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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Letter about the sale of an old slave Heading(African American, 1825)AuthorDelashmitt, SampsonHeadlineInformal sale of an old, sickly, slave in MarylandDate PublishedMarch 29, 1825 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #4 The Slave's Friend Heading(African American, 1837)HeadlineAnti-slavery illustrated children's magazinePublisherAmerican Anti-Slavery SocietyDate Published1837 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #5 Letter about the benevolent treatment of slaves in the Danish West Indies Heading(African American, 1839)AuthorPerkins, Rev. George WilliamHeadlineConnecticut Abolitionist describes slavery in Danish West IndiesDate PublishedJan. 15, 1839 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #6 Letter by Southern slave trader and jailer, touting the going prices for slaves based on age and sex Heading(African American, 1849)AuthorLumpkin, RobertHeadlineSlaves priced by infamous slave traderDate PublishedJan. 18, 1849 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #7 Letter mentioning the danger of Copperhead violence against local Blacks Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorWilcox, GeorgeHeadlineLetter about racist Copperheads in Civil War OhioDate PublishedSept. 1, [1863?] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #8 Printed General Order No. 3, prohibiting freedmen from being defrauded by employers Heading(African American, 1865)AuthorBrown, Colonel OrlandoHeadlineFreedmen's Bureau opposes defrauding ex-slavesPublisherU.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands, Virginia HeadquartersDate Published1865 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #9 Letter about a speech by a Black minister of the Freedman’s Bureau Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorTitsworth, J. M.HeadlineBlack Freedman's minister speaks at NY Baptist CollegeDate PublishedFeb. 9, 1866 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #10 Letter from an Abolitionist Quaker to the mastermind of the post Civil War Freedmen’s Bureau Heading(African American, 1867AuthorCope, Francis R.,HeadlineReconstruction era letter to the Freedmen's BureauDate PublishedMarch 28, 1867 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #11 “The Negro and the White”, anthology in Quaker periodical “The World Tomorrow / A Journal Looking toward a Christian World” Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorDuBois, W.E.B.; Jessie Fauset, et alHeadlineAnthology on Black-White relations after World War IDate PublishedMarch 1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #12 Negro Music in the Americas - La musique nègre aux Amériques Heading(African American, 1938 – Music)AuthorStill, William Grant; and Verna ArveyHeadlineDeclaration of the enormous significance of Negro musicPublisherR.I.M.Date PublishedMay-June 1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #13 Jim Crow at College Heading(African American, 1947)AuthorStearns, MarshallHeadlineJazz Connoisseur fights Indiana segregationDate PublishedFebruary 1947 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #15 Muhammad Speaks Presents People's Questions to Angela Davis Heading(African American, 1972)AuthorDavis, AngelaHeadlineInterview w/ imprisoned Angela Davis c. 1970PublisherNew York Committee to Free Angela DavisDate Published[1972] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #22 American Scenery; or, Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature. Heading(Bartlett, William Henry, illustrator)AuthorWillis, Nathaniel ParkerHeadlineAmerican Scenery illustrated in numerous platesPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1840 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #23 Canadian Scenery Illustrated. From Drawings by W.H. Bartlett Heading(Bartlett, William Henry, illustrator)AuthorWillis, Nathaniel ParkerHeadlineCanadian Scenery Illustrated W.H. BartlettPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1842 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #44 Napa City and County Portfolio and Directory: Photographic Reproductions of Picturesque Napa County Views, Showing Some of its Mountains, Valleys and Dales, its Orchards, Vineyards and Fruits, its Homes, Churches and Schools, Stores, Factories, Etc. Heading(California - Napa)HeadlineNapa illustrated Portfolio and Directory 1908PublisherH.A. DarmsDate Published[1908] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #52 San Francisco in Ruins Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlinePictorial history of the S.F. quake and firePublisherLeon C. OsteyeeDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #92 File of original documents relating to the sighting and pursuit by a British frigate of a Cuban steamship carrying African slaves - with an encrypted message from the British government Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSpanish slave ship sighted by British frigate 1864Date Published1864 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #94 The Gremlins from the Walt Disney Production. A Royal Air Force Story by Flight Lieutenant Roald Dahl AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadlineFirst Edition of Dahl's first book, with jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1943] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #110 The Picayune Creole Cook Book Heading(Food & Drink - Southern)HeadlineThe Picayune Creole Cook BookPublisherThe Times-Picayune Publishing CompanyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #125 Légendes Hawaiiennes Heading(Hawaii)AuthorPatton, Béatrice AyerHeadlineHawaiian Legends illustrated by J.M. FraserPublisherLes Belles LettresDate Published1932 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #195 Games and Songs of American Children AuthorNewell, William WellsHeadlineGames and Songs of American Children, 1884PublisherHarper & Brothers, PublishersDate Published1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #207 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 AuthorPatten, EdmundHeadlineAnti-slavery British artist's American tour finely boundPublisherEffingham WilsonDate Published1853 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #311 Les Talents ou Les Couronnés de la Jeunesse AuthorBrés, Jean-PierreHeadlineSix illustrated books from Jean-Pierre BrésPublisherChez LefuelDate Published1827 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #323 The Second World War AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineFirst illustrated Churchill WWII setPublisherThe Educational Book Company Ltd.Date Published[1954] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #334 Real Life in London; or, The Rambles and Adventures of Bob Tallyho and his cousin, the Hon. Tom Dashall, through the Metropolis... Author[Egan, Pierce, imitation]HeadlineReal Life in London Pierce Egan imitationPublisherJones and Co.Date Published1821-1822 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #368 Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of France, Shortly Before the Revolution, Embellished with Seventeen Coloured Engravings, from designs by T. Rowlandson, Esq. Heading(Rowlandson, Thomas, illustrator))Author[Combe, William]HeadlineCombe Journal of Sentimental Travels, 18 aquatintsPublisherR. AckermannDate Published1821 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #386 Tombleson's Thames, Eighty Picturesque Views on the Thames and Medway,... AuthorTombleson, [William] & Fearnside, William GrayHeadlineTombleson's Views of Thames and Medway w/ MapPublisherBlack and ArmstrongDate Published[c. 1834] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next