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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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 Lot #102 Daguerreotype of a seated soldier in uniform, holding a sword View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Daguerreotype - Mexican War era)HeadlineDaguerreotype of Mexican War soldier?Date Publishedc. late 1840s Lot #104 Picturing America: Prints, Maps, and Drawings Bearing on the New World Discoveries and on the Development of the Territory that is now the United States View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDeák, Gloria GildaHeadlinePicturing America 2 vols by Gloria DeákPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published[1988] Lot #105 Casas Grandes View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorDi Peso, Charles C.HeadlineCasas Grandes by Chas C DiPeso 8 vols.PublisherNorthland PressDate Published[1974] Lot #109 Exploration de Territoire De L'Orégon, des Californies et de la Mer Vermeille, exécutée pendant les années 1840,1841, et 1842, par M. Duflot De Mofras, Attaché à la Légation de France à Mexico; ouvrage publié par ordre du Roi... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorDuflot de Mofras, EugèneHeadlineDuflot de Mofras investigates CA for FrancePublisherArthus Bertrand, ÉditeurDate Published1844 Lot #110 The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorEdwards, BryanHeadlineIncludes atlas with 12 maps of the West IndiesPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1794; 1819 Lot #111 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEmory, Lieut. Col. W[illiam] H.HeadlineMilitary Reconnoissance Missouri to CaliforniaPublisherWendell & Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 Lot #112 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineWith additional large Reconnaissance mapPublisherWendell & Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 Lot #113 Icones Farlowianae: Illustrations of the Larger Fungi of Eastern North America View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorFarlow, William GilsonHeadlineWith 103 color plates of various American fungiPublisherThe Farlow Library and Herbarium of Harvard UniversityDate Published1929 Lot #115 The Palmetto, Daytona, Florida (wrapper title) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Florida)AuthorChamberlin, C.O., ProprietorHeadlinePalmetto Hotel in Daytona, FL 1905 promoDate Publishedc.1905 Lot #116 Memoir on the Geography, and Natural and Civil History of Florida, Attended by a Map of That Country, Connected With the Adjacent Places and an Appendix, Containing the Treaty of Cession, and Other Papers Relative to the Subject View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Florida)AuthorDarby, WilliamHeadlineDarby's Memoir of Florida 1821 with mapPublisherPrinted by T.H. PalmerDate Published1821 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 #118 Florida, The Land of Opportunity: Fort Pierce Farms in the Indian River Country View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Florida)HeadlineFind paradise at Fort Pierce Farms FloridaPublisherMunder-Thompson PressDate Publishedc.1912 Lot #119 Lake View Hotel, Leesburg, Florida. E.C. Worrell, Proprietor - M.F. Wistar, Manager (wrapper title) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Florida)HeadlineRare Florida hotel brochureDate Publishedafter 1909 Lot #120 Sightseeing of St. Petersburg and Gulf Beaches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Florida)HeadlineSt. Pete FL guide with pictorial mapPublisherSouthern Tours, Inc.Date Publishedc.1950 Lot #121 Highland Park, Polk County, Florida View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Florida)AuthorYarnell, Irwin A.HeadlineExclusive Florida enclave of Highland Park with mapDate Published1919 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 #128 The Pinkerton Labor Spy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFriedman, MorrisHeadlineFriedman's Pinkerton Labor Spy ExposéPublisherWilshire Book Co.Date Published[1907] Lot #129 The Central Gold Region. The Grain, Pastoral, and Gold Regions of North America. With Some New Views of Its Physical Geography; and Observations on the Pacific Railroad View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGilpin, WilliamHeadlineGilpin's Central Gold Region, 1860PublisherSower, Barnes & Co.Date Published1860 Lot #130 Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Ounce Troy, at Different Degrees of Fineness. with other Tables, which will be found useful to Bankers, Assayers, Chemists, Merchants, Dealers in Bullion and Ores View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Gold & Silver)AuthorPrice, ThomasHeadlineTable of Gold and Silver Values, 1881PublisherA.J. LearyDate Published1881 Lot #132 The Perils of Pearl Street, Including a Taste of the Dangers of Wall Street, by a Late Merchant View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Author[Greene, Asa]HeadlineEarly cautionary novella about Wall StreetPublisherPublished by Betts & Anstice, and Peter HillDate Published1834 Lot #134 The Arizona Limited or Across the Continent Afoot View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHarman, Michael G.HeadlineAcross the Continent Afoot! 1909, InscribedPublisherSouthern Publishing CompanyDate Published1909 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 #143 The Christiana Riot and The Treason Trials of 1851 An Historical Sketch View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorHensel, W.U.HeadlineInfamous Lancaster PA Treason Trials, SignedPublisherThe New Era Printing CompanyDate Published1911 Lot #144 History of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHittell, Theodore H.HeadlineHittell's History of California 1st EditionPublisherPacific Press & N.J. StoneDate Published1885-1898 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 #146 Celebrated American Caverns, Especially Mammoth, Wyandot, and Luray, together with Historical, Scientific, and Descriptive Notices of Caves and Grottoes in Other Lands [with] The Caverns of Luray View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHovey, Horace C.HeadlineTwo works on American Caverns, one signedPublisherRobert Clark & Co.; Crowl & LehnerDate Published1882; 1893 Lot #147 The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHubbard, Gurdon SaltonstallHeadlineAutobiography of prominent Chicago land speculatorPublisherThe Lakeside Press; R.R. Donnelley & Sons CompanyDate Published[1911] Lot #150 A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineIrving's Life of Christopher Columbus 1828PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1828 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 #156 The Congressional Globe: Containing the Debates and Proceedings of the First Session of the Thirty-Sixth Congress: Also, of the Special Session of the Senate View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Judaica & Jefferson Davis' copy)HeadlineJefferson Davis' copy of Congressional Globe 1860PublisherPrinted at the Office of John C. RivesDate Published1860 Lot #158 The Star-Spangled Banner Pantomime View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKey, Francis ScottHeadlineStar-Spangled Banner Pantomime w/ sheet musicPublisherEdgar S. WernerDate Published1903 Lot #160 Tragedies of the Osage Hills View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLamb, Arthur H.HeadlineTales of the Osage Hills in the Early WestPublisherRaymond Red CornDate Published[No date] Lot #161 The Cripple Creek Strike View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLangdon, EmmaHeadlineLangdon's Cripple Creek Strike & Colorado LaborPublisherThe Great Western Publishing Co.Date Published1904-1905 Lot #162 The Cripple Creek Strike 1903-1904 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorLangdon, EmmaHeadlineThe Cripple Creek Strike, Charles Moyer's copyPublisherVictor Daily RecordDate Published1904 Lot #163 Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and by Direction of its committee on Historical Documents. Together with Manuscript material of Lewis and Clark from other Sources including Notebooks, Letters, Maps, etc. and the Journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorLewis, Meriwether & William Clark.HeadlineJournals of Lewis and Clark 1904 EditionPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1904-5 Lot #165 Reunion Rhymes of "Tenderfoot" and "Grayback" Times: and songs of the Grand Army of the Republic... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Lozier, John Hogarth]HeadlineCivil War Union soldier song bookPublisher[Lozier Bros.]Date Published[c. 1880s] Lot #166 Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of That Country. Illustrated with maps and a portrait of the author View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorMackenzie, AlexanderHeadlineMackenzie's Voyages rare 2-volume issue 1802PublisherPublished by John MorganDate Published1802 Lot #167 Summary of the Course of Permanent Fortification and of the Attack and Defence of Permanent Works for the use of the Cadets of the U.S. Military Academy View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMahan, D.H.Headline1850 Guide to military siege engineering.PublisherLith. at the U.S. Mil. Acady. PressDate Published1850 Lot #168 The American Bird-Keeeper's Manual; or Directions for the Proper Management of American and Foreign Singing Birds with Particular Instructions for the Breeding of Canary Birds,... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMann, JamesHeadline1848 Guide to managing a variety of song birdsPublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1848 Lot #169 Practical Orange Culture: Including the Culture of the Orange, Lemon, Lime, and Other Citrus Fruits, as Grown in Florida. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorManville, A.H.Headline1883 guide to growing citrus in FloridaPublisherAshmead Bros.Date Published1883 Lot #170 The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. With Maps Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineEarly handbook for overland expeditionPublisherSampson Low, Son, and Co.Date Published1860 Lot #172 [Chronica de la Provincia de S. Antonio de los Charcas,del Orden de Nro. Seraphico P.S. Francisco en las Indias Occidentales, Reyno del Peru] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Author[Mendoza, Diego de]HeadlineDiego de Mendoza's Chronica, 1664Date Published[c. 1664] 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 #174 El Exmo. Sr. presidente interino de la República Mexicana se ha servido dirigirme el decreto que sigue: "El presidente interino de la República Mexicana, á los habitantes de ella, sabed: que el Congreso general ha decretado lo siguiente... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Texas War)AuthorBarragán, MiguelHeadlinePaying for war against Texas rebels, 1836 broadsideDate PublishedEnero 9 de 1836 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next