Sale 837: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#837) 05/01/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/01/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 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 1-56 of 56. Previous|1|Next Lot #17 American Encroachments on British Rights; or Observations on the Importance of the British North American Colonies. And on the Late Treaties with the United States:... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorAtcheson, NathanielHeadlineA 1808 defense of American Fur trade InterestsDate Published1808 Lot #28 In the Senate of the United States, March 18, 1824: Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicated the following documents [concerning developments on the upper Missouri River] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBenton, Thomas HartHeadlineLocating a fort on the Missouri River 1824Date Published1824 Lot #37 Charter of the Town of Berkeley Adopted March 5, 1895. and Ordinances of the Town of Berkeley from organization of the Town April 1, 1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Alameda County)HeadlineCharter and Ordinances of the Town of BerkeleyPublisherBerkeley Advocate Book and Job Printing OfficeDate Published1897 Lot #57 San Jose Blue Book: A Gentlewomen's Directory View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Jose)Headline1904 Directory for San Jose CaliforniaPublisherSunrise PressDate Published[1904] Lot #66 America's Greatest Winter and Summer Resort. Santa Catalina Island. Mountain Valley and Ocean 3½ Hours Ride from Los Angeles View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlinePromotional broadside for Catalina IslandPublisherMcBride PressDate Publishedc. 1910 Lot #98 Lights and Shadows of Sailor Life, as exemplified in Fifteen Years' Experience, including the more Thrilling Events of the U.S. Exploring Expedition, and Reminiscences of an Eventful Life on the "Mountain Wave" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorClark, Joseph G.HeadlineClark's Account of U.S. Exploring ExpeditionPublisherBenjamin A. MusseyDate Published1848 Lot #99 The History of Mexico. Collected from Spanish and Mexican Historians, from Manuscripts, and Ancient Paintings of the Indians... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorClavigero, Francesco SaverioHeadlineFirst edition in English of Clavigero's history of MexicoPublisherG.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1787 Lot #101 CHAMPION View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Clipper Ship Sailing Cards)HeadlineClipper Ship Sailing Card - Champion by NesbittProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherNesbitt & Co., Printers, N.Y.Date Published1859 Lot #106 GARDNER COLBY View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Clipper Ship Sailing Cards)HeadlineClipper Card for Gardner Colby by WatsonProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherWatson's PressDate Published1863 Lot #120 The History of South America. Containing the Discoveries of Columbus, the Conquest of Mexico and Peru, and the Other Transactions of the Spaniards in the New World. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCooper, T.HeadlineWith five copper-engraved plates by A. ReidPublisherE. NewberyDate Published1789 Lot #142 New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coins, Counterfeit Coins, and Bullion, with Mint Values View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorEckfeldt, Jacob Reese & William E. Du BoisHeadlineFirst Edition Eckfeldt and Du Bois' 1850 CoinsPublisherPublished by the AuthorsDate Published1850 Lot #153 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$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFrémont's Expedition, House issue w/ 4 mapsPublisherBlair and RivesDate Published1845 Lot #158 A Residence of Twenty-One Years in the Sandwich Islands; or the Civil, Religious, and Political History of Those Islands: Comprises a Particular View of the Missionary Operations Connected with the Introduction and Progress of Christianity and Civilization among the Hawaiian People View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorBingham, HiramHeadlineResidence of 21 Years in the Sandwich IslandsPublisherHezekiah HuntingtonDate Published1847 Lot #163 Diary describing 1905 European Excursion and a 1911 Trip to the Canadian and American West View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHunnewell, Christiana SargentHeadlineYoung woman's diary of Europe and The WestDate Published1905-1911 Lot #183 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$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorThwaites, Reuben Gold, editorHeadlineOriginal Journals of the Lewis & Clark ExpeditionPublisherDodd Mead & CompanyDate Published1904-05 Lot #195 A Discourse, Delivered at the First Meeting of the Historical Society pof Michigan. September 18, 1829. Published at Their Request. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Michigan)AuthorCass, LewisHeadlineLewis Cass on Early settlement in MichiganPublisherGeo. L. WhitneyDate Published1830 Lot #222 Two issues of the New-York Daily Tribune with articles by Karl Marx and Robert Owen View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(New York)HeadlineSpeeches by Karl Marx & Robert OwenPublisherGreeley & McElrathDate Published1845-1851 Lot #230 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 1853-4... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)HeadlineFull Pacific Railroad Report setPublisherBeverley TuckerDate Published1855-1861 Lot #236 Cotton and Woolen Machinery for Picking, Cleaning, Carding, Spinning, Weaving, Shafting and Mill Gearing. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Pennsylvania)HeadlineBridesburg Manufacturing Co. advertisementPublisherBridesburg Manufacturing Co.Date Published[c.1867] Lot #241 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$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorPike, Zebulon MontgomeryHeadlineThe Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery PikePublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1895 Lot #250 Trailing the Giant Panda View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$550StatusSold Heading(Presidential, 1901)AuthorRoosevelt, Theodore and KermitHeadlineRoosevelt's expedition in search of the giant pandaPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1929 Lot #251 African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Presidential, 1901)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineRoosevelt's African Game Trails 1910ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1910 Lot #272 Succeeding with What You Have View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorSchwab, CharlesHeadlineCharles Schwab on success in businessPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1917 Lot #274 Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorSitgreaves, LorenzoHeadlineExpedition Down the Zuni & Colorado, 1854PublisherBeverly Tucker, Senate PrinterDate Published1854 Lot #282 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 Taylor's Eldorado, 1850PublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 Lot #297 Constitution of the State of Deseret, with Accompanying Memorial to Congress. Adopted March 2, 1872. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Utah)HeadlineConstitution of the State of Deseret 1872PublisherDeseret News Book and Job EstablishmentDate Published1872 Lot #314 Travels in Malta and Sicily with Sketches of Gibraltar in MDCCCXXVII View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBigelow, AndrewHeadlineBigelow's Travels in Malta and Sicily, 1831PublisherCarter, Hendee& BabcockDate Published1831 Lot #315 The Missionary Gazetteer, Comprising a View of the Inhabitants, and a Geographical Description of the Countries and Places, Where Protestant Missionaries have Labored; Alphabetically Arranged, and so Constructed as to Give a Particular and General History of Missions Throughout the World... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorChapin, WalterHeadlineGlobal history of Protestant missionaries, 1825PublisherPrinted by David WatsonDate Published1825 Lot #318 Voyage dans l'Hemisphere Austral et Autour du Monde, Fait sur les Vaisseaux de Roi, l'Aventure, & la Resolution, en 1772, 1773, 1774, & 1775... [with] Observations faites, Pendant le Second Voyage de M. Cook... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorCook, Captain JamesHeadlineCook's second voyage in French w/ Forster's vol.PublisherHotel de ThouDate Published1778-1785 Lot #319 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere, to Determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Aisia; and the Practicability of a Norther Passage to Europe. Performed Under the Direction of Captains, Cook, Clerk, and Gore, in his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery. In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorCook, James & James KingHeadlineRare octavo edition of Cooks 3rd voyagePublisherA. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. CadellDate Published1785 Lot #320 The History of Greenland: Including an Account of the Mission Carried on by the United Brethren in that Country View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCrantz, DavidHeadlineCrantz's History of Greenland, 1820PublisherLongman, Hurst, et alDate Published1820 Lot #321 An Account of the Diseases of India, as they Appeared in the English Fleet, and in the Naval Hospital at Madras, in 1782 and 1783; With Observations of Ulcers, and the Hospital Sores of that Country, &c. &c. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorCurtis, CharlesHeadlineEarly 19th c. work on diseases in IndiaPublisherPrinted for W. Laing; and Logman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, and J. MurrayDate Published1807 Lot #324 Walks through Bath, Describing Every Thing Worthy of Interest Connected with the Public Buildings, the Rooms, Crescents, Theatre, Concerts, Baths, its Literature,... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEgan, PierceHeadlinePierce Egan's 1819 guide to Bath EnglandPublisherMeylar and Son et al.Date Published1819 Lot #325 From the Cape to Cairo: The First Traverse of Africa from South to North View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorGrogan, Ewart S. and Arthur H. SharpHeadlineFrom Cape to Cairo by ES Grogan & AH SharpPublisherHurst and BlackettDate Published1900 Lot #326 Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca or a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels. Consisting of above Six Hundred of the Most Authentic Writers...Containing What Ever Has Been Observed Worthy of Notice in Europe, Asia, Africa & America...to Which is Prefixed a Copious Introduction, Comprehending the Rise & Progress of the Art of Navigation...Now Carefully Revised...Including Particular Accounts of the Manufactures and Commerce of Each Country. View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorHarris, JohnHeadlineHarris, Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, 1744PublisherPrinted for T. Woodward et alDate Published1744 Lot #329 Travels From Berlin, Through Switzerland, to Paris, in the year 1804 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorKotzebue, Augustus vonHeadlineAugustus von Kotzebue's european travels, 1804PublisherRichard PhillipsDate Published1805 Lot #330 The Voyage of La Pérouse round the World, in the years 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorLa Pérouse, Jean Francois Galaup deHeadlineLa Pérouse in English 1798 3 vols. Z80PublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1798 Lot #331 The Voyage of Italy, or Compleat Journey through Italy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorLassels, RichardHeadlineRichard Lassels' Voyage of Italy, 1670PublisherJohn StarkeyDate Published1670 Lot #332 Journals of Landscape Painter in Southern Calabria View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorLear, EdwardHeadlineLear's Southern Calabria inscribedPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1852 Lot #334 Rome et ses Environs: Avec une Description Générale Trés-Exacte de tous ses Monuments Anciens View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorManazzale, AndréHeadline1803 Guide to RomeDate Published1803 Lot #335 Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilization View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMead, MargaretHeadlineSigned copy of Margaret Mead's SamoaPublisherBlue Ribbon BooksDate Published[1932] Lot #336 Voyage pittoresque dans les Pyrénées françaises et les départements adjacents View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Melling, Antoine-Ignace)AuthorJoseph-Antoine CerviniHeadlineFolio plate book of the PyreneesPublisherChez l'auteur et chez Treuttel et WurtzDate Published1826-1830 Lot #337 Court Minstrels Programme View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Minstrels)HeadlineEnglish Minstrelsy broadsidePublisherStafford Co.Date Publishedc. 1890 Lot #342 The Beauties of the Bosphorus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPardoe, [Julia]HeadlinePardoe, Beauties of the BosphorusPublisherVirtue and Co.Date Published[1838] Lot #343 Nearest the Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPeary, R.E.HeadlineR.E. Peary Nearest the Pole 1st EditionPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1907 Lot #346 Explanation and Answer to Mr. Braithwaite's Supplement View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorRoss, JohnHeadlineJohn Ross' ongoing feud over failed expeditionPublisherA.W. WebsterDate Published[1835] Lot #347 A Voyage Round the World: Including an Embassy to the Muscat and Siam, in 1835, 1836, and 1837 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorRuschenberger, W. S. W.HeadlineRuschenberger, Voyage Round the World 1stPublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1838 Lot #348 Voyages dans les Alpes, Précédés d'un Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Environs de Genève View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorSaussure, Horace-Bénedict deHeadlineWith Saussure in the Alps, 1780-1796PublisherChez Samuel Fauche; Barde, Manget & Cie; Chez Louis Fauche-BorelDate Published1780-1796 Lot #349 Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route: With a Trip to the Orkneys and Hebrides View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Scotland)AuthorHall, JamesHeadlineTravels in Scotland 1807PublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1807 Lot #353 Letters from Italy Between the Years 1792 and 1798, Containing a View of the Revolution in That Country, from the Capture of Nice by the French Republic to the Expulsion of Pius VI View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorStarke, MarianaHeadlineMariana Starke's Letters from Italy, 1800PublisherR. PhillipsDate Published1800 Lot #354 Congo Natives: An Ethnographic Album View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorStarr, FrederickHeadlineCongo Natives 1912 - 130 photo platesPublisher[Lakeside Press]Date Published1912 Lot #355 Annals and Antiquities of Rajast'han, or the Central and Western Rajpoot States View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorTod, JamesHeadlineAnnals and Antiquities of Rajast'hanPublisherHigginbotham and CoDate Published1880 Lot #357 Romantic China: An album containing forty-two photographic studies of China's Historic Monuments and Charming Beauty Spots complete with descriptive and historical notes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorWhite BrothersHeadlineRomantic China, signed by J. Henry WhitePublisherBrowhite ArtsDate Published[1930] Lot #358 A Narrative of Missionary Enterprises in the South Sea Islands View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWilliams, JohnHeadlineWith Rev. Williams in the South Seas, 1837PublisherJohn SnowDate Published1837 Lot #388 L'Atlas Curieux ou le Monde Réprésente dans des Cartes Générales et Particuliéres du Ciel et de la Terre... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDe Fer, NicolasHeadlineNicolas de Fer's Curious Atlas 1705PublisherChez l'AuteurDate Published1705 Lot #405 Explorations and Surveys for a Rail Road... Routes near the 47th and 49th Parallels, Milk R. to the Crossing of the Columbia R... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorStevens, Isaac IngallsHeadlineRailroad Survey Map near 47th-49th parallelsDate Published1860 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next