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Heading(Montana)AuthorVigilante Trail AssociationHeadlineTraveling Montana's Vigilante TrailPublisher[Murphy-Cheely Print]Date Publishedc.1925 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #184 The North-Western Hymn Book. A Collection Adapted to Church and Sunday School and Revival Services AuthorMoody, Dwight L.HeadlineFirst publication of evangelist Dwight L. MoodyDate Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #185 Message of the President of the United States, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate, information in relation to the massacre at Mountain Meadows, and other massacres in Utah Territory Heading(Mormon - Mountain Meadows Massacre)AuthorBuchanan, JamesHeadlineOfficial report on Mountain Meadows MassacreDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #186 A Plea for Religious Liberty and the Rights of Conscience. An argument delivered in the Supreme Court of the United States April 28, 1886, in three cases of Lorenzo Snow, Plaintiff in Error, v. the United States, on writs of error to the Supreme Court of Utah Heading(Mormon)AuthorCurtis, George TicknorHeadlineA Plea for Religious LibertyPublisherFor the AuthorDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #187 The Mormon Problem: The Nations Dilemma. New Data, New Method, Involving Leading Questions of the Day Heading(Mormon)AuthorCurtis, T.W.HeadlineT.W. Curtis on the Mormon Problem of Polygamy 1885PublisherHoggson & RobinsonDate Published1885 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #191 Broadside announcement for the auction sale of horses and cattle from the C.M. Welty farm Heading(Ohio)HeadlineFarm auction broadside Canton Ohio 1900PublisherJacob Fuecht, Jr.Date PublishedFeb. 8, 1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #194 WITHDRAWN - Twelve Years in the Mines of California; Embracing a General View of the Gold Region, with Practical Observations on Hill, Placer, and Quartz Diggings; and Notes on the Origin of Gold Deposits AuthorPatterson, Lawson B.HeadlinePatterson's 12 years in California mines, 1862PublisherMiles & DillinghamDate Published1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #195 Westward Ho! A Tale AuthorPaulding, James KirkeHeadlinePioneer life captured in 1st novel set in KentuckyPublisherJ & J HarperDate Published1832 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #196 In re: Lucey Hanks AuthorPeterson, James A.HeadlineLucey Hanks, Lincoln's grandmother 1/150PublisherJames A. PetersonDate Published1973 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #198 Family photograph album recording several trips in the United States, including a lengthy one through California north to Oregon and Washington Heading(Photograph album - U.S. travels)HeadlinePhotos of motorcar trip up west coastDate Published1929-1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #200 History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortes AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlinePrescott's Conquest of Mexico First American EditionPublisherHarper and BrothersDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #202 Typed letter, signed, as Governor of California AuthorReagan, RonaldHeadlineSigned by Governor Ronald ReaganDate PublishedAugust 4, 1967 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #203 Real Republican Prox for 1806. The Honourable Peleg Arnold, Esq. of Smithfield, Governor... Heading(Rhode Island - election ticket)HeadlinePeleg Arnold for Rhode Island GovernorDate Published1806 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #205 How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York AuthorRiis, Jacob A.HeadlineJacob Riis How the Other Half Lives 1st EdnPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1890 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #206 Presidential Appointment, signed by Theodore Roosevelt and Elihu Root AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineAppointment signed by Theodore RooseveltDate PublishedOctober 19, 1902 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #207 The Rough Riders AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineRough Riders Signed by Teddy RooseveltPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1899 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #209 Encyclopedia of Mississippi History AuthorRowland, DunbarHeadlineEncyclopedia of Mississippi HistoryPublisherSelwyn A. BrantDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #210 The Rifleman's Rifle: Winchester's Model 70, 1936-1963 AuthorRule, Roger C.HeadlineThe Rifleman's Rifle: Winchester's Model 70, 1936-1963PublisherAlliance Books, Inc.Date Published1982 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #212 The Life of J. Pierpont Morgan AuthorSatterlee, Herbert L.HeadlineLife of J. Pierpont Morgan Limited EditionPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #213 An Ode to Lake Bass AuthorSeabury, George J.HeadlineAn Ode to Lake Bass by George SeaburyDate Published[c. 1890] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #215 Speeches by Henry Clay and Daniel Webster on the Proposed Compromise of 1850 Heading(Slavery)AuthorClay, Henry and Daniel WebsterHeadline1850 Compromise Senate Speeches by Clay and WebsterPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #218 Popular Government: Its Essence, Its Permanence, and Its Perils AuthorTaft, William HowardHeadlineWilliam Howard Taft signed bookPublisherYale University PressDate Published1914 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #221 Two manuscript day books for the International Longshoremen's Association in Houston, Texas Heading(Texas)HeadlineTexas longshoremen in the Great DepressionDate Published1927-1932 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #222 Life of William Hickling Prescott AuthorTicknor, GeorgeHeadlineBiography of America's 1st great historianPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1864 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #223 Manuscript journal kept by Henry S. Powell recording a railroad journey from Ohio to California and back Heading(Travel Diary - Ohio to California)AuthorPowell, Henry S.HeadlineDiary of rail trip from Ohio to California 1893Date PublishedApril-July 1893 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #224 Mr. President: The First Publication from the Personal Diaries, Private Letters, Papers, and Revealing Interviews of Harry S. Truman, Thirty-Second President of the United States of America - inscribed by Harry S. Truman and with a letter signed by Bess Truman Heading(Truman, Harry S)AuthorHillman, WilliamHeadlineSigned by Harry S. Truman w/letter by Bess TrumanPublisherFarrar, Straus & YoungDate Published1952 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #226 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineSecond earliest copy known of Huckleberry FinnPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold Lot #227 Letter from John Tyler to his son Robert Tyler, regarding negotiations with France and other matters AuthorTyler, JohnHeadlineJohn Tyler writes his son about negotiations with FranceDate PublishedMay 13, 1834 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #228 Journals of Congress - three weekly issues from 1779 Heading(United States - Continental Congress)HeadlineJournals of the Contitental Congress, 1779PublisherPrinted by David C. Claypoole, printer to the Honorable the CongressDate Published1779 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #229 Forms of government containing an abstract of the original charter of Maryland, the Bill of Rights, and Constitution of the State, Declaration of independence, Articles of Confederation, and Constitution of the United States, with a brief account of the incidents by which the several forms were connected Heading(United States - Maryland)HeadlineU.S. & Maryland Constitutions, 1827PublisherFrom the Press of J. HughesDate Published1827 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #230 The Plays of William Shakespeare in Miniature, Volume 6 (only) - Martin Van Buren's copy Heading(Van Buren, Martin)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineMartin Van Buren's ShakespearePublisherC. WhittinghamDate Published1804 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #231 The Memoirs of Earl Warren - with two typed signed letters AuthorWarren, EarlHeadlineMemoirs of Earl Warren - with two signed lettersPublisherDoubleday and Company, Inc.Date Published1977 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #233 The Substance of a Journal During Residence at the Red River Colony, British North America and Frequent Excursions Among the North-West American Indians, in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822, 1823 AuthorWest, JohnHeadlineMissionary travels among Manitoba's aboriginalsPublisherSeeley and SonDate Published1924 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #235 Two handbooks produced by the U.S. Navy for personnel on Saipan shortly after the end of World War II Heading(World War II - Saipan)AuthorSmith, Donald F.HeadlineHandbooks for U.S. Navy personnel on SaipanDate Published1946-1947 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #236 PEACE! Japan Surrenders - Extra-supplement to the Petersburgh, Virginia "The Progress-Index" Heading(World War II)HeadlineJapan Surrenders Headline NewspaperDate PublishedAugust 14, 1945 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #237 Archive relating to the service of Seaman First Class Vincent Decker in the U.S. Navy During World War Two Heading(World War II)HeadlineNaval archive of WWII seamanDate Published1944-1946 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #238 The Three Tours: Yellowstone National Park, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove. Heading(Yellowstone & Yosemite)HeadlineTour of Yellowstone & Yosemitey, 1910PublisherUnion Pacific Railroad Co.Date Published[1910] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #241 Letter from James Eden in Monrovia, Liberia, to William Lowrie in New York, describing the state of his church and other matters Heading(Africa)AuthorEden, James, Rev.HeadlineLetter from missionary in Liberia, 1845Date PublishedNov. 13, 1845 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #242 Letter from Monrovia, Liberia, describing his efforts in his missionary activities, and illness and other circumstances that are causing difficulties in their execution Heading(Africa)AuthorEllis, W.W.HeadlineLetter from missionary in Liberia, 1847Date PublishedOct. 12, 1847 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #244 Letter from the wife of a missionary in Liberia describing in lengthy and painstaking detail his illness and death Heading(Africa)AuthorSawyer, Catharine A.HeadlineDeath of a missionary in Africa described, 1843Date PublishedDecember 6, 1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #263 Der Newenn Weldt vnd indianischen konigreichs, newevnnd wahrhaffte history, von allen geschichten, handlungen, thaten, strengem vnnd ernstlichem regiment der Spanier gegen den Indianern... AuthorBenzoni, GirolamoHeadline16th centiry Italian traveler in New WorldPublisherGetruckt durch S. HenricpetriDate Published1579 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #277 Letter about a scandalous inter-racial marriage between the nephew of the King of Burma and a young Irish novelist Heading(Burma)Headline1907 Letter about the lurid Burmese inter-racial marriage scandalDate Published1907 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #279 Letter from T. Bainbridge in Macao to Moses Wetmore in Canton, asking for assistance in returning to the United States via Calcutta Heading(China)AuthorBainbridge, T.HeadlineAmerican stranded in Macao, 1834 letterDate PublishedNov. 29, 1834 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #280 Letter from T. Bainbridge to Moses Wetmore concerning business matters and enclosed boarding bill, with manuscript Chinese character docketing on flap Heading(China)AuthorBainbridge, T.HeadlineChina letter regarding a bill, 1834Date PublishedDec. 5 & 16, 1834 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #293 French rival of DeTocqueville as observer of Jacksonian America, Autograph Letter Signed Heading(Economics)AuthorChevalier, MichelHeadlineALS by French economist, rival of DeTocquevilleDate Publishedca. 1860 View details Estimate$200 - $400StatusUnsold Lot #301 "Hollow Earth" expedition proposed by John Symmes Heading(Imaginary Voyage)Headline1826 Symmes proposed exploration of "Hollow Earth", LetterDate PublishedOct. 24, 1826 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #303 Letter from 17th century Ireland discussing potatoes and the best means of growing them Heading(Ireland)AuthorFoley, SamuelHeadlineLetter on growing potatoes in Ireland 1688Date PublishedApril 3, 1688 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #309 The World in the Air: The Story of Flying in Pictures AuthorMiller, Francis TrevelyanHeadlineF.T. Miller The World in the Air Pioneer AviationPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1930 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #312 The Life of Benito Mussolini - with clipped signature Heading(Mussolini, Benito)AuthorSarfatti, Margherita G.HeadlineWith signature of Benito MussoliniPublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #313 Journal Ecrit a Bord de la Fregate la Belle-Poule Heading(Napoleon Bonaparte)AuthorLas Cases, Emmel. Bon deHeadlineThe funeral of Napoleon Bonaparte 1841PublisherH.L. DelloyeDate Published1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #315 Letter from English economist Dudley North to his cousin, discussing family matters and also the upcoming trial of Lord Warwick AuthorNorth, DudleyHeadlineLetter from English economist Dudley North 1691Date PublishedMarch 14, 1691 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #327 Bond-holders of a British spice plantation on Dutch Sumatra, including Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore Heading(Sumatra, Singapore)AuthorPrince, JohnHeadline1830 British spice plantation on Dutch Sumatra, Stamford Raffles bondholderDate Published1830 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #328 The Path to Power AuthorThatcher, MargaretHeadlineMargaret Thatcher The Path to Power signedPublisherEaston PressDate Published1995 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #341 Atlas to Marshall's Life of Washington Heading(American Revolution)HeadlineAtlas for Marshall's Life of Washington 1832Date Published[1832] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #342 On the Routes of the Flying Clipper Ships Heading(Americas)AuthorThompson, Kenneth W.HeadlinePan Am clipper ships in South AmericaPublisherPan American AirwaysDate Published1930's View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #387 Miniature Atlas of the Borough of Brooklyn Heading(New York - Brooklyn)AuthorHyde, E. BelcherHeadlineMiniature Atlas of Brooklyn 2 vols. 1912PublisherE. Belcher HydeDate Published1912 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #388 Proposed state of Sequoyah: Mr. Foraker presented the following memorial from citizens of Indian Territory, praying for admission into the Union upon an equal footing with the original states, and also presenting the form of a constitution for the proposed state, to be known as the state of Sequoyah Heading(Oklahoma)AuthorForaker, Joseph BensonHeadlineMap of the Proposed State of SequoyahPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate PublishedJan. 16, 1906 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #389 The Philadelphia of to-day: The world's greatest workshop : America's largest home city with more home owners than any other city in the world. Heading(Pennsylvania - Philadelphia)HeadlineBird's-eye view of Philadelphia 1908PublisherExecutive Committee of Founders WeekDate Published1908 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #398 Annual Report of the American Historical Association for the Year 1944, volumes two and three: Calendar of the American Fur Company's Papers Part I: 1831-1840 and Part II: 1841-1849 AuthorAmerican Historical AssociationHeadlineCalendar of the American Fur Company's Papers 2 vols.PublisherUnited States Government Printing OfficeDate Published1945 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #399 The Economy of Human Life. Complete in Two Parts. Translated from an Indian Manuscript, Written by an Ancient Bramin, in a Letter from an English Gentleman Residing in China, To the Earl of *********** Heading(American Imprints)Author[Dodsley, Robert]HeadlineScarce 1795 American ImprintPublisherEvert DuyckinckDate Published1795 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #403 Two certificates for shares in the Clipper Mountain Gold Mining Company Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorClipper Mountain Gold Mining CompanyHeadlineClipper Mountain Gold Mining Company sharesPublisherClipper Mountain Gold Mining CompanyDate Published[c.late 1800's] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #408 Five works on cartography Heading(Cartography)HeadlineFive works on cartographyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #409 Chardon's Journal At Fort Clark 1834-1839, Descripitve of Life on the Upper Missouri; of a Fur Trader's Experiences Among the Mandans; of the Ravages of the Small Pox Epidemic of 1837 Heading(Chardon, Francis A.)AuthorAbel, Annie Heloise, editorHeadlineChardon's Journal At Fort Clark 1834-1839PublisherPublished under the auspices of Lawrence K. Fox, Department of HistoryDate Published1932 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #410 Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields During the Civil War of the United States. Heading(Civil War)AuthorBrady, Mathew B. and Alexander GardnerHeadlinePhotographs Taken on the Civil War BattlefieldsDate Published1907 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #411 Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War Heading(Civil War)AuthorGuernsey, Alfred H. and Henry M. AldenHeadlineHarper's Pictorial History of the Civil WarPublisherThe Puritan PressDate Published1894 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #412 Hood's Texas Brigade: Lee's Grenadier Guard Heading(Civil War)AuthorSimpson, Col. Harold BHeadlineHood's Texas Brigade vol. 2PublisherTexian PressDate Published1970 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #413 Gold: Its Properties, Modes of Extraction, Value &c., &c. AuthorClaudet, F. G.HeadlineF.G. Claudet GOLD One of 275 copiesPublisherRobert Reid & Takao TanabeDate Published1958 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #414 Civil War-era broadside for patented Pastry tool Heading(Cookery – 1866 Pastry tool Broadside)HeadlineCivil War-era Broadside for patented Pastry toolPublisherLechner & StumpDate Publishedca. 1866 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #416 Notes on the State of Virginia. With an Appendix Relative to the Murder of Logan's Family AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineJefferson's Notes on the State of VirginiaPublisherWilson & BlackwellDate Published1803 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #425 Seize The Moment: America's Challenge in a One-Superpower World AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineSigned Nixon Seize the MomentPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1992 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #426 Hansen Handbook: For Piloting in the Inland Waters of Puget Sound, British Columbia, Southeastern Alaska , Southweaster Alaska Heading(Puget Sound)AuthorFarwell, Captain R.F.HeadlineHansen Handbook For Piloting Puget Sound 1931PublisherLowman & HanfordDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #430 The 1942 Theatre Catalog. Volume III. Heading(Theatre)Headline1942 Theatre CatalogPublisherJay Emanuel PublicationsDate Published1942 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #431 The General Statutes and Codes of the State of Washington, Volume 2: Code of Procedure. Penal Code. Constitution. Heading(Washington State)AuthorHill, William Liar, editorHeadlineStatutes and Codes of the State of Washington, Vol. 2 1891PublisherBancroft-WhitneyDate Published1891 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #432 Kitsap County History: A Story of Kitsap County and Its Pioneers Heading(Washington State)AuthorKitsap County Historical SocietyHeadlineKitsap County HistoryPublisherKitsap County Historical SocietyDate Published1977 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #436 Journey to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1839 AuthorWislizenus, AdolphHeadlineJourney to the Rocky Mountains in 1839 1/500PublisherMissouri Historical SocietyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #437 Fifteen volumes on Puget Sound Heading(Puget Sound)HeadlineFifteen volumes on Puget SoundDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #438 Thirteen volumes of Western Americana and exploration Heading(Western Americana)Headline13 vols of Western Americana and explorationDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next