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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Peace and Bread in Time of War View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorAddams, JaneHeadlineInscribed and signed by Jane AddamsPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1922 Lot #2 Two sheets with racist color lithographed cut-outs of African American stereotypes View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American)HeadlineColor lithographs of racist Black stereotypesDate Published19th century Lot #3 Legal deposition in a suit over ownership of a female slave View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(African American, 1824)AuthorWatkins, Dr. Thomas GassawayHeadlineThomas Jefferson’s Doctor, Andrew Jackson’s Slave BrokerDate PublishedMarch 15, 1824 Lot #4 Report No. 209, Calvin Mickle, Executor of Nagle & De Frias: account of a slave-trading ship captured by U.S. authorities View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1836)AuthorU.S. House Committee on Foreign AffairsHeadlineCapture of a ship illegally carrying slaves for importDate PublishedJanuary 26, 1836 Lot #5 Manuscript Document To Edmund Molyneux, His Majesty’s Consul, Savannah, Georgia, from the Superintendent of Consular Officers, British Foreign Office View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1841)AuthorBidwell, Jr., JohnHeadlineBritish Consul chided on slave trade reportingDate PublishedOctober 6, 1841 Lot #6 Court document ordering the sale of two slaves View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorHarrison, T.B. and Daniel MortonHeadline2 Kentucky slaves auctioned to satisfy owner's debtDate PublishedDec. 1851 - March 1852 Lot #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. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorTegener, Frederick and John P. StroopeHeadlineAnti-slavery German-American in Confederate TexasDate PublishedJune 16, 1859 Lot #8 Maritime manuscript ledger of Baker, Wells & Co. Lumber Yard, New York View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1863)Author[Getty, Captain]HeadlineCivil War NY employer of Blacks ledgerDate Published1862-1863, 1868-1869 Lot #9 Letter from Cuban revolutionary hero to a free Black inventor View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1866 - Cuba)AuthorGoicouria, General Domingo deHeadlineCuban revolutionary writes to African American inventorDate PublishedMarch 27, 1866 Lot #10 Conservative Virginian Republican accused of conspiring to overthrow Black influence in the state Republican Party in the third year of the Reconstruction era View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1868)AuthorHagerty, ThomasHeadlineRacial conflict among Reconstruction Virginia RepublicansDate PublishedDecember 28, 1868 Lot #11 Letter to literary advisor John Owen, about correcting the text of anti-slavery speech View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1871)AuthorSumner, CharlesHeadlineAnti-slavery hero recalls a speech on the eve of Civil WarDate PublishedAugust 1871 Lot #12 Galaxy of Stars: Minstrels View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1890s - blackface portrayal)HeadlineBlackface minstrels disembark from a trainPublisherRiverside Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1890s Lot #13 Free At Last View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorCollins, Mrs. Jane S.HeadlineEarly novel on Black Civil RightsPublisherMurdoch, Kerr & Co.Date Published1896 Lot #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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1910)HeadlinePhoto of Man O' War & groom Will HarbutDate Published[c.1920s] Lot #16 The National Capital Code of Etiquette [bound with] The New Floyd's Flowers: Short Stories for Colored People Old and Young View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorGreen, Edward S. and Silas X. FloydHeadlineAfrican American etiquette guide 1922PublisherAustin Jenkins Co.Date Published[1922] Lot #17 Two academic studies regarding the African American slave trade in South America, and African American folklore, original scholarly printings of landmark academic studies View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1927-1944)AuthorFaust, Arthur Huff; et alHeadlineAfrican American scholarly studiesDate Published1927 & 1944 Lot #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. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1929)Author[Purcell, Eleanor]HeadlineRecipes from Aunt Priscilla's Kitchen, 1926PublisherAunt Priscilla PublishingDate Published[1929] Lot #19 The Negro and his Music [Bronze Booklet No. 2] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1936)AuthorLocke, AlainHeadlineDean of the Harlem Renaissance on African American musicPublisherAssociates in Negro Folk EducationDate Published1936 Lot #20 Manuscript Roll Book for a government-sponsored Depression era Black Adult School in Texas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1937)AuthorBryant, Mattie LeeHeadlineRoll Book, WPA Black Adult School, San Antonio, TXDate Published1937 Lot #21 Three programs for notable African American music concerts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1941-1957)Headline3 noteworthy African American music concertsDate Published1941-1957 Lot #22 March Up Market Street for FREEDOM IN BIRMINGHAM View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1963)HeadlineSan Francisco marches to support Black Civil RightsDate PublishedMay 26, 1963 Lot #24 Four works by Derrick A. Bell, Jr. relating to what is now "Critical Race Theory" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1975-1998 - Critical Race Theory)AuthorBell, DerrickHeadlineDerrick Bell on Critical Race Theory, signedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #36 Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Baseball)AuthorMays, Willie & Lou SahadiHeadlineSigned by Willie Mays, first editionPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1988 Lot #37 A View from Above View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Basketball)AuthorChamberlain, WiltHeadlineSigned by Wilt Chamberlain, first editionPublisherVillard BooksDate Published1991 Lot #48 Letter describing women emigrants in St. Louis, bound for the California Gold Rush View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(California - Gold Rush Letter)AuthorMarsh, Sarah WhitneyHeadlineLetter from Missouri Wagon Train bound for Gold RushDate PublishedMay 1, 1850 Lot #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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorCarr, Michael C.Headline1906 quake letters from American in ItalyDate PublishedApril 21 & May 10, 1906 Lot #70 Logbook belonging to Cornelius Martin, Inspector of Hacks and Conveyances for San Francisco View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorMartin, CorneliusHeadlineLog of S.F. hack inspector c.1875Date PublishedUndated [latter 19th century] Lot #76 Letter from the Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico regarding records about early settlers of San Jose View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Jose)HeadlineResearching early San Jose settlersDate PublishedMid 19th c.? Lot #93 The Photographic History of the Civil War in Ten Volumes View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorMiller, Francis Trevelyan, editorHeadlineComplete Photographic History of the Civil WarPublisherThe Review of Reviews Co.Date Published1911-12 Lot #100 British Navy Captain writes Spanish Governor of Cuba about American Naval deserters View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 Lot #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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlinePuerto Rican boy sold into Cuban slaveryDate Publishedc.1878 Lot #103 Manuscript listing Asian and African rebel slaves in Cuba (Cimarrones), and descriptions of three who were caught View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManuscript list of rebel slaves in Cuba 1857Date Published1857 Lot #104 Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese & Black slaves sold in CubaDate Published1856-57 Lot #105 Renewal contract for a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba, signed in Chinese View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContract for Chinese servant in Cuba 1877Date Published1877 Lot #106 Archive of documents from the Trinidad, Cuba, military hospital during the Cuban War of Independence, with details about the treatment of wounded, etc. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban hospital during War for IndependenceDate Published1895-1898 Lot #108 Two documents describing he attack on Jaruco, Cuba by the independence forces led by General Antonio Maceo View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineBattle in Cuban War for Independence 1896 MS.Date PublishedFebruary 19, 1896 Lot #109 Zona Militar de Magarabomba. Memoria View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineManuscript plans for Cuban barracks 1879Date Published1879 Lot #113 The Invisible Crash View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDines, JamesHeadlineInscribed to the author's motherPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1975 Lot #122 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlinePersonal Memoirs of Ulysses S. GrantPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-86 Lot #125 Letter from a white Haitian refugee View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Haiti)AuthorBelin de Villeneuve, PaulHeadlineLetter by Haitian master of famous “Faithful Slave”Date PublishedMay 24, 1799 Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Judaica & Jefferson Davis' copy)HeadlineFirst Jewish prayer to open U.S. House sessionPublisherPrinted at the Office of John C. RivesDate Published1860 Lot #147 Collection of historical documents assembled for biography of Henry Meiggs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Meiggs, Henry A.)HeadlineDocuments assembled for Henry Meiggs, 1860Date Published[c. 1860] Lot #164 Letter from Canadian mining engineer to the Colorado superintendent of the Hedges Gold Mine of San Diego County View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mining)AuthorKerr, R.A.HeadlineForgotten Mexican-American mining town of Southern CaliforniaDate PublishedMarch 19, 1896 Lot #179 The Writings of John Muir, Manuscript Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Muir, Manuscript EditionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1916-1924 Lot #190 Printed and manuscript indenture on vellum from Pennsylvania dated 18 April 1815 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Pennsylvania)HeadlineIndenture on parchmentPublisherLand-office of PennsylvaniaDate Published1815 Lot #193 Military document of the 9th Infantry in the Philippines and a War Department leaflet View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Philippine-American War)HeadlineTwo documents of the Philippine-American War of 1900Date Published1900 Lot #202 Signed Appointment of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., as Representative to the United Nations View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1953)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineEisenhower appoints Lodge Ambassador to UNDate Published1953 Lot #204 Extensive collection of works signed and/or inscribed by principals involved in the Richard Nixon Watergate scandal View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$1.25StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1969)HeadlineMammoth collection of Watergate autographsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #205 Real Peace, A Strategy for the West View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1969)AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineReal Peace, signed by Richard NixonDate Published1983 Lot #206 My Life View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1993)AuthorClinton, BillHeadlineFirst edition signed by Bill ClintonPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2004 Lot #218 The Army of the United States: Historical Sketches of Staff and Line with Portraits of Generals–in–Chief. View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorRodenbough, Theophilus F. and William L. Haskin, editorsHeadlineDetailed unit accounts of the Civil WarPublisherMaynard, Merrill, & Co.Date Published1896 Lot #219 Signature of George Ross, on a receipt View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorRoss, George, Signer from PennsylvaniaHeadlineGeorge Ross Signer from PennsylvaniaDate PublishedJune 28, 1768 Lot #229 Two signed Bayard Taylor documents View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineAutographs of first great American travel writerDate Published1856 Lot #234 Domestic Manners of the Americans View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorTrollope, Mrs. [Frances]HeadlineWith signed letter from TrollopePublisherWhittaker, Treacher, & Co.Date Published1832 Lot #237 Collection of American Antebellum political pamphlets View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(United States - Antebellum Politics)HeadlineTwenty American Antebellum political pamphletsDate Published1828-1856 Lot #241 Letter from Mariano G. Vallejo to his son Platon Vallejo, responding to inquiries about his health and well-being View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorVallejo, Mariano G.HeadlineLetter from M.G. Vallejo to his son the doctor, 1871Date PublishedJune 5, 1871 Lot #248 With Sabre and Scalpel. The Autobiography of a Soldier and Surgeon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWyeth, John AllanHeadlineInscribed and signed by John Allan WyethPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published[1914] Lot #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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Brazil)HeadlineBahia battles for Brazilian independenceDate Published1823 Lot #291 The Evolution of Physics: The Growth of Ideas from Early Concepts to Relativity to Quanta View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorEinstein, Albert and Leopold InfeldHeadlineEvolution of Physics signed by Albert EinsteinPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1951 Lot #310 Oh My Past... Memoirs of a Child View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorLe Roux, HuguesHeadlineUnique English translation of Le Roux's memoirsDate Published[c.1910s] Lot #327 Administration Bond of $300 indemnity View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 Lot #337 The Path to Power View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorThatcher, MargaretHeadlinePath to Power signed by Margaret ThatcherPublisherEaston PressDate Published1995 Lot #369 Map of the South San Francisco Homestead and R.R. Association prepared for final division and distribution among the shareholders... View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorHoadley, William H. & James H. BryanHeadlineMS. real estate map of southeast S.F. 1867Date Published12 February 1867 Lot #401 Battle of Gettysburg, Pa. July 3rd 1863. (The Third Day) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorFuchs, F., artistHeadlineColor lithograph of Battle of Gettysburg 1863PublisherPublished by Charles MagnusDate Published1863 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next