Early American: History Auction, 112225, Rancho Santa Fe

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 22, 2025 - November 22, 2025
Page Size: 199 items in 8 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
151

1917 World War One Period, Stereoview Card Photograph, the Allied commission with Marshall Joffre and others Visiting Abraham Lincoln's Grave in Springfield, Illinois, Choice Crisp Mint

USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
152

November 8, 1864 Electoral Ticket Abraham Lincoln for President and Andrew Johnson for Vice President, Ohio

USD 350.00 - 400.00 USD 390.00
153

1956, Original Hand-Drawn Published Political Cartoon Pencil Drawing titled, Lend Me Your Ears, by Illustrator Paul Carmack, published in the Christian Science Monitor, March 14, 1956, Choice Crisp Very Fine.

USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 585.00
154

March 14, 1856-Dated, Black History related debate on Slavery titled, Affairs in Kansas Territory, A Speech by the Honorable Lyman Trumbull of Illinios, Very Fine

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 312.00
155

April 7-8, 1856-Dated Imprint, Speech by Hon. H. S. Geyer of Missouri on the Kansas Controversy, he Kansas Controversy: Slavery in Kansas, Choice Extremely Fine

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 286.00
156

1857 Imprint: Kansas Affairs, Speech by Hon. Wm. A. Bigler of Pennsylvania, 19-pages, measuring 9" x 5.75", controversy and debate over Statehood and Slavery in the Territory

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 234.00
157

February + March 1858 Polotocal Imprints regarding SLAVE SOIL or FREE SOIL, Two Kansas Admission Proposals To Join The Union

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 364.00
158

1860-Dated Civil War Period Black History + Slavery related Imprint titled: The Present Crisis: with a Reply and Appeal to European Advisers, from the Sixth Edition of Slavery and the Remedy., by Samuel Nott, Very Fine.

USD 400.00 - 500.00 USD 422.50
159

February 6, 1868 Post Civil War, Manuscript Letter, Raleigh, NC, on Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, letterhead Chief Q.M. and Disbursing Officer, State of North Carolina, Signed by Thomas W. Johnston, Lt. Col., Chief Quartermaster

USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 520.00
160

c. 1860s Civil War Era, Ambrotype Photograph measuring 4" tall x 3" wide mounted within a mount having no frame, the image of a Black Woman in superb quality, Choice Extremely Fine.

USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
161

MINNIE JOYCELYN ELDERS Sogned Photograph as U.S. Surgeon General

USD 100.00 - 120.00 Not Sold
162

c. 1900, Black History Colorized Stereoview Card titled, Mrs. Newlywed's New Wench Cook, Very Fine

USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 195.00
163

c. 1790 Anti-Slavery Hard Times Token with legends: Am I Not A Man And A Brother. and May Slavery & Oppression Cease Throughout The World England, D+H 1039, Choice Lustrous About Mint State.

USD 450.00 - 550.00 USD 455.00
164

1838-Dated, Black History Anti-Slavery Token with Legend, Am I Not A Woman + A Sister and 1838 United States Of America / Liberty 1838, LOW 54 R1, HT-81, Dewitt CE 1838-19, Choice Extremely Fine.

USD 350.00 - 450.00 USD 487.50
165

1867-1888 Indian Wars Period, 8th United States Cavalry Cloth Badge Insignia with central metal "8" above Crossed Cavalry Swords of Gold Bullion, Extremely Fine.

USD 300.00 - 400.00 USD 221.00
166

1884-Dated, Rare Johns Hopkins University Studies Reference Booklet, Second Series, titled, "Indian Money as a Factor in New England Civilization", Very Fine.

USD 250.00 - 350.00 Not Sold
167

August 8, 1885-Dated, Copyright 1886 Large Photo measures 11.5 x 12 inches of Grant's Funeral, "United States Sailors In Double Line, One of the most interesting features of the Grand Procession," Framed, Choice Near Mint.

USD 500.00 - 600.00 USD 390.00
168

1930 G.A.R 63rd Annual Encampment Guest Ribbon, Department of Vermont

USD 120.00 - 180.00 USD 104.00
169

c. 1840-1904, Lot of 4 Portrait Prints of Famous American Women, Mrs. James Monroe, Catherine Schuyler, Madame Genet and Mary Philipse, Steel Engravings and Mezzotint Print, Extremely Fine

USD 180.00 - 240.00 USD 182.00
171

Cabinet Card with Dual Images of Ralph Waldo Emerson and J.R. Lowell

USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 234.00
172

c. 1880 Vintage Original Photograph, noted at bottom right within the image, "American Jockey Club / Jerome Park. N.Y.", a great photo at the track, Framed, Fine.

USD 500.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
173

1904 Stereocard of a "Herd of Buffaloes" by H.C. White Co., North Bennington, VT, Very Fine.

USD 100.00 - 120.00 USD 104.00
174

1904 Stereocard of Yellowstone Park, The Punch Bowl, by H.C. White Co., North Bennington, VT, Very Fine.

USD 100.00 - 120.00 USD 130.00
175

1904 Stereocard of Cleopatra Terraces, at Yellowstone Park, by H.C. White Co., North Bennington, VT, Very Fine

USD 100.00 - 150.00 Not Sold
176

1874, Color Large Folio Lithograph titled, DANIEL BOONE PROTECTS HIS FAMILY, by H. Schile, 1 Division Street, NY, measures 28.25 x 22.5 inches, Very Choice Crisp Near Mint.

USD 800.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,040.00
  • Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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