Sale 699: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#699) 05/07/2020 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/07/2020 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 1-49 of 49. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 The Discovery of the Yosemite and the Indian War of 1851, Which Led to that Event View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorBunnell, Lafayette HoughtonHeadlineBunnell's Yosemite, inscribed 1st editionPublisherFlemming H. RevellDate Published[1880] Lot #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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorGillespie, Archibald H.HeadlineReceipt for arms purchased during Bear Flag Rebellion 1846Date PublishedSeptember 29, 1846 Lot #27 Souvenir card signed by James Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorMarshall, James W.HeadlineSignature of the Discoverer of Gold in CaliforniaDate Publishedc.1880 Lot #38 Letter from M.G. Vallejo to Jean Jacques Vioget, regarding business transactions and other matters View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorVallejo, Mariano GuadalupeHeadlineLetter from M.G. Vallejo to J.J. Vioget 1845Date PublishedFeb. (?) 13, 1845 Lot #42 Handwritten note certifying Thomas C. Lancey to be a member of the Committee of Vigilance View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Vigilance Committee)AuthorGates, GeorgeHeadlineCertification of Vigilance Committee member 1856Date PublishedAug. 25, 1856 Lot #48 By The President of the United States of America / A Proclamation View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorAdams, JohnHeadlinePresident Adams 1799 broadside Proclamation of ThanksgivingDate PublishedMarch 6, 1799 Lot #49 7 volumes of African-American reference View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(African-American - Reference)Headline7 volumes of African-American reference, 1935-1980Date Published1935-1980 Lot #50 The Philadelphia Negro: Social Study View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorDuBois, W.E. BurghardtHeadlineFirst case study of a black community in the US, 1899.PublisherUniversity of PennsylvaniaDate Published1899 Lot #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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorFlipper, Henry OssianHeadlineColored Cadet at West Point, 1878 1st Ed.PublisherHomer Lee & Co.Date Published1878 Lot #53 On the Negro's Place in Nature View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorHunt, JamesHeadlineOn the Negro's Place in Nature, 1863PublisherTrubner & Co.Date Published1863 Lot #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 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(African-American)AuthorMiller, KellyHeadlineKelly Miller's History of the World War for Human RightsPublisherAustin JenkinsDate Published[1919] Lot #55 Scott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorScott, Emmett J.HeadlineScott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War, 1919Publisher[Homewood Press]Date Published[1919] Lot #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.... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorStill, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Still's The Underground RailroadPublisherPorter & CoatesDate Published1872 Lot #57 White Supremacy and Negro Subordination or, Negroes A Subordinate Race, and (so-called) Slavery Its Normal Condition View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorVan Evrie, John H.HeadlinePseudo-scientific support of slavery, 1868PublisherVan Evrie, Horton & Co.Date Published1868 Lot #58 A New Negro for a New Century: An Accurate and Up-to-Date Record of the Upward Struggles of the Negro Race... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorWashington, Booker T.HeadlineA New Negro for a New Century, 1900PublisherAmerican Publishing HouseDate Published[1900] Lot #59 Pennsylvania legal document indicting a “colored man” for keeping an illegal Gambling house View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1839)HeadlinePennsylvania indicts "colored" keeper of a gambling house in 1839Date PublishedMarch 16, 1839 Lot #60 Revolution The Only Remedy For Slavery View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1855 – Anti-Slavery)Author[Foster, Stephen Symonds]HeadlineRevolution The Only Remedy For Slavery: 1855 tractPublisherAmerican Anti-Slavery SocietyDate Publishedca. 1855 Lot #61 Virginia woman plantation owner hopes to sell an “insolent” slave during the Civil War - Letter View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1863)AuthorGriffin, M[argaret] E.Headline1863 "Insolent" slave of a Virginia woman plantation ownerDate PublishedNov. 29, 1863. Lot #62 Autograph document of Union Army officer who mobilized "Negro labor" and established freedmen schools in Civil War Louisiana View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1863)AuthorHanks, Lt. George H.Headline1863 Union officer who fought for Black civil rights in New OrleansDate PublishedApril 31, 1863. Lot #63 Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorBingham, Howard L.HeadlineMuhammad Ali, signed by Ali & BinghamPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1993 Lot #64 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1991 Lot #72 The Instinct Never Dies View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorBateman, EdHeadlineThe Instinct Never Dies by Ed BatemanPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1931 Lot #88 Manuscript ledger book, evidently from a general store in Foresthill, California, listing customers, the products purchased, and amounts of the purchases View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Foresthill)HeadlineAccount book for Placer County store 1892Date Published1892 Lot #94 Poll Tax Roll 1907 Plumas County (cover title) View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineLedger for Plumas County Poll Tax Roll, 1907Date Published1907 Lot #121 Of Minnie the Moocher & Me View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorCalloway, Cab and Bryant RollinsHeadlineOf Minnie the Moocher & Me, inscribed by Calloway & RollinsPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1976 Lot #122 The New Cab Calloway's Cat-ologue - Cab Calloway's famous 1939 jazz 'Jive Dictionary' View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCalloway, CabHeadlineClassic 1939 Black Jazz ‘Dictionary’Date Published1939 Lot #150 Sermons Preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Thomas', Philadelphia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDouglass, WilliamHeadlineSermons Preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church, 1854PublisherKing & BairdDate Published1854 Lot #163 1894 Eastman Business College friendship album, augmented with calligraphy, drawings, and original photographs View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Friendship Album)Headline1894 Eastman Business College friendship albumDate Published1894 Lot #164 Historia de la curacion de Antigua, de San Pablito Pahuatlan, Puebla View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorGarcía Tellez, AlfonsoHeadlineAmate cut-out paper book, 1978Date Published1978 Lot #166 John Glenn: A Memoir View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGlenn, John & Nick TaylorHeadlineJohn Glenn Memoir, signedPublisherBantam BooksDate Published1999 Lot #183 Signed photographic portrait of Jimmy Hoffa View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Hoffa, Jimmy)HeadlineWe found Jimmy Hoffa!Date PublishedNo date Lot #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. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Langdon, John)HeadlineSignature of Founding Father John LangdonPublisherHouse of RepresentativesDate Published[1798] Lot #204 18th century manuscript school lesson book View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Manuscript)HeadlineMoody family manuscript. c.1790Date Publishedc.1790 Lot #224 Real Peace, A Strategy for the West View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineReal Peace signed by NixonDate Published1983 Lot #234 WWII-era log books by a Cincinnati police officer View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Police log)AuthorEubanks, Elmer WinderHeadlinePolice log books, WWII-era CincinnatiDate Published1943-1946 Lot #243 Ledger for the John Patten View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Ship's Ledger)HeadlineHandwritten ship's ledger, 1862-77Date Published1862-1877 Lot #244 History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSmedley, R.C.HeadlineHistory of the Underground Railroad, 1863PublisherPrinted at the Office of the JournalDate Published1883 Lot #276 British Jamaican merchant's purchase of half a mini-nation in present day Cameroon, West Africa - Autograph Manuscript Signed View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Africa - Cameroon, 1850s)AuthorEdgerley, SamuelHeadline1850s British merchant's purchase of a West African "kingdom"Date Publishedca. 1850 Lot #283 Two letters by U.S. Consul describing rebel uprisings in Foo chow, China View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorClarke, A.L.HeadlineLetters from U.S. Consul about Taiping RebellionDate Published1864, 1865 Lot #286 Letter of a female missionary in Shanghai View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorHaygood, Laura A.HeadlineLetter by a missionary in China, 1885Date Published1885 Lot #293 Manuscript document regarding the sale of slave in early 19th century and the taxes thereupon View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves arriving in Cuba from Africa, 1817Date Published1817 Lot #298 Reports of the commissioners relating to the capture of Charles O'Hara at Toulon View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(French Revolution)HeadlineManuscript detailing the Siege of Toulon, 1793Date Published1793 Lot #308 Two letters from General James Murray to Sir George Yonge, British Secretary of War View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Military)HeadlineLetters addressed to British Secretary of War, 1787Date Published1787 Lot #311 L'Histoire des Guerres Mithridatiques Vue par les Monnaies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold 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 Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Philippines)Author"Tom"HeadlineSoldier's journey to Philippines to quell unrest, 1909 letterDate PublishedApril 18, 1909 Lot #325 Naval Passage signed by John Barrow and the Duke of Clarence (William IV) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(William IV, King of United Kingdom)HeadlineNaval passage signed by John Barrow and William IV, 1828Date Published1828 Lot #376 Letter from Frank S. Giles to Irvin A. Maurer View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorGiles, FrankHeadlineLetter from Frank S. Giles to Irvin A. MaurerDate Published1971 Lot #390 A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineGerald Ford A Time to Heal, signedPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1979] Lot #391 Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineJimmy Carter Keeping Faith special signed editionPublisherBantam BooksDate Published[1982] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next