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Previous|1|Next Image Lot Item Title Time Left Your Bids 1 Peace and Bread in Time of War AuthorAddams, JaneHeadlineInscribed and signed by Jane AddamsPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1922 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold View details 2 Two sheets with racist color lithographed cut-outs of African American stereotypes Heading(African American)HeadlineColor lithographs of racist Black stereotypesDate Published19th century Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 3 Legal deposition in a suit over ownership of a female slave Heading(African American, 1824)AuthorWatkins, Dr. Thomas GassawayHeadlineThomas Jefferson’s Doctor, Andrew Jackson’s Slave BrokerDate PublishedMarch 15, 1824 Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 4 Report No. 209, Calvin Mickle, Executor of Nagle & De Frias: account of a slave-trading ship captured by U.S. authorities Heading(African American, 1836)AuthorU.S. House Committee on Foreign AffairsHeadlineCapture of a ship illegally carrying slaves for importDate PublishedJanuary 26, 1836 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 5 Manuscript Document To Edmund Molyneux, His Majesty’s Consul, Savannah, Georgia, from the Superintendent of Consular Officers, British Foreign Office Heading(African American, 1841)AuthorBidwell, Jr., JohnHeadlineBritish Consul chided on slave trade reportingDate PublishedOctober 6, 1841 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 6 Court document ordering the sale of two slaves Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorHarrison, T.B. and Daniel MortonHeadline2 Kentucky slaves auctioned to satisfy owner's debtDate PublishedDec. 1851 - March 1852 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 7 Sworn statement that a horse “estrayed” by another man, was their property, “appraised at thirty dollars Spanish”, describing the animal in detail, including a simple drawing of the brand on the Bay mare’s right hip. Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorTegener, Frederick and John P. StroopeHeadlineAnti-slavery German-American in Confederate TexasDate PublishedJune 16, 1859 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 8 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 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 9 Letter from Cuban revolutionary hero to a free Black inventor Heading(African American, 1866 - Cuba)AuthorGoicouria, General Domingo deHeadlineCuban revolutionary writes to African American inventorDate PublishedMarch 27, 1866 Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 10 Conservative Virginian Republican accused of conspiring to overthrow Black influence in the state Republican Party in the third year of the Reconstruction era Heading(African American, 1868)AuthorHagerty, ThomasHeadlineRacial conflict among Reconstruction Virginia RepublicansDate PublishedDecember 28, 1868 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 11 Letter to literary advisor John Owen, about correcting the text of anti-slavery speech Heading(African American, 1871)AuthorSumner, CharlesHeadlineAnti-slavery hero recalls a speech on the eve of Civil WarDate PublishedAugust 1871 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 12 Galaxy of Stars: Minstrels Heading(African American, 1890s - blackface portrayal)HeadlineBlackface minstrels disembark from a trainPublisherRiverside Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1890s Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold 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 - $500StatusUnsold View details 15 Large original photograph of a thoroughbred racehorse with a large wreath around his neck, identified as Man O' War, being tended by an African American groom, undoubtedly Will Harbut, with two white men in suits observing Heading(African American, 1910)HeadlinePhoto of Man O' War & groom Will HarbutDate Published[c.1920s] Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 16 The National Capital Code of Etiquette [bound with] The New Floyd's Flowers: Short Stories for Colored People Old and Young Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorGreen, Edward S. and Silas X. FloydHeadlineAfrican American etiquette guide 1922PublisherAustin Jenkins Co.Date Published[1922] Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 17 Two academic studies regarding the African American slave trade in South America, and African American folklore, original scholarly printings of landmark academic studies Heading(African American, 1927-1944)AuthorFaust, Arthur Huff; et alHeadlineAfrican American scholarly studiesDate Published1927 & 1944 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 18 Aunt Priscilla in the Kitchen: A collection of winter-time recipes, seasonable menus and suggestions for afternoon teas and special holiday parties. By Aunt Priscilla, herself. Heading(African American, 1929)Author[Purcell, Eleanor]HeadlineRecipes from Aunt Priscilla's Kitchen, 1926PublisherAunt Priscilla PublishingDate Published[1929] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 19 The Negro and his Music [Bronze Booklet No. 2] Heading(African American, 1936)AuthorLocke, AlainHeadlineDean of the Harlem Renaissance on African American musicPublisherAssociates in Negro Folk EducationDate Published1936 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 20 Manuscript Roll Book for a government-sponsored Depression era Black Adult School in Texas Heading(African American, 1937)AuthorBryant, Mattie LeeHeadlineRoll Book, WPA Black Adult School, San Antonio, TXDate Published1937 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 21 Three programs for notable African American music concerts Heading(African American, 1941-1957)Headline3 noteworthy African American music concertsDate Published1941-1957 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 22 March Up Market Street for FREEDOM IN BIRMINGHAM Heading(African American, 1963)HeadlineSan Francisco marches to support Black Civil RightsDate PublishedMay 26, 1963 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 24 Four works by Derrick A. Bell, Jr. relating to what is now "Critical Race Theory" Heading(African American, 1975-1998 - Critical Race Theory)AuthorBell, DerrickHeadlineDerrick Bell on Critical Race Theory, signedDate PublishedVarious dates Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 36 Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays Heading(Baseball)AuthorMays, Willie & Lou SahadiHeadlineSigned by Willie Mays, first editionPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1988 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 37 A View from Above Heading(Basketball)AuthorChamberlain, WiltHeadlineSigned by Wilt Chamberlain, first editionPublisherVillard BooksDate Published1991 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 48 Letter describing women emigrants in St. Louis, bound for the California Gold Rush Heading(California - Gold Rush Letter)AuthorMarsh, Sarah WhitneyHeadlineLetter from Missouri Wagon Train bound for Gold RushDate PublishedMay 1, 1850 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold View details 65 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 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 70 Logbook belonging to Cornelius Martin, Inspector of Hacks and Conveyances for San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorMartin, CorneliusHeadlineLog of S.F. hack inspector c.1875Date PublishedUndated [latter 19th century] Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 76 Letter from the Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico regarding records about early settlers of San Jose Heading(California - San Jose)HeadlineResearching early San Jose settlersDate PublishedMid 19th c.? Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 93 The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes Heading(Civil War)AuthorMiller, Francis Trevelyan, editorHeadlineComplete Photographic History of the Civil WarPublisherThe Review of Reviews Co.Date Published1911-12 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 100 British Navy Captain writes Spanish Governor of Cuba about American Naval deserters Heading(Cuba - Maritime)AuthorM’Quhae, Peter [Commander of His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop Fly]HeadlineAmerican sailors seized by the British in CubaDate PublishedMay 1, 1833 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 102 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 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 103 Manuscript listing Asian and African rebel slaves in Cuba (Cimarrones), and descriptions of three who were caught Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManuscript list of rebel slaves in Cuba 1857Date Published1857 Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 104 Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese & Black slaves sold in CubaDate Published1856-57 Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold View details 105 Renewal contract for a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba, signed in Chinese Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContract for Chinese servant in Cuba 1877Date Published1877 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 106 Archive of documents from the Trinidad, Cuba, military hospital during the Cuban War of Independence, with details about the treatment of wounded, etc. Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban hospital during War for IndependenceDate Published1895-1898 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 108 Two documents describing he attack on Jaruco, Cuba by the independence forces led by General Antonio Maceo Heading(Cuba)HeadlineBattle in Cuban War for Independence 1896 MS.Date PublishedFebruary 19, 1896 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 109 Zona Militar de Magarabomba. Memoria Heading(Cuba)HeadlineManuscript plans for Cuban barracks 1879Date Published1879 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold View details 113 The Invisible Crash AuthorDines, JamesHeadlineInscribed to the author's motherPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1975 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 122 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlinePersonal Memoirs of Ulysses S. GrantPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-86 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 125 Letter from a white Haitian refugee Heading(Haiti)AuthorBelin de Villeneuve, PaulHeadlineLetter by Haitian master of famous “Faithful Slave”Date PublishedMay 24, 1799 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 136 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 Heading(Judaica & Jefferson Davis' copy)HeadlineFirst Jewish prayer to open U.S. House sessionPublisherPrinted at the Office of John C. RivesDate Published1860 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 147 Collection of historical documents assembled for biography of Henry Meiggs Heading(Meiggs, Henry A.)HeadlineDocuments assembled for Henry Meiggs, 1860Date Published[c. 1860] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 164 Letter from Canadian mining engineer to the Colorado superintendent of the Hedges Gold Mine of San Diego County Heading(Mining)AuthorKerr, R.A.HeadlineForgotten Mexican-American mining town of Southern CaliforniaDate PublishedMarch 19, 1896 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 179 The Writings of John Muir, Manuscript Edition AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Muir, Manuscript EditionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1916-1924 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold View details 190 Printed and manuscript indenture on vellum from Pennsylvania dated 18 April 1815 Heading(Pennsylvania)HeadlineIndenture on parchmentPublisherLand-office of PennsylvaniaDate Published1815 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 193 Military document of the 9th Infantry in the Philippines and a War Department leaflet Heading(Philippine-American War)HeadlineTwo documents of the Philippine-American War of 1900Date Published1900 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold View details 202 Signed Appointment of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., as Representative to the United Nations Heading(Presidents, 1953)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineEisenhower appoints Lodge Ambassador to UNDate Published1953 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 204 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 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$1.25StatusSold View details 205 Real Peace, A Strategy for the West Heading(Presidents, 1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineReal Peace, signed by Richard NixonDate Published1983 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 206 My Life Heading(Presidents, 1993)AuthorClinton, BillHeadlineFirst edition signed by Bill ClintonPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2004 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 218 The Army of the United States: Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals–in–Chief. AuthorRodenbough, Theophilus F. and William L. Haskin, editorsHeadlineDetailed unit accounts of the Civil WarPublisherMaynard, Merrill, & Co.Date Published1896 Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 219 Signature of George Ross, on a receipt AuthorRoss, George, Signer from PennsylvaniaHeadlineGeorge Ross Signer from PennsylvaniaDate PublishedJune 28, 1768 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 229 Two signed Bayard Taylor documents AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineAutographs of first great American travel writerDate Published1856 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 234 Domestic Manners of the Americans AuthorTrollope, Mrs. [Frances]HeadlineWith signed letter from TrollopePublisherWhittaker, Treacher, & Co.Date Published1832 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 237 Collection of American Antebellum political pamphlets Heading(United States - Antebellum Politics)HeadlineTwenty American Antebellum political pamphletsDate Published1828-1856 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 241 Letter from Mariano G. Vallejo to his son Platon Vallejo, responding to inquiries about his health and well-being AuthorVallejo, Mariano G.HeadlineLetter from M.G. Vallejo to his son the doctor, 1871Date PublishedJune 5, 1871 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 248 With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon AuthorWyeth, John AllanHeadlineInscribed and signed by John Allan WyethPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published[1914] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 274 Manuscript list of the officers who served in the defeat of the Portuguese in Salvador City, Bahia, Brazil, the final battle in the war for Brazilian independence Heading(Brazil)HeadlineBahia battles for Brazilian independenceDate Published1823 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold View details 291 The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity to Quanta AuthorEinstein, Albert and Leopold InfeldHeadlineEvolution of Physics signed by Albert EinsteinPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1951 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 310 Oh My Past... Memoirs of a Child AuthorLe Roux, HuguesHeadlineUnique English translation of Le Roux's memoirsDate Published[c.1910s] Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 327 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 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 337 The Path to Power AuthorThatcher, MargaretHeadlinePath to Power signed by Margaret ThatcherPublisherEaston PressDate Published1995 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 369 Map of the South San Francisco Homestead and R.R. Association prepared for final division and distribution among the shareholders... Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorHoadley, William H. & James H. BryanHeadlineMS. real estate map of southeast S.F. 1867Date Published12 February 1867 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold View details 401 Battle of Gettysburg, Pa. July 3rd 1863. (The Third Day) Heading(Civil War)AuthorFuchs, F., artistHeadlineColor lithograph of Battle of Gettysburg 1863PublisherPublished by Charles MagnusDate Published1863 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next