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