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Previous|1|Next Image Lot Item Title Time Left Your Bids 2 Governor of British Barbados to anti-slavery London Bishop condemning corrupt slave-owners Heading(African American, 1788)AuthorParry, DavidHeadlineInhumane treatment of slaves on British BarbadosDate PublishedJuly 29, 1788 Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold View details 3 Receipt for a bond to cover the cost of private prosecution of John Powers Cailiff and Nancy Califf, accused of Negro Stealing Heading(African American, 1811)AuthorPowers, Roger; and Levi GlassHeadlineAccusation of Negro Stealing in early 19th century GeorgiaDate PublishedOct. 11, 1811 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 4 Letter to missionary’s wife in China describing mistreatment of a fugitive slave Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorDunlap, B.J. [Barbara Jarvis]HeadlineLetter sent to China about the torture of an American slaveDate PublishedNov. 1, 1852 Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 5 Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Born a Slave in St. Domingo. Heading(African American, 1854)HeadlinePierre Toussaint: Philanthropist, Hairdresser, Ex-SlavePublisherCrosby, Nichols, and CompanyDate Published1854 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 6 Letter mentioning a benefit Fair held by “the colored people” Heading(African American, 1856)Author[Wall, Eliza?]HeadlineColored People's Fair after Fremont's defeatDate PublishedNovember 20, 1856 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 7 Letter from Alabama slave-owner about trading inherited slaves Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorGarber, Dr. Alexander MenziesHeadlineSlave swapping on North Carolina plantationDate PublishedDec. 15, 1859 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold View details 8 Official letter certifying the enlistment of Joseph D. Champion for one year’s service in the US Navy 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 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 9 Letter from Freedmen’s Bureau entrepreneur about South Carolina freed slaves celebrating war’s end and Emancipation Heading(African American, 1865)AuthorDodge, J. G.HeadlineCarpetbagger organized freed slaves' celebrationPublisherOffice of the Superintendent of FreedmenDate PublishedApril 12, 1865 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold View details 10 Letter about the end of the Freedman's Bureau Heading(African American, 1868)AuthorMoore, Colonel StephenHeadlineLast days of the Freedmen’s Bureau in North CarolinaPublisherBureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned LandsDate PublishedDec. 11, 1868 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details 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 Heading(African American, 1878)AuthorFlipper, Henry OssianHeadlineFirst African-American at West PointPublisherHomer Lee & Co.Date Published1878 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,250StatusSold View details 12 Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs letter about progress in civilizing the American Indians Heading(African American, 1884)AuthorStevens, Ezra L.HeadlineIndian bureau clerk led DC Underground RRDate PublishedAugust 6, 1884 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 13 Free At Last Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorCollins, Mrs. Jane S.HeadlineEarly novel on Black civil rightsPublisherMurdoch, Kerr & Co.Date Published1896 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold View details 14 The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorWayland, H.L.HeadlineSigned by H.L. WaylandDate Published1896 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 15 The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man Heading(African American, 1927)AuthorJohnson, James WeldonHeadlineJames Weldon Johnson's novel, un-anonymizedPublisherGarden City Publishing Co.Date Published1927 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 16 Native Son Heading(African American, 1940)AuthorWright, RichardHeadlineWright's Native Soon, 1st ed. and inscribedPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1940 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold View details 17 The Need of Unity and Cooperation Among American Negroes Heading(African American, 1946)AuthorBarrett, SamuelHeadlineBarrett's Call for Black American UnityPublisherVoice Publishing CompanyDate Published1946 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 18 The Souls of Black Folk, Essays and Sketches Heading(African American, 1953)AuthorDu Bois, W. E. BurghardtHeadlineDu Bois, The Souls of Black Folk Signed 1953PublisherThe Blue Heron PressDate Published1953 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold View details 19 Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Heading(African American, 1967)AuthorKing, Martin Luther, Jr.HeadlineInscribed & signed by Martin Luther King, Jr.PublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1967] Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$9,375StatusSold View details 20 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. Heading(African American, 1969)AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineSigned by Coretta Scott KingPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 21 Walking with the Wind, A Memoir of the Movement Heading(African American, 1998)AuthorLewis, JohnHeadlineWalking with the Wind Inscribed by John LewisPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1998] Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold View details 22 Between the World and Me Heading(African American, 2015)AuthorCoates, Ta-NehisiHeadlineSigned by Ta-Nehisi CoatesPublisherSpiegel & GrauDate Published[2015] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 24 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 25 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1991] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 26 Brown University manuscript history class notes Author[Almy, Herbert]Headline1870 History notebook of Brown University studentDate Published[1870] Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 29 An Examination of the Mosaic Laws of Servitude Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorJay, WilliamHeadlineNoted Abolitionist on slavery among the ancient JewsPublisherM. W. DoddDate Published1854 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 30 Letter from Abolitionist Congressman hailing Universal Freedom Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorLovejoy, OwenHeadlineCongressman who championed Emancipation ProclamationDate PublishedDecember 8, 1862 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 31 Letter by Boston anti-slavery orator to passionate young Abolitionist Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorPhillips, WendellHeadlineRadical anti-slavery crusader’s advice to a young AbolitionistDate Published[c.1857] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 32 Early letter by America’s richest anti-slavery crusader and John Brown benefactor Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorSmith, GerritHeadlineAbolitionist Gerrit Smith praises pro-slavery politician?Date PublishedDecember 25, 1838 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 33 U.S. Senate documents political future of non-slave California and New Mexico territories Heading(Anti-Slavery)HeadlineCalifornia/New Mexico in national debate over slaveryDate Published1848-1849 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 34 Voices of the True-Hearted Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorWhittier, John G.; Henry Longfellow; William Lloyd Garrison et alHeadlineLiterary anthology with anti-slavery poetry and proseDate Published[1846] Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold View details 38 Letter from a Baptist preacher, famed advocate of religious liberty Heading(Baptist - Religious Freedom)AuthorMoore, JeremiahHeadlineVirginia Baptist preacher who championed religious libertyDate PublishedApril 6, 1805 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold View details 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 Heading(California - San Jose)AuthorHester, Craven P.HeadlineLetter from San Jose District Attorney 1850Date PublishedNov. 28, 1850 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 76 Three letters from Alabama plantation agent who was a founder of Madera County Heading(California)AuthorBorden, Dr. Joseph, [Borden & Buck]HeadlineSlave agent, later a founding father of Madera CountyDate Published1860 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 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. AuthorCarrington, Henry B.HeadlineThe Experience of an Officer's Wife on the PlainsPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1878 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 85 Banking House certificate to Charles Porter for $500 deposit in the Gold Rush boom town bank of Chinese, California Heading(Chinese American)AuthorMiller, Solomon; and C. W. H. SolinskyHeadlineCertificate from gold rush bank in Chinese, CaliforniaPublisherMiller & Co.Date PublishedJune 17, 1865 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 86 Receipt for Faro Gambling House License Heading(Chinese American)HeadlineGambling license for a Chinese man in MontanaDate PublishedJuly 6, 1889 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 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 Heading(Crowninshield heiress)AuthorThies, Clara CrowninshieldHeadlineLetter from a Boston Brahmin fearful of German RevolutionDate PublishedMay 20, 1849 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 100 Identification document (Cedula) for a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineRare Cedula for Chinese slave in Cuba 1861Date Published1861 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold View details 117 Letter about land claims after U.S. Supreme Court’s validation of the vast Spanish Arredondo land grant in the Florida Territory Heading(Florida)AuthorDrysdale, JohnHeadlineLetter by Arredondo grantee Florida Terr. landownerDate PublishedJune 27, 1832 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold View details 122 Handwritten 19th-century dessert recipe book Heading(Food & Drink)Author[Sanford, C.F.]HeadlineHandwritten dessert recipe book from the 1830sDate Published[c. 1830s] Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold View details 126 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 [with] signed letter and bond note. AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Expedition w/ map and signed ephemeraPublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold View details 135 My Road to Rotary AuthorHarris, Paul P.HeadlinePaul Harris, Road to Rotary with Signed CheckPublisherA. Kroch and SonDate Published1948 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 142 Letter from first American envoy to Hawaii after U.S. annexation Heading(Hawaii)AuthorSewall, Harold MarshHeadlineU. S. Diplomat hopes to be 1st governor of HawaiiDate PublishedNov. 30, 1899 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 145 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 153 Experiences of a Forty-Niner, by Wm. G. Johnston, a Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California in the Memorable Year 1849 AuthorJohnston, William GrahamHeadlineExperiences of a '49er, signed w/ rare mapPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1892 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold View details 154 Understanding California Government and Politics Heading(Jonestown Massacre)AuthorRyan, Leo J.HeadlineSigned by Leo J. Ryan, victim at JonestownPublisherFearon PublishersDate Published[1966] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 155 For the Love of the Game AuthorJordan, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Michael JordanPublisherCrown Publishers, Inc. Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold View details 173 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-American War)AuthorTotten, Colonel JosephHeadlineRelating to Robert E. Lee in Mexican-American WarDate PublishedMarch 1, 1848 Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 182 Letter from a pioneer woman in the Michigan wilderness Heading(Michigan)AuthorIngersoll, Mary A.HeadlineIndian traders and bears on the Lake Superior shoreDate PublishedJune 25, 1849 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 183 American statesman writes about military weaponry Heading(Military)AuthorRush, RichardHeadlineAmerican statesman denigrates French bayonetistsDate PublishedAugust 21, 1840 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 190 The Writings of John Muir - Manuscript Edition AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Muir Manuscript Edition DeluxePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1916-24 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold View details 192 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$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 195 Political letter by Luman Reed’s son-in-law and overseer of his farsighted New York Picture Gallery Heading(New York)AuthorAllen, TheodoreHeadlinePolitical letter by son-in-law of great American art collectorDate Published[November 1838] Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 206 Jamaica: Enslaved and Free AuthorPeck, GeorgeHeadlineJamaica as a model for Abolition, 1846PublisherPublished by Lane & TippettDate Published1846 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 223 Fifty Years of the Maidstone Club, 1891-1941 Author[Rattray, Jeannette Edwards and Julian Myrick]HeadlineSigned by Jeannette Edwards RattrayPublisher[Privately Printed]Date Published[1941] Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 231 Autograph letter from Lorenzo Sitgreaves, U.S. Army Engineer and future Colorado River explorer, to his cousin John Scott regarding a pessimistic outlook on promotion in the military AuthorSitgreaves, LorenzoHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Lorenzo SitgreavesDate PublishedMay 18, 1833 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold View details 266 Gold Rush Steamers [of the Pacific] AuthorWiltsee, Ernest A.HeadlineSigned by Ernest A. WiltseePublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1938 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 280 "Make a Note of It" - unpublished manuscript AuthorAustin, MauriceHeadlineUnpublished manuscript on aviation and motorcyclesDate Published[c. 1965] Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 321 Argonauts of the South AuthorHurley, FrankHeadlineHurley's Argonauts of the South w/signed letterPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1925 Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 344 Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan, Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854, under the Command of Commodore M.C. Perry, United States Navy, by Order of the Government of the United States. Heading(Perry, Matthew Calbraith)AuthorHawks, Francis L.HeadlineWith Nude Bathing Plate & Perry SignaturePublisherBeverley Tucker, Senate PrinterDate Published1856 Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold View details 347 Autograph Letter Signed to a sympathetic Republican Senator on supporting the Spanish-American Peace Treaty with a reservation for Philippine self-government Heading(Philippine-American War)AuthorBryan, William JenningsHeadlineW. J. Bryan approves 1898 Paris Treaty with reservationsDate Published[January 1899] Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 365 Visas for Life AuthorSugihara, YukikoHeadlineJapanese Rescue Jews in Nazi Europe, SignedPublisher[Edu-Comm. Plus]Date Published[1995] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 381 Travels in Egypt and The Holy Land. AuthorWilson, William RaeHeadlineTravels in the Holy Land, Inscribed to AmbassadorPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and GreenDate Published1824 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 419 Illustrative map of Shanghai: Specially mapped for Allied Forces, with the compliments of Mr. Y.C. Chang's Allies Reception Houses Heading(China - Shanghai)AuthorHu, MinshanHeadlinePost-war pocket map of Shanghai, ChinaPublisherY.C. ChangDate Published1945 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next