Sale 518: Fine Americana - African American History - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#518) 10/24/2013 11:00 AM PDT Closed

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129
  • Author
    Oshanna, Jon
  • Headline
    2 original watercolors by CA artist Jon Oshanna
  • Date Published
    c.1926
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
131
  • Heading
    (Paine, Thomas)
  • Headline
    Four works by or about Thomas Paine, housed in cu
  • Date Published
    Turn of the 19th century
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
132
  • Author
    Paine, Thomas
  • Headline
    Writings of Thomas Paine in One Volume
  • Publisher
    W. Dugdale
  • Date Published
    [1844]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
133
  • Author
    Paul Wilhelm Friedrich, Duke of Wurttemburg.
  • Headline
    Early Sacramento One of 400 copies
  • Publisher
    Sacramento Book Collectors Club
  • Date Published
    1973
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
135
  • Heading
    (Photograph - New Hampshire)
  • Author
    H.G. Peabody, photographer
  • Headline
    Maine Central R.R. Large photograph
  • Publisher
    H.G. Peabody
  • Date Published
    1895
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
136
  • Heading
    (Photograph)
  • Author
    Andrews, E.B.
  • Headline
    Albumen photograph of Mt. Shasta c.1880s
  • Date Published
    c.1880s
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
137
  • Heading
    (Photograph)
  • Author
    Stevens-Rise
  • Headline
    Panoramic photograph of Firemen's Convention in S.D. 1935
  • Date Published
    1935
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
138
  • Heading
    (Photograph)
  • Author
    Watkins, Carlton E.
  • Headline
    Watkins Mammoth Plate Solano Ferry
  • Date Published
    c.1880
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
139
  • Heading
    (Photograph)
  • Author
    Watkins, Carlton E.
  • Headline
    Watkins Mammoth Plate Solano Ferry
  • Date Published
    c.1880
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
140
  • Author
    Poe, Sophie
  • Headline
    Buckboard Days of John William Poe
  • Publisher
    Caxton Printers
  • Date Published
    1936
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
141
  • Author
    Powell, John Wesley
  • Headline
    Powell's exploration of the Colorado River
  • Publisher
    Government Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1875
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$175
StatusSold
142
  • Author
    Putnam, Mabel Raef
  • Headline
    Winning of the 1st Bill of Rights for Women
  • Publisher
    Frank Putnam
  • Date Published
    1924
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$4,062.50
StatusSold
144
  • Heading
    (Railroad)
  • Headline
    Railroad convention on a southern transcontinental route
  • Publisher
    Published by order of the Convention
  • Date Published
    1875
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
146
  • Author
    Ramsay, David
  • Headline
    The Life of George Washington 1807
  • Publisher
    Printed by Luke Hanfard & Sons for T. Cadell and W. Davies
  • Date Published
    1807
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
147
  • Heading
    (Remington, Frederic)
  • Author
    Lewis, Alfred Henry
  • Headline
    Alfred Henry Lewis Wolfville in dj
  • Publisher
    Frederick A. Stokes
  • Date Published
    [1897]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
148
  • Author
    Remington, Frederic
  • Headline
    Reminton's Frontier Sketches with original box
  • Publisher
    Werner
  • Date Published
    [1898]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
149
  • Author
    Roosevelt, Theodore
  • Headline
    Theodore Roosevelt Winning of the West
  • Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Date Published
    1891
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$200
StatusSold
150
  • Author
    Rose, Victor M.
  • Headline
    Ross' Texas Brigade in the Civil War
  • Publisher
    Courier-Journal Book and Job Rooms
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
151
  • Author
    Sachse, Julius Friedrich
  • Headline
    Benjamin Franklin as a Free Mason by Sachse
  • Publisher
    [for the author]
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
153
  • Heading
    (San Francisco)
  • Author
    De Witt, Frederic M.
  • Headline
    View book of Old San Francisco
  • Publisher
    F.M. De Witt
  • Date Published
    [c.1890]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
154
  • Heading
    (San Francisco)
  • Headline
    1879 political ticket for the New Constitution Party
  • Date Published
    [1879]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
157
  • Author
    Schaeffer, L[uther] M.
  • Headline
    Sketches of Travels in South America, Mexico and California
  • Publisher
    James Egbert
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$120 - $180
StatusUnsold
160
  • Author
    Sherburne, John Henry
  • Headline
    Biography of John Paul Jones
  • Publisher
    Wilder & Campbell
  • Date Published
    1825
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
161
  • Author
    Sheridan, P.H.
  • Headline
    Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General US Army
  • Publisher
    Charles L. Webster
  • Date Published
    1888
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
162
  • Heading
    (Shipping)
  • Headline
    Restoration of American Shipping 1881
  • Publisher
    Bacon & Company
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
163
  • Author
    Simpson, Olive Hinds
  • Headline
    Traveler's Prayer of California Mountains with photos
  • Publisher
    Olive Simpson
  • Date Published
    1914
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
164
  • Author
    Smith, W[illia]m Prescott
  • Headline
    Book of the Great Railway Celebrations
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton
  • Date Published
    1858
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
165
  • Heading
    (Southern Pacific Railroad)
  • Headline
    First Annual Report on the Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
  • Publisher
    American Railroad Journal Office
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
170
  • Heading
    (Sutro Railroad Co.)
  • Headline
    Sutro Railroad Co. 2 unused tickets 1890s
  • Date Published
    1890s
Estimate$60 - $90
StatusUnsold
171
  • Author
    Sutter, Johann Augustus, et al.
  • Headline
    Pioneers of Sacramento One of 400 copies Colt Press
  • Publisher
    Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1953
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
172
  • Heading
    (Texas)
  • Author
    Butler, George W.
  • Headline
    Orchard belt of Texas
  • Publisher
    Land and Colonization Dept., Crosbyton-Southplains Railroad
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
173
  • Heading
    (Texas)
  • Author
    Uhde, Adolph
  • Headline
    Texas in 1861 with rare map
  • Publisher
    Mohr
  • Date Published
    1861
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$6,875
StatusSold
174
  • Heading
    (Trade Card Trade Catalogue)
  • Headline
    Trade Card catalog from S.F. printing co.
  • Date Published
    c,1910
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
176
  • Author
    Turney, Hopkins L.
  • Headline
    Address of Hopkins L. Turney
  • Date Published
    1851
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
177
  • Heading
    (U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey)
  • Headline
    U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey 1881
  • Publisher
    Government Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1883
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
178
  • Heading
    (Washington Light Infantry)
  • Headline
    Washington Light Infantry of South Carolina
  • Publisher
    [Walker, Evans & Cogswell, Printers]
  • Date Published
    1873
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
179
  • Heading
    (Washington, George)
  • Author
    Martin, Lawrence, editor
  • Headline
    The George Washington Atlas
  • Publisher
    George Washington Bicentennial Commission
  • Date Published
    1932
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
180
  • Heading
    (Washington, George)
  • Headline
    1812 edition of Washington's Farewell Address
  • Publisher
    Published for the Washington Benevolent Society
  • Date Published
    1812
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
182
  • Heading
    (Wells, Fargo & Co.)
  • Headline
    Collection envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co. 1899
  • Date Published
    June 19, 1899
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
184
  • Heading
    (Western Americana)
  • Headline
    9 volumes of Western Americana
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$75
StatusSold
185
  • Heading
    (Western Americana)
  • Headline
    10 fine press works on Western Americana
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$125
StatusSold
187
  • Author
    Whitney, J[osiah] D[wight]
  • Headline
    Yosemite Guide-Book 1870 in unbound signatures
  • Publisher
    Authority of the Legislature
  • Date Published
    1870
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
188
  • Author
    Wilson, Alexander
  • Headline
    Wilson's American Ornithology 1828-29 76 Plates
  • Publisher
    Collins & Co.
  • Date Published
    1828-29
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
Sold for$11,250
StatusSold
189
  • Author
    Taber, Isaiah W.
  • Headline
    Taber photo of Sentinel Rock & Falls Yosemite
  • Date Published
    c. 1890
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
190
  • Heading
    (1825 Amistad Anti-Slavery Artist’s Map Of The World)
  • Author
    Jocelyn, N. & S.S.
  • Headline
    1825 Anti-Slavery Artist map the World
  • Publisher
    N. & S.S. Jocelyn
  • Date Published
    1825
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
192
  • Heading
    (1847 Early 'Jim Crow' Music)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    "Jim Crow Jubilee" sheet music 1847
  • Publisher
    Reed
  • Date Published
    1847
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
194
  • Heading
    (1854 Memoirs of a Black Clergyman before the Civil War)
  • Author
    Peterson, Daniel H.
  • Headline
    1854 Memoirs of a Black Clergyman pre Civil War
  • Publisher
    Wright, Printers
  • Date Published
    1854
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$375
StatusSold
196
  • Heading
    (1861 Free Blacks of Oberlin, Ohio 2 months before Civil War)
  • Author
    Smith, Moses
  • Headline
    Letter about 1861 Free Blacks of Oberlin, OH
  • Date Published
    February 2, 1861
Estimate$120 - $180
StatusUnsold
198
  • Heading
    (1861-64 Slave Caricatures)
  • Headline
    4 envelopes with slave caricatures c.1861
  • Publisher
    D. Murphy's Son / King & Baird
  • Date Published
    [c.1861]
Estimate$120 - $180
Sold for$75
StatusSold
201
  • Heading
    (1865 Colored People's Educational Monument Association)
  • Headline
    Colored People's Educational Monument 1865
  • Publisher
    McGill & Witherow, printers
  • Date Published
    1865
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$375
StatusSold
202
  • Heading
    (1870 Army Life In A Black Regiment, 1st Edition of Civil War Classic)
  • Author
    Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, Late Colonel 1st South Carolina Volunteers
  • Headline
    Army Life in a Black Regiment 1870 1st edition
  • Publisher
    Fields, Osgood
  • Date Published
    1870
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
203
  • Heading
    (1870 Illinois photograph of first Black voter)
  • Headline
    Carte-de-visite photograph of 1st Black voter, IL
  • Publisher
    Bowman, Photographer
  • Date Published
    [1870]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
208
  • Heading
    (1880 Negro Soldiers Civil War Bounties to fund Black Colleges)
  • Author
    Painter, C.C. and S.C. Armstrong
  • Headline
    Work on Civil War Bounties for Colored Soldiers
  • Date Published
    [c.1880]
Estimate$80 - $120
StatusUnsold
214
  • Heading
    (Photographer of Harriet Tubman, 1889)
  • Author
    Lindsley, H[arvey] B.
  • Headline
    Photography, African-American, Harriet Tubman
  • Publisher
    Sunbeam Gallery
  • Date Published
    September 24, 1889
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
219
  • Heading
    (1895 "Black-Face" Entertainment)
  • Author
    Hall, William Davis
  • Headline
    ALs from Wm Davis w/photo of "black-face" 1895
  • Date Published
    August 20, 1895
Estimate$60 - $90
StatusUnsold
222
  • Heading
    (1900 Los Angeles High School Graduates 1st Black California Legislator)
  • Headline
    LA high school year book winter 1902
  • Date Published
    1902 [1900]
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$87.50
StatusSold
226
  • Heading
    (1902 First Twentieth Century Negro Cyclopedia)
  • Author
    Culp, D.W. editor
  • Headline
    1902 First Twentieth Century Negro Cyclopedia
  • Publisher
    J.L. Nichols & Co.
  • Date Published
    [c.1902]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
227
  • Heading
    (1902 Rare Canadian Account Of The Underground Railroad)
  • Author
    Withrow, W.H.
  • Headline
    The Underground Railway 1902
  • Publisher
    For Sale by J. Hope & Sons, Ottawa; The Copp-Clark Co., Toronto; Bernard Quaritch, London, England
  • Date Published
    1902
Estimate$60 - $90
StatusUnsold
234
  • Heading
    (1908 Dishonored Buffalo Soldiers of Brownsville, Texas)
  • Author
    [Foraker, Joseph and Morgan Bulkeley]
  • Headline
    Brownsville Affray. Senate Report No. 355
  • Publisher
    U.S. Senate Committee on Military Affairs
  • Date Published
    March 11, 1908
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
236
  • Heading
    (1911 First Kentucky Black Preacher)
  • Author
    Townsend, John Wilson
  • Headline
    “Reverend London Ferrill” 1911
  • Publisher
    J.L. Richardson & Co.
  • Date Published
    1911
Estimate$60 - $90
StatusUnsold
240
  • Heading
    (1915 Inscribed Black author’s "Darkey Ditties")
  • Author
    Henderson, Elliott B.
  • Headline
    Darkey Ditties - inscribed by the author 1915
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
241
  • Heading
    (1915 Offprints)
  • Author
    Madden, Hon. Martin B[arnaby]
  • Headline
    2 Govt offprints of Martin Madden speeches
  • Publisher
    GPO
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$60 - $90
StatusUnsold
243
  • Heading
    (1918 Black Answer to Racist Epic Film "Birth of a Nation")
  • Headline
    stock certificate for birth of a race movie co.
  • Publisher
    Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation
  • Date Published
    September 27, 1918
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
246
  • Heading
    (1921 - 1st Black cosmetics company Negro Spirituals Ad Book)
  • Author
    Overton-Hygienic Co.
  • Headline
    Songs and Spirituals of Negro Composition for Rev
  • Date Published
    1921
Estimate$60 - $90
StatusUnsold
254
  • Heading
    (1928 Carter Woodson’s classic Black History)
  • Author
    Woodson, Carter Godwin
  • Headline
    The Negro In Our History and Negro History Week
  • Publisher
    Associated Publishers
  • Date Published
    [1928]
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$50
StatusSold
257
  • Heading
    (1931-32 First Nationally Recognized Black Cartoonist)
  • Author
    Campbell, E. Simms
  • Headline
    4 issues of Judge w/art by E. Simms Campbell
  • Publisher
    Judge
  • Date Published
    1931-1932
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
264
  • Heading
    (1936-39 Two African Studies by Carter Woodson)
  • Author
    Woodson, Carter Godwin
  • Headline
    Two African Studies by Carter Woodson 1936-39
  • Publisher
    Associated Publishers
  • Date Published
    [1936-1939]
Estimate$60 - $90
StatusUnsold
268
  • Heading
    (1938-39 First Black Cartoonist's Black Themes)
  • Author
    Campbell, E. Simms
  • Headline
    E Simms Campbell illus from Esquire mag 1938
  • Publisher
    Esquire
  • Date Published
    1938-39
Estimate$60 - $90
StatusUnsold
272
  • Heading
    (1939-40 Printed Letter from 'Father of the Blues')
  • Author
    Handy, W.C.
  • Headline
    TL from WC Handy "Father of the Blues" 1939-40
  • Date Published
    [c.1939-1940]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
274
  • Heading
    (1941 Eleanor Roosevelt Dedicates 1st African-American Art Museum in Chicago)
  • Author
    Roosevelt, Mrs. Franklin D.
  • Headline
    Dedication by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, South S
  • Publisher
    South Side Community Art Center
  • Date Published
    May 7, 1941
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$200
StatusSold
276
  • Heading
    (1943 letter about the Harlem Race Riots)
  • Author
    Dresher, Mrs. Melvin
  • Headline
    ALs lamenting the Harlem Riots 1943
  • Date Published
    August 1-2, [1943]
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$50
StatusSold
283
  • Heading
    (African American - 1945 Indiana fight over School Integration)
  • Headline
    Petition to Mayor Finerty and School Board 1945
  • Publisher
    Pat Riley, Indiana State C.I.O. Anti-Discrimination Committee
  • Date Published
    [October, 1945]
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
285
  • Heading
    (1947 Gordon Parks. 1st Photography Manual by an African-American)
  • Author
    Parks, Gordon
  • Headline
    Flash Photography by Gordon Parks 1947
  • Publisher
    Franklin Watts
  • Date Published
    [1947]
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$50
StatusSold
298
  • Heading
    (1968 Dick Gregory Presidential Campaign)
  • Author
    Gregory, Dick
  • Headline
    Two Dick Gregory Presidential campaign "dollars"
  • Date Published
    1968
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
299
  • Heading
    (1993 - Inscribed from Mr. Luther King, Jr.'s Widow)
  • Author
    King, Coretta Scott
  • Headline
    Book inscribed from Coretta Scott King to Olympian Greg Louganis.
  • Publisher
    St. Martin's Press
  • Date Published
    [1993]
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
301
  • Heading
    (America's Cup)
  • Author
    Gore, Philip, editor
  • Headline
    The Challenge 1983 1/1000 signed
  • Publisher
    Lyon Productions
  • Date Published
    1984
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$250
StatusSold
324
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Headline
    Cabinet card of an American dr in Hong Kong
  • Publisher
    Taber
  • Date Published
    1886 (manuscript note dated 1899)
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
370
  • Heading
    (Hawaii)
  • Author
    Frear, Mary Dillingham
  • Headline
    Including a book inscribed to Jane Grabhorn.
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
371
  • Heading
    (Hawaii)
  • Author
    Rock, Joseph Francis Charles
  • Headline
    Monograph on a Hawaiian bellflower plant 1919
  • Publisher
    Published by Authority of the Trustees
  • Date Published
    1919
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
372
  • Heading
    (Hawaii)
  • Headline
    Panorama of Honolulu c.1920
  • Date Published
    c.1920
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
382
  • Author
    Hobbs, Jean
  • Headline
    Inscribed & with a 4 pp. typed letter from Jean Hobbs t
  • Publisher
    Stanford University
  • Date Published
    [1935]
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
402
  • Author
    Neal, Marie & Berta Metzger
  • Headline
    In Honolulu Gardens by Marie Neal First Edition
  • Publisher
    Bernice P. Bishop Museum
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
448
  • Author
    Wade, Mary Hazelton
  • Headline
    Our Little Hawaiian Cousin in rare dj
  • Publisher
    L.C. Page & Company
  • Date Published
    1902
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
463
  • Heading
    (Brooklyn, New York)
  • Author
    Harmon, Wm. E.
  • Headline
    Real Estate Map for Remsen Village in Brooklyn NY 1920
  • Publisher
    Robert A. Welcke, Photo-Lith
  • Date Published
    1920
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$200
StatusSold
466
  • Heading
    (California - Kern County)
  • Author
    Congdon, Cha[rle]s H.
  • Headline
    Large Map of Kern County, CA 1898
  • Publisher
    W.B. Walkup
  • Date Published
    1898
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
473
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Author
    Mora, Jo
  • Headline
    Rare Jo Mora print of Rodeo & Cowboys
  • Publisher
    Jo Mora Maps
  • Date Published
    1933
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$625
StatusSold
479
  • Heading
    (Colonial America)
  • Author
    Kellogg & Thayer
  • Headline
    Lithograph Tree of Live
  • Date Published
    c.1850
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
482
  • Heading
    (Currier & Ives)
  • Headline
    Currier & Ives Old Mill in Summer
  • Publisher
    Currier & Ives
  • Date Published
    [c.1873]
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
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