Sale 678: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#678) 07/11/2019 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/11/2019 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-60 of 60. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorChild, Mrs.[Lydia Maria]HeadlineChild, An Appeal in Favor of...Americans Called Africans, 1836PublisherJohn S. TaylorDate Published1836 Lot #3 Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorDuBois, W.E. BurghardtHeadlineDubois's Darkwater, 1st Ed.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and HoweDate Published1920 Lot #4 Liberty To The Captives! Special Collection, For The Liberated Slaves In America To Be Made On Sunday, 8th October, 1865, At The Brunswick Street Wesleyan Sabbath School. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(African American)HeadlineMethodist Church and slavery 1865PublisherClarson, Shallard and Co. PrintersDate Published1865 Lot #5 Photograph album depicting African American life in South Carolina, 1929 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorWhipple, GraceHeadlinePhotographic scenes of African American life in Hartsville, SC in 1929Date Published1929 Lot #6 Pioneering New York Black Doctor immigrates to Liberia on the eve of Civil War - Letter View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorDunbar, (Dr.) Charles [Benjamin]Headline1860 Pioneering NY Black Dr. immigrates to Liberia on the eve of Civil WarDate PublishedFeb. 27, 1861 Lot #7 Freed slaves as soldiers, Confederate POWs and Copperhead traitors - letter by Pennsylvania railroad employee View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1863 - Civil War)Author“Old Yorick”HeadlineCivil War letter - Black soldiers, Confederate POWs, CopperheadsDate PublishedMay 25, [1863] Lot #8 First African-American Congressmen, contemporary engraved portrait View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1880)AuthorWellstood, WilliamHeadlineEngraved portrait of first African-American Congressmen, ca. 1883PublisherEngraved by Wm. Wellstood & Co., NYDate Publishedca. 1883 Lot #12 Letter from Thomas Ainslie to an associate, James, describing in great detail the Battle of Quebec between American forces led by Benedict Arnold and Richard Montgomery, and the British defenders, with the subsequent siege View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(American Revolution)AuthorAinslie, ThomasHeadlineBenedict Arnold at the Battle of Quebec, 1776 letterDate Published12 May 1776 Lot #20 Bound volume of order forms for equipment and supplies for the Kennedy Mining and Milling Co., in Jackson, Amador County, California View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Amador County Gold Mine)HeadlineSupplies for Kennedy Mine in Amador County, Cal.Date Published1899-1900 Lot #56 Murder by Forty-Niner Captain of ship bound for California - letter from his police guard View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorBarron, CharlesHeadlineMurder by 49er Captain of ship bound for California Gold RushDate PublishedMarch 9, 1849 Lot #57 Manuscript listing of passengers and crew aboard the ship New Jersey bound for San Francisco from Boston in 1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)HeadlineMS. listing of Gold Rush crew and passengers, 1849Date Published1849 Lot #58 Wife begs 49er husband to leave “evil” California - 1850 Letter View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)HeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush letter, wife to 49er husband in "evil" CaliforniaDate PublishedJan. 25, 1850 Lot #69 Narrative of Privations and Sufferings of United States Officers and Soldiers While Prisoners of War in the Hands of the Rebel Authorities View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Civil War)HeadlineRecord of US Civil War atrocities, with albumen photosPublisherPrinted for the U.S. Sanitary CommissionDate Published1864 Lot #70 Scrapbook of newspaper clippings, illustrations, and political cartoons from September and October, 1861, relating to the Civil War View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)HeadlineA month's news from 1st year of Civil WarDate PublishedSept. 18-Oct. 16, 1861 Lot #71 The Columbia Phoenix Vol. 1, No. 2. - March 23, 1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War)AuthorSelby, Julian A.HeadlineCivil War newspaper Columbia Phoenix 1865PublisherThe Columbia PhoenixDate Published1865 Lot #72 Personal Memoirs of P.H. Sheridan, General United States Army View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorSheridan, P.H.HeadlinePersonal Memoirs of P.H. SheridanPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1888 Lot #73 Manuscript journal, account book & general ledger kept by Levi Henderson, spanning from 1855 to 1875, including experiences during the Civil War, and pharmaceutical prescriptions View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Civil War, etc.)AuthorHenderson, LeviHeadlineFrontier ledger with Civil War diary & RxDate Publishedc.1855-1875 Lot #78 Winning the Vote View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCooney Jr., Robert P.J.HeadlineWinning the Vote, signed limited editionPublisherAmerican Graphic PressDate Published[2005] Lot #81 Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? - signed by DiMaggio View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(DiMaggio, Joe)AuthorAllen, MauryHeadlineWhere Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio? SignedPublisherE.P. Dutton & Co.Date Published1975 Lot #87 Autograph letter signed to "My Dear Johnson Price" View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John C.Headlineletter, signed by John C. Fremont 1883Date PublishedAugust 16, 1883 Lot #88 Two Lucky People: Memoirs View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorFriedman, Milton and Rose D.HeadlineSigned by Milton Friedman and his wife RosePublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published[1998] Lot #94 The Impending Crisis in the South: How To Meet It View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorHelper, Hinton RowanHeadlineThe Impending Crisis in the South 1857PublisherBurdick BrothersDate Published1857 Lot #96 Profiteering from the Indian trade in pioneer Indiana – Pennsylvania emigrant’s letter View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Indiana - Indians)AuthorBird, OchnigHeadlineIndian trade in pioneer Indiana, 1834 letterDate PublishedSept. 5, 1834 Lot #104 Personal accounting ledger, 1843-1844, of merchant captain and California pioneer William A. Leidesdorff View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorLeidesdorff, William AlexanderHeadlineAccounting ledger of W.A. Leidesdorff 1843-44Date Published1843-1844 Lot #106 New York merchant's letter lauding Louisiana Purchase and peace with the Barbary States of North Africa View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Louisiana Purchase, Barbary Pirates)AuthorB. GaleHeadline1803 Letter - Louisiana Purchase and peace with Barbary statesDate PublishedDec. 20, 1803 Lot #109 Manuscript cookbook from Mexico, with recipes of desserts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Manuscript Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript Mexican dessert cookbook 1920'sDate Publishedc.1920-1930 Lot #115 Document relating to payment of extortion money to insurgents fighting for Mexican independence in 1817 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMoney paid to Mexican insurgents 1817Date Published1817 Lot #116 Document relating to the case of two brothers, one of whom stole the wealth of the other - signed by the Viceroy of New Spain View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineSibling theft case signed by Viceroy of New Spain 1790Date Published1790 Lot #117 Letter from Agustin Medrano, a father of the parish of Itztacalco, to the Archbishop of Mexico, bemoaning the fact that the graveyards are full View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMexico graveyards are full, 1797Date Published1797 Lot #118 Letter regarding a descendant of Emperor Moctezuma II (Montezuma) of Mexico View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMoctezuma's descendants in Spain, 1679 documentDate PublishedJanuary 24, 1679 Lot #119 Manuscript list of announcements that were gave by Nicolas de la Cruz, “indio ladino pregonero” (an Indian who gave public announcements in the streets). View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlinePublic announcements in Puebla town square, 1711Date Published1711 Lot #120 Manuscript testament ("testamento y bienes") of Jose Sanchez Isquierdo, who died in 1790 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineColonial Mexican testament, 1791Date Published1790-1791 Lot #122 "Muerte de Indio Borracho" (Death of a drunk Indian) - court document View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineGrandfather dies of drink in 1791 MexicoDate Published1791 Lot #137 Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents)AuthorClinton, BillHeadlineBill Clinton Giving Signed BookPublisherKnopfDate Published2007 Lot #138 Military appointment on vellum, completed in manuscript, appointing Thomas C. Harris as Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy, signed by Abraham Lincoln as President and Gideon Welles as Secretary of the Navy View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Presidents)AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineNaval appointment signed by Abraham LincolnDate PublishedFebruary 21, 1863 Lot #139 Ship's passport signed by James Madison as President, and James Monroe as Secretary of State View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Presidents)AuthorMadison, James & James MonroeHeadlineShip's passport signed by Madison & Monroe, 1812Date PublishedFebruary 3, 1812 Lot #142 The Appeal Of The Religious Society Of Friends In Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Etc., To Their Fellow-citizens Of The United States On Behalf Of The Coloured Races. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Quakers)AuthorThe Religious Society Of FriendsHeadlineQuaker anti-slavery pamphlet 1858PublisherFriends' Book-StoreDate Published1858 Lot #143 Letter from Josiah Quincy III to Robert Emery, regarding a "basket of worms" and other matters View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorQuincy, Josiah, IIIHeadlineLetter from Josiah Quincy IIIDate Published30 Dec. 1817 Lot #145 Account ledger for the Canton, Aberdeen & Nashville Railroad, and its successor the Illinois Central, spanning 1882 to 1944 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Railroads)HeadlineOver sixty years of a railroad's finances, 1882-1944Date Published1882-1944 Lot #147 Signed loan document, Pennsylvania 1785 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineSigned loan document, Pennsylvania 1785Date Published1785 Lot #155 1st US Winter Olympics - Spectator's letter account View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Sport - 1st US Winter Olympics)HeadlineSport – 1932 1st US Winter Olympics - LetterDate PublishedFeb. 18, 1932 Lot #164 John Brown: The Making of a Martyr View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorWarren, Robert PennHeadlineRobert Penn Warren's John Brown 1st ed.PublisherPayson & Clarke Ltd.Date Published1929 Lot #167 Manuscript logbook of the Ship Napoleon, out of New Bedford, to the Atlantic and South Pacific View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Heading(Whaling)HeadlineLog book of whaling voyage to South SeasDate PublishedDec. 23, 1858-July 6, 1862 Lot #168 Ship's Papers for the whaling ship South Carolina, signed by John Tyler as President of the United States and Secretary of State Daniel Webster View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Whaling)HeadlinePapers for whaling voyage signed by John TylerDate PublishedJune 7, 1842 Lot #174 Archive of letters, photographs, and military memorabilia relating to the World War II service of U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Seaman (later Radar Man) Cyril Laverne "Jack" Lewey of Louisville, KY, and his 1943-47 relationship with Helen Lenz View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(World War II)AuthorLewey, Cyril Laverne "Jack"HeadlineArchive of World War II Seaman in Normandy invasionDate Published1943-1947 Lot #175 U.S.S. Duluth (CL-87): Ship's Diary View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(World War II)AuthorWilson, Willard J.HeadlineOriginal handwritten diary kept aboard the U.S.S. Duluth (CL-87) Lot #194 Letter to an undisclosed recipient from Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, who once commanded James Cook View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorSaunders, CharlesHeadlineGeneral whom James Cook named New Zealand cape afterDate Published6 Dec., 1773 Lot #195 Manumission Expediante with some 40 documents plus 15 additional receipts, in support of the claim of the female black slave Juana for her freedom View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban black female slave seeks freedom, 1881Date Published1881 Lot #196 Manumission Expediente for a male slave, Cipriano, claiming his freedom View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManumission Expediante of a Cuban slave 1882Date Published1882 Lot #197 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for a black slave, Gregorio Sesca, claiming his freedom View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManumission Expediante of a Cuban slave 1884Date Published1884 Lot #198 Manumission Expediente/Portfolio for a male slave, José Belen, claiming his freedom after his owner died View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManumission Expediante of a Cuban slave 1885Date Published1885 Lot #207 Appointment of a French officer as Deputy Provost General of the Marechaussee in the army of Santo Domingo View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Jamaica & St. Domingo)AuthorWilliamson, AdamHeadlineGovernor of Jamaica appoints officer in St. Domingo, 1794Date PublishedJuly 24, 1794 Lot #233 Fiancee of American missionary to Ottoman Turkey (Iraq) fears “deceitful, oppressed and morally degraded” Arabs - letter View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Turkey, Iraq - Missionary)AuthorPeck, Julia WhiteHeadlineAmer. woman missionary to Ottoman Turkey fears “deceitful" ArabsDate PublishedMarch 19, 1851 Lot #297 Manuscript atlas of Korea with China and other regions View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Korea)HeadlineKorean manuscript atlas, 19th centuryDate PublishedEarly to mid-19th century? Lot #332 Hampton and Its Students, By Two of Its Teachers. With Fifty Cabin and Plantation Songs, arranged by Thomas P. Fenner. View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorArmstrong, Mrs. M.F. & Helen Ludlow.HeadlineHampton and Its Students, 1st Ed.PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1874 Lot #333 Free Colored Seamen - Majority and Minority Reports, January 20, 1843 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American)HeadlineFree Colored Seamen - Majority and Minority ReportsDate Published1843 Lot #334 White Supremacy and Negro Subordination or, Negroes A Subordinate Race, and (so-called) Slavery Its Normal Condition View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorVan Evrie, John H.HeadlinePseudo-scientific support of slavery, 1868PublisherVan Evrie, Horton & Co.Date Published1868 Lot #353 Autograph of General Alfred Howe Terry View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorTerry, Alfred HoweHeadlineAutograph of General Alfred Howe TerryDate Published[1800's] Lot #366 Battles for the Union and the Union Forces Engaged Therein Together with a Record of Casualties View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorHanson, A.H.HeadlineHandbook of Battles in the War of the Rebellion, with mapPublisherEngraved & Printed by Matthews, Northrup & Co.Date Published1887 Lot #411 Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorOrton, Richard H.HeadlineCalifornians in the Civil WarPublisherState OfficeDate Published1890 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next