Sale 828: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Jim Hier Collection of U.S. Presidents - World History - Maps, Prints & Views (#828) 12/19/2024 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/19/2024 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 828 712 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 101-168 of 168. Previous|12|Next Lot #133 A History of The Brazil; Comprising its Geography, Commerce, Colonization, Aboriginal Inhabitants Heading(Brazil)AuthorHenderson, JamesHeadlineHistory of Brazil, Henderson 1821, plates & mapsPublisherPrinted for the Author, and Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #143 Letter from W.N. Brainard in Dowagiac, Michigan, to his business partner Ransom Morehouse in Sacramento, California, describing the start of an overland trip to California with a herd of cattle, and other matters Heading(California - overland cattle drive)AuthorBrainard, William NewellHeadlineCattle drive to California, 1853Date PublishedApril 14,1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #166 Yosemite, An Ode Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineSigned by George SterlingPublisherA.M. RobertsonDate Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #192 The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government Heading(Civil War)AuthorDavis, JeffersonHeadlineRise & Fall of Confederate Govt 2 vols 1881PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1881 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #195 Constitutional Equality a Right of Woman; or a Consideration of the Various Relations... with a Review of the Constitution of the United States,... Also a Review of the Rights of Children. AuthorClaflin, Tennie C.HeadlineConstitutional Equality by Tennie Claflin, 1871PublisherWoodhull, Claflin & Co.Date Published1871 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #212 Collection of mid-nineteenth century correspondence between mother and son Heading(Correspondence)Headline19th century correspondence archive, New YorkDate PublishedBulk 1840-1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #214 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineContract for Chinese laborer in Cuba 1857Date Published1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #215 Death certificate for a Chinese slave who apparently had been freed Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineFreed Chinese dies in Cuban hospitalDate Published1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #216 Eight leaves from a ledger book apparently recording the disembarkation in Cuba of Chinese laborers from the ship "Suomi" and their distribution to their "Patronos" Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineCuba end of Coolie pipeline from ChinaDate Published1867 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #217 Legal file (expediante) regarding a free Chinese man currently in detention wanting to regularize his legal status Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineFree Chinese in Cuba seeks clarity on legal status 1872Date Published1872 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #218 Manifest listing 444 Chinese laborers bound for Havana, 15 of whom died en route, with cause of death listed Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineDeath causation among Cuba-bound Chinese cooliesDate PublishedMarch 16, 1868 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #219 Ship's manifest listing Chinese indentured servants transported to Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineManifest of Chinese Coolies shipped to Cuba, 1866Date PublishedJanuary 12, 1866 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #220 Ship's manifest listing the large quantity of 500 Chinese laborers / indentured servants being embarked for transportation to Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)Headline500 Chinese laborers bound for Cuban sugar fieldsDate Published30 December 1867 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #221 Document recording the transfer of 26 slaves in Cuba from one owner to another Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slaves being transferred, 1863 documentDate Published1863 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #222 Manuscript listing items procured for the care of African 'Bozales" (hog-tied and muzzled) slaves in a separate facility - a little-known Bozales Slave Depository Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCare for "bozales" slaves in Cuban facility, 1857Date PublishedAugust 2nd, 1857 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #225 "Depósito de Cimarrones. Relacion nominal de los asiaticos y morenos existentes el dia 30 de Abril de 1877" (cover title) Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRunaways in Cuban "Deposito de Cimarrones" 1877Date Published1877 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #228 Letter from Lee de Forest to "Carl" regarding a radio (or television?) script on De Forest's Life AuthorDe Forest, LeeHeadlineLee de Forest, "father of radio"Date PublishedOct. 18, no year View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #239 The History of the Rise and Progress of the United States of North America, Till the British Revolution in 1688 AuthorGrahame, JamesHeadlineJames Grahame's history of early America 1827PublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and GreenDate Published1827 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #252 Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942 Heading(Japanese Internment)Author[DeWitt, J.L.]HeadlineOfficial report on WWII Japanese evacuationPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1943 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #260 New Orleans and its Living Past AuthorLaughlin, Clarence John and David L. CohnHeadlineLimited edition signed by LaughlinPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1941 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #264 Diary with entries made sporadically from 1816 to 1823 Heading(Maine)HeadlineDiary kept by Maine woman 1816-23Date Published1816-1823 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #266 Two letters and diet plan to a patient recommending the Salisbury Diet Heading(Medical – Salisbury Diet)AuthorSalisbury, J.H.HeadlineThe Doctor who invented Salisbury steakDate Published1880 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #271 Several form letters & other items relating to the Exposition of Industries and Fine Arts of Mexico 1896, planned for Mexico City but never held Heading(Mexico)HeadlineEphemera for cancelled Mexican world's fair, 1896Date Published1895-6 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #272 Memoria Cientifica Sobre unas Piezas de Artilleria de Montaña de Nuevo Sistema, Inventadas, Construidas y Presentadas Heading(Mexico)AuthorVillegas, MacarioHeadlineInscribed by Macario VillegasPublisherImprenta del Gobierno en PalacioDate Published1877 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #275 18 Letters from Independence Missouri, 1830-1848 Heading(Missouri)Headline18 Letters from Independence Missouri, 1830-1848Date Published1830-1848 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #287 Ornate manuscript calligraphic broadside conveying the thanks of the Virginia [City], Nevada, unit of the National Guard to their counterparts in San Francisco, who had hosted the Nevadans on a visit to that city Heading(Nevada)HeadlineNevada National Guard junket to San FranciscoDate PublishedJuly 16, 1872 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #288 The War for the Union [with] Ordeal of the Union [with] The Emergence of Lincoln AuthorNevins, AllanHeadlineNevins' Civil War set inscribed to David M. PotterPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1947-71] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #293 Manuscript relating to unsuccessful attempt to establish a new county in New York called Highland Heading(New York)HeadlineManuscript on proposed Highland County NYDate Publishedc. 1860s View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #301 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$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #302 Travel and Comment AuthorPhelan, James D.HeadlineTravels of CA U.S. Senator, signed inscribedPublisherA.M. RobertsonDate Published1923 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #305 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$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #325 San Francisco: The "Vicar of Bray" in Yerba Buena Cove during the Gold Rush, November, 1849 AuthorStobard, JohnHeadlineSigned by John StobardDate Published[1975] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #341 18 U.S. documents related to the War of 1812 Heading(War of 1812)Headline21 Government documents about the War of 1812Date Published1811-1813 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #342 Masked Gods: Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism AuthorWaters, FrankHeadlineFrank Waters Masked Gods, signed 1/300PublisherUniversity of New Mexico PressDate Published[1950, but 1964] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #350 Poster and large printed broadside relating to the Anglo-American alliance during the Second World War Heading(World War II)HeadlinePosters to boost WWII patriotismDate Published[c.1942] & 1943 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #353 Stories from Indian Wigwams and Northern Camp-Fires AuthorYoung, Egerton RyersonHeadlineStories by Egerton R. Young, signed inscribed 1897PublisherCharles H. KellyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #373 Reflections on the Revolution in France and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event AuthorBurke, EdmundHeadlineBurke's Reflections on the Revolution in FrancePublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1790 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #377 America in the China Relief Expedition Heading(China)AuthorDaggett, Aaron SimonHeadlineAmerica's Role in the Battle of PekingPublisherHudson-Kimberly Publishing CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #380 Message to the Tri-Continental Congress Heading(Cold War)AuthorGuevara, CheHeadlineGuevara's Message to the Tri-Continental CongressPublisherSouthern Student Organizing CommitteeDate Published[1966] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #382 The Cook's Dictionary, and Housekeeper's Directory: A New Family Manual of Cookery and Confectionery, on a Plan of Ready Reference Never Hitherto Attempted Heading(Cookery)AuthorDolby, RichardHeadlineRichard Dolby Cook's Dictionary 1830PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1830 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #389 Il Costume Antico e Moderno: O Storia del Governo, della Milizia, della Religione, delle Arti, Scienze ed Usanze di tutti i Popoli Antichi e Moderni AuthorFerrario, GiulioHeadlineColor plates of 19th c. Asian and European historyPublisherPer Vincenzo BatelliDate Published1825-1832 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #390 Sibirskai͡a istorii͡a s samogo otkrytii͡a Sibiri do zavoevanii͡a seĭ zemli rossiĭskim oruzhiem AuthorFischer, Johann EberhardHeadlineHistory of Siberia in Russian, 1774PublisherImperatorskoĭ Akademii naukDate Published1774 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #398 Eleven Acts of Parliament & two related papers from 1693 to 1837 Heading(Great Britain)HeadlineBritish Acts of Parliament 1693-1837Date Published1693-1837 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #404 My Battle (Mein Kampf) AuthorHitler, AdolfHeadlineSecond American edition of Mein KampfPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #408 Japan and the Japanese AuthorHumbert, AiméHeadlineManners and Customs of the Japanese, 1874PublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #412 The Asiatic Annual Register; Or, A View of the History of Hindustan, and of the Politics, Commerce and Literature of Asia Heading(India)Headline7 volumes of history & politics of British in IndiaDate Published1800-1809 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$275StatusSold Lot #430 Central Africa: Naked Truths of Naked People AuthorLong, C. ChailléHeadlineC. Chaille Long, Central Africa signed inscribedPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1877 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #431 A New History of Ethiopia. Being a Full and Accurate Description of The Kingdom of Abessinia Vulgarly, though Erroneously called the Empire of Prester John AuthorLudolphus, JobHeadlineHistory of Ethiopia by the Learned Job LudolphusPublisherSamuel SmithDate Published1682 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #436 A New and Complete System of Geography. Containing a Full, Accurate, Authentic, and Interesting Account and Description of Europe, Asia, Africa and America... AuthorMiddleton, Charles TheodoreHeadlineMiddleton's Geography with Maps & PlatesPublisherJ. CookeDate Published1777; 1778 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #442 The Image of War, or Service on the Chin Hills AuthorNewland, Arthur George EdwardHeadlineNewland's war documentary photographs, BurmaPublisherThacker, Spink and Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #455 Remarques sur les avantages et les desavantages de la France et de la Gr. Bretagne Heading(Plumart de Danguel, Joseph)AuthorNickolls, John [pseud. of Joseph Plumart de DanguelHeadlinePseudonymous work on population growth 1754PublisherFrançois ChanguionDate Published1754 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #457 Sixteen printed Price Current lists from around the world, 1757 to 1869 Heading(Prices Current)HeadlinePrices Current tracking international tradeDate Published1757-1869 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #467 The Heart of Asia: A History of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the Earliest Times AuthorSkrine, Francis Henry and Edward Denison RossHeadlineSkrine's Heart of Asia, 1st Edition 1899PublisherMethuen & CoDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #471 Tropical Fibres: Their Production and Economic Extraction AuthorSquier, Ephraim GeorgeHeadlineProcessing plants like yucca & agave, color platesPublisherScribner & Co.Date Published1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #482 An Authentic Account of the Embassy of the Dutch East-India Company, to the Court of the Emperor of China, in the Years 1794 and 1795 AuthorVan Braam, André EverardHeadlineVan Braam, Embassy Dutch East-India Co. to ChinaPublisherPrinted for R. Phillips... and sold by J. Debrett..., et al.Date Published1798 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #484 Herculaneum: Past, Present & Future AuthorWaldstein, Charles & Leonard ShoobridgeHeadlineStudy of Roman ruins at HerculaneumPublisherMacmillan and Co. LimitedDate Published1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #485 The Epics of Everest AuthorWibberley, LeonardHeadlineSigned by 3 members of the British 1953 attemptPublisherFaber and FaberDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #488 A Narrative of the Mission sent by the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava in 1855 AuthorYule, HenryHeadlineYule's Mission to Court of Ava w/ folding map of BurmaPublisherSmith, Elder, and Co.Date Published1858 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #545 Fifteen volumes relating to early California history Heading(California)Headline15 works on early CaliforniaProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1930-2021 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #546 Twelve volumes about the American West and Southwest Heading(Western Americana)Headline12 volumes on the SouthwestProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1903-2012 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #547 Thirteen volumes about the American West Heading(Western Americana)Headline13 works on the American WestProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1884-2010 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #548 Fifteen volumes on California and the California Gold Rush Heading(California)Headline15 works on CaliforniaProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1859-1985 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #553 Fourteen volumes on California Heading(California)Headline14 volumes on CaliforniaProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1920-1999 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #554 Fourteen volumes on California and the California Gold Rush Heading(California)Headline14 volumes on CaliforniaProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1923-1997 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #555 Thirteen volumes on California Heading(California)Headline13 works on CaliforniaProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1931-2002 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #556 Fourteen volumes on California history Heading(California)Headline14 works on CaliforniaProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1923-2013 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #558 Seven volumes on San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline7 volumes on SFProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1913-1979 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next