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1 |
Ink and watercolor-goauche drawing of an African American family in a musical interlude with pets and children |
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(African American) |
Black family at afternoon soiree |
Latter 19th century? |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Unsold |
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4 |
A Trip to Mexico, Being Notes of a Journey from Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and Back, with an appendix... |
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Becher, H.C.R. |
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Trip to Mexico with original photo illustrations, 1880 |
1889 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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6 |
Letter from gold seeker Oliver Breedlove to "Friend Jose," replete with fascinating and interesting details of California in the early days of the gold rush |
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Breedlove, Oliver H. |
(California - Gold Rush Letter) |
Superb California Gold Rush letter |
June 22, [1850?] |
$5,000 - $8,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,125 |
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Archive of material pertaining to early Los Angeles development, primarily relating to Richard Garvey, one-time Pony Express rider and Southern California land speculator and developer; Ozro W. Childs, horticulturist, merchant, land speculator, and a founder of the University of Southern California; and others. |
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Garvey, Richard; Ozro W. Childs, et al. |
(California - Los Angeles) |
Land speculation archive from old Los Angeles |
1860's to early 20th century |
$5,000 - $8,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $16,250 |
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8 |
Recopilacion de leyes, decretos, bandos, reglamentos, circulares y providencias de los supremos poderes y otras autoridades de la Repub́lica Mexicana... |
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(California - Los Angeles) |
Law making Los Angeles capital of California 1835 |
1836 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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Three large manuscript ledger books recording court cases in Placer County, California, from 1855 to 1864 |
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(California - Placer County) |
Placer County court ledgers during Gold Rush |
1855-1864 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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Manuscript letter signed by José Figueroa as Governor of California, to the Secretary of Justice in Mexico City, revealing details of an attempted coup against Figueroa, and requesting the President order the arrest and expulsion of the conspirators |
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Figueroa, José |
(California) |
Coup against Cal. Gov. Figueroa revealed, 1834 ltr. |
June 20, 1834 |
$40,000 - $60,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $31,250 |
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15 |
Handwritten memoir by Wesley Hobbs written in diary format shortly after the Civil War, covering in detail his wartime service with the Union Army, and briefly events before and after the conflict |
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Hobbs, Wesley Calvin |
(Civil War) |
Manuscript memoir of Civil War service |
1866-1868 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $4,062.50 |
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16 |
Profile Map of Engineer Mountain, Mineral Point Mountain, Animas Forks, and Surrounding Region, with General Description of Mines. History and Geology of the San Juan |
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Lakes, Arthur |
(Colorado - Mining) |
Colorado mining map by Arthur Lakes, 1882 |
1882 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,812.50 |
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17 |
Colorado Tourist and Illustrated Guide Via the “Golden Belt Route” to the Rocky Mountain Resorts |
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Kansas Pacific Railway. |
(Colorado) |
Rare Colorado promo with folding map, 1878 |
1878 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,375 |
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18 |
Crossing the Plains in 1852: Narrative of a Trip from Iowa to "The Land of Gold," as Told in Letters Written During the Journey |
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Cooke, Lucy Rutledge |
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Rare account of crossing the plains in 1853 |
1923 |
$8,000 - $12,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $53,125 |
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19 |
Manuscript Expediente of the formation of a Chinese Society in Cuba |
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(Cuba) |
Founding a Chinese Society in Cuba, 1884 |
1884 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,750 |
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20 |
Geronimo - Apache |
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Curtis, Edward S. |
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Edward S. Curtis, Geronimo - Apache, 1907 |
1907 |
$20,000 - $30,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $15,000 |
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22 |
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 |
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Dixon, George |
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Round the world to the Northwest coast, 1789 |
1789 |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Unsold |
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26 |
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772 |
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Hearne, Samuel |
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Hearne's Journey north from Hudson's Bay 1795 |
1795 |
$8,000 - $12,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $5,000 |
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28 |
[Atlas to:] An Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains, performed in the years 1819 and '20, by order of the Hon. John C. Calhoun, Sec'y of War under the Command of Major Stephen H. Long. Maps and Plates |
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James, Edwin |
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Atlas and plate volume to Long's expedition 1822 |
1822 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $6,250 |
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29 |
Archive of ten ephemeral items relating to Japanese internment and the Topaz War Relocation Center, during World War II |
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(Japanese-American Internment) |
Japanese internment camp archive |
c.1943-1945 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $8,750 |
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30 |
Archive of the Topaz Times, the camp newspaper for the "Topaz War Relocation Center" in Millard County in Utah, comprising nearly 200 issues over more than two years |
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(Japanese-American Internment) |
Japanese internment camp newspaper archive |
1942-1945 |
$10,000 - $15,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $40,625 |
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31 |
Collection of Community Analysis Section Reports detailing the role of American social scientists in the internment of United States citizens of Japanese ancestry [with] California and Her Less Favored Minorities by the official War Relocation Authority historian |
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(Japanese-American Internment) |
Internal government reports on Japanese internment |
1943-46 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,812.50 |
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32 |
"Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye": Memories of John Fitzgerald Kennedy |
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O'Donnell, Kenneth P., and David F. Powers with Joe McCarthy |
(Kennedy, John F.) |
Inscribed by Jackie Onassis to brother-in-law |
[1972] |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $312.50 |
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33 |
As We Remember Joe |
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Kennedy, John F., editor |
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John Kennedy remembers is older brother |
1945 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $625 |
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34 |
The Burden and the Glory: The Hopes and Purposes of President Kennedy's Second and Third Years in Office as Revealed in His Public Statements and Addresses |
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Kennedy, John F. |
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Presented by Jackie Kennedy to in-law |
[1964] |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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35 |
Profiles in Courage |
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Kennedy, John F. |
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Kennedy Profiles in Courage inscribed & signed |
[1956] |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $4,375 |
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36 |
To Turn the Tide: A Selection from President Kennedy's Public Statements from His Election Through the 1961 Adjournment of Congress, Setting Forth the Goals of His First Legislative Year |
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Kennedy, John F. |
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To Turn the Tide inscribed by John F. Kennedy |
[1962] |
$2,500 - $3,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,437.50 |
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37 |
Texas in 1840, or the Emigrant's Guide to the New Republic; Being the Result of Observation, Enquiry and Travel in That Beautiful County. By an Emigrant, Late of the United States... |
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Lawrence, A.B. |
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With 1st bird's-eye view of Austin, Texas |
1840 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,125 |
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38 |
Peleliu Landing |
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Lea, Tom |
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Tom Lea lands at Peleliu, 1/500 deluxe copies |
1945 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $687.50 |
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39 |
History of the Expedition under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the River Columbia to the Pacific Ocean, performed in the years 1804-5-6 by Order of the Government of the United States |
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Lewis, Meriwether & William Clark |
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First edition of Lewis & Clark's Expedition, 1814 |
1814 |
$25,000 - $35,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $20,000 |
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41 |
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 of That Country. Illustrated with maps and a portrait of the author |
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Mackenzie, Alexander |
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Mackenzie's Voyages rare 2-volume issue 1802 |
1802 |
$6,000 - $9,000 |
Unsold |
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42 |
Pencil Sketches of Montana |
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Mathews, Alfred E. |
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Pencil Sketches belonging to Montana Vigilante |
1868 |
$50,000 - $80,000 |
Unsold |
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43 |
History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs Embellished with One Hundred and Twenty Portraits, from the Indian Gallery in the Department of War, at Washington |
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McKenney, Thomas L. & James Hall |
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With 120 hand-colored lithographs |
1836-[1844] |
$30,000 - $50,000 |
Unsold |
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44 |
El Exmo. Sr. presidente sustituto, se ha servido dirigirme el decreto que sigue: Pedro María Anaya, presidente sustituto de los Estado-Unidos Mexicanos, á los habitantes de la Republica sabed: Que el soberano congreso constituyente ha decretado loe siguiente... |
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Anaya, Pedro Maria |
(Mexican-American War) |
Call to arms by Mexico during U.S. invasion |
Abril 20 de 1847 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,000 |
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45 |
Memories of the War with Mexico |
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Stanley, Matthew B. |
(Mexican-American War) |
Scarce narrative of battle in the Mexican-American War |
1910 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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46 |
Mexican War letter signed by General Zachary Taylor to Adjutant General of the Army in Washington D.C. |
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Taylor, Zachary |
(Mexican-American War) |
Mexican-American War letter from General Taylor |
April 11, 1847 |
$2,500 - $3,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,625 |
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47 |
Manuscript document containing complaints about unjust actions and dereliction of duty by Joachin Joseph de Rivera, the Chief Justice of Sonora, and other government and military officials |
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Anza, Juan Bautista de, et al. |
(Mexico - Northern Frontier) |
Troubles on Arizona frontier, 1720 document |
February 22 & May 19, 1720 |
$10,000 - $15,000 |
Unsold |
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48 |
Four manuscript letters from Juan Gutierrez de la Cueva, a Spanish officer active in the frontier regions of Arizona, California and Texas, to Joaquín de Amezqueta, Commander of the Presidio de San Carlos, Sonora |
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Gutierrez de la Cueva, Juan |
(Mexico - Northern Frontier) |
Fighting Apaches on Mexico's frontier, 1786 letters |
1786 |
$6,000 - $9,000 |
Unsold |
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49 |
Letter from the Bishop of Guadalajara to Charles III of Spain on the expulsion of the Jesuits, the 1767 Revolt and the evangelization of northwest Mexico and California |
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Rodríguez de Rivas y Velasco, Diego |
(Mexico - Northern Frontier) |
Letter on Jesuit expulsion from California 1768 |
c.1768 |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,250 |
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50 |
Three original manuscript letters and one accompanying manuscript document on the defense of the northernmost Spanish territories of New Spain against the United States and the indigenous Apache and Comanche people |
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Salcedo, Nemesio |
(Mexico - Northern Frontier) |
Defending Mexico's northern frontier 1809-10 |
1809-1810 |
$10,000 - $15,000 |
Unsold |
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51 |
El Exmo. Sr. presidente interino de la República Mexicana se ha servido dirigirme el decreto que sigue: "El presidente interino de la República Mexicana, á los habitantes de ella, sabed: que el Congreso general ha decretado lo siguiente... |
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Barragán, Miguel |
(Mexico - Texas War) |
Paying for war against Texas rebels, 1836 broadside |
Enero 9 de 1836 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Unsold |
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52 |
[Decree of the Congreso General, approved by Jose Justo Corro, president ad interim, on May 20, 1836 and promulgated the same day by Jose Maria Tornel, pledging every effort to secure the liberty of Santa Anna, but declaring, in section 3, any promises he may make while a prisoner not binding on the government] - in Spanish |
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Corro, José Justo |
(Mexico - Texas War) |
Mexico mourns capture of Santa Anna, 1836 broadside |
May 20, 1836 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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53 |
El Exmo. Sr. Presidente interino de la República Mexicana se ha servido dirigirme el decreto que sigue... el Gobierno hará efectivo el derecho da la Nacion á ser indemnizada de los gastos, daños y perjuicios que se le ocasionaren... en la actual guerra de Tejas... |
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Corro, José Justo; José María Tornel y Mendívil |
(Mexico - Texas War) |
Reparations for Texas rebellion, 1836 broadside |
9 de Abril de 1836 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,875 |
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54 |
[Decree of the Junta Nacional Instituyente passed January 3, 1823, approved by Iturbide on January 4, and promulgated the same day by Jose Manuel de Herrera; a general colonization law] |
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Iturbide, Agustin de / Jose Manuel de Herrera |
(Mexico - Texas) |
Mexico´s first colonization decree, 1823 |
1823 |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,437.50 |
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55 |
Observaciones del diputado saliente Manuel Crecencio Rejon,
contra los tratados de paz, firmados en la ciudad de Guadalupe el 2 del proximo pasado febrero, precedidas de la parte histórica relativa a la cuestion originaria |
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Rejón, Manuel Crescencio |
(Mexico - Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo) |
Attack on Guadalupe Hidalgo treaty 1848 |
1848 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $937.50 |
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56 |
Catálogo alfabético y cronológico de los hechos de armas :
que han tenido lugar en la República Mexicana desde su independencia hasta nuestros días |
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Echenique, Rafael |
(Mexico) |
Catalog of Mexico's battles & Texas war |
1894 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Unsold |
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57 |
Traduccion del dictamen de Mr. Wadsworth, sobre las reclamaciones Mexicanas procedentes de depredaciones de los indios, hecha por orden del Ministerio de relaciones de la Republica Mexicana |
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Wadsworth, William Henry |
(Mexico) |
U.S. denies blame for Native attacks on Mexico |
1873 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $625 |
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58 |
Decree pertaining to electoral law issued by Miguel Zubiría, governor of the state of Durango, in the name of provisional president Antonio López de Santa Anna |
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Zubiría, Miuguel |
(Mexico) |
Call to reform Mexican election law 1841 |
December 23, 1841 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Unsold |
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61 |
Oklahoma Illustrated: A Book of Practical Information. Showing the Territory’s Present Status and Future Prospects… |
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(Oklahoma Territory) |
Early promotional piece and history of Oklahoma |
1894 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,125 |
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63 |
Autograph letter from Lorenzo Sitgreaves, U.S. Army Engineer and future Colorado River explorer, to his cousin John Scott regarding a pessimistic outlook on promotion in the military |
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Sitgreaves, Lorenzo |
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Autograph letter signed by Lorenzo Sitgreaves |
May 18, 1833 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Unsold |
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64 |
History of Cheyenne and Northern Wyoming Embracing the Gold Fields of the Black Hills, Powder River and Big Horn Countries... |
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Triggs, J. H. |
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Triggs' Cheyenne and Wyoming with map, 1876 |
1876 |
$7,000 - $10,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $4,375 |
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65 |
History and Directory of Laramie City, Wyoming Territory, comprising a brief history of Laramie City from its first settlement to the present time, together with sketches of the characteristics and resources of the surrounding country; including a minute description of a portion of the mining region of the Black Hills. Also a general and business directory of Laramie City |
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Triggs, J.H. |
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Triggs' History of Laramie Wyoming, 1875 |
1875 |
$6,000 - $9,000 |
Unsold |
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66 |
Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 |
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Wilkes, Charles |
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Wilkes' Exploring Expedition with Atlas |
1845 |
$6,000 - $9,000 |
Unsold |
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68 |
View of the Conflagration of Marysville, On the Night of August 30th, 1851. Three Entire Squares Consumed - Loss Estimated $500,000 |
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(California - Marysville Pictorial Letter Sheet) |
Pictorial Letter Sheet Marysville Fire 1851 |
[before April 24, 1852] |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $937.50 |
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Barker's Nerve and Bone Liniment. Barker, Moore & Mein, Wholesale Druggists, Philadelphia |
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(Chromolithography) |
Chromolithograph veterinary advertisement |
1883 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $875 |
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81 |
Barker's Vegetable Horse Cattle & Poultry Powder. Barker, Moore & Mein, Wholesale Druggists, Philadelphia |
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(Chromolithography) |
Chromolithograph veterinary advertisement |
c.1880-90 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,000 |
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82 |
Full Rank - Major Generals of the United States Army - Civil War 1861-65 |
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Kurz & Allison |
(Civil War) |
Kurz & Allison litho Civil War Generals |
1887 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Unsold |
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83 |
America Meridionale |
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Coronelli, Vicenzo Maria |
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Coronelli 2-sheet map of South America |
[1691] |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Unsold |
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86 |
Indians of the U.S.A. |
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Jefferson, Louise E. |
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Pictorial map of Native Americans in U.S. |
1944 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,625 |
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87 |
Valley towards Saltillo, From near the base of Palace Hill, at Monterey (Looking to the S. West) |
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Whiting, Daniel Powers |
(Mexico - Mexican-American War) |
Rare lithograph from Mexican-American War |
1847 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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88 |
Rancheros |
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Meunier, Luis |
(Mexico) |
Rare lithograph of Mexican Rancheros |
c.1850 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,250 |
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89 |
Map of Mexico, Including Yucatan & Upper California, Exhibiting the Chief Cities and Towns, the Principal Travelling Routes &c. |
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus |
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Mitchell's large Mexican-American War map, 1847 |
1847 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,437.50 |
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90 |
Map of the United States by J.H. Young |
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Mitchell, Samuel Augustus |
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Mitchell's 1st wall map, the U.S., 1831 |
1831 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,062.50 |
|
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95 |
Pascaertvande Zuyd Zee en een gedeeltte van Brasil Van Ilhas de Ladronos tot R. de la Plata... |
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Van Keulen, Johannes |
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Keulen map of Pacific with insular California |
[1680-1695] |
$6,000 - $9,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $4,250 |
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