MonkDate Published[1774] Lot #349 A Discourse of the Laws relating to Pirates and Piracies, and the Marine Affairs of Great Britain View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Piracy)HeadlineBritish laws combating pirates & piracy 1726PublisherPrinted by W. Wilkins, for J. Peele,Date Published1726 Lot #351 Speculum Metallurgiae Politissimum, oder, Hell-polierter Berg-Bau-Spiegel: Darinnen zu befinden wie man Bergwerck suchen, ausschürffen, mit Nutzen bauen, allenthalben wohl anstellen, beförden, dabey... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorRoessler, BalthasarHeadlineWith 25 engraved plates of mining worksPublisherBey Johann Jacob WincklernDate Published1700 Lot #352 The Elements of Botany: Containing the History of the Science: with Accurate Definitions of all the Terms of Art... Being a Translation of the Philadelphia Botanica... Linnaeus,... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRose, Hugh, apothecaryHeadlineWith 11 copper-engraved botanical platesPublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published[1775] Lot #356 Guide to the Great Siberian Railway [with] Winter Schedule 1911-1912 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Russia)AuthorDimitriev-Mamonov, A.I. and A. F. Zdziarski, editorsHeadlineGuide to Trans-Siberian Railway w/ 1911 schedulePublisherArtistic Printing SocietyDate Published1900 Lot #358 Planches des Quadrupeds, Premiere Partie View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Author[Scattaglia, Alessandri, and Pietro Scattaglia]HeadlineOver 100 Engraved Zoological Plates, 1771Date Published[1771] Lot #360 A History of British Birds, With Coloured Illustrations of Their Eggs. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSeebohm, HenryHeadlineWith 68 chromolithograph plates of bird eggsPublisherFor the AuthorDate Published1883-85 Lot #361 Le Lapidaire du Quatorzième Siècle. Description des Pierres Précieuses et de Leurs Vertus Magiques, D'Après le Traité du Chevalier Jean de Mandeville... 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