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Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 Lot #117 Letter about land claims after U.S. Supreme Court’s validation of the vast Spanish Arredondo land grant in the Florida Territory View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Florida)AuthorDrysdale, JohnHeadlineLetter by Arredondo grantee Florida Terr. landownerDate PublishedJune 27, 1832 Lot #122 Handwritten 19th-century dessert recipe book View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Food & Drink)Author[Sanford, C.F.]HeadlineHandwritten dessert recipe book from the 1830sDate Published[c. 1830s] Lot #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. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Expedition w/ map and signed ephemeraPublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 Lot #135 My Road to Rotary View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHarris, Paul P.HeadlinePaul Harris, Road to Rotary with Signed CheckPublisherA. Kroch and SonDate Published1948 Lot #142 Letter from first American envoy to Hawaii after U.S. annexation View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorSewall, Harold MarshHeadlineU. S. Diplomat hopes to be 1st governor of HawaiiDate PublishedNov. 30, 1899 Lot #145 Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to a Darrel Marken, about the true nature of communism, as espoused in his book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHoover, J. EdgarHeadlineLetter signed by J. Edgar Hoover about communismDate PublishedJanuary 8, 1962 Lot #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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorJohnston, William GrahamHeadlineExperiences of a '49er, signed w/ rare mapPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1892 Lot #154 Understanding California Government and Politics View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Jonestown Massacre)AuthorRyan, Leo J.HeadlineSigned by Leo J. Ryan, victim at JonestownPublisherFearon PublishersDate Published[1966] Lot #155 For the Love of the Game View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorJordan, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Michael JordanPublisherCrown Publishers, Inc. Lot #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 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorTotten, Colonel JosephHeadlineRelating to Robert E. Lee in Mexican-American WarDate PublishedMarch 1, 1848 Lot #182 Letter from a pioneer woman in the Michigan wilderness View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Michigan)AuthorIngersoll, Mary A.HeadlineIndian traders and bears on the Lake Superior shoreDate PublishedJune 25, 1849 Lot #183 American statesman writes about military weaponry View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Military)AuthorRush, RichardHeadlineAmerican statesman denigrates French bayonetistsDate PublishedAugust 21, 1840 Lot #190 The Writings of John Muir - Manuscript Edition View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Muir Manuscript Edition DeluxePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1916-24 Lot #192 Four letters by or regarding an Indian Agency physician, plus a photograph of dining at an agency View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Native American)AuthorDudley, H.W.HeadlinePhysician at Interior Dept. Indian AgenciesDate Publishedc.1896-1900 Lot #195 Political letter by Luman Reed’s son-in-law and overseer of his farsighted New York Picture Gallery View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(New York)AuthorAllen, TheodoreHeadlinePolitical letter by son-in-law of great American art collectorDate Published[November 1838] Lot #206 Jamaica: Enslaved and Free View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorPeck, GeorgeHeadlineJamaica as a model for Abolition, 1846PublisherPublished by Lane & TippettDate Published1846 Lot #223 Fifty Years of the Maidstone Club, 1891-1941 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Author[Rattray, Jeannette Edwards and Julian Myrick]HeadlineSigned by Jeannette Edwards RattrayPublisher[Privately Printed]Date Published[1941] Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorSitgreaves, LorenzoHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Lorenzo SitgreavesDate PublishedMay 18, 1833 Lot #266 Gold Rush Steamers [of the Pacific] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWiltsee, Ernest A.HeadlineSigned by Ernest A. WiltseePublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1938 Lot #280 "Make a Note of It" - unpublished manuscript View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorAustin, MauriceHeadlineUnpublished manuscript on aviation and motorcyclesDate Published[c. 1965] Lot #321 Argonauts of the South View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorHurley, FrankHeadlineHurley's Argonauts of the South w/signed letterPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1925 Lot #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. View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Perry, Matthew Calbraith)AuthorHawks, Francis L.HeadlineWith Nude Bathing Plate & Perry SignaturePublisherBeverley Tucker, Senate PrinterDate Published1856 Lot #347 Autograph Letter Signed to a sympathetic Republican Senator on supporting the Spanish-American Peace Treaty with a reservation for Philippine self-government View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Philippine-American War)AuthorBryan, William JenningsHeadlineW. J. Bryan approves 1898 Paris Treaty with reservationsDate Published[January 1899] Lot #365 Visas for Life View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSugihara, YukikoHeadlineJapanese Rescue Jews in Nazi Europe, SignedPublisher[Edu-Comm. Plus]Date Published[1995] Lot #381 Travels in Egypt and The Holy Land. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorWilson, William RaeHeadlineTravels in the Holy Land, Inscribed to AmbassadorPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and GreenDate Published1824 Lot #419 Illustrative map of Shanghai: Specially mapped for Allied Forces, with the compliments of Mr. Y.C. Chang's Allies Reception Houses View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(China - Shanghai)AuthorHu, MinshanHeadlinePost-war pocket map of Shanghai, ChinaPublisherY.C. ChangDate Published1945 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next