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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter by future Chief Justice, about to help give birth to the new Republican Party Heading(African American - Anti-Slavery)AuthorChase, Salmon P.HeadlineLetter by future Chief Justice who helped found GOPDate PublishedOct. 19, 1853 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #2 Letters showing the groundbreaking realignment of the American political system around the slavery issue Heading(African American - Anti-Slavery)HeadlinePolitical collaboration of Whigs and Free Soil DemocratsDate Published1847-1849 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #3 Letter about feud with Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and search for fugitive slave Heading(African American, 1817)AuthorElliott, Jesse DuncanHeadlineUS Naval hero tracks his fugitive slaveDate PublishedAugust 17, 1817 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #4 Letter from Canadian American witnessing slave auction Heading(African American, 1836)AuthorBaxter, JamesHeadlineCanadian American sees Charleston Slave auctionDate PublishedDec. 14, 1836 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #5 Letter from Maine newly-weds who moved to northern Tennessee to open a school, writing home describing their culture shock at life in the slave South Heading(African American, 1838)AuthorWhitman, Angelia Smith and Edwin WhitmanHeadlineNew Englanders experience culture shock in TennesseeDate PublishedOct. 28, 1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #6 Letter from ship captain about the disastrous fire at his Puerto Rico leather warehouse Heading(African American, 1850)AuthorHatch, DavisHeadlineYankee ship captain doubts Black slave arson in Puerto RicoDate PublishedAug. 20, 1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #7 Michigan timber merchant’s letter to his brother in New England about Black Walnut logging by ex-slaves in Canada Heading(African American, 1851)AuthorHadley, ClarkHeadlineEscaped slaves, Indians and the ‘real’ Uncle Tom in CanadaDate PublishedJune 8-15, 1851 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #8 Report of the Board of Managers of the Maryland State Colonization Society Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorLatrobe, John H.B. (President, Maryland Colonization Society)HeadlineRare report of Colonization Society despised by AbolitionistsDate Published[1852] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #9 Letter to a pioneering young Mulatto inventor from a doomed Cuban revolutionary hero Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorGoicouria, General Domingo deHeadlineLetter to antebellum African American inventorDate PublishedMarch 27, 1866 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #10 Inventory listing 161 slaves from the Coffee farm Boa Esperanca in the municipality of Paty do Alferes in Rio de Janeiro. Heading(African American, 1882 - Slavery, Brazil)HeadlineList of slaves at Brazilian coffee farm 1882Date Published1882 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #11 As We See It Heading(African American, 1910)AuthorWaring, Robert LewisHeadlineBlack lawyer’s novel of a African American vigilantePublisherPress of C. F. SudwarthDate Published1910 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #12 Essays on African American and Creole music Heading(African American, 1917-1928)AuthorCuney Hare, MaudHeadlineGroundbreaking essays by Maud Cuney HareDate PublishedFebruary and December 1917 and January 1928 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #13 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #14 Service Men’s Map of Washington / Full Information on Service Clubs, Entertainment and Sightseeing... Heading(African American, 1943)HeadlineSegregated WW II Washington, DCPublisherWar Hospitality Committee, Civilian War ServiceDate Published1943 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #15 "The Passing of Alain Leroy Locke" Heading(African American, 1954)AuthorDu Bois, W.E.B.; Ralph Bunche; William Stanley Braithwaite; et alHeadlineDu Bois, Bunche, Braithwaite eulogize Alain LockeDate Published1954 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #17 Five items relating to African American culture and politics in the 1970s Heading(African American, 1971-1973)HeadlineBlack power movements in early 1970sDate Published1971-1973 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #18 Black Images: A Critical Quarterly on Black Culture Heading(African American, 1972)AuthorBrown, Lennox, et al., editorsHeadlineBlack culture in Canada, 1972PublisherBlack ImagesDate Published1972 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #19 It's Fun to be Black Heading(African American, 1973)AuthorBrowning, Alice C.Headline"It's Fun to be Black" despite heartbreak & painPublisherBrowning PublicationsDate Published1973 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #20 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #23 Handwritten notebook by J.A. Murray, recording lectures in pathology by physician and dermatologist Isaac Atkinson Heading(Atkinson, Isaac E.)AuthorMurray, J.A.HeadlineMedical school lecture noted at UMD, 1885Date Published1883 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #25 Four books by Mary Austin AuthorAustin, MaryHeadlineFour by Mary Austin, 2 signedDate Published1905-1950 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #53 Bill Book of Rosenberg Bros Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRosenberg Bros. ledger book 1866Publisher[Rosenberg Bros. Company]Date Published1866-1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #80 Letter from a young New England emigrant to New Orleans Heading(California – San Francisco Gold Rush pioneer)AuthorPhelps, AbnerHeadlineSan Francisco pioneer writes about New OrleansDate PublishedJune 30, 1832 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #81 Letter to artist William Thompson Russell Smith Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorMcIlvaine, Jr., William H.HeadlineLetter from published artist of the California Gold RushDate PublishedAug. 28, 1848 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #87 Letter from Banking House of D.O. Mills to Leland Stanford Heading(California)AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineLetter to Leland Stanford, 1862Date Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #110 Always Another Dawn: The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot AuthorCrossfield, A. Scott and Clay Blair, Jr.HeadlineInscribed and signed by A. Scott CrossfieldPublisherThe World Publishing CompanyDate Published[1960] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #112 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date PublishedFebruary 15, 1867 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #114 Manuscript register of deaths of Chinese laborers being transported to Cuba aboard the Spanish ship "Cervantes" Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba die in 1867Date PublishedAugust 20, 1867 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #115 Report on the importation of Chinese indentured labor, or slaves, and its effects Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineSpanish report on Chinese labor in Cuba, 1855Date Published1855 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #117 Two registration forms for Chinese immigrant indentured laborers in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineRegistration forms for Chinese labor in CubaDate Publishedc.1860 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #118 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #119 Manuscript set of memoranda on the topic of free workers imported to work in Cuba, regarding labor policies, licenses, etc. Heading(Cuba)HeadlineLaws for "free" laborers in 19th cent. CubaDate Published1857-1859 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #123 Letter from Jefferson Davis to S.D. Hewes, expressing his devotion to Mississippi and his abhorrence of the "vampyres who have sucked her life blood..." AuthorDavis, JeffersonHeadlineLetter from Jefferson Davis + wife's memoirDate Published9rh Dec. 1875 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #153 The History of Oregon and California, and the Other Territories on the North-West Coast of North America; From Their Discovery to the Present Day. Accompanied by a Geographical View of Those Countries, and a Number of Documents as Proofs and Illustrations... AuthorGreenhow, RobertHeadlineInscribed to Henry Wheaton by Robert GreenhowPublisherPrinted for the Author, by Freeman and BollesDate Published1847 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #159 Labor Contract -- Olelo Aelike Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineJapanese laborer at Hawaiian sugar plantationDate PublishedDec. 6, 1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #183 El Ferassah. Hand-Reading A Practical and Popular Treatise in Modern Cheirosophy. AuthorKaldah [Massad, A.F.]HeadlineInscribed and signed by the authorPublisherThe Khaldah Publishing CompanyDate Published[1898] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #203 Escrituras de la casa No 137 de la Calle de San Jeronimo Heading(Mexico)AuthorMaya, RamónHeadlineAbstract of title for a Mexico City propertyDate Published1705-1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #210 The Writings of John Muir - Manuscript Edition AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Muir Manuscript Edition DeluxePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1916-24 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #224 Letter advocating a Mexican railway route from the Atlantic to the Pacific over the Panama Canal Heading(Panama Canal)AuthorCorthell, Elmer LawrenceHeadlineMexican railway project competes with the Panama CanalPublisherTehuantepec Ship RailwayDate PublishedJanuary 4, 1884 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #242 Eleven studies for Eleven Players: 1959-1960 AuthorRorem, NedHeadlineMusic score inscribed by Ned RoremPublisherBoosey and HawkesDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #243 California: A History of Upper & Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. A Full View of the Missionary Establishments and Condition of the Free and Domesticated Indians. With an Appendix relating to Steam Navigation in the Pacific Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineForbes' History of CA signed by Thomas RussellPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1919 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #244 California: A History of Upper & Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. A Full View of the Missionary Establishments and Condition of the Free and Domesticated Indians. With an Appendix relating to Steam Navigation in the Pacific Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineRussell's edition of Forbes finely bound, 1919PublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1919 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #245 Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806 Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorLangsdorff, Georg Heinrich vonHeadlineLangsdorff's Narrative with prospectusPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #246 Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806 Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorLangsdorff, Georg Heinrich vonHeadlineLangsdorff's Narrative w/ jacket & prospectusPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #247 Narrative of Edward McGowan, Including a Full Account of the Author's Adventures and Perils While Persecuted by the San Francisco Vigilante Committee of 1856. Together with a Report of His Trial, which Resulted in His Acquittal Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorMcGowan, EdwardHeadlineMcGowan's narrative signed by Thomas RussellPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #248 The Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806. The Report of Count Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov of His Voyage to that Provincia of Nueva España from New Archangel Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorRezanov, Nikolai PetrovichHeadlineRezanov's Journey signed by Thomas RussellPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #249 Narrative of a Voyage to California Ports in 1841-42...[with] Printer Thomas C. Russell comments on Nash, DeVinne, Cowan et al. in a Letter to M.J. Ferguson. State Librarian Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorSimpson, George; Thomas C. RussellHeadlineMilton J. Ferguson's copy with ALS from RussellPublisherThomas C. Russell; Tamalpais PressDate Published1930; 1970 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #250 Narrative of a Voyage to California Ports in 1841-42. Together with Voyages to Sitka, the Sandwich Islands & Okhotsk; To Which are Added Sketches of Journeys across America, Asia, & Europe: From the Narrative of a Voyage Round the World. Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorSimpson, GeorgeHeadlineSimpson's Narrative signed by Thomas RussellPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1930 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #254 Men and Horses AuthorSantee, RossHeadlineInscribed, signed, sketches by Santee, Men & HorsesPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published[1926] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #265 Manuscript document relating to the shipment of items from Barcelona, Spain, to Montevideo, which was apparently rerouted to Lima because of unrest in region Heading(South America - Uruguay)HeadlineShip bound for Montevideo in troubled timesDate Published1813? View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #267 Printed decree signed by King Charles IV of Spain & other dignitaries & officials, regarding a slave revolt in the New Kingdom of Granada Heading(Spanish Colonies - Slave Revolt)AuthorCharles IV, King of SpainHeadlineSlave revolt decree signed by Charles IV of Spain 1801Date PublishedFebruary 17, 1801 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #268 Adobe Days Along the Channel AuthorSpaulding, Edward Selden, comp.HeadlineAdobe Days Along the Channel Ed Borein & othersPublisher[Schauer Printing Studio, Inc.]Date Published1957 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #281 Collection of early materials about Grand Coulee Dam Heading(Washington - Grand Coulee Dam)HeadlineSandblasting at the Grand Coulee DamDate Publishedc.1945 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #283 Legends: A Collection of Western Photographs, Signatures & Memories - autographed by many within including President Jimmy Carter, Mickey Rooney, James Arness and Eddy Arnold Author(Western Legends)HeadlineAutographs of western legends, presentation copyPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2006 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #285 A Picture of Pioneer Times in California, illustrated with Anecdotes and Stories taken from real life Heading(White, William F.)AuthorGrey, William, pseud.HeadlineInscribed and signed by William F. WhitePublisherW. M. Hinton & Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #308 Letter of introduction by an eminent Scottish botanist Heading(Botany, Horticulture)AuthorLoudon, John ClaudiusHeadlineLetter of introduction from Scottish botanist J. C. LoudonDate PublishedFeb. 14, 1832 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #346 Photograph of Benito Mussolini, signed by him AuthorMussolini, BenitoHeadlineSigned photograph of Benito MussoliniDate Published[1942?] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #359 Dark Companion AuthorRobinson, BradleyHeadlineInscribed by Robinson, signed by Matthew HensonPublisherRobert M. McBride & CompanyDate Published[1947] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #394 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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next