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Heading(African American, 1718)AuthorPeck, Benj.HeadlineScarce early New York Colonial slave sale documentDate PublishedJune 3, 1718 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 4 Letter notifying a Maryland grandee that his brother would be legally permitted to bring his slaves into the state Heading(African American, 1821)AuthorBarney, JohnHeadlineRich man's brother allowed to bring his slaves to MarylandPublisherMaryland House of DelegatesDate PublishedFeb. 1, 1821 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 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" Heading(African American, 1821)AuthorMaxcy, R.[uth?]HeadlineNew England emigrant lauds Southern Black nurseDate PublishedApril 19, 1821 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold View details 6 Letter from Pennsylvania informer about fugitive slave from Virginia Heading(African American, 1836)AuthorGriffith, Samuel HarveyHeadlineVirginia fugitive slave tracked to PennsylvaniaDate PublishedJuly 14, 1836 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold View details 7 Letter by Senator Sumner recalling Wisconsin's stand against the Fugitive Slave Act Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorSumner, CharlesHeadlineLetter from anti-slavery Senator SumnerDate PublishedDec. 4, 1859 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 10 Letter a young Oberlin Abolitionist about the politics behind White command of a Black Ohio Regiment in the Civil War Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorShurtleff, G.W.HeadlineWhite Abolitionist General of a Black Civil War RegimentDate PublishedNov. 10, 1863 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold View details 13 Letter about Governor of West Virginia offer to drop lawsuits about allegations of bestowing favors on Negro saloon and whorehouse proprietor Heading(African American, 1913)AuthorWallace, George W. (Attorney)HeadlineRacist political allegations against WV GovernorDate PublishedOctober 20, 1913 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 16 A Date with a Dish: A Cook Book of American Negro Recipes Heading(African American, 1948 - Cookery)AuthorDe Knight, FredaHeadlineSigned by radio stars Amos N' AndyPublisherHermitage PressDate Published[1948] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 21 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineBuzz Aldrin Signed Magnificent Desolation LimitedPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 24 Letter written one week after Fort Sumter from the anti-slavery, pro-Union community of Northfield, Minnesota Heading(Anti-Slavery, 1861)AuthorSmith, John A.HeadlineLetter from anti-slavery oasis in Minnesota 1861Date PublishedApril 21, 1861 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 41 Endless Horizons AuthorBush, VannevarHeadlineSigned by the American Science czar of WWIIPublisherPublic Affairs PressDate Published1946 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold View details 44 Register for the Hotel Hammon in Hammonton, Yuba County, California Heading(California - Hammonton, Yuba County)AuthorDay, Richard, proprietorHeadlineOriginal register from Yuba Co. hotel 1912-18Date Published1912-1918 Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 51 Two reports on "Mafia" operations and political influence in California Heading(California - Organized Crime)HeadlineFirst official reports on California Organized CrimePublisherState of CaliforniaDate Published1949-1953 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 72 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 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 73 Letter from an Illinois farmer to his wife while crossing the plains in a wagon train bound for California Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorRitchey, John KnoxHeadlineCrossing the Plains to CaliforniaDate PublishedMay 17, 1850 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 77 Scrapbook of late 19th century North American travel views Heading(Canada)AuthorJenkins, AlfredHeadlineScrapbook of Canada and United States c.1875Date Publishedc.1875 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 101 Seventy-Five Years in California AuthorDavis, William HeathHeadlineDavis, 75 Years in California - California Collectors Ed.PublisherJohn HowellDate Published1929 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold View details 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 AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineRussell's edition of Forbes finely bound, 1919PublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1919 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold View details 147 Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806 AuthorLangsdorff, Georg Heinrich vonHeadlineLangsdorff's Narrative w/ jacket & prospectusPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1927 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold View details 163 Judicial summons to answer complaint by Ramon Gutierez & Brother that Senora Dona Josefa Petronela, Antonio Espinosa, et al Heading(Mexican American, 1855)AuthorFerris, Hiram GanoHeadlineGold Rush document concerning native CaliforniosDate PublishedJuly 25, 1855 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 170 Forgotten People / A Study of New Mexicans Heading(Mexican American, 1940)AuthorSanchez, George I.HeadlineInscribed classic of New Mexico socio-economicsPublisherUniv. of New Mexico PressDate Published1940 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 174 Cesar Chavez, Autobiography of La Causa Heading(Mexican American, 1975)AuthorLevy, JacquesHeadlineCesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Union, inscribedPublisherNortonDate Published1975 Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold View details 199 Three pieces of Native American ledger art Heading(Native American)AuthorLocke, MerleHeadline3 pieces of Native American ledger artDate Published2013-2014 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold View details 233 Selections from the Private Correspondence of James Madison from 1813 to 1836 [with James Madison clipped signature] Heading(Presidents, 1809)AuthorMadison, JamesHeadlineJames Madison's letters, with Madison autographPublisherJ.C. McGuireDate Published1859 Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold View details 236 Two letters from supporters of Andrew Jackson, offering rare details of early gambling on American presidential elections Heading(Presidents, 1829)HeadlineJacksonians gamble on presidential electionsDate Published1828-1832 Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold View details 237 Letter from a young Massachusetts man after attending the Inauguration of President William Henry Harrison Heading(Presidents, 1841)AuthorDrew, John BrooksHeadlineAccount of an ill-fated presidential InaugurationDate PublishedMarch 1-5, 1841 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 238 Fifty Years of Public Service...Personal Recollections Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorCullom, Shelby M.HeadlineSigned memoir by a close friend of Lincoln'sPublisherMcClurgDate Published1911 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 240 Investigation into the Causes of the Gold Panic. Report of the Majority of the Committee on Banking and Currency, March 1, 1870 Heading(Presidents, 1881)AuthorGarfield, James A.HeadlineJames Garfield, Investigation into Gold PanicPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1870 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 242 The Naval War of 1812: The History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain... Volume II Heading(Presidents, 1901)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineT. Roosevelt presentation copy Naval War 1812PublisherThe Review of Reviews CompanyDate Published1904 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 243 American Individualism Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover signed American IndividualismPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1922 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 244 The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover: Years of Adventure, 1874-1920 Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHoover Memoirs 1874-1920, inscribed and signedPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1953 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 245 The New Day: Campaign Speeches of Herbert Hoover Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover signed, The New Day, 1928PublisherStanford University PressDate Published[1928] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold View details 246 A Remedy for Disappearing Game Fishes Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineHerbert Hoover signed book on game fishesPublisherHuntington PressDate Published1930 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold View details 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 AuthorSimpson, George; Thomas C. RussellHeadlineMilton J. Ferguson's copy with ALS from RussellPublisherThomas C. Russell; Tamalpais PressDate Published1930; 1970 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 295 Gold Rush Steamers [of the Pacific] AuthorWiltsee, Ernest A.HeadlineGold Rush Steamers signed by Ernest A. WiltseePublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1938 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 306 A Narrative of a Visit to the Australian Colonies. AuthorBackhouse, JamesHeadlineVisit to Australian Colonies w/ maps, 1843 signedPublisherHamilton, Adams & Co.; John L. LinneyDate Published[1843] Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold View details 313 Letter of European introduction for an American farmer from an eminent Scottish botanist Heading(Botany)AuthorLoudon, John ClaudiusHeadlineLetter of introduction from Scottish botanist J. C. LoudonDate PublishedFeb. 14, 1832 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 353 Photograph of Benito Mussolini, signed by him AuthorMussolini, BenitoHeadlineSigned photograph of Benito MussoliniDate Published[1942?] Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold View details 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 Heading(South America - Uruguay)HeadlineShip bound for Montevideo in troubled timesDate Published1813? Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 439 Sidelights on Shanghai AuthorYuan, L.Z.HeadlineSidelights on Shanghai, L.Z. Yuan, 1934PublisherThe Mercury PressDate Published[1934] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next