Sale 808: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps, Prints & Views (#808) 03/07/2024 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 03/07/2024 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 808 678 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 1-33 of 33. Previous|1|Next Lot #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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #2 Five pamphlets of African American history and literature Heading(African American, 1839-1938)Headline5 pamphlets of African American history & lit. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #6 Slave purchase document from New Orleans, 1852 Heading(African American, 1852)HeadlineFuture Confederate gen. buys 7 slaves in 1852Date Published1852 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #12 Men of Mark: Eminent, Progressive, and Rising. Heading(African American, 1887)AuthorSimmons, William J.HeadlineBiographies of prominent African American menPublisherGeo. M. RewellDate Published1887 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #15 As We See It Heading(African American, 1910)AuthorWaring, Robert LewisHeadlineBlack lawyer’s novel of African American vigilantePublisherPress of C. F. SudwarthDate Published1910 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #16 The Mental Capacity of the American Negro Heading(African American, 1913)AuthorMayo, Marion J.Headline1st study of African-American IntelligenceDate PublishedNovember 1913 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #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 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #22 Twelve Black Panther and related radical booklets and newspapers Heading(African American, 1959-1972)Headline12 radical pubs: Black Panthers, Cuba, VietnamDate Published1959-1970 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #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] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #87 Instruction for Heavy Artillery; Prepared by a Board of Officers, for the Use of the Army of the United States. Heading(Civil War)HeadlineCivil War Era Instruction for Heavy ArtilleryPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1863 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #88 The Liberator Heading(Civil War)HeadlineEnd of Civil War in The LiberatorPublisherRobert F. Wallcut, General AgentDate Published1865 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #100 Bound volume of documents relating to an auction of slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineDocuments for Cuba slave auction 1860sDate Publishedc.1860s View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #101 Labor contract for an emancipated African slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContract with liberated slave in Cuba 1871Date PublishedMay 25, 1871 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #102 Manumission document (expediante) verifying the status of two freed Cuban slaves Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManumission document for Cuban slaves 1882Date Published1882 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #151 A Tale of Home and War AuthorHowland, Mrs. E.P.HeadlineMissionary among the Cherokee during Civil WarPublisherBrown Thurston & CompanyDate Published1888 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #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 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #241 Reward document for runaway slave from Newport, East Tennessee Heading(Slavery)AuthorJenkins, AugustineHeadlineRunaway Slave reward document, TennesseeProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate PublishedEarly 19th century View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #266 Two publications urging the freedom of Billy Dean Smith Heading(Vietnam War)HeadlineTwo pamphlets Urging Billy Smith's freedomProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Publishedc.1972 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #294 J. Wilkes Booth: The Assassin of President Lincoln Heading(1861)HeadlineJ. Wilkes Booth wood engraved portraitPublisher[Harper's Weekly]Date Published[1865] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #296 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Heading(1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlinePersonal Memoirs of Ulysses S. GrantPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #300 Military Commission Heading(1889)AuthorHarrison, BenjaminHeadlineHarrison signed Millitary CommissionPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate PublishedJuly 13, 1892 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next