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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Letter from a Baptist white woman shocked by an account of a Black church service View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(African American, 1858)HeadlineBlack church service disgusts white BaptistsDate Published1858 Lot #4 Letter written by a young Illinois woman who had gone South to teach in Louisiana View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1860)HeadlineSecret Abolitionist in Secessionist LouisianaDate Published1860 Lot #5 Letter by a paper mill worker in 1861 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorAdgate, Edwin HawleyHeadlineNorthern worker lauds slavery in early 1861Date Published1861 Lot #6 Our Missionary Picture View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorDurbin, John PriceHeadlineRare statement of racist “Colonization”PublisherMissionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal ChurchDate Published1861 Lot #7 List of Commissary Stores and Rations on board the USS Roanoke 1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorTaylor, W. R.HeadlineCivil War expedition frees 1000s of slavesDate Published1861 Lot #8 The New South View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorSears, Joseph H., publisherHeadlineImportant news for ex-slaves of Union-occupied Port RoyalDate Published1863 Lot #9 Letter from a Williams College student to his father with impassioned argument against slavery View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorThomas, William RussellHeadlineDenuciation of slavery and CopperheadismDate Published1863 Lot #10 Indenture signed by Frederick Douglass as Recorder View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1885)HeadlineIndenture signed by Frederick Douglass 1885ProvenanceThe Jim Hier CollectionPublisherThe Real Estate Title Ins. Co.Date Published1885 Lot #12 The Southern Negro – His Recent Erotic Tendencies – the Causes – Suggestion as to Prevention View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1900)AuthorBaker, Dr. S.C.HeadlineRacist medical diatribe about would-be Black rapistsDate Published1900 Lot #13 Negro Baptism in Fox river at foot of Lake St., Elgin, Ill., about 1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(African American, 1900)HeadlineBlack baptism in Fox River, IL, c.1900PublisherChicago Historical SocietyDate Published1900, printed later Lot #14 A Crusade of Brotherhood, History of the American Missionary Association View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1909)AuthorBeard, Augustus FieldHeadlineFirst Abolitionist missionaries to aid ex-slavesPublisherPilgrim PressDate Published1909 Lot #16 Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1920)AuthorDuBois, W.E.B.HeadlineW.E.B. Du Bois's Darkwater, First EditionPublisherHarcourt, Brace and HoweDate Published1920 Lot #17 Proceedings of First Session of the Montana State Federation of Negro Women's Clubs... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorArnold, Angie Mills, editorHeadlineMeetings of Montana Negro Women's Clubs, 1921-22PublisherMontana State Federation of Negro Women's ClubsDate Published1922 Lot #18 Four imprints on Negro Housing, racial housing segregation and discrimination View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1927-1951)AuthorWever, Robert C.; Charles S. Johnson, et al.Headline1st Black in a Presidential CabinetDate Published1927-1951 Lot #19 Two volumes of Who's Who in Colored America View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1928-1932)Headline2 vols. Who's Who in Colored AmericaPublisherWho's Who in Colored America Corp.Date Published1928-1932 Lot #20 A Survey of the Negro Boy in Nashville, Tennessee View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1932)HeadlineUnique Depression-era study of Black Tennessee youthPublisherAssociation PressDate Published1932 Lot #21 Connie's Hot Chocolates of 1937 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1937)HeadlineConnie's Hot Chocolates 1937 posterDate Published1937 Lot #22 Four titles regarding Civil Rights View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1994-2017)Headline4 volumes on American Civil RightsDate Published1994-2017 Lot #25 Two religious tracts View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(American Imprints - Religion)AuthorChauncy, CharlesHeadline2 religious tracts by Charles ChauncyDate Published1766-1773 Lot #26 The Scripture-Bishop Vindicated… [with] Euseius Inermatus: Just Remarks on a Late Book Intitled Eleutherius Enervatus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(American Imprints - Religion)Author[Dickinson, Jonathan, and Thomas Foxcroft]HeadlineThe Scripture-Bishop Vindicated…PublisherKneeland & Green for D. HenchmanDate Published1733 Lot #27 Five sermons preached at ordinations View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(American Imprints - Religion)Headline18th c. sermons given at ordinationsDate Published1761-1791 Lot #28 Four religious tracts with links to American historical figures View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(American Imprints - Religion)HeadlineReligioius tracts related to American historyDate Published1763-1801 Lot #29 A letter, a funeral and a racist sermon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(American Imprints - Religion)HeadlineThree 18th c. religious tractsDate Published1762-1797 Lot #30 Five sermons delivered by David Tappan View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(American Imprints - Religion)AuthorTappan DavidHeadline5 sermons by a noted 18th c. clergymanDate Published1784-1798 Lot #31 Three religious collections View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(American Imprints - Religion)HeadlineThree c. 1800 religious writing collectionsDate Published1792-1805 Lot #32 Three religious discourses View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(American Imprints - Religion)Headline3 late 18th c. religious discoursesDate Published1793-1798 Lot #33 Two sermons View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(American Imprints - Religion)AuthorTucker, JohnHeadline2 sermons by John Tucker, 1768-69PublisherJ. and T. FleetDate Published1768-1769 Lot #37 United States and Cuba, Eight Years of Change and Travel View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery - Cuba)AuthorTaylor, John GlanvilleHeadlineAdventurous Englishman sees Cuban slaveryPublisherBentleyDate Published1851 Lot #49 Letters from five Episcopal Bishops in the United States to Anne Mackenzie, British writer and sometime missionary in Africa View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Bishops - United States)HeadlineBritish writer collects U.S. Bishop's autographsDate Published1867 Lot #50 The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBonner, T.D.HeadlineLife of James P. Beckwourth First EditionProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1856 Lot #52 Heavy-Weight Champions: Graphic Description of Every Heavy-Weight Championship Contest from Sullivan and Corbett to Jeffries and Johnson.... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Boxing)AuthorNaughton, W.W.HeadlinePrimer for the Fight of the Century, 1910ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherJohn Kitchen, Jr. Co.Date Published1910 Lot #54 Memoria sobre a Fundação e Estado Actual da Fazenda Nova Louzã View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Brazil)AuthorCarvalho Monte-Negro, João Elisário deHeadlineBrazilian farm without slaves, 1870PublisherTypographia--ConstitucionalDate Published1870 Lot #68 The Pacific Coast Pulpit containing Sermons by Prominent Preachers of San Francisco and Vicinity. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineWith albumen portraits of S.F. Preachers, 1875ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherWestern Reporting and Publishing CompanyDate Published1875 Lot #93 Instruction for Heavy Artillery; Prepared by a Board of Officers, for the Use of the Army of the United States. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)HeadlineCivil War Era Instruction for Heavy ArtilleryPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1863 Lot #95 Oil painting of a Civil War battle View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War)HeadlineCivil War battle oil paintingDate PublishedAfter 1864 Lot #110 Contract for an emancipated female slave in Cuba to work in the copper mines View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFreed female slave hired for Cuban copper minesDate Published1863 Lot #111 Labor contract for an emancipated African slave View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineLabor contract for freed Cuban slave 1871Date Published1871 Lot #112 Manuscript listing of 80 slaves sold by one individual to another View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Cuba – Slavery)Headline80 slaves sold in Cuba, 1868Date Published1868 Lot #130 Across the Threshold View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFerris, Anita B.HeadlineScarce children's book for Missionary programsPublisherMissionary Education MovementDate Published1914 Lot #145 Old Chinatown: A Book of Pictures by Arnold Genthe View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGenthe, Arnold and Will IrwinHeadlineGenthe's pre-quake photographs of ChinatownProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1913 Lot #157 Brigham's Destroying Angel: Being the Life, Confession, and Startling Disclosure of the Notorious Bill Hickman, the Danite Chief of Utah View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHickman, William A.HeadlineBill Hickman - Brigham's Destroying AngelPublisherGeo. A. CrofuttDate Published1872 Lot #165 The Presbyterian Church in Alaska. An Official Sketch of its Rise and Progress 1877-1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJackson, SheldonHeadlinePresbyterian Church in Alaska, 1886 reportPublisherPress of Thomas McGillDate Published1886 Lot #199 Sketches of Mission Life Among the Indians of Oregon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorMudge, Zachariah AtwllHeadlineMission Life Indians Oregon 1st ed. 1854ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherCarlton & PorterDate Published1854 Lot #218 The Facts of Reconstruction View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Reconstruction)AuthorLynch, John R.HeadlineJohn Lynch's defence of Reconstruction policiesPublisherNeale Publishing CompanyDate Published1913 Lot #256 Three Years and a Half in the Army; or, History of the Second Colorados. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorWilliams, EllenHeadlineCivil War history of the Colorado 2nd CavalryPublisherPublished for the Author by Fowler & Wells CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #273 Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(1861)AuthorLincoln, Abraham and Stephen A. DouglasHeadlineLincoln-Douglas Debates 1860ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherFollett, Foster and Company et al.Date Published1860 Lot #275 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineNicely bound set of Ulysses S. Grant's memoirsPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-86 Lot #286 Letter from Howell Cobb, written as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to the director of the Mint at San Francisco View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorCobb, HowellHeadlineFuture rebel leader writes as U.S. Treasury SecretaryDate Published1859 Lot #312 History and General Views of the Sandwich Islands' Mission View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorDibble, SheldonHeadlineDibble's History of Sandwich Islands 1839ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherTaylor & DoddDate Published1839 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next