Sale 794: Americana - Travel & Exploration - China - Maps, Prints & Views (#794) 08/10/2023 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 08/10/2023 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 794 658 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 1-60 of 60. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Handwritten bill of sale for a "negro boy” for 58 British (Colonial) Pounds. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1718)AuthorPeck, Benj.HeadlineScarce early New York Colonial slave sale documentDate PublishedJune 3, 1718 Lot #4 Letter notifying a Maryland grandee that his brother would be legally permitted to bring his slaves into the state View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1821)AuthorBarney, JohnHeadlineRich man's brother allowed to bring his slaves to MarylandPublisherMaryland House of DelegatesDate PublishedFeb. 1, 1821 Lot #5 Letter from woman who had emigrated to the South about her loving care from an elderly Black nurse who showed her sisterly affection "like a white person" View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(African American, 1821)AuthorMaxcy, R.[uth?]HeadlineNew England emigrant lauds Southern Black nurseDate PublishedApril 19, 1821 Lot #6 Letter from Pennsylvania informer about fugitive slave from Virginia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1836)AuthorGriffith, Samuel HarveyHeadlineVirginia fugitive slave tracked to PennsylvaniaDate PublishedJuly 14, 1836 Lot #7 Letter by Senator Sumner recalling Wisconsin's stand against the Fugitive Slave Act View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorSumner, CharlesHeadlineLetter from anti-slavery Senator SumnerDate PublishedDec. 4, 1859 Lot #10 Letter a young Oberlin Abolitionist about the politics behind White command of a Black Ohio Regiment in the Civil War View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorShurtleff, G.W.HeadlineWhite Abolitionist General of a Black Civil War RegimentDate PublishedNov. 10, 1863 Lot #13 Letter about Governor of West Virginia offer to drop lawsuits about allegations of bestowing favors on Negro saloon and whorehouse proprietor View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1913)AuthorWallace, George W. (Attorney)HeadlineRacist political allegations against WV GovernorDate PublishedOctober 20, 1913 Lot #16 A Date with a Dish: A Cook Book of American Negro Recipes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1948 - Cookery)AuthorDe Knight, FredaHeadlineSigned by radio stars Amos N' AndyPublisherHermitage PressDate Published[1948] Lot #21 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineBuzz Aldrin Signed Magnificent Desolation LimitedPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Lot #22 Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, Held at Philadelphia, for Promoting Useful Knowledge. Volume V. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(American Philosophical Society)HeadlineTransactions of the American Philosophical Society 1802PublisherPrinted by Budd & Bartram for Thomas DobsonDate Published1802 Lot #24 Letter written one week after Fort Sumter from the anti-slavery, pro-Union community of Northfield, Minnesota View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery, 1861)AuthorSmith, John A.HeadlineLetter from anti-slavery oasis in Minnesota 1861Date PublishedApril 21, 1861 Lot #41 Endless Horizons View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorBush, VannevarHeadlineSigned by the American Science czar of WWIIPublisherPublic Affairs PressDate Published1946 Lot #44 Register for the Hotel Hammon in Hammonton, Yuba County, California View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(California - Hammonton, Yuba County)AuthorDay, Richard, proprietorHeadlineOriginal register from Yuba Co. hotel 1912-18Date Published1912-1918 Lot #51 Two reports on "Mafia" operations and political influence in California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Organized Crime)HeadlineFirst official reports on California Organized CrimePublisherState of CaliforniaDate Published1949-1953 Lot #72 Letter to artist William Thompson Russell Smith View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorMcIlvaine, Jr., William H.HeadlineLetter from published artist of the California Gold RushDate PublishedAug. 28, 1848 Lot #73 Letter from an Illinois farmer to his wife while crossing the plains in a wagon train bound for California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorRitchey, John KnoxHeadlineCrossing the Plains to CaliforniaDate PublishedMay 17, 1850 Lot #77 Scrapbook of late 19th century North American travel views View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Canada)AuthorJenkins, AlfredHeadlineScrapbook of Canada and United States c.1875Date Publishedc.1875 Lot #89 The Geneva Cook Book, Compiled by the Woman's Board of the Medical and Surgical Hospital of Geneva. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery - New York)Headline1895 Medical Hospital cookbook from Geneva NYPublisher[Press of W.F. Humphrey]Date Published1895 Lot #101 Seventy-Five Years in California View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDavis, William HeathHeadlineDavis, 75 Years in California - California Collectors Ed.PublisherJohn HowellDate Published1929 Lot #104 A Campaign in New Mexico with Colonel Doniphan View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorEdwards, Frank S.HeadlineEdwards' Campaign in New Mexico w/map 1847PublisherCarey and HartDate Published1847 Lot #113 California: A History of Upper & Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. A Full View of the Missionary Establishments and Condition of the Free and Domesticated Indians. With an Appendix relating to Steam Navigation in the Pacific View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineRussell's edition of Forbes finely bound, 1919PublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1919 Lot #114 Account of an Experiment... to Prove the Indentity [sic] of the Electrical Fire with that of Lightning [in] The London Magazine, or Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Franklin, Benjamin)Headline1752 printed account Franklin kite experimentPublisherPrinted for R. BaldwinDate Published1752 Lot #115 A Letter from Dr. Benjamin Franklin, to Mr. Alphonsus le Roy... Containing Sundry Maritime Observations [in] Transactions of the American Philosophical Society View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Franklin Maritime Observations 1786Publisher[Printed and Sold by Robert Aitkin]Date Published1786 Lot #147 Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorLangsdorff, Georg Heinrich vonHeadlineLangsdorff's Narrative w/ jacket & prospectusPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1927 Lot #163 Judicial summons to answer complaint by Ramon Gutierez & Brother that Senora Dona Josefa Petronela, Antonio Espinosa, et al View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican American, 1855)AuthorFerris, Hiram GanoHeadlineGold Rush document concerning native CaliforniosDate PublishedJuly 25, 1855 Lot #170 Forgotten People / A Study of New Mexicans View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican American, 1940)AuthorSanchez, George I.HeadlineInscribed classic of New Mexico socio-economicsPublisherUniv. of New Mexico PressDate Published1940 Lot #174 Cesar Chavez, Autobiography of La Causa View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican American, 1975)AuthorLevy, JacquesHeadlineCesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Union, inscribedPublisherNortonDate Published1975 Lot #198 History Of The Military Organizations Of The State Of Colorado 1860-1935 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorNankivell, John HenryHeadlineScarce work on Colorado military historyPublisher[W.H. Kistler Stationary Co]Date Published[1935] Lot #199 Three pieces of Native American ledger art View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Native American)AuthorLocke, MerleHeadline3 pieces of Native American ledger artDate Published2013-2014 Lot #233 Selections from the Private Correspondence of James Madison from 1813 to 1836 [with James Madison clipped signature] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1809)AuthorMadison, JamesHeadlineJames Madison's letters, with Madison autographPublisherJ.C. McGuireDate Published1859 Lot #236 Two letters from supporters of Andrew Jackson, offering rare details of early gambling on American presidential elections View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1829)HeadlineJacksonians gamble on presidential electionsDate Published1828-1832 Lot #237 Letter from a young Massachusetts man after attending the Inauguration of President William Henry Harrison View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1841)AuthorDrew, John BrooksHeadlineAccount of an ill-fated presidential InaugurationDate PublishedMarch 1-5, 1841 Lot #238 Fifty Years of Public Service...Personal Recollections View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorCullom, Shelby M.HeadlineSigned memoir by a close friend of Lincoln'sPublisherMcClurgDate Published1911 Lot #240 Investigation into the Causes of the Gold Panic. Report of the Majority of the Committee on Banking and Currency, March 1, 1870 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1881)AuthorGarfield, James A.HeadlineJames Garfield, Investigation into Gold PanicPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1870 Lot #242 The Naval War of 1812: The History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain... Volume II View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1901)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineT. Roosevelt presentation copy Naval War 1812PublisherThe Review of Reviews CompanyDate Published1904 Lot #243 American Individualism View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover signed American IndividualismPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1922 Lot #244 The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of Adventure, 1874-1920 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHoover Memoirs 1874-1920, inscribed and signedPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1953 Lot #245 The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover signed, The New Day, 1928PublisherStanford University PressDate Published[1928] Lot #246 A Remedy for Disappearing Game Fishes View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover signed book on game fishesPublisherHuntington PressDate Published1930 Lot #252 The Mediterranean Shores of America. Southern California: Its Climatic, Physical, and Meteorological Conditions View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRemondino, P.C.HeadlineMediterranean Shores of Southern CaliforniaPublisherF.A. Davis Co.Date Published1892 Lot #262 Narrative of a Voyage to California Ports in 1841-42...[with] Printer Thomas C. Russell comments on Nash, DeVinne, Cowan et al. in a Letter to M.J. Ferguson. State Librarian View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSimpson, George; Thomas C. RussellHeadlineMilton J. Ferguson's copy with ALS from RussellPublisherThomas C. Russell; Tamalpais PressDate Published1930; 1970 Lot #292 Le Colorado, Aux États-Unis D'Amérique: Liste Des Minerais Fournis par Diverses Personnnes A L'Exposition Universelle De 1867 A Paris, Avec Des Renseignements Sur Le Pays et Ses Ressources View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorWhitney, J. P.HeadlineColorado Mineral Resources; J.P. Whitney 1867PublisherImprimerie Parisienne, L. BergerDate Published1867 Lot #293 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineWilkes United States Exploring Expedition 5 vols.PublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1845 Lot #295 Gold Rush Steamers [of the Pacific] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorWiltsee, Ernest A.HeadlineGold Rush Steamers signed by Ernest A. WiltseePublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1938 Lot #299 Special Attack Flotilla: Bushido in the War of Greater East Asia. - Japanese midget subs in the attack on Pearl Harbor View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(World War II - Pearl Harbor Attack)HeadlineJapanese tribute to Pearl Harbor sub pilotsPublisherJapan Times PressDate Published1942 Lot #304 A Journal of the Forces Which Sailed From the Downs, in April 1800. On a Secret Expedition Under the Command of Lieut.-Gen. Pigot, Till Their Arrival in Minorca, and Continued Through All the Subsequent Transactions of the Army... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAnderson, AeneasHeadlineAgainst the French in the Mediterranean 1802PublisherJ. DebrettDate Published1802 Lot #305 Collection of books, articles and other ephemera documenting the evolution of Artificial Intelligence. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Artificial Intelligence)HeadlineCollection on the evolution of Artificial IntelligenceDate Published1903-1983 Lot #306 A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBackhouse, JamesHeadlineVisit to Australian Colonies w/ maps, 1843 signedPublisherHamilton, Adams & Co.; John L. LinneyDate Published[1843] Lot #313 Letter of European introduction for an American farmer from an eminent Scottish botanist View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Botany)AuthorLoudon, John ClaudiusHeadlineLetter of introduction from Scottish botanist J. C. LoudonDate PublishedFeb. 14, 1832 Lot #353 Photograph of Benito Mussolini, signed by him View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMussolini, BenitoHeadlineSigned photograph of Benito MussoliniDate Published[1942?] Lot #371 Manuscript document relating to the shipment of items from Barcelona, Spain, to Montevideo, which was apparently rerouted to Lima because of unrest in region View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(South America - Uruguay)HeadlineShip bound for Montevideo in troubled timesDate Published1813? Lot #380 Merlin's Tour of the Universe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorTyson, Neil De GrasseHeadlineTour of the Universe signed by De GrassePublisherColumbia University PressDate Published[1989] Lot #386 L'Album de la Guerre, 1914-1919 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(World War I)HeadlineL'Album de la Guerre, 1914-1919, illustratedPublisherL'IllustrationDate Published1923 Lot #388 The War between Japan and China View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorBaba, T.HeadlineJapanese justification of 1894-5 invasion of ChinaPublisherPublished at the "Meiki-sha"Date Published[1894-1895] Lot #411 One Year of the Japan-China Undeclared War and the Attitude of the Powers View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorLee, Edward Bing-ShueyHeadlineTwo Years Japan-China Undeclared War, 1933Publisher[The Mercury Press]Date Published1933 Lot #413 Information and Opinion concerning the Japanese Invasion of Manchuria and Shanghai from Sources Other Than Chinese View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLei, K.N.HeadlineShanghai Bar Association on Japanese invasionPublisherShanghai Bar AssociationDate Published1932 Lot #430 Chinese Materia Medica: Vegetable Kingdom View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorStuart, G.A.HeadlineG.A. Stuart, Chinese Materia Medica, 1911PublisherPrinted at the American Presbyterian Mission PressDate Published1911 Lot #436 History of Chinese Medicine View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorWong, K. Chimin and Wu Lien-TehHeadlineHistory of Chinese Medicine, 1932PublisherThe Tientsin Press, Ltd.Date Published[1932] Lot #439 Sidelights on Shanghai View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorYuan, L.Z.HeadlineSidelights on Shanghai, L.Z. Yuan, 1934PublisherThe Mercury PressDate Published[1934] Lot #509 Town of Oak Ridge - Tennessee. Manhattan District - Corps of Engineers. September 27, 1945. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(World War II)HeadlineStreet Map of Secret Manhattan Project CityPublisherStone & Webster Engineering CorporationDate Published1945 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next