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Previous|1|Next Image Lot Item Title Time Left Your Bids 3 Two ground-breaking histories of African-American pioneers in California Heading(African-American - California)HeadlineAfrican-American pioneers in California, 2 classic historical studies Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold View details 4 Black immigrant 'stumps' California for Democrats - Autograph Letter Signed Heading(African-American - Los Angeles)AuthorJacobs, Louis T.Headline1888 Black immigrant 'stumps' California for DemocratsDate PublishedAug. 7, 1888 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 5 Manuscript deed of sale for two slaves to William Bibb, for the use and benefit of Harriet M. Goodwin and her children Heading(African-American - Slavery)AuthorTaylor, William H.HeadlineSlavery document from the 1840sDate PublishedFebruary 14, 1845 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 6 Virginia slave auction proceeds Heading(African-American - Slavery)AuthorTrabue, MaconHeadlineAntebellum Virginia slave auction proceeds, Document SignedDate PublishedNov. 17, 1855 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 7 Frederick Douglass the Orator Heading(African-American)AuthorGregory, James M.HeadlineFrederick Douglass the Orator by James M. GregoryPublisherWillley CompanyDate Published[1893] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 8 A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Preceded by a Review of the Military Services of Negroes in Ancient and Modern Times Heading(African-American)AuthorWilliams, George W.HeadlineImportant work on African American soldiers in the American Civil WarPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1888 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold View details 9 Fugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812 - Autograph Letter Signed Heading(African-American, 1813)AuthorParker, Daniel, Chief Clerk, US War DepartmentHeadlineFugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812Date PublishedJuly 19, 1813 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 10 Legal battle over a Virginia slave mother and her children - Document Signed Heading(African-American, 1843)AuthorJohn M. Perkins.Headline1843 Legal battle over a Virginia slave and her childrenDate PublishedOct. 17, 1843 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 11 Deed of Manumission of slave Peter Harris, Document Signed. Heading(African-American, 1850)AuthorTurpin, Philip O.Headline1850 Slave emancipation document, KentuckyDate PublishedFeb. 11, 1850 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 12 Account of slave Christmas in Kentucky by a Pennsylvania Yankee Heading(African-American, 1850s)AuthorS.W.MitchellHeadline1850s slave Christmas in Kentucky - letter by a Pennsylvania YankeeDate PublishedDec. 24-25, [ca. 1851-53] Estimate$300 - $400Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 13 Four early catalogs of African-American rare books and ephemera, including the classic Heartman catalog of 1946 Heading(African-American, 1941-1961 - Reference)Headline4 early catalogs of African-American rare books and ephemera, 1941-61PublisherVarious publishersDate Published1941-61 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 14 Menu, “Café Society Presents Purveyor’s Night”: for investors San Francisco Black Jazz Club Heading(African-American, 1948 – San Francisco Jazz Club)AuthorBlackshear, HaroldHeadline1948 Menu for upscale San Francisco Jazz ClubDate PublishedJan. 29, 1948 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 15 Two elegantly produced imprints Heading(African-American, 1989-96 – Reference)Headline2 fine printings about African-American rare books and epehemeraDate Published1989-1996 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold View details 16 Prejudice-themed African-Americana antiques Heading(African-American, 1993-2010 – Reference)HeadlinePrejudice African-American antiquesDate Published1993-2010 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 17 Complete set of the 1st 19 annual NY auction catalogs of Printed & Manuscript African-Americana Heading(African-American, 1996-2014 – Reference)AuthorSwann GalleriesHeadlineAfrican-Americana auctions, set of 19 Swann Galleries NY catalogsDate Published1996-2014 Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 19 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 26 My Travel Diary [manuscript cover title) Heading(Automobile Travel Diary)HeadlineYoung woman's travel diary on west coastDate Published1916-1927 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 33 Three letters from Daniel Beard, illustrator and youth leader, to William T. Hornaday, naturalist and zoologist AuthorBeard, Daniel CarterHeadlineDan Beard writes to William T. HornadayDate Publishedc.1910-15 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 74 Archive of approx. 25 letters relating to the cattle industry in the western United States Heading(Cattle Industry)HeadlineOriginal letters relating to cattle industry 1883-97Date Publishedc.1883-1897 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 75 Letter from a prospective cowboy to the President of the Wyoming Stock Association, requesting that he be removed from the employment blacklist so he could get a job, with a letter from a judge attesting to the supplicant's good character Heading(Cattle Industry)AuthorAughey, William H.HeadlineLetter from blacklisted cowboyDate PublishedMay 15th & 16th, 1895 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 76 Fifteen manuscript announcements of round-ups on the western cattle ranges Heading(Cattle Industry)HeadlineAnnouncements of western cattle roundupsDate PublishedLate 19th-early 20th centuries? Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold View details 81 New York murder scandal, inter-racial Chinese-Irish marriage Heading(Chinese-American, 1859)AuthorGorham, HenryHeadline1859 NY murder scandal, inter-racial Chinese-Irish marriageDate PublishedMarch 9, 1859 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 93 Handwritten letter from Fitzhugh Lee to W.D. Hill Heading(Civil War)HeadlineLetter from Confederate general and later VA governor Fitzhugh LeeDate Published1885 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 120 [Genealogy of Barnabas Horton] Heading(Genealogy)HeadlineGenealogy of Barnabas HortonDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 137 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. - Inscribed by Coretta Scott King AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineCoretta Scott King on MLK, inscribedPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold View details 138 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. - Signed by Coretta Scott King AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineCoretta Scott King on MLK, inscribedPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 145 Eleven 18th century land deeds, nearly all for land in North Yarmouth, not in Maine, but then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Heading(Massachusetts/Maine)HeadlineColonial land deeds from Massachusetts/MaineDate Published1761-1784 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 150 Manuscript petition by Indians in western New Spain accusing a friar of having a lover living with him, whom he claims is just his cook Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMexican Indians accuse friar of having lover, 1805Date Published1805 Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 159 Four military appointments for William Cox, two in the Nevada National Guard, two in the United States Volunteer Cavalry Heading(Nevada)HeadlineNevadan serves in Spanish American WarDate Published1896-1904 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 179 Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette... - With presentation from J.Q. Adams to Isaac Hill Heading(Presidents, 1825)AuthorAdams, John QuincyHeadlinePresented by John Quincy Adams to Isaac HillPublisherGales and SeatonDate Published1835 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold View details 183 Four pieces of correspondence relating to Theodore Roosevelt's investment in the Teschemacher & DeBillier Cattle Company Heading(Presidents, 1901)HeadlineTheodore Roosevelt invests in cattle industryDate Published1886-1890 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold View details 186 Signed letter to J.H. Edwards of Seattle from former President William H. Taft on Palace Hotel, San Francisco stationary dated Sept 6, 1915. Heading(Presidents, 1909)AuthorTaft, William H.HeadlineSigned William Taft letterDate Published1915 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 187 Military appointment signed by President Taft, with appointment letter signed by Major General Henry P. McCain, relative of the late Senator John McCain Heading(Presidents, 1909)AuthorTaft, William HowardHeadlineTaft signed military appointment of John McCain relativeDate Published1913 Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 190 Letter from President Harry S. Truman to John Franklin Carter, thanking him for a copy of his book Heading(Presidents, 1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineTruman thanks newspaperman for a bookDate PublishedFebruary 8, 1947 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 193 The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Heading(Presidents, 2009)AuthorObama, BarackHeadlineSigned by Barack ObamaPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published[2006] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 209 Letter from John Philip Sousa to General James H. Wilson, stationed in Cuba, thanking him for a 6th Army Corps badge AuthorSousa, John PhilipHeadlineJohn Philip Sousa writes to general in Cuba 1900Date Published9th August 1900 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 210 Army soldier in the Black Hills 10 years after Wounded Knee - letter Heading(South Dakota - Cavalry Fort, 1901)AuthorReynolds, FultonHeadline1901 Cavalry trooper in Black Hills of South Dakota, 10 years after Wounded KneeDate PublishedAug. 5, 1901 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 226 Archive of letters, documents, receipts, stock certificates, and other items relating to business transactions of the Tyler-Goodwyn family, and to the bridge of which they were principal owners Heading(Tyler-Goodwyn Family - Business documents, papers & letters)HeadlineBusiness transactions of Tyler-Goodwyn familyDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 228 Archive of manuscript, printed & typed materials relating to political activities of members and descendants of the Tyler-Goodwyn family, their minor literary endeavors, and education Heading(Tyler-Goodwyn Family - politics, literary & education)HeadlinePolitics of descendants of President TylerDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 233 Legal complaint about property taxes at the Zoar communal colony of German immigrants Heading(Utopian colony, Zoar, Ohio, 1853)AuthorHance, Judge Joseph C.Headline1853 Zoar, Ohio utopian colony of German "separatists" - LetterDate PublishedMay 1, 1853 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 236 Four letters, a wedding certificate, and a weights and measures workbook - a miscellany from early Americana to the Civil War Heading(Weights & measures, etc.)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineAn American miscellanyDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 238 Manuscript ledger recording accounts for two whaling voyages undertaken by the Eunice H. Adams of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts Heading(Whaling - account ledger)HeadlineAccount ledger for two whaling voyages, 1884-5Date Published1884-1885 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold View details 240 Four manuscript folio ledger books recording the daily accounts of Frank Spencer Witherbee and the management of the estate of his father John Gilman Witherbee Heading(Witherbee Family account ledgers 1875-1906)HeadlineLedgers of Witherbee iron ore family 1875-1906Date Published1875-1906 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 352 Restricting US trade with Cuba at the start of the Latin American wars of independence from Spain Heading(Cuba, 1810)AuthorJuan Stoughton, Spanish Consul in BostonHeadlineUS trade with Spanish Cuba during Latin American wars of independence - 1810 letterDate PublishedMay 7, 1810 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 372 High in the Thin Cold Air: The Story of the Himalayan Expedition, led by Sir Edmund Hillary, sponsored by World Book Encyclopedia AuthorHillary, Sir Edmund and Desmond DoigHeadlineSigned by Sir Edmund HillaryPublisherDoubledayDate Published1962 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 399 The Life of Benito Mussolini - with clipped signature Heading(Mussolini, Benito)AuthorSarfatti, Margherita G.HeadlineWith signature of Benito MussoliniPublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1926] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 427 Letter by a US General about the death of a famed American war corespondent during the Russo-Turkish War Heading(Turkey, Russia - 1877 War)AuthorGeneral Francis V. GreeneHeadlineUS General's letter about the Russo-Turkish War of 1877Date PublishedOct. 10, 1907 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 483 Racism in slave-free Ohio - Letter Heading(African-American, 1848)AuthorWilliam F. SmithHeadline1848 Racist letter in slave-free OhioDate PublishedMay 4, 1848 Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold View details 543 The Downing Street Years AuthorThatcher, MargaretHeadlineSigned by Thatcher, Downing Street YearsPublisherHarper/CollinsDate Published1993 Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next