Sale 825: Americana – Travel & Exploration – Jim Hier Collection of U.S. Presidents – World History – Maps, Prints & Views (#825) 11/07/2024 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/07/2024 11:00 AM PST 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 101-156 of 156. Previous|12|Next Lot #105 Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship, and Purpose Heading(2021)AuthorBiden, JoeHeadlineBiden, Promise Me Dad, signed 1st EditionPublisherFlatiron BooksDate Published[2017] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #107 Two inauguration First Day Covers and one presidential postcard Heading(Inaugurations)HeadlinePresidential ephemeraDate Publishedc.1953-1977 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #108 Eight volumes signed by Presidents and their family members Heading(Presidential)HeadlineEight vols signed Presidential family membersPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1959-2015 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #109 Album of United States Presidents from George Washington to James A. Garfield Heading(Presidents)HeadlineEngraved portrait album, Presidents to GarfieldDate Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #110 Three Volumes by Vice Presidents Heading(Vice Presidents)HeadlineThree Volumes by VPsProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1954-1975 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #111 Three Volumes Signed by Vice Presidents Heading(Vice Presidents)HeadlineSigned by Humphrey, Mondale, and QuayleProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1968-1999 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #113 Letter from a slave owner's lawyer setting uncommon restrictions on the rental of a female slave Heading(African American, 1843)AuthorMassie, NathanielHeadlineUnusual rental terms for favored woman slaveDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #115 Letter about hiring a slave woman Heading(African American, 1855)AuthorPoe, Thomas C.HeadlineResponsibility for a slave in SelmaDate Published1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #117 Letter by New England man working in the slave South on the eve of Civil War Heading(African American, 1860)AuthorGuptill, Charles H.HeadlineYankee in Virginia chases runaway slaveDate Published1860 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #120 Letter from Massachusetts Infantry Private battling Confederate troops in Louisiana Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorAshly, L. G.HeadlineUnion soldier observes religiosity of ex-slavesDate Published1863 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #121 Three Civil War memoirs by White officers of Black troops Heading(African American, 1863-1865)HeadlineWhite commanders of Black Civil War regimentsDate Published1885-1924 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #122 Letter from a Republican Iowa legislator outraged by President Andrew Johnson's abandonment of Reconstruction and the rights of Negro ex-slaves Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorMcMillan, State Senator ThomasHeadlinePrediction of the fate of emancipated slavesDate Published1866 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #124 Letter and published memoir of aiding fugitive slaves during the Civil War Heading(African American, 1866-1895)AuthorFairchild, James H.HeadlineCollege pres. recounts role in Underground RRDate Published1866-1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #134 Two leaves from an account book from 1776 & 1777, Falmouth, Casco Bay, Maine, with payments to militia Heading(American Revolution - Maine)HeadlineFunding the Revolution in Falmouth Maine, 1776-7Date PublishedMay 1776-November 1777 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #149 Antislavery Origins of the Civil War in the United States Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorDumond, Dwight L.HeadlineEarly study Civil War's Abolitionist rootsPublisherUniversity of MichiganDate Published1939 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #159 Collection of letters and ephemera from the latter 19th through the mid-20th century Heading(Billheads, letterheads, checks & assorted ephemera)HeadlineBillheads, letterheads, checks & assorted ephemeraDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #161 Letters from five Episcopal Bishops in the United States to Anne Mackenzie, British writer and sometime missionary in Africa Heading(Bishops - United States)HeadlineBritish writer collects U.S. Bishop's autographsDate Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #162 "13 de Maio" - ms. poem sent to Isabel, Imperial Princess of Brazil, in appreciation of her signing the 1888 law abolishing slavery in Brazil Heading(Brazil - Slavery)AuthorPorcino dos Santos, ManoelHeadlineTribute to abolition of Slavery in Brazil 1888Date PublishedSeptember 16, 1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #178 Letter from Jose Vincent DeLaveaga to Florentino Lopez Heading(California - Santa Cruz)AuthorDeLaveaga, Jose VincentHeadlineLetter from early developer of Santa Cruz, 1867Date Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #182 California Festival Association has the honor to present Max Reinhardt personally directing his production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream"... Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles; War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco; Faculty Glade-Greek Theatre, Berkeley Heading(California - Theatre)AuthorReinhardt, MaxHeadlineTheatre program signed by Rooney & de HavillandPublisher[California Festival Association]Date Published1934 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #195 Manuscript California Gold Rush journal of Enos Northrup, 1851-1853 Heading(California Gold Rush)HeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush Miner's journal 1851-1853Date Published1851-1853 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #206 Cesar Chavez, Autobiography of La Causa Heading(Chavez, Cesar)AuthorLevy, JacquesHeadlineInscribed and signed by Cesar ChavezPublisherNortonDate Published1975 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #209 Letter from influential British banker opposing Secession Heading(Civil War - Secession)AuthorSmith, SamuelHeadlineVirginia Governor urged to oppose SecessionDate Publishedc.1861 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #211 Letter from Howell Cobb, written as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to the director of the Mint at San Francisco AuthorCobb, HowellHeadlineFuture rebel leader writes as U.S. Treasury SecretaryDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #221 "Death Ship" Manifest listing over 100 Chinese laborers bound for Cuba who died on the voyage Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineDeadly voyage from Macau to Cuba 1861Date PublishedJulio 17 de 1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #225 Identification document (Cedula) for a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineID for Chinese indentured laborer in Cuba, 1862Date Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #226 Manifest listing 444 Chinese laborers bound for Havana, 171 of whom died en route Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineLarge death toll among Cuba-bound Chinese cooliesDate PublishedOctobre 23, 1869 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #227 Circular regarding the requirement for monthly reports about Chinese indentured laborers to be sent to the Superior Government in Cuba to ensure their departure at the end of their contract Heading(Cuba - Chinese)AuthorSerrano, FranciscoHeadlineChinese in Cuba must return to homeland when contract expiresDate Published5 de Marzo, 1860 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #228 Ship Manifest from the Spanish Ministry of War listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana, Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers embark for Cuba, 1861Date Published1861 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #229 Ship's manifest listing Chinese indentured servants transported to Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineManifest of Chinese laborers bound for ChinaDate Published1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #231 Document recording the transfer of two slaves into the "Patronato" system during the final stages of slavery in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slaves exchange owners for "patronatos", 1882 documentDate PublishedFebruary 7, 1882 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #232 Document relating to the arrival in Cuba of a group of emancipated slaves and what to do with them Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFree Blacks land on Cuban shores, 1848Date PublishedMay 31, 1848 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #233 Edict regarding how to manage the use of slaves for state service in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFinal stage of slavery in Cuba, 1874 documentPublisherGobierno Superior Politico de La Isla de CubaDate PublishedMarch 17, 1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #235 Legal file relating to a manumitted slave who is not being supplied proper documents or a promised stipend - with the slave's original receipts for payment in gold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMorena slave liberated in Cuba, 1880Date Published1880 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #236 Manuscript account document for a "Deposito de Bosales" in Cuba, a holding area for slaves who had not been assimilated into hispanic culture Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineAccounts for Cuban slave depository, 1857Date PublishedAugust 31, 1857 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #237 Manuscript list of hundreds of slaves that were baptized with dates of most baptisms, with a very early - 1846 - appearance of a Chinese slave in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineBaptisms of slaves in Cuba 1846-54 with ChineseDate Publishedc.1846-1854 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #238 Six manuscript documents relating to escaped African slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMS. tables of escaped Cuban slavesDate Published1845-1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #239 Two documents relating to compensation to Cuban slave owners for impressment of their slaves into the Spanish forces to fight rebels during the Ten Years' War in the struggle for Cuban independence Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves forced to fight against Cuban rebels 1874Date Published1874 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #241 Expediante (legal file) regarding the the trial and sentencing of a free black ("el negro libre") for causing injury ("lesiones") to a Chinese ("asiatico") Heading(Cuba)HeadlineTension between Blacks & Chinese in Cuba, 1875Date Published1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #242 Manuscript statements or letters about prostitution dens in Matamzas Heading(Cuba)HeadlineProstitution dens in Cuba, 1890Date Publishedc.1890 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #272 Land Grant signed by Patrick Henry AuthorHenry, PatrickHeadline1786 Land Grant signed by Patrick HenryProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1786 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #274 Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to a Harvard professor transmitting a report on progress made by graduates of the FBI National Police Academy AuthorHoover, J. EdgarHeadlineJ. Edgar Hoover letter on Police AcademyDate Published1936 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #293 Letter by Lafayette's private secretary Heading(Lafayette, Marquis de)AuthorLevasseur, Andre-Nicolas (Auguste)HeadlineNarrator of Lafayette's journey to AmericaDate Published1829 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #328 Stencil typescript letter signed by Indian trader John B. Moore, to John M. Long in Eaton, Indiana, sending a copy of his first Navajo catalogue (not present) and offering for sale the rugs and blankets listed therein Heading(Navajo Trader – New Mexico)AuthorMoore, John BradfordHeadlineNew Mexico Indian Trader offers Navajo textilesDate PublishedMarch 15, 1905 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #340 Expediente del Marques de Casa Hermosa 1793 (cover title) Heading(Peru)AuthorMesa y Ponte Pagés, Francisco José de, 1st Marquis of Casa HermosaHeadlineRebuilding Peru after Tupac uprising 1793Date Published1793 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #345 Manuscript extracts of minutes of several annual meetings of Friends and of letters, primarily related to marriages between second cousins Heading(Quakers)AuthorElwood, Thomas & othersHeadlineQuakers consider marriage between cousinsDate PublishedEarly 18th century View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #347 Manuscript letter from Yearly Meeting of the Friends in London, to their counterpart in Burlington, New Jersey, in the American colonies, at the time of the French and Indian War, with reference to the conflict Heading(Quakers)AuthorThompson, Gilbert, clerk to the meetingHeadlineQuakers on frontier in French & Indian WarDate Published1758 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #360 The Realty Syndicate Minute Book No. 9 Heading(Smith, Francis Marion)AuthorThe Realty SyndicateHeadlineRealty Syndicate w/ F.M. Smith SignaturesDate Published1910-1912 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #364 Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys Heading(Space)AuthorCollins, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Michael CollinsPublisherFarrar Straus and GirouxDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #365 Bill and Moya Lear: An Unforgettable Flight Heading(Space)AuthorLear, Moya OlsenHeadlineLear Reminiscences signed by Neil Armstrong & othersPublisherJack Bacon and CompanyDate Published1996 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #370 Letter from future Supreme Court Chief Justice Heading(Supreme Court)AuthorHughes, Charles EvansHeadlineAmerican becomes Judge of the World CourtDate Published1929 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #401 Doolittle's Tokyo Raiders Heading(World War II)AuthorGlines, Carroll V.HeadlineSigned by Jimmy Doolittle & 30 morePublisherVan Nostrand Reinhold CompanyDate Published1964 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #424 WITHDRAWN - Appointment document signed by Elizabeth the Second Heading(Elizabeth II Queen of Great Britain)HeadlineWITHDRAWN - Document signed by Elizabeth the SecondDate Published1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #477 Manuscript diary kept during an ocean voyage from California to Hawaii and the Far East, as far as Ceylon, when the diary portion ends Heading(Travel Diary)AuthorMacLean, LyellHeadlineDiary of ocean voyage to Far East 1927Date Published1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #481 A King's Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor AuthorWindsor, [Edward] Duke ofHeadlineSigned by Edward Duke of WindsorPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #486 Fighter Aces Heading(World War II)AuthorToliver, Raymond F. & Trevor J. ConstableHeadlineWith over 100 signatures of WWII fighter pilotsPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next