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

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154
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    (San Francisco)
  • Headline
    1879 political ticket for the New Constitution Party
  • Date Published
    [1879]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
155
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    (San Francisco)
  • Headline
    San Francisco Subway
  • Publisher
    California State Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$100
StatusSold
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
158
  • Headline
    c.1900 Southern Pacific travel guide Southern Calif.
  • Publisher
    [Southern Pacific?]
  • Date Published
    [c.1900]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
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
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
168
  • Author
    Stoll, H.F.
  • Headline
    Grape Districts of California 1931
  • Publisher
    H.F. Stoll
  • Date Published
    [1931]
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$112.50
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
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
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    (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
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    (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
183
  • Heading
    (Wells, Fargo & Co.)
  • Headline
    Commission envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co. 1860
  • Date Published
    10 Dec. 1860
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
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
457
  • Heading
    (Atlas)
  • Author
    Union Automobile Club
  • Headline
    Road Atlas of USA by Union Automobile Club 1929
  • Publisher
    Union Automobile Club
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$175
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
467
  • Heading
    (California - Lake County)
  • Headline
    Mineral Map of Lake County California
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$175
StatusSold
468
  • Heading
    (California - Mendocino County)
  • Headline
    Folding map of Mendocino County California
  • Publisher
    Edward Denny & Co.
  • Date Published
    1921
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$175
StatusSold
470
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Sixth St. Viaduct San Francisco
  • Date Published
    1945
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$1,375
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
483
  • Heading
    (Currier & Ives)
  • Headline
    Currier & Ives Sunny South sm folio 1870
  • Publisher
    Currier & Ives
  • Date Published
    1870
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
496
  • Author
    McKenney, Thomas L. & James Hall
  • Headline
    McKenney & Hall lithograph of Apauly Tustennuggee
  • Publisher
    Daniel Rice & James G. Clark
  • Date Published
    No date [mid 19th century]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
497
  • Author
    McKenney, Thomas L. & James Hall
  • Headline
    McKenney & Hall lithograph of a Chippewa Chief
  • Publisher
    F.W. Greenhough
  • Date Published
    1838
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
498
  • Author
    McKenney, Thomas L. & James Hall
  • Headline
    McKenney & Hall lithograph of a Chippewa Chief
  • Publisher
    Daniel Rice & James G. Clark
  • Date Published
    1843
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
Estimate$120 - $180
StatusUnsold
501
  • Heading
    (Mexico)
  • Author
    Castro, C[asmiro], et al
  • Headline
    Color view of Mexican Costume c1860s
  • Date Published
    [c.1860s]
Estimate$120 - $180
StatusUnsold
509
  • Heading
    (Nevada)
  • Author
    Vischer, Edward
  • Headline
    Rare litho of Washoe Mining Disctrict, NV
  • Publisher
    Edward Vischer
  • Date Published
    1861
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
StatusUnsold
511
  • Heading
    (New York - Brooklyn Bridge)
  • Author
    Currier & Ives
  • Headline
    Currier & Ives Litho of Brooklyn Bridge
  • Publisher
    Currier & Ives
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
512
  • Heading
    (New York - Fort Plain)
  • Headline
    Bird's-eye view of Fort Plain, NY
  • Publisher
    L.R. Burleigh
  • Date Published
    1891
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
514
  • Heading
    (New York)
  • Headline
    Map of the Wellsville Oil Field 1880s
  • Publisher
    Cosack & Clark
  • Date Published
    [c. 1880s]
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
529
  • Heading
    (Southwest)
  • Author
    Poole Brothers
  • Headline
    Map of the Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe RR 1890
  • Date Published
    c.1890
Estimate$80 - $120
Sold for$125
StatusSold
530
  • Heading
    (Steamship)
  • Author
    Walter, Joseph
  • Headline
    Engraving of the Magnificent Steam Ship, The Great Western
  • Date Published
    Mid 19th century
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
533
  • Heading
    (United States - Midwest)
  • Author
    Ensign, Thayer & Co.
  • Headline
    Ensign & Thayer's Travellers' Guide Ohio 1853
  • Publisher
    Thayer, Bridgeman & Fanning
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
534
  • Heading
    (United States Coast Survey)
  • Headline
    approx 42 maps from the U.S. Coast Survey
  • Date Published
    1851-52
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$225
StatusSold
535
  • Heading
    (United States)
  • Headline
    maps of various states within the USA
  • Date Published
    Mostly mid to late 19th century
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
544
  • Heading
    (California - Financial)
  • Headline
    3 California budget publications
  • Date Published
    1951-1957
Estimate$10
StatusUnsold
551
  • Author
    Mirsky, Jeannette
  • Headline
    Early explorers cross the continent
  • Publisher
    Allan Wingate
  • Date Published
    [1951]
Estimate$10
Sold for$12.50
StatusSold
552
  • Author
    Morrison, Samuel Eliot
  • Headline
    European Discovery of America
  • Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  • Date Published
    1971 & 1974
Estimate$10
Sold for$12.50
StatusSold
553
  • Author
    Riesenberg, Felix
  • Headline
    California's Spanish Mission Trail
  • Publisher
    McGraw-Hill
  • Date Published
    [1962\
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
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