Sale 681: Americana, Travel, Cartography, the Mexican War - with Material from the Warren Heckrotte Collection (#681) 08/22/2019 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 08/22/2019 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-62 of 62. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Yosemite and the Range of Light AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineSigned by Ansel Adams, 1st EditionPublisherNew York Graphic SocietyDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #4 Massachusetts Governor urges President Lincoln to aid heroic Black soldiers of the “Glory” Regiment Heading(African American – Civil War, 1864)AuthorAndrew, John A.Headline1864 Mass. Governor urges Lincoln to aid Black troops in the Union ArmyDate PublishedMay 12, 1864 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #6 Behind the Scenes. Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House Heading(African American)AuthorKeckley, ElizabethHeadlineElizabeth Keckley Behind the Scenes 1868PublisherG.W. CarletonDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #7 Liberty To The Captives! Special Collection, For The Liberated Slaves In America To Be Made On Sunday, 8th October, 1865, At The Brunswick Street Wesleyan Sabbath School. Heading(African American)HeadlineMethodist Church and slavery 1865PublisherClarson, Shallard and Co. PrintersDate Published1865 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #8 A Defense of Southern Slavery. Against the attacks of Henry Clay and Alex'r. Campbell Heading(African American)AuthorA Southern Clergyman [L. Brookes, Iveson]HeadlineA Defense of Southern Slavery 1851PublisherRobinson and CarlisleDate Published1851 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #9 Alabama widow's Letter to her lawyer about slave mistreatment Heading(African American, 1840s)AuthorMcClung, M[argaret]Headline1849 Alabama widow's letter condemning slave punishmentDate Publishedca. 1849 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #10 Letter about NY execution of a Black man for murdering a white after racist insult Heading(African American, 1849)AuthorJacob, WilliamHeadline1849 NY execution of a Black man for murdering a white after racist insultDate PublishedAug. 12, 1849 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #11 Pioneering New York Black Doctor immigrates to Liberia on the eve of Civil War - Letter Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorDunbar, (Dr.) Charles [Benjamin]Headline1860 Pioneering NY Black Dr. immigrates to Liberia on the eve of Civil WarDate PublishedFeb. 27, 1861 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #16 Letter by James DeNoon Reymert's nephew and law partner Heading(Arizona mining - Los Angeles Judge)AuthorReymert, TheodorHeadlineExpose letter about Arizona silver baron and Los Angeles judgeDate PublishedSept. 28, 1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #19 Liftoff: The Story of America's Adventure in Space Heading(Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins)AuthorCollins, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin & Michael CollinsPublisherGrove PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #21 Reports of the First, Second, and Third Meetings of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists, at Philadelphia, in 1840 and 1841, and at Boston, in 1842. Embracing Its Proceedings and Transactions Heading(Association of American Geologists and Naturalists)HeadlineMeetings Geologists and Naturalists, 1840 and 1841PublisherGould, Kendall & LincolnDate Published1843 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #25 The Big Book of Barris AuthorBarris, George and David FetherstonHeadlineSigned by George BarrisPublisherEaston PressDate Published2003 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #28 Hygiene for Base Ball Players Heading(Baseball)AuthorLeuf, A.H.P.HeadlineHygiene for Base Ball Players, 1888PublisherA.J. Reach & Co.Date Published1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #37 Helldorado: Bringing the Law to the Mesquite AuthorBreakenridge, William M.HeadlineSigned by William M. BreakenridgePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #52 Manuscript ledger of the Napa County, California, justice docket, recording in detail hundreds of cases heart by the court Heading(California - Napa County)HeadlineDocket record of Napa County court, 1883-5Date Published1883-1885 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #56 Ledger of "Delinquent Taxes Petaluma Road District 1873-74 & 1874-75 & 1875 & 1876" (from ms. label on front cover) Heading(California - Petaluma)HeadlineTax delinquents of Petaluma, California, 1870'sDate Published1873-1876 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #57 Manuscript ledger for "Petaluma Township" tax rolls listing real property, livestock, cash on hand, and other assets Heading(California - Petaluma)HeadlineTax rolls of Petaluma, California, c.1852Date Publishedc.1852 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #63 Letter from H.H. McKinstry in Two Rock Valley, Sonoma County, California, to his brother back east, describing life in California, primarily the agricultural bounty Heading(California - Sonoma County)AuthorMcKinstry, Henry HarrisonHeadlineLetter from Sonoma County, 1862Date PublishedFE. 16, 1862 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #65 Future President’s brother chases Indians in California – 1859 “Overland Mail” letter Heading(California – Indian Wars)AuthorHarrison, J. ScottHeadlineBenjamin Harrison's brother chases California IndiansDate PublishedAug. 25, 1859 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #71 Americans in Canada troubled by anti-British rebellions - Letter Heading(Canada – 1838 rebellion)AuthorTownsend, AsahelHeadlineAmericans in Canada and anti-British rebellions - 1838 LetterDate PublishedJune 13, 1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #76 An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology, Being an Introduction to the Study of These Sciences, and Designed for the Use of Pupils, - For Persons, Attending Lectures on These Subjects, - and as a Companion for Travellers in the United States of America AuthorCleaveland, ParkerHeadlineAn Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology 1822PublisherCummings & HilliardDate Published1822 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #80 Report On The Geology And Resources Of The Black Hills Of Dakota Heading(Dakota)HeadlineReport On The Geology Of The Black Hills Of Dakota 1880PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1880 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #81 Corals and Coral Islands AuthorDana, James D.HeadlineCorals and Coral Islands 1874PublisherDodd & MeadDate Published1874 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #113 Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains AuthorGilbert, G.K.HeadlineReport on the Geology of the Henry MountainsPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1880 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #117 Stolen Kisses AuthorGriswold, Frank GrayHeadlineStolen Kisses by Frank G Griswold, signed 1914PublisherPrivately printed by the Plimpton PressDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #123 Twelfth Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories: A Report of Progress of the Exploration in Wyoming and Idaho for the Year 1878. Part II AuthorHayden, Ferdinand V.HeadlineHayden's reports on YellowstonePublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #127 Archive of some 47 stampless folded letters & 133 covers without letters (but addressed with stamps & postmarks), sent to members of the Hunt family of Providence, Rhode Island Heading(Hunt-Metcalf Correspondence)HeadlineHunt-Metcalf correspondence with letters & stamped envelopesDate Publishedc.1835-1875 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #136 Uncle Bill: A Tale of Two Kids and a Cowboy AuthorJames, WillHeadlineSigned by Will JamesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #142 Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel. Volume II: Descriptive Geology Heading(King, Clarence)AuthorHague, Arnold & S.F. Simmons. Clarence King, Geologist in ChargeHeadlineReport of the Geological Exploration of the 40thPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1877 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #143 Microscopical Petrography. United States Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel Volume VI Heading(King, Clarence)AuthorZirkel, FerdinandHeadlineMicroscopical Petrography 1876PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1876 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #150 Two issues of The Kourier: The Magazine of Americanism Heading(Ku Klux Klan)HeadlineTwo issues of Ku Klux Klan KourierPublisherKnights of the Ku Klux Klan, IncorporatedDate Published1930, 1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #153 The King Ranch AuthorLea, TomHeadlineTom Lea's King Ranch, Saddle Blanket EditionPublisherPrinted for the King RanchDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #163 Final Report on the Geology of Massachusetts: In Four Parts: I. Economical Geology. II. Scenographical Geology. II. Scientific Geology. IV. Elementary Geology Heading(Massachusetts)HeadlineFinal Report on the Geology of Massachusetts 1841PublisherJ.S. & C. AdamsDate Published1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #165 One More Mountain: The Story of Henry A. Meiggs (1811-1877) Heading(Meiggs, Henry A.)AuthorSkaar, SvenHeadlineCarbon typescript Story of Henry A. MeiggsDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #169 Document signed by Porfirio Dias, granting gold and silver mining rights in Sinaloa to Charles E. Parlin (?). Heading(Mexico)AuthorDiaz, PorfirioHeadlinePorfirio Diaz signs away Mexican mining rights, 1906Date Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #170 Document relating to the case of two brothers, one of whom stole the wealth of the other - signed by the Viceroy of New Spain Heading(Mexico)HeadlineSibling theft case signed by Viceroy of New Spain 1790Date Published1790 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #171 Letter from Agustin Medrano, a father of the parish of Itztacalco, to the Archbishop of Mexico, bemoaning the fact that the graveyards are full Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMexico graveyards are full, 1797Date Published1797 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #179 Manuscript list of announcements that were gave by Nicolas de la Cruz, “indio ladino pregonero” (an Indian who gave public announcements in the streets). Heading(Mexico)HeadlinePublic announcements in Puebla town square, 1711Date Published1711 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #183 "Muerte de Indio Borracho" (Death of a drunk Indian) - court document Heading(Mexico)HeadlineGrandfather dies of drink in 1791 MexicoDate Published1791 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #193 Arts and Crafts of the Totem Indians Heading(Native American)AuthorTozier, D.F.HeadlineSigned by collector F.T. TozierPublisher[Central News Co.Date Published[1900's] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #196 Final Report on the Geology and Mineralogy of the State of New Hampshire; With Contributions Towards the Improvement of Agriculture and Metallurgy Heading(New Hampshire)AuthorJackson, Charles T.HeadlineReport on the Geology and Mineralogy of New HampshirePublisherCarroll & Baker, State PrintersDate Published1844 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #197 Geology of New York. Part IV. Comprising the Survey of the Fourth Geological District Heading(New York - Natural History)AuthorHall, JamesHeadlineGeology of New York. Part IV 1843PublisherCarroll and CookDate Published1843 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #208 The Geology of Pennsylvania. A Government Survey Heading(Pennsylvania)AuthorRogers, Henry DarwinHeadlineThe Geology of Pennsylvania 1858PublisherJ.B. Lippincott [and] W. Blackwood and SonsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #213 Report on the Lands of the Arid Region of the United States, With a More Detailed Account of the Lands of Utah AuthorPowell, John WesleyHeadlineLands of the Arid Region of the United States 1879PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #222 Signed loan document, Pennsylvania 1785 Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineSigned loan document, Pennsylvania 1785Date Published1785 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #224 Report on the Geological and Agricultural Survey of the State of Rhode Island, Made under a Resolve of Legislature in the Year 1839. Heading(Rhode-Island)AuthorJackson, Charles THeadlineReport on the Geological Survey of Rhode Island 1840PublisherB Cranston & CoDate Published1840 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #247 Orders for a Navy midshipman which are signed by John D. Sloat as they were forwarded through the ranks Heading(Sloat, John Drake)HeadlineSigned by John D. Sloat, occupier of MontereyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #255 Handwritten diary recording an automobile journey through the Southwest during the weeks after the attack on Pearl Harbor Heading(Travel Diary - California to Texas)HeadlineTrip through Southwest just after Pearl HarborDate Published1941 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #256 Two monographs from the U.S. Geological Survey Heading(U.S. Geological Survey)HeadlineTwo monographs from the U.S. Geological SurveyPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1882-83 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #258 Report on the Geology of Vermont: Descriptive, Theoretical, Economical and Scenographical Heading(Vermont)AuthorHitchcock, Edward et al.HeadlineReport on the Geology of Vermont 2 vols. 1861PublisherClaremont Manufacturing Comp.Date Published1861 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #262 Five letters written to William Graves descriptive of the War of 1812 Heading(War of 1812)HeadlineLetters to Russia discussing War of 1812Date Published1813 & 1815 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #263 US diplomatic document warning of British misinterpretation of American resolve to go to war Heading(War of 1812)AuthorRussell, JonathanHeadline1812 Important US diplomatic document predicting war with EnglandDate PublishedMarch 23, 1812 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #265 Speech of the Hon. Daniel Webster Upon the Subject of Slavery: Delivered in the United States Senate on Thursday, March 7, 1850. AuthorWebster, DanielHeadlineSpeech of the Hon. Daniel Webster Upon the Subject of Slavery 1850PublisherHotchkiss and CompanyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #287 Fifteen documents relating to the manumission or freeing of slaves in Cuba, both male and female Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineArchive of Cuban slave manumission documents 1864-9Date Published1864-1869 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #288 Twenty manuscript documents recording the deaths of slaves in Cuba, mostly of African origin Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineRecords of slave deaths in Cuba, 1840's-'50'sDate Publishedc.1840's-1850's View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #289 Archive of documents relating to legal difficulties of a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba Heading(Cuba)HeadlineChinese indentured servant in Cuba faces legal troubles 1877Date Published1877 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #290 Manuscript document relating to a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba Heading(Cuba)HeadlineChinese indentured servant in CubaDate Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #304 Man and Nature; or Physical Geography as Modified By Human Action AuthorMarsh, George P.HeadlineGeorge P. Marsh Man and Nature 1867PublisherCharles Scribner & Co.Date Published1867 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #430 Document signed by Antonio López de Santa Anna as President of Mexico Heading(Santa Anna, Antonio López de)HeadlineDocument signed by Santa AnnaDate PublishedJuly29, 1847 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #509 Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World Heading(Presidents)AuthorClinton, BillHeadlineBill Clinton Giving Signed BookPublisherKnopfDate Published2007 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #519 The Tuskegee Aviation Experiment and Tuskegee Airmen 1939 - 1949: America's Black Air Force for World War II Heading(Tuskegee Airmen)AuthorGillead, Le Roy F.HeadlineSigned by two Tuskegee AirmenDate Published1994 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #520 The Tuskegee Experiment and Tuskegee Airmen 1939 - 1949: Establishing America's Black Air Force for WWII Heading(Tuskegee Airmen)AuthorGillead, Le Roy F.HeadlineSigned by six Tuskegee AirmenPublisherLe Roy F. GilleadDate Published1994 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next