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 1-81 of 81. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Life of George Washington Heading(1789)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineLife of George Washington Illustrated EditionPublisherG.P. Putnam & Co.Date Published1857-59 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #3 Memorials of Washington and of Mary, his mother, and Martha, his wife, from letters and papers Heading(1789)AuthorWalter, JamesHeadlineBiographies of George, Mary and Martha WashingtonPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #8 Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois... Heading(1861)AuthorLincoln, Abraham and Stephen A. DouglasHeadlineLincoln-Douglas Debates 1860PublisherFollett, Foster and CompanyDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #15 Grover Cleveland: The Man and the Statesman Heading(1885)AuthorMcElroy, RobertHeadlineBiography of U.S. President Grover ClevelandPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published1923 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #20 How Long Prosperity? Heading(1925)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineScarce C. Dawes Title SignedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe A.N. Marquis CompanyDate Published1937 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$600StatusSold Lot #22 The Challenge To Liberty Heading(1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineMrs. Benjamin Harrison's copy, signed by HooverProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1934 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #43 The President Speaks "A More Beautiful America…" Excerpts from speeches by Lyndon B. Johnson. Heading(1963)AuthorJohnson, Lyndon BainesHeadlineNotable Association Copy!ProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherUnited States Government Printing OfficeDate Published1965 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #69 Addresses of Jimmy Carter (James Earl Carter) Governor of Georgia, 1971-1975 Heading(1977)AuthorDaniel, Frank, compilerHeadlineAddresses of Jimmy Carter 1971-1975, signedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherBen W. Fortsen, Jr. Secretary of StateDate Published1975 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #70 My Turn Heading(1981)AuthorReagan, NancyHeadlineMy Turn, signed by Nancy Reagan, in shrinkwrapProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1989 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #88 The New England Anti-Slavery Almanac for 1841 Heading(African American, 1841)Author[Tappan, Lewis?]HeadlineEngravings of the heroic Amistad slavesPublisherJ.A. CollinsDate Published1841 [actually 1840] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #89 Letter from Vermont schoolteacher working in slave-era Kentucky Heading(African American, 1843)AuthorDouglas, [James?] M.HeadlineSlaves and Henry Clay in antebellum KentuckyDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #90 Speech of the Hon. W.H. Seward, on the admission of California, and the subject of slavery, delivered in the United States Senate, on Monday, March 11, 1850 Heading(African American, 1850)AuthorSeward, William H.HeadlineSeward speech on California & Slavery, 1850PublisherRedding & CompanyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #91 Le Pere Tom: Ou, Vie des Negres en Amerique Heading(African American, 1853)AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineEarly French translation of Uncle Tom's CabinPublisherGustave BarbaDate Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #92 Annual Report of the American Anti-Slavery Society…for the Year Ending May 1, 1860 Heading(African American, 1860)HeadlineAbolitionists eulogize John BrownPublisherAmerican Anti-Slavery SocietyDate Published1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #93 The Bible against Slavery, with replies to the "Bible View of Slavery," by John H. Hopkins, Bishop of the Diocese of Vermont... Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorVail, Stephen M.HeadlineBible shown to oppose slavery, 1864PublisherFogg, Hadley & Co., PrintersDate Published1864 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #94 WITHDRAWN: Inaugural Ceremonies of the Freedmen’s Memorial Monument to Abraham Lincoln, Washington City, April 14, 1876 Heading(African American, 1876)AuthorDouglass, Frederick, et alHeadlineWITHDRAWN: Frederick Douglass eulogizes LincolnDate Published1876 View details StatusUnsold Lot #95 The Black Troopers, or the Daring Heroism of the Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War Heading(African American, 1899)AuthorLynk, Miles V.HeadlineStory of Black soldiers in Spanish-American WarPublisherThe M.V. Lynk Publishing HouseDate Published1899 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #96 The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot Heading(African American, 1923)HeadlineStudy of race riots in ChicagoPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #97 Taggy and Waggy Heading(African American, 1926)AuthorHart, George L.HeadlineTaggy and Waggy 1st ed in unclipped dust jacketPublisherDorrance & Company, Inc.Date Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #98 Rope & Faggot, A Biography of Judge Lynch Heading(African American, 1929)AuthorWhite, WalterHeadlineNAACP leader details horrors of lynchingPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1929 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #99 Service Men’s Map of Washington / Full Information on Service Clubs, Entertainment and Sightseeing... Heading(African American, 1945)HeadlineSegregated WW II Washington, DCPublisherWar Hospitality Committee, Civilian War ServiceDate Published1945 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #100 Two panoramic photographs of Company 771 taken at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, IL Heading(African American, 1945)HeadlineAfrican-American Naval Company 771 photosDate Published1945 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #101 Slavery in the South As I Knew It Heading(African American, 1978)AuthorHardaway, ElizabethHeadlinePositive view of slavery by a southernerDate PublishedAugust 21, 1978 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #110 History of the Colonization of the Free States of Antiquity, Applied to the Present Contest between Great Britain and her American Colonies. Heading(American Revolution)AuthorBarron, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Barron's pro-taxation treatise, 1777PublisherPrinted for T. CadellDate Published[1777] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #117 Fighter Aces Heading(Aviation - World War II)AuthorShores, ChristopherHeadlineSigned by 55 WWII fighter acesPublisherHamlynDate Published[1975] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #118 Fighter Aces of the Luftwaffe Heading(Aviation - World War II)AuthorToliver, Colonel Raymond F. and Trevor J. ConstableHeadlineSigned by Yeager, Gabreski, & 150 more acesPublisherAero PublishersDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #119 Fighter Aces of the U.S.A. Heading(Aviation - World War II)AuthorToliver, Raymond F. and Trevor J. ConstableHeadlineSigned by over 100 WWII fighter acesPublisherAero PublishersDate Published[1979] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #122 Manuscript copy of letter appointing Charles Bagot for negotiations between Great Britain and the United States to end a conflict around the Great Lakes border region. Heading(Bagot, Charles)HeadlineCopy of appointment for Charles Bagot 1817-18Date Publishedc.1817 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #125 Achievements of Civilization. The Book of Wealth. Wealth in Relation to Material and Intellectual Progress and Achievement. AuthorBancroft, Hubert HoweHeadlineWith Jason and Golden Fleece cover paintingPublisherThe Bancroft Company, PublishersDate Published1899 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #330 Texas. An Epitome of Texas History From the Fill-Bustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic From Most Approved Sources. Heading(Texas)AuthorBrooker, William H.HeadlineSouvenir Texas history book from Alamo, 1897PublisherPress of Nitschke BrothersDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #349 Remember: Japan, Okinawa, Iwo, Philippines, Guam, Palau, Saipan, Tarawa, Tinian, Marshalls, New Guinea, Wake Island, Solomons, Guadalcanal, new Cal., Bataan, Corregidor, Pearl Harbor Heading(World War II)AuthorPappas, Sam C.HeadlinePhotographic memorial of WWIIDate Published[1946] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #351 Two photo albums of Saipan and Okinawa documenting the efforts of the 806th Aviation Engineer Battalion constructing airfields Heading(World War II)HeadlineBuilding airfields to bomb JapanDate Published1944-1952 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #359 The Naval and Military Exploits Which Have Distinguished the Reign of George the Third. Accurately Described, and Methodically Arranged. AuthorAspin, JehoshaphatHeadlineNaval Exploits, with hand-colored platesPublisherSamuel LeighDate Published1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #379 With a Bristol Fighter Squadron Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)AuthorNoble, WalterHeadlineEarly Winston Churchill introduction, 1920PublisherAndrew Melrose, LtdDate Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #385 History of the British Expedition to Egypt; to which is subjoined, A Sketch of the Present State of that Country and its Means of Defence Heading(Egypt)AuthorWilson, Robert ThomasHeadlineHistory of the British Expedition to EgyptPublisherC. RoworthDate Published1803 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold 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 #393 Album de Petits Soldats Heading(France)HeadlineTwenty-eight color plates depicting French soldiersPublisherArnauld de VresseDate Publishedc.1840 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #420 Campaigning in Kaffirland: or Scenes and Adventures in the Kaffir War of 1851-2 AuthorKing, Capt. W.R.HeadlineCampaigning in Kaffirland 1853PublisherSaunders and OtleyDate Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #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|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next