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)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 1-100 of 107. Previous|12|Next Lot #2 Life of George Washington View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(1789)AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineIrving's Life of George Washington 1/110PublisherG.P. Putnam & Co.Date Published1855-1859 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... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(1789)AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineWashington's Epistles with Tory forgeries, 1796PublisherPrinted by G. Robinson and J. Bull / Re-printed for F. and C. RivingtonDate Published1796 Lot #4 Land grant signed by James Monroe View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(1817)AuthorMonroe, JamesHeadlineOhio land grant signed by James MonroeProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate PublishedAugust 18, 1818 Lot #5 Autograph letter signed by Robert Tyler View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1841)AuthorTyler, RobertHeadlineALS from son of John Tyler 1843Date Published1843 Lot #6 The Daily Davenport Democrat View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1861)HeadlineSecond inauguration of President Lincoln 1865Date Published1865 Lot #7 Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1881)Author(President Arthur's copy)HeadlinePresident Arthur's Lippincott's MagazineProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1883 Lot #8 The North American Review Volume CXXXIII View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1881)AuthorRice, Allen Thorndike, editor (President Arthur's copy)HeadlineCopy from Pres. Arthur's LibraryProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1881 Lot #9 The Public Papers of Grover Cleveland, Twenty-Second President of the United States View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(1885)AuthorCleveland, GroverHeadlinePublic Papers of Grover Cleveland inscribedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1889 Lot #10 A Journal of the McKinley Years View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$275StatusSold Heading(1897)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineCharles Dawes on President McKinley, signedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1950 Lot #11 WITHDRAWN Trailing the Giant Panda View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1901)AuthorRoosevelt, Theodore and KermitHeadlineWITHDRAWNPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1929 Lot #12 History and Roster of Maryland Volunteers, War of 1861-5. Prepared Under Authority of the General Assembly of Maryland View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(1909)AuthorWilmer, L. Allison, J.H. Jarrett, and Geo. W.F. VernonHeadlineWith TLS by William TaftPublisherPress of Guggenheimer, Weil & Co.Date Published1898-1899 Lot #13 A History of the American People View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(1913)AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineDocumentary ed. Am. People signed by WilsonProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1918 Lot #14 Mere Literature View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(1913)AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineWilson, Mere Literature, SignedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1913 Lot #15 Rededicating America: Life and Recent Speeches of Warren G. Harding View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(1921)AuthorSchortemeier, Frederick E.HeadlineInscribed to Harding's campaign managerPublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1920] Lot #16 Have Faith in Massachusetts: A Collection of Speeches and Messages View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(1923)AuthorCoolidge, CalvinHeadlineInscribed by CoolidgeProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1919] Lot #17 Essays and Speeches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1925)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineEssays and Speeches signed by Charles DawesProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1915 Lot #18 The First Year of the Budget of the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$275StatusSold Heading(1925)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineThe Budget of the US signed by DawesProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1923 Lot #19 A Journal of the Great War View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$275StatusSold Heading(1925)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineInscribed by Dawes to his doctorProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1923 Lot #20 A Journal of the Great War in Two Volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190StatusSold Heading(1925)AuthorDawes, Charles G.HeadlineInscribed by Charles DawesProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1921 Lot #21 The Challenge To Liberty View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineMrs. Benjamin Harrison's copy, signed by HooverProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1934 Lot #22 On Growing Up: Letters to American Boys & Girls Including "The Uncommon Man" and Other Selections View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineOn Growing Up, 1st inscribed by HooverProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherWilliam Morrow & CompanyDate Published1962 Lot #23 On Growing Up: Letters to American Boys & Girls Including "The Uncommon Man" and Other Selections View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineGrowing up with Bunny inscriptionProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherWilliam Morrow & CompanyDate Published1962 Lot #24 Looking Forward View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineLooking Forward corrected proof 1/120ProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe John Day CompanyDate Published[1933] Lot #25 Pencil note by Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding income tax and unemployment relief View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineFDR pencil note on income taxDate Published1929 Lot #26 Three editions of On Our Way View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineThree Editions of FDR's On Our WayProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published[1934] Lot #27 Power and Diplomacy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorAcheson, DeanHeadlineSigned by President Truman’s Secretary of StatePublisherHarvard University PressDate Published1958 Lot #28 Far Above Cayuga's Waters: Mr. President at Cornell, April 18 & 19, 1960 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(1945)HeadlineSigned twice by President TrumanDate Published1960 Lot #29 Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions; Years of Trial and Hope View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineHarry Truman Memoirs, Presidential editionProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1955-1956 Lot #30 Mr. Citizen View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineMr. Citizen inscribed presentation copyProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherBernard Geis Associates / Random HouseDate Published[1960] Lot #31 A New Era in World Affairs: Selected Speeches and Statements of Harry S. Truman View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineInscribed by Truman to Sec. of TreasuryProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe White HouseDate Published1949 Lot #32 Typed letter signed by Mamie Doud Eisenhower View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1953)AuthorEisenhower, Mamie DoudHeadlineTLS from Mamie Doud EisenhowerProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1972 Lot #33 Letter about Hitler's conquests at the start of World War II by Faculty adviser to John F. Kennedy View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1961)AuthorHopper, Bruce C.HeadlineJFK's Harvard advisor on Europe vs. HitlerDate Published1939 Lot #34 Two documents signed by Officer Nick McDonald View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1961)HeadlineSigned by the arresting officer of Lee Harvey OswaldDate PublishedNo date Lot #35 To Heal and to Build: The Programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(1963)AuthorBurns, James MacGregor, editorHeadlineSigned by both LBJ and Lady BirdProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book CompanyDate Published[1968] Lot #36 Typed letter signed from Lady Bird Johnson to Isabel Leighton View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1963)AuthorJohnson, Lady BirdHeadlineTLS, Lady Bird Johnson to I. LeightonProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1967 Lot #37 The Vantage Point. Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(1963)AuthorJohnson, Lyndon BainesHeadlineVantage Point inscribed Rose Mary WoodsProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1971] Lot #38 Eye on Nixon: A Photographic Study of the President and the Man View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1969)AuthorEisenhower, Julie Nixon, editorHeadlineSigned by Pat and Richard NixonProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHawthorn Books, Inc.Date Published[1972] Lot #39 Six Crises View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineSix Crises Inscribed by NixonPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1962 Lot #40 The Memoirs of Richard Nixon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineSigned by Nixon, limited 1stProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1978] Lot #41 Real Peace - No More Vietnams View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineTwo Nixon Foreign Policy Classics in Single Edition signedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1990 Lot #42 Real Peace Galley Proof [with] Typed letter signed by Richard Nixon View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineReal Peace galley proof inscribed to Max LernerProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1983 Lot #43 WITHDRAWN: Signed photograph of Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, George Bush, and Gerald Ford View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(1969, 1974, 1981, 1989)HeadlineWITHDRAWN: Photograph signed by 4 presidentsDate Published[1990] Lot #44 The American Adventure [with] The Thirty-Eighth President View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineTwo signed by Gerald FordProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1976-2001 Lot #45 The American Adventure: The Bicentennial Messages of Gerald R. Ford, July 1976 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineFord's Bicentennial Messages inscribedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherUnited States Government Printing OfficeDate Published1976 Lot #46 President Gerald R. Ford - 11 copies of a signed broadside View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineEleven autographs of President Gerald R. FordPublisherLord John PressDate Published[c.1990] Lot #47 A Time to Heal: The Autobiography View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineEaston Press edition signed by Gerald R. FordProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe Easton PressDate Published[1987] Lot #48 Two editions of Humor and the Presidency View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineTwo signed editions of Humor & the PresidencyProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherArbor HouseDate Published[1987] Lot #49 Signed photograph of Gerald Ford View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(1974)HeadlineSigned "Jerry Ford" to secret service agentDate Published[c.1970s] Lot #50 Farewell Address of Jimmy Carter, January 14, 1981 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineFarewell Address Of President Jimmy Carter 1/300ProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherPalaemon Press LimitedDate Published[1981] Lot #51 General Management Plan/ Development Concept Plan, September 1993 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineSigned by Rosalynn and Jimmy CarterProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherUnited States Department of the InteriorDate Published1993 Lot #52 Negotiation: The Alternative to Hostility View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineSigned by Carter, inscribed to Herb YellinProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherMercer University PressDate Published[1984] Lot #53 Four inaugural items signed by Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(1977)Headline4 inaugural items signed by the CartersProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1977 Lot #54 Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(1977)AuthorWright, LawrenceHeadlineSigned by Jimmy Carter and 8 othersProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2014 Lot #55 The Gauer Distinguished Lecture in Law and Public Policy, signed by R. Reagan & G.H.W. Bush View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(1981 & 1989)HeadlineGauer Distinguished Lecture, SignedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherNational Legal Center for the Public InterestDate Published1992-1997 Lot #56 Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1981)AuthorReagan, RonaldHeadlineDeluxe Speaking My MindProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1989] Lot #57 All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1989)AuthorBush, George H.W.HeadlineAll the Best, George Bush signedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherScribnerDate Published[2013] Lot #58 All the Best, George Bush: My Life in Letters and Other Writings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(1989)AuthorBush, George H.W.HeadlineCollector's Edition, signed w/ boxProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherScribnerDate Published[2013] Lot #59 Looking Forward: An Autobiography View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(1989)AuthorBush, George H.W.HeadlineBush, Looking Forward, signed w/slipcase 1/250ProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherDoubledayDate Published1987 Lot #60 A World Transformed [with] Heartbeat View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1989)AuthorBush, George H.W.HeadlineTwo volumes signed by George H.W. BushProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate Published1998-2001 Lot #61 Giving. How Each of Us Can Change the World View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(1993)AuthorClinton, BillHeadlineGiving, 1st UK, Signed by Bill ClintonProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHutchinsonDate Published2007 Lot #62 My Life View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(1993)AuthorClinton, BillHeadlineScarce Clinton, My Life, special Foundation release, inscribed, one of 450ProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2004 Lot #63 WITHDRAWN View details StatusUnsold Heading(1993)HeadlineWITHDRAWN Lot #64 Selected Speeches of President William Jefferson Clinton--1996 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(1993)AuthorClinton, William J.HeadlineSpeeches of Bill Clinton 1996 signedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe White HouseDate Published1996 Lot #65 Selected Speeches of President William Jefferson Clinton--2000 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(1993)AuthorClinton, William J.HeadlineClinton Speeches 2000 inscribed to RichardsonProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe White HouseDate Published2000 Lot #66 State of the Union Addresses of William J. Clinton View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(1993)AuthorClinton, William J.HeadlineBill Clinton State of the Union AddressesProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisher[IndyPublish.com]Date Published[2007] Lot #67 41: A Portrait of My Father View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(2001)AuthorBush, George W.HeadlineSigned by both President BushesProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published[2014] Lot #68 Decision Points [with] 41 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(2001)AuthorBush, George W.HeadlineTwo signed by George W. BushProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published2010-2014 Lot #69 The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(2009)AuthorObama, BarackHeadlineObama Audacity of Hope signed 1stProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published[2006] Lot #70 Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(2009)AuthorObama, BarackHeadlineDreams from My Father signed by ObamaProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published[2004] Lot #71 Letter from British immigrant woman seeing American slavery for the first time View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1843)AuthorRichards, S.HeadlineBritish immigrants see slaveryDate Published1843 Lot #73 2 documents of slave emancipation in antebellum Kentucky View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1851)AuthorCannon, Dr. NewtonHeadlineA benevolent and uncommon slave emancipationDate Published1851 Lot #74 Letter about a false report of a friend assaulted by his slave View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1854)AuthorBullard, William RichardHeadlineSlave owner talk in antebellum VirginiaDate Published1854 Lot #75 Civil War letters of the midwestern Gatton and Hendrickson families View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1862-1863)AuthorGatton, John, et alHeadlineAnti-Negro sentiment of northern whitesDate Published1862-1863 Lot #83 Manuscript receipt for guns & bayonets dated the day after the signing of the Declaration of Independence View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorChurchill, JosephHeadlineReceipt for guns after signing of DeclarationDate PublishedJuly 5th, 1776 Lot #86 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Astronauts)AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Lot #98 Letter from American businessman in war torn Brazil View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Brazil)HeadlineYoung American in war-torn BrazilDate Published1897 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - overland cattle drive)AuthorBrainard, William NewellHeadlineCattle drive to California, 1853Date PublishedApril 14,1853 Lot #109 Truck Company No. 1, --Company Roll (running heading) View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sacramento)HeadlineMS record of 5 yrs at Sacto fire stationDate Published1915-1921 Lot #128 Report of the Commissioner of the War Debt of California (cover title) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorSmith, Samuel B.HeadlineReport and letter on cost of Indian suppressionPublisherBenj. P. Avery, State PrinterDate Published1863 Lot #131 Letter from influential British banker opposing Secession View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War - Secession)AuthorSmith, SamuelHeadlineVirginia Governor urged to oppose SecessionDate Publishedc.1861 Lot #167 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineContract for Chinese laborer in Cuba 1857Date Published1857 Lot #168 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineBilingual contract for Chinese laborer in CubaDate Published1867 Lot #169 Manifest listing a shipload of Chinese laborers bound for Havana, headed "Emigracion China para la Isla de Cuba" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese coolies bound for Cuba, 1866Date PublishedNov. 28, 1864 Lot #171 "Libertad Expediante" - manumission document for a female slave in Cuba View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFreedom for female slave in Cuba, 1883Date Published1883 Lot #175 Letter by the former U.S. Secretary of State and Ambassador predicting war with Spain View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Spanish-American War)AuthorFoster, John W.HeadlineUS diplomat predicts war with SpainDate Published1898 Lot #178 Document file ("Expediante") relating to the start of the "Ten Years' War" for Cuban independence View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba)Headline1st war for Cuban independence, 1868Date Published1868 Lot #179 Two documents signed by Calixto Garcia as General in the Cuban Revolutionary Army, promoting officers View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba)AuthorGarcía Íñiguez, CalixtoHeadlineCuban general promotes officers in Revolutionary ArmyDate Published1896 & 1898 Lot #182 Manuscript conveying the request of a freed black slave in Cuba to form a "brotherhood" of freed black slaves View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCreation of Brotherhood of Freed Black Slaves, 1852Date Published1852 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" View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineMS. roster of Cuban Liberation Army, 1899Date Published1899 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRecruits from jail fight Cuban rebels, 1879Date Published1879 Lot #191 Letter from Lee de Forest to "Carl" regarding a radio (or television?) script on De Forest's Life View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDe Forest, LeeHeadlineLee de Forest, "father of radio"Date PublishedOct. 18, no year Lot #198 From Julia Child's Kitchen View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorChild, JuliaHeadlineFrom Julia Child's Kitchen, inscribedPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1975 Lot #201 Letter from a Washington, D.C. landowner considering emigrating to Ohio View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(French-American War)AuthorBaker, JohnHeadlineThe French-American War that never wasDate Published1835 Lot #221 Memoria Cientifica Sobre unas Piezas de Artilleria de Montaña de Nuevo Sistema, Inventadas, Construidas y Presentadas View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)AuthorVillegas, MacarioHeadlineInscribed by Macario VillegasPublisherImprenta del Gobierno en PalacioDate Published1877 Lot #224 Petition to the President in the Case of Dr. Samuel A. Mudd View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMudd, R. D.HeadlinePetition to exonerate Lincoln assassination conspiratorDate Published1971 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada - Silver Kings)AuthorMackay, John William & James Graham FairHeadlineChecks signed by Nevada's Silver KingsDate Published1872 & 1874 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)HeadlineNevada National Guard junket to San FranciscoDate PublishedJuly 16, 1872 Lot #235 Letter from British Homeopathic physician to his brother regarding seances View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Occult)AuthorRussell, J. RutherfurdHeadlineFamed British Homeopathic DoctorDate Published1853 Lot #244 Letter from an American Sergeant in heavy combat against the Aguinaldo Insurrection View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Philippine-American War)AuthorHoward, Harry R., 1st Sergeant, 13th Minnesota VolunteersHeadlineMinnesota progressive fights the FilipinosDate PublishedMay 3-9, 1899 Lot #252 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadline1st Edition Uncle Tom's Cabin w/ signed Stowe noteProvenanceDr. George D. LacyPublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next