Dorothy Sloan -- Rare Books

Pocket maps, with a few case maps thrown in. Click for listing of maps in Auction 23
Early, Excessively Rare, Large-Scale Map of San Francisco With Vignettes of Landmarks & Architecture Click for full description with images	Americana: High Spots of Texas, the West, Mexico & the Borderlands Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps, Photography, Prints & Ephemera Auction 23 Prices Realized Auction Schedule: Thursday, April 4, 2013: Session 1: 10:00 a.m. CDT, Lots 1-150 Session 2: 2:00 p.m. CDT, Lots 151-300 Friday, April 5, 2013: Session 3: 10:00 a.m. CDT, Lots 301-450 Session 4: 2:00 p.m. CDT, Lots 451-end Exhibition: Tuesday & Wednesday, April 2 & 3, 2013 10 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. CST 102 W. Tarrant Street Llano, Texas 78643 Click for Auction 23 Abstracts, Detailed Item Descriptions, and Illustrations Auction 23 Flipbook Download complete catalogue: [ PDF] [Microsoft Word] Download abstracts: [PDF] Search Auction 23 Catalogue: Tip: To search for an exact phrase, put your search terms in “double quotes.”	“The most beautiful & generally interesting of Humboldt’s works” (Sabin) With the Magnificent Chimborazo Plate after Humboldt’s 1802 Drawing Click for full description with images
The Most Spectacular of All Maps of Mexico City A Grand City on a Grand Scale Click for full description with images		Exceedingly Rare 1849 German California Gold Rush Guide & Map Die Flugschrift, die Strömen von Auswanderern den Weg nach Kalifornien wies Click for full description with images
“Classic Book on Mexico” (Streeter, Texas 1104). Aquatints & Lithos after Lady Emily Elizabeth Swinburne Ward’s Art Work Click for full description with images	“Goddard’s remarkable and beautifully designed production can properly be deemed the capstone of the gold region cartography” (Wheat) Click for full description with images	“The very best American battle scenes in existence” (Bennett) Click for full description with images
The First Scholarly Description of the Discovery and Attempted Explanation of the Meaning of the “Piedra del Sol” Click for full description with images	Transit of Venus-1769. Early Scientific Expedition to California Click for full description with images	Lady Emily Elizabeth Swinburne Ward’s Rare Plate Book Click for full description with images
“A magnificent map”—Streeter “The map was apparently quite popular and seems to have been used roughly, for few copies have survived”—Graff Exceedingly Rare Large-Scale Map of the Western Mining Frontier Click for full description with images	The First Book of Mexican Authorship Printed in Europe, with Superb Engravings Click for full description with images	Salva's Superb Copy of Missa Gothica seù Mozarabica Click for full description with images
First Italian Edition of “the most important map in American history” (Cumming) Choice Original Condition in situ with Raynal’s Influential Text Click for full description with images	Major Scientific Publication in New Spain. With Illustrated Xochicalco Supplement Click for full description with images	Count Waldeck's Voyage Pittoresque et archéologique dans la province d’Yucatan (Paris & London, 1838), a Mesoamerican classic, with an important map of Yucatan. Click for full description with images

AUCTION 23 * April 4 & 5, 2013 * Llano, Texas