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RevellDate Published[1880] Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold View details 20 Manuscript receipt for arms purchased in Los Angeles during the occupation by U.S. troops, just before they were forced to capitulate by rebellious Californios AuthorGillespie, Archibald H.HeadlineReceipt for arms purchased during Bear Flag Rebellion 1846Date PublishedSeptember 29, 1846 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details 27 Souvenir card signed by James Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California AuthorMarshall, James W.HeadlineSignature of the Discoverer of Gold in CaliforniaDate Publishedc.1880 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold View details 38 Letter from M.G. Vallejo to Jean Jacques Vioget, regarding business transactions and other matters AuthorVallejo, Mariano GuadalupeHeadlineLetter from M.G. Vallejo to J.J. Vioget 1845Date PublishedFeb. (?) 13, 1845 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold View details 42 Handwritten note certifying Thomas C. Lancey to be a member of the Committee of Vigilance Heading(Vigilance Committee)AuthorGates, GeorgeHeadlineCertification of Vigilance Committee member 1856Date PublishedAug. 25, 1856 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 48 By The President of the United States of America / A Proclamation AuthorAdams, JohnHeadlinePresident Adams 1799 broadside Proclamation of ThanksgivingDate PublishedMarch 6, 1799 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 49 7 volumes of African-American reference Heading(African-American - Reference)Headline7 volumes of African-American reference, 1935-1980Date Published1935-1980 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 50 The Philadelphia Negro: Social Study Heading(African-American)AuthorDuBois, W.E. BurghardtHeadlineFirst case study of a black community in the US, 1899.PublisherUniversity of PennsylvaniaDate Published1899 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold View details 51 The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A. First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military Academy Heading(African-American)AuthorFlipper, Henry OssianHeadlineColored Cadet at West Point, 1878 1st Ed.PublisherHomer Lee & Co.Date Published1878 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 53 On the Negro's Place in Nature Heading(African-American)AuthorHunt, JamesHeadlineOn the Negro's Place in Nature, 1863PublisherTrubner & Co.Date Published1863 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 54 Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights, Being an Intensely Human and Brilliant Account of the World War and Why and for What Purpose America and the Allies are Fighting and the Important Part Taken by the Negro Heading(African-American)AuthorMiller, KellyHeadlineKelly Miller's History of the World War for Human RightsPublisherAustin JenkinsDate Published[1919] Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 55 Scott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War Heading(African-American)AuthorScott, Emmett J.HeadlineScott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War, 1919Publisher[Homewood Press]Date Published[1919] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 56 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.... Heading(African-American)AuthorStill, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Still's The Underground RailroadPublisherPorter & CoatesDate Published1872 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold View details 57 White Supremacy and Negro Subordination or, Negroes A Subordinate Race, and (so-called) Slavery Its Normal Condition Heading(African-American)AuthorVan Evrie, John H.HeadlinePseudo-scientific support of slavery, 1868PublisherVan Evrie, Horton & Co.Date Published1868 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 58 A New Negro for a New Century: An Accurate and Up-to-Date Record of the Upward Struggles of the Negro Race... Heading(African-American)AuthorWashington, Booker T.HeadlineA New Negro for a New Century, 1900PublisherAmerican Publishing HouseDate Published[1900] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 59 Pennsylvania legal document indicting a “colored man” for keeping an illegal Gambling house Heading(African-American, 1839)HeadlinePennsylvania indicts "colored" keeper of a gambling house in 1839Date PublishedMarch 16, 1839 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold View details 60 Revolution The Only Remedy For Slavery Heading(African-American, 1855 – Anti-Slavery)Author[Foster, Stephen Symonds]HeadlineRevolution The Only Remedy For Slavery: 1855 tractPublisherAmerican Anti-Slavery SocietyDate Publishedca. 1855 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 61 Virginia woman plantation owner hopes to sell an “insolent” slave during the Civil War - Letter Heading(African-American, 1863)AuthorGriffin, M[argaret] E.Headline1863 "Insolent" slave of a Virginia woman plantation ownerDate PublishedNov. 29, 1863. Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 62 Autograph document of Union Army officer who mobilized "Negro labor" and established freedmen schools in Civil War Louisiana Heading(African-American, 1863)AuthorHanks, Lt. George H.Headline1863 Union officer who fought for Black civil rights in New OrleansDate PublishedApril 31, 1863. Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 63 Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorBingham, Howard L.HeadlineMuhammad Ali, signed by Ali & BinghamPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1993 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 64 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1991 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 72 The Instinct Never Dies AuthorBateman, EdHeadlineThe Instinct Never Dies by Ed BatemanPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1931 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 88 Manuscript ledger book, evidently from a general store in Foresthill, California, listing customers, the products purchased, and amounts of the purchases Heading(California - Foresthill)HeadlineAccount book for Placer County store 1892Date Published1892 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 94 Poll Tax Roll 1907 Plumas County (cover title) Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineLedger for Plumas County Poll Tax Roll, 1907Date Published1907 Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold View details 121 Of Minnie the Moocher & Me AuthorCalloway, Cab and Bryant RollinsHeadlineOf Minnie the Moocher & Me, inscribed by Calloway & RollinsPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1976 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold View details 122 The New Cab Calloway's Cat-ologue - Cab Calloway's famous 1939 jazz 'Jive Dictionary' AuthorCalloway, CabHeadlineClassic 1939 Black Jazz ‘Dictionary’Date Published1939 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 150 Sermons Preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Thomas', Philadelphia AuthorDouglass, WilliamHeadlineSermons Preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church, 1854PublisherKing & BairdDate Published1854 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 163 1894 Eastman Business College friendship album, augmented with calligraphy, drawings, and original photographs Heading(Friendship Album)Headline1894 Eastman Business College friendship albumDate Published1894 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 164 Historia de la curacion de Antigua, de San Pablito Pahuatlan, Puebla AuthorGarcía Tellez, AlfonsoHeadlineAmate cut-out paper book, 1978Date Published1978 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 166 John Glenn: A Memoir AuthorGlenn, John & Nick TaylorHeadlineJohn Glenn Memoir, signedPublisherBantam BooksDate Published1999 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 183 Signed photographic portrait of Jimmy Hoffa Heading(Hoffa, Jimmy)HeadlineWe found Jimmy Hoffa!Date PublishedNo date Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 196 Report of the Committee to whom was referred, on the twenty-ninth ultimo, so much of the President's speech as relates to the protection of commerce, and the defence of the country. Heading(Langdon, John)HeadlineSignature of Founding Father John LangdonPublisherHouse of RepresentativesDate Published[1798] Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold View details 204 18th century manuscript school lesson book Heading(Manuscript)HeadlineMoody family manuscript. c.1790Date Publishedc.1790 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 224 Real Peace, A Strategy for the West AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineReal Peace signed by NixonDate Published1983 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 234 WWII-era log books by a Cincinnati police officer Heading(Police log)AuthorEubanks, Elmer WinderHeadlinePolice log books, WWII-era CincinnatiDate Published1943-1946 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold View details 243 Ledger for the John Patten Heading(Ship's Ledger)HeadlineHandwritten ship's ledger, 1862-77Date Published1862-1877 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold View details 244 History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania AuthorSmedley, R.C.HeadlineHistory of the Underground Railroad, 1863PublisherPrinted at the Office of the JournalDate Published1883 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 276 British Jamaican merchant's purchase of half a mini-nation in present day Cameroon, West Africa - Autograph Manuscript Signed Heading(Africa - Cameroon, 1850s)AuthorEdgerley, SamuelHeadline1850s British merchant's purchase of a West African "kingdom"Date Publishedca. 1850 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 283 Two letters by U.S. Consul describing rebel uprisings in Foo chow, China Heading(China)AuthorClarke, A.L.HeadlineLetters from U.S. Consul about Taiping RebellionDate Published1864, 1865 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 286 Letter of a female missionary in Shanghai Heading(China)AuthorHaygood, Laura A.HeadlineLetter by a missionary in China, 1885Date Published1885 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 293 Manuscript document regarding the sale of slave in early 19th century and the taxes thereupon Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves arriving in Cuba from Africa, 1817Date Published1817 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 298 Reports of the commissioners relating to the capture of Charles O'Hara at Toulon Heading(French Revolution)HeadlineManuscript detailing the Siege of Toulon, 1793Date Published1793 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 308 Two letters from General James Murray to Sir George Yonge, British Secretary of War Heading(Military)HeadlineLetters addressed to British Secretary of War, 1787Date Published1787 Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold View details 311 L'Histoire des Guerres Mithridatiques Vue par les Monnaies Heading(Numismatics)AuthorCallataÿ, François deHeadlineHistory of the Mithridatic Wars in coinsPublisherDépartement d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Séminaire de numismatique Marcel HocDate Published1997 Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold View details 315 Letter from a soldier to his mother, chronicling his journey the United States to embark on a transport to Hawaii and the Philippines, and his first impressions once there Heading(Philippines)Author"Tom"HeadlineSoldier's journey to Philippines to quell unrest, 1909 letterDate PublishedApril 18, 1909 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 325 Naval Passage signed by John Barrow and the Duke of Clarence (William IV) Heading(William IV, King of United Kingdom)HeadlineNaval passage signed by John Barrow and William IV, 1828Date Published1828 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 376 Letter from Frank S. Giles to Irvin A. Maurer AuthorGiles, FrankHeadlineLetter from Frank S. Giles to Irvin A. MaurerDate Published1971 Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold View details 390 A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford Heading(Presidents, 1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineGerald Ford A Time to Heal, signedPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1979] Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold View details 391 Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President Heading(Presidents, 1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineJimmy Carter Keeping Faith special signed editionPublisherBantam BooksDate Published[1982] Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$237.50StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next