Sale 691: Americana - Custeriana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography (#691) 12/19/2019 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/19/2019 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 691 505 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 1-11 of 11. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Maine teacher ambivalent about Mississippi Slavery – letter View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1846 - Slavery)AuthorAbbott, J. J.Headline1846 Maine teacher letter on Mississippi slaveryDate PublishedFeb. 15, 1846 Lot #2 Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, written by himself. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$8,750StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1849)AuthorBibb, HenryHeadlineLife and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American SlavePublisher[Henry Bibb]Date Published1849 Lot #3 Original court documents about the Tennessee sale of an "unruly" slave View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1854 - Slavery)Headline1854 Slave sale dispute - Tennessee legal documentsDate PublishedJune 1854 Lot #5 Behind the Scenes. Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1868)AuthorKeckley, ElizabethHeadlineElizabeth Keckley Behind the Scenes 1868PublisherG.W. CarletonDate Published1868 Lot #6 The Underground Rail Road. A Record of Facts, Authentic, Narratives, Letters, &c, Narrating the Hardships Hair-breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in their Efforts for Freedom.... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1872)AuthorStill, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Still's The Underground RailroadPublisherPorter & CoatesDate Published1872 Lot #7 Travelling New York patent medicine salesman describes the lynching of a Black prisoner in Texas View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1877 - Texas Lynching)AuthorBullard, John B.Headline1877 Texas lynching described by New York travelling salesmanDate PublishedOct. 18, 1877 Lot #8 New York patent medicine salesman in Texas, observes Black cotton-pickers and a Black baptism View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1877 - Texas)AuthorBullard, JohnHeadline1877 NY travelling salesman observes Black life in rural TexasDate PublishedOct. 28, 1877 Lot #11 From early NAACP to CORE – three rare ephemeral items of the Civil Rights movement View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1919-1963)HeadlineEarly NAACP to CORE - rare ephemera of Civil Rights movementDate Published1919-1963 Lot #12 Cab Calloway's famous 1939 Jazz 'Jive Dictionary' [with] Prof. Cab Calloway's Swingformation Bureau View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1939)AuthorCalloway, CabHeadlineClassic 1939 Black Jazz ‘Dictionary’ and quiz bookDate Published1939 Lot #13 The Souls of Black Folk- Essays and Sketches View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1953)AuthorDu Bois, W. E. BurghardtHeadlineDu Bois, The Souls of Black Folk Signed Limited EditionPublisherThe Blue Heron PressDate Published1953 Lot #177 Autograph Letter to writer Carolyn Wells signed by Elizabeth Custer on her personal stationery View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Custer, Elizabeth)HeadlineSigned letter from Libbie to writer Carolyn WellsDate Published1910 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next