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View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorAbert, James W.HeadlineAbert's Examination of New Mexico 1848Date Published[1848] Lot #2 Governor of British Barbados to anti-slavery London Bishop condemning corrupt slave-owners View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(African American, 1788)AuthorParry, DavidHeadlineInhumane treatment of slaves on British BarbadosDate PublishedJuly 29, 1788 Lot #3 Receipt for a bond to cover the cost of private prosecution of John Powers Cailiff and Nancy Califf, accused of Negro Stealing View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1811)AuthorPowers, Roger; and Levi GlassHeadlineAccusation of Negro Stealing in early 19th century GeorgiaDate PublishedOct. 11, 1811 Lot #4 Letter to missionary’s wife in China describing mistreatment of a fugitive slave View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorDunlap, B.J. [Barbara Jarvis]HeadlineLetter sent to China about the torture of an American slaveDate PublishedNov. 1, 1852 Lot #5 Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Born a Slave in St. Domingo. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1854)HeadlinePierre Toussaint: Philanthropist, Hairdresser, Ex-SlavePublisherCrosby, Nichols, and CompanyDate Published1854 Lot #6 Letter mentioning a benefit Fair held by “the colored people” View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1856)Author[Wall, Eliza?]HeadlineColored People's Fair after Fremont's defeatDate PublishedNovember 20, 1856 Lot #7 Letter from Alabama slave-owner about trading inherited slaves View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorGarber, Dr. Alexander MenziesHeadlineSlave swapping on North Carolina plantationDate PublishedDec. 15, 1859 Lot #8 Official letter certifying the enlistment of Joseph D. Champion for one year’s service in the US Navy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorHowe, William Greene, US Army Captain and Provost MarshalHeadlineBlack shoemaker enlists in the Union Navy during Civil WarPublisherProvost Marshal's recruiting officeDate PublishedAug. 30, 1864 Lot #9 Letter from Freedmen’s Bureau entrepreneur about South Carolina freed slaves celebrating war’s end and Emancipation View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1865)AuthorDodge, J. G.HeadlineCarpetbagger organized freed slaves' celebrationPublisherOffice of the Superintendent of FreedmenDate PublishedApril 12, 1865 Lot #10 Letter about the end of the Freedman's Bureau View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(African American, 1868)AuthorMoore, Colonel StephenHeadlineLast days of the Freedmen’s Bureau in North CarolinaPublisherBureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned LandsDate PublishedDec. 11, 1868 Lot #11 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$500 - $800Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1878)AuthorFlipper, Henry OssianHeadlineFirst African-American at West PointPublisherHomer Lee & Co.Date Published1878 Lot #12 Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs letter about progress in civilizing the American Indians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1884)AuthorStevens, Ezra L.HeadlineIndian bureau clerk led DC Underground RRDate PublishedAugust 6, 1884 Lot #13 Free At Last View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorCollins, Mrs. Jane S.HeadlineEarly novel on Black civil rightsPublisherMurdoch, Kerr & Co.Date Published1896 Lot #14 The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorWayland, H.L.HeadlineSigned by H.L. WaylandDate Published1896 Lot #15 The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1927)AuthorJohnson, James WeldonHeadlineJames Weldon Johnson's novel, un-anonymizedPublisherGarden City Publishing Co.Date Published1927 Lot #16 Native Son View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1940)AuthorWright, RichardHeadlineWright's Native Soon, 1st ed. and inscribedPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1940 Lot #17 The Need of Unity and Cooperation Among American Negroes View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1946)AuthorBarrett, SamuelHeadlineBarrett's Call for Black American UnityPublisherVoice Publishing CompanyDate Published1946 Lot #18 The Souls of Black Folk, Essays and Sketches View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1953)AuthorDu Bois, W. E. BurghardtHeadlineDu Bois, The Souls of Black Folk Signed 1953PublisherThe Blue Heron PressDate Published1953 Lot #19 Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1967)AuthorKing, Martin Luther, Jr.HeadlineInscribed & signed by Martin Luther King, Jr.PublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1967] Lot #20 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1969)AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineSigned by Coretta Scott KingPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] Lot #21 Walking with the Wind, A Memoir of the Movement View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1998)AuthorLewis, JohnHeadlineWalking with the Wind Inscribed by John LewisPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1998] Lot #22 Between the World and Me View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 2015)AuthorCoates, Ta-NehisiHeadlineSigned by Ta-Nehisi CoatesPublisherSpiegel & GrauDate Published[2015] Lot #23 Ink and watercolor-gouache drawing of an African American family in a musical interlude with pets and children View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African American, latter 19th century)HeadlineBlack family at afternoon soireeDate PublishedLatter 19th century? Lot #24 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Lot #25 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1991] Lot #26 Brown University manuscript history class notes View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Author[Almy, Herbert]Headline1870 History notebook of Brown University studentDate Published[1870] Lot #27 New Orleans Wholesale Prices Current View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(American Judaica)Author[Levy, Benjamin]HeadlineFirst Jewish printer-publisher in the SouthPublisherBenjamin LevyDate PublishedAugust 17, 1839 Lot #28 The Silver Country or the Great Southwest. A Review of the Mineral and Other Wealth, the Attractions and Material Development of the Former Kingdom of New Spain... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorAnderson, Alex D.HeadlineWith folding map of New Spain circa 1877PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1877 Lot #29 An Examination of the Mosaic Laws of Servitude View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorJay, WilliamHeadlineNoted Abolitionist on slavery among the ancient JewsPublisherM. W. DoddDate Published1854 Lot #30 Letter from Abolitionist Congressman hailing Universal Freedom View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorLovejoy, OwenHeadlineCongressman who championed Emancipation ProclamationDate PublishedDecember 8, 1862 Lot #31 Letter by Boston anti-slavery orator to passionate young Abolitionist View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorPhillips, WendellHeadlineRadical anti-slavery crusader’s advice to a young AbolitionistDate Published[c.1857] Lot #32 Early letter by America’s richest anti-slavery crusader and John Brown benefactor View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorSmith, GerritHeadlineAbolitionist Gerrit Smith praises pro-slavery politician?Date PublishedDecember 25, 1838 Lot #33 U.S. Senate documents political future of non-slave California and New Mexico territories View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)HeadlineCalifornia/New Mexico in national debate over slaveryDate Published1848-1849 Lot #34 Voices of the True-Hearted View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorWhittier, John G.; Henry Longfellow; William Lloyd Garrison et alHeadlineLiterary anthology with anti-slavery poetry and proseDate Published[1846] Lot #35 Mediterranean Domestic Architecture in the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Architecture)AuthorNewcomb, RexfordHeadlineMediterranean Architecture in the United StatesPublisherJ.H. JansenDate Published1928 Lot #36 Group of letters and postcards sent from Japan to family in the U.S. during WWII, one being addressed to an internment camp in Texas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Asian American)HeadlinePostcards from Japan to U.S. WW2Date Published1940s Lot #37 Official publication National Air Races: Los Angeles Municipal Airport, Los Angeles, September 4, 5, 6, 7. 16th Annual World's Premier Air Classic View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Aviation)HeadlineRare program for National Air Races 1936PublisherLos Angeles Chamber of CommerceDate Published1936 Lot #38 Letter from a Baptist preacher, famed advocate of religious liberty View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Baptist - Religious Freedom)AuthorMoore, JeremiahHeadlineVirginia Baptist preacher who championed religious libertyDate PublishedApril 6, 1805 Lot #39 America's National Game: Historical Facts...Evolution, Development and Popularity of Base Ball with Personal Reminiscences of its Vicissitudes, its Victories and its Votaries View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Baseball)AuthorSpalding, Albert G.HeadlineSpalding, America's National Game 1911PublisherAmerican Sports PublishingDate Published1911 Lot #40 Designs on the Land: Diseños of California Ranchos and their Makers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBecker, Robert H.HeadlineDisenos of California Ranchos One of 500 copiesPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1969 Lot #41 Diseños of California Ranchos Maps of thirty-seven Land Grants [1822-1846], from the Records of the United States District Court, San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBecker, Robert H.HeadlineDisenos of California Ranchos One of 400 copiesPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1964 Lot #42 Three Years in California View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorBorthwick, John DavidHeadlineBorthwick's 3 Years in California First EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1857 Lot #43 Visitors Guide 1953: Carmel-by-the-Sea View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Carmel)HeadlineVisitors guide/directory to Carmel, CA 1953Date Published1953 Lot #44 The Nile Valley of America: Imperial Valley, California. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Imperial Valley)HeadlineRare Imperial Valley real estate brochurePublisherPacific Folder Co.Date Publishedc.1910 Lot #45 History of Kern County California, with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Kern County)AuthorMorgan, Wallace M.HeadlineIllustrated History of Kern County CaliforniaPublisherHistorical Record CompanyDate Published1914 Lot #46 Castaic Power Plant construction photo album View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineCastaic Power Plant, construction photo albumDate Published1969-1973 Lot #47 Eighteen aerial photographs of Los Angeles, by Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc., Los Angeles. View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(California - Los Angeles)AuthorFairchild, ShermanHeadlineAerial photos of depression-era Los AngelesPublisherFairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc.Date PublishedFeb. 12, 1934 Lot #48 Vistas de Los Angeles. Views of City and Surroundings. Price, Ten Cents View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineVistas de Los Angeles 1901 with panoramaPublisherPress of Geo. Rice & SonsDate Published[c.1902] Lot #49 Who's Who in Wilmington (cover) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineWho's Who in Wilmington & San Pedro CaliforniaDate Published[1922] Lot #50 History of Marin County, California; Including Its Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography; Together with a Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants...Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(California - Marin County)HeadlineHistory of Marin County CaliforniaPublisherAlley, Bowen & Co.Date Published1880 Lot #51 The Homer Mining Index View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Mono County)AuthorBaker, J.E.HeadlineLundy newspaper, Bodie's neighbor, 1880PublisherJ.E. Baker, Publisher & ProprietorDate Published1880 Lot #52 The Oakland Daily Times. Illustrated Annual 1885. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlineOakland Daily Times, illustrated annual, 1885PublisherTimes Publishing CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #53 Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties, Part 1. Bulletin No. 11 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California - Oil)AuthorWatts, W.L.HeadlineOil and Gas Formations of California, 1897PublisherA..J. JohnsonDate Published1897 Lot #54 Bank draft for settlement of the suit "The United States vs. 194 Boxes of Opium, &c." for $1,110.00 payable to Charles James, Collector View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Opium)AuthorHoffman, Ogden, District JudgeHeadlineOgden Hoffman settles opium lawsuit 1864Date PublishedAug. 18, 1864 Lot #55 Archive of approximately 340 snapshot photographs taken by a lineman on the massive infrastructure project laying power lines from southern California north into Oregon View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - PG&E)AuthorSherman, TomHeadlinePhotos of massive post-war PG&E projectDate Publishedc.1946-1955 Lot #56 10 photographs of California and Utah by Taber and Savage View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Photographs)AuthorTaber, Isaiah West; C.R. SavageHeadlineAlbumen photos of SF, Yosemite, Salt Lake c. 1886PublisherTaber; SavageDate Published[ca. 1886] Lot #57 Public Water Supply of Sacramento: Its Purification and Distribution View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sacramento)HeadlinePotable water for SacramentoPublisherNews Publishing Co.Date Published1937 Lot #58 Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Beach California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Diego County)HeadlineScarce brochure for Hotel Del Coronado, 1915Date Published[1915] Lot #59 San Francisco Cable Co. original cable car rail View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco - Cable Cars)HeadlineOriginal cable car rail, one of an edition of 1000Date Published1982 Lot #60 The Call-Chronicle-Examiner View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlineCombined San Francisco Earthquake newspaperDate PublishedApril 19, 1906 Lot #61 Album of 22 albumen photographs of San Francisco and surroundings, including 6 of Chinatown View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline22 Photos of c.1900 San Fran; ChinatownPublisherTaber Photo [and others]Date Published[c.1900] Lot #62 Business Directory of San Francisco and Principal Towns of California and Nevada, 1877. Containing Names, Business and Address of Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional Men... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBusiness directory of San Francisco 1877PublisherL.M. McKenney PublisherDate Published1877 Lot #63 Haveside Company, Ship Chandlers Sail Makers Ship Riggers, San Francisco, Cal. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineCatalog of the San Francisco Haveside CompanyPublisherH.S. Crocker Company, Inc.Date Published[c.1880-1900] Lot #64 The Philosophy of Marriage... [bound with as issued] Hand-book and descriptive catalogue of the Pacific Museum of Anatomy and Natural Science... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorJordan, Louis J.HeadlineMarriage guide and museum in Old San FranciscoPublisher[Francis & Valentine, Commercial Steam Printing House]Date Published[1865] Lot #65 Large wooden door plane with blade crafted by San Francisco cutler Michael Price View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorPrice, MichaelHeadlineVintage door plane from SF cutler Michael PriceDate Published[c.1856-1889] Lot #66 San Francisco 1915: A pamphlet published by Wells Fargo & Company for its patrons who do not wish to be hampered with a guide book, but desire some brief general information to help them in their way about San Francisco View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineS.F. in 1915 with color map of P.P.I.E.PublisherWells, Fargo & Co.Date Published1915 Lot #67 Sutro Baths - Cliff House - Sutro Heights View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineTaber photos of Sutro Baths & Cliff HouseDate Published1895 Lot #68 Three albumen photographs of views around San Francisco Cliff House View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadline3 c.1880s Photos of San Fran Cliff HousePublisherTaber Photo.Date Publishedc.1880-90 Lot #69 Letter from Craven P. Hester, in San Jose, California, to George Grundy Dunn in Indiana, regarding Hester's financial affairs in Indiana, and events in California View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Jose)AuthorHester, Craven P.HeadlineLetter from San Jose District Attorney 1850Date PublishedNov. 28, 1850 Lot #70 Santa Rosa California. Business Center of the North Bay Counties. (panel title) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Santa Rosa)HeadlineEconomic advertisement for Santa Rosa, 1922PublisherSanta Rosa Chamber of CommerceDate Published[1922] Lot #71 Motorists Guide Sequoia-Gen. Grant National Parks, California View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(California - Sequoia National Park)HeadlineFlyer with maps of Sequoia-Grant National ParksPublisherNational Park ServiceDate Publishedc.1923 Lot #72 The Mail's Illustrated 1892 Almanac View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Stockton)HeadlineStockton CA almanac with illustrations 1892PublisherThe MailDate Published[1891] Lot #73 Motorists Guide Yosemite National Park California 1923 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineMotor guide with road maps in Yosemite 1923PublisherNational Park ServiceDate Published1923 Lot #74 $1,000 reward notice for the capture of cattle and horse thieves View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California)Headline$1000 Reward for California Cattle ThievesPublisherCentral Stockmen's AssociationDate Published1916 Lot #75 Admission Day Celebration: Souvenir and official program, September 4th-9th 1905, Sacramento, Cal. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineNative Sons celebrate California statehood, 1905PublisherH.S. Crocker Co.Date Published1905 Lot #76 Three letters from Alabama plantation agent who was a founder of Madera County View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorBorden, Dr. Joseph, [Borden & Buck]HeadlineSlave agent, later a founding father of Madera CountyDate Published1860 Lot #77 Judge Terry Killed - Shot by a U.S. Marshal at Lathrop... [Evening Mail Extra.] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineRare broadside on murder of Judge Terry 1889Date PublishedAugust 14, [1889] Lot #78 Pacific Coast Steamship Line. Speech of Hon. James McLachlan of California in the House of Representatives, June 16, 1910 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorMcLachlan, JamesHeadlinePlea for Pacific Coast Steamship Line by U.S. Rep.Date Published1910 Lot #79 Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorMeek, F.B & W.M. GabbHeadlineGeological Survey of California. PaleontologyPublisher[Caxton Press of Sherman & Co.]Date Published1864; 1869 Lot #80 Reglamento Para el Gobierno de la Provincia de Californias, Aprobado por S.M. en Real Orden de 24 Octobre de 1781. Regulations for Governing the Province of the Californias approved by His Majesty by Royal Order, dated October 24, 1781 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineRegulations governing California from GrabhornPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1929 Lot #81 Memorial of the People of California against Refunding Pacific Railroad Debt (wrapper title) View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorSutro, Adolph, John T. Doyle, et al.HeadlinePlea against debt refunding for Railroads 1896Publisher[publisher not identified],Date Published1896 Lot #82 Geological Survey of California. Geology. Volume I. Report of Progress and Synopsis of the Field-Work, From 1860 to 1864. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorWhitney, J. D.HeadlineWhitney's landmark survey of California, 1865PublisherPublished by the Authority of the Legislature of CaliforniaDate Published1865 Lot #83 Farm Opportunities in Canada (wrapper title) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Canada)HeadlineFarming the "White Man's Climate" in CanadaPublisherDepartment of Immigration and Colonization.Date Published1925 Lot #84 Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka Land of Massacre: Being the Experience of an Officer's Wife on the Plains. With an Outline of Indian Operations and Conferences From 1865-1878. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorCarrington, Henry B.HeadlineThe Experience of an Officer's Wife on the PlainsPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1878 Lot #85 Banking House certificate to Charles Porter for $500 deposit in the Gold Rush boom town bank of Chinese, California View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese American)AuthorMiller, Solomon; and C. W. H. SolinskyHeadlineCertificate from gold rush bank in Chinese, CaliforniaPublisherMiller & Co.Date PublishedJune 17, 1865 Lot #86 Receipt for Faro Gambling House License View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Chinese American)HeadlineGambling license for a Chinese man in MontanaDate PublishedJuly 6, 1889 Lot #87 Report of the Joint Special Committee to Investigate Chinese Immigration with two related documents. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Immigration)HeadlineThree items concerning U.S. Chinese immigrationDate Published1877 Lot #88 Headquarters, Department of the South, Hilton Head, S.C., April 29, 1864. General Orders, No. 51. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Civil War Ephemera)HeadlineOrder for 200 gun salute to Confederate defeatPublisherDepartment of the SouthDate Published1864 Lot #89 The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion (1861-1865) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorBarnes, Joseph K.HeadlineComplete medical compendium of the Civil WarPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1870-1888 Lot #90 My Diary: North and South View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorRussell, William HowardHeadlineBritish observations of the U.S. Civil WarPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1863 Lot #91 The Rocky Mountain Directory and Colorado Gazetteer for 1871 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Colorado)AuthorWallihan, S. S. , & Company, compilersHeadlineRare Rocky Mountain Directory, 1871PublisherS.S. Wallihan & CompanyDate Published[1870] Lot #92 Silver Mining Regions of Colorado: With Some Account of the Different Processes Now Being Introduced for Working the Gold Ores of that Territory. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Colorado)AuthorWhitney, Joel ParkerHeadlineWhitney's Silver Mining Regions of ColoradoPublisherD. Van NostrandDate Published1865 Lot #93 Frauds Exposed; or, How The People Are Deceived And Robbed, And Youth Corrupted. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorComstock, AnthonyHeadlineFrauds Exposed: early American cons & scamsPublisherJ. Howard BrownDate Published[1880] Lot #94 The Constitution of the State of Massachusetts, and that of the United States; the Declaration of Independence, with President Washington's Farewell Address View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Constitution)HeadlineConstitution of U.S., & Massachusetts, 1805PublisherPrinted and sold by Manning & LoringDate Published1805 Lot #95 Biographical Memoirs of the Illustrious General George Washington, Late President of the United States of America, and Commander in Chief of their Armies, during the Revolutionary War. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorCorry, JohnHeadlineJohn Corry's Memoirs of George Washington, 1810PublisherI. CookeDate Published1810 Lot #96 A Narrative of the Life of David Crockett, of the State of Tennessee View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorCrockett, DavidHeadlineAutobiography of Davy Crocket, 1st ed., 1834PublisherE.L. Carey and A. HartDate Published1834 Lot #97 Crofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide, Containing a Full and Authentic Description of Over Five Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages... passing over the Union Pacific Railroad... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCrofutt, George A., & Co.HeadlineCrofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide 1873PublisherGeo. A CrofuttDate Published1873 Lot #98 Letter from a Boston Brahmin’s illegitimate daughter, Longfellow intimate, fleeing Wagnerian German Revolution while planning the purchase of an Old Masters art collection to bring to America View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Crowninshield heiress)AuthorThies, Clara CrowninshieldHeadlineLetter from a Boston Brahmin fearful of German RevolutionDate PublishedMay 20, 1849 Lot #99 Contract for a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba, whose owner is also Chinese View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese indentured servant contract in CubaDate Published1869 Lot #100 Identification document (Cedula) for a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineRare Cedula for Chinese slave in Cuba 1861Date Published1861 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next Previous 12345 Next