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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Letter about the sale of an old slave View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1825)AuthorDelashmitt, SampsonHeadlineInformal sale of an old, sickly, slave in MarylandDate PublishedMarch 29, 1825 Lot #4 The Slave's Friend View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1837)HeadlineAnti-slavery illustrated children's magazinePublisherAmerican Anti-Slavery SocietyDate Published1837 Lot #5 Letter about the benevolent treatment of slaves in the Danish West Indies View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(African American, 1839)AuthorPerkins, Rev. George WilliamHeadlineConnecticut Abolitionist describes slavery in Danish West IndiesDate PublishedJan. 15, 1839 Lot #6 Letter by Southern slave trader and jailer, touting the going prices for slaves based on age and sex View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(African American, 1849)AuthorLumpkin, RobertHeadlineSlaves priced by infamous slave traderDate PublishedJan. 18, 1849 Lot #7 Letter mentioning the danger of Copperhead violence against local Blacks View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorWilcox, GeorgeHeadlineLetter about racist Copperheads in Civil War OhioDate PublishedSept. 1, [1863?] Lot #8 Printed General Order No. 3, prohibiting freedmen from being defrauded by employers View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(African American, 1865)AuthorBrown, Colonel OrlandoHeadlineFreedmen's Bureau opposes defrauding ex-slavesPublisherU.S. Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned Lands, Virginia HeadquartersDate Published1865 Lot #9 Letter about a speech by a Black minister of the Freedman’s Bureau View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorTitsworth, J. M.HeadlineBlack Freedman's minister speaks at NY Baptist CollegeDate PublishedFeb. 9, 1866 Lot #10 Letter from an Abolitionist Quaker to the mastermind of the post Civil War Freedmen’s Bureau View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1867AuthorCope, Francis R.,HeadlineReconstruction era letter to the Freedmen's BureauDate PublishedMarch 28, 1867 Lot #11 “The Negro and the White”, anthology in Quaker periodical “The World Tomorrow / A Journal Looking toward a Christian World” View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorDuBois, W.E.B.; Jessie Fauset, et alHeadlineAnthology on Black-White relations after World War IDate PublishedMarch 1922 Lot #12 Negro Music in the Americas - La musique nègre aux Amériques View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1938 – Music)AuthorStill, William Grant; and Verna ArveyHeadlineDeclaration of the enormous significance of Negro musicPublisherR.I.M.Date PublishedMay-June 1938 Lot #13 Jim Crow at College View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1947)AuthorStearns, MarshallHeadlineJazz Connoisseur fights Indiana segregationDate PublishedFebruary 1947 Lot #15 Muhammad Speaks Presents People's Questions to Angela Davis View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1972)AuthorDavis, AngelaHeadlineInterview w/ imprisoned Angela Davis c. 1970PublisherNew York Committee to Free Angela DavisDate Published[1972] Lot #35 Register for the Hotel Hammon in Hammonton, Yuba County, California View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Hammonton, Yuba County)AuthorDay, Richard, proprietorHeadlineOriginal register from Yuba Co. hotel 1912-18Date Published1912-1918 Lot #50 Palace of Fine Arts and Lagoon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorMaybeck, Bernard R.HeadlineArchitect Bernard Maybeck's only bookPublisherPaul Elder and CompanyDate Published[1915] Lot #73 Scrapbook of late 19th century North American travel views View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Canada)AuthorJenkins, AlfredHeadlineScrapbook of Canada and United States c.1875Date Publishedc.1875 Lot #77 Southern sympathizer in Missouri writes about his hopes for the state’s secession View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War – Missouri)AuthorHowe, A.W.HeadlineLetter supporting Missouri secessionDate PublishedDecember 5, 1860 Lot #86 Document honoring a Chinese soldier in the "Ejercito Libertador" (liberating army) who died in action in 1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese soldier dies for Cuban liberationDate Published[c.1902] Lot #87 File of legal documents (Expediante) regarding the formal processes that Chinese workers had to go through to obtain a second work contract View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineObtaining work permit as Chinese laborer in CubaDate Published1872 Lot #88 File of manuscript legal depositions from an investigation into shipboard deaths of Chinese laborers bound for Cuba View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineDeaths of Cuba-bound Chinese coolies investigatedDate Publishedc.1866 Lot #89 File of manuscript legal depositions from an investigation into shipboard deaths of Chinese laborers bound for Cuba View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineShipboard deaths of Cuba-bound ChineseDate Published1864 Lot #90 Legal file (expediante) for the restructuring and renaming of the "Society of the Casino Asiatico de Macubiges" in Matanzas, Cuba View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese Casino in Cuba renamed & reorganizedDate Published1888-1925 Lot #91 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusCLOSED! Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date PublishedMarch 12, 1867 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 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSpanish slave ship sighted by British frigate 1864Date Published1864 Lot #110 The Picayune Creole Cook Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Food & Drink - Southern)HeadlineThe Picayune Creole Cook BookPublisherThe Times-Picayune Publishing CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #117 The History of the Tenth Cavalry, 1866-1921 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorGlass, E.L.N., comp.HeadlineHistory of the Tenth Cavalry Buffalo SoldiersPublisher[Acme Printing Co.]Date Published[1921] Lot #127 History of Company E of the Sixth Minnesota Regiment of Volunteer Infantry View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHill, Alfred J.HeadlineRegimental history, w/ account of Sioux campaignPublisherPioneer Press Co.Date Published1899 Lot #129 Letter of European introduction for an American farmer from an eminent Scottish botanist View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Horticulture)AuthorLoudon, John ClaudiusHeadlineLetter of introduction from Scottish botanist J. C. LoudonDate PublishedFeb. 14, 1832 Lot #142 Letter by the French chronicler of Lafayette's journey to America View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(Lafayette, Marquis de)AuthorLevasseur, Andre-Nicolas (Auguste)HeadlineFrench chronicler of Lafayette's journey to AmericaDate Published(October) 1829 Lot #166 Forgotten People / A Study of New Mexicans View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican American, 1940)AuthorSanchez, George I.HeadlineInscribed classic of New Mexico socio-economicsPublisherUniv. of New Mexico PressDate Published1940 Lot #169 Cesar Chavez, Autobiography of La Causa View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican American, 1975)AuthorLevy, JacquesHeadlineCesar Chavez and the Farm Workers Union, inscribedPublisherNortonDate Published1975 Lot #177 Document signed by Robert Morris View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorMorris, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Morris, Founding FatherDate Published1785 Lot #178 The Life and Letters of John Muir View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Muir, John)AuthorBadè, William FredericHeadlineLife & Letters of John Muir, inscribedPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1924 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPatten, EdmundHeadlineAnti-slavery British artist's American tour finely boundPublisherEffingham WilsonDate Published1853 Lot #215 Two letters from supporters of Andrew Jackson, offering rare details of early gambling on American presidential elections View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1829 - election gambling)HeadlineGambling on American presidential electionsDate Published1828-1832 Lot #216 Fourteen cards signed by U.S. First Ladies View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1845-1963)HeadlineFourteen cards signed by U.S. First LadiesDate Published1848-1963 Lot #217 An Account of the Pilgrim Celebration at Plymouth, August 1, 1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1861)HeadlineBook owned by Lincoln's law partner W.H. HerndonPublisherCrosby, Nichols, and CompanyDate Published1853 Lot #218 Autograph letter signed by Mary Todd Lincoln View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1861)AuthorLincoln, Mary ToddHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Mary Todd LincolnDate Published1864 Lot #219 Military appointment signed by Abraham Lincoln View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1861)HeadlineMilitary appointment signed by Abraham LincolnDate Published1861 Lot #221 Autograph note signed by Julia D. Grant View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1869)AuthorGrant, Julia D.HeadlineJulia Grant Signed NoteDate Published1892 Lot #222 Fourteen signed portraits of First Ladies View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1869-1993)HeadlineFifteen signed photographs of U.S. First LadiesDate Published1869-1993 Lot #223 Autograph letter signed by Lucy W. Hayes View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1877)HeadlineAutograph letter signed 1st Lady Lucy W. HayesDate Published1889 Lot #224 Consular appointment signed by Chester Arthur View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1881)AuthorArthur, Chester A.HeadlineChester Arthur signed consular appointmentDate Published1884 Lot #225 Autograph note signed by Lucrecia R. Garfield View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1881)HeadlineAutograph card signed by Lucrecia R. GarfieldDate Published1881 Lot #226 Autograph letter signed by Frances Cleveland View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1885)HeadlineAutograph letter signed by 1st Lady, Frances ClevelandDate Published1887 Lot #227 Document signed by Grover Cleveland, Appointment of Postmaster View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1885)AuthorCleveland, GroverHeadlineGrover Cleveland 1897 Postmaster appointmentDate Published1897 Lot #228 Autograph letter signed by Caroline Harrison View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1889)AuthorHarrison, Caroline Lavinia ScottHeadlineAutograph letter signed by 1st Lady, Caroline HarrisonDate Published1889 Lot #229 Fourteen cards signed by U.S. Presidents View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1893-1977)HeadlineFourteen cards autographed by U.S. PresidentsDate Published1881-1977 Lot #230 The Naval War of 1812: The History of the United States Navy During the Last War with Great Britain... Volume II View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1901)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineT. Roosevelt presentation copy Naval War 1812PublisherThe Review of Reviews CompanyDate Published1904 Lot #231 Inscribed photograph of U.S. President William H. Taft View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1909)AuthorTaft, William H.HeadlineSigned by U.S. President William Howard TaftPublisherHarris & EwingDate Published1912 Lot #232 Signed photograph of Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. Dawes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1923)AuthorCoolidge, CalvinHeadlineSigned by Calvin Coolidge and Charles G. DawesDate Publishedc. 1923-1929 Lot #233 Autograph letter signed by Grace Coolidge View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1923)AuthorCoolidge, GraceHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Grace CoolidgeDate Published1927 Lot #234 Typed letter signed by Grace Coolidge View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1923)AuthorCoolidge, GraceHeadlineTyped letter signed by Grace CoolidgeDate Published1923 Lot #235 Photograph of Calvin Jr., signed and inscribed by Calvin & Grace Coolidge View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1923)HeadlineCoolidge Jr. photo signed by parents to doctorDate Publishedc.1924 Lot #236 Autograph letter signed by Lou Henry Hoover View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1929)AuthorHoover, Lou HenryHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Lou Henry HooverDate Published1930 Lot #237 The Public Papers and Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt with a Special Introduction and Explanatory Notes by President Roosevelt View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineFDR's Papers and Addresses, Vol. 1-5PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1938 Lot #238 WITHDRAWN - Typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1933)HeadlineTyped letter signed by Franklin D. RooseveltDate Published1928 Lot #239 Autograph letter signed by Harry S. Truman View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineAutograph letter signed by Truman, Nov. 1953Date Published1953 Lot #240 Typed letter signed by Mamie Doud Eisenhower as First Lady View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1953)AuthorEisenhower, Mamie DoudHeadlineTLS by Mamie Doud Eisenhower as First LadyDate Published1954 Lot #241 Photograph signed by Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, and Nixon View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1953)HeadlineSigned by Hoover, Truman, Eisenhower, and NixonDate PublishedLikely after 1969 Lot #242 Kennedy family photo, signed by three Kennedys View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1961)HeadlineKennedy family photo, signed by three KennedysDate PublishedAfter 1963 Lot #243 John F. Kennedy Inauguration photograph View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineSigned by 8 attendants of the InaugurationPublisher[Tim Curtin]Date Published[1961] Lot #244 Why England Slept View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineSigned by President John F. KennedyPublisherWilfred Funk, Inc.Date Published1961 Lot #245 Typed statement by Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy on Bobby Kennedy's death, signed View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1961)HeadlineRose Kennedy on Bobby Kennedy's death, signedDate Publishedc.1968 Lot #246 The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963-1969 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1963)AuthorJohnson, Lyndon BainesHeadlineInscribed and signed by LBJ on bookplatePublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1971] Lot #247 Photograph of Johnson's swearing in, signed by Lady Bird Johnson View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1963)HeadlineJohnson's inauguration, signed by Lady Bird JohnsonDate Publishedc.1963 Lot #252 Photograph signed by Rosalynn Carter as First Lady [with] signed note View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1977)AuthorCarter, RosalynnHeadlinePhotograph signed by Rosalynn Carter w/ signed noteDate Published1976-1977 Lot #253 Autograph letter signed by Nancy Reagan View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 1981)AuthorReagan, NancyHeadlineNancy Reagan autograph letter signed 1975Date Published1975 Lot #257 Becoming View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Presidents & First Ladies, 2008)AuthorObama, MichelleHeadlineBecoming, signed by First Lady Michelle ObamaPublisherCrown PublishingDate Published2019 Lot #260 Seven Came Through View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$160StatusSold AuthorRickenbacker, Edward V.HeadlineSigned by Rickenbacker and 5 other survivorsPublisherDoubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.Date Published1943 Lot #262 Anne & Mark View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Roosevelt, Elliot and Patty)AuthorCampbell, JudithHeadlineAnne & Mark Phillips to Elliot & Patty RooseveltPublisherSidgwick and JacksonDate Published1976 Lot #287 Handwritten personal reference book used on his first voyage by a midshipman who had recently graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(U.S. Navy)AuthorJacoby, H.M.HeadlineNotebook of U.S. Navy midshipman 1870Date Publishedc.1870 Lot #288 Twenty two volumes signed by U.S. Senators View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(United States Senators)HeadlineTwenty two volumes signed by U.S. SenatorsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1970-2011 Lot #353 The Memoirs of Field-Marshall The Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, K.G. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$325StatusSold AuthorMontgomery of Alamein, Bernard Law Montgomery, ViscountHeadlineSigned Field Marshal Montgomery Memoirs 1958PublisherThe World Publishing CompanyDate Published1958 Lot #384 The Path to Power View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorThatcher, MargaretHeadlineMargaret Thatcher Path to Power Signed 1st U.S. ed.PublisherHarper CollinsDate Published1995 Lot #385 Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorThatcher, MargaretHeadlineMargaret Thatcher Statecraft, signed 1st U.S. ed.PublisherHarper CollinsDate Published2002 Lot #391 Letter of thanks on behalf of Queen Victoria View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Victoria, Queen of Great Britain)AuthorCaroline, 3rd Countess of Mount EdgcumbeHeadlineLetter of thanks on behalf of Queen VictoriaDate Publishedc.1850 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next