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 101-128 of 128. Previous|12|Next 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #468 The Wealth of Nations. Facsimile Bicentenary Edition. AuthorSmith, AdamHeadlineBicentenary edition of The Wealth of NationsPublisherYushodo Booksellers, Ltd.Date Published1979 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold 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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next