Sale 743: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#743) 10/07/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 10/07/2021 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 #1 General Taylor And The Wilmot Proviso AuthorAdams, John CalvinHeadlineZachary Taylor and the Wilmot ProvisoPublisherWilson & DamrellDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #2 Letter from Issac Jarratt to Robert S. Gracy, about the prospects for purchasing slaves and the prices one must pay Heading(African American, 1830)AuthorJarratt, IsaacHeadlineLetter on the price of slaves 1830Date PublishedJuly 24, 1830 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #3 Letter by the Georgia minister who pioneered organization of religious services for Southern slaves, and wrote the first Catechism for the Negro Race Heading(African American, 1847)AuthorJones, C.C.HeadlineLetter by white Minister called "Apostle to the Slaves"Date PublishedApril 30, 1847 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #4 Letter to Pennsylvania Slave Catcher Heading(African American, 1848 – Underground Railroad)AuthorTurner, F.HeadlineLetter to a Pennsylvania slave catcherDate PublishedJanuary 6, 1848 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #5 Six ephemeral items about early 20th century African-American music Heading(African American, 1907-1943 - Music)HeadlineEphemera about early 20th century Black musicDate Published1907-1943 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #6 Afro-American Folk-Song Contribution Heading(African American, 1917)AuthorHare, Maud CuneyHeadlineFirst study of African-American folk musicDate PublishedFebruary 1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #7 Coming to this Theater: The Norman Studios Presents Black Gold Heading(African American, 1928)HeadlineAd for Black Gold: A 1928 African-American WesternPublisherNorman StudiosDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #8 S. Hurok presents Marian Anderson / The World’s Greatest Singer, Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, May 6, 1940 Heading(African American, 1940 - Music)HeadlineMarian Anderson's New Orleans concert, 1940Date Published1940 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #9 Roots Heading(African American, 1976)AuthorHaley, AlexHeadlineRoots by Alex Haley, signedPublisherDoubledayDate Published[1976] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$156.25StatusSold Lot #10 The Legacy of the Panthers: A Photographic Exhibition Heading(African American, 1995 - Black Panthers)AuthorMoore, Joe Louis, curatorHeadlineSigned by Fredricka Newton et al.Publisher[Inkworks Press]Date Published[1995] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #14 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$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #15 Letter from an anti-slavery Pennsylvania Democrat decrying the corrupt influence in a presidential election year Heading(Anti-Slavery – Mexican-American War)AuthorPiollet, V[ictor] E[mile]HeadlineCondemning corruption during the Mexican-American WarDate PublishedOct. 17, 1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #16 Two Letters Signed by Abolitionists elected to the House of Representatives Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorSmith, Gerrit; Owen LovejoyHeadlineLetters by two ultra Abolitionists elected to the US CongressDate Published1854 and 1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #33 A Discourse Delivered Before the Society for the Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America. November 4, 1830. AuthorBradford, AldenHeadlineDebate on missionary work w/ Native AmericansPublisherPress of John PutnamDate Published1830 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #45 Letter to the Donner Party survivor and San Jose pioneer James F. Reed Heading(California - Donner Party)AuthorLovelock, ThomasHeadlineLetter to Donner Party survivorDate PublishedSept. 13, 1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #69 Indenture agreement for the sale of land at Gough and Union Streets in San Francisco, by Charles H. Gough to James L. Dwyer Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineGough sells land on his eponymous street in S.F.Date PublishedDecember 13, 1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #84 Letter from the San Francisco agent of Philadelphia booksellers Lea & Blanchard, about his attempts at selling their books during the height of the Gold Rush Heading(California Gold Rush Letter)AuthorHardie, RobertHeadlineSelling books in Gold Rush San FranciscoDate PublishedOctober 14, 1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #85 Letter from a resident of San Francisco, to his brother in Placerville, about sending his wife and children to visit, and other matters Heading(California Gold Rush Letter)AuthorPhillips, G.S.HeadlineS.F. Man sends wife & kids to Placerville 1852Date PublishedOctober 4th, 1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #86 Letter written from San Francisco, on letter sheet with printed page listing current prices for goods in San Francisco, which was produced by the writer of the letter Heading(California Gold Rush Letter)AuthorSweetser, J,.E.HeadlineGolf rush letter with printed prices current 1851Date PublishedJanuary 10, 1852 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #87 Three original documents relating to the California Gold Rush Heading(California Gold Rush)HeadlineDocuments of the California Gold Rush 1849Date Published1849 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #94 Manuscript letter signed by John Bigler as Governor of California, on Executive Department letterhead Heading(California)AuthorBigler, JohnHeadlineLetter from California Governor Bigler 1855Date PublishedFebruary 17th, 1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #98 Manuscript surety bond signed by Thomas Bell as principal, and Darius Ogden Mills and Maurice Dore as sureties, in the matter of estate of Francisca G. Walkinshaw Heading(California)HeadlineBond signed by D.O. Mills & Maurice Dore 1874Date PublishedJune 26, 1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #99 Catechism of Christian Doctrine Prepared and Enjoyed by the Order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. Translated into Flat-Head by a Father of the Society of Jesus. Author[Canestrelli, Philip]HeadlineChristian doctrine in the Flathead languagePublisherWoodstock CollegeDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #117 Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, The Reputed President of the Underground Railroad; Being a Brief History of the Labors of a Lifetime in Behalf of the Slave, with the Stories of Numerous Fugitives... AuthorCoffin, LeviHeadlineLife of Underground Railroad founder, 1876PublisherWestern Tract SocietyDate Published1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #118 Letter from Charles Ripley of West Las Animas, Colorado, to a Mr. A. Prescott Baker of Newport, Rhode Island, offering to sell his ranch, and describing it in detail Heading(Colorado - Ranching)AuthorRipley, Chas. H.HeadlineRanch for sale in Colorado, 1878Date PublishedAugust 21, 1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #119 Echoes from Peak and Plain; or, Tales of Life, War, Travel and Colorado Methodism. Heading(Colorado)AuthorBeardsley, Isaac H.HeadlineTennessee & Colorado during & after Civil WarPublisherCurts & Jennings; Eaton & MainsDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #125 A Frontier Army Surgeon: An Authentic Description of Colorado in the Eighties. Heading(Colorado)AuthorByrne, Bernard J.HeadlineDescription of Colorado in the 1880s, 1/130Publisher[Allen Printing]Date Published[1935] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #135 Contract for a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba, with his cédula (i.d.) Heading(Cuba)HeadlineContract for Chinese indentured servant in CubaDate Published1875 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #140 Two Volunteer Missionaries Among the Dakotas Or the Story of the Labors of Samuel W. and Gideon H. Pond Heading(Dakota Territory)AuthorPond, S.W.HeadlineTwo missionaries in the Dakota TerritoryPublisherCongregational Sunday-School and Publishing SocietyDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #143 The Hitchcock Edition of Somerville and Ross Heading(Derrydale Press)AuthorSomerville, Edith O. and Martin Ross (pseud. of Violet Martin)HeadlineSigned by Edith SomervillePublisherDerrydale PressDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #145 A Diplomatic History of the United States Heading(Dulles, John Foster)AuthorBemis, Samuel FlaggHeadlineHistory of US Diplomacy, john Foster Dulles' copyPublisherHoltDate Published1950 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #149 The Court Disposes AuthorFeinstein, IsidorHeadlineI.F. Stone on the Supreme Court, inscribedPublisherCovici Friede PublishersDate Published1937 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #160 Five documents relating to the conflicts between U.S. troops and Native Americans in Dakota Territory Heading(Frontier Wars - Dakota)HeadlineDocuments from Dakota Indian WarsDate Published1864-1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #173 Eshcol AuthorHumphrey, S.J.HeadlineAmerican Evangelical account from the 1890sPublisherFleming H. Revell CompanyDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #181 Admiral Thomas Kinkaid Autograph and WWII Atlantic Fleet Telegram AuthorKinkaid, ThomasHeadlineWWII Admiral Kinkaid Autograph and TelegramPublisher[n.p.]Date Published1944 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #186 The Spirit of St. Louis AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineSpirit of Saint Louis, inscribed by LindberghPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1953 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #193 Archive of photographs, manuscripts, and other items relating to the life and career of Frank Alfred Johnson, master mariner, longtime captain for Matson lines, including command of a Matson liner converted to troop transport during World War II Heading(Maritime Archive)HeadlineArchive of a Master MarinerDate Publishedc.1900-1953 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #200 US Naval Surgeon observes the end of the Franco-Mexican Pastry War Heading(Mexico – 1839 Pastry War)AuthorLawyer, AugustusHeadlineSurgeon sees the end of 1st French invasion of MexicoDate PublishedAugust 1-5, 1839 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #201 Catecismo para uso de los Parrocos, hecho por el IV Concilio Provincial Mexicano, Celebrado año de M.DCC.LXXI Heading(Mexico)HeadlineCatechism for Mexican parish priests, 1772PublisherJosef de JaureguiDate Published1772 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #203 Customs pass granting permission to transport merchandise from Querétaro to Zumpangoñ Heading(Mexico)HeadlineCustoms document in old Mexico, 1791Date Published1791 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #221 From Palmyra, New York, 1830, to Independence, Missouri, 1894. Heading(Mormonism)AuthorEtzenhouser, R.HeadlineHistory of the early Mormon Church, 1894PublisherEnsign Publishing HouseDate Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #225 The Shorter Catechism with Proof Texts Heading(Native American)AuthorChamberlin, Rev. A.N. [Compiler, translator]HeadlineCherokee Language CatechismsDate Published1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #228 Manuscript of Chiefs of the Hualapai tribe in Arizona, with the number of followers for each Heading(Native American)HeadlineListing of Hualapai chiefs & followers 1880sDate Published1880s View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #241 Archive of letters and other documents relating to the Wellsville Oil Company, and the ownership of oil claims and leases in Oklahoma, on lands held by the Five Civilized Tribes Heading(Oil Archive - Oklahoma)HeadlineOklahoma Oil Archive, 1909-19Date Publishedc.1909-1919 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #250 Discourse on Congregationalism and the Expedience of Forming a Congregational Church in the City of St. Louis, Delivered January 11th, 1852, in the Third Presbyterian Church... AuthorPost, T.M.HeadlineFirst Congregationalist Church in St. LouisPublisherPrinted at the Intelligencer OfficeDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #252 Two appointments of Joseph R. Lewis as associate justice of the Supreme Courts of Idaho and Washington Territories, each signed by Ulysses S. Grant, plus four letters to Lewis relating to judicial appointments signed by attorneys general Heading(Presidents, 1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S., etc.HeadlineU.S. Grant appoints Justice to 2 territoriesDate Published1869-1877 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #254 Preparing to Launch - signed by President George H.W. Bush Heading(Presidents, 1989)AuthorArcher, Richard L.F.HeadlineSigned by George H.W. Bush and his gunnerDate Published1991 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #268 In the Ojibway Country: A Story of Early Missions on the Minnesota Frontier AuthorSchell, James PeeryHeadlineMissionary stories 'In The Ojibay Country'PublisherChas. H. LeeDate Published1911 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #275 Printed publicity sheet inscribed and signed by Edward H. White Heading(Space)AuthorWhite, Edward Higgins, IIHeadlineSigned publicity sheet for astronaut Ed WhiteDate Publishedc.1965 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #279 Discourses on the Nature of Faith and Kindred Subjects... AuthorStarr, William H.Headline1857 Memoir with various essays on religionPublisherD.B. Cook & Co.Date Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #283 WITHDRAWN - Letter on the Iowa-Minnesota Boundary Survey AuthorTalcott, AndrewHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Map-maker later arrested as Confederate spyDate PublishedNovember 11, 1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #284 Summons request signed by Charles McClung as Clerk of Knox County in Southwest Territory (the future state of Tennessee), sent to the sheriff of the county Heading(Tennessee)AuthorMcClung, CharlesHeadlinePre-statehood Tennessee documentDate Published3rd June 1794 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #302 Memorial of the Members of the Legislative Council of the Provisional Government of Deseret, Praying for Admission into the Union as a State, or for a Territorial Government Heading(Utah)HeadlineConstitution for Mormon State of Deseret, 1849Date Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #304 Autograph Letter Signed Condemning the War of 1812 Heading(War of 1812)AuthorBartlett, Dr. ZacheusHeadlineMassachusetts Doctor condemns the War of 1812Date PublishedAug. 1, 1813 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #305 Letter from American military commander condemning bloodless U.S. surrender to the British at Detroit Heading(War of 1812)AuthorPreston, James P.HeadlineCondemnation of U. S. surrender at Detroit View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #314 Three Manuscript Translations of Christian Songs into the Wyandotte Language Heading(Wyandotte Nation)AuthorConnelley, William E., translatorHeadlineHymns In Native American Wyandotte LanguagePublisherNo publisherDate Published[ca. 1890] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #321 Letter by Philadelphia newspaper publisher supporting congressional honors for Arctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane Heading(Arctic – Elisha Kent Kane)AuthorChild, George W.HeadlineLetter about Arctic explorer Elisha KaneDate PublishedMay 27, 1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #327 Geology and Mineralogy Considered with Reference to Natural Theology AuthorBuckland, WilliamHeadlineBuckland's Geology and Theology, 1st EditionPublisherWilliam PickeringDate Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #340 Scrapbook containing letters and postcards sent by a young woman traveling in Europe, sent to her parents Heading(European Travels)AuthorKerdell, GenevieveHeadlineYoung woman in Europe in the 1920sDate Published1928 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #357 Letter from future scientist of the Perry Expedition Heading(Perry Expedition)AuthorMorrow, Dr. JamesHeadlineEarly letter from scientist on Perry expedition to JapanDate PublishedJune 27, 1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #412 Mt. Tamalpais in Distance, Point Bonita in Middle Distance, Looking North from Lands End, S.F., Cal Heading(California)AuthorStuart, James EverettHeadlineSigned by artist James Everett StuartDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #436 Original sepia ink drawing by Edward Lear - Egyptian vignette AuthorLear, EdwardHeadlineOriginal drawing signed by Edward LearDate Published[1848-49] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next