Bonhams: Americana, Natural History, and Travel, 29515, New York

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October 24, 2024 - October 24, 2024
Page Size: 102 items in 5 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
26 MILBERT, JACQUES-GERARD. 1766-1840.

Itineraire pittoresque du fleuve Hudson et des parties laterales.

Paris 1828-1829. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,792.00
27 OLDMIXON, JOHN. 1673-1742.

The British Empire in America, Containing the History of the Discovery, Settlement, Progress and Present State of all the British Colonies on the Continent and Islands of America.

London 1708 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,176.00
28 PENNANT, THOMAS. 1726-1798.

Arctic Zoology.

London 1784-1785. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,664.00
29 PREUSS, CHARLES and JOHN C. FREMONT.

Topographical Map of the Road from Missouri to Oregon commencing at the mouth of the Kansas in the Missouri River and ending at the mouth of the Wallah-Wallah in the Columbia. In VII sections ... From the field notes and journal of Capt. J.C. Fremont.

Baltimore 1846 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,152.00
30 REVERE, PAUL. 1735-1818.

The Mitred Minuet. From The Royal American Magazine, Vol. I, number 10,

[Boston,] October 1774. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,536.00
31 SAY, THOMAS. 1787-1834.

American Entomology, or descriptions of the insects of North America.

Philadelphia 1824-1828. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,792.00
32 SCHOOLCRAFT, HENRY ROWE. 1793-1864.

Information respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States.

Philadelphia 1853-1856. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,024.00
33 SZYK, ARTHUR. 1864-1951.

Declaration of Independence. Collotype print on card, signed ("Arthur Szyk") at lower left margin,

New Canaan, CT 1950 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,864.00
34 THWAITES, REUBEN GOLD, editor. 1853-1913.

Early Western Travels, 1748-1846.

Cleveland 1904-1907. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
35 MARSHALL, JOHN. 1755-1835.

The Life of George Washington.

London 1804-1807. USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 4,864.00
36 WILSON, ALEXANDER. 1766-1813.

American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States.

Philadelphia 1808-14. USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 7,680.00
37 ADAMS, JOHN. 1735-1826.

Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to Rev. William Bentley noting a portrait by Bentley's friend, artist Hannah Crowninshield, "the only portrait of me that ever was made with any appearance of Wisdom or Dignity...,"

Quincy, MA 1810, USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 Not Sold
38 BENJAMIN, ASHER. 1773-1845.

The Country Builder's Assistant, Containing a Collection of New Designs of Carpentry and Architecture.

Greenfield (Massachusetts) 1797 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 16,640.00
39 BENJAMIN, ASHER. 1773-1845; and DANIEL RAYNERD.

American Builder's Companion.

Boston 1806 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
40 [BURKE, EDMUND. 1729-1797.]

An Impartial History of the War in America between Great Britain and her Colonies.

Carlisle 1780 USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 USD 2,176.00
41 CARVER, JONATHAN. 1732-1780.

Travels through the Interior Parts of North-America, in the Years 1766, 1767, and 1768.

London 1778 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,048.00
42

The Cincinnati Commercial. Friday, June 18, 1869. Full issue.

Cincinnati 1869 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
43

The Gentleman's Magazine.

London 1787 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
44 CUSTER, GEORGE ARMSTRONG. 1839-1876.

Contemporary manuscript map of the battle of the Little Big Horn, "Custers Last Fight, at 4 p.m., June 25 1876,"

1876 USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 USD 12,800.00
45 FORLANI, PAULO. fl.1560-1571.

Il Disegno Del Discoperto Della Nova Franza....

Venice 1566 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 48,640.00
46 BROWN, GRAFTON T. 1841-1918.

Viginia City, NT, 1864. Lithographic print,

San Francisco [1864], USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 10,880.00
47

Columbia, Southern Mines, California.

Columbia, CA 1855 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,432.00
48 HAMILTON, ALEXANDER. 1757-1804.

The Debates and Proceedings of the Convention of the State of New-York, Assembled at Poughkeepsie, on the 17th June, 1788. To deliberate and decide on the Form of Federal Government recommended by the General Convention at Philadelphia....

New York 1788 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 35,840.00
49 JEFFERSON, THOMAS. 1743-1826.

Notes on the State of Virginia, with the Appendixes-Complete.

Baltimore 1800 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 960.00
50

Autograph Letter Signed as President ("Th Jefferson") extending the position of Postmaster General to Gideon Granger, a staunch Republican and Jefferson intimate,

Washington 1801 USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00 Not Sold
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