Early American: History Auction, 72625, Rancho Santa Fe

Auction Details

Auction Date
July 26, 2025 - July 26, 2025
Page Size: 143 items in 6 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 William Bainbridge

Commodore William Bainbridge Orders a Purser to Norfolk

N/A USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
2 P.G.T. Beauregard

General P.G.T. Beauregard Autograph New Orleans Oct. 24, 1865 Signed When Chief Engineer and Superintendent of the New Orleans, Jackson, and Great Northern Railroad

1865 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
3 Newton Cannon

Tenn. Governor Newton Cannon Signed Land Grant 1837

1837 USD 180.00 - 240.00 Unknown
4 Jimmy Carter

"Jimmy Carter" Signed Document as President for James C. Schulz as National Highway Safety Advisory Committee Member and Countersigned by "Warren Christopher"

N/A USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
5 George Chahoon

George Chahoon the Reconstruction Mayor of Richmond, Virginia Signed 1870 United States "Oath of Allegiance"

1870 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
7 George Clinton

1790 George Clinton Founding Father Signed as Governor of New York Military Officer's Land Grant for 500 Acres

1790 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
8 Joseph N. Cullingworth

1907 Joseph N. Cullingworth a Richmond,VA Tobacco Dealer Signed Letter on "1878 US Double Eagle" Letterhead

1907 USD 150.00 - 200.00 Unknown
9 Henry Dearborn

1801 Henry Dearborn as Secretary of War Approves Express Rider to Mount Vernon Most Likely to Offer a Diplomatic Post to President George Washington's Former Secretary

1801 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
10 Dwight D. Eisenhower

1958 President Dwight D. Eisenhower Typed Letter Signed - Thanking a Friend for Giving him Crabs!

1958 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
11 John Ericsson

1870 John Ericsson U.S.S. Monitor Builder Autograph Letter Signed to the Smithsonian Secretary Joseph Henry

1870 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
12 Charles Hamilton

"American Autographs" by Charles Hamilton Two Volumes

Norman, OK: 1983 USD 200.00 - 400.00 Unknown
13 Samuel Huntington

Samuel Huntington a "Founding Father" Autograph Endorsement & Signer of the Declaration of Independence and Articles of Confederation

N/A USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
14 Stephen Jenks

"Liberty" a Patriotic Song by Composer Stephen Jenks His Original Manuscript Music & Lyrics

N/A USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
15 Stephen R. Mallory

Stephen R. Mallory, FL. U.S. Senator, 1856 Autograph Letter Signed, Later became Confederate Secretary of War

1856 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
16 Henry A. Muhlenberg

1837 Henry A. Muhlenberg Autograph Letter Signed as US Congressman with Superb Political Content Regarding Andrew Jackson, the Financial "Panic of 1837" and for a Proposed Ceremonial Toast to President Martin Van Buren

1837 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
17 George W. Munford

1864 George W. Munford the Confederate Secretary of Commonwealth of VA, Writes to South Carolina Governor Milledge Like Bonham Regarding the Virginia Militia

1864 USD 400.00 - 500.00 Unknown
18

1978 First Edition "The Memoirs of Richard Nixon" Signed "Richard Nixon" Blue cloth covers with vibrant Gilt Titles

1978 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
19

Group Lot of Nineteen Notables of Modest Collector Value

N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
20 Alfred Paul

Alfred Paul, French Consul in Confederate Richmond Seeks Passport for a Frenchman Who Wishes to Return to France

N/A USD 300.00 - 400.00 Unknown
21 Samuel F. Du Pont

Civil War Letter to President Abraham Lincoln from Rear Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont Recommending a Chaplain's Appointment who expresses "the highest Christian virtues"

N/A USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 Unknown
22 David Porter

1818 David Porter Autograph Letter Signed Advertising the "Union" a Georgetown, DC Steam Boat Commercial Venture

1818 USD 500.00 - 700.00 Unknown
23

Madison, Monroe, Talleyrand & Jefferson's "Crimes" and "back door pimps" Negotiations to Buy Florida From Spain

N/A USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
24 Benjamin F. Sands

1868 Storming of Fort Fisher, NC. Officer's Letter of Recommendation ALS by Commodore Benjamin F. Sands, the Superintendent of U.S. Naval Observatory

1868 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
25 Robert Smith

April 23, 1802-Dated Robert Smith as 2nd Secretary of the Navy Signed Handwritten Statement of the First Costs of the Six Official United States Navy Yards Totaling $135,846.92

1802 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
26 William Smith

William Smith's Autograph Letter Signed Describing "The Battle of Gray's Garden" to Brigadier General Otho Holland Williams

N/A USD 600.00 - 800.00 Unknown
  • Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
    1500-1800
    22nd July 2026
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 83 – Westall & Owen. Picturesque Tour of the River Thames, 1st edition, 1828. £2,000-3,000.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 88 – Blume. Rumphia, Botanicae de plantis Indiae Orientalis, 1835-1848. £2,000-3,000.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 101 – Michaux. Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique septentrionale, 1810-1812. £700-1,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
    1500-1800
    22nd July 2026
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 102 – Miller & Shaw. Cimelia Physica, 1796 [but c. 1816]. £3,000-5,000.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 104 – Parkinson. Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, London: Thomas Cotes, 1640. £800-1,200.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 159 – Plancius. Orbis Terrarum..., double hemisphere map, 1594-99. £5,000-8,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
    1500-1800
    22nd July 2026
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 217 – Illuminated Medieval Manuscript. From a Breviary, 14th/15th c. £3,000-4,000.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 224 – The newe Testament … By Wylliam Tyndall…, 1549. £3,000-5,000.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 238 – Douay-Rheims Bible. 3 volumes, 1582/1609/1610. £7,000-10,000.
    Dominic Winter Auctioneers
    Printed Books, Maps & Wisdens, English Bibles
    1500-1800
    22nd July 2026
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 336 – Ashendene Press. A Treatyse of Fysshynge with an Angle, 1903. £1,000-1,500.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 393 – Sassoon. Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, signed limited edition, 1931. £800-1,200.
    Dominic Winter, July 22: Lot 402 – Dylan Thomas. Twenty-Five Poems, 1st edition in d.j., 1936. £400-600.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000
  • Case Auctions
    2026 Summer Auction
    August 1st and 2nd
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Timberlake, Henry: A DRAUGHT OF THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY on the West Side of the Twenty Four Mountains, Commonly Called "Over the Hills". $18,000 to $22,000.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Manuscript orderly book detailing day to day activities of multiple Virginia regiments in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary,1776-1777. $7,000 to $8,000.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Cormac McCarthy, The Orchard Keeper, Random House, New York, 1965. Signed 1st Edition. $3,800 to $4,200.
    Case Auctions
    2026 Summer Auction
    August 1st and 2nd
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Battle of Kings Mountain Pamphlet by Isaac Shelby, April 1823, Signed. $1,800 to $2,200.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Large Tintype CSA Lt. Col. Thomas Coke Johnson, 19th GA, w/ Southern Cross, Book. $1,400 to $1,800.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare Civil War Ambrotype, 19th GA Infantry with Johnson Family of GA. $800 to $1,200.
    Case Auctions
    2026 Summer Auction
    August 1st and 2nd
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: A signed note written by Thomas Alva Edison to an unknown recipient, in which he shares his thoughts on Guglielmo Marconi, regarded as the inventor of the radio. $800 to $1,200.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: Rare 1931 TN Grasslands Steeplechase Book, Gallatin. $800 to $1,000.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: War of 1812 related Broadside, Petersburg Volunteers. $700 to $800.
    Case Antiques, Aug. 1: 2 World War I Posters, “Our Colored Fighters” and “No Slacker”. $800 to $1,000.