Sale 816: Elite Americana & Travel - Jim Hier Collection of U.S. Presidents - World History - Rare Cartography - A PBA Platinum Auction (#816) 06/27/2024 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 06/27/2024 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 816 693 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 1-35 of 35. Previous|1|Next Lot #5 African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,750StatusSold Heading(1901)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineRoosevelt African Game Trails 1/500 signedProvenanceJim Hier CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1910 Lot #12 Memoirs by Harry S. Truman View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineCharles Sawyer's copy, signed by Harry TrumanProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1955-1956 Lot #14 The White House Years View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(1953)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineAdditionally inscribed and signedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1963-1965 Lot #19 The Americans: The Democratic Experience View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(1989)AuthorBoorstin, Daniel J.HeadlineInscribed by George H.W. Bush to Lee AtwaterProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1973 Lot #23 Arctic Miscellanies: A Souvenir of the Late Polar Search by the Officers and Seamen of the Expedition View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Arctic)AuthorDonnet, John Louis, editorHeadlineTrapped in an Arctic winter in 1850-51PublisherColburn & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #24 Ta'rīkh Baghdād [History of Baghdad or the City of Peace from its founding until the year 463 AH] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Baghdad)AuthorKhaṭīb al-Baghdādī, Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn ʻAlīHeadlineHistory of Baghdad written in 1070 ADPublisherDār al-Kitāb al-'ArabīDate Published1967 Lot #25 Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, Connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, During the Years 1850, '51, '52, and '53 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBartlett, John RussellHeadlineJ.R. Bartlett Personal Narrative of ExplorationPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1854 Lot #27 Israel: A Personal History View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$950StatusSold AuthorBen-Gurion, DavidHeadlineBen-Gurion, Israel: A Personal History 1/2000 signedPublisherFunk & Wagnalls / SabraDate Published[1971] Lot #28 Collection of ephemera related to baseball and football star Larry Bettencourt from St. Mary's College View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bettencourt, Lawrence J.)HeadlineTwo-sort star Lawrence J. BettencourtDate Published20th century Lot #29 Fourteen Acts passed by the Parliament of Great Britain pertaining to the evolving relationship between Britain and her sometime colonies View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(British-American Relations)HeadlineBritish Laws to subjugate the American ColoniesPublisherPrinters to the King's Most Excellent MajestyDate Published1696-1795 Lot #40 The Life of Captain James Cook View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorKippis, AndrewHeadlineFirst Irish Ed. Kippis's Life of Captain CookPublisherH. Chamberlaine, et alDate Published1788 Lot #41 Set of Cook’s Three Voyages including Atlas View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)HeadlineCook's Three Voyages with AtlasPublisherW. Strahan & T. Cadell, et al.Date Published1773-1788 Lot #42 A Voyage Towards the South Pole, and Round the World. Performed in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the Years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775. Written by James Cook, Commander of the Resolution. In which is included, Captain Furneaux's Narrative of the Proceedings in the Adventure during the Separation of the Ships.... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Cook, James, 2nd voyage)AuthorCook, JamesHeadlineCook's Second voyage, complete 2 vols.PublisherW. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1777 Lot #52 Instructions for Right Spelling, and Plain Directions for Reading and Writing True English View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Franklin, Benjamin, printer)AuthorFox, GeorgeHeadlineEarly Ben. Franklin Philadelphia imprint 1737Publisherby B. FranklinDate Published1737 Lot #59 New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest: The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry and David Thompson, 1799-1814 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorHenry, Alexander and David ThompsonHeadlineEarly History Greater Northwest Large Paper 1/100PublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1897 Lot #62 An Excursion to California over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great Sierra Nevada. With a Stroll Through the Diggings and Ranches of that Country View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorKelly, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Kelly's excursion to California in 1849ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1851 Lot #63 The Land of the Blue Poppy: Travel of a Naturalist in Eastern Tibet View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorKingdon-Ward, FrancisHeadlineWard, Land of the Blue PoppyPublisherAt the University PressDate Published1913 Lot #64 An Account of a Voyage to Spitzbergen; Containing a Full Description of the Country, of the Zoology of the North, and of the Shetland Isles; With an Account of the Whale Fishery View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorLaing, JohnHeadlineJohn Laing, Voyage to Spitzbergen 1815PublisherPrinted for J. Mawman... and David BrownDate Published1815 Lot #65 Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. Performed by Order of the Government of the United States, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806... Published from the Official Report, and illustrated by a map of the route, and other maps View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorLewis, Meriwether & William ClarkHeadlineFirst English ed. of Lewis & Clark 1814 with mapPublisherPrinted for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1814 Lot #67 Voyage a Travers l'Amérique du Sud de l'Océan Pacifique a l'Océan Atlantique View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorMarcoy, Paul [pseud. of Laurent de Saint-Cricq]HeadlineMarcoy Voyage to South America 1869PublisherHachetteDate Published1869 Lot #69 Mardi: And A Voyage Thither View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMelville's Mardi, first U.S. editionPublisherHarper & Brothers, PublishersDate Published1849 Lot #71 The Midnight Spy, or, A view of the transactions of London and Westminster from the hours of ten in the evening till five in the morning... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Midnight Spy...)HeadlinePrurient look at London night life 1766PublisherPrinted for J. CookeDate Published1766 Lot #77 The Practical House Carpenter: Or, Youth's Instructor View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorPain, WilliamHeadlineW. Pain, Practical House Carpenter 2nd U.S 1797PublisherPrinted by Thomas DobsonDate Published1797 Lot #81 Sixteen printed Price Current lists from around the world, 1757 to 1869 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Prices Current)HeadlinePrices Current tracking international tradeDate Published1757-1869 Lot #84 Narrative of the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald during the Years 1845-51, under the Command of Captain Henry Kelett, R.N., C.B.; being a Circumnavigation of the Globe, and three Cruises to the Arctic Regions in Search of Sir John Franklin View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorSeemann, BertholdHeadlineNaturalist recounts scientific circumnavigation 1853PublisherReeve and Co.Date Published1853 Lot #87 My Life: An Attempt at an Autobiography View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorTrotsky, LeonHeadlineLeon Trotsky's Autobiography in EnglishPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1930 Lot #89 Accurata, e Succinta Descrizione Topografica delle Antichità di Roma View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorVenuti, RidolfinoHeadlineWith 19 Giovanni Piranesi engravingsPublisherPresso Gio: Battista Beruabò e Giuseppe LazzariniDate Published1763 Lot #90 Architectura oder Bauung der antiquen auss dem Vitruvius View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorVredeman De Vries, HansHeadlineHans Vredeman De Vries Architecture 1581PublisherGeerhardt de JodeDate Published1581 Lot #96 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineWilkes's Exploring Expedition with AtlasPublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1845 Lot #116 To her Most Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria, and the Allied Armies of France and England. This military topographical map of the Krima Peninsula constructed, and founded, on the most recent astronomical observations... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Crimea)AuthorJervis, Thomas BestHeadlineOversize wartime map of Crimea, 1854Date Published1854 Lot #117 Carte Topographique de l'Égypte et de Plusieurs Parties des Pays Limitrophes View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Egypt)AuthorJacotin, PierreHeadlineAtlas from Napoleon's expedition to EgyptPublisherPubliée par Ordre du GouvernementDate Publishedc.1817-1818 Lot #121 A View at Lucknow View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(India)AuthorSalt, HenryHeadlineHenry Salt aquatint of Lucknow, IndiaPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1809 Lot #122 A View Within the Fort of Monghyr View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(India)AuthorSalt, HenryHeadlineHenry Salt aquatint of Monghyr, IndiaPublisherWilliam MillerDate Published1809 Lot #123 Eighteen aerial photographs and views of Persepolis and Iranian archaeology View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Iran)AuthorSchmidt, Erich FriedrichHeadlineEarly archeological photos Iran, PersepolisDate Published1935-1937 Lot #129 Ptolemaisch General Tafel Begreiffend die Halbe Kugel der Weldt View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(World)AuthorMünster, SebastianHeadlinePtolemaic map of Old World, 16th centuryDate PublishedAfter 1540 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next