Sale 841: Elite Americana, Travel & Exploration, Natural History, and Cartography - A PBA Platinum Auction (#841) 07/03/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/03/2025 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 1-35 of 35. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'Indépendance aux Etats unis de l'Amérique View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)HeadlineWith Washington and Lafayette manuscriptsProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherNicholas Ponce and Francois GodefroyDate Publishedc.1784 Lot #5 Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection, Exhibiting all the New Discoveries to the present Time with the Tracks of the most distinguished Navigators since the Year 1700 carefully collected from the Best Charts, Maps, Voyages, &c. Extent, and regulated from the accurate Astronomical Observations made in three Voyages Performed under the Command of Captn. James Cook in the Years 1768, 69, 70, 71,__72, 73, 74, 75,__76, 77, 78, 79, & 1780 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorArrowsmith, AaronHeadlineArrowsmith's World, Mercator's Projection c.1800ProvenanceThe Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee CollectionPublisherA. ArrowsmithDate Published1790-[but c.1800] Lot #9 A Reply to General Joseph Reed's Remarks, on a Late Publication in the Independent Gazetteer, With some Observations on his Address to the People of Pennsylvania View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Author[Cadwalader, John]HeadlineCadwalader's reply to General Joseph Reed, 1783ProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherT. BradfordDate Published1783 Lot #10 Archive of items relating to the Mandarin Theater View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - Chinese)HeadlineArchive of 1940s Chinese theater in SFDate Published1930-1947 Lot #11 Coleccion de los principales trabajos en que se ha ocupado la junta nombrada para meditar y proponer al Supremo Gobierno los medios mas necesarios para promover el progreso de la cultura y civilizacion de los territorios de la Alta de la Baja California View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(California - Junta de Fomento de Californias)HeadlineProposals of the Junta de Fomento de Californias, 1827PublisherMariano ArevaloDate Published1827 Lot #12 Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$37,500StatusSold AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineCatlin's N. American Indian Portfolio FolioPublisherGeo. CatlinDate Published1844 Lot #13 Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians... Written during Eight Years' Travel amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, in 1832, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineRobert Hoe's copy of Catlin's American IndiansProvenanceRobert and Arthur Hoe's bookplatesPublisherPublished by the Author, at the Egyptian HallDate Published1841 Lot #14 An Enquiry into the Conduct of General Putnam, In Relation to the Battle of Bunker, or Breed's Hill: And Remarks upon Mr. S. Swett's Sketch of that Battle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Child, David Lee]HeadlineEnquiry into the conduct of General Putnam, 1819ProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherThomas G. BangsDate Published1819 Lot #16 Romance of the Bosphorus View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)AuthorNeave, Dorina LadyHeadlineDedicated and inscribed to Winston ChurchillProvenanceWinston S. ChurchillPublisherHutchinson and CompanyDate Published1949 Lot #17 Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, Held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold Heading(Congress)HeadlineJournal Proceedings of Congress 1774 first issueProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherPrinted by William and Thomas BradfordDate Published1774 Lot #18 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by 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 Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern 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$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorCook, James and James KingHeadlineCook's Third Voyage 1784PublisherPrinted by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol...and T. CadellDate Published1784 Lot #19 A Collection of Voyages Round the World: Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages,... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorAnderson, George WilliamHeadlineCooks Voyages, with 159 plates, charts, mapsPublisherA. Millar, W. Law, and R. CarterDate Published1790 Lot #21 Andre: A Tragedy, in Five Acts View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Author[Dunlop, William]HeadlineAndre: A Tragedy finely boundPublisherT.&J. SwordsDate Published1798 Lot #24 California: Its Past History; Its Present Position; Its Future Prospects: Containing a History of the Country from Its Colonization to the Present Time...and a Minute and Authentic Narrative of the Discovery of the Gold Region... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Author[Fleming, G.A.]HeadlineCalifornia gold guide, color plates, 1850PublisherPrinted for the ProprietorsDate Published1850 Lot #25 Cannon's Procedure in the House of Representatives - 80th Congress, 2nd Session, House Document No. 731 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Ford, Gerald)AuthorCannon, ClarenceHeadlineThe Book That Got Ford the PresidencyPublisherUnited States Government Printing OfficeDate Published1948 Lot #26 Autograph letter signed from Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$28,125StatusSold AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Franklin ALS to William Strahan, 1762ProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)Date Published1762 Lot #28 Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca. Or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels. Consisting of above Six Hundred of the Most Authentic Writers...Containing Whatever 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$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorHarris, JohnHeadlineHarris, Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, 2nd ed.ProvenanceThe Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Woodward et alDate Published1744; 1748 Lot #31 Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America, From Canada to Vancouver's Island and Oregon Through the Hudson's Bay Company's Territory and Back Again View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorKane, PaulHeadlineKane's Wanderings with 8 lithos of Native AmericansPublisherLongman, Brown, et al.Date Published1859 Lot #32 Atlas Pour L'Abrégé des Voyages View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorLa Harpe, Jean-François deHeadlineLa Harpe's Atlas Pour L'Abrégé des Voyages, [1780]ProvenanceThe Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee CollectionPublisherChez MoutardierDate Published[1780] Lot #33 A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States from the Mouth of the River Missouri through the Interior Parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean During the Years 1804, 1805 & 1806.] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark)AuthorGass, PatrickHeadlineFirst Edition of First account of Lewis & ClarkPublisherPrinted by Zadock Cramer for David M'KeehanDate Published1807 Lot #34 Voyages From Montreal on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade in that Country View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorMackenzie, AlexanderHeadlineMackenzie's Voyages from Montreal 1801PublisherT. Cadell and W. Davies, et al.Date Published1801 Lot #35 Four original photographs of the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. refinery in Mexico View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico - Oil)HeadlineWaters-Pierce Oil Co. photographsDate Published[c.1900] Lot #38 The Commercial and Political Atlas... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorPlayfair, WilliamHeadlinePlayfair, the inventor of the pie graphProvenanceThe Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee CollectionPublisherJ. WallisDate Published1801 Lot #39 A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold AuthorPortlock, NathanielHeadlinePortlock's Voyage Round the World 1789PublisherPrinted for John Stockdale and George GouldingDate Published1789 Lot #40 The Association, &c. of the Delegates of the Colonies, at the Grand Congress, Held at Philadelphia, Sept. 1 1774... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Rivington, James, publisher?)AuthorBob Jingle, Esq. [pseud.]Headline"Bob Jingle" lampoons the Continental Congress, 1774ProvenanceEdwin B. Holden (1861-1906); William Henry Crocker (1861-1937)Date Published1774 Lot #41 A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the South-Seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorRogers, WoodesHeadlineSource for Robinson CrusoePublisherAndrew BellDate Published1718 Lot #43 Nova Tabula Geographica Imperii Russici in Guberno Divisi Edita 1787 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Russia)HeadlineMap of Russia showing Alaskan coast, 1787ProvenanceThe Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee CollectionDate Published1787 Lot #44 Petri Schenkii Hecatompolis, sive Totius orbis Terrarum Oppida Nobiliora Centum; Exquisite Collecta atque Eleganter Depicta View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorSchenk, PieterHeadlineSpectacular and rare engravings of 17th c. citiesProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)Publisher[P. Schenk]Date Published1702 Lot #46 A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea, Perform'd in the Years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London, of 24 Guns and 100 Men, (under His Majesty's Commission to cruize on the Spaniards in the late War with the Spanish Crown) till she was cast away on the Island of Juan Fernandes, in May 1720; and afterwards continu'd in the Recovery, the Jesus Maria and Sacra Familia, &c. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorShelvocke, GeorgeHeadlineShelvocke's Voyage Round the World 1726PublisherPrinted for J. Senex; W. and J. Innys, J. Osborn and T. LongmanDate Published1736 Lot #47 Eight offprints from The Geographical Journal View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorStein, AurelHeadline4 presentation offprints from Sir Aurel SteinDate Published1916-42 Lot #49 Early Western Travels, 1748-1846 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorThwaites, Reuben Gold, editorHeadlineEarly Western Travels, 1748-1846 1 of 750 setsPublisherAthur H. ClarkDate Published1904-1907 Lot #51 Western America, Including California and Oregon with Maps of Those Regions, and of "The Sacramento Valley" View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineWilkes' Western America with maps 1849PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1849 Lot #52 The History of Oregon, Geographical and Political... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorWilkes, GeorgeHeadlineWilkes' History of Oregon 1845 with mapPublisherWilliam H. ColyerDate Published1845 Lot #54 Three articles by János Xántus on travels in the Americas View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorXántus, JánosHeadline3 articles by Janos Xantus on American travelsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1887-1888 Lot #55 Collection of blueprints and photographs documenting the production of The Right Stuff film, with Chuck Yeager autographs and correspondence View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(Yeager, Chuck)HeadlineChuck Yeager & The Right Stuff collectionDate Published1982-1983 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next