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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Brazil)AuthorHenderson, JamesHeadlineHistory of Brazil, Henderson 1821, plates & mapsPublisherPrinted for the Author, and Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1821 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - overland cattle drive)AuthorBrainard, William NewellHeadlineCattle drive to California, 1853Date PublishedApril 14,1853 Lot #166 Yosemite, An Ode View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineSigned by George SterlingPublisherA.M. RobertsonDate Published1916 Lot #192 The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorDavis, JeffersonHeadlineRise & Fall of Confederate Govt 2 vols 1881PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1881 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. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorClaflin, Tennie C.HeadlineConstitutional Equality by Tennie Claflin, 1871PublisherWoodhull, Claflin & Co.Date Published1871 Lot #212 Collection of mid-nineteenth century correspondence between mother and son View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Correspondence)Headline19th century correspondence archive, New YorkDate PublishedBulk 1840-1854 Lot #214 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineContract for Chinese laborer in Cuba 1857Date Published1857 Lot #215 Death certificate for a Chinese slave who apparently had been freed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineFreed Chinese dies in Cuban hospitalDate Published1875 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" View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineCuba end of Coolie pipeline from ChinaDate Published1867 Lot #217 Legal file (expediante) regarding a free Chinese man currently in detention wanting to regularize his legal status View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineFree Chinese in Cuba seeks clarity on legal status 1872Date Published1872 Lot #218 Manifest listing 444 Chinese laborers bound for Havana, 15 of whom died en route, with cause of death listed View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineDeath causation among Cuba-bound Chinese cooliesDate PublishedMarch 16, 1868 Lot #219 Ship's manifest listing Chinese indentured servants transported to Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineManifest of Chinese Coolies shipped to Cuba, 1866Date PublishedJanuary 12, 1866 Lot #220 Ship's manifest listing the large quantity of 500 Chinese laborers / indentured servants being embarked for transportation to Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)Headline500 Chinese laborers bound for Cuban sugar fieldsDate Published30 December 1867 Lot #221 Document recording the transfer of 26 slaves in Cuba from one owner to another View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slaves being transferred, 1863 documentDate Published1863 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCare for "bozales" slaves in Cuban facility, 1857Date PublishedAugust 2nd, 1857 Lot #225 "Depósito de Cimarrones. Relacion nominal de los asiaticos y morenos existentes el dia 30 de Abril de 1877" (cover title) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRunaways in Cuban "Deposito de Cimarrones" 1877Date Published1877 Lot #228 Letter from Lee de Forest to "Carl" regarding a radio (or television?) script on De Forest's Life View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorDe Forest, LeeHeadlineLee de Forest, "father of radio"Date PublishedOct. 18, no year Lot #239 The History of the Rise and Progress of the United States of North America, Till the British Revolution in 1688 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGrahame, JamesHeadlineJames Grahame's history of early America 1827PublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and GreenDate Published1827 Lot #252 Final Report: Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Japanese Internment)Author[DeWitt, J.L.]HeadlineOfficial report on WWII Japanese evacuationPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1943 Lot #260 New Orleans and its Living Past View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLaughlin, Clarence John and David L. CohnHeadlineLimited edition signed by LaughlinPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1941 Lot #264 Diary with entries made sporadically from 1816 to 1823 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Maine)HeadlineDiary kept by Maine woman 1816-23Date Published1816-1823 Lot #266 Two letters and diet plan to a patient recommending the Salisbury Diet View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Medical – Salisbury Diet)AuthorSalisbury, J.H.HeadlineThe Doctor who invented Salisbury steakDate Published1880 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineEphemera for cancelled Mexican world's fair, 1896Date Published1895-6 Lot #272 Memoria Cientifica Sobre unas Piezas de Artilleria de Montaña de Nuevo Sistema, Inventadas, Construidas y Presentadas View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)AuthorVillegas, MacarioHeadlineInscribed by Macario VillegasPublisherImprenta del Gobierno en PalacioDate Published1877 Lot #275 18 Letters from Independence Missouri, 1830-1848 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Missouri)Headline18 Letters from Independence Missouri, 1830-1848Date Published1830-1848 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)HeadlineNevada National Guard junket to San FranciscoDate PublishedJuly 16, 1872 Lot #288 The War for the Union [with] Ordeal of the Union [with] The Emergence of Lincoln View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorNevins, AllanHeadlineNevins' Civil War set inscribed to David M. PotterPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1947-71] Lot #293 Manuscript relating to unsuccessful attempt to establish a new county in New York called Highland View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(New York)HeadlineManuscript on proposed Highland County NYDate Publishedc. 1860s Lot #301 Expediente del Marques de Casa Hermosa 1793 (cover title) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Peru)AuthorMesa y Ponte Pagés, Francisco José de, 1st Marquis of Casa HermosaHeadlineRebuilding Peru after Tupac uprising 1793Date Published1793 Lot #302 Travel and Comment View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPhelan, James D.HeadlineTravels of CA U.S. Senator, signed inscribedPublisherA.M. RobertsonDate Published1923 Lot #305 Manuscript extracts of minutes of several annual meetings of Friends and of letters, primarily related to marriages between second cousins View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Quakers)AuthorElwood, Thomas & othersHeadlineQuakers consider marriage between cousinsDate PublishedEarly 18th century Lot #325 San Francisco: The "Vicar of Bray" in Yerba Buena Cove during the Gold Rush, November, 1849 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorStobard, JohnHeadlineSigned by John StobardDate Published[1975] Lot #341 18 U.S. documents related to the War of 1812 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(War of 1812)Headline21 Government documents about the War of 1812Date Published1811-1813 Lot #342 Masked Gods: Navaho and Pueblo Ceremonialism View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorWaters, FrankHeadlineFrank Waters Masked Gods, signed 1/300PublisherUniversity of New Mexico PressDate Published[1950, but 1964] Lot #350 Poster and large printed broadside relating to the Anglo-American alliance during the Second World War View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(World War II)HeadlinePosters to boost WWII patriotismDate Published[c.1942] & 1943 Lot #353 Stories from Indian Wigwams and Northern Camp-Fires View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorYoung, Egerton RyersonHeadlineStories by Egerton R. Young, signed inscribed 1897PublisherCharles H. KellyDate Published1897 Lot #373 Reflections on the Revolution in France and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBurke, EdmundHeadlineBurke's Reflections on the Revolution in FrancePublisherPrinted for J. DodsleyDate Published1790 Lot #377 America in the China Relief Expedition View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorDaggett, Aaron SimonHeadlineAmerica's Role in the Battle of PekingPublisherHudson-Kimberly Publishing CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #380 Message to the Tri-Continental Congress View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Cold War)AuthorGuevara, CheHeadlineGuevara's Message to the Tri-Continental CongressPublisherSouthern Student Organizing CommitteeDate Published[1966] 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cookery)AuthorDolby, RichardHeadlineRichard Dolby Cook's Dictionary 1830PublisherHenry Colburn and Richard BentleyDate Published1830 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFerrario, GiulioHeadlineColor plates of 19th c. Asian and European historyPublisherPer Vincenzo BatelliDate Published1825-1832 Lot #390 Sibirskai͡a istorii͡a s samogo otkrytii͡a Sibiri do zavoevanii͡a seĭ zemli rossiĭskim oruzhiem View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorFischer, Johann EberhardHeadlineHistory of Siberia in Russian, 1774PublisherImperatorskoĭ Akademii naukDate Published1774 Lot #398 Eleven Acts of Parliament & two related papers from 1693 to 1837 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Great Britain)HeadlineBritish Acts of Parliament 1693-1837Date Published1693-1837 Lot #404 My Battle (Mein Kampf) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorHitler, AdolfHeadlineSecond American edition of Mein KampfPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1937] Lot #408 Japan and the Japanese View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHumbert, AiméHeadlineManners and Customs of the Japanese, 1874PublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published1874 Lot #412 The Asiatic Annual Register; Or, A View of the History of Hindustan, and of the Politics, Commerce and Literature of Asia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$275StatusSold Heading(India)Headline7 volumes of history & politics of British in IndiaDate Published1800-1809 Lot #430 Central Africa: Naked Truths of Naked People View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorLong, C. ChailléHeadlineC. Chaille Long, Central Africa signed inscribedPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1877 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorLudolphus, JobHeadlineHistory of Ethiopia by the Learned Job LudolphusPublisherSamuel SmithDate Published1682 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... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorMiddleton, Charles TheodoreHeadlineMiddleton's Geography with Maps & PlatesPublisherJ. CookeDate Published1777; 1778 Lot #442 The Image of War, or Service on the Chin Hills View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorNewland, Arthur George EdwardHeadlineNewland's war documentary photographs, BurmaPublisherThacker, Spink and Co.Date Published1894 Lot #455 Remarques sur les avantages et les desavantages de la France et de la Gr. Bretagne View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Plumart de Danguel, Joseph)AuthorNickolls, John [pseud. of Joseph Plumart de DanguelHeadlinePseudonymous work on population growth 1754PublisherFrançois ChanguionDate Published1754 Lot #457 Sixteen printed Price Current lists from around the world, 1757 to 1869 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Prices Current)HeadlinePrices Current tracking international tradeDate Published1757-1869 Lot #467 The Heart of Asia: A History of Russian Turkestan and the Central Asian Khanates from the Earliest Times View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSkrine, Francis Henry and Edward Denison RossHeadlineSkrine's Heart of Asia, 1st Edition 1899PublisherMethuen & CoDate Published1899 Lot #471 Tropical Fibres: Their Production and Economic Extraction View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSquier, Ephraim GeorgeHeadlineProcessing plants like yucca & agave, color platesPublisherScribner & Co.Date Published1861 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$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Travel Diary)AuthorMacLean, LyellHeadlineDiary of ocean voyage to Far East 1927Date Published1927 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 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorVan Braam, André EverardHeadlineVan Braam, Embassy Dutch East-India Co. to ChinaPublisherPrinted for R. Phillips... and sold by J. Debrett..., et al.Date Published1798 Lot #484 Herculaneum: Past, Present & Future View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWaldstein, Charles & Leonard ShoobridgeHeadlineStudy of Roman ruins at HerculaneumPublisherMacmillan and Co. LimitedDate Published1908 Lot #485 The Epics of Everest View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorWibberley, LeonardHeadlineSigned by 3 members of the British 1953 attemptPublisherFaber and FaberDate Published[1955] Lot #488 A Narrative of the Mission sent by the Governor-General of India to the Court of Ava in 1855 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorYule, HenryHeadlineYule's Mission to Court of Ava w/ folding map of BurmaPublisherSmith, Elder, and Co.Date Published1858 Lot #545 Fifteen volumes relating to early California history View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(California)Headline15 works on early CaliforniaProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1930-2021 Lot #546 Twelve volumes about the American West and Southwest View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Western Americana)Headline12 volumes on the SouthwestProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1903-2012 Lot #547 Thirteen volumes about the American West View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Western Americana)Headline13 works on the American WestProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1884-2010 Lot #548 Fifteen volumes on California and the California Gold Rush View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(California)Headline15 works on CaliforniaProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1859-1985 Lot #553 Fourteen volumes on California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(California)Headline14 volumes on CaliforniaProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1920-1999 Lot #554 Fourteen volumes on California and the California Gold Rush View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(California)Headline14 volumes on CaliforniaProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1923-1997 Lot #555 Thirteen volumes on California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(California)Headline13 works on CaliforniaProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1931-2002 Lot #556 Fourteen volumes on California history View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(California)Headline14 works on CaliforniaProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1923-2013 Lot #558 Seven volumes on San Francisco View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline7 volumes on SFProvenanceGary Kurutz CollectionDate Published1913-1979 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next