Engineer and scientist, as well as earning the eventual title of General, William Emory mapped and compiled topographical details of land obtained in the New Mexico and Arizona areas, and Southern California. In Notes of a Military Reconnaissance he not only reported on the terrain, he chronicled details of Native American inhabitation of the lands and societal interactions and in addition identified plant life in these areas. This collection of extraordinary maps and descriptions of the environment was published as a first edition in 1848 (Washington) by Wendell and Van Benthuysen. The large House of Representatives issue in good condition (614 pp.) when included with the large folding map in a separate folder can sell at auction for $2200-2500. andnbsp;Second Senate issues may fetch $1500 and even mixed issues (House and Senate) can command $1000.
We collected a sample of 38 auction results of Emory, Lieut. Col. William H.'s Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers from 3 different auction houses. The lowest overall price realized in our sample was $62 and the highest overall price realized was $3286. The overall average price was $723 and the median price realized for the book was $510. There were 14 auctions (42%) with a price realized below the low estimate, 6 auctions (18%) exceeding the high estimates, and 13 auctions (39%) within the range of the low and high estimates. Auctions of interest include: a PBA sale on December 03, 2015 of a 1848 - Wendell and Van Benthuysen edition for $2040 that described as "fine or nearly so, one of the best copies [we've handled]"; a PBA sale on April 02, 2015 of a 1848 - Wendell and Van Benthuysen edition for $2400 that includes very large folding map not originally included, and a custom case; a Bonhams sale on June 27, 2006 of a 1848 - Wendell edition for $3286 that presentation inscription from Jefferson Davis dated April 16, 1848;Auction House | Auction Date | Author | Title | City | Publisher | Year | Estimate | Sale Price | Auction Page | Copies For Sale | |
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PBA | December 14, 2017 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $200-$300 | $240 | |||
Swann | September 28, 2017 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | 1848 | $120-$180 | $175 | ||||
PBA | September 21, 2017 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $700-$1000 | $420 | |||
PBA | April 20, 2017 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $500-$800 | $330 | |||
Swann | November 17, 2016 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | 1848 | $400-$600 | $406 | ||||
Bonhams | September 25, 2016 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnaissance | Washington | Wendell | 1848 | - | $150 | |||
PBA | June 16, 2016 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $1000-$1500 | $660 | |||
PBA | December 3, 2015 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $1000-$1500 | $2040 | |||
Swann | September 17, 2015 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | MRS Washington | 1848 | $500-$750 | $390 | ||||
PBA | September 3, 2015 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $400-$600 | $480 | |||
PBA | April 2, 2015 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $1000-$1500 | $2400 | |||
PBA | December 4, 2014 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $800-$1200 | $480 | |||
Bonhams | May 11, 2014 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnaissance | Washington | Wendell | 1848 | - | $225 | |||
PBA | January 16, 2014 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $250-$350 | $180 | |||
PBA | September 12, 2013 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $500-$800 | $540 | |||
PBA | January 24, 2013 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $1000-$1500 | $1020 | |||
Bonhams | August 19, 2012 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnaissance | Washington | Wendell | 1848 | - | $62 | |||
PBA | June 7, 2012 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $300-$500 | $360 | |||
Bonhams | April 14, 2012 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnaissance | Washington | Wendell | 1848 | - | $750 | |||
PBA | October 20, 2011 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $200-$300 | $120 | |||
PBA | April 21, 2011 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $500-$800 | $780 | |||
PBA | July 22, 2010 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $1000-$1500 | $960 | |||
PBA | July 1, 2010 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $700-$1000 | $420 | |||
PBA | March 26, 2009 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $700-$1000 | $720 | |||
Swann | June 5, 2008 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | 1848 | $400-$600 | $660 | ||||
PBA | April 17, 2008 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $1000-$1500 | $1440 | |||
PBA | October 19, 2006 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $500-$800 | $660 | |||
Bonhams | June 27, 2006 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnaissance | Washington | Wendell | 1848 | - | $3286 | |||
PBA | December 15, 2005 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $150-$250 | $96 | |||
PBA | October 20, 2005 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $700-$1000 | $1560 | |||
PBA | June 30, 2005 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $500-$800 | $390 | |||
PBA | March 10, 2005 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $400-$600 | $660 | |||
PBA | April 8, 2004 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $600-$900 | $600 | |||
PBA | December 12, 2002 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $700-$1000 | $600 | |||
Swann | October 10, 2002 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | 1848 | $500-$750 | $374 | ||||
PBA | March 14, 2002 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $600-$900 | $450 | |||
PBA | January 10, 2002 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $600-$900 | $1320 | |||
PBA | October 11, 2001 | Emory, Lieut. Col. William H. | Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers | Washington | Wendell and Van Benthuysen | 1848 | $1000-$1500 | $1080 |