Sale 808: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps, Prints & Views (#808) 03/07/2024 11:00 AM PST Closed

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1
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    (African American, 1832)
  • Author
    Bellinger Jr., [‘Landgrave’] Edmund
  • Headline
    Slave owner avoids "risk" of slave stealing
  • Date Published
    October 26, 1832
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
2
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    (African American, 1839-1938)
  • Headline
    5 pamphlets of African American history & lit.
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
3
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    (African American, 1842)
  • Author
    Pennypacker, Elijah F.
  • Headline
    Letter from Underground Railroad conductor
  • Date Published
    Aug. 31, 1842
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
4
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    (African American, 1846)
  • Author
    McClure, Alexander Wilson
  • Headline
    New Englander preaches to Florida slaves
  • Date Published
    July 25, 1846
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
5
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    (African American, 1850)
  • Author
    Cossitt, Emily Ruth
  • Headline
    Slaves more privileged than poor whites?
  • Date Published
    December 29, 1850
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
6
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    (African American, 1852)
  • Headline
    Future Confederate gen. buys 7 slaves in 1852
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$2,250
StatusSold
7
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    (African American, 1860)
  • Author
    Curtis, N.
  • Headline
    NY farmer hopes Lincoln will destroy slavery
  • Date Published
    June 8, 1860
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
8
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    (African American, 1861)
  • Author
    Milmine, William S. [Private, 32nd New York Infantry]
  • Headline
    Soldier praises Lincoln's inaction on slavery
  • Date Published
    Dec. 23, 1861
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
9
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    (African American, 1861)
  • Author
    [Oliver Johnson, ed.]
  • Headline
    Worried abolitionists on the eve of Civil War
  • Publisher
    American Anti-Slavery Society
  • Date Published
    March 23, 1861
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
10
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    (African American, 1862)
  • Headline
    "I have seene enough of slavery..."
  • Date Published
    May 18, 1862
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$2,125
StatusSold
12
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    (African American, 1887)
  • Author
    Simmons, William J.
  • Headline
    Biographies of prominent African American men
  • Publisher
    Geo. M. Rewell
  • Date Published
    1887
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$625
StatusSold
13
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    (African American, 1897)
  • Author
    Johnson, Edward A.
  • Headline
    School History of the Negro Race in America
  • Publisher
    W.B. Conkey Company
  • Date Published
    1897
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
14
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    (African American, 1905-1944)
  • Author
    Campbell, E. Simms; Lorenzo Harris; Robert Blackburn
  • Headline
    3 early 20th c. Black artists
  • Date Published
    1905-1944
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
15
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    (African American, 1910)
  • Author
    Waring, Robert Lewis
  • Headline
    Black lawyer’s novel of African American vigilante
  • Publisher
    Press of C. F. Sudwarth
  • Date Published
    1910
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
16
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    (African American, 1913)
  • Author
    Mayo, Marion J.
  • Headline
    1st study of African-American Intelligence
  • Date Published
    November 1913
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$875
StatusSold
18
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    (African American, 1927-1951)
  • Author
    Wever, Robert C.; Charles S. Johnson, et al.
  • Headline
    Early work by 1st Black appointed the Cabinet
  • Date Published
    1927-1951
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
19
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    (African American, 1928-1932)
  • Headline
    2 vols. Who's Who in Colored America
  • Publisher
    Who's Who in Colored America Corp.
  • Date Published
    1928-1932
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
20
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    (African American, 1942)
  • Author
    Lewis, Julian Herman
  • Headline
    1st book by a Black Doctor on African-American diseases
  • Publisher
    University of Chicago Press
  • Date Published
    1942
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
21
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    (African American, 1952)
  • Author
    Robeson, Paul; Lorraine Hansberry, et al
  • Headline
    Famed Black women Lorraine Hansberry and Charlotta Bass
  • Publisher
    Freedom Associates
  • Date Published
    April 1952
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
22
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    (African American, 1959-1972)
  • Headline
    12 radical pubs: Black Panthers, Cuba, Vietnam
  • Date Published
    1959-1970
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
24
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    (Alaska)
  • Author
    Badlam, Alexander
  • Headline
    Early history of the Pacific Northwest
  • Publisher
    The Bancroft Company
  • Date Published
    1890
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
26
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    (Alcoholics Anonymous)
  • Author
    Wilson, Bill
  • Headline
    A.A. book signed Bill Wilson to John Frankenheimer
  • Publisher
    Alcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc.
  • Date Published
    [1957]
Estimate$8,000 - $12,000
StatusUnsold
40
  • Author
    Bradley, Omar
  • Headline
    Omar Bradley signed & inscribed photograph
  • Publisher
    Department of the Army
  • Date Published
    1957
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
41
  • Author
    Bradley, Omar
  • Headline
    Omar Bradley signed photo & letter
  • Date Published
    No date & 1948
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
57
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    (California - San Francisco Earthquake)
  • Headline
    Post-S.F. Earthquake ferry pass
  • Date Published
    April 21, 1906
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
58
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    (California - San Francisco Earthquake)
  • Author
    Sutton, John Robert
  • Headline
    SFEarthquake as seen and felt from East Bay
  • Date Published
    May 6, 1906
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
63
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    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Studies of race in San Francisco 1960-62
  • Date Published
    [c.1960-1962]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
82
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    (California Gold Rush)
  • Author
    Snyder, Fred A.
  • Headline
    1850 California gold rush letter from Fred Snyder to brother
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
83
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    (California Gold Rush)
  • Author
    Tiffany, William Henry
  • Headline
    Letter between Tiffany & Co. founders, 1850
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
87
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    (Civil War)
  • Headline
    Civil War Era Instruction for Heavy Artillery
  • Publisher
    Government Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1863
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
88
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    (Civil War)
  • Headline
    End of Civil War in The Liberator
  • Publisher
    Robert F. Wallcut, General Agent
  • Date Published
    1865
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
94
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    (Cuba - Chinese)
  • Headline
    Report of Chinese laborers sailing to Cuba 1868
  • Date Published
    1869
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
97
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    (Cuba - Jewish)
  • Headline
    5 Cuban-Jewish documents, 1931-1946
  • Provenance
    James Melikian Collection
  • Date Published
    1931-1946
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
98
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    (Cuba - Jewish)
  • Headline
    Documents in Yiddish on Jewish life in Cuba
  • Date Published
    c.1930-1950s
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
100
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    (Cuba - Slavery)
  • Headline
    Documents for Cuba slave auction 1860s
  • Date Published
    c.1860s
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
101
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    (Cuba - Slavery)
  • Headline
    Contract with liberated slave in Cuba 1871
  • Date Published
    May 25, 1871
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
102
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    (Cuba - Slavery)
  • Headline
    Manumission document for Cuban slaves 1882
  • Date Published
    1882
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
122
  • Author
    Dellenbaugh, Frederick S.
  • Headline
    Dellenbaugh inscribed N. Americans of Yesterday
  • Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's Sons / Knickerbocker Press
  • Date Published
    [1900]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
144
  • Author
    Grey, Zane
  • Headline
    Zane Grey crashes as author
  • Date Published
    Nov. 23, 1931
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
147
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    (Hawaii)
  • Headline
    Love's Bakery, Honolulu HI ledger 1886-7
  • Publisher
    Love's Bakery
  • Date Published
    1886-1887
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
149
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    (Hearst, William Randolph)
  • Author
    Unattributed
  • Headline
    Portrait inscribed by W.R. Hearst
  • Date Published
    [c.1920's-1940's]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$375
StatusSold
151
  • Author
    Howland, Mrs. E.P.
  • Headline
    Missionary among the Cherokee during Civil War
  • Publisher
    Brown Thurston & Company
  • Date Published
    1888
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
161
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    (Lafayette in America)
  • Author
    Levasseur, Andre-Nicolas (Auguste)
  • Headline
    French chronicler of Lafayette's journey to America
  • Date Published
    (October) 1829
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
171
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    (McClung Family)
  • Headline
    Letters from Nixon, Pearl Binding, & more
  • Provenance
    James Melikian Collection
  • Date Published
    1918-1976
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
184
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    (Mexico)
  • Author
    Porter, David, Commander, USN
  • Headline
    US Navy hero takes command of Mexico's Navy
  • Date Published
    June 27, 1826
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
191
  • Heading
    (Nevada)
  • Author
    Cotton, Charles S.
  • Headline
    Early days in Nevada, Civil War 1861-1865
  • Publisher
    Cotton's Co-operative Publishing Co., Inc.
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
192
  • Heading
    (Nevada)
  • Headline
    Payroll for Virginia & Truckee R.R. 1877
  • Date Published
    1877
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
241
  • Heading
    (Slavery)
  • Author
    Jenkins, Augustine
  • Headline
    Runaway Slave reward document, Tennessee
  • Provenance
    James Melikian Collection
  • Date Published
    Early 19th century
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
247
  • Heading
    (Sports)
  • Headline
    Seven sports patents, c.1910-1940
  • Provenance
    James Melikian Collection
  • Publisher
    Commissioner of Patents
  • Date Published
    c.1910-1940
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
251
  • Author
    Swasey, William F.
  • Headline
    Early Days California 1st Ed. signed by Swasey
  • Publisher
    Pacific Press
  • Date Published
    1891
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
259
  • Heading
    (Texas)
  • Author
    Wilson, Maurine T.
  • Headline
    Thesis on early Texas freebooter & filibuster
  • Date Published
    May, 1932
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
263
  • Heading
    (U.S. Supreme Court)
  • Headline
    Burger Court photo signed by all nine justices
  • Date Published
    c. 1983
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
265
  • Heading
    (Vietnam War)
  • Author
    Stratz, Walter
  • Headline
    15 letters from Vietnam war soldier 1969-70
  • Provenance
    James Melikian Collection
  • Date Published
    1969-1970
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$500
StatusSold
266
  • Heading
    (Vietnam War)
  • Headline
    Two pamphlets Urging Billy Smith's freedom
  • Provenance
    James Melikian Collection
  • Date Published
    c.1972
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
279
  • Author
    Yeager, Chuck and Leo Janos
  • Headline
    Yeager autobiography signed twice
  • Publisher
    Bantam Books
  • Date Published
    [1985]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
286
  • Heading
    (1817)
  • Author
    Bradley, William C.
  • Headline
    Predicting Vermont's role in 1824 election
  • Date Published
    March 12, 1824
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
287
  • Heading
    (1825)
  • Author
    Adams, John Quincy
  • Headline
    Land grant signed by John Quincy Adams
  • Date Published
    April 1, 1825
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
288
  • Heading
    (1841)
  • Author
    Lyon, [Edward?] G.
  • Headline
    Eyewitness to WH Harrison inauguration
  • Date Published
    Sept. 4, 1841
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
289
  • Heading
    (1850)
  • Author
    Filmore, Millard
  • Headline
    Letter signed by Millard Fillmore as President 1851
  • Date Published
    May 29, 1851
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
294
  • Heading
    (1861)
  • Headline
    J. Wilkes Booth wood engraved portrait
  • Publisher
    [Harper's Weekly]
  • Date Published
    [1865]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
295
  • Heading
    (1869)
  • Author
    Grant, Ulysses S.
  • Headline
    Letter from Ulysses S. Grant, 1867
  • Provenance
    James Melikian Collection; The Presidential Autograph Collection of Alfred L. Baker
  • Date Published
    April 6, 1867
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
296
  • Heading
    (1869)
  • Author
    Grant, Ulysses S.
  • Headline
    Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
  • Publisher
    Charles L. Webster
  • Date Published
    1885-1886
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$375
StatusSold
297
  • Heading
    (1877)
  • Author
    Hayes, Rutherford B.
  • Headline
    Signed by U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes
  • Date Published
    October 14, 1875
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
298
  • Heading
    (1881)
  • Headline
    Autograph card signed by Lucrecia R. Garfield
  • Date Published
    October 3, 1881
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
300
  • Heading
    (1889)
  • Author
    Harrison, Benjamin
  • Headline
    Harrison signed Millitary Commission
  • Publisher
    Government Printing Office
  • Date Published
    July 13, 1892
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
302
  • Heading
    (1901)
  • Author
    Roosevelt, Theodore
  • Headline
    T.R. Navel Surgeon Appointment
  • Publisher
    Government Printing Office
  • Date Published
    December 22, 1908
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
303
  • Heading
    (1909)
  • Author
    Taft, William Howard
  • Headline
    ALS from Taft as Chief Justice
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
304
  • Heading
    (1913)
  • Author
    Wilson, Woodrow
  • Headline
    Letter from W. Wilson to his wife, 1892
  • Date Published
    June 20, 1892
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
306
  • Heading
    (1921)
  • Author
    Harding, Warring G.
  • Headline
    W.G. Harding signed check as President
  • Publisher
    The Harding Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    September 23, 1921
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
307
  • Heading
    (1923)
  • Author
    Coolidge, Calvin
  • Headline
    Signed portrait, U.S. President Calvin Coolidge
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
308
  • Heading
    (1923)
  • Author
    Coolidge, Calvin
  • Headline
    Coolidge speech to 1st aerial circumnavigators
  • Date Published
    September 9, 1924
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
309
  • Heading
    (1929)
  • Author
    Hoover, Herbert
  • Headline
    Program signed by Hoover & Curtis as P & VP
  • Publisher
    Published by the Inaugural Committee
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
310
  • Heading
    (1929)
  • Headline
    Signed portrait of U.S. President Herbert Hoover
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
311
  • Heading
    (1933)
  • Author
    Roosevelt, Eleanor
  • Headline
    Eleanor Roosevelt signed White House vignette
  • Date Published
    c.1933
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
312
  • Heading
    (1933)
  • Author
    Roosevelt, Eleanor
  • Headline
    Photograph signed by Eleanor Roosevelt
  • Date Published
    c.1950
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
313
  • Heading
    (1945)
  • Author
    Truman, Harry S.
  • Headline
    Truman gossips w/ Maury Maverick as President
  • Date Published
    October 11, 1950
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
314
  • Heading
    (1945)
  • Author
    Truman, Harry S.
  • Headline
    First Truman letter as President or last as VP?
  • Date Published
    April 12, 1945
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
315
  • Heading
    (1953)
  • Author
    Eisenhower, Dwight D.
  • Headline
    Scarce ALS from Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Date Published
    August 20, 1948
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
316
  • Heading
    (1953)
  • Author
    Eisenhower, Dwight D.
  • Headline
    Typed letter signed by President Eisenhower
  • Date Published
    October 30, 1956
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
317
  • Heading
    (1961)
  • Author
    Kennedy, John F.
  • Headline
    Signed by 8 attendants of the Inauguration
  • Publisher
    [Tim Curtin]
  • Date Published
    [1961]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
320
  • Heading
    (1963)
  • Headline
    Portrait Signed by Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson
  • Date Published
    1965
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
321
  • Heading
    (1963)
  • Author
    Johnson, Lyndon B.
  • Headline
    Pres. LBJ writes to Gov. Connally about onions
  • Date Published
    June 2, 1964
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
322
  • Heading
    (1969)
  • Author
    Nixon, Richard
  • Headline
    Two limited editions signed by Nixon
  • Publisher
    Grosset & Dunlap; Warner Books
  • Date Published
    [1978]; [1980]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
323
  • Heading
    (1969)
  • Author
    Nixon, Richard
  • Headline
    Old and Young Nixon photos both signed
  • Date Published
    c.1960-1975
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
324
  • Heading
    (1969)
  • Author
    Nixon, Richard
  • Headline
    TLS from Richard Nixon on China, 1979
  • Date Published
    February 23, 1979
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
325
  • Heading
    (1969)
  • Author
    Nixon, Richard
  • Headline
    Nixon as VP signed letter to Winchell
  • Date Published
    April 29, 1953
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
326
  • Heading
    (1974)
  • Author
    Ford, Gerald R.
  • Headline
    4 items signed by Gerald Ford as President
  • Date Published
    1974
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
327
  • Heading
    (1993)
  • Author
    Clinton, Bill & Hillary Rodham
  • Headline
    Signed biographies of Bill & Hillary Clinton
  • Date Published
    2004-2014
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
328
  • Heading
    (Abraham Lincoln Brigade)
  • Author
    Landis, Arthur H.
  • Headline
    Signed by over 17 Abe Lincoln Brigade veterans
  • Publisher
    The Citadel Press
  • Date Published
    [1967]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
351
  • Heading
    (Interparliamentary Union)
  • Headline
    Signed by numerous IPU participants
  • Publisher
    [Government Printing Office]
  • Date Published
    1904
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
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