Sale 800: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views (#800) 11/02/2023 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 11/02/2023 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-69 of 69. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Letter about the sale of an old slave Heading(African American, 1825)AuthorDelashmitt, SampsonHeadlineInformal sale of an old, sickly, slave in MarylandDate PublishedMarch 29, 1825 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #5 Letter about the benevolent treatment of slaves in the Danish West Indies Heading(African American, 1839)AuthorPerkins, Rev. George WilliamHeadlineConnecticut Abolitionist describes slavery in Danish West IndiesDate PublishedJan. 15, 1839 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #6 Letter by Southern slave trader and jailer, touting the going prices for slaves based on age and sex Heading(African American, 1849)AuthorLumpkin, RobertHeadlineSlaves priced by infamous slave traderDate PublishedJan. 18, 1849 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #7 Letter mentioning the danger of Copperhead violence against local Blacks Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorWilcox, GeorgeHeadlineLetter about racist Copperheads in Civil War OhioDate PublishedSept. 1, [1863?] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #8 Printed General Order No. 3, prohibiting freedmen from being defrauded by employers Heading(African American, 1865)AuthorBrown, Colonel OrlandoHeadlineFreedmen's Bureau opposes defrauding ex-slavesPublisherU.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands, Virginia HeadquartersDate Published1865 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #9 Letter about a speech by a Black minister of the Freedman’s Bureau Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorTitsworth, J. M.HeadlineBlack Freedman's minister speaks at NY Baptist CollegeDate PublishedFeb. 9, 1866 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #10 Letter from an Abolitionist Quaker to the mastermind of the post Civil War Freedmen’s Bureau Heading(African American, 1867AuthorCope, Francis R.,HeadlineReconstruction era letter to the Freedmen's BureauDate PublishedMarch 28, 1867 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #35 Register for the Hotel Hammon in Hammonton, Yuba County, California Heading(California - Hammonton, Yuba County)AuthorDay, Richard, proprietorHeadlineOriginal register from Yuba Co. hotel 1912-18Date Published1912-1918 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #50 Palace of Fine Arts and Lagoon Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorMaybeck, Bernard R.HeadlineArchitect Bernard Maybeck's only bookPublisherPaul Elder and CompanyDate Published[1915] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #73 Scrapbook of late 19th century North American travel views Heading(Canada)AuthorJenkins, AlfredHeadlineScrapbook of Canada and United States c.1875Date Publishedc.1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #77 Southern sympathizer in Missouri writes about his hopes for the state’s secession Heading(Civil War – Missouri)AuthorHowe, A.W.HeadlineLetter supporting Missouri secessionDate PublishedDecember 5, 1860 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #86 Document honoring a Chinese soldier in the "Ejercito Libertador" (liberating army) who died in action in 1897 Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese soldier dies for Cuban liberationDate Published[c.1902] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #87 File of legal documents (Expediante) regarding the formal processes that Chinese workers had to go through to obtain a second work contract Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineObtaining work permit as Chinese laborer in CubaDate Published1872 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #88 File of manuscript legal depositions from an investigation into shipboard deaths of Chinese laborers bound for Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineDeaths of Cuba-bound Chinese coolies investigatedDate Publishedc.1866 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #89 File of manuscript legal depositions from an investigation into shipboard deaths of Chinese laborers bound for Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineShipboard deaths of Cuba-bound ChineseDate Published1864 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #90 Legal file (expediante) for the restructuring and renaming of the "Society of the Casino Asiatico de Macubiges" in Matanzas, Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese Casino in Cuba renamed & reorganizedDate Published1888-1925 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #91 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date PublishedMarch 12, 1867 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusCLOSED! Lot #92 File of original documents relating to the sighting and pursuit by a British frigate of a Cuban steamship carrying African slaves - with an encrypted message from the British government Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSpanish slave ship sighted by British frigate 1864Date Published1864 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #117 The History of the Tenth Cavalry, 1866-1921 AuthorGlass, E.L.N., comp.HeadlineHistory of the Tenth Cavalry Buffalo SoldiersPublisher[Acme Printing Co.]Date Published[1921] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #127 History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry AuthorHill, Alfred J.HeadlineRegimental history, w/ account of Sioux campaignPublisherPioneer Press Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #129 Letter of European introduction for an American farmer from an eminent Scottish botanist Heading(Horticulture)AuthorLoudon, John ClaudiusHeadlineLetter of introduction from Scottish botanist J. C. LoudonDate PublishedFeb. 14, 1832 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #142 Letter by the French chronicler of Lafayette's journey to America Heading(Lafayette, Marquis de)AuthorLevasseur, Andre-Nicolas (Auguste)HeadlineFrench chronicler of Lafayette's journey to AmericaDate Published(October) 1829 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #166 Forgotten People / A Study of New Mexicans Heading(Mexican American, 1940)AuthorSanchez, George I.HeadlineInscribed classic of New Mexico socio-economicsPublisherUniv. of New Mexico PressDate Published1940 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #169 Cesar Chavez, Autobiography of La Causa Heading(Mexican American, 1975)AuthorLevy, JacquesHeadlineCesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Union, inscribedPublisherNortonDate Published1975 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #177 Document signed by Robert Morris AuthorMorris, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Morris, Founding FatherDate Published1785 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #178 The Life and Letters of John Muir Heading(Muir, John)AuthorBadè, William FredericHeadlineLife & Letters of John Muir, inscribedPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1924 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #215 Two letters from supporters of Andrew Jackson, offering rare details of early gambling on American presidential elections Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1829 - election gambling)HeadlineGambling on American presidential electionsDate Published1828-1832 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #216 Fourteen cards signed by U.S. First Ladies Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1845-1963)HeadlineFourteen cards signed by U.S. First LadiesDate Published1848-1963 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #217 An Account of the Pilgrim Celebration at Plymouth, August 1, 1853 Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1861)HeadlineBook owned by Lincoln's law partner W.H. HerndonPublisherCrosby, Nichols, and CompanyDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #218 Autograph letter signed by Mary Todd Lincoln Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1861)AuthorLincoln, Mary ToddHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Mary Todd LincolnDate Published1864 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #219 Military appointment signed by Abraham Lincoln Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1861)HeadlineMilitary appointment signed by Abraham LincolnDate Published1861 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #221 Autograph note signed by Julia D. Grant Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1869)AuthorGrant, Julia D.HeadlineJulia Grant Signed NoteDate Published1892 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #222 Fourteen signed portraits of First Ladies Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1869-1993)HeadlineFifteen signed photographs of U.S. First LadiesDate Published1869-1993 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #223 Autograph letter signed by Lucy W. Hayes Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1877)HeadlineAutograph letter signed 1st Lady Lucy W. HayesDate Published1889 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #224 Consular appointment signed by Chester Arthur Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1881)AuthorArthur, Chester A.HeadlineChester Arthur signed consular appointmentDate Published1884 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #225 Autograph note signed by Lucrecia R. Garfield Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1881)HeadlineAutograph card signed by Lucrecia R. GarfieldDate Published1881 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #226 Autograph letter signed by Frances Cleveland Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1885)HeadlineAutograph letter signed by 1st Lady, Frances ClevelandDate Published1887 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #227 Document signed by Grover Cleveland, Appointment of Postmaster Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1885)AuthorCleveland, GroverHeadlineGrover Cleveland 1897 Postmaster appointmentDate Published1897 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #228 Autograph letter signed by Caroline Harrison Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1889)AuthorHarrison, Caroline Lavinia ScottHeadlineAutograph letter signed by 1st Lady, Caroline HarrisonDate Published1889 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #229 Fourteen cards signed by U.S. Presidents Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1893-1977)HeadlineFourteen cards autographed by U.S. PresidentsDate Published1881-1977 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #230 The Naval War of 1812: The History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain... Volume II Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1901)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineT. Roosevelt presentation copy Naval War 1812PublisherThe Review of Reviews CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #231 Inscribed photograph of U.S. President William H. Taft Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1909)AuthorTaft, William H.HeadlineSigned by U.S. President William Howard TaftPublisherHarris & EwingDate Published1912 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #232 Signed photograph of Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1923)AuthorCoolidge, CalvinHeadlineSigned by Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. DawesDate Publishedc. 1923-1929 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #233 Autograph letter signed by Grace Coolidge Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1923)AuthorCoolidge, GraceHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Grace CoolidgeDate Published1927 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #234 Typed letter signed by Grace Coolidge Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1923)AuthorCoolidge, GraceHeadlineTyped letter signed by Grace CoolidgeDate Published1923 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #235 Photograph of Calvin Jr., signed and inscribed by Calvin & Grace Coolidge Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1923)HeadlineCoolidge Jr. photo signed by parents to doctorDate Publishedc.1924 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #236 Autograph letter signed by Lou Henry Hoover Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1929)AuthorHoover, Lou HenryHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Lou Henry HooverDate Published1930 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #237 The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt with a Special Introduction and Explanatory Notes by President Roosevelt Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineFDR's Papers and Addresses, Vol. 1-5PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1938 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #238 WITHDRAWN - Typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1933)HeadlineTyped letter signed by Franklin D. RooseveltDate Published1928 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #239 Autograph letter signed by Harry S. Truman Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineAutograph letter signed by Truman, Nov. 1953Date Published1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #240 Typed letter signed by Mamie Doud Eisenhower as First Lady Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1953)AuthorEisenhower, Mamie DoudHeadlineTLS by Mamie Doud Eisenhower as First LadyDate Published1954 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #241 Photograph signed by Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, and Nixon Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1953)HeadlineSigned by Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, and NixonDate PublishedLikely after 1969 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #242 Kennedy family photo, signed by three Kennedys Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1961)HeadlineKennedy family photo, signed by three KennedysDate PublishedAfter 1963 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #243 John F. Kennedy Inauguration photograph Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineSigned by 8 attendants of the InaugurationPublisher[Tim Curtin]Date Published[1961] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #244 Why England Slept Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineSigned by President John F. KennedyPublisherWilfred Funk, Inc.Date Published1961 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #245 Typed statement by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy on Bobby Kennedy's death, signed Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1961)HeadlineRose Kennedy on Bobby Kennedy's death, signedDate Publishedc.1968 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #246 The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969 Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1963)AuthorJohnson, Lyndon BainesHeadlineInscribed and signed by LBJ on bookplatePublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1971] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #247 Photograph of Johnson's swearing in, signed by Lady Bird Johnson Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1963)HeadlineJohnson's inauguration, signed by Lady Bird JohnsonDate Publishedc.1963 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #252 Photograph signed by Rosalynn Carter as First Lady [with] signed note Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1977)AuthorCarter, RosalynnHeadlinePhotograph signed by Rosalynn Carter w/ signed noteDate Published1976-1977 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #253 Autograph letter signed by Nancy Reagan Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1981)AuthorReagan, NancyHeadlineNancy Reagan autograph letter signed 1975Date Published1975 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #257 Becoming Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 2008)AuthorObama, MichelleHeadlineBecoming, signed by First Lady Michelle ObamaPublisherCrown PublishingDate Published2019 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #260 Seven Came Through AuthorRickenbacker, Edward V.HeadlineSigned by Rickenbacker and 5 other survivorsPublisherDoubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.Date Published1943 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #262 Anne & Mark Heading(Roosevelt, Elliot and Patty)AuthorCampbell, JudithHeadlineAnne & Mark Phillips to Elliot & Patty RooseveltPublisherSidgwick and JacksonDate Published1976 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #287 Handwritten personal reference book used on his first voyage by a midshipman who had recently graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy Heading(U.S. Navy)AuthorJacoby, H.M.HeadlineNotebook of U.S. Navy midshipman 1870Date Publishedc.1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #288 Twenty two volumes signed by U.S. Senators Heading(United States Senators)HeadlineTwenty two volumes signed by U.S. SenatorsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1970-2011 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #353 The Memoirs of Field-Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G. AuthorMontgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, ViscountHeadlineSigned Field Marshal Montgomery Memoirs 1958PublisherThe World Publishing CompanyDate Published1958 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #384 The Path to Power AuthorThatcher, MargaretHeadlineMargaret Thatcher Path to Power Signed 1st U.S. ed.PublisherHarper CollinsDate Published1995 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #385 Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World AuthorThatcher, MargaretHeadlineMargaret Thatcher Statecraft, signed 1st U.S. ed.PublisherHarper CollinsDate Published2002 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #391 Letter of thanks on behalf of Queen Victoria Heading(Victoria, Queen of Great Britain)AuthorCaroline, 3rd Countess of Mount EdgcumbeHeadlineLetter of thanks on behalf of Queen VictoriaDate Publishedc.1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next