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 1-58 of 58. Previous|1|Next Lot #17 Proceedings of First Session of the Montana State Federation of Negro Women's Clubs... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorArnold, Angie Mills, editorHeadlineMeetings of Montana Negro Women's Clubs, 1921-22PublisherMontana State Federation of Negro Women's ClubsDate Published1922 Lot #45 The Baja California Travels Series View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Baja California Travel Series)AuthorCarpenter, Edwin & Glen Dawson, eds.HeadlineDawson's Baja California Series, 49 vol.PublisherDawson's Book Shop / Natural History MuseumDate Published1965-1992 Lot #47 Reminiscences of a Ranger View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBell, HoraceHeadlineHorace Bell, Reminiscences of a Ranger 1st Ed.ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherYarnell, Caystile & MathesDate Published1881 Lot #50 The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBonner, T.D.HeadlineLife of James P. Beckwourth First EditionProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1856 Lot #57 Pioneer History of Custer County and Short Sketches of Early Days in Nebraska View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorButcher, Solomon D.HeadlinePioneer History of Custer County NebraskaPublisherSolomon D. Butcher and Ephraim S. FinchDate Published1901 Lot #87 History of California, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; Comprising also a Full Description of its Climate, Surface, Soil... with a Journal of the Voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and Back, via Panama. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorCapron, Elisha S.HeadlineCapron's History of California 1854ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherJohn P. Jewett & Co.; Jewett, Proctor and WorthingtonDate Published1854 Lot #88 Pioneer Days in California: Historical and Personal Sketches View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCarr, JohnHeadlineJohn Carr Pioneer Days in California 1891PublisherTimes PublishingDate Published1891 Lot #89 North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineNorth American Indians by Catlin, 2 vols 1880PublisherPublished by the Author at the Egyptian Hall, PiccadillyDate Published1880 Lot #91 Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Cherry, Edgar, & Co.)AuthorEricson, A. W.HeadlineCherry's Redwood with 24 albumen photosPublisherEdgar Cherry & Co.Date Published1884 Lot #98 Crofutts Grip-Sack Guide of Colorado. A Complete Encyclopedia of the State: Resources and Condensed Authentic Descriptions of Every City, Town, Village, Station, Post Office and Important Mining Camp... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Colorado)HeadlineWith Topographical & Township Map of ColoradoPublisherThe Overland Publishing Co.Date Published1881 Lot #99 The Butterfield Overland Mail: 1857-1869 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorConkling, Roscoe P. and Margaret B.HeadlineThe Butterfield Overland Mail: 1857-1869ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1947 Lot #102 Adventures on the Columbia River, Including the Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorCox, RossHeadlineNarrative of the early fur tradePublisherJ. & J. HarperDate Published1832 Lot #103 Letter of the Secretary of War, communicating...a copy of the report and journal of Captain Medorem Crawford, commanding the emigrant escort to Oregon and Washington Territory in the year 1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCrawford, MedoremHeadlineCrawford escorts Oregon emigrants in 1862Date Published1863 Lot #104 Crofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide, Containing a Full and Authentic Description of Over Five Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations...From The Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCrofutt, George A.HeadlineWith map of Crofutt's Route around the worldProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherGeorge A. CrofuttDate Published1871 Lot #115 The Conquest of California and New Mexico, by the Forces of the United States, in the Years 1846 and 1847 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorCutts, James MadisonHeadlineScarce early account of California conquestPublisherCarey & HartDate Published1847 Lot #117 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDana, Richard HenryHeadlineDana's Two Years Before the Mast 1840PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 Lot #120 Life on the Plains and among the Diggings; Being the Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California: with particular Incidents of the Route, Mistakes and Sufferings of the Emigrants, the Indian Tribes, the Present and the Future of the Great West View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorDelano, AlonzoHeadlineAlonzo Delano Life on the Plains 1854ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherMiller, Orton & MulliganDate Published1854 Lot #126 New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coins, Counterfeit Coins, and Bullion, with Mint Values View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorEckfeldt, Jacob Reese & William E. Du BoisHeadlineFirst Edition Eckfeldt and Du Bois' 1850 CoinsProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherPublished by the AuthorsDate Published1850 Lot #127 Pen Sketches of Nebraskans with Photographs View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorEdmunds A.C.HeadlineWith mounted albumen photos of NebraskansProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherR. & J. Wilbur, Stationers, OmahaDate Published1871 Lot #128 Atlas to Accompany a Monograph on the Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado [with] Geology of the Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorEmmons, Samuel FranklinHeadlineLeadville CO mining atlas + text vol. 1883-86PublisherUnited States Geological Survey/Government Printing OfficeDate Published1883-1886 Lot #131 Expedition from Fort Abercrombie to Fort Benton. Letter from the Secretary of War...transmitting report of Captain J.L. Fisk, of the expedition to escort emigrants from Fort Abercrombie to Fort Benton, etc. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFisk, James LibertyHeadlineFisk's Fort Benton with rare map, 1863Date Published1863 Lot #142 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$687.50StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFrémont's Expedition, House issue w/ 4 mapsPublisherBlair and RivesDate Published1845 Lot #148 Commerce of the Prairies: or a Journal of a Santa Fe Trader, during Eight Expeditions across the Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of Nearly Nine Years in Northern New Mexico View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorGregg, JosiahHeadlineJosiah Gregg Commerce of the Prairies 1844PublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1844 Lot #149 A Two Months Trip with Zane Grey's Party View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Grey, Zane)HeadlineZane Grey photo album 1929, approx. 175 photosDate Published1929 Lot #150 Zane Grey's Book of Camps and Trails View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineGrey's Book of Camps and TrailsPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1931 Lot #153 Broken Hand: The Life Story of Thomas Fitzpatrick, Chief of the Mountain Men View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorHafen, LeRoy and W.J. GhentHeadlineInscribed and signed by W.J. GhentPublisherThe Old West Publishing CompanyDate Published1931 Lot #155 "All's not Gold that Glitters;" or The Young Californian. By Cousin Alice View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHaven, Alice BradleyHeadlineThe Fourth of Alice Haven's "Home Books"ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1856 Lot #156 The Louisiana Purchase and Our Title West of the Rocky Mountains, with a Review of Annexation by the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHermann, BingerHeadlineBinger Hermann The Louisiana PurchasePublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1898 Lot #157 Brigham's Destroying Angel: Being the Life, Confession, and Startling Disclosure of the Notorious Bill Hickman, the Danite Chief of Utah View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHickman, William A.HeadlineBill Hickman - Brigham's Destroying AngelPublisherGeo. A. CrofuttDate Published1872 Lot #158 The Official Manual of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, U.S.A. Vol. I A.D. 1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHills, Fred, compilerHeadlineMining holdings in Colorado Springs, 1900ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherFred Hills, E.M.Date Published1900 Lot #161 Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorHopkins, Sarah WinnemuccaHeadlineLife Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and ClaimsPublisherCupples, UphamDate Published1883 Lot #162 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$312.50StatusSold AuthorHutchings, J. M.HeadlineHutchings' In the Heart of the SierrasPublisherThe Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1886 Lot #163 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$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorHutchings, J. M.HeadlineSecond printing of In the Heart of the SierrasProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherThe Old Cabin; Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1886 Lot #170 An Excursion to California over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great Sierra Nevada. With a Stroll Through the Diggings and Ranches of that Country View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorKelly, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Kelly's excursion to California in 1849ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1851 Lot #173 Scenery of the Plains, Mountains and Mines: or a Diary Kept upon the Overland Route to California...in the Years 1850, '51, '52 and '53 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLangworthy, FranklinHeadlineFranklin Langworthy's account of the Gold RushProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherJ. C. SpragueDate Published1855 Lot #181 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 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineEarly handbook for overland expedition 1859PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1859 Lot #183 Mountains and Molehills: or Recollections of a Burnt Journal View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMountains and Molehills by Frank MarryatProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1855 Lot #186 Ten Years In Nevada or, Life on the Pacific Coast View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMathews, Mary MHeadlineTen Years in Nevada w/ 3 extra mounted portraitsProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherBaker, Jones & Co.Date Published1880 Lot #188 History of the Donner Party. A Tragedy of the Sierras View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorMcGlashan, Charles FayetteHeadlineMcGlashan's History of the Donner PartyProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherCrowley & McGlashanDate Published1879 Lot #200 Our National Parks View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir Our National ParksPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1929] Lot #203 Report from the Secretary Of War…in Relation To The Selection Of A Site For A Fort On The Western Frontier Line Of Arkansas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Native American)AuthorWhistler, Lt. Col. William, et alHeadlineArmy Fort on the Trail of TearsDate Published1838 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 #225 The Miner's Companion and Guide: A Compendium of most Valuable Information for the Prospector, Miner, Geologist, Mineralogist and Assayer; Together with a Comprehensive Glossary of Technical Phrases Used in This Work View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorSilversmith, J.HeadlineMiners Companion mining guide S.F. 1861ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherJ. SilversmithDate Published1861 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 #230 Black Hills Views View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(South Dakota)HeadlineBlack Hills Views 1907 w/ extra photo cardPublisherC.F. PetersonDate Published1907 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 #232 Illustrated Sketches of Death Valley and Other Borax Deserts of the Pacific Coast View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSpears, John R.HeadlineSpears intimate word sketches of Death ValleyProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherRand, McNally & Co.Date Published1892 Lot #233 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$343.75StatusSold AuthorStansbury, HowardHeadlineStansbury Salt Lake survey, plates & maps, 1852ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherLippincott, Grambo & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #236 Prairie Trails & Cow Towns View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorStreeter, Floyd BenjaminHeadlineFirst Edition of Streeter's Prairie TrailsPublisherChapman & GrimesDate Published1936 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 #245 Incidents of Travel to California, Across the Great Plains; Together with the Return Trips through Central America and Jamaica; To which are added Sketches of the Author's Life View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorUdell, JohnHeadlineUdell's Incidents of Travel to CaliforniaPublisherPrinted for the Author, at the Sentinel OfficeDate Published1856 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 #251 Preliminary Report of Explorations in Nebraska and Dakota, in the Years 1855-'56-'57 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWarren, Gouverneur K.Headline1875 Reprint of Nebraska & Dakota reportPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1875 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 #256 Three Years and a Half in the Army; or, History of the Second Colorados. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorWilliams, EllenHeadlineCivil War history of the Colorado 2nd CavalryPublisherPublished for the Author by Fowler & Wells CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #257 The Virginian [with] autograph letter signed by Owen Wister View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWister, OwenHeadlineOwen Wister The Virginian with ALS on playPublisherMacmillanDate Published1904 Lot #262 History of the Big Bonanza: An Authentic Account of the Discovery, History, and Working of the World Renowned Comstock Silver Lode of Nevada... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Wright, William)AuthorDe Quille, Dan, pseud.HeadlineWilliam Wright's History of the Big BonanzaProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1876 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next