Sale 618: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#618) 06/29/2017 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/29/2017 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-38 of 38. Previous|1|Next Lot #13 Two books by Buzz Aldrin, each signed AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineTwo signed by moon astronaut Buzz AldrinDate Published2005 & 2009 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #14 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, Edwin E. "Buzz"HeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #17 American Mechanics' Magazine, Vol. II Heading(American Mechanics' Magazine)HeadlineAmerican Mechanics' Magazine, Vol. II 1826PublisherC.S. WilliamsDate Published1826 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #26 Handwritten manuscript by Harold Agnew, American physicist who flew as an observer on the Hiroshima bombing mission, relating the mission and events leading up to it Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorAgnew, HaroldHeadlineMs. account of dropping of 1st atomic bombDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #27 Manuscript by Ralph Belanger, flight engineer aboard the observation plane on the Nagasaki bombing mission, describing the events and his role Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorBelanger, Ralph D.HeadlineMs. observations of Nagasaki atomic bombDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #29 Five volumes relating to the atomic bomb, aviation and politics, one with signatures of A-Bomb interest Heading(Atomic Bomb)HeadlineFive on atomic bomb & related subjectsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #30 Four items signed by aviators on the planes that dropped the bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki Heading(Atomic Bomb)HeadlineAutographs of Atomic Bomb aviatorsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #31 Four photographs signed by crew members of supporting aircraft during the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombing missions Heading(Atomic Bomb)HeadlineSigned photos of atomic bomb planesDate PublishedNo dates View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #32 Four photographs signed by crew members of the "Bockscar" on the Nagasaki bombing mission Heading(Atomic Bomb)HeadlineSigned by Nagasaki atomic bomb crew membersDate PublishedNo dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #33 Four volumes on the development of the Atomic Bomb and its effects Heading(Atomic Bomb)HeadlineDevelopment and effects of the Atomic BombDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #34 Photograph signed by General Leslie R. Groves, along with an initialed note Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorGroves, Leslie R.HeadlineManattan Project director General Leslie GrovesDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #35 Manuscript by Morris Jeppson, assistant weapons officer aboard the Enola Gay on the Hiroshima bombing mission, describing the mission and his part in it Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorJeppson, Morris R.HeadlineMs. account of dropping bomb on HiroshimaDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #36 Scale model of the "Little Boy" atomic bomb, signed by Paul Tibbets and two other Enola Gay crew members Heading(Atomic Bomb)HeadlineAtomic bomb replica signed by Enola Gay crew membersDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #37 Seven photographs signed by various crew members of the "Enola Gay" on the Hiroshima bombing mission Heading(Atomic Bomb)HeadlinePhotographs signed by Enola Gay crew membersDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #38 A General Account of the Development of Methods of Using Atomic Energy for Military Purposes under the Auspices of the United States Government 1940-1945 Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorSmyth, H.D.HeadlineOfficial account of atomic bomb projectPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1945 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #39 Letter from Edward Teller, responding to questions about the Atomic and Hydrogen bombs, plus a signed photograph Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorTeller, EdwardHeadlineLetter & signed photo from H-bomb father Edward TellerDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #40 Trinitite relic from first atomic bomb blast, plus earth from near ground zero at Nagasaki, and a Manhattan Project embroidered cotton patch Heading(Atomic Bomb)HeadlineEarth samples from two atomic bomb blastsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #41 Two volumes with long signed inscriptions by Theodore J. "Dutch" Van Kirk, navigator on the Enola Gay during the Hiroshima mission Heading(Atomic Bomb)HeadlineTwo inscribed by Hiroshima navigator Dutch Van KirkDate Published1945 & [1946] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #42 Letter from Capt. Theodore J. Van Kirk, navigator on the Enola Gay during the atomic bomb mission against Hiroshima, describing the dropping of the bomb Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorVan Kirk, Theodore J. "Dutch"HeadlineDutch Van Kirk describes dropping atomic bombDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #46 Panoramic silver photograph comprised of five individual images of the dirigible Graf Zeppelin when docked at Lakehurst, New Jersey Heading(Aviation - lighter than air)AuthorMetz, H.HeadlinePhotos of the Graf ZeppelinDate Published1928 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #47 Aeronautics. Second annual report of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics together with the message of the President of the United States transmitting the report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1916. December 6, 1916. -- Read; referred to the Committee on Naval Affairs and ordered to be printed, with illustrations Heading(Aviation)HeadlineState of U.S. Aeronautics 1916PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1917 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #48 Official Program and Log International Air Races, Gordon Bennett Balloon Race, Curtiss-Wright-Reynolds Airport Chicago, September 1 to 4, 1933 Heading(Aviation)HeadlineChicago air races program 1933Date Published1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #54 An Introductory Lecture Delivered at the Massachusetts Medical College, November 6th, 1849 AuthorBigelow, Henry J.HeadlineIntroductory lecture for Harvard Medical School in 1850PublisherDavid ClappDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #55 American Medical Botany, being a collection of the Native Medical Plants of the United States, containing their Botanical History and Chemical Analysis, and properties and uses in Medicine, Diet, and the Arts AuthorBigelow, JacobHeadlineFirst American books with color printed platesPublisherCummings and HilliardDate Published1817-1820 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #129 Archive of photographs and printed materials relating to ferris wheels produced by the Eli Bridge Company of Jacksonville, Illinois Heading(Ferris Wheels)HeadlineFerris Wheel archive of Big Eli Co.Date Published1920's View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #130 Double-sided promotional poster for the Eli Bridge Co., manufacturers of the "Big Eli" ferris wheel Heading(Ferris Wheels)HeadlinePoster advertising "Big Eli" ferris wheels 1916Date Publishedc.1916 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #138 Catalogue of the Speer Gas Machine Mfg Co.... Manufacturers of the Speer Automatic Gasoline Gas Machine for Home Lighting... Heading(Gas Machines)HeadlineMake your own gas for lighting and heatingPublisherC.M. Mead Printing Co.Date Publishedc.1905 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #160 Letter from Charles Lindbergh to William Randolph Hearst, requesting that he curtail efforts to raise money from children for a gift to Lindbergh Heading(Hearst Archive)AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineLindbergh writes to Hearst rejecting money from childrenDate Published[c.1928-9] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #161 Letter from Charles Lindbergh to William Randolph Hearst, thanking him for hospitality and the gift of two silver globes Heading(Hearst Archive)AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineLindbergh writes thank you letter to W.R. HearstDate PublishedAugust 19, 1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #162 Letter from Charles Lindbergh to William Randolph, thanking him for hospitality, and offering him a future flight in an airplane Heading(Hearst Archive)AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineLindbergh writes to Hearst, offers plane rideDate PublishedSeptember 29, 1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #187 The Spirit of St. Louis AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineInscribed by Charles Lindbergh to Admiral D.B. DuncanPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1953 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #243 "Early Bird" - original oil painting on wood panel. AuthorSloane, EricHeadlineEric Sloane painting of biplane in the cloudsDate Publishedc.1940's View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #272 Balloon Ascensions - Europe and United States Heading(Weather Bureau)AuthorBigelow, Frank H.HeadlineEarly 20th century record of balloon ascensionsDate Published1906-1913 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #316 Report on the Cholera Epidemic of 1866 in England Heading(Cholera)Headline1866 Cholera Epidemic in EnglandPublisherGeorge E. Eyre and William SpottiswoodeDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #317 Two works on the Cholera epidemics Heading(Cholera)HeadlineTwo volumes on Cholera one with mapsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #339 Geography Anatomiz'd: or, the Geographical Grammar: Being a Short and Exact Analysis of the whole Body of Modern Geography after a New and Curious Method. Heading(Geography)AuthorGordon, PatrickHeadlineGeography Anatomiz'd w/16 maps 1704PublisherPrinted for S. and J. SprintDate Published1704 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #353 Six volumes from The Naturalist's Library on ichthyology AuthorJardine, William, editorHeadlineSix volumes from the The Naturalist's LibraryPublisherW.H.Lizars and Henry H. BohnDate Published1852-54 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #433 Reports of the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Showing the Progress of the Work During the Fiscal Years Ending with June, 1883 and 1884 Heading(U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey)HeadlineU.S. Coast and Geodetic Surveys 1883-84PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1884 and 1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next