Sale 829A: U.S. Presidents from the Jim Hier Collection, with Americana, Travel & Exploration, Cartography (#829A) 01/23/2025 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/23/2025 11:00 AM PST 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 1-72 of 72. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Authorization affidavit to the Secretary of State signed by President Franklin Pierce Heading(1853)AuthorPierce, FranklinHeadlineDocument signed by President Franklin PierceProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionDate PublishedFeb. 23, 1857 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #4 Three Currier & Ives lithographs relating to Abraham Lincoln, his family, assassination and death Heading(1861)HeadlineLithos of Lincoln by Currier & IvesPublisherCurrier & IvesDate Published1865-1867 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #33 The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency 1963-1969 Heading(1963)AuthorJohnson, Lyndon BainesHeadlineLBJ, The Vantage Point, signedProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1971] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #78 Army Life in a Black Regiment Heading(African American, 1870)AuthorHigginson, Thomas WentworthHeadlineArmy Life in a Black Regiment 1870 1st editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherFields, OsgoodDate Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #82 Letter from British pacifist to fellow anti-war reformers in America Heading(American Peace Movement)AuthorBevans, JohnHeadlineBritish and American pacifists uniteDate Published1835 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #83 Memoirs of my own Times Heading(American Revolution)AuthorWilkinson, JamesHeadlineWilkinson's Memoirs with atlas volumePublisherAbraham SmallDate Published1816 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #84 American Swan - Male AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineAmerican Swan from Audubon's Royal OctavoPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #85 American White Pelican - Male AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineAmerican White Pelican plate from Audubon's Royal OctavoPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #86 Blue Jay AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineBlue Jay, Audubon, Royal Octavo hand-colored lithographPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #87 Common Cardinal Grosbeak AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineCommon Cardinal Grosbeak, Audubon, hand-coloredPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #88 Great Blue Heron AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineGreat Blue Heron, Audubon Royal Octavo hand-colored lithographPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #89 Great Horned Owl AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineGreat Horned Owl, Audubon, Royal OctavoPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #90 Mallard AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineMallard, Audubon, Royal Octavo hand-colored lithographPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #91 Passenger Pigeon AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineExtinct bird from Audubon's Royal OctavoPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #92 Pileated Woodpecker AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlinePileated Woodpecker, Audubon, Royal OctavoPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #93 Roseate Spoonbill (Male) AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineRoseate Spoonbill, Audubon, Royal Octavo hand-colored lithographPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #94 Snowy Heron AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineSnowy Heron, Audubon Royal Octavo hand-colored lithographPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #95 The Snowy Owl AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineThe Snowy Owl, Audubon, Royal Octavo hand-colored lithographPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #96 Trumpeter Swan AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineTrumpeter Swan from Audubon's Royal OctavoPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #97 Wild Turkey - Female & Young AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineWild Turkey plate from Audubon's Royal OctavoPublisherJ.T. BowenDate Published1840-44 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #101 The Englishwoman in America Author[Bird, Isabella]HeadlineIsabella Bird, the Englishwoman in America 1856PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1856 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #102 The Slave States of America AuthorBuckingham James S.HeadlineSlave States America-2vols-1842 by BuckinghamProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherFisher, Son, & Co.Date Published[1842] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #105 Souvenir card signed by James Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California Heading(California - Gold Rush)AuthorMarshall, James W.HeadlineMarshall, Discoverer of Gold, SignedPublisherJames W. Marshall View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #106 Hydraulic Mining in California Heading(California - Mining)AuthorBowie, Aug. J., Jr.HeadlineHydraulic Mining in California 1878ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #110 Report on a Plan for San Francisco...For the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBurnham, Daniel H.HeadlineReport on a Plan for San Francisco 1905ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San FranciscoDate Published1905 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #112 San Francisco Water Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineThe Complete San Francisco Water 1922-1930ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherSpring Valley Water CompanyDate Published1922-30 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #113 Land Titles in San Francisco, and the Laws Affecting the Same: With a Synopsis of all Grants and Sales of Land Within the Limits Claimed by the City Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorWheeler, AlfredHeadlineLand Titles in San Francisco by Alfred WheelerProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherAlta California Steam Printing EstablishmentDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #120 Second Annual Report of the Chief Executive Viticultural Officer to the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners, for the years 1882-3 and 1883-4 Heading(California)HeadlineCalifornia promotes winemaking, 1884ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherState Office,...... James J. Ayers, Supt. State PrintingDate Published1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #121 Letter from a Vermont Congregational Minister about the political turmoil in Canada Heading(Canada – Patriots’ War)AuthorSprague, Rev. Ezra and P.P. (Phebe) SpragueHeadlineAmericans and the Canadian troublesDate Published1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #122 History of Early Steamboat Navigation on the Missouri River: Life and Adventures of Joseph La Barge, Pioneer Navigator and Indian Trader for Fifty Years Identified with the Commerce of the Missouri Valley AuthorChittenden, Hiram MartinHeadlineHistory of Early Steamboat Navigation on MO RiverProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #125 The Soldier's Story of His Captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and Other Rebel Prisons Heading(Civil War)AuthorGoss, Warren LeeHeadlineAccount of Union POW at infamous AndersonvillePublisherLee & ShepardDate Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #126 Mosby's War Reminiscences and Stuart's Cavalry Campaigns Heading(Civil War)AuthorMosby, John SingletonHeadlineMosby's Civil War Reminiscences, 1887ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGeo. A. JonesDate Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #130 Life Among the Apaches AuthorCremony, John C.HeadlineMid-19th century account of Apache lifeProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherA. Roman & CompanyDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #131 An Account of Col. Crockett’s Tour to the North and Down East... AuthorCrockett, DavidHeadlineAccount of Col. Davy Crockett's Tour 1835PublisherE.L. Carey and A. HartDate Published1835 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #133 Chinese nationality certificate for a Chinese citizen living in Cuba, with Chinese red dragon seal Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese national certified in Cuba 1880Date Published1880 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #135 Contract for a Chinese laborer ("colono") in Havana, Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese labor contract in Cuba 1866PublisherGobierno Politico de la HabanaDate Published1866 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #136 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 PublishedDecember 19, 1864 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #137 Manuscript chart showing the status of rented slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChart of Cuban slaves rented out, c.1870Date Published1870s View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #139 Manuscript list of patients at St. Isabel charity hospital in Matanzas, Cuba, during August 1862, divided according to race and color Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRacial divide of patients at Cuban charity hospitalDate PublishedAugust 31, 1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #141 Icones Farlowianae: Illustrations of the Larger Fungi of Eastern North America AuthorFarlow, William GilsonHeadlineWith 103 color plates of various American fungiProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe Farlow Library and Herbarium of Harvard UniversityDate Published1929 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #142 The Works of Benjamin Franklin; Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; With Notes and a Life of the Author, by Jared Sparks AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineHilliard Gray edition of Ben Franklin's worksProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherHilliard Gray & Co.Date Published1840 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #143 My Disillusionment in Russia AuthorGoldman, EmmaHeadlineEmma Goldman, Disillusionment in Russia 1st ed.ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1923 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #148 Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, Made Under Direction of the Navy Department AuthorHerndon, William Lewis & Lardner GibbonHeadlineWith Herndon and Gibbon in the AmazonPublisherRobert ArmstrongDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #151 Observations upon certain passages in Mr. Jefferson's Notes on Virginia, which appear to have a tendency to subvert religion, and establish a false philosophy Heading(Jefferson, Thomas)Author[Moore, Clement C.]HeadlineClement Moore attacks Thomas Jefferson 1804ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1804 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #152 A Voyage to South-America: Describing at Large the Spanish Cities, Town, Provinces, &c. on that extensive Continent... AuthorJuan, George and Antonio de UlloaHeadlineVoyage to South-America 2 vols in English 1758ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherL. Davis and C. ReymersDate Published1758 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #153 Voyages and Travels in Various Parts of the World, during the Years 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, and 1807 AuthorLangsdorff, Georg Heinrich vonHeadlineVon Langsdorff's Pacific voyages and travelsPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1813-1814 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #154 The Journals [with] Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorMoulton, Gary E., editorHeadlineMoulton's Journals of Lewis & Clark with atlasPublisherUniversity of Nebraska PressDate Published[1986-2001] View details Estimate$1,000 - $2,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #156 The History of Nantucket; Being a Compendious Account of the First Settlement of the Island by the English, Together with the Rise and Progress of the Whale Fishery... AuthorMacy, ObedHeadlineObed Macy, The History of Nantucket 1835PublisherHilliard, Gray, and Co.Date Published1835 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #158 A Diary in America, with Remarks on Its Institutions AuthorMarryat, FrederickHeadlineMarryat's Diary in America, 1839PublisherD. Appleton and Co.Date Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #159 Metropolitan Park Report - Boston Massachusetts - 1893 Heading(Massachusetts)Headline1893 Boston Metropolitan Park Commission ReportProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMetropolitan Park CommissionDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #164 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-56 Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)HeadlinePacific Railroad Reports set, 12 volumes in 13Date Published1855-1860 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #165 The Story of the Exposition; Being the Official History of the International Celebration Held at San Francisco in 1915 to Commemorate the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the Construction of the Panama Canal Heading(Panama Pacific International Exposition)AuthorTodd, Frank MortonHeadlineHistory of the Panama Pacific International ExpoProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPutnam's / Knickerbocker PressDate Published1921 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #168 American Scenery, Illustrated AuthorRichards, T. AddisonHeadlineWith numerous engravings of American LandscapesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLeavitt and AllenDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #169 How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York AuthorRiis, Jacob A.HeadlineFirst Edition of Riis' How the Other Half LivesProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1890 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #170 The Story of Laulii, a Daughter of Samoa Heading(Samoan Islands)AuthorWillis, LauliiHeadlineStory of Laulii Willis, signed by Laulii WillisProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherJos. Winterburn & Co., Printers and ElectrotypersDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #172 Annales Statistiques des États-Unis; par Adam Seybert... AuthorSeybert, AdamHeadline1st French edition of 1818 U.S. Economic surveyProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherLibrairie Constitutionanelle de Brissot-ThivarsDate Published1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #174 Aboriginal Monuments of the State of New York. AuthorSquier, E.G.HeadlineAboriginal Monuments of New York, 1849ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherThe Smithsonian InstituteDate Published1849 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #175 Travels in Central America, particularly in Nicaragua: with a Description of its Aboriginal Monuments, Scenery and People, their Languages, Institutions, Religion, &c. AuthorSquier, E.G.HeadlineSquier's Travels in Central AmericaProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #176 Standard Oil Bulletin 1922-1947 Heading(Standard Oil Bulletin)HeadlineThe Standard Oil Bulletin 1922-1947ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherStandard Oil Company of CaliforniaDate Published1922-1947 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #180 Telephone Almanac Heading(Telephone)Headline5 Bell Telephone almanacs, 1934-1942PublisherAmerican Telephone and Telegraph CompanyDate Published1934-1942 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #181 World War II Poster - President Roosevelt Supports Japanese-American Enlistment in US Army 1943 Heading(World War II)HeadlineHistoric World War II PosterPublisherOffice of War Information/Government Printing OfficeDate Published1943 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #215 Novus Orbis, seu Descriptionis Indiae Occidentalis AuthorLaet, Joannis deHeadlineDa Laet's Novus Orbis, with 13 double-page mapsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherElzevirDate Published1633 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #230 A History of Three of the Judges of King Charles I; Major General Whalley, Major-General Goffe, and Colonel Dixwell; Who, at the Restoration, 1660, Fled to America; and were Secreted and Concealed, in Massachusetts and Connecticut, for Near Thirty Years AuthorStiles, EzraHeadlineStiles' History of Three Judges, First EditionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherElisha BabcockDate Published1794 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #235 The Geographical Distribution of Animals: With a Study of the Relations of Living and Extinct Faunas as Elucidating the Past Changes of the Earth's Surface AuthorWallace, Alfred RusselHeadlineAlfred R. Wallace on zoogeography, 1876ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #239 San Francisco Looking South from North Point Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorGifford, Charles B., artistHeadlineColor view of San Francisco after G.T. Brown 1877 originalDate Published20th century View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #242 Amérique Septentrionale Heading(North America)AuthorDelamarche, Felix, filsHeadlineScarce map of North America 1811Date Published1811 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #243 Carte Générale de l'Amerique du Nord et des Iles qui en Dépendent Heading(North America)AuthorDufour, Adolph HippolyteHeadlineMap of North America by Dufour, 1836Date Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #244 Amérique du Nord Heading(North America)AuthorDufour, Auguste-HenriHeadlineFrench map of North America c.1830Date Publishedc.1830 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #245 North America, as Divided amongst the European Powers Heading(North America)AuthorDunn, SamuelHeadlineNorth America at dawn of RevolutionPublisherRobert SayerDate Published1774 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #246 Amerique Septentrionale divisée en ses Principales Parties Heading(North America)AuthorJaillot, Herbert/ Nicolas SansonHeadlineNorth America with California an Island, 1695PublisherR. & J. OttensDate Published[c.1695] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #247 North America Heading(North America)AuthorTanner, Henry SchenckHeadlineTanner's North America independent TexasDate Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #249 Map of the United States Canada, Texas & Part of Mexico To Illustrate Olney's School Geography Heading(United States)AuthorOlney, JesseHeadlineU.S. Map with independent Texas 1844Date Published1844 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next