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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter about American exile's business dispute Heading(African American, 1799)AuthorBelin de Villeneuve, PaulHeadlineLetter by Haitian master of famous “Faithful Slave”Date PublishedMay 24, 1799 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #2 British Navy Captain writes Spanish Governor of Cuba about American Naval deserters Heading(African American, 1833)AuthorM’Quhae, Peter [Commander of His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop Fly]HeadlineAmerican sailors seized by the British in CubaDate PublishedMay 1, 1833 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #4 Mortgage document for sale for $700 of a slave family Heading(African American, 1844)AuthorSnell, JohnHeadlineSale of entire slave family in AlabamaDate PublishedMay 29, 1844 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #5 Letter by a New York merchant on a business trip to Louisiana approves of slavery Heading(African American, 1847)AuthorEastwood, WilliamHeadlineNY merchant writes while a slave was whippedDate PublishedFeb. 24, 1847 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #6 Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison… Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorGarrison, William LloydHeadlineInscribed by America's leading AbolitionistPublisherB. F. WallcutDate Published1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #9 Letter from a US Navy Captain describing his voyage to the West Indies, including the strange slave island of Sombrero. Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorDove, Benjamin M., Captain, USS ReliefHeadlineSlave miners on a guano-rich West Indian islandDate PublishedSept. 17, 1859 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #10 Letter praising executed radical Abolitionist John Brown as “the Man of the Century” Heading(African American, 1860)AuthorLesley, John PeterHeadlineGeologist lauds the treasonous John BrownDate PublishedMarch 28, 1860 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #11 Officers of the National Freedman’s Relief Association, organized in New York, February 22, 1862 Heading(African American, 1862)HeadlineFirst society formed to aid freed slaves in SouthDate PublishedFebruary 22 - July 26, 1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #12 Legal letter about a woman slave-owner's compensation for 2 ex-slaves, emancipated in Washington Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorDuvall, George W. (for Eleanor B. Hilleary)HeadlineHeiress seeks compensation emancipated slavesDate PublishedMay 6, 1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #13 Maritime manuscript ledger of Baker, Wells & Co. Lumber Yard, New York Heading(African American, 1863)Author[Getty, Captain]HeadlineCivil War NY employer of Blacks ledgerDate Published1862-1863, 1868-1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #14 Freedmen’s Bureau officer's manuscript account of the allegation of a white man’s assault on a Black teenage girl Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorHogarty, William P. [2nd Lt., 21st Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps]HeadlineFreedmen's Bureau investigates assault on Black girlPublisherUS Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned LandsDate PublishedJuly 5, 1866 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #15 Letter about a northerner’s success overseeing a postwar Mississippi plantation after slavery Heading(African American, 1866)Author[Phelps, William G.?]HeadlineOhio lawyer overseer on Reconstruction plantationDate PublishedJune 26, 1866 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #16 Letter of a New York farmer while visiting President Grant’s Washington Heading(African American, 1872)AuthorWhite, J.HeadlineRacist letter by NY Democrat during 1872 electionDate PublishedJuly 22, 1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #24 Of Minnie the Moocher & Me Heading(African American, 1976)AuthorCalloway, Cab and Bryant RollinsHeadlineInscribed and signed by Cab CallowayPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1976 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #25 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #26 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #48 Two letters written shortly after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, from an American expatriate in Italy to a friend in San Francisco, inquiring about events following the catastrophe Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorCarr, Michael C.Headline1906 quake letters from American in ItalyDate PublishedApril 21 & May 10, 1906 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #57 Letter by future famed San Francisco journalist Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorWilliams, SamuelHeadlineLetter by a future San Francisco literary journalistDate PublishedDecember 23, 1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #58 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #73 Chemistry notebook for W.M. Berkowitz Heading(Chemistry)AuthorBerkowitz, W.M.HeadlineStudent Chemistry notebook, w/ illustrationsDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #76 Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys AuthorCollins, MichaelHeadlineInscribed by astronaut Michael CollinsPublisherFarrar Straus and GirouxDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #78 Manuscript Expediente regarding an inheritance and a young boy born free in Puerto Rico who was taken to Cuba where he was sold as a slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlinePuerto Rican boy sold into Cuban slaveryDate Publishedc.1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #79 Manuscript Expediente regarding permission to act as a "bounty hunter" of rebellious slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineBounty hunter of rebellious slaves in Cuba 1879Date Published1879 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #80 Manuscript Expediente [legal proceeding] regarding slaves "hidden" on a plantation in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves flee Cuban plantation due to choleraDate Published1870 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #81 Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese & Black slaves sold in CubaDate Published1854-1855 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #90 Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 AuthorGillett, James B.HeadlineSix Years with the Texas Rangers signedPublisherVon Boeckmann-JonesDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #100 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 '49erPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #103 N by E AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineN by E, signed by Rockwell KentPublisherBrewer & WarrenDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #131 California Stock Horse AuthorOrtega, Luis B.HeadlineCalifornia Stock Horse signed by Luis Ortega 1stPublisher[News Publishing Company]Date Published[1949] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #136 To Heal and to Build: The Programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson Heading(Presidents, 1963)AuthorBurns, James MacGregor, editorHeadlineSigned by Lyndon Johnson w/sealed envelopePublisherMcGraw-Hill Book Co.Date Published1968 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #139 Extensive collection of works signed and/or inscribed by principals involved in the Richard Nixon Watergate scandal Heading(Presidents, 1969)HeadlineMammoth collection of Watergate autographsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #140 Six Crises Heading(Presidents, 1969)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineSigned and inscribed by Richard NixonPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #147 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #151 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineWith Handwritten Note from H.B. StowePublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #157 Archive of items relating to Adolph Sutro and his business dealings in San Francisco and Nevada Heading(Sutro, Adolph)HeadlineAdolph Sutro rents property in old San FranciscoDate Published1855-c.1890s View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #172 Official copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri, signed on September 2, 1945 Heading(World War II)HeadlineRare copy of Japanese Surrender Document 1945Date Publishedc.1945 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #259 Letter from Col. George M. Barnard, serving aboard the U.S.S. Ashuelot, stationed in Yokohama, Japan and roving the China Sea, describing the people and tumultuous events in China and Japan Heading(Japan & China)AuthorBarnard, George M., Jr.HeadlineU.S. Officer in China & Japan, 1877 letterDate PublishedJune 22, 1877 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #297 Administration Bond of $300 indemnity Heading(Singapore)AuthorNeo, Tan Boey; Chang Jeun Chung; Tan Seeoo, and H. C.Cardwell (Clerk)HeadlineEarly document from the new British colony of SingaporePublisherUnited Company of Merchants of England, trading to the East IndiesDate PublishedMarch 12, 1838 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #316 Bibliography of Aeronautics Heading(Aeronautics)AuthorBrockett, PaulHeadlineBrockett's Aeronautics BibliographyPublisherThe Smithsonian Institution [reprint: Maurizio Martino]Date Published1920 [reprint: c.1966] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #317 Histoire de L'Aéronautique Heading(Aeronautics)AuthorDollfus, Charles, and Henri BouchéHeadlineDollfus & Bouché's History of AviationPublisherL'IllustrationDate Published1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #318 Fifteen volumes on the history of lighter and heavier than air aviation Heading(Aeronautics)Headline15 Volumes on Early AviationDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #320 Four volumes on early American aviation, mostly lighter than air Heading(Aeronautics)HeadlineAmericana Lighter Than AirDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #321 The Lafayette Flying Corps Heading(Aeronautics)AuthorHall, James Norman & Charles Bernard NordhoffHeadlineStory of American fighter pilots in World War IPublisherHoughton Mifflin Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1920 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #322 The Journal of The Royal Aeronautical Society - Vols. 46-56 comprising the years 1942-1952 Heading(Aeronautics)HeadlineJournal of the Royal Aeronautical Society, 1942-52PublisherWightman & Co.Date Published1942-52 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #332 Parachutes Heading(Aeronautics)AuthorSoden, F.O.HeadlineFamous 1920s Parachuter's Text on the SubjectPublisherThe Royal Aeronautical SocietyDate Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #333 A System of Aeronautics, Comprehending its Earliest Investigations, and Modern Practice and Art. Heading(Aeronautics)AuthorWise, SamHeadlineWise's History of Aeronautics, 1856PublisherJoseph A. SpeelDate Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #334 15 French works on lighter than air and early aviation Heading(Lighter Than Air)HeadlineFrench Lighter Than Air, Montgolfier to ModernDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #338 The Startling Exploits of Dr. J.B. Quiès Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorCélière, PaulHeadlineExploits & Adventures, w/Ballooning TalesPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #339 The Celebration of The 99th Anniversary of our National Independence... July 5th, 1875... After which, there will be a grand Balloon Ascension! Heading(Lighter Than Air)Headline1875 4th of July with "Balloon Ascension!"PublisherNeedham Chronicle PrintDate Published1875 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #340 My Life and Balloon Experiences - 2 copies Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorCoxwell, HenryHeadline2 Copies of English Balloonist's MemoirsPublisherW.H. Allen & Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #341 Histoire de la Navigation Aérienne Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorFonvielle, W. deHeadlineFonvielle's History of BallooningPublisherHachette et CieDate Published1907 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #342 Balloons Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorGibbs-Smith, C.H.HeadlineAriel Press: Balloons, With 12 PlatesPublisherThe Ariel PressDate Published[1956] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #343 Voyages Aériens Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorGlaisher, J., Camile Flammarion, W de Fonvielle and Gaston TissandierHeadlineAccounts of Balloon Flight by Tissandier et al.PublisherL. Hachette et Cie.Date Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #344 Travels in the Air Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorGlaisher, JamesHeadlineWith six chromolithographed balloon viewsPublisherRichard Bentley & SonDate Published1871 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #346 La Conquête de l'Air vue par l'Image (1495-1909) Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorGrand-Carteret, John, and Léo DelteilHeadlineHistory of Flight in Drawings and PhotosPublisherLibrairie des AnnalesDate Published[c.1911] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #347 Fowls of a Feather Flock together Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorKay, JohnHeadlineJohn Kay's Etching of Early Balloonists, 1785Date Published1785 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #349 Les Causeries Scientifiques du Docteur Nemo: L'Aérostation Heading(Lighter Than Air)HeadlineFrench Tales of Early Balloon Flight, 1898PublisherTolraDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #350 An Account of the First Aerial Voyage in England, In a Series of Letters to his Guardian, Chevalier Gherardo Compagni... Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorLunardi, VincentHeadlineLunardi's First Manned Flight Over EnglandPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1784 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #351 Two editions of Fulgence Marion's Wonderful Balloon Ascents Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorMarion, FulgenceHeadlineIllustrated Balloon Aviation, British & SpanishDate Published[1870], 1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #352 Wonderful Balloon Ascents: Or, The Conquest of the Skies - 3 copies Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorMarion, FulgenceHeadlineIllustrated Balloon Aviation, 3 US Eds.PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1870, 1874 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #353 Two autograph letters from Lord North, introducing balloonist Jean-Pierre Blanchard Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorNorth, FrederickHeadlineLord North Introduces Balloonist BlanchardDate Published1784 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #355 Description des expériences de la machine aérostatique de MM. de Montgolfier, et de celles auxquelles cette découverte a donné lieu... [bound with] Premiere suite de la description des expériences aérostatique de MM. Montgolfier. Tome second. Heading(Lighter than Air)AuthorSant-Fond, M. Faujas deHeadlineEarliest account of first aerial voyage, 1783-4PublisherCuchetDate Published1783-1784 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #356 My Air-Ships Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorSantos-Dumont, A.HeadlineSantos-Dumont, Aviation & Airship PioneerPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #357 Signed entry ticket to the Aérodrome de la Condamine Heading(Lighter Than Air)HeadlineAerodrome de la Condamine Entry TicketDate Published1902 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #358 Three works on exploration via air balloon Heading(Lighter Than Air)HeadlineExploration Via BalloonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #359 Histoire de Mes Ascensions - 2 copies Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorTissandier, GastonHeadlineTissandier's Balloon Voyages, 1868-1888PublisherMaurice DreyfousDate Published1887, [c.1889] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #360 Astra Castra, Experiments and Adventures in the Atmosphere. Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorTurnor, H.HeadlineGuillemin's History of Human FlightPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #364 Joseph et Etienne de Montgolfier Heading(Lighter Than Air)AuthorVaulx, Comte de la, and Paul TissandierHeadlineMontgolfier Brothers, Illustrated with FacsimilesDate Published1926 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next