Sale 812: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps, Prints & Views (#812) 05/02/2024 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/02/2024 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 812 691 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 101-167 of 167. Previous|12|Next Lot #198 Bark Covered House, or Back in the Woods Again; Being a Graphic and Thrilling Description of Real Pioneer Life in the Wilderness of Michigan. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Michigan)AuthorNowlin, WilliamHeadlineInscribed and signed by William NowlinPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1876 Lot #199 Sketches of Mission Life Among the Indians of Oregon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorMudge, Zachariah AtwllHeadlineMission Life Indians Oregon 1st ed. 1854ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherCarlton & PorterDate Published1854 Lot #201 A Compilation of all the Treaties between the United States and the Indian Tribes, now in force as laws View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Native American)HeadlineTreaties between native tribes & U.S. Govt.PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1873 Lot #204 Payroll sheet for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)HeadlinePayroll for Virginia & Truckee R.R. 1877Date Published1877 Lot #205 Souvenir of the Comstock. Embracing the Principal Views of Virginia City, Gold Hill, Silver City and Sutro View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Nevada)HeadlineSouvenir of the Comstock Rare View BookProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherJas H. CrockwellDate Published1890 Lot #206 Special Report of New York State Survey of the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls and Fourth Annual Report on the Triangulation of the State for the year 1879. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(New York)AuthorGardner, James T.HeadlineWith 4 maps of the Niagara Falls area in 1879ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherCharles Van Benthuysen & SonsDate Published1880 Lot #207 Reports on the Geology, Botany, and Zoology of Northern California and Oregon, Made to the War Department. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorNewberry, John S.HeadlineExcerpt from Vol. VI of Pac. Railroad SurveyPublisher[War Department]Date Published1857 Lot #208 History of South America and Mexico; Comprising Their Discovery, Geography, Politics, Commerce and Revolutions. To Which is Annexed a Geographical and Historical View of Texas, with a Detailed Account of the Texian Revolution and War, by Hon. L.T. Pease View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorNiles, John M. and L.T. PeaseHeadlineHistory of South America and Mexico, 1837ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherH. HuntingtonDate Published1837 Lot #209 Archive of letters and postcards, most sent to Wm. E. Brown, some to his brother Geo. W. Brown or other family members, primarily relating to the Opera House they operated in Purcell, Indian Territory/Oklahoma View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Oklahoma)HeadlineArchive on Indian Territory Opera HouseDate Published1886-1927 Lot #210 Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains under the Supervision of the American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions the Years 1835, '36, and '37... with a Map of Oregon Territory View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorParker, SamuelHeadlineWith copper-engraved map of Oregon in 1838ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherPublished by the authorDate Published1840 Lot #213 Survey of the Colorado River of the West: Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting report preliminary for continuing the survey of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries, by Professor Powell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorPowell, John WesleyHeadline1st report of Powell's Grand Canyon expedition 1872PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1872 Lot #214 A Handful of Monographs: Continental and English View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPreston, Margaret J.HeadlinePreston's European travelogue w/ albumen printsProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherAnson D. F. Randolph & CompanyDate Published1886 Lot #215 The New London Bee View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Quasi-War with France)HeadlineWashington becomes Lt. Gen. in Quasi-WarDate Published1798 Lot #217 Hunting the American West - Pursuit of Big Game for Life, Profit, and Sport 1800-1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRattenbury, Richard C.HeadlineProfusely illustrated Hunting the American WestPublisherBoone and Crockett ClubDate Published2008 Lot #218 The Facts of Reconstruction View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Reconstruction)AuthorLynch, John R.HeadlineJohn Lynch's defence of Reconstruction policiesPublisherNeale Publishing CompanyDate Published1913 Lot #220 California and its Gold Regions; With a Geographical and Topographical View of the Country, its Mineral and Agricultural Resources. Prepared from Official and other Authentic Documents... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorRobinson, FayetteHeadlineRobinson's Gold Regions, 1849PublisherStringer & TownsendDate Published1849 Lot #222 The Science of Mechanics As Applied to the Present Improvements in the Useful Arts View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Science and Technology)AuthorAllen, ZachariahHeadlineScientific guide to early 19th c. machineryPublisherHutchens & CoryDate Published1829 Lot #227 The Western Tourist and Emigrants Guide through the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and the Territories of Wisconsin, and Iowa... Accompanied with a correct Map,... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorSmith, J. CalvinHeadlineColton/Smith Western Guide with map 1844PublisherJ.H. ColtonDate Published1844 Lot #228 Railroad to the Pacific Ocean: ...The Committee on roads and canals, to whom was referred the memorial of George Wilkes ... upon the subject of constructing a railroad... between... the Missouri and the Columbia rivers... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSmith, RobertHeadlineRailroad to the Pacific planned 1846PublisherRitchie & HeissDate Published1846 Lot #229 Tales of Travels West of the Mississippi. By Solomon Bell View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Author[Snelliing, William]Headline1st US juvenile on trans-Mississippi west 1830PublisherGray & BowenDate Published1830 Lot #231 The Southwest Historical Series View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Southwest Historical Series)AuthorBieber, Ralph P. and LeRoy R. Hafen, editorsHeadlineThe Southwest Historical Series complete setPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1931-1943 Lot #234 Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Guide to the Pacific Coast. Santa Fé Route. California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSteele, James W.HeadlineSteele Overland Guide to California, 1889ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherRand, McNally & CompanyDate Published1889 Lot #235 The Resources and Attractions of Idaho Territory. Facts Regarding Climate, Soil, Minerals, Agricultural and Grazing Lands, Forests, Scenery, Game and Fish.. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorStrahorn, Robert E.HeadlineResources of Idaho w/folding map 1881ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisher[Omaha Republican Print]Date Published1881 Lot #238 The Mineral Resources of the United States, and the Importance and Necessity of Inaugurating a Rational System of Mining, with Special Reference to the Comstock Lode and the Sutro Tunnel in Nevada. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Sutro Tunnel)AuthorSutro, AdolphHeadlineSutro Tunnel Book 1868, owned by his daughterProvenanceEmma Sutro, daughter of Adolph SutroPublisherJohn Murphy & Co.Date Published1868 Lot #240 California Life Illustrated View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, WilliamHeadlineTaylor's California Life Illustrated, 1859ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherPublished for the AuthorDate Published1859 Lot #242 Printed Copy of an Abstract of Title to the Property Owned by the Minor Heirs of Wm. B. Gregg, in the D. Gregg First and Second Additions on the North Side Buffalo Bayou, City of Houston, Harris County, Texas View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Texas)AuthorRuby, John H., ManagerHeadlineTitle abstract for Buffalo Bayou, Houston, TX 1899PublisherHouston Abstract CompanyDate Published[1899] Lot #243 Narrative of an Official Visit to Guatemala from Mexico View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorThompson, George AlexanderHeadlineThompson's Guatemala 1829, inscribedPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1829 Lot #244 Investigation of Mexican Affairs / Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(U.S.-Mexico border conflict)Author[Fall, Senator Albert]HeadlineU.S. Senator's 'Mexican Murder' MapDate Published1919-1920 Lot #246 The Laws of the United States of America View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(United States Congress)HeadlineLaws of the United States 1796PublisherRichard FolwellDate Published1796 Lot #248 Four Months Among the Gold Finders in Alta California: Being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Vizetelley, Henry)AuthorBrooks, J. Tyrwhitt, pseudonymHeadlineVizetelley Gold Finders in Alta CaliforniaProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherDavid BogueDate Published1849 Lot #249 The Spanish Southwest, 1542-1794 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineThe Spanish Southwest, 1542-1794PublisherQuivira SocietyDate Published1937 Lot #250 Memoir to Accompany the Map of the Territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWarren, Gouverneur K.HeadlineMemoir to accompany Missip.-Pacific MapDate Published1859 Lot #253 The People of the State of California, plaintiff, V. Adolph Julius Weber, Defendant. Reporter's Transcript on Trial View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Weber, Adolph Julius)AuthorAdams, Charles H., official reporterHeadlineMurder of mother in Placer CountyPublisherSuperior CourtDate Published1905 Lot #254 Travels Through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, During the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorWeld, Isaac, JuniorHeadlineWeld's Travels Through North America 1800PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1800 Lot #255 Project of a National Railroad From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, for the Purpose of Obtaining a Short Route to Oregon and the Indies View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorWilkes, GeorgeHeadlineWilkes' National Railroad, 1845ProvenanceRubbertstamps of Tennessee Historical SocietyPublisherPublished for the Author [by Burgess & Stringer]Date Published1845 Lot #259 Unopened envelope sent, too late, to a U.S. Paratrooper who was killed in France a day after D-Day View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(World War II - D-Day)HeadlineLetter sent to dead D-Day paratrooperDate Published1944 Lot #260 Diary kept by a WAC who served in North Africa and Italy during the Second World War, rising to the rank of Sergeant View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(World War II - Women's Army Corps diary)AuthorLis, Frances M.HeadlineDiary of WAC in North African & Italy, 1944Date Published1943-1944 Lot #261 Archive of original carbon typescript submissions by war correspondents during the first 6 months of the U.S. involvement in World War II in the Pacific, starting with the attack on Pearl Harbor View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(World War II)HeadlineReports from WWII Pacific Theatre 1941-2Date Published1941-1942 Lot #263 Yellowstone Park: Haynes Photo View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Yellowstone National Park)AuthorHaynes, F. JayHeadlineOriginal photos of Yellowstone by HaynesDate Published[c.1910?] Lot #266 The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled under the inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington... To which is Prefixed an Introduction Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(1789)AuthorMarshall, JohnHeadlineMarshall's Life of Washington 1st Ed 1804-07 with atlasPublisherC.P. WayneDate Published1804-1807 Lot #267 Collection of 14 engraved portraits and 1 lithograph of George Washington View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(1789)Author(Washington George)HeadlineRare engraved portraits of George WashingtonDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #268 The Federal Spy View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(1789)Author(Washington, George)HeadlinePeriod coverage of Washington's deathDate Published1800 Lot #270 Reception Dinner to the President of the United States, Furnished at Barnum's Hotel, June 8th, 1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1841)HeadlineSilk menu for John Tyler dinnerDate Published1843 Lot #271 Boston Daily Advertiser - Supplement View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(1861)HeadlineLincoln's Assassination in Boston Daily Adv.Date Published1865 Lot #272 Handbill for Ford's Theater, April 14, 1865 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(1861)HeadlineFord's Theater handbill, April 14, 1865Date Published1865 Lot #273 Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1861)AuthorLincoln, Abraham and Stephen A. DouglasHeadlineLincoln-Douglas Debates 1860ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherFollett, Foster and Company et al.Date Published1860 Lot #275 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineNicely bound set of Ulysses S. Grant's memoirsPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-86 Lot #276 Document signed by Governor Rutherford B. Hayes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(1877)AuthorHayes, Rutherford B.HeadlineSigned by U.S. President Rutherford B. HayesDate Published1875 Lot #284 The Private Journal of Aaron Burr: Reprinted in full from the Original Manuscript in the Library of Mr. William K. Bixby, of St. Louis, Mo. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Burr, Aaron)AuthorBixby, William K., editorHeadlinePrivate Journal Aaron Burr, Bixby ed. 1903Date Published1903 Lot #285 Memoirs of Aaron Burr. With Miscellaneous Selections from His Correspondence View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Burr, Aaron)AuthorDavis, Matthew L.HeadlineMemoirs of Aaron Burr First EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1836-37 Lot #286 Letter from Howell Cobb, written as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to the director of the Mint at San Francisco View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorCobb, HowellHeadlineFuture rebel leader writes as U.S. Treasury SecretaryDate Published1859 Lot #287 Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution [bound with] Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorPaine, Thomas and Joseph PriestleyHeadlinePaine Rights of Man w/ Priestley Letters to BurkePublisherPrinted by P. Byrne/Printed for J. Sheppard [et al.]Date Published1791 Lot #288 Supreme Court portrait signed by all nine judges View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(U.S. Supreme Court)HeadlineBurger Court photo signed by all nine justicesDate Publishedc. 1983 Lot #290 An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. To Which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Exhibiting a View of the Ancient and Modern State of Europe; of the Importance of our Colonies; and of the Commerce, Shipping, Manufactures, Fisheries, &c. of Great Britain and Ireland: And Their Influence on the Landed Interest View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Author[Anderson, Adam]HeadlineOrigin of Commerce of the British EmpirePublisherA. Millar, [et al.]Date Published1764 Lot #312 History and General Views of the Sandwich Islands' Mission View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorDibble, SheldonHeadlineDibble's History of Sandwich Islands 1839ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherTaylor & DoddDate Published1839 Lot #328 A Journal of Captain Cook's Last Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, and in Quest of a North-West Passage, Between Asia and America; Performed in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, and 1779 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorLedyard, JohnHeadlineLedyard's journal of Cook's 3rd voyage 1783PublisherNathaniel PattenDate Published1783 Lot #336 Document issued by Juan Suárez de Carvajal, Bishop of Lugo, of the King's Council, ordering that all the Mercury from the Almadén mines be sent to the Indies to be used in the extraction of silver from ore View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorSuárez de Carvajal, JuanHeadlineMercury for the silver mines of Potosi, 1559Date Published1559 Lot #342 Territory of Arizona View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Arizona)AuthorO'Hare, DanielHeadlineColor map Arizona Territory 1909PublisherGeneral Land OfficeDate Published1910 Lot #355 Map of Merced Highway and other routes to Yosemite View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineGas up at Yosemite with ShellPublisherShell Company of CaliforniaDate Publishedc.1920 Lot #368 War Dance of the Sauks and Foxes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Author[McKenney, Thomas L. and James Hall]HeadlineWar dance of Sauks & Foxes from McKenny & HallPublisher[F.W. Greenough]Date Published[1836] Lot #371 Mexico: Map of the Mexican Central Railway and connections View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineLarge color map of Mexican Central RailwayPublisherWynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co.Date Publishedc.1900-1910 Lot #374 Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Mexico View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(New Mexico)AuthorRand McNally and CompanyHeadlinePocket map of New Mexico 1881PublisherRand McNally & Co.Date Published1881 Lot #379 Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys of John Charles Frémont and other Authorities, Drawn by Charles Preuss Under the Order of the Senate of the United States, Washington City, 1848 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorPreuss, CharlesHeadlinePreuss/Fremont map of Upper California 1850Date Published1848 [but 1850] Lot #381 USGS Topographic Maps View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(United States Geological Survey)AuthorJones, William CareyHeadline91 USGS maps from 1898 original bindingPublisherUnited States Geological SurveyDate Published1898 Lot #382 The United States, from the Latest Authorities View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(United States)AuthorCase, Tiffany & Co.HeadlineCase Tiffany map of U.S. 1850ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherPublished by Case, Tiffany & Co.Date Published1850-[1853?] Lot #383 Map of the National Highways Terminating at San Diego, California View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(United States)HeadlineAll highways lead to San Diego, with strip mapsPublisherSan Diego Chamber of CommerceDate Published1929 Lot #386 New Map of that Portion of North America, exhibiting the United States & Territories, the Canadas, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia & Mexico and Central America and the West India Islands compiled from the most recent surveys & authentic source View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Wall Map)AuthorMonk, JacobHeadlineWall map of North America 1856Date Published1856 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next