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 1-63 of 63. Previous|1|Next Image Lot Item Title Time Left Your Bids 1 Letter by a brutal slave owner in a legal dispute involving slave ownership Heading(African American, 1832)AuthorBellinger Jr., [‘Landgrave’] EdmundHeadlineSlave owner avoids "risk" of slave stealingDate PublishedOctober 26, 1832 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 2 Five pamphlets of African American history and literature Heading(African American, 1839-1938)Headline5 pamphlets of African American history & lit. Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold View details 3 Autograph Letter Signed by Underground Railroad conductor about meeting with Isaac T. Hopper Heading(African American, 1842)AuthorPennypacker, Elijah F.HeadlineLetter from Underground Railroad conductorDate PublishedAug. 31, 1842 Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,500StatusSold View details 4 Letter from a New England Minister about his two years preaching in St. Augustine, Florida to Black slaves and Mexican American War soldiers Heading(African American, 1846)AuthorMcClure, Alexander WilsonHeadlineNew Englander preaches to Florida slavesDate PublishedJuly 25, 1846 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold View details 5 Letter from New England woman visiting Southern relatives Heading(African American, 1850)AuthorCossitt, Emily RuthHeadlineSlaves more privileged than poor whites?Date PublishedDecember 29, 1850 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 6 Slave purchase document from New Orleans, 1852 Heading(African American, 1852)HeadlineFuture Confederate gen. buys 7 slaves in 1852Date Published1852 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,250StatusSold View details 7 Letter from one Republican to another during the 1860 presidential campaign Heading(African American, 1860)AuthorCurtis, N.HeadlineNY farmer hopes Lincoln will destroy slaveryDate PublishedJune 8, 1860 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 8 Autograph Letter Signed (with initials) from racist New York soldier Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorMilmine, William S. [Private, 32nd New York Infantry]HeadlineSoldier praises Lincoln's inaction on slaveryDate PublishedDec. 23, 1861 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold View details 9 National Anti-Slavery Standard Heading(African American, 1861)Author[Oliver Johnson, ed.]HeadlineWorried abolitionists on the eve of Civil WarPublisherAmerican Anti-Slavery SocietyDate PublishedMarch 23, 1861 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 10 Letter from Union solider in Tennessee disgusted with slavery Heading(African American, 1862)Headline"I have seene enough of slavery..."Date PublishedMay 18, 1862 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold View details 12 Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive, and Rising. Heading(African American, 1887)AuthorSimmons, William J.HeadlineBiographies of prominent African American menPublisherGeo. M. RewellDate Published1887 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold View details 13 A School History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1890, with a short introduction as to the Origin of the Race; also a Short Sketch of Liberia Heading(African American, 1897)AuthorJohnson, Edward A.HeadlineSchool History of the Negro Race in AmericaPublisherW.B. Conkey CompanyDate Published1897 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 14 Collection of ephemera by three African-American artists of the early 20th century Heading(African American, 1905-1944)AuthorCampbell, E. Simms; Lorenzo Harris; Robert BlackburnHeadline3 early 20th c. Black artistsDate Published1905-1944 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 15 As We See It Heading(African American, 1910)AuthorWaring, Robert LewisHeadlineBlack lawyer’s novel of African American vigilantePublisherPress of C. F. SudwarthDate Published1910 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 16 The Mental Capacity of the American Negro Heading(African American, 1913)AuthorMayo, Marion J.Headline1st study of African-American IntelligenceDate PublishedNovember 1913 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold View details 18 4 imprints on Negro Housing, racial housing segregation and discrimination Heading(African American, 1927-1951)AuthorWever, Robert C.; Charles S. Johnson, et al.HeadlineEarly work by 1st Black appointed the CabinetDate Published1927-1951 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 19 Two volumes of Who's Who in Colored America Heading(African American, 1928-1932)Headline2 vols. Who's Who in Colored AmericaPublisherWho's Who in Colored America Corp.Date Published1928-1932 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 20 The Biology of the Negro Heading(African American, 1942)AuthorLewis, Julian HermanHeadline1st book by a Black Doctor on African-American diseasesPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published1942 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 21 Freedom (newspaper), Vol. II, No. 4 Heading(African American, 1952)AuthorRobeson, Paul; Lorraine Hansberry, et alHeadlineFamed Black women Lorraine Hansberry and Charlotta BassPublisherFreedom AssociatesDate PublishedApril 1952 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 22 Twelve Black Panther and related radical booklets and newspapers Heading(African American, 1959-1972)Headline12 radical pubs: Black Panthers, Cuba, VietnamDate Published1959-1970 Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold View details 31 Men and Memories of San Francisco in the "Spring of '50" AuthorBarry, T.A. and B.A. PattenHeadlineThe S.F. Gold Rush recalled by two saloonkeepersPublisherA.L. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1873 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold View details 39 Travels In The Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811; Including a Description of Upper Louisiana, Together with the States of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, with the Illinois and Western Territories... AuthorBradbury, JohnHeadlineBradbury's travels along the Missouri RiverPublisherPrinted for the Author by Smith & GalwayDate Published1817 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 63 Two papers relating to race in San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineStudies of race in San Francisco 1960-62Date Published[c.1960-1962] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 85 The Road Laws of California. Embracing the Provisions of the Constitution, and of the Four Codes Relating to Highways, Bridges, and the Condemnation of Lands for Public Use Heading(California)HeadlineRoad Laws of California 1893PublisherA. Carlisle & Co.Date Published1893 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 100 Bound volume of documents relating to an auction of slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineDocuments for Cuba slave auction 1860sDate Publishedc.1860s Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 101 Labor contract for an emancipated African slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContract with liberated slave in Cuba 1871Date PublishedMay 25, 1871 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold View details 102 Manumission document (expediante) verifying the status of two freed Cuban slaves Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManumission document for Cuban slaves 1882Date Published1882 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold View details 108 Two finely bound works on Cuban history Heading(Cuba)HeadlineTwo nicely bound pre-revolution Cuban historiesDate Published1938; 1947 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 122 The North-Americans of Yesterday. A Comparative Study of North-American Indian Life, Customs, and Products, on the Theory of the Ethnic Unity of the Race AuthorDellenbaugh, Frederick S.HeadlineDellenbaugh inscribed N. Americans of YesterdayPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons / Knickerbocker PressDate Published[1900] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 151 A Tale of Home and War AuthorHowland, Mrs. E.P.HeadlineMissionary among the Cherokee during Civil WarPublisherBrown Thurston & CompanyDate Published1888 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 166 Lights and Shades of San Francisco AuthorLloyd, Benjamin E.HeadlineLights and Shades of San Francisco 1876PublisherA.L. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1876 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 170 Witchcraft in Salem Village in 1692 Heading(Massachusetts)AuthorNevins, Winfield S.HeadlineWitchcraft in Salem Village, 1692 First editionPublisherNorth Shore Publishing Company; Lee and ShepardDate Published1892 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold View details 172 History of the Sacramento Valley AuthorMcCowan, Joseph A.HeadlineHistory of Sacramento Valley, McGowan 1961PublisherLewis Historical Publishing CompanyDate Published[1961] Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 175 The War with Mexico, 1846-1848 Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorSmith, Justin HarveyHeadlineFrom the 1920 Pulitzer Prize in history winnerPublisherThe MacMillan CompanyDate Published1919 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 190 The Case of the Cherokee Nation against the State of Georgia; Argued and Determined at the Supreme Court of the United States, January Term 1831. Heading(Native American - Cherokee Nation)AuthorPeters, RichardHeadlineCherokee Nation vs the State of Georgia, 1831Publisher[John Grigg]Date Published[1831] Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 191 Side Lights on the Civil War 1861-1865: Early Days in Nevada Heading(Nevada)AuthorCotton, Charles S.HeadlineEarly days in Nevada, Civil War 1861-1865PublisherCotton's Co-operative Publishing Co., Inc.Date Published1912 Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold View details 193 An Account of the Yellow Fever, as it Prevailed in the City of New York, in the Summer and Autumn of 1822. Heading(New York - Yellow Fever)AuthorTownsend, Peter S.HeadlineAccount of 1822 New York Yellow Fever outbreakPublisherO. HalstedDate Published1823 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 203 Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-Eastern Provinces of New Spain. Performed in the years 1805, 1806, 1807, by Order of the Government of the United States AuthorPike, Zebulon MontgomeryHeadlineZebulon Pike's Exploratory Travels 1st U.K. edPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and BrownDate Published1811 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold View details 204 The Life of the Late Gen. William Eaton... Author[Prentiss, Charles, compiler]HeadlineExtra illust. w/ info about the Burr ConspiracyPublisherE. Merriam & Co.Date Published1813 Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 239 Report from the Secretary of War, Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Report and Map of the Route from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Made by Lieutenant Simpson AuthorSimpson, James H.HeadlineSenate issue of w/ 3 maps of Simpson's RoutePublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1850 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 240 Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting...a Report and Map...of the Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; Also a Report on the Same Subject from Captain R.B. Marcy, 5th Infantry AuthorSimpson, James H.HeadlineHouse issue of Simpson's Route to Santa Fe 1850Publisher[Government Printing Office]Date Published1850 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 241 Reward document for runaway slave from Newport, East Tennessee Heading(Slavery)AuthorJenkins, AugustineHeadlineRunaway Slave reward document, TennesseeProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate PublishedEarly 19th century Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold View details 246 The Life of John Ledyard, The American Traveller, Comprising Selections from His Journals and Correspondence AuthorSparks, JaredHeadlineThe Life of John Ledyard, the American TravellerPublisherHilliard & BrownDate Published1829 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 252 Eldorado, or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineTaylor's Gold Rush classic Eldorado, 1st edPublisherGeorge P. Putnam; Richard BentleyDate Published1850 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold View details 254 The Nautical Archeology of Padre Island. The Spanish Shipwrecks of 1554. Heading(Texas)AuthorArnold, J. Barto and Robert WeddleHeadlineArchaeology monograph on spanish shipwrecksPublisherAcademic Press / Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, PublishersDate Published[1978] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 258 Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas Heading(Texas)AuthorSowell, Andrew JacksonHeadlineFirst Edition of Sowell's Early Texas pioneersPublisherBen C. Jones & Co.Date Published1900 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold View details 266 Two publications urging the freedom of Billy Dean Smith Heading(Vietnam War)HeadlineTwo pamphlets Urging Billy Smith's freedomProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Publishedc.1972 Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold View details 268 Notes on Artillery AuthorWalsh, Lewis PaxtonHeadlineHandwritten guide to 19th century artilleryDate Published1854 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold View details 318 Profiles in Courage Heading(1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineProfiles in Courage 1st Ed. in dj by JFKPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1956, but actually 1955] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 319 Why England Slept [with] As We Remember Joe Heading(1961)AuthorKennedy, John F.HeadlineTwo works by U.S. President John F. KennedyDate Published1940; 1945 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold View details 335 Bolshevik Activities in China: Some documents seized in the Soviet military attachës office at Peking on April 6, 1927 Heading(China)HeadlineSoviet agents in China, 1927PublisherPeking and Tientsin TimesDate Published1927 Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold View details 338 The Second World War AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's WWII History in publisher's wood boxPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1942-1959 Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold View details 339 The Second World War AuthorChurchill, Winston S.HeadlineChurchill's WWII History, Chartwell editionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published[1983] Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold View details 341 Puritan Missions in the Pacific: A Discourse, Delivered at Honolulu, (S.I.,) on the Anniversary of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association, Sabbath Evening, June 17, 1866 AuthorDamon, Samuel C.HeadlineChristian Missions throughout the PacificPublisherPrinted for .J. Hunnewell by Tuttle, Morehouse & TaylorDate Published1869 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 342 The Great Boer War AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineArthur Conan Doyle's account of the Boer WarPublisherThomas Nelson & SonsDate Published[1900] Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold View details 343 Préliminaire de la Constitution Françoise. Reconnoisance et Exposition Raisonnée Des Droits de l'Homme & du Citoyen Heading(France)AuthorSieyes, AbbéHeadlineFrench Constitution & Rights of Man 1789Publisher[Chez Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Assemléeb [sic] Nationale]Date Published1789 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold View details 349 An Historical Essay on the Ambition and Conquests of France, with some Remarks on the French Revolution. Author[Hume-Campbell, Amabell]HeadlineThe French Revolution and Conquests as of 1796PublisherPrinted for J. DebrettDate Published1797 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 351 Tour of the Interparliamentary Union Tendered by the Government of the United States September 7 to 25 1904 Heading(Interparliamentary Union)HeadlineSigned by numerous IPU participantsPublisher[Government Printing Office]Date Published1904 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details 352 Ancient Tales & Folk-Lore of Japan Heading(Japan)AuthorSmith, R. GordonHeadlineJapanese Folk-Lore, illust. w/ 60 color platesPublisherA. & C. BlackDate Published[1908] Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold View details 358 The Life of Sir Isaac Newton Heading(Newton, Isaac)AuthorBrewster, DavidHeadlineBrewster's classic bio of Isaac NewtonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1831 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold View details 360 The Works of William H. Prescott AuthorPrescott, William H.HeadlineWorks of W.H. Prescott finely boundPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1904] Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold View details 361 The Natural History of Man [with] Ethnographical Maps to the Natural History of Man AuthorPrichard, James CowlesHeadlinePrichard's Natural History of Man w/ AtlasPublisherH. BaillièreDate Published1843 Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold View details 370 The Congo and the Founding of Its Free State: A Story of Work and Exploration AuthorStanley, Henry M.HeadlineHenry Stanley's History of the Congo, with mapsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1885 Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next