Sale 794: Americana - Travel & Exploration - China - Maps, Prints & Views (#794) 08/10/2023 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 08/10/2023 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-55 of 55. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Handwritten bill of sale for a "negro boy” for 58 British (Colonial) Pounds. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1718)AuthorPeck, Benj.HeadlineScarce early New York Colonial slave sale documentDate PublishedJune 3, 1718 Lot #4 Letter notifying a Maryland grandee that his brother would be legally permitted to bring his slaves into the state View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1821)AuthorBarney, JohnHeadlineRich man's brother allowed to bring his slaves to MarylandPublisherMaryland House of DelegatesDate PublishedFeb. 1, 1821 Lot #5 Letter from woman who had emigrated to the South about her loving care from an elderly Black nurse who showed her sisterly affection "like a white person" View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(African American, 1821)AuthorMaxcy, R.[uth?]HeadlineNew England emigrant lauds Southern Black nurseDate PublishedApril 19, 1821 Lot #6 Letter from Pennsylvania informer about fugitive slave from Virginia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1836)AuthorGriffith, Samuel HarveyHeadlineVirginia fugitive slave tracked to PennsylvaniaDate PublishedJuly 14, 1836 Lot #7 Letter by Senator Sumner recalling Wisconsin's stand against the Fugitive Slave Act View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorSumner, CharlesHeadlineLetter from anti-slavery Senator SumnerDate PublishedDec. 4, 1859 Lot #8 The Loyalty and Devotion of Colored Americans in the Revolution and War of 1812 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1861)HeadlineSupport in enlisting Blacks into Union Army, 1861PublisherR.F. WallcutDate Published1861 Lot #9 Letter to Mississippi plantation owner after the Union occupation of Natchez View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorShaw, W.M.HeadlineFate of Natchez slave plantations after Union occupationDate PublishedAug. 20, 1863 Lot #10 Letter a young Oberlin Abolitionist about the politics behind White command of a Black Ohio Regiment in the Civil War View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorShurtleff, G.W.HeadlineWhite Abolitionist General of a Black Civil War RegimentDate PublishedNov. 10, 1863 Lot #11 Circular soliciting financial contributions to defend members of the Ku Klux Klan being prosecuted under the "Ku Klux Acts of Congress" View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(African American, 1871)HeadlineRaising money to fight anti-KKK lawsDate Publishedc.1871 Lot #12 Sample ballot for Indiana election to amend the State Constitution to legalize Black suffrage View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(African American, 1880)HeadlineRare sample ballot for Indiana legalization of Black votingDate Publishedca. January 1880 Lot #13 Letter about Governor of West Virginia offer to drop lawsuits about allegations of bestowing favors on Negro saloon and whorehouse proprietor View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1913)AuthorWallace, George W. (Attorney)HeadlineRacist political allegations against WV GovernorDate PublishedOctober 20, 1913 Lot #14 “The Negro and the White”, anthology in Quaker periodical “The World Tomorrow / A Journal Looking toward a Christian World” View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorDuBois, W.E.B.; Jessie Fauset, et alHeadlineAnthology on Black-White relations after World War IDate PublishedMarch 1922 Lot #15 Negro Musicians and Their Music View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1936)AuthorCuney-Hare, MaudHeadlineClassic book by the first African American musicologistPublisherAssociate PublishersDate Published1936 Lot #16 A Date with a Dish: A Cook Book of American Negro Recipes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1948 - Cookery)AuthorDe Knight, FredaHeadlineSigned by radio stars Amos N' AndyPublisherHermitage PressDate Published[1948] Lot #18 Five items relating to African American culture and politics in the 1970s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1971-1973)HeadlineBlack power movements in early 1970sDate Published1971-1973 Lot #21 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineBuzz Aldrin Signed Magnificent Desolation LimitedPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Lot #23 A Glimpse at the United States and the Northern States of America, with The Canadas Comprising Their Rivers, Lakes, and Falls During the Autumn of 1852; Including Some Account of an Emigrant Ship / With illustrations sketched and zincographed by the author View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Anti-slavery, 1853)AuthorPatten, EdmundHeadlineAnti-slavery British artist’s American tour finely boundPublisherEffingham WilsonDate Published1853 Lot #24 Letter written one week after Fort Sumter from the anti-slavery, pro-Union community of Northfield, Minnesota View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery, 1861)AuthorSmith, John A.HeadlineLetter from anti-slavery oasis in Minnesota 1861Date PublishedApril 21, 1861 Lot #41 Endless Horizons View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorBush, VannevarHeadlineSigned by the American Science czar of WWIIPublisherPublic Affairs PressDate Published1946 Lot #44 Register for the Hotel Hammon in Hammonton, Yuba County, California View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(California - Hammonton, Yuba County)AuthorDay, Richard, proprietorHeadlineOriginal register from Yuba Co. hotel 1912-18Date Published1912-1918 Lot #51 Two reports on "Mafia" operations and political influence in California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Organized Crime)HeadlineFirst official reports on California Organized CrimePublisherState of CaliforniaDate Published1949-1953 Lot #72 Letter to artist William Thompson Russell Smith View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorMcIlvaine, Jr., William H.HeadlineLetter from published artist of the California Gold RushDate PublishedAug. 28, 1848 Lot #73 Letter from an Illinois farmer to his wife while crossing the plains in a wagon train bound for California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorRitchey, John KnoxHeadlineCrossing the Plains to CaliforniaDate PublishedMay 17, 1850 Lot #77 Scrapbook of late 19th century North American travel views View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Canada)AuthorJenkins, AlfredHeadlineScrapbook of Canada and United States c.1875Date Publishedc.1875 Lot #82 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorJohnson, Robert Underwood and Clarence Clough Buel, editorsHeadlineBattles and Leaders of the Civil War 4 volsPublisherCentury Co.Date Published[1887-1888] Lot #83 Small archive of CDVs of John Hanson McNeill, commander of the Confederate irregular unit know as the McNeill Rangers, and family members View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Civil War)HeadlineFamily photos of Confederate bushwhackerDate Publishedc.1860s or later Lot #94 Labor contract for an emancipated African slave View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban contract with emancipated black slave 1871Date PublishedJanuary 1, 1871 Lot #95 Printed decree of the provisional rebel government in Camagüey, Cuba, announcing the abolition of slavery in Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineRebel decree abolishing slavery in Cuba 1869Date PublishedFebruary 26, 1869 Lot #101 Seventy-Five Years in California View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDavis, William HeathHeadlineDavis, 75 Years in California - California Collectors Ed.PublisherJohn HowellDate Published1929 Lot #113 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineRussell's edition of Forbes finely bound, 1919PublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1919 Lot #136 Howard's New Gold Chart, For 1862, 1863 & 1864, Showing at a Glance All the Fluctuations in the Price of Gold From January 1, 1862, to the Present Date, and Arranged so That Any One Can Continue it from Day to Day View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHoward, Joseph P., compilerHeadlineGold prices throughout the American Civil WarPublisherAndrews & Co.Date Published1864 Lot #147 Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorLangsdorff, Georg Heinrich vonHeadlineLangsdorff's Narrative w/ jacket & prospectusPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1927 Lot #163 Judicial summons to answer complaint by Ramon Gutierez & Brother that Senora Dona Josefa Petronela, Antonio Espinosa, et al View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican American, 1855)AuthorFerris, Hiram GanoHeadlineGold Rush document concerning native CaliforniosDate PublishedJuly 25, 1855 Lot #170 Forgotten People / A Study of New Mexicans View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican American, 1940)AuthorSanchez, George I.HeadlineInscribed classic of New Mexico socio-economicsPublisherUniv. of New Mexico PressDate Published1940 Lot #174 Cesar Chavez, Autobiography of La Causa View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican American, 1975)AuthorLevy, JacquesHeadlineCesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Union, inscribedPublisherNortonDate Published1975 Lot #199 Three pieces of Native American ledger art View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Native American)AuthorLocke, MerleHeadline3 pieces of Native American ledger artDate Published2013-2014 Lot #222 The Union Pacific Railway (Eastern Division) or (Kansas Pacific Railway.) Economy to the Government View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Perry, John D. et al.]HeadlineGovernment savings with transcontinental railwayPublisherGibson Brothers, PrintersDate Published1868 Lot #233 Selections from the Private Correspondence of James Madison from 1813 to 1836 [with James Madison clipped signature] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1809)AuthorMadison, JamesHeadlineJames Madison's letters, with Madison autographPublisherJ.C. McGuireDate Published1859 Lot #236 Two letters from supporters of Andrew Jackson, offering rare details of early gambling on American presidential elections View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1829)HeadlineJacksonians gamble on presidential electionsDate Published1828-1832 Lot #237 Letter from a young Massachusetts man after attending the Inauguration of President William Henry Harrison View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1841)AuthorDrew, John BrooksHeadlineAccount of an ill-fated presidential InaugurationDate PublishedMarch 1-5, 1841 Lot #238 Fifty Years of Public Service...Personal Recollections View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorCullom, Shelby M.HeadlineSigned memoir by a close friend of Lincoln'sPublisherMcClurgDate Published1911 Lot #239 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlinePersonal Memoirs of Ulysses S. GrantPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-1886 Lot #240 Investigation into the Causes of the Gold Panic. Report of the Majority of the Committee on Banking and Currency, March 1, 1870 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1881)AuthorGarfield, James A.HeadlineJames Garfield, Investigation into Gold PanicPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1870 Lot #242 The Naval War of 1812: The History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain... Volume II View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1901)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineT. Roosevelt presentation copy Naval War 1812PublisherThe Review of Reviews CompanyDate Published1904 Lot #243 American Individualism View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover signed American IndividualismPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1922 Lot #244 The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of Adventure, 1874-1920 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHoover Memoirs 1874-1920, inscribed and signedPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1953 Lot #245 The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover signed, The New Day, 1928PublisherStanford University PressDate Published[1928] Lot #246 A Remedy for Disappearing Game Fishes View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover signed book on game fishesPublisherHuntington PressDate Published1930 Lot #262 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSimpson, George; Thomas C. RussellHeadlineMilton J. Ferguson's copy with ALS from RussellPublisherThomas C. Russell; Tamalpais PressDate Published1930; 1970 Lot #295 Gold Rush Steamers [of the Pacific] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorWiltsee, Ernest A.HeadlineGold Rush Steamers signed by Ernest A. WiltseePublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1938 Lot #306 A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBackhouse, JamesHeadlineVisit to Australian Colonies w/ maps, 1843 signedPublisherHamilton, Adams & Co.; John L. LinneyDate Published[1843] Lot #313 Letter of European introduction for an American farmer from an eminent Scottish botanist View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Botany)AuthorLoudon, John ClaudiusHeadlineLetter of introduction from Scottish botanist J. C. LoudonDate PublishedFeb. 14, 1832 Lot #353 Photograph of Benito Mussolini, signed by him View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMussolini, BenitoHeadlineSigned photograph of Benito MussoliniDate Published[1942?] Lot #371 Manuscript document relating to the shipment of items from Barcelona, Spain, to Montevideo, which was apparently rerouted to Lima because of unrest in region View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(South America - Uruguay)HeadlineShip bound for Montevideo in troubled timesDate Published1813? Lot #439 Sidelights on Shanghai View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorYuan, L.Z.HeadlineSidelights on Shanghai, L.Z. Yuan, 1934PublisherThe Mercury PressDate Published[1934] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next