Sale 681: Americana, Travel, Cartography, the Mexican War - with Material from the Warren Heckrotte Collection (#681) 08/22/2019 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 08/22/2019 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 1-62 of 62. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Yosemite and the Range of Light View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineSigned by Ansel Adams, 1st EditionPublisherNew York Graphic SocietyDate Published1979 Lot #4 Massachusetts Governor urges President Lincoln to aid heroic Black soldiers of the “Glory” Regiment View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(African American – Civil War, 1864)AuthorAndrew, John A.Headline1864 Mass. Governor urges Lincoln to aid Black troops in the Union ArmyDate PublishedMay 12, 1864 Lot #6 Behind the Scenes. Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorKeckley, ElizabethHeadlineElizabeth Keckley Behind the Scenes 1868PublisherG.W. CarletonDate Published1868 Lot #7 Liberty To The Captives! Special Collection, For The Liberated Slaves In America To Be Made On Sunday, 8th October, 1865, At The Brunswick Street Wesleyan Sabbath School. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(African American)HeadlineMethodist Church and slavery 1865PublisherClarson, Shallard and Co. PrintersDate Published1865 Lot #8 A Defense of Southern Slavery. Against the attacks of Henry Clay and Alex'r. Campbell View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorA Southern Clergyman [L. Brookes, Iveson]HeadlineA Defense of Southern Slavery 1851PublisherRobinson and CarlisleDate Published1851 Lot #9 Alabama widow's Letter to her lawyer about slave mistreatment View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(African American, 1840s)AuthorMcClung, M[argaret]Headline1849 Alabama widow's letter condemning slave punishmentDate Publishedca. 1849 Lot #10 Letter about NY execution of a Black man for murdering a white after racist insult View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1849)AuthorJacob, WilliamHeadline1849 NY execution of a Black man for murdering a white after racist insultDate PublishedAug. 12, 1849 Lot #11 Pioneering New York Black Doctor immigrates to Liberia on the eve of Civil War - Letter View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorDunbar, (Dr.) Charles [Benjamin]Headline1860 Pioneering NY Black Dr. immigrates to Liberia on the eve of Civil WarDate PublishedFeb. 27, 1861 Lot #16 Letter by James DeNoon Reymert's nephew and law partner View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Arizona mining - Los Angeles Judge)AuthorReymert, TheodorHeadlineExpose letter about Arizona silver baron and Los Angeles judgeDate PublishedSept. 28, 1891 Lot #19 Liftoff: The Story of America's Adventure in Space View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins)AuthorCollins, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin & Michael CollinsPublisherGrove PressDate Published[1988] Lot #21 Reports of the First, Second, and Third Meetings of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, at Philadelphia, in 1840 and 1841, and at Boston, in 1842. Embracing Its Proceedings and Transactions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Association of American Geologists and Naturalists)HeadlineMeetings Geologists and Naturalists, 1840 and 1841PublisherGould, Kendall & LincolnDate Published1843 Lot #25 The Big Book of Barris View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBarris, George and David FetherstonHeadlineSigned by George BarrisPublisherEaston PressDate Published2003 Lot #28 Hygiene for Base Ball Players View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Baseball)AuthorLeuf, A.H.P.HeadlineHygiene for Base Ball Players, 1888PublisherA.J. Reach & Co.Date Published1888 Lot #37 Helldorado: Bringing the Law to the Mesquite View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorBreakenridge, William M.HeadlineSigned by William M. BreakenridgePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #52 Manuscript ledger of the Napa County, California, justice docket, recording in detail hundreds of cases heart by the court View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(California - Napa County)HeadlineDocket record of Napa County court, 1883-5Date Published1883-1885 Lot #56 Ledger of "Delinquent Taxes Petaluma Road District 1873-74 & 1874-75 & 1875 & 1876" (from ms. label on front cover) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Petaluma)HeadlineTax delinquents of Petaluma, California, 1870'sDate Published1873-1876 Lot #57 Manuscript ledger for "Petaluma Township" tax rolls listing real property, livestock, cash on hand, and other assets View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(California - Petaluma)HeadlineTax rolls of Petaluma, California, c.1852Date Publishedc.1852 Lot #63 Letter from H.H. McKinstry in Two Rock Valley, Sonoma County, California, to his brother back east, describing life in California, primarily the agricultural bounty View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sonoma County)AuthorMcKinstry, Henry HarrisonHeadlineLetter from Sonoma County, 1862Date PublishedFE. 16, 1862 Lot #65 Future President’s brother chases Indians in California – 1859 “Overland Mail” letter View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California – Indian Wars)AuthorHarrison, J. ScottHeadlineBenjamin Harrison's brother chases California IndiansDate PublishedAug. 25, 1859 Lot #71 Americans in Canada troubled by anti-British rebellions - Letter View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Canada – 1838 rebellion)AuthorTownsend, AsahelHeadlineAmericans in Canada and anti-British rebellions - 1838 LetterDate PublishedJune 13, 1838 Lot #76 An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, Being an Introduction to the Study of These Sciences, and Designed for the Use of Pupils, - For Persons, Attending Lectures on These Subjects, - and as a Companion for Travellers in the United States of America View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCleaveland, ParkerHeadlineAn Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology 1822PublisherCummings & HilliardDate Published1822 Lot #80 Report On The Geology And Resources Of The Black Hills Of Dakota View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Dakota)HeadlineReport On The Geology Of The Black Hills Of Dakota 1880PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1880 Lot #81 Corals and Coral Islands View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDana, James D.HeadlineCorals and Coral Islands 1874PublisherDodd & MeadDate Published1874 Lot #113 Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorGilbert, G.K.HeadlineReport on the Geology of the Henry MountainsPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1880 Lot #117 Stolen Kisses View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGriswold, Frank GrayHeadlineStolen Kisses by Frank G Griswold, signed 1914PublisherPrivately printed by the Plimpton PressDate Published1914 Lot #123 Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: A Report of Progress of the Exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the Year 1878. Part II View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorHayden, Ferdinand V.HeadlineHayden's reports on YellowstonePublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1883 Lot #127 Archive of some 47 stampless folded letters & 133 covers without letters (but addressed with stamps & postmarks), sent to members of the Hunt family of Providence, Rhode Island View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Hunt-Metcalf Correspondence)HeadlineHunt-Metcalf correspondence with letters & stamped envelopesDate Publishedc.1835-1875 Lot #136 Uncle Bill: A Tale of Two Kids and a Cowboy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJames, WillHeadlineSigned by Will JamesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 Lot #142 Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. Volume II: Descriptive Geology View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(King, Clarence)AuthorHague, Arnold & S.F. Simmons. Clarence King, Geologist in ChargeHeadlineReport of the Geological Exploration of the 40thPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1877 Lot #143 Microscopical Petrography. United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel Volume VI View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(King, Clarence)AuthorZirkel, FerdinandHeadlineMicroscopical Petrography 1876PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1876 Lot #150 Two issues of The Kourier: The Magazine of Americanism View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Ku Klux Klan)HeadlineTwo issues of Ku Klux Klan KourierPublisherKnights of the Ku Klux Klan, IncorporatedDate Published1930, 1933 Lot #153 The King Ranch View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorLea, TomHeadlineTom Lea's King Ranch, Saddle Blanket EditionPublisherPrinted for the King RanchDate Published[1957] Lot #163 Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts: In Four Parts: I. Economical Geology. II. Scenographical Geology. II. Scientific Geology. IV. Elementary Geology View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Massachusetts)HeadlineFinal Report on the Geology of Massachusetts 1841PublisherJ.S. & C. AdamsDate Published1841 Lot #165 One More Mountain: The Story of Henry A. Meiggs (1811-1877) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Meiggs, Henry A.)AuthorSkaar, SvenHeadlineCarbon typescript Story of Henry A. MeiggsDate PublishedNo date Lot #169 Document signed by Porfirio Dias, granting gold and silver mining rights in Sinaloa to Charles E. Parlin (?). View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorDiaz, PorfirioHeadlinePorfirio Diaz signs away Mexican mining rights, 1906Date Published1906 Lot #170 Document relating to the case of two brothers, one of whom stole the wealth of the other - signed by the Viceroy of New Spain View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineSibling theft case signed by Viceroy of New Spain 1790Date Published1790 Lot #171 Letter from Agustin Medrano, a father of the parish of Itztacalco, to the Archbishop of Mexico, bemoaning the fact that the graveyards are full View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMexico graveyards are full, 1797Date Published1797 Lot #179 Manuscript list of announcements that were gave by Nicolas de la Cruz, “indio ladino pregonero” (an Indian who gave public announcements in the streets). View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlinePublic announcements in Puebla town square, 1711Date Published1711 Lot #183 "Muerte de Indio Borracho" (Death of a drunk Indian) - court document View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineGrandfather dies of drink in 1791 MexicoDate Published1791 Lot #193 Arts and Crafts of the Totem Indians View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Native American)AuthorTozier, D.F.HeadlineSigned by collector F.T. TozierPublisher[Central News Co.Date Published[1900's] Lot #196 Final Report on the Geology and Mineralogy of the State of New Hampshire; With Contributions Towards the Improvement of Agriculture and Metallurgy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(New Hampshire)AuthorJackson, Charles T.HeadlineReport on the Geology and Mineralogy of New HampshirePublisherCarroll & Baker, State PrintersDate Published1844 Lot #197 Geology of New York. Part IV. Comprising the Survey of the Fourth Geological District View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(New York - Natural History)AuthorHall, JamesHeadlineGeology of New York. Part IV 1843PublisherCarroll and CookDate Published1843 Lot #208 The Geology of Pennsylvania. A Government Survey View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Pennsylvania)AuthorRogers, Henry DarwinHeadlineThe Geology of Pennsylvania 1858PublisherJ.B. Lippincott [and] W. Blackwood and SonsDate Published1858 Lot #213 Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, With a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPowell, John WesleyHeadlineLands of the Arid Region of the United States 1879PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1879 Lot #222 Signed loan document, Pennsylvania 1785 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineSigned loan document, Pennsylvania 1785Date Published1785 Lot #224 Report on the Geological and Agricultural Survey of the State of Rhode Island, Made under a Resolve of Legislature in the Year 1839. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Rhode-Island)AuthorJackson, Charles THeadlineReport on the Geological Survey of Rhode Island 1840PublisherB Cranston & CoDate Published1840 Lot #247 Orders for a Navy midshipman which are signed by John D. Sloat as they were forwarded through the ranks View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Sloat, John Drake)HeadlineSigned by John D. Sloat, occupier of MontereyDate Published1849 Lot #255 Handwritten diary recording an automobile journey through the Southwest during the weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Travel Diary - California to Texas)HeadlineTrip through Southwest just after Pearl HarborDate Published1941 Lot #256 Two monographs from the U.S. Geological Survey View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(U.S. Geological Survey)HeadlineTwo monographs from the U.S. Geological SurveyPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1882-83 Lot #258 Report on the Geology of Vermont: Descriptive, Theoretical, Economical and Scenographical View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Vermont)AuthorHitchcock, Edward et al.HeadlineReport on the Geology of Vermont 2 vols. 1861PublisherClaremont Manufacturing Comp.Date Published1861 Lot #262 Five letters written to William Graves descriptive of the War of 1812 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(War of 1812)HeadlineLetters to Russia discussing War of 1812Date Published1813 & 1815 Lot #263 US diplomatic document warning of British misinterpretation of American resolve to go to war View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(War of 1812)AuthorRussell, JonathanHeadline1812 Important US diplomatic document predicting war with EnglandDate PublishedMarch 23, 1812 Lot #265 Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster Upon the Subject of Slavery: Delivered in the United States Senate on Thursday, March 7, 1850. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorWebster, DanielHeadlineSpeech of the Hon. Daniel Webster Upon the Subject of Slavery 1850PublisherHotchkiss and CompanyDate Published1850 Lot #287 Fifteen documents relating to the manumission or freeing of slaves in Cuba, both male and female View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineArchive of Cuban slave manumission documents 1864-9Date Published1864-1869 Lot #288 Twenty manuscript documents recording the deaths of slaves in Cuba, mostly of African origin View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineRecords of slave deaths in Cuba, 1840's-'50'sDate Publishedc.1840's-1850's Lot #289 Archive of documents relating to legal difficulties of a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineChinese indentured servant in Cuba faces legal troubles 1877Date Published1877 Lot #290 Manuscript document relating to a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineChinese indentured servant in CubaDate Published1881 Lot #304 Man and Nature; or Physical Geography as Modified By Human Action View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMarsh, George P.HeadlineGeorge P. Marsh Man and Nature 1867PublisherCharles Scribner & Co.Date Published1867 Lot #430 Document signed by Antonio López de Santa Anna as President of Mexico View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Santa Anna, Antonio López de)HeadlineDocument signed by Santa AnnaDate PublishedJuly29, 1847 Lot #509 Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Presidents)AuthorClinton, BillHeadlineBill Clinton Giving Signed BookPublisherKnopfDate Published2007 Lot #519 The Tuskegee Aviation Experiment and Tuskegee Airmen 1939 - 1949: America's Black Air Force for World War II View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Tuskegee Airmen)AuthorGillead, Le Roy F.HeadlineSigned by two Tuskegee AirmenDate Published1994 Lot #520 The Tuskegee Experiment and Tuskegee Airmen 1939 - 1949: Establishing America's Black Air Force for WWII View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Tuskegee Airmen)AuthorGillead, Le Roy F.HeadlineSigned by six Tuskegee AirmenPublisherLe Roy F. GilleadDate Published1994 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next