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Being a Compilation of All the Decisions Made on that Subject in the Several Courts of the United States and State Court; with Copious Notes and References to the Statutes and Other Authorities Heading(African American, 1837)AuthorWheeler, Jacob D.HeadlineDetailed atrocity of American laws of slavery 1837PublisherAllan Pollock, Jr. and Benjamin LevyDate Published1837 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 2 Letter from a Pennsylvania Quaker woman travelling near the Virginia and Maryland borders, who stays with an Underground Railroad conductor Heading(African American, 1858)AuthorLewis, HannahHeadlineMeeting a fugitive slave on the Underground RailroadDate Published[August] 22, 1858 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 3 Civil War archive of 8 letters sent to friends and family from missionary teacher of emancipated children in Union-occupied Mississippi Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorWelsh, LizzieHeadlineMissionary teacher of freed slave children in 'Secesh' NatchezDate Published1859-1867 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold View details 4 Recueil d'estampes representant les differents evenemens de la Guerre qui a procuré l'Indépendance aux Etats unis de l'Amérique Heading(American Revolution)HeadlineWith Washington and Lafayette manuscriptsProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherNicholas Ponce and Francois GodefroyDate Publishedc.1784 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold View details 5 Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection, Exhibiting all the New Discoveries to the present Time with the Tracks of the most distinguished Navigators since the Year 1700 carefully collected from the Best Charts, Maps, Voyages, &c. Extent, and regulated from the accurate Astronomical Observations made in three Voyages Performed under the Command of Captn. James Cook in the Years 1768, 69, 70, 71,__72, 73, 74, 75,__76, 77, 78, 79, & 1780 AuthorArrowsmith, AaronHeadlineArrowsmith's World, Mercator's Projection c.1800ProvenanceThe Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee CollectionPublisherA. ArrowsmithDate Published1790-[but c.1800] Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold View details 6 The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineComplete Audubon royal octavo birds setProvenanceJames G. Blaine, U.S. statesman (1830-1893)PublisherJ.J. Audubon, E.G. Dorsey for J.J. Audubon, and J.B. ChevalierDate Published1840-1844 Estimate$40,000 - $60,000Sold for$34,375StatusSold View details 7 The Foresters, An American Tale: Being a Sequel to the History of John Bull the Clothier. In a Series of Letters to a Friend AuthorBelknap, JeremyHeadlineFinely bound satirical American history 1792ProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherI. Thomas and E.T. AndrewsDate Published1792 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 8 Man and His Future: A Ciba Foundation Volume Heading(Biology - Human Cloning)AuthorWolstenholme, Gordon, editorHeadlineScientists first talk of human cloningPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1963 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 9 A Reply to General Joseph Reed's Remarks, on a Late Publication in the Independent Gazetteer, With some Observations on his Address to the People of Pennsylvania Author[Cadwalader, John]HeadlineCadwalader's reply to General Joseph Reed, 1783ProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherT. BradfordDate Published1783 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 10 Archive of items relating to the Mandarin Theater Heading(California - Chinese)HeadlineArchive of 1940s Chinese theater in SFDate Published1930-1947 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold View details 11 Coleccion de los principales trabajos en que se ha ocupado la junta nombrada para meditar y proponer al Supremo Gobierno los medios mas necesarios para promover el progreso de la cultura y civilizacion de los territorios de la Alta de la Baja California Heading(California - Junta de Fomento de Californias)HeadlineProposals of the Junta de Fomento de Californias, 1827PublisherMariano ArevaloDate Published1827 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold View details 12 Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio. Hunting Scenes and Amusements of the Rocky Mountains and Prairies of America AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineCatlin's N. American Indian Portfolio FolioPublisherGeo. CatlinDate Published1844 Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$37,500StatusSold View details 13 Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians... Written during Eight Years' Travel amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, in 1832, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39 AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineRobert Hoe's copy of Catlin's American IndiansProvenanceRobert and Arthur Hoe's bookplatesPublisherPublished by the Author, at the Egyptian HallDate Published1841 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold View details 14 An Enquiry into the Conduct of General Putnam, In Relation to the Battle of Bunker, or Breed's Hill: And Remarks upon Mr. S. Swett's Sketch of that Battle Author[Child, David Lee]HeadlineEnquiry into the conduct of General Putnam, 1819ProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherThomas G. BangsDate Published1819 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 15 Views of Red Cross Work in China During Revolution of 1911-1912 Heading(China)AuthorBolt, R.A., photographerHeadlineChina Photo Album 1911-12ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Publishedc.1912 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold View details 16 Romance of the Bosphorus Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)AuthorNeave, Dorina LadyHeadlineDedicated and inscribed to Winston ChurchillProvenanceWinston S. ChurchillPublisherHutchinson and CompanyDate Published1949 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 17 Journal of the Proceedings of the Congress, Held at Philadelphia, September 5, 1774 Heading(Congress)HeadlineJournal Proceedings of Congress 1774 first issueProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherPrinted by William and Thomas BradfordDate Published1774 Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold View details 18 A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken by Command of His Majesty, for making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. To determine the Position and Extent of the West Side of North America; its Distance from Asia; and the Practicability of a Northern Passage to Europe. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerk, and Gore, in his Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery, In the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 AuthorCook, James and James KingHeadlineCook's Third Voyage 1784PublisherPrinted by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol...and T. CadellDate Published1784 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold View details 19 A Collection of Voyages Round the World: Performed by Royal Authority. Containing a complete Historical Account of Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages,... Heading(Cook, James)AuthorAnderson, George WilliamHeadlineCooks Voyages, with 159 plates, charts, mapsPublisherA. Millar, W. Law, and R. CarterDate Published1790 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold View details 20 The Botanical Magazine; or, Flower-Garden Displayed [with] Curtis's Botanical Magazine - complete run AuthorCurtis, William et al.HeadlineComplete run of Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1787-1968PublisherPrinted for W. Curtis at his Botanic-Garden...; Couchman & Fry; Printed by Edward Couchman for Samuel Curtis et al.Date Published1787-1968 Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$20,000StatusSold View details 21 Andre: A Tragedy, in Five Acts Author[Dunlop, William]HeadlineAndre: A Tragedy finely boundPublisherT.&J. SwordsDate Published1798 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 22 Why War? / Warum Krieg? AuthorEinstein, Albert and Sigmund FreudHeadlineEinstein and Freud ask, Why War?ProvenanceSmith Ely Jelliffe, Neuro Psychiatric Institute Medical LibraryPublisherLeague of Nations International Institute of Intellectual Cooperation [Internationales Institut Fur Geistige Zusammenarbeit]Date Published1933 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 23 A Monograph of the Genus Lilium AuthorElwes, Henry JohnHeadlineWith 48 plates of liliesProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisher[Taylor and Francis]Date Published[1877]-1880 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold View details 24 California: Its Past History; Its Present Position; Its Future Prospects: Containing a History of the Country from Its Colonization to the Present Time...and a Minute and Authentic Narrative of the Discovery of the Gold Region... Author[Fleming, G.A.]HeadlineCalifornia gold guide, color plates, 1850PublisherPrinted for the ProprietorsDate Published1850 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 25 Cannon's Procedure in the House of Representatives - 80th Congress, 2nd Session, House Document No. 731 Heading(Ford, Gerald)AuthorCannon, ClarenceHeadlineThe Book That Got Ford the PresidencyPublisherUnited States Government Printing OfficeDate Published1948 Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold View details 26 Autograph letter signed from Benjamin Franklin to William Strahan AuthorFranklin, BenjaminHeadlineBenjamin Franklin ALS to William Strahan, 1762ProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)Date Published1762 Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$28,125StatusSold View details 27 Nineteenth-century gold quartz cane with engraved handle Heading(Gold Quartz Cane)HeadlineGold rush-style gold quartz caneDate Published1850-1880's Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 28 Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca. Or, a Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels. Consisting of above Six Hundred of the Most Authentic Writers...Containing Whatever Has Been Observed Worthy of Notice in Europe, Asia, Africa & America...To Which is Prefixed a Copious Introduction, Comprehending the Rise & Progress of the Art of Navigation...Now Carefully Revised...Including Particular Accounts of the Manufactures and Commerce of Each Country AuthorHarris, JohnHeadlineHarris, Navigantium atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, 2nd ed.ProvenanceThe Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee CollectionPublisherPrinted for T. Woodward et alDate Published1744; 1748 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold View details 29 Illustrations of Himalayan Plants chiefly selected from drawings made for the late J.F. Cathcart Esq. AuthorHooker, Joseph Dalton and Walter Hood FitchHeadlineJ.D. Hooker and W.H. Fitch, Himalayan Plants 1855ProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherLovell ReeveDate Published1855 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold View details 30 The Rhododendrons of Sikkim-Himalaya; being an Account, Botanical and Geographical, of the Rhododendrons recently discovered in the Mountains of Eastern Himalaya, from Drawings and Descriptions made on the spot, during a Government Botanical Mission to that Country AuthorHooker, Joseph DaltonHeadlineColor plates of Himalayan RhododendronsProvenanceDr. Paul J. BowmanPublisherReeve, Benham, and ReeveDate Published1849-1851 Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold View details 31 Wanderings of an Artist Among the Indians of North America, From Canada to Vancouver's Island and Oregon Through the Hudson's Bay Company's Territory and Back Again AuthorKane, PaulHeadlineKane's Wanderings with 8 lithos of Native AmericansPublisherLongman, Brown, et al.Date Published1859 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold View details 32 Atlas Pour L'Abrégé des Voyages AuthorLa Harpe, Jean-François deHeadlineLa Harpe's Atlas Pour L'Abrégé des Voyages, [1780]ProvenanceThe Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee CollectionPublisherChez MoutardierDate Published[1780] Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 33 A Journal of the Voyages and Travels of a Corps of Discovery under the Command of Capt. Lewis and Capt. Clarke of the Army of the United States from the Mouth of the River Missouri through the Interior Parts of North America to the Pacific Ocean During the Years 1804, 1805 & 1806.] Heading(Lewis & Clark)AuthorGass, PatrickHeadlineFirst Edition of First account of Lewis & ClarkPublisherPrinted by Zadock Cramer for David M'KeehanDate Published1807 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold View details 34 Voyages From Montreal on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade in that Country AuthorMackenzie, AlexanderHeadlineMackenzie's Voyages from Montreal 1801PublisherT. Cadell and W. Davies, et al.Date Published1801 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold View details 35 Four original photographs of the Waters-Pierce Oil Co. refinery in Mexico Heading(Mexico - Oil)HeadlineWaters-Pierce Oil Co. photographsDate Published[c.1900] Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 36 WITHDRAWN: Thirty-four photographs of Gamal Abdel Nasser and Faisal of Saudi Arabia Heading(Nasser, Gamal Abdel and Faisal of Saudia Arabia)HeadlineWITHDRAWN: 34 photosDate Publishedc.1960s Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold View details 37 Meyachor Gador Tayil [מאחורי גדר תיל] (“Behind a Barbed Wire Fence…[with laughter]”) Heading(Palestine - British Mandate)Author“Tedy” of Tel AvivHeadlineRare anti-British Jewish Zionist cartoonsDate Published[c.1947] Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 38 The Commercial and Political Atlas... AuthorPlayfair, WilliamHeadlinePlayfair, the inventor of the pie graphProvenanceThe Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee CollectionPublisherJ. WallisDate Published1801 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 39 A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon AuthorPortlock, NathanielHeadlinePortlock's Voyage Round the World 1789PublisherPrinted for John Stockdale and George GouldingDate Published1789 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold View details 40 The Association, &c. of the Delegates of the Colonies, at the Grand Congress, Held at Philadelphia, Sept. 1 1774... Heading(Rivington, James, publisher?)AuthorBob Jingle, Esq. [pseud.]Headline"Bob Jingle" lampoons the Continental Congress, 1774ProvenanceEdwin B. Holden (1861-1906); William Henry Crocker (1861-1937)Date Published1774 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold View details 41 A Cruising Voyage Round the World: First to the South-Seas, thence to the East-Indies, and homewards by the Cape of Good Hope... AuthorRogers, WoodesHeadlineSource for Robinson CrusoePublisherAndrew BellDate Published1718 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold View details 42 Vue de la Porte Sainte et de ses Environs a Moscou Heading(Russia)AuthorGérard de la BartheHeadlineLate 18th century engraved view of MoscowProvenanceThe Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee CollectionPublisherJean WalserDate Published1799 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 43 Nova Tabula Geographica Imperii Russici in Guberno Divisi Edita 1787 Heading(Russia)HeadlineMap of Russia showing Alaskan coast, 1787ProvenanceThe Warren Heckrotte and Margaret Gee CollectionDate Published1787 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 44 Petri Schenkii Hecatompolis, sive Totius orbis Terrarum Oppida Nobiliora Centum; Exquisite Collecta atque Eleganter Depicta AuthorSchenk, PieterHeadlineSpectacular and rare engravings of 17th c. citiesProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)Publisher[P. Schenk]Date Published1702 Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold View details 45 A List of His Majesty's Royal Navy Heading(Scott, Percy, Sir, Bart., former owner)HeadlineBritish Navy list w/ HMS Victory, Percy Scott bookplateProvenanceAdmiral Sir Percy Moreton Scott, 1st Baronet (bookplate)PublisherNavy OfficeDate Published1800 Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold View details 46 A Voyage Round the World by Way of the Great South Sea, Perform'd in the Years 1719, 20, 21, 22, in the Speedwell of London, of 24 Guns and 100 Men, (under His Majesty's Commission to cruize on the Spaniards in the late War with the Spanish Crown) till she was cast away on the Island of Juan Fernandes, in May 1720; and afterwards continu'd in the Recovery, the Jesus Maria and Sacra Familia, &c. AuthorShelvocke, GeorgeHeadlineShelvocke's Voyage Round the World 1726PublisherPrinted for J. Senex; W. and J. Innys, J. Osborn and T. LongmanDate Published1736 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold View details 47 Eight offprints from The Geographical Journal AuthorStein, AurelHeadline4 presentation offprints from Sir Aurel SteinDate Published1916-42 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 48 The Grapes of Wrath AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineGrapes of Wrath, 1st ed., dj in custom boxPublisherViking PressDate Published[1939] Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details 49 Early Western Travels, 1748-1846 AuthorThwaites, Reuben Gold, editorHeadlineEarly Western Travels, 1748-1846 1 of 750 setsPublisherAthur H. ClarkDate Published1904-1907 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold View details 50 Official Souvenir Book: Thirty-Fourth National Open Championship, United States Golf Association, Interlachen Country Club, Minneapolis, July 10, 11 and 12, 1930 Heading(USGA Program - 1930 Open Championship)HeadlineUSGA National Open Golf 1930 at Interlachen CCPublisherUSGA / Interlachen Country ClubDate Published1930 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 51 Western America, Including California and Oregon with Maps of Those Regions, and of "The Sacramento Valley" AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineWilkes' Western America with maps 1849PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1849 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold View details 52 The History of Oregon, Geographical and Political... AuthorWilkes, GeorgeHeadlineWilkes' History of Oregon 1845 with mapPublisherWilliam H. ColyerDate Published1845 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold View details 53 Memoranda of the Life of Jenny Lind [with] extensive extra-illustration AuthorWillis, Nathaniel ParkerHeadlineExtra-illustrated life of Jenny LindProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)PublisherRobert E. PetersonDate Published1851 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,500StatusSold View details 54 Three articles by János Xántus on travels in the Americas AuthorXántus, JánosHeadline3 articles by Janos Xantus on American travelsProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionDate Published1887-1888 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 55 Collection of blueprints and photographs documenting the production of The Right Stuff film, with Chuck Yeager autographs and correspondence Heading(Yeager, Chuck)HeadlineChuck Yeager & The Right Stuff collectionDate Published1982-1983 Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold View details 56 THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S AUCTION HeadlineTHANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S AUCTION StatusCLOSED! View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next