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AuthorCasas, Bartolomé de lasHeadlineLas Casas on Spanish cruelties in AmericaPublisherChez Andre' PralardDate Published1697 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #19 Christopher Columbus His Own Book of Privileges 1502: Photographic Facsimile of the Manuscript in the Archives of the Foreign Office in Paris, now for the first time published, with expanded text translation into English Heading(Columbus, Christopher)AuthorStevens, Benjamin Franklin, compiler & editorHeadlinePublisher's copy of Columbus' Book of PrivilegesPublisherB.F. StevensDate Published1892 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #22 Decree regarding the treatment of prisoners in the Spanish colonies in the Americas, primarily Cuba Heading(Cuba)AuthorCarlos IV, King of SpainHeadlineRare decree on treatment of prisoners in Cuba, 1795Date Published12 May 1795 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #32 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire AuthorGibbon, EdwardHeadlineGibbon's Decline & Fall, First Edition of all vols.PublisherPrinted for W. Strahan & T. CadellDate Published1776-1788 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #40 Ichthyology of South Carolina AuthorHolbrook, John EdwardsHeadlineA sharp copy of Holbrook's Ichthyology of SCPublisherJohn RussellDate Published1855 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$21,250StatusSold Lot #44 Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, from the Papers of Thomas Jefferson AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineThomas Jefferson's Memoir 1829PublisherPublished by F. Carr, and Co.Date Published1829 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #52 Lewis and Clark Newspaper collection Heading(Lewis and Clark Expedition)HeadlineLewis and Clark as seen by period pressDate Published1803-1838 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #53 Rerum Germanicarum Sub Matthia, Ferdinandis II. & III. IMPP. Gestarum, Libri LV... AuthorLotichius, Joannes PetrusHeadlineRare complete copy, Lotichius' Rerum GermanicarumPublisherTypis exscripti Wolfgangi Hoffmani, Impensa Matthaei MerianiDate Published1646-50 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #54 The Roman Historie, Containing Such Acts and Occurrents as Passed Under Constantius, Julianus, Jovianus, Valentinianus, and Valens, Emperours AuthorMarcellus [Marcellinus Ammianus]HeadlineRoman History, first edition in English, 1609PublisherAdam IslipDate Published1609 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #56 Secretaria de la Comandancia general del Departamento de Durango: Por comunicacion oficial que acaba de recibir el Sr. Comandante general de este departamento, del Ecsmo. Sr. Gobernador y Comandante general del de Nuevo-Mexico se le participa la interesante noticia siguiente... Heading(Mexico & New Mexico)AuthorArmijo, ManuelHeadlineCapture of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition 1841PublisherImprenta del Gobierno a cargo de Manuel GonzalezDate Published1841 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #58 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 Heading(Mexico - Northern Frontier)AuthorAnza, Juan Bautista de, et al.HeadlineTroubles on Arizona frontier, 1720 documentDate PublishedFebruary 22 & May 19, 1720 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #59 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 Heading(Mexico - Northern Frontier)AuthorGutierrez de la Cueva, JuanHeadlineFighting Apaches on Mexico's frontier, 1786 lettersDate Published1786 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #60 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 Heading(Mexico - Northern Frontier)AuthorSalcedo, NemesioHeadlineDefending Mexico's northern frontier 1809-10Date Published1809-1810 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Lot #61 Dictamen de la Comision de puntos constitucionales del Senado sobre la ley constitucional de garantias individuales Heading(Mexico - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves arriving in Mexico now free, 1849 DictamenPublisherImprenta de la calle de Medinas núm. 6Date Published1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #62 Broadside decree stating that, as long as the war with the rebels of Texas lasts, the Government is allowed to give permission for Mexican merchant vessels to arm themselves in self-defense Heading(Mexico - Texas War)AuthorTornel y Mendívil, José MaríaHeadlineArming merchant ships during Texas war, 1836PublisherSecretaria de Guerra y MarinaDate PublishedFebrero 3 de 1836 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #63 Valentin Canalizo, General de Division, Governador y Comandante General del Departamento de Mexico... Que Considerando que los Medios de Fuerza y de Conquista no han sido Suficientes en mas de trescientos Anos... Heading(Mexico)AuthorCanalizo, ValentinHeadlineJesuits invited back to subdue natives, 1843Date PublishedJune 22, 1843 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #64 Circular [in Spanish] issued by the Ministerio de Hacienda transmitting a presidential decree concerning wages for customs employees Heading(Mexico)AuthorEcheverría, JavierHeadlineSalaries for Mexican customs employees 1840PublisherMinisterio de HaciendaDate Published13 de Julio de 1840 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #65 Ley de 15 de diciembre de 1883 sobre colonización y su reglamento de 17 de julio de 1889, con la circular relativa á la importación de animales Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMexican lands given to wealthy colonistsPublisherOficina tip. de la Secretaría de FomentoDate Published1894 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #66 Proyectos de ley presentados al Congreso general en las sesiones de 24 y 25 de setiembre de 835 por la comision respectiva, sobre reorganizacion de la república Heading(Mexico)HeadlinePaving the way for Santa Anna's dictatorshipPublisherImpreso por J.M. Fernandez de LaraDate Published1835 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #73 American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States Heading(Ornithology)AuthorWilson, AlexanderHeadlineWilson's Ornithology with 76 colored platesPublisherBradford & InskeepDate Published1808-1814 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #75 The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland, Doctor of Physicke AuthorPliny the ElderHeadlinePliny's Natural History in 2 volumes 1634PublisherPrinted by Adam IslipDate Published1634 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #80 Five large aerial photographs of Iranian archeological sites AuthorSchmidt, Erich FriedrichHeadlineEarly Aerial Photos of Iranian ArcheologyDate Published[c.1935-1937] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #96 Relacion historica del viage a la America Meridional... [with] Observacions astronomica y phisicas...del Peru AuthorUlloa, Antonio de, & Jorge Juan y SantacillaHeadlineSpanish join Condamine, explore South AmericaPublisherAntonio Marin / Juan de ZuñigaDate Published1749 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #97 Histoire des guerres civiles des Espagnols dans les Indes; causées par les souslevemens des Picarres et des Almagres... [bound with] Suitte des guerres civiles des Espagnols dans les Perus... AuthorVega, Garcilaso de laHeadlineVega's account of Conquest of Peru 1658PublisherChez Simeon PigetDate Published1658 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #106 Official copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri, signed on September 2, 1945 Heading(World War II)HeadlineRare copy of Japanese Surrender Document 1945Date Publishedc.1945 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #107 The American Bible. Original Leaves from Rare and Historic Bibles Printed in the Colonies and the United States of America During the Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Nineteenth Centuries... AuthorZinman, MichaelHeadlineLeaf Book of the American Bible, 1663-19th centuryPublisherThe Haydn Foundation for the Cultural ArtsDate Published1993 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next