Sale 834: Americana - Natural History - Travel - U.S. Presidents - Cartography (#834) 03/20/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 03/20/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-100 of 107. Previous|12|Next Lot #2 Life of George Washington Heading(1789)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineIrving's Life of George Washington 1/110PublisherG.P. Putnam & Co.Date Published1855-1859 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #3 Epistles Domestic, Confidential, and Official, from General Washington. Written About the Commencement of the American Contest, When He Entered on the Command of the Army of the United States... Heading(1789)AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineWashington's Epistles with Tory forgeries, 1796PublisherPrinted by G. Robinson and J. Bull / Re-printed for F. and C. RivingtonDate Published1796 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #4 Land grant signed by James Monroe Heading(1817)AuthorMonroe, JamesHeadlineOhio land grant signed by James MonroeProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate PublishedAugust 18, 1818 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #5 Autograph letter signed by Robert Tyler Heading(1841)AuthorTyler, RobertHeadlineALS from son of John Tyler 1843Date Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #6 The Daily Davenport Democrat Heading(1861)HeadlineSecond inauguration of President Lincoln 1865Date Published1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #7 Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Heading(1881)Author(President Arthur's copy)HeadlinePresident Arthur's Lippincott's MagazineProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #8 The North American Review Volume CXXXIII Heading(1881)AuthorRice, Allen Thorndike, editor (President Arthur's copy)HeadlineCopy from Pres. Arthur's LibraryProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1881 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #9 The Public Papers of Grover Cleveland, Twenty-Second President of the United States Heading(1885)AuthorCleveland, GroverHeadlinePublic Papers of Grover Cleveland inscribedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1889 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #10 A Journal of the McKinley Years Heading(1897)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineCharles Dawes on President McKinley, signedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1950 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$275StatusSold Lot #11 WITHDRAWN Trailing the Giant Panda Heading(1901)AuthorRoosevelt, Theodore and KermitHeadlineWITHDRAWNPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1929 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #12 History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5. Prepared Under Authority of the General Assembly of Maryland Heading(1909)AuthorWilmer, L. Allison, J.H. Jarrett, and Geo. W.F. VernonHeadlineWith TLS by William TaftPublisherPress of Guggenheimer, Weil & Co.Date Published1898-1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #13 A History of the American People Heading(1913)AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineDocumentary ed. Am. People signed by WilsonProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1918 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #14 Mere Literature Heading(1913)AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineWilson, Mere Literature, SignedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #15 Rededicating America: Life and Recent Speeches of Warren G. Harding Heading(1921)AuthorSchortemeier, Frederick E.HeadlineInscribed to Harding's campaign managerPublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #16 Have Faith in Massachusetts: A Collection of Speeches and Messages Heading(1923)AuthorCoolidge, CalvinHeadlineInscribed by CoolidgeProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1919] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #17 Essays and Speeches Heading(1925)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineEssays and Speeches signed by Charles DawesProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #18 The First Year of the Budget of the United States Heading(1925)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineThe Budget of the US signed by DawesProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1923 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$275StatusSold Lot #19 A Journal of the Great War Heading(1925)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineInscribed by Dawes to his doctorProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1923 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$275StatusSold Lot #20 A Journal of the Great War in Two Volumes Heading(1925)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineInscribed by Charles DawesProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190StatusSold Lot #21 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$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #22 On Growing Up: Letters to American Boys & Girls Including "The Uncommon Man" and Other Selections Heading(1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineOn Growing Up, 1st inscribed by HooverProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherWilliam Morrow & CompanyDate Published1962 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #23 On Growing Up: Letters to American Boys & Girls Including "The Uncommon Man" and Other Selections Heading(1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineGrowing up with Bunny inscriptionProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherWilliam Morrow & CompanyDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #24 Looking Forward Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineLooking Forward corrected proof 1/120ProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe John Day CompanyDate Published[1933] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #25 Pencil note by Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding income tax and unemployment relief Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineFDR pencil note on income taxDate Published1929 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #26 Three editions of On Our Way Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineThree Editions of FDR's On Our WayProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #27 Power and Diplomacy Heading(1945)AuthorAcheson, DeanHeadlineSigned by President Truman’s Secretary of StatePublisherHarvard University PressDate Published1958 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #28 Far Above Cayuga's Waters: Mr. President at Cornell, April 18 & 19, 1960 Heading(1945)HeadlineSigned twice by President TrumanDate Published1960 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #29 Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions; Years of Trial and Hope Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineHarry Truman Memoirs, Presidential editionProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1955-1956 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #30 Mr. Citizen Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineMr. Citizen inscribed presentation copyProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherBernard Geis Associates / Random HouseDate Published[1960] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #31 A New Era in World Affairs: Selected Speeches and Statements of Harry S. Truman Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineInscribed by Truman to Sec. of TreasuryProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe White HouseDate Published1949 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #32 Typed letter signed by Mamie Doud Eisenhower Heading(1953)AuthorEisenhower, Mamie DoudHeadlineTLS from Mamie Doud EisenhowerProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1972 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #33 Letter about Hitler's conquests at the start of World War II by Faculty adviser to John F. Kennedy Heading(1961)AuthorHopper, Bruce C.HeadlineJFK's Harvard advisor on Europe vs. HitlerDate Published1939 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #34 Two documents signed by Officer Nick McDonald Heading(1961)HeadlineSigned by the arresting officer of Lee Harvey OswaldDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #35 To Heal and to Build: The Programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson Heading(1963)AuthorBurns, James MacGregor, editorHeadlineSigned by both LBJ and Lady BirdProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book CompanyDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #36 Typed letter signed from Lady Bird Johnson to Isabel Leighton Heading(1963)AuthorJohnson, Lady BirdHeadlineTLS, Lady Bird Johnson to I. LeightonProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1967 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #37 The Vantage Point. Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969 Heading(1963)AuthorJohnson, Lyndon BainesHeadlineVantage Point inscribed Rose Mary WoodsProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1971] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #38 Eye on Nixon: A Photographic Study of the President and the Man Heading(1969)AuthorEisenhower, Julie Nixon, editorHeadlineSigned by Pat and Richard NixonProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHawthorn Books, Inc.Date Published[1972] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #39 Six Crises Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineSix Crises Inscribed by NixonPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #40 The Memoirs of Richard Nixon Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineSigned by Nixon, limited 1stProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1978] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #41 Real Peace - No More Vietnams Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineTwo Nixon Foreign Policy Classics in Single Edition signedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1990 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #42 Real Peace Galley Proof [with] Typed letter signed by Richard Nixon Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineReal Peace galley proof inscribed to Max LernerProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1983 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #43 WITHDRAWN: Signed photograph of Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Gerald Ford Heading(1969, 1974, 1981, 1989)HeadlineWITHDRAWN: Photograph signed by 4 presidentsDate Published[1990] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #44 The American Adventure [with] The Thirty-Eighth President Heading(1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineTwo signed by Gerald FordProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1976-2001 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #45 The American Adventure: The Bicentennial Messages of Gerald R. Ford, July 1976 Heading(1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineFord's Bicentennial Messages inscribedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherUnited States Government Printing OfficeDate Published1976 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #46 President Gerald R. Ford - 11 copies of a signed broadside Heading(1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineEleven autographs of President Gerald R. FordPublisherLord John PressDate Published[c.1990] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #47 A Time to Heal: The Autobiography Heading(1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineEaston Press edition signed by Gerald R. FordProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe Easton PressDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #48 Two editions of Humor and the Presidency Heading(1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineTwo signed editions of Humor & the PresidencyProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherArbor HouseDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #49 Signed photograph of Gerald Ford Heading(1974)HeadlineSigned "Jerry Ford" to secret service agentDate Published[c.1970s] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #50 Farewell Address of Jimmy Carter, January 14, 1981 Heading(1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineFarewell Address Of President Jimmy Carter 1/300ProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherPalaemon Press LimitedDate Published[1981] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #51 General Management Plan/ Development Concept Plan, September 1993 Heading(1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineSigned by Rosalynn and Jimmy CarterProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherUnited States Department of the InteriorDate Published1993 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #52 Negotiation: The Alternative to Hostility Heading(1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineSigned by Carter, inscribed to Herb YellinProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherMercer University PressDate Published[1984] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #53 Four inaugural items signed by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter Heading(1977)Headline4 inaugural items signed by the CartersProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1977 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #54 Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David Heading(1977)AuthorWright, LawrenceHeadlineSigned by Jimmy Carter and 8 othersProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2014 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #55 The Gauer Distinguished Lecture in Law and Public Policy, signed by R. Reagan & G.H.W. Bush Heading(1981 & 1989)HeadlineGauer Distinguished Lecture, SignedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherNational Legal Center for the Public InterestDate Published1992-1997 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #56 Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches Heading(1981)AuthorReagan, RonaldHeadlineDeluxe Speaking My MindProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #57 All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings Heading(1989)AuthorBush, George H.W.HeadlineAll the Best, George Bush signedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherScribnerDate Published[2013] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #58 All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings Heading(1989)AuthorBush, George H.W.HeadlineCollector's Edition, signed w/ boxProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherScribnerDate Published[2013] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #59 Looking Forward: An Autobiography Heading(1989)AuthorBush, George H.W.HeadlineBush, Looking Forward, signed w/slipcase 1/250ProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherDoubledayDate Published1987 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #60 A World Transformed [with] Heartbeat Heading(1989)AuthorBush, George H.W.HeadlineTwo volumes signed by George H.W. BushProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1998-2001 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #61 Giving. How Each of Us Can Change the World Heading(1993)AuthorClinton, BillHeadlineGiving, 1st UK, Signed by Bill ClintonProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHutchinsonDate Published2007 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #62 My Life Heading(1993)AuthorClinton, BillHeadlineScarce Clinton, My Life, special Foundation release, inscribed, one of 450ProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2004 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #63 WITHDRAWN Heading(1993)HeadlineWITHDRAWN View details StatusUnsold Lot #64 Selected Speeches of President William Jefferson Clinton--1996 Heading(1993)AuthorClinton, William J.HeadlineSpeeches of Bill Clinton 1996 signedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe White HouseDate Published1996 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #65 Selected Speeches of President William Jefferson Clinton--2000 Heading(1993)AuthorClinton, William J.HeadlineClinton Speeches 2000 inscribed to RichardsonProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe White HouseDate Published2000 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #66 State of the Union Addresses of William J. Clinton Heading(1993)AuthorClinton, William J.HeadlineBill Clinton State of the Union AddressesProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisher[IndyPublish.com]Date Published[2007] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #67 41: A Portrait of My Father Heading(2001)AuthorBush, George W.HeadlineSigned by both President BushesProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published[2014] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #68 Decision Points [with] 41 Heading(2001)AuthorBush, George W.HeadlineTwo signed by George W. BushProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published2010-2014 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #69 The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Heading(2009)AuthorObama, BarackHeadlineObama Audacity of Hope signed 1stProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published[2006] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #70 Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance Heading(2009)AuthorObama, BarackHeadlineDreams from My Father signed by ObamaProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published[2004] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #71 Letter from British immigrant woman seeing American slavery for the first time Heading(African American, 1843)AuthorRichards, S.HeadlineBritish immigrants see slaveryDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #73 2 documents of slave emancipation in antebellum Kentucky Heading(African American, 1851)AuthorCannon, Dr. NewtonHeadlineA benevolent and uncommon slave emancipationDate Published1851 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #74 Letter about a false report of a friend assaulted by his slave Heading(African American, 1854)AuthorBullard, William RichardHeadlineSlave owner talk in antebellum VirginiaDate Published1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #75 Civil War letters of the midwestern Gatton and Hendrickson families Heading(African American, 1862-1863)AuthorGatton, John, et alHeadlineAnti-Negro sentiment of northern whitesDate Published1862-1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #83 Manuscript receipt for guns & bayonets dated the day after the signing of the Declaration of Independence Heading(American Revolution)AuthorChurchill, JosephHeadlineReceipt for guns after signing of DeclarationDate PublishedJuly 5th, 1776 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #86 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin Heading(Astronauts)AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #98 Letter from American businessman in war torn Brazil Heading(Brazil)HeadlineYoung American in war-torn BrazilDate Published1897 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #107 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #109 Truck Company No. 1, --Company Roll (running heading) Heading(California - Sacramento)HeadlineMS record of 5 yrs at Sacto fire stationDate Published1915-1921 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #128 Report of the Commissioner of the War Debt of California (cover title) Heading(California)AuthorSmith, Samuel B.HeadlineReport and letter on cost of Indian suppressionPublisherBenj. P. Avery, State PrinterDate Published1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #131 Letter from influential British banker opposing Secession Heading(Civil War - Secession)AuthorSmith, SamuelHeadlineVirginia Governor urged to oppose SecessionDate Publishedc.1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #167 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$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #168 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineBilingual contract for Chinese laborer in CubaDate Published1867 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #169 Manifest listing a shipload of Chinese laborers bound for Havana, headed "Emigracion China para la Isla de Cuba" Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese coolies bound for Cuba, 1866Date PublishedNov. 28, 1864 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #171 "Libertad Expediante" - manumission document for a female slave in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFreedom for female slave in Cuba, 1883Date Published1883 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #175 Letter by the former U.S. Secretary of State and Ambassador predicting war with Spain Heading(Cuba - Spanish-American War)AuthorFoster, John W.HeadlineUS diplomat predicts war with SpainDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #178 Document file ("Expediante") relating to the start of the "Ten Years' War" for Cuban independence Heading(Cuba)Headline1st war for Cuban independence, 1868Date Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #179 Two documents signed by Calixto Garcia as General in the Cuban Revolutionary Army, promoting officers Heading(Cuba)AuthorGarcía Íñiguez, CalixtoHeadlineCuban general promotes officers in Revolutionary ArmyDate Published1896 & 1898 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #182 Manuscript conveying the request of a freed black slave in Cuba to form a "brotherhood" of freed black slaves Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCreation of Brotherhood of Freed Black Slaves, 1852Date Published1852 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #183 Manuscript listing of troops of the "Ejercto Libertada de Cuba" (Cuban Liberation Army) which freed Cuba from the Spanish overlords, with the aid of American troops including Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" Heading(Cuba)HeadlineMS. roster of Cuban Liberation Army, 1899Date Published1899 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #184 Manuscript roster of a company comprised of Chinese, Black & Spanish soldiers in the 2nd "Battallon de Orden Publico" in Cuba at the start of the Little War (Guerra Chiquita) between Cuban rebels and Spain Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRecruits from jail fight Cuban rebels, 1879Date Published1879 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #191 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$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #198 From Julia Child's Kitchen Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorChild, JuliaHeadlineFrom Julia Child's Kitchen, inscribedPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1975 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #201 Letter from a Washington, D.C. landowner considering emigrating to Ohio Heading(French-American War)AuthorBaker, JohnHeadlineThe French-American War that never wasDate Published1835 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #221 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$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #224 Petition to the President in the Case of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd AuthorMudd, R. D.HeadlinePetition to exonerate Lincoln assassination conspiratorDate Published1971 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #229 Checks signed by two (of four) of the Silver Kings, or Bonanza Kings, who struck it rich mining silver in Nevada's Comstock Lode Heading(Nevada - Silver Kings)AuthorMackay, John William & James Graham FairHeadlineChecks signed by Nevada's Silver KingsDate Published1872 & 1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #231 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$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #235 Letter from British Homeopathic physician to his brother regarding seances Heading(Occult)AuthorRussell, J. RutherfurdHeadlineFamed British Homeopathic DoctorDate Published1853 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #244 Letter from an American Sergeant in heavy combat against the Aguinaldo Insurrection Heading(Philippine-American War)AuthorHoward, Harry R., 1st Sergeant, 13th Minnesota VolunteersHeadlineMinnesota progressive fights the FilipinosDate PublishedMay 3-9, 1899 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #252 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadline1st Edition Uncle Tom's Cabin w/ signed Stowe noteProvenanceDr. George D. LacyPublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next