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