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
51 JEFFERSON, THOMAS. 1743-1826.

Autograph Letter Signed ("Th. Jefferson") to Debures Freres reconstructing his library, which he had sold at tremendous loss to the Library of Congress,

Monticello in Virginia 1817 USD 40,000.00 - 60,000.00 Not Sold
52 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 1809-1865.

Autograph Document Signed ("Lincoln & Herndon"), a legal filing for George D. Berry, in the case against Cagle, seeking additional damages caused by Cagle's impregnating Berry's daughter Elizabeth,

1849 USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00 USD 8,320.00
53 LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. 1809-1865.

Autograph Endorsement Signed ("Abraham Lincoln"), "Let this man take the Oath of Dec 8 1863 and be discharged,"

1864 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,320.00
54

Autograph Letter Signed ("Charles Lindbergh") to Richard Blythe on the continued adoration on the heels of his ground-breaking solo transatlantic flight and the Spirit of St. Louis,

1927 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,096.00
55 BREED, EBENEZER. 1766-1839.

Autograph Letter Signed "Eben: Breed," to Dolly Madison, regarding shoes sent to her and James Madison,

1927 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
56 TIDDEMAN, MARK.

A Draught of New York from the Hook to New Yorktown.

London [1737, or later]. USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
57 PAINE, THOMAS. 1737-1809.

Common Sense; Addressed to the Inhabitants of America...

Philadelphia 1776 USD 120,000.00 - 180,000.00 USD 140,200.00
58

Province of the Massachusetts-Bay. An act for rendering more effectual the laws already made relating to shingles, and for regulating the assize of staves, hoops and clapboards.

[Boston] 1762 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,024.00
59

Boston, September 14, 1768. Gentlemen, you are already too well acquainted with the melancholy & very alarming circumstances to which this Province, as well as America in general, is now reduced....

[Boston] 1768 USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 USD 70,350.00
60 BOWDOIN, JAMES. 1726-1790.

State of Massachusetts Bay. In Convention, June 16, 1780. Whereas... more than Two-thirds of the Inhabitants... have expressed their Approbation of the Form of Government agreed upon by this Convention....

[Boston] 1780 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
61 HANCOCK, JOHN. 1737-1793. And JOHN AVERY. 1739-1806.

State of Massachusetts-Bay. In the House of Representatives, 23d June, 1780.

[Boston] 1780 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,840.00
62 ROOSEVELT, THEODORE. 1858-1919.

Typed Letter Signed ("Theodore Roosevelt") to Alfred Henry Lewis on corruption, the Rough Riders, and Bat Masterson,

Oyster Bay, NY 1907 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Not Sold
63

View of Sacramento City as it Appeared during the Great Inundation of January 1850.

New York c. 1850. USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,216.00
64

Bird's Eye View of the City of San Jose Cal..

San Jose 1869 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,376.00
65 TANNER, HENRY SCHENCK. 1786-1858.

A New American Atlas containing Maps of the Several States of the North American Union.

Philadelphia 1823 USD 30,000.00 - 50,000.00 Not Sold
66

Laws of the United States of America.

Boston 1795 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,664.00
67

Including:
1. Typed Document Signed ("Harry S. Truman/ Independence, Mo"), a fair copy of Truman's historic telegram to Eisenhower on the transfer of power after Eisenhower's electoral victory,

USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 1,024.00
68

Memoire presente au Congres des Etats-Unis d'Amerique par les habitans de la Louisiane.

New Orleans 1804 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 12,800.00
69

Examen des droits des Etats-Unis et des pretentions de Mr. Edouard Livingston sur la batture en face du Faubourg Ste. Marie.

New Orleans 1808 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,328.00
70

A Digest of the Civil Laws Now in Force in the Territory of Orleans with Alterations and Amendments Adapted to its Present System of Government.

New Orleans 1808 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 563.20
71 MOREAU-LISLET, LOUIS. 1766-1832; and HENRY CARLTON. 1785-1863, translators.

The Laws of Las Siete Partidas which are still in force in the State of Louisiana.

New Orleans 1820 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 281.60
72 PAXTON, JOHN A.

New Orleans Directory and Register.

New Orleans 1822 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 5,120.00
73 MOREAU-LISLET, LOUIS. 1766-1832.

A General Digest of the Acts of the Legislature of Louisiana: Passed from the Year 1804 to 1827....

New Orleans 1828 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 486.40
74 ST. CERAN, TULLIUS.

Mil Huit Cent Quatorze et Mil Huit Cent Quinze, ou les Combats et la Victoire des Fils de La Louisiane.

New Orleans 1838 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 563.20
75 LELIEVRE, JACQUES-FELIX. 1795-?

Nouveau Jardinier de la Louisiane.

New Orleans 1838 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,152.00
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