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Previous|12345|Next Lot #437 Typed letter with autograph note, signed by the first black woman missionary to Africa View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorD[elany], E[mma] B.HeadlineTLs from 1st black woman missionary to AfricaDate PublishedJanuary 5, 1912 Lot #439 1915 "Injustice of African Exclusion" and "Protection of Negro Womanhood" - Two offprints of speeches by Illinois Congressman Martin B. Madden View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Heading(1915 Offprints)AuthorMadden, Hon. Martin B[arnaby]Headline2 Govt offprints of Martin Madden speechesPublisherGPODate Published1915 Lot #440 Autograph letter, signed by the first black general of the U.S. Army - now a widower View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorDavis, Captain B[enjamin] O.HeadlineALs from 1st black general of US army 1916Date PublishedAugust 13, 1916 Lot #441 Stock certificate for shares in the Birth of a Race Photoplay Corporation View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(1918 Black Answer to Racist Epic Film "Birth of a Nation")Headlinestock certificate for birth of a race movie co.PublisherBirth of a Race Photoplay CorporationDate PublishedSeptember 27, 1918 Lot #442 Negro Soldiers (“These Truly Are The Brave”) And Other Poems View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorJamison, Roscoe C[onklin]HeadlineNegro Soldiers poems 1918PublisherWilliam F. NeilDate Published1918 Lot #443 The Negro Pictorial Review of the Great War: A Visual Narrative of the Negro’s Glorious Part in the World’s Greatest War View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(1919 Black Doctor's Tribute to African-American Heroes of World War I)AuthorLynk, M[iles] V.HeadlineNegro Pictorial Review of the Great War 1919PublisherTwentieth Century Art Co.Date Published1919 Lot #444 Africa in the World Democracy: Address Delivered at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, January 6, 1919 at Carnegie Hall, New York. With…Statement on “The Future of Africa” by Wm. E. Burghardt Du Bois, Director of Publications and Research… View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorDuBois, W.E.B.; James Weldon Johnson and Horace Meyer KallenHeadlineAfrica in the World Democracy 1919PublisherNAACPDate PublishedJanuary, 1919 Lot #445 The Race Riots / Biennial Report, 1918-1919 And Official Record Of Inquests Of The Victims Of The Race Riots Of July And August, 1919 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorHoffman, Peter M. (Coroner of Cook County, Illinois), compilerHeadlineThe Race Riots Biennial Report 1919Date Published[1919] Lot #446 1920s Black Group Offers Reward for Arrest of "Lynchers" View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorLewis, Edward, President; F.W. Dixon, Vice-President, et. al.Headlineanti-mob violence group Wash, D.C. 1920sDate Published[c.1920s] Lot #447 Charming Stories for Young and Old (Formerly Floyd's Flowers). Greatly Revised and Enlarged with ABC's Supplement by Mrs. Alice H. Howard View details Estimate$10 - $10StatusUnsold AuthorFloyd, Prof. Silax X.HeadlineCharming Stories for Young and Old 1925PublisherAustin Jenkins CompanyDate Published[1925] Lot #448 The Book of American Negro Spirituals View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorJohnson, James Weldon, editorHeadlineThe Book of American Negro SpiritualsPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1925 Lot #449 Ebony and Topaz: A Collectanea View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJohnson, Charles S.HeadlineEbony and Topaz: A CollectaneaPublisherOpportunity, Journal of Negro Life / National Urban LeagueDate Published[1927] Lot #450 How He Ran Across the Continent to Help an Invalid Father View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California Black Teenager in First Trans-Continental Marathon)AuthorCotton Sr., Tobie J.HeadlineHow He Ran Across the Continent...by Tobie CottonPublisher[California Eagle Press]Date Published[1928] Lot #451 The American Negro, A Study In Racial Crossing - a cornerstone of African-American sociology, inscribed View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHerskovits, Melville J.HeadlineAmerican Negro inscribed by authorPublisherKnopfDate Published1928 Lot #453 Little Black Sambo Puzzles: This box contains 4 different picture puzzles View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Bannerman, Helen]HeadlineLittle Black Sambo Puzzles in original boxPublisherHarter Publishing CompanyDate Published1931 Lot #454 The Book of Achievement: The Negro in Chicago, 1779 to 1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Book of Achievement)Author**HeadlineThe Negro in Chicago, 1779 to 1929PublisherWashington Intercollegiate Club of ChicagoDate Published1929 Lot #455 Judge Magazine - four issues with cover art by the first nationally known black cartoonist E. Simms Campbell View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Black Cartoonist)AuthorCampbell, E. SimmsHeadline4 issues of Judge w/art by E. Simms CampbellPublisherJudgeDate Published1931-1932 Lot #456 Marcus Garvey, Is He The True Redeemer Of The Negro? View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Garvey, Marcus)AuthorMudgal, Hucheshwar G. (Editor of "The Negro World")HeadlineMarcus Garvey, Is He The True Redeemer Of The NegPublisher[H.G. Mudgal]Date Published[1932] Lot #457 Partizan Zheleznyak - 1936 Paul Robeson's Russian Music from Stalin's Moscow View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzfcg(1936 Paul Robeson, Signed Russian Music from Moscow)AuthorBlanter, Matvey, composerHeadlinePaul Robeson's copy of Russian sheet music 1936Date Published1936 Lot #458 Typed letter, signed from poet and novelist Claude McKay, negotiating a sale of the banned book of German art by George Grosz View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMcKay, ClaudeHeadlineTLs from Claude McKay selling a banned book 1937Date PublishedFebruary 25, 1937 Lot #459 Photograph of Marian Anderson, performing at the Lincoln Memorial in 1939 - signed by Anderson - with typed letter, signed from Anderson's sister View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Anderson, Marian)AuthorStafford, Mr. Allison John, photographerHeadlinephoto of Marian Anderson performing in 1939Date Published1939-1940 Lot #460 Photograph signed by Marian Anderson View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold HeadingzzfAuthorAnderson, MarianHeadlinePhotograph signed by Marian AndersonDate Publishedc.1940 Lot #461 Typed letter, signed from the "Black Eagle of Harlem" planning hospital plane service in World War II View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Black Aviator)AuthorJulian, Colonel Hubert FauntleroyHeadlineTLs from black aviator 1939Date PublishedNovember 4, 1939 Lot #462 Printed letter from "Father of the Blues" W.C. Handy at the New York World's Fair View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(1939-40 Printed Letter from 'Father of the Blues')AuthorHandy, W.C.HeadlineTL from WC Handy "Father of the Blues" 1939-40Date Published[c.1939-1940] Lot #463 U.C.L.A. Yearbook for Jackie Robinson's senior year View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Robinson, Jackie)Author**HeadlineU.C.L.A. Yearbook for Jackie Robinson 1941Date Published1941 Lot #464 Ten Little Colored Boys View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGondor, Emery I., illustratorHeadlineTen Little Colored BoysPublisherHowell, SoskinDate Published1942 Lot #465 Musical Score For The Film Stormy Weather, Starring Lena Horne, Bill “Bojangles” Robison, Fats Waller And Cab Calloway And His Band View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Black Cinema)AuthorArlen, Harold; Cab Calloway; Thomas (“Fats”) Waller, et al.HeadlineMusical Score For The Film Stormy Weather 1943Date Published1943 Lot #466 The American Red Cross and Negro Blood - Background for Action Pamphlet No. 1 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(1943 The Birth of C.O.R.E. - Protesting Red Cross Segregation of "Negro Blood" in World War II)AuthorCommittee of Racial EqualityHeadlineAmerican Red Cross and Negro Blood 1943PublisherCommittee of Racial EqualityDate Published[c.1943] Lot #467 Autograph letter, signed by a liberal economist in wartime Washington, lamenting the Harlem Riots View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(1943 letter about the Harlem Race Riots)AuthorDresher, Mrs. MelvinHeadlineALs lamenting the Harlem Riots 1943Date PublishedAugust 1-2, [1943] Lot #468 Petition to Mayor Finerty and School Board - 1945 Gary, Indiana Fights Over School Integration View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(African American - 1945 Indiana fight over School Integration)HeadlinePetition to Mayor Finerty and School Board 1945PublisherPat Riley, Indiana State C.I.O. Anti-Discrimination CommitteeDate Published[October, 1945] Lot #469 Typed letter, signed from Tuskegee Airman on European combat duty View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Tuskegee Airmen, World War II)Author"Jeff" (likely fighter pilot Lt. Alexander Jefferson)HeadlineTLs Tuskegee Airman on European combat dutyPublisher301st Fighter SquadronDate PublishedMarch 19, 1944 Lot #470 Group of works and materials containing architectural designs by California's first nationally acclaimed black architect, Paul Williams View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Black Architect Paul Williams)Author**Headlinematerials on Paul Williams, black architectDate Published1945-1953 Lot #471 Typed note, signed - written while sailing to Gertrude Stein's Paris View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorWright, RichardHeadlineRichard Wright TNs while sailing to Paris 1946Date PublishedMay, 1946 (in pencil) Lot #472 “The Negro Artist’s Dilemma” - essay within Critique: A Review Of Contemporary Art. Vol. 1, No. 2 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzj(Art - African American)AuthorBearden, RomareHeadlineThe Negro Artist’s Dilemma 1946PublisherCritiqueDate PublishedNovember, 1946 Lot #473 To Secure These Rights: The Report of the President’s Committee on Civil Rights - inscribed by a black woman pioneer Sadie M. Alexander View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(1947 Black Woman Civil Rights Pioneer Helped Integrate the U.S. Army)Author(Alexander, Sadie M.)HeadlineTo Secure These Rights 1947PublisherUS GPODate Published1947 Lot #474 Typed letter, signed from arctic explorer Matthew Henson at age 82 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Black Arctic Explorer)AuthorHenson, Matthew A[lexander]HeadlineTLs from arctic explorer Matthew Henson at age 82Date PublishedJuly 5, 1948 Lot #475 For Peace in Korea Now! Vote Independent Progressive / For President, Vincent Hallinan / Charlotta Bass for Vice President / Reuben Borough for U.S. Senate - original campaign poster View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Political Campaign Poster)Author(Bass, Charlotta A.)Headlinecampaign poster for 1st black woman politicalDate Published1952 Lot #476 Transcript of Record. Supreme Court of the United States, October Term, 1952 No. 8. Oliver Brown, Mrs. Richard Lawton, Mrs. Sadie Emmanuel, et. al., Appellants, vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, et. al. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. Filed November 19, 1951 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Brown vs. Board of Education)Author**Headlinetranscript of Brown v board of Education 1952Date Published1952 Lot #477 The Supreme Court Order on School Integration, May 31, 1955 / What It Means and How to Use It - plus other related NAACP items View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(School Integration)AuthorNAACPHeadlineSupreme Court Order on School Integration bkletPublisherNAACPDate PublishedMay 31, 1955 Lot #478 Poster advertising Mrs. Martin Luther King, Jr. singing at New Hope Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado 1958 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(King, Mrs. Martin Luther, Jr.)Author**Headlineposter Mrs. Martin Luther King singingDate PublishedSunday, March 9, 1958 Lot #480 Two Dick Gregory Presidential campaign "dollars" View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(1968 Dick Gregory Presidential Campaign)AuthorGregory, DickHeadlineTwo Dick Gregory Presidential campaign "dollars"Date Published1968 Lot #481 Inscribed photograph of Shirley Chisholm, first black woman member of Congress View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorChisholm, ShirleyHeadlineInscribed photograph of Shirley Chisholm 1970sDate Published[c.1970] Lot #482 I Dream a World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorLanker, BrianHeadlineI Dream a World Black Women photographs 1989PublisherStewart, Tabori & ChangDate Published[1989] Lot #483 1990 Jacob Lawrence Art for NAACP Legal Fund Anniversary - Program booklet for "Victories of Principle," a Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund - featuring cover art by Jacob Lawrence View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Heading(African American)HeadlineNAACP 50th anniv. booklet 1990Date PublishedJanuary 23, 1990 Lot #497 A Narrative of the Last Cruise of the United States Steam Frigate Missouri View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorBolton, WilliamHeadlineLast Cuirse of US Steam Missouri 1843 2d edPublisherJordon & Co.Date Published1843 Lot #511 Cabinet card of Dr. John H. Lochhead, an American port doctor of British Hong Kong View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Heading(China)HeadlineCabinet card of an American dr in Hong KongPublisherTaberDate Published1886 (manuscript note dated 1899) Lot #518 Last Days of the Republic View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Chinese in America)AuthorDooner, P. W.HeadlineTakeover of California by ChinesePublisherAlta California Publishing HouseDate Published1880 Lot #546 Autograph Letter, signed, predicting the Philippine Insurrection View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Headingzzf(Philippine Insurrection)AuthorCoombs, WalterHeadlineU.S. Soldier predicts the Philippine InsurrectionDate PublishedDecember 8, 1898 Lot #557 Fragment of film, carried onboard Apollo 12 and carried to the surface of the moon by astronauts Charles Conrad and Alan Bean View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzzf(Space Exploration)Author**Headlinefilm fragment from Apollo 12 and on the moon 1969Date PublishedNovember, 1969 Lot #558 Fragment of film, carried on-board Apollo 11 and carried to the surface of the moon by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Headingzzf(Space Exploration)Author**Headlinefilm fragment carried to the moon Apollo 11, 1969Date PublishedJuly, 1969 Lot #562 Group of tourism brochures View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzf(Tourism)Author**HeadlineGroup of tourism brochures 1930s-1950sDate PublishedMostly 1930s-1950s Lot #565 A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of Any Navigable Communication Between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery Sloop of War, and Armed Tender Chatham, under the Command of Captain George Vancouver View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold HeadingzzfAuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineVancouver's Voyage, 1st editionPublisherG.G. & J. Robinson, & J. EdwardsDate Published1798 Lot #572 Americæ Descriptio View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzzh(Americas)AuthorJansson, JanHeadlineJansson map of North America 1628Date Published1628-[1634?] Lot #574 Americae Descrip. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Headingzzh(Americas)AuthorMercator, Gerard - Jodocus HondiusHeadlineMap of Americas from Mercator Atlas MinorDate Published1607-[1609] Lot #575 Fishing & Boating Map of the Bay, River & Delta Region View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Headingzzj(California)AuthorThomas Bros.HeadlineFishing & Boating Map of the Bay, CA c1940sPublisherThomas Bros.Date Published[c.1940s] Lot #578 Mapfax of Los Angeles County View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzh(California - Los Angeles)AuthorSaunders, Howard R. and Randall N.HeadlineMapfax of Los Angeles County 1944PublisherMetropolitan SurveysDate Published1944 Lot #587 Carte Contenant le Royaume du Mexique et la Floride View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Headingzzh(Mexico & Florida)AuthorChatelain, Henri AbrahamHeadlineChatelain map of Mexico & Florida 1719Date Publishedc.1719 Lot #588 Colton's New Map of Missouri Compiled from the U.S. Surveys and other Authentic Sources View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Headingzzh(Missouri)AuthorColton, G.W. & C.B.HeadlinePocket map of Missouri 1869Date Published1869 Lot #590 North America from the Latest Authorities View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzh(North America)AuthorDarton, WilliamHeadlineDarton map of North America 1820Date Published1820 Lot #596 A New Map of North America, with the West India Islands, Divided According to the Preliminary Articles of Peace Signed at Versailles 20 Jan. 1783, wherein are Particularly Distinguished the United States and the Several Provinces, Governments, etc., which compose the British Dominions... View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Headingzzh(North America)AuthorLaurie & WhittleHeadlinelarge map of North America 1794Date Published1794 Lot #597 Map of the Coalinga Oil Field, Fresno, California View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Headingzzj(Oil Map - California)Author**HeadlineMap of the Coalinga Oil Field, Fresno, CaliforniaDate Published1936 Lot #602 The United States of America View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Headingzzh(United States)AuthorDarton, WilliamHeadlineDarton map of United States 1818Date Published1818 Lot #606 United States of America View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Headingzzh(United States)AuthorThomson, JohnHeadlineThomson map of United States c.1815Date Publishedc.1815 Lot #608 Colton's Map of the Southern States. Including Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. Showing also Part of Adjoining States & Territories Locating the Forts & Military Stations of the U. States & Showing All the Rail Roads, R.R. Stations, & Other Internal Improvements View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Headingzzh(United States - Southeast)AuthorColton, J.H.HeadlineLarge map of Confederacy 1861Date Published1861 Lot #609 Eight hand-colored lithographed maps by J.H. Colton plus another View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Headingzzh(United States, etc.)AuthorColton, Joseph HutchinsHeadline8 hand-colored lithographed maps by J.H. ColtonDate Publishedc.1855-1876 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next Previous 12345 Next