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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 1819 First newspapers at African colony for freed slaves - The Royal Gazette; and Sierra Leone Advertiser Heading(African-American)Author**Headline1819 First newspapers at African colonyDate Published1819 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #3 "The Quadroons" - 1842 Lydia Maria Child inscribes her classic anti-slavery story Heading(African American)AuthorChild, Lydia MariaHeadline"The Quadroons" - 1842 Lydia Maria Child inscribePublisherMassachusetts Anti-Slavery FairDate Published1842 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #4 1888 Photographs of Wilberforce, the first Black college community in America Heading(African-American Photography)Author**Headline1888 Photographs of Wilberforce, the first BlackPublisherBiddle, Artistic PhotographerDate Publishedcirca 1888 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #5 First jazz published in America - The “Jelly Roll” Blues (Fox-Trot) Headingzzfbw(1916 African-American Music)AuthorMorton, FerdHeadline1916 First jazz published in AmericaPublisherWill RossiterDate Published1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #6 1919 First issue of the first African-American music magazine - The Master Musician, A Musical Monthly For Masters, Artists, Teachers, Scholars And Music Lovers / The Pioneer Of Negro Musical Magazines In The World - Vol. 1, No. 1 Heading(African-American Music)AuthorParvis, George W., editorHeadline1919 First issue of the first African-American muDate PublishedOctober, 1919 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #7 The Negro and His Music - inscribed by the founder of the Harlem Renaissance to famed singer Marian Anderson Headingzzfch(1936 Alain Locke's Negro And His Music, Inscribed to Marian Anderson)AuthorLocke, AlainHeadlineThe Negro and His Music insc to Marian AndersonPublisherAssociates in Negro Folk EducationDate Published1936 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #12 Nineteenth century medical manuscript with anatomical drawings Heading(Anatomy)AuthorAnonymousHeadline19th century medical manuscript with drawingsDate Publishedc.1832 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #15 The Quadrupeds of North America AuthorAudubon, John James and John BachmanHeadlineThe Quadrupeds of North America by AudubonPublisherV[ictor] G[ifford] AudubonDate Published1854 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #19 The curse of paper-money and banking, or, A short history of banking in the United States of America with an account of its ruinous effects on landowners, farmers, traders, and on all the industrious classes of the community Heading(Banking)AuthorGouge, William M.HeadlineBankng in America 1833Publisher[Printed by Mills, Jowett, & Mills]Date Published1833 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #20 Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections AuthorBarnum, P.T.HeadlinePT Barnum's biography inscribed to Brother in lawPublisherJ.B. Burr & CompanyDate Published1869 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #40 Autograph Letter Signed - 1908 San Francisco artist - Rosa Bonheur's lover Headingzzj(Art - 1908 San Francisco Artist)AuthorKlumpke, AnnaHeadlineAutograph Letter Signed - 1908 San Francisco artiDate PublishedJan. 16, 1910 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #44 Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineCatlin's North American Indian PortfolioPublisherSwallow PressDate Published(1970) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #52 The Southern Prisons of the U.S. Officers Heading(Civil War)AuthorFisher, Robert J.HeadlineSouthern Prisons of the U.S. Officers Civil WarPublisherPublished by R.J. FisherDate Publishedc.1865 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #59 Eight documents relating to Chinese "colonos" (enforced laborers) in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese laborers)Author**HeadlineChinese "colonos" (enforced laborers) in CubaDate Published1865-1884 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #60 Seventeen manuscript documents relating to the cholera epidemic in Havana in 1833 Heading(Cuba - Cholera Epidemic of 1833)Author*HeadlineMS. docs re: Cholera epidemic in Havana in 1833Date Published1833 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #61 Thirteen manuscript documents related to the construction and collection of funds for a monument that would commemorate and house the ashes of Christopher Columbus Heading(Cuba - Columbus Monument)Author**HeadlineColumbus monument in Cuba 1854 ms. documentsDate Published1854 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #62 Manuscript document signed by Jose Gutierrez de la Concha containing immigration laws for visitors arriving in Havana. Heading(Cuba - Immigration Laws)AuthorGutierrez de la Concha, Jose, Captain General of CubaHeadlineImmigration laws for visitors to Havana 1856Date Published1856 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #64 Manuscript: "Historia Geografica, Civil y Politica de la Poblacion del Manzanillo y sus litorales, su Patrona la Purisima Concepcion de Nuestra Senora" Heading(Cuba - Manzanillo)AuthorRodriguez, MiguelHeadlineMs. history of Manzanillo Cuba 1830Date PublishedSeptember 10, 1830 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #65 Two Royal Decrees issued in 1813 by the Spanish King Fernando VII (1784-1833), each are signed by Captain General of Florida and Cuba Juan Ruiz de Apodaca, 1st Count of Venadito Heading(Cuba - Royal Decrees)Author**HeadlineRoyal Spanish decrees relating to Cuba 1813Date Published1813 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #66 Three manuscript documents relating to a proposed sea port for the town of Sancti Spiritus, Cuba Heading(Cuba - Sancti Spiritus)Author**HeadlineSea port for the town of Sancti Spiritus, CubaDate Published1856-1858 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #67 Nine manuscript or partially printed documents related to the sugar cane industry in Cuba and a refining apparatus Heading(Cuba - Sugar)Author**HeadlineDocuments related to sugar cane industry in CubaDate Published1861 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #68 Manuscript: "Apuntes sobre el cultivo del tabaco en la Isla de Cuba y mejoras que puden hacerse especialmente en la parte occidental o vuelta de abjo" Heading(Cuba - Tobacco)AuthorSalazar, Thomas deHeadlineManuscript on tobacco cultivation in Cuba 1849Date Published1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #69 Fifteen manuscript documents relating to tobacco and the manufacture of cigars in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Tobacco)Author**HeadlineDocuments re: manufacture of cigars in CubaDate Published1847-1858 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #70 Eight manuscript documents relating to tobacco production and commerce in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Tobacco)Author**HeadlineTobacco production and commerce in CubaDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #85 Opera - manuscript in Latin on vellum AuthorDionysius Areopagite (pseud.)Headline14th century ms. of Dionysius AreopagiteDate Publishedc.1300 View details Estimate$60,000 - $90,000StatusUnsold Lot #87 Remarks on the Voyage of John Meares, Esq., in a letter to that gentleman by George Dixon, late Commander of the Queen Charlotte in a Voyage round the World. AuthorDixon, GeorgeHeadlineOpening salvo of Dixon-Meares Controversy 1790PublisherPrinted for the Author, and Sold by John Stockdale; and George GouldingDate Published1790 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #94 Ask the Dust AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineAsk the Dust 1st ed w.dj, inscribed by authorPublisherStackpole SonsDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$7,500 - $8,500Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #95 The Federalist: A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787 Heading(Federalist)Author[Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay]HeadlineFirst Edition of Federalist Papers, 1788, Vol. IIPublisherPrinted and Sold by J. and A. M'LeanDate Published1788 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$17,500StatusSold Lot #106 Future President Benjamin Harrison as Civil War-era lawyer, Two legal documents, 1862-69 AuthorHarrison, BenjaminHeadlineFuture President Benjamin Harrison as Civil War-era lawyerDate Published1862-1869 View details Estimate$160 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #109 A Magician Among the Spirits - Original typescript AuthorHoudini, HarryHeadlineOriginal typescript for Houdini's last workDate Published[c.1926] View details Estimate$70,000 - $100,000StatusUnsold Lot #127 Typed Letter Signed - 1943 Birth of Lebanon Heading(Lebanon)AuthorTakla, SelimHeadlineTyped Letter Signed - 1943 Birth of LebanonDate PublishedDecember 6, 1943 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #131 Voyages From Montreal on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade in that Country AuthorMackenzie, AlexanderHeadlineMackenzie's Voyages from Montreal 1801PublisherT. Cadell and W. Davies, et alDate Published1801 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #134 Elaborate hand-painted & lettered letter of introduction for a Doctor of Divinity to sites in Europe and then the New World Heading(Manuscript Illuminated Letter of Introduction - 17th Century)Author**HeadlineManuscript Passport - 17th CenturyDate Publishedc.1650 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #137 Universale della Parte del Mondo Nuovamente Ritrovata Heading(Map)AuthorRamusio, Giovanni BattistaHeadlineRamusio map of Western Hemisphere 1556-1606Date Published[1556]-1606 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #141 Manuscript text of mathematics, primarily algebra and geometry Heading(Mathematics Manuscript - 17th century)Author**HeadlineManuscript text of mathematics 1680Date Published1680? View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #148 1800 Egyptian General who fought Napoleon - four letters Heading(Napoleon in Egypt)AuthorBey, MuradHeadline1800 Egyptian General who fought Napoleon - fourDate Publishedc.1800 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #154 Journal of a Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage From the Atlantic to the Pacific; Performed In The Years 1819-20, In His Majesty’s Ships Hecla and Griper. With an Appendix, Containing Scientific and Other Observations AuthorParry, William EdwardHeadlineParry's Voyage in search of the NorthWest PassagePublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1821 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #157 Monumentos del arte mexicano antiguo: ornamentación, mitología, tributos y monumentos HeadingzzjAuthorPeñafiel, AntonioHeadlineArt of Ancient MexicoPublisherA. Asher & Co.Date Published1890 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #159 Three albumen photographs of Native Americans, on mounts of the U.S.G.S. Heading(Photographs - Native Americans)AuthorJackson, William Henry & John K. HillersHeadlineJacksopn & Hillers photographs of IndiansDate Publishedc.1872 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #161 Autograph Letter Signed - 1842 Traveling daguerreotypist in Gettysburg Heading(Photography)AuthorWhite, R.P.Headline1842 Traveling daguerreotypist in GettysburgDate PublishedJan. 19, 1842 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #171 An Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-Bay, from 1733 to 1736, and 1744 to 1747...Containing a Variety of Facts, Observations and Discoveries... AuthorRobson, JosephHeadlineAn Account of Six Years Residence in Hudson's-BayPublisherJ. Payne & J. BouquetDate Published1752 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #174 Das Kleine Davidische Psalterspiel der Kinder Zions,... Heading(Sauer, Christopher)Author**HeadlinePsalms of David printed by Christopher SauerPublisherChristoph SauerDate Published1764 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #176 Life-Histories of Northern Animals: An Account of the Mammals of Manitoba AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineAn Account of the Mammals of Manitoba 1910PublisherConstable and Co., Ltd.Date Published1910 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #197 Prayers Written at Vailima - with document signed by Stevenson AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlinePrayers Written at Vailima with signed voucherPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1908 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #201 Uncle Tom's Cabin: A Tale of Life Among the Lowly; Or, Pictures of Slavery in the United States of America AuthorStowe, Harriett BeecherHeadlineUncle Tom's Cabin signed by H.B. StowePublisherIngram, Cooke & Co.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #204 Palm-Leaf Manuscript in Telugu Script Heading(Telugu Palm-Leaf Manuscript)Author**HeadlinePalm-Leaf Manuscript in Telugu ScriptDate Published[17th century?] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #207 Autograph Letter Signed as Samuel L. Clemens, to Andrew Chatto, requesting some of his printed works be sent to him AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLetter from Mark Twain to his English publisherDate PublishedJune 3, [1878] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #210 The Present State of Hudson's Bay. Containing a Full Description of that Settlement, and the Adjacent Country, and Likewise of the Fur Trade, with Hints for Its Improvement, &c. &c. AuthorUmfreville, EdwardHeadlineThe Present State of Hudson's Bay 1790PublisherCharles StalkerDate Published1790 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #212 Lettre sur Mallarmé Adressée a Jean Royère AuthorValéry, PaulHeadlinePresentation copy inscribed by Paul VeleryPublisherLibrairie GallimardDate Published1928 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #218 The Psalms of David, Imitated in the Language of the New Testament; and Applied to the Christian State and Worship AuthorWatts, I[saac]HeadlinePsalms of David printed by Robert Aitken 1781PublisherR. AitkenDate Published1781 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #219 Autograph Letter Signed - 1849 Harpoon guns for New Bedford whaling voyage Heading(Whaling)AuthorGoddard, LemuelHeadlineALs by Lemuel Goddard whaling voyage 1849Date PublishedNov. 9, 1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #220 The Complete Writings of Walt Whitman AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineComplete Writings of Walt Whitman 1/500 setsPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #225 Large archive of letters, documents, photographs, and other material relating to the life and family of Alfred Schnurmann, a German Jew who managed to emigrate from Germany in 1940, with much correspondence from family members in Palestine and the new state of Israel as well Headingzzc(Schnurmann Family Archive)Author**HeadlineArchive of German Jewish family 1880-2010Date Publishedc.1880-2010 View details StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next