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AuthorAbert, James W.HeadlineAbert's Examination of New Mexico 1848Date Published[1848] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #2 Governor of British Barbados to anti-slavery London Bishop condemning corrupt slave-owners Heading(African American, 1788)AuthorParry, DavidHeadlineInhumane treatment of slaves on British BarbadosDate PublishedJuly 29, 1788 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #3 Receipt for a bond to cover the cost of private prosecution of John Powers Cailiff and Nancy Califf, accused of Negro Stealing Heading(African American, 1811)AuthorPowers, Roger; and Levi GlassHeadlineAccusation of Negro Stealing in early 19th century GeorgiaDate PublishedOct. 11, 1811 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #4 Letter to missionary’s wife in China describing mistreatment of a fugitive slave Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorDunlap, B.J. [Barbara Jarvis]HeadlineLetter sent to China about the torture of an American slaveDate PublishedNov. 1, 1852 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #6 Letter mentioning a benefit Fair held by “the colored people” Heading(African American, 1856)Author[Wall, Eliza?]HeadlineColored People's Fair after Fremont's defeatDate PublishedNovember 20, 1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #7 Letter from Alabama slave-owner about trading inherited slaves Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorGarber, Dr. Alexander MenziesHeadlineSlave swapping on North Carolina plantationDate PublishedDec. 15, 1859 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #8 Official letter certifying the enlistment of Joseph D. Champion for one year’s service in the US Navy Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorHowe, William Greene, US Army Captain and Provost MarshalHeadlineBlack shoemaker enlists in the Union Navy during Civil WarPublisherProvost Marshal's recruiting officeDate PublishedAug. 30, 1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #9 Letter from Freedmen’s Bureau entrepreneur about South Carolina freed slaves celebrating war’s end and Emancipation Heading(African American, 1865)AuthorDodge, J. G.HeadlineCarpetbagger organized freed slaves' celebrationPublisherOffice of the Superintendent of FreedmenDate PublishedApril 12, 1865 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #10 Letter about the end of the Freedman's Bureau Heading(African American, 1868)AuthorMoore, Colonel StephenHeadlineLast days of the Freedmen’s Bureau in North CarolinaPublisherBureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned LandsDate PublishedDec. 11, 1868 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #12 Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs letter about progress in civilizing the American Indians Heading(African American, 1884)AuthorStevens, Ezra L.HeadlineIndian bureau clerk led DC Underground RRDate PublishedAugust 6, 1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #14 The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorWayland, H.L.HeadlineSigned by H.L. WaylandDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #19 Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Heading(African American, 1967)AuthorKing, Martin Luther, Jr.HeadlineInscribed & signed by Martin Luther King, Jr.PublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #20 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. Heading(African American, 1969)AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineSigned by Coretta Scott KingPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #21 Walking with the Wind, A Memoir of the Movement Heading(African American, 1998)AuthorLewis, JohnHeadlineWalking with the Wind Inscribed by John LewisPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1998] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #22 Between the World and Me Heading(African American, 2015)AuthorCoates, Ta-NehisiHeadlineSigned by Ta-Nehisi CoatesPublisherSpiegel & GrauDate Published[2015] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #24 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #25 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #26 Brown University manuscript history class notes Author[Almy, Herbert]Headline1870 History notebook of Brown University studentDate Published[1870] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #28 The Silver Country or the Great Southwest. A Review of the Mineral and Other Wealth, the Attractions and Material Development of the Former Kingdom of New Spain... AuthorAnderson, Alex D.HeadlineWith folding map of New Spain circa 1877PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #30 Letter from Abolitionist Congressman hailing Universal Freedom Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorLovejoy, OwenHeadlineCongressman who championed Emancipation ProclamationDate PublishedDecember 8, 1862 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #31 Letter by Boston anti-slavery orator to passionate young Abolitionist Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorPhillips, WendellHeadlineRadical anti-slavery crusader’s advice to a young AbolitionistDate Published[c.1857] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #32 Early letter by America’s richest anti-slavery crusader and John Brown benefactor Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorSmith, GerritHeadlineAbolitionist Gerrit Smith praises pro-slavery politician?Date PublishedDecember 25, 1838 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #38 Letter from a Baptist preacher, famed advocate of religious liberty Heading(Baptist - Religious Freedom)AuthorMoore, JeremiahHeadlineVirginia Baptist preacher who championed religious libertyDate PublishedApril 6, 1805 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #40 Designs on the Land: Diseños of California Ranchos and their Makers AuthorBecker, Robert H.HeadlineDisenos of California Ranchos One of 500 copiesPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #41 Diseños of California Ranchos Maps of thirty-seven Land Grants [1822-1846], from the Records of the United States District Court, San Francisco AuthorBecker, Robert H.HeadlineDisenos of California Ranchos One of 400 copiesPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1964 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #42 Three Years in California AuthorBorthwick, John DavidHeadlineBorthwick's 3 Years in California First EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1857 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #43 Visitors Guide 1953: Carmel-by-the-Sea Heading(California - Carmel)HeadlineVisitors guide/directory to Carmel, CA 1953Date Published1953 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #53 Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties, Part 1. Bulletin No. 11 Heading(California - Oil)AuthorWatts, W.L.HeadlineOil and Gas Formations of California, 1897PublisherA..J. JohnsonDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #58 Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Beach California Heading(California - San Diego County)HeadlineScarce brochure for Hotel Del Coronado, 1915Date Published[1915] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #62 Business Directory of San Francisco and Principal Towns of California and Nevada, 1877. Containing Names, Business and Address of Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional Men... Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBusiness directory of San Francisco 1877PublisherL.M. McKenney PublisherDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #68 Three albumen photographs of views around San Francisco Cliff House Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadline3 c.1880s Photos of San Fran Cliff HousePublisherTaber Photo.Date Publishedc.1880-90 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #69 Letter from Craven P. Hester, in San Jose, California, to George Grundy Dunn in Indiana, regarding Hester's financial affairs in Indiana, and events in California Heading(California - San Jose)AuthorHester, Craven P.HeadlineLetter from San Jose District Attorney 1850Date PublishedNov. 28, 1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #71 Motorists Guide Sequoia-Gen. Grant National Parks, California Heading(California - Sequoia National Park)HeadlineFlyer with maps of Sequoia-Grant National ParksPublisherNational Park ServiceDate Publishedc.1923 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #73 Motorists Guide Yosemite National Park California 1923 Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineMotor guide with road maps in Yosemite 1923PublisherNational Park ServiceDate Published1923 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #76 Three letters from Alabama plantation agent who was a founder of Madera County Heading(California)AuthorBorden, Dr. Joseph, [Borden & Buck]HeadlineSlave agent, later a founding father of Madera CountyDate Published1860 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #79 Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. Heading(California)AuthorMeek, F.B & W.M. GabbHeadlineGeological Survey of California. PaleontologyPublisher[Caxton Press of Sherman & Co.]Date Published1864; 1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #82 Geological Survey of California. Geology. Volume I. Report of Progress and Synopsis of the Field-Work, From 1860 to 1864. Heading(California)AuthorWhitney, J. D.HeadlineWhitney's landmark survey of California, 1865PublisherPublished by the Authority of the Legislature of CaliforniaDate Published1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #84 Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka Land of Massacre: Being the Experience of an Officer's Wife on the Plains. With an Outline of Indian Operations and Conferences From 1865-1878. AuthorCarrington, Henry B.HeadlineThe Experience of an Officer's Wife on the PlainsPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #85 Banking House certificate to Charles Porter for $500 deposit in the Gold Rush boom town bank of Chinese, California Heading(Chinese American)AuthorMiller, Solomon; and C. W. H. SolinskyHeadlineCertificate from gold rush bank in Chinese, CaliforniaPublisherMiller & Co.Date PublishedJune 17, 1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #86 Receipt for Faro Gambling House License Heading(Chinese American)HeadlineGambling license for a Chinese man in MontanaDate PublishedJuly 6, 1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #91 The Rocky Mountain Directory and Colorado Gazetteer for 1871 Heading(Colorado)AuthorWallihan, S. S. , & Company, compilersHeadlineRare Rocky Mountain Directory, 1871PublisherS.S. Wallihan & CompanyDate Published[1870] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #92 Silver Mining Regions of Colorado: With Some Account of the Different Processes Now Being Introduced for Working the Gold Ores of that Territory. Heading(Colorado)AuthorWhitney, Joel ParkerHeadlineWhitney's Silver Mining Regions of ColoradoPublisherD. Van NostrandDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #97 Crofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide, Containing a Full and Authentic Description of Over Five Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages... passing over the Union Pacific Railroad... AuthorCrofutt, George A., & Co.HeadlineCrofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide 1873PublisherGeo. A CrofuttDate Published1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #98 Letter from a Boston Brahmin’s illegitimate daughter, Longfellow intimate, fleeing Wagnerian German Revolution while planning the purchase of an Old Masters art collection to bring to America Heading(Crowninshield heiress)AuthorThies, Clara CrowninshieldHeadlineLetter from a Boston Brahmin fearful of German RevolutionDate PublishedMay 20, 1849 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #100 Identification document (Cedula) for a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineRare Cedula for Chinese slave in Cuba 1861Date Published1861 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #101 Tenting on the Plains AuthorCuster, Elizabeth B.HeadlineElizabeth Custer Tenting on the PlainsPublisherCharles L. Webster & Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #106 Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America AuthorDomenech, EmmanuelHeadline7 Years in the Great Deserts of North AmericaPublisherLongman, Green, Longman & RobertsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #108 Hunting for Gold: Reminiscences of Personal Experience and Researches in the Early Days of the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Panama AuthorDownie, Major WilliamHeadlineOne of the best Gold Rush reminiscencesPublisherCalifornia Publishing Co.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #109 Exploration de Territoire De L'Orégon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille, exécutée pendant les années 1840,1841, et 1842, par M. Duflot De Mofras, Attaché à la Légation de France à Mexico; ouvrage publié par ordre du Roi... AuthorDuflot de Mofras, EugèneHeadlineDuflot de Mofras investigates CA for FrancePublisherArthus Bertrand, ÉditeurDate Published1844 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #110 The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies AuthorEdwards, BryanHeadlineIncludes atlas with 12 maps of the West IndiesPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1794; 1819 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #111 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers AuthorEmory, Lieut. Col. W[illiam] H.HeadlineMilitary Reconnoissance Missouri to CaliforniaPublisherWendell & Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #112 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineWith additional large Reconnaissance mapPublisherWendell & Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #114 Description de la Nouvelle Californie: Geographique, Politique et Morale... Avec une grande carte de la Nouvelle Californie, des cartes particulières des Baies de Monterey et de San-Francisco, de L'Isthme de Panama, de Cap Horn et du Détroit de Magellan, et plusieurs vues intéressant de la Californie AuthorFerry, HypoliteHeadlineFerry's Nouvelle Californie 1850 with mapsPublisherL. MaisonDate Published1850 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #117 Letter about land claims after U.S. Supreme Court’s validation of the vast Spanish Arredondo land grant in the Florida Territory Heading(Florida)AuthorDrysdale, JohnHeadlineLetter by Arredondo grantee Florida Terr. landownerDate PublishedJune 27, 1832 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #120 Sightseeing of St. Petersburg and Gulf Beaches Heading(Florida)HeadlineSt. Pete FL guide with pictorial mapPublisherSouthern Tours, Inc.Date Publishedc.1950 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #122 Handwritten 19th-century dessert recipe book Heading(Food & Drink)Author[Sanford, C.F.]HeadlineHandwritten dessert recipe book from the 1830sDate Published[c. 1830s] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #124 Memoirs of My Life, by John Charles Frémont. Including in the Narrative Five Journeys of Western Exploration, During the Years 1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7, 1848-9, 1853-4. Together with a Sketch of the Life of Senator Benton... AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Memoirs in original partsPublisherBelford, Clarke & Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #125 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFrémont's Expedition, House issue w/ 4 mapsPublisherBlair and RivesDate Published1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #126 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 [with] signed letter and bond note. AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Expedition w/ map and signed ephemeraPublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #129 The Central Gold Region. The Grain, Pastoral, and Gold Regions of North America. With Some New Views of Its Physical Geography; and Observations on the Pacific Railroad AuthorGilpin, WilliamHeadlineGilpin's Central Gold Region, 1860PublisherSower, Barnes & Co.Date Published1860 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #130 Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Ounce Troy, at Different Degrees of Fineness. with other Tables, which will be found useful to Bankers, Assayers, Chemists, Merchants, Dealers in Bullion and Ores Heading(Gold & Silver)AuthorPrice, ThomasHeadlineTable of Gold and Silver Values, 1881PublisherA.J. LearyDate Published1881 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #131 Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier; Subsequent Imprisonment of the Author; His Sufferings, and Final Escape from the Castle of Perote. With Reflections Upon the Present Political and Probable Future Relations of Texas, Mexico, and the United States...Illustrated by Drawings Taken from Life by Charles M'Laughlin, a Fellow-Prisoner AuthorGreen, Thomas J.HeadlineJournal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier, 1845PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1845 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #133 Records of a California Family: Journals and Letters of Lewis C. Gunn and Elizabeth LeBreton Gunn AuthorGunn, Lewis C. and Elizabeth LeBreton GunnHeadlineFamily life in the California Gold FieldsPublisherAnna Lee MarstonDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #135 My Road to Rotary AuthorHarris, Paul P.HeadlinePaul Harris, Road to Rotary with Signed CheckPublisherA. Kroch and SonDate Published1948 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #136 Ein Jahr auf den Sandwich-Inseln. (Hawaiische Inseln.) Heading(Hawaii)AuthorBechtinger, JosephHeadlineAustrian Doctor in Hawaii, 1869PublisherIm Selbstverlage des VerfassersDate Published1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #140 Illustrated Handbook of the Hawaiian Islands. Guide to Honolulu and Vicinity. Heading(Hawaii)AuthorGodfrey, FrankHeadlineIllustrated guide to Hawaiian Islands, 1898PublisherRobert Grieve, Electric Book and Job PrinterDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #142 Letter from first American envoy to Hawaii after U.S. annexation Heading(Hawaii)AuthorSewall, Harold MarshHeadlineU. S. Diplomat hopes to be 1st governor of HawaiiDate PublishedNov. 30, 1899 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #145 Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to a Darrel Marken, about the true nature of communism, as espoused in his book AuthorHoover, J. EdgarHeadlineLetter signed by J. Edgar Hoover about communismDate PublishedJanuary 8, 1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #146 Celebrated American Caverns, Especially Mammoth, Wyandot, and Luray, together with Historical, Scientific, and Descriptive Notices of Caves and Grottoes in Other Lands [with] The Caverns of Luray AuthorHovey, Horace C.HeadlineTwo works on American Caverns, one signedPublisherRobert Clark & Co.; Crowl & LehnerDate Published1882; 1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #148 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive and Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of Sierras, 1st ed., 1st issuePublisherPublished at the Old CabinDate Published1886 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #149 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and Other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of Sierras, finely boundPublisherThe Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1886 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #150 A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineIrving's Life of Christopher Columbus 1828PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1828 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #151 The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus and the Voyages and Discoveries of the Companions of Columbus AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineLife of Columbus, Quadricentennial Edition 1/402PublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons; The Knickerbocker PressDate Published1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #152 Flags Along the Coast. Charting the Gulf of Mexico, 1519-1759: A Reappraisal AuthorJackson, JackHeadlineJack Jackson Flags Along the CoastPublisherBook Club of TexasDate Published[1995] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #153 Experiences of a Forty-Niner, by Wm. G. Johnston, a Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California in the Memorable Year 1849 AuthorJohnston, William GrahamHeadlineExperiences of a '49er, signed w/ rare mapPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1892 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #154 Understanding California Government and Politics Heading(Jonestown Massacre)AuthorRyan, Leo J.HeadlineSigned by Leo J. Ryan, victim at JonestownPublisherFearon PublishersDate Published[1966] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #155 For the Love of the Game AuthorJordan, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Michael JordanPublisherCrown Publishers, Inc. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #163 Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and by Direction of its committee on Historical Documents. Together with Manuscript material of Lewis and Clark from other Sources including Notebooks, Letters, Maps, etc. and the Journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse AuthorLewis, Meriwether & William Clark.HeadlineJournals of Lewis and Clark 1904 EditionPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1904-5 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #166 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 AuthorMackenzie, AlexanderHeadlineMackenzie's Voyages rare 2-volume issue 1802PublisherPublished by John MorganDate Published1802 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #170 The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. With Maps Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineEarly handbook for overland expeditionPublisherSampson Low, Son, and Co.Date Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #173 Signed Engineer Order No. 2, reassigning a dozen Army Engineers to new posts, 3 of them to the Mexican War front to serve under then Captain Robert E. Lee Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorTotten, Colonel JosephHeadlineRelating to Robert E. Lee in Mexican-American WarDate PublishedMarch 1, 1848 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #177 Mexico in 1842: A Description of the Country, Its Natural and Political Features; with a Sketch of Its History, Brought down to the Present Year. To Which is Added, an Account of Texas and Yucatan; and of the Santa Fe Expedition. Heading(Mexico)Author[Folsom, George]HeadlineMap of Mexico and Texas in 1842PublisherCharles J. FolsomDate Published1842 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #182 Letter from a pioneer woman in the Michigan wilderness Heading(Michigan)AuthorIngersoll, Mary A.HeadlineIndian traders and bears on the Lake Superior shoreDate PublishedJune 25, 1849 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #183 American statesman writes about military weaponry Heading(Military)AuthorRush, RichardHeadlineAmerican statesman denigrates French bayonetistsDate PublishedAugust 21, 1840 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #187 Rambles in the Rocky Mountains: With a Visit to the Gold Fields of Colorado AuthorMorris, Maurice O'ConnorHeadlineMorris, Rambles in the Rocky Mountains 1864PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #190 The Writings of John Muir - Manuscript Edition AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Muir Manuscript Edition DeluxePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1916-24 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #191 Report on Indians Taxed and Not Taxed in the United States (Except Alaska) at the Eleventh Census 1890 Heading(Native American)AuthorDonaldson, Thomas C., editorHeadlineReport on American Indians from the 1890 censusPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #192 Four letters by or regarding an Indian Agency physician, plus a photograph of dining at an agency Heading(Native American)AuthorDudley, H.W.HeadlinePhysician at Interior Dept. Indian AgenciesDate Publishedc.1896-1900 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #195 Political letter by Luman Reed’s son-in-law and overseer of his farsighted New York Picture Gallery Heading(New York)AuthorAllen, TheodoreHeadlinePolitical letter by son-in-law of great American art collectorDate Published[November 1838] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #196 The Story of the Great March from the Diary of a Staff Officer. AuthorNichols, George WardHeadlineThe Story of Sherman's March, with color mapPublisherHarper & Brothers, PublishersDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #197 Report Intended to Illustrate a Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River AuthorNicollet, Joseph NorthHeadlineWith large folding map of Mississippi Basin 1843PublisherBlair and RivesDate Published1843 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #199 Sells Brothers' World-Conquering and All-Overshadowing 3-Ring Circus, Real Roman Hippodrome, Grand Firemen's Tournament, Indian Village and Museum, 5-Continent Menagerie, and Pawnee Bill's Famous-Original "Wild West!" Heading(Ohio - Cincinnati)HeadlineWild West Circus c.1887, Blood-Sweating HipposPublisherThe Russell & Morgan Printing Co.Date Published[c.1887] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #203 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)HeadlineComplete set of Pacific Railroad SurveysPublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Senate PrinterDate Published1855-60 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #205 Nearest The Pole: A Narrative of the Polar Expedition of the Peary Arctic Club in the S.S. Roosevelt, 1905-1906 AuthorPeary, Robert E.HeadlineR.E. Peary Nearest the Pole 1st English EditionPublisherHutchinson & Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #208 The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, to Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7 AuthorPike, Zebulon MontgomeryHeadlineThe Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery PikePublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #214 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Heading(Presidents, 1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineGrant's Memoirs in half morocco bindingPublisherCharles L. 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