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Heading(African-American, 1819)AuthorShelton, ArmisteadHeadline1819 Letter concerning slave disputeDate Published1819 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 3 Letter from Pennsylvania trader visiting New Orleans, sees Sunday Congo Dances with its pre-Jazz Negro music Heading(African-American, 1820)AuthorLukens, JosephHeadlineAfrican slave Congo Dance in antebellum New OrleansDate PublishedJuly 19, 1820 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold View details 4 Original manuscript statement of legal argument on the issue of Negro slave identity Heading(African-American, 1824)AuthorGrundy, Felix and James RucksHeadlineManuscript document on early court case of slave lawDate Publishedca. 1824-1825 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details 5 Ornate Engraved Presbyterian Missionary Document Heading(African-American, 1837)AuthorGreen, Rev. AshbelHeadlineOrnate Engraved Presbyterian Missions AppointmentPublisherBoard of Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian ChurchDate PublishedAugust 1837 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 6 Capture of Black Seminole insurgents, near the end of the War in Florida; Autograph Letter Signed Heading(African-American, 1841 - Seminole War)AuthorAxtell, Rev. HenryHeadlineBlack Seminole defeat in the Florida Seminole WarDate PublishedAug. 23, 1841 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 7 Letter to George Washington descendant from his Mt. Vernon overseer Heading(African-American, 1845)AuthorMcFarland, JosephHeadlineSlave overseer of Washington's Mt. VernonDate PublishedNovember 18, 1845 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 8 Autograph Document Signed Announcing Auction of an eight-year-old slave girl Heading(African-American, 1846)AuthorHeadrick, JacobHeadlineSlave child auctioned in Missouri in 1846Date PublishedMay 20, 1846 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 10 Letter mentioning a benefit Fair held by “the colored people” Heading(African-American, 1856)Author[Wall, Eliza?]HeadlineLetter on stationery engraved with Fremont vignetteDate PublishedNovember 20, 1856 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 11 Letter regarding care of enslaved children in Virginia, 1857. Heading(African-American, 1857)AuthorPass, Thomas Y.Headline1857 Letter on care of enslaved childrenDate Published1857 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 12 Promissory note regarding temporary service of enslaved woman in Virginia, 1861. Heading(African-American, 1861)AuthorLynn, Robert F. and Robert V.Headline1861 Promissory note for enslaved womanDate Published1861 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold View details 13 Sharecropping agreement, Pittsylvania County Heading(African-American, 1871)AuthorWomack, Chas A.Headline1871 Sharecropping agreement, VirginiaDate Published1871 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 14 South Carolina farmer’s semi-literate letter, complaining of “negro government”, “social equality” in courts and schools, and gun-wielding, lackadaisical ex-slaves Heading(African-American, 1873)AuthorGrubbs, R.W. (Richard Williamson), Jr.HeadlineWhite South Carolina farmer criticizes Black gains under ReconstructionDate PublishedMarch 24, 1873 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 15 Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs letter about progress in civilizing the American Indians Heading(African-American, 1884)AuthorStevens, Ezra L.HeadlineUnderground Railroad Conductor later helps civilize American IndiansDate PublishedAugust 6, 1884 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 16 Year Book of the Northern California Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Heading(African-American, 1917)HeadlineNAACP pamphlet celebrating Buchanan v. WarleyPublisherNAACP, Northern California BranchDate Published[1917] Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 17 Gladiola Garden Heading(African-American, 1944)AuthorNewsome, Effie LeeHeadlineGladiola Garden - Children's Poems from the Harlem RenaissancePublisherThe Associated PublishersDate Published1944 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 18 In the Supreme Court of the United States October Term, 1952. No. 8. Brief on Behalf of American Civil Liberties Union...as Amici Curiae. Oliver Brown...vs. Board of Education of Topeka... Heading(African-American, 1952)AuthorLeskes, Theodore and Sol Rabkin, counselHeadlineBrown vs Board of Education Amicus BriefPublisherBar Press Inc.Date Published1952 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold View details 19 NOTICE! STOP Help Save the Youth of America: DON'T BUY NEGRO RECORDS Heading(African-American, 1965)Headline1965 handbill against black musicPublisherCitizen's Council Of Greater New OrleansDate Published1965 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold View details 20 Photograph of the cast of Mo' Better Blues Heading(African-American, 1990)HeadlinePhotograph of Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, et al.Date Published1990 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 21 Freedom, a Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times. Heading(African-American, 1997)AuthorWalker, Kara ElizabethHeadlineVision of emancipation with pop-upsPublisherPeter Norton Family FoundationDate Published1997 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold View details 24 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineBuzz Aldrin Signed Magnificent Desolation LimitedPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 25 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1991 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 28 New England lawyer chides his sister for her anti-slavery bias against Southerners Heading(Anri-Slavery)AuthorGoodridge, SewallHeadlineYankee lawyer in Virginia about anti-slavery prejudiceDate PublishedJan. 13, 1838 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 29 Letter relating to Massachusetts Congressman's views on Abolitionism Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorGrenell, Jr., GeorgeHeadlineMassachusetts Congressman’s views on ending slaveryDate PublishedFeb. 1, 1837 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 30 Autograph Letter Signed by Future Gun Company Magnate foreseeing the end of Abolitionism Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorRickard, L. H.HeadlineConnecticut Democrat condemns Abolitionist scoundrelsDate PublishedAugust 8, 1856 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 31 Ohio Congressman proposes diplomatic resolution of Ohio-Virginia border dispute triggered by arrest of Underground Railroad agents aiding slaves to escape to freedom across the Ohio River Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorVinton, Samuel F., Member of CongressHeadlineOhio Congressman proposes solution to slave controversyDate PublishedDec. 31, 1846 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold View details 34 Autograph draft of the Arizona chapter of the 1883 book, “Resources of the Rocky Mountains" Heading(Arizona)AuthorFarmer, E. J.HeadlineManuscript draft of a southwest guidebookDate Published[1880s] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 37 The Miracle at Coogan's Bluff - Inscribed Heading(Baseball)AuthorKiernan, ThomasHeadlineMiracle at Coogan's Bluff Inscribed - Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca, Etc.PublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1975 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 41 Typescript letter signed by Herbert Hoover addressed to Miss Helen Boyle Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineSigned letter by the Bohemian Herbert HooverDate Published1951 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold View details 49 Minute Book of the Figaro Gold & Silver Mining Company incorporated, July 1863 (cover title) Heading(California - Amador County)AuthorStott, Alex., secretaryHeadlineMs. minutes for Amador Co. mining co., 1863Date Published1863 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 63 Sixteen photographs of the Tupman oil fields [with] four photographs of Big Tar Canyon and accompanying typescript letter signed by R.W. Richards addressed to mining consultant and geologist Stanley Siegfus Heading(California - Oil)HeadlineGeology, mining, and oil in CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 65 Account ledger book for a general, dry goods, and feed store in Pescadero, California Heading(California - Pescadero)AuthorSprague, H.B.HeadlineAccount ledger for Pescadero store, 1877-80Date Published1877-1880 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 104 Letter from C.P. Huntington to Major Ben C. Truman, 1899 Heading(California)AuthorHuntington, Collis P.HeadlineLetter from CA Railway Magnate CP HuntingtonDate Published1899 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 118 Letter from ranch employee to his employer, regarding the sale of various cattle and horses, with sketches of brands Heading(Cattle Ranching)AuthorMonroe, JohnHeadlineSelling cattle & horses in 1890 WyomingDate PublishedMay 14, 1890 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 119 Letter from an inspector at the Stock Association to a Nebraska cattleman, regarding the indictment of four cattle rustlers and the murder of another inspector Heading(Cattle Rustling & Murder)AuthorSmith, James L.HeadlineCattle rusting & murder in 1880s NebraskaDate PublishedMarch 26, 1884 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 120 Ohio farmer writes his father, a Republican Congressman, about the threat of Southern secession Heading(Civil War)AuthorCarey, Mcdonough MonroeHeadlineOhio Congressman’s son predicts political disasterDate PublishedJanuary 24, 1860 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 121 I Wish I Was in Dixie’s Land Sheet Music Heading(Civil War)AuthorEmmett, Dan. D.HeadlineEarly northern printing of “Dixie”, Confederate anthemPublisherFirth, Pond & Co.Date Published1860 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 125 Autograph Letter Signed by Former Confederate Opposing Reconstruction. Heading(Civil War)AuthorWashington, L. Q.HeadlineFormer Confederate opposes Southern ReconstructionDate PublishedAug. 7, 1866 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 126 Letters from an editor to a fellow Douglas Democrat, about threats from pro-Southern Democrats and the need to oppose “disunionists” Heading(Civil War, 1860 election)AuthorLoveland, James C.HeadlineDouglas Democrat threatened by pro-slavery DemocratsDate Published1860s Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold View details 148 Among the An-ko-me-nums Or Flathead Tribes of Indians of the Pacific Coast AuthorCrosby, ThomasHeadlineMissionary Memoir inscribed by Thomas CrosbyPublisherWilliam BriggsDate Published1907 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 155 Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Erie Canal by Inventor of Waterproof Hydraulic Cement Heading(Erie Canal)AuthorWhite, CanvassHeadlineLetter from canal engineer who invented American cementDate PublishedApril 17, 1829 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 159 Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California...To Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State. By Hon. George C. Gorham AuthorField, Stephen J.HeadlineInscribed by Fields to a U.S. AmbassadorPublisher"Printed for a Few Friends, Not Published"Date Published[1893] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 177 A Sketch of the Early Life and of the Civil and Military Services of Maj. Gen. John W. Geary, Candidate of the National Union Party for Governor of Pennsylvania. 1866 Heading(Geary, John W.)HeadlineJohn W. Geary, one-time mayor of San FranciscoPublisherKing & Baird, PrintersDate Published1866 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 186 My Road to Rotary AuthorHarris, Paul P.HeadlinePaul Harris, Road to Rotary with Signed CheckPublisherA. Kroch and SonDate Published1948 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 196 Letter written by a visitor to Hawaii, with vivid descriptions and keen observations Heading(Hawaii)AuthorMeade, G.S.HeadlineLetter from visitor to Hawaii, 1884Date PublishedJune 17-June 30, 1884 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold View details 207 Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to a Darrel Marken, about the true nature of communism, as espoused in his book AuthorHoover, J. EdgarHeadlineLetter signed by J. Edgar Hoover about communismDate PublishedJanuary 8, 1962 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 214 TREK. February 1943 and June 1943 issues - with signed correspondence from editor Nobuo Kitagaki Heading(Japanese-American Internment)AuthorOkubo, Miné, Art EditorHeadlineTREK, two issues by the inmates at TopazPublisherProject Reports Division, Central Utah Relocation CenterDate Published1943 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold View details 223 Oratio Inauguralis de Veritate Religionis Christianae, Quam, Coram Veneranda Ecclesiarum Belgicarum Synodo, Neo Eboraci Convocata, Publice in Aede Sacra Habuit... AuthorLivingston, John HenryHeadlineInscribed in Latin by John Henry LivingstonPublisherSamuel et JohannesDate Published[1785] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 229 Signed Engineer Order No. 2, reassigning a dozen Army Engineers to new posts, 3 of them to the Mexican War front to serve under then Captain Robert E. Lee Heading(Mexican War)AuthorTotten, Colonel JosephHeadlineDocument relating to Robert E. Lee in Mexican-American WarDate PublishedMarch 1, 1848 Estimate$900 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 237 Military appointment for a captain in the cavalry, signed by Benito Juarez Heading(Mexico)AuthorJuarez, BenitoHeadlineBenito Juarez appoints Mexican cavalry captainDate PublishedAugust 5, 1867 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 240 Letter by John Dix to his friend, John Rogers Vinton Heading(Military)AuthorDix, John A.HeadlineLetter by Future Civil War General and NY Governor John DixDate PublishedMay 10, 1826 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 241 The Danites: And Other Choice Selections from the Writings of Joaquin Miller - with Miller ephemera AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineThe Danites 1st Ed, plus inscribed and signed itemsPublisherAmerican News CompanyDate Published1878 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 254 Four letters by or regarding an Indian Agency physician, plus a photograph of dining at an agency Heading(Native American)AuthorDudley, H.W.HeadlinePhysician at Interior Dept. Indian AgenciesDate Publishedc.1896-1900 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 257 Autograph Letter Signed by Naval hero and Chair of Board of Navy Commissioners Heading(Naval)AuthorRodgers, Commodore JohnHeadlineMost famed US Navy commander of Jacksonian eraDate PublishedSeptember 18, 1836 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 270 Archive of nine letters to or from Professor Joseph Rosa of New York about a proposed exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineApplication for exhibit at P.P.I.E. rejectedDate Published1914-1915 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 282 Abraham Lincoln: The War Years Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorSandburg, CarlHeadlineSandburg's Lincoln The War Years signedPublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1939] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 283 De Re Metallica Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorAgricola, GeorgiusHeadlineSigned by Herbert Hoover, photo of Milton FriedmanPublisherThe Mining MagazineDate Published1912 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold View details 284 Leaders Heading(Presidents, 1969)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineSigned by U.S. President Richard NixonPublisherWarner BooksDate Published[1982] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 285 The Real War Heading(Presidents, 1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineSigned by U.S. President Richard NixonPublisherWarner BooksDate Published[1980] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 286 Six Crises Heading(Presidents, 1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineInscribed by U.S. President Richard NixonPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1962 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 297 The Black Gauntlet: A Tale of Plantation Life in South Carolina - inscribed presentation copy AuthorSchoolcraft, Mary HowardHeadlinePlantation Life in South CarolinaPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1860 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$168.75StatusSold View details 313 300 Years In Victoria County Heading(Texas)AuthorGrimes, RoyHeadlineSigned First Ed. 300 Years in Victoria CountyPublisherThe Victoria Advocate Publishing Co.Date Published[1968] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 326 Notarized statement by the master of a whaling vessel and two mates, describing the events of an ill-fated cruise, in an effort to avoid financial responsibility for damages Heading(Whaling)AuthorJoice, E.V., public notaryHeadlineNarrative of ill-fated whaling voyage 1866Date PublishedNov. 9, 1866 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 391 On the Silurian Formation in the Pentland Hills. Heading(Conchology)AuthorHaswell, George C.HeadlineHaswell's own copy w/ original watercolorsPublisherWilliam P. NimmoDate Published1865 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 416 Note Signed by Joseph Lister AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1897 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 417 Note Signed by Joseph Lister, With Photograph AuthorLister, JosephHeadlineJoseph Lister Photo and AutographPublisherNo publisherDate Published1903 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 424 Large four-sheet indenture document for sale of property, signed by the Earl of Sandwich and others AuthorMontagu, John, 4th Earl of SandwichHeadlineEarl of Sandwich signs a documentDate Published23 March, 1743 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 447 A historical collection on Rasputin's assassination at Iusopov Palace on December 30, 1916 Heading(Russia - Rasputin, Grigori Efimovich)HeadlineRasputin's assassination documentedDate Published20th century Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 462 The Downing Street Years AuthorThatcher, MargaretHeadlineMargaret Thatcher Downing Street Years signedPublisherEaston PressDate Published1993 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next