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 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 1-100 of 129. Previous|12|Next Lot #1 Partially engraved military appointment on vellum, completed in manuscript, appointing Albermarle Cady as First Lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment of Infantry, effective December 31st, 1836 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(1829)AuthorJackson, AndrewHeadlineAppointment signed by Andrew JacksonDate Published1836 Lot #2 Ship's Papers for the whaling ship "Pacific", signed by John Tyler as President of the United States and Secretary of State Daniel Webster View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(1841)AuthorTyler, JohnHeadlinePapers for whaling voyage signed by John TylerDate PublishedAugust 14, 1842 Lot #3 The Writings and Speeches of Grover Cleveland [with] typed letter signed by Grover Cleveland View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(1885)AuthorCleveland, GroverHeadlineCleveland's Writings signed w/ Provenance StoryProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCassell Publishing CompanyDate Published1892 Lot #4 Speeches and Addresses of William McKinley View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(1897)AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineMcKinley inscribed to his Postmaster GeneralProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1900 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 #6 The Presidency: Its Duties, Its Powers, Its Opportunities, and Its Limitations View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(1909)AuthorTaft, William HowardHeadlineTaft signed/inscribed "Presidency" 1906ProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1916 Lot #7 Addresses Delivered During the Visit of Herbert Hoover, President-Elect of the United States to Central and South America, November-December 1928 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,000StatusSold Heading(1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHoover to Stimson, Sec. of StateProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherPan American UnionDate Published1929 Lot #8 Minutes of the Council of Appointment of New York April 4, 1778-May 3, 1779: From Original Manuscript in Possession of Franklin D. Roosevelt View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D., editorHeadlineOne of 50 copies signed by FDRProvenanceThe Jim Hier Collection; Hunt H. UngerPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1925 Lot #9 Address of Franklin D. Roosevelt President of the United States: Chautauqua, N.Y., August 14, 1936 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.Headline1936 FDR Xmas book to EleanorProvenanceEleanor Roosevelt Estate Auction; Adlai Stevenson II; Adlai Stevenson III; The Jim Hier CollectionPublisherUnited States Government Printing OfficeDate Published1936 Lot #10 Looking Forward View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineLooking Forward, one of 10 uncorrected proofsProvenanceThe Jim Hier Collection; Blum and Rosen Books, Ardsley, NY.PublisherJohn DayDate Published[1933] Lot #11 The Inspection Cruise and Fishing Expedition of President Franklin D. Roosevelt on Board U.S.S Houston 16 July 1938 - 9 August 1938 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(1933)Author[Roosevelt, Franklin D.]HeadlineFDR 1938 Cruise Log inscribed to SS Agent Paul HartProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1938 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 #13 The Truman Program: Addresses and Messages by President Harry S. Truman View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineTruman: "Read this and you'll know why I won"ProvenanceRulon-Miller Books, 1994PublisherPublic Affairs PressDate Published1948-1949 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 #15 Autograph letter signed from John F. Kennedy as President-elect View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineJFK signed letter 1960Date Published[1960] Lot #16 Memorandum from John F. Kennedy to John Connally View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineSigned memo from JFK to John ConnallyPublisherThe White HouseDate Published1963 Lot #17 The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(1963)AuthorJohnson, Lyndon B.HeadlineAdditionally signed and inscribed to Frank StantonProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published1971 Lot #18 The Paintings of Jimmy Carter View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlinePaintings of Jimmy Carter, signed, shrinkwrappedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe Carter CenterDate Published2014 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 #20 Letter from William Austin writing for three male slaves, who beg to be sold to the Virginia grandee who owned their mother and sister View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorAustin, WilliamHeadlineSlaves plead to be reunited with their motherDate PublishedAugust 9, 1837 Lot #21 The Negro in Art: A Pictorial Record of the Negro Artist and of the Negro Theme in Art View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African American Art)AuthorLocke, Alain, editorHeadlineHarlem Renaissance guru to Black poet-playwrightPublisherAssociates in Negro Folk EducationDate Published1940 Lot #22 Time Magazine, Volume L, No. 12, September 22, 1947: Jackie Robinson View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(African American)HeadlineJackie Robinson Time Cover, Pac. Overseas ed.PublisherTime, Inc.Date Published1947 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 #26 Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold AuthorBeaumont, WilliamHeadlineWillard Parker's copy of BeaumontPublisherF.P. AllenDate Published1833 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 #30 Manuscript census of six northern California missions plus the Presidio of Monterey and the Pueblo of San Jose View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Heading(California - Missions)HeadlineMs. census of California missions 1798Date Published1798 Lot #31 Passport for G.M. Waseurtz af Sandels View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(California - Monterey)Author[Waseurtz af Sandels, G.M.]HeadlineEarly CA passport for G.M. Waseurtz af SandelsPublisherPrefectura del Primer DistritoDate Published1843 Lot #32 Membership certificate in the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco, with bird's-eye view View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco - Chinese)HeadlineChinese Chamber of Commerce wall certificate S.F.PublisherChinese Chamber of Commerce of S.F.Date Published1911 Lot #33 Autograph letter from Robert Atherton to Edward von Pfister View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorAtherton, RobertHeadlineLetter to California Pioneer Von PfisterDate Published1849 Lot #34 The San Francisco City Stock, 1851 - signed by James King of William, P.A. Morse, D.J. Tallent, William Hooper, and John W. Geary, with each certificate signed by Geary View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineStock in S.F. signed by Mayor GearyPublisherE.F. ButlerDate Published1851 Lot #35 The Weber Murphy Family Album View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - Stockton)HeadlineWeber Murphy Family Album, StocktonDate Published1992 Lot #36 Indenture signed by Charles B. Gillespie, selling land to Frederick Billings and DeWitt Thompson View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorGillespie, Charles B.HeadlineIndenture w/ early Gold Rush charactersDate Published1849 Lot #37 El Malcriado View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Chavez, Cesar)HeadlineFirst issues of Cesar Chavez's newspaperDate Published1964-1965 Lot #38 Archive of approximately 300 handwritten letters from or to members of the extended Doolittle Family of Onarga, Illinois, some 80 of which are from Elkanah Doolittle during his military service from July 1862 to January 1864 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War)AuthorDoolittle, Elkanah, et al.HeadlineImportant archive of Civil War lettersDate Published19th century Lot #39 Portrait of Henry Clay View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Clay, Henry)AuthorGould, Walter G., attrib.HeadlineLarge oil painting of Henry Clay c.1845Date Publishedc,1845-49 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 #43 Historia del Base Ball Profesional de Cuba... Campeonatos Celebrados desde 1878, hasta 1949 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Baseball)AuthorDiez Muro, RaúlHeadlineHistory of Cuban Baseball, 1878-1949Publisher[Liga de Base Ball Profesional Cubana]Date Published1949 Lot #44 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborer in Cuba gains freedomDate Published1854 Lot #45 Expediente documenting and describing a voyage transporting Chinese indentured servants from Macao to Cuba, sewn together with a Manifest listing the passengers on the voyage View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineDocumenting transport of Chinese to Cuba 1864Date Published1864 Lot #46 File of documents relating to the investigation into an abnormal number of deaths of Chinese on a transport ship to Cuba, with many of the fatalities due to opium overdoses View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineCuba-bound Chinese overdose on opiumDate Published1866 Lot #47 Manifest listing over 100 Chinese laborers bound for Cuba who died on the voyage View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineDeadly voyage from Macau to Cuba 1861Date PublishedJulio 17 de 1861 Lot #48 List of some 90 or more slaves to be sent to Havana by "fast steamship" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves transported to Cuba by "Fast Steamship"Date PublishedAgosto 19 del [18]69 Lot #49 Work contract for an emancipated slave from Africa View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineWork contract for emancipated slave in Cuba, 1864Date Published1864 Lot #50 Álbum de la Revolución Cubana: 1952-1959 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban Revolution Album Illustrated with Graphic Non-sports CardsPublisherRevista CinegraficoDate Publishedc.1960 Lot #51 Views of the Remains of Ancient Buildings in Rome, and Its Vicinity. With a Descriptive and Historical Account of Each Subject View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDubourg, MatthewHeadline26 colored aquatints of Rome by DubourgPublisherPrinted for J. Taylor, Architectural Library, Holborn, by J. MoyesDate Published1820 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 #53 Corn and Currency; in an Address to the Land Owners View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorGraham, James, SirHeadlineCorn and Currency, Sir James Graham, 1826PublisherJames RidgwayDate Published1826 Lot #54 Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold AuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadlineUncle Remus in rare binding variantPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1881 Lot #55 Ka Hana Kapa: The Making of Bark-Cloth in Hawaii - Memoirs of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Polynesian Ethnology and Natural History, III View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorBrigham, William T.HeadlineKa Hana Kapa, Hawaiian bark cloth, color platesPublisherMuseum PressDate Published1911 Lot #56 Idyls of Hawaii (cover title) View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorGurrey, Alfred Richard, Jr., photographerHeadlineTribute to Hawaii with original photosDate Publishedc.1910-1915 Lot #57 Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands: Forty-Four Plates Painted in Water-Colours and Described by Mrs. Francis Sinclair, Jr. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorSinclair, IsabellaHeadline44 chromolith plates of Hawaiian Flowers 1885PublisherSampson Low, Marston, Searle, and RivingtonDate Published1885 Lot #58 Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorHeap, Gwinn HarrisHeadlineHeap's Central Route to Paciific with rare map 1854PublisherLippincott, Grambo, and Company / Trübner and Co.Date Published1854 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 #60 Discharge document for sailor from the U.S. Sloop of War Preble View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(Japan)HeadlineDischarge of sailor on U.S.S. PrebleDate Published1850 Lot #61 Manuscript copy of a letter from John Paul Jones apologizing to the Countess of Selkirk for raiding the Selkirk Manor, seeking to kidnap and hold for ransom her husband, Dunbar Douglas, 4th Earl of Selkirk, who was absent View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorJones, John PaulHeadlineJohn Paul Jones raids Scottish countessDate PublishedEarly 19th century? 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 #66 The Common School Journal for the Year 1842 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorMann, Horace, editorHeadlineInscribed by Mann to Charles SumnerPublisherWilliam B. Fowle and N. CapenDate Published1842 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 #68 Love Lion, Lioness View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorMcClure, MichaelHeadlineLove Lion, Lioness by Michael McClureProvenanceRobert LaVigne's copyPublisherTelegraph Printers for the AuthorDate Published[1964] 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 #70 Histoire des Arbres Forestiers de l'Amerique Septentrionale View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorMichaux, François AndréHeadlineMichaux N. Am. Sylva/Histoire des Arbres 1st edPublisherL. Haussmann et d'HautelDate Published1810-1813 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 #72 Color pencil drawing of design for "Tile Riser To Garden Steps" in San Simeon View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorMorgan, JuliaHeadlineColor design by Julia Morgan for steps at San SimeonDate Published1926 Lot #73 Nantei Gafu Kohen View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Nantei)AuthorNishimura NanteiHeadlineNantei Gafu Kohen, 1826 - color woodblock bookPublisherBunchodoDate Published1826 Lot #74 Thirty-three volumes of publications from the Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, most from the 1920s View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Native American)AuthorHodge, Frederick Webb, et al., editors.HeadlineMonographs from Museum of American IndianPublisherMuseum of the American Indian, Heye FoundationDate Published1919-1973 Lot #75 My Mother Would be a Falconress View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Oyez Press)AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert DuncanPublisherOyez PressDate Published1968 Lot #76 Oyez. Poems in Broadside: First Series View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Oyez Press)AuthorMcClure, Michael, Charles Olson, Gary Snyder, Robert Duncan, et al.HeadlineOyez Press, 10 signed broadsidesPublisherAuerhahn Press for OyezDate Published[1964] 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 #78 Monumens Eriges en France a la Glorie de Louis XV View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorPatte, PierreHeadlineNumerous plates of French ArchitecturePublisherDesaint & SallantDate Published1765 Lot #79 Archive of over 100 letters and miscellaneous papers, written to and from Louis C. Schwartzlander, a private in the 4th U.S. Cavalry in the Philippines during the Aguinaldo insurrection, and later a medical student at Stanford University View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Philippine American War)AuthorSwartzlander, Louis C., et al.HeadlineFuture Stanford Med student fights Filipino “insurgents”Date PublishedMay 17, 1899 - Oct. 5,1901 Lot #80 Assassination of James King of Wm. by James P. Casey. San Francisco, May 14th, 1856 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)HeadlineAssassination of James King of Wm. Letter SheetPublisherBritton & ReyDate Published[before June 4,1856] 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 #82 The Edinburgh Advertiser View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineEarly reporting on American revolutionPublisherPrinted by and for James DonaldsonDate Published1775-1776 Lot #83 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlinePersonal Adventures in Upper and Lower CaliforniaPublisherWilliam ShoberlDate Published1850 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 #85 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineExceptional copy of Uncle Tom's CabinPublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 Lot #86 History and Directory of Laramie City, Wyoming Territory, comprising a brief history of Laramie City from its first settlement to the present time, together with sketches of the characteristics and resources of the surrounding country; including a minute description of a portion of the mining region of the Black Hills. Also a general and business directory of Laramie City View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorTriggs, J.H.HeadlineTriggs' History of Laramie Wyoming, 1875PublisherDaily Sentinel Print.Date Published1875 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 #88 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorTwain, Mark [pseud. of Samuel L. Clemens]HeadlineFirst Edition with early ownership inscriptionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 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 #91 Original reward poster issued by Southern Pacific Co. and Wells, Fargo & Co. offering a total reward of $1,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the parties connected with the robbery of Southern Pacific Train No. 1 near Humboldt, Nevada View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Wanted Poster - "Wild Bunch")HeadlineReward poster for Sundance Kid & Kid Curry Train RobberyDate Published1898 Lot #92 Arizona Gazette View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Wild West - Earp Brothers, et al.)HeadlineEarps & OK Corral in 1881 Arizona newspaperPublisherChas. A. McNeil & Co., PublishersDate Published1881 Lot #93 Five original newspapers directly related to OK Corral participants and events including “The Earp Vendetta Ride” View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Wild West - Earp Brothers, et al.)HeadlineEarp Bros. in Tombstone, 5 newspapersDate Published1877-1882 Lot #94 The Phoenix Herald View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Wild West - Earp Brothers, et al.)HeadlineOK Corral 1st report in Phoenix AZ newspaper 1881Date Published1881 Lot #95 The Tombstone Epitaph View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Wild West - Earp Brothers, et al.)HeadlineEarps in Tombstone just before OK CorralDate Published1881 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 #97 Elaborate die-cut embossed advertising piece for California Wine from F. Korbel & Bros. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Wine)HeadlineRare die-cut display ad for Korbel wineDate Publishedc.1880 Lot #98 Tabula Moderna Prime Partis Aphricae View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Africa)AuthorWaldseemuller, MartinHeadlineFirst modern map of North and West AfricaDate Published1513 Lot #99 Universale della Parte del Mondo Nuovamente Ritrovata View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(America)AuthorGastaldi, Jacobo/ Giovanni Battista RamusioHeadlineRamusio/Gastaldi map of Western Hemisphere 1556-1565Date Published1556-[1565] Lot #100 Americae Sive Novi Orbis, Nova Descriptio View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(America)AuthorOrtelius, AbrahamHeadlineOrtelius' landmark map of AmericasDate Published1579 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next