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