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Previous|1|Next Image Lot Item Title Time Left Your Bids 1 Frederick Douglass' Paper: Devoted to the Rights of All Mankind, Without Distinction of Color, Class, or Clime Heading(African-American, 1855)AuthorDouglass, FrederickHeadlineFrederick Douglass' Newspaper, 1855Date Published1855 Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold View details 2 Autograph letter signed by Nathanael Greene Heading(American Revolution)AuthorGreene, NathanaelHeadlineLetter signed by Nathanael Greene, 1781Date Published1781 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold View details 6 The Birds of America, from Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories AuthorAudubon, John JamesHeadlineComplete 8vo edition of Audubon's Birds in full moroccoPublisherPublished by V.G. AudubonDate Published1856 Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold View details 7 Sense and Sensibility: A Novel AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten Sense & Sensibility 1833 illus. editionPublisherRichard Bentley, et al.Date Published1833 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold View details 12 The Life of Samuel Johnson AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineBoswell's Life of Johnson, 1791 2 volsPublisherPrinted by Henry Baldwin for Charles DillyDate Published1791 Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold View details 13 Autograph letter signed by Buffalo Bill to his sister [with] photograph of Buffalo Bill's family HeadingBuffalo Bill [i.e. William Frederick Cody]HeadlineAutograph letter signed, Buffalo Bill to sisterDate Published1881 Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold View details 17 Insurance Map of San Francisco, California. Volume One. Published by Dakin Publishing Company, 320 Sansome Street, San Francisco, 1887 Heading(California – San Francisco)HeadlineRare 40-sheet insurance map of S.F. 1887PublisherDakin Publishing CompanyDate Published1887-[1892] Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold View details 22 The History of the Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineDon Quixote, 1/200 large paper copiesPublisherWilliam PatersonDate Published1879-1884 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 23 Les Principales avantures de l’incomparable chevalier errant Don Quichotte de La Manche; peintes par Charles Coypel, premier peintre du roi, Et gravées, sous sa direction, par les plus habiles Artistes en ce genre AuthorCervantes Saavedra, Miguel deHeadlineSuite of most famous Quixote illustrationsPublisherJacques-François ChereauDate Published[c.1747-1770 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold View details 24 Les Voyages de la Nouvelle France occidentale, dicte Canada faits par le Sr Champlain Xainctongeois, Capitaine pour le Roy en la Marine du Ponant, & toutes les Descouvertes qu'il a faites en ce païs depuis l'an 1603 jusques en l'an 1629. AuthorChamplain, Samuel deHeadlineChamplain's voyages in rare first state, 1632PublisherChez Louis SevestreDate Published1632 Estimate$15,000 - $20,000Sold for$37,500StatusSold View details 26 "Little Sheaves" Gathered while Gleaning after Reapers. Being letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and ending in 1873 AuthorChurchill, Caroline M.HeadlineProgressive woman's travels in California 1874Date Published1874 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 30 Ship Manifest from the Spanish Ministry of War listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana, Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers embark for Cuba, 1861Date Published1861 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 31 A file of proceedings ("expediente diligiencias") regarding a request by African Carabali slaves "of this class," i.e. bozales, who wish to celebrate a traditional holiday with festivities and dancing Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineRitual celebration by slaves in Cuba 1814Date Published1814 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold View details 32 Legal file relating to a manumitted slave who is not being supplied proper documents or a promised stipend Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineMorena slave liberated in Cuba, 1880Date Published1880 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 33 Manifest listing 133 African slaves ("bozales") embarked on the steamer "Cristobal Colon" apparently bound for Caño, Cuba, or possibly the Philippines Heading(Cuba - Slavery)Headline"Bozales" African slaves shipped to CubaDate PublishedJuly 10, 1866 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold View details 34 Manuscript listing in table format of some 217 escaped or rebellious slaves (“Cimarrónes”) who had been freed under the lottery and were now to be given identification papers. Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineList of Cuban slaves freed through lottery, 1886Date Publishedc.1886 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 35 Manuscript roster of a Company in the 2nd "Battallon de Orden Publico" in Cuba of black, white and Chinese soldiers at the start of the Little War (Guerra Chiquita) between Cuban rebels and Spain Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRecruits from jail fight Cuban rebels, 1879Date Published1879 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 40 The Penny Pickwick Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorPrest, Thomas PeckettHeadlineSweeny Todd author rips off Dickens' PickwickPublisherPrinted and published by E. Lloyd for J. GravesDate Published1837-1839 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 41 The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare... Heading(Dickens, Charles, his book)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineDickens' copy of Shakespeare playsPublisherF. C. and J. Rivington, et al.Date Published1821 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold View details 42 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Christmas Carol, first edition, first issuePublisherChapman & HallDate Published1843 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold View details 46 Para verte mejor, America Latina [To See You More Clearly, Latin America] AuthorGasparini, Paolo, photographerHeadlinePhotographic journey through Latin America in turmoil, 1972PublisherSiglo veintiuno EditoresDate Published1972 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold View details 49 Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation AuthorHarris, Joel ChandlerHeadlineUncle Remus in rare binding variantPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1881 Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold View details 50 Specimens of Hawaiian Kapa Assembled from Various Institutions and Private Collections Heading(Hawaii & Polynesia)AuthorSeverson, Donald R.HeadlineSeverson's Hawaiian Kapa from Arion PressPublisher[Published by the Author]Date Published1978 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold View details 53 Iliad and Odyssey. Translated into German by Carl Edmund Richter AuthorHomerHeadlineGerman manuscript of Homer, c.1830Date Published1828-1832 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold View details 55 Printed poster instructing persons of Japanese ancestry in San Francisco to report to the Civil Control Station at 1530 Buchanan Street Heading(Japanese-American Internment)AuthorDeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.LHeadlineJapanese Exclusion Act broadsidePublisherU.S. ArmyDate PublishedMay 5, 1942 Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold View details 57 Fables Choisies Mises en Vers Par J. De La Fontaine AuthorLa Fontaine, Jean deHeadlineProfusely illust. edition of Fontaine's FablesPublisherChez Des LauriersDate Published1765-1775 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold View details 59 Reminiscences of a Stock Operator AuthorLefèvre, EdwinHeadlineEdwin Lefèvre's speculative investment classicPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published1923 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details 66 Voyages made in the Years 1788 and 1789, from China to the North West Coast of America. To which are prefixed, an Introductory Narrative of a Voyage performed in 1786, from Bengal, in the Ship Nootka; Observations on the Probable Existence of a North West Passage; and some account of the Trade between the North West Coast of America and China; and the latter country and Great Britain AuthorMeares, JohnHeadlineMeares on NW Coast of America, 1790PublisherPrinted at the Logographic Press and sold by J. WalterDate Published1790 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold View details 67 Paradise Lost: A Poem in Twelve Books [with] Paradise Regain'd AuthorMilton, JohnHeadline1st illustrated edition of Paradise Lost 1688PublisherPrinted by Miles Flesher, for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-Head in Chancery LaneDate Published1688 Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold View details 69 Utopia: Containing an excellent, learned, wittie, and pleasant discourse of the best state of a publick weale... AuthorMore, ThomasHeadlineMore's Utopia in English 1624PublisherPrinted by Bernard AlsopDate Published1624 Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold View details 72 File of mine registration documents from sixteenth century Peru, for mercury mines in Huancavelica Heading(Peru - Quicksilver Mines)HeadlineMercury mining in Peru, 1577 ms. archiveDate Published1577 Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold View details 73 Expediente del Marques de Casa Hermosa 1793 (cover title) Heading(Peru)AuthorMesa y Ponte Pagés, Francisco José de, 1st Marquis of Casa HermosaHeadlineRebuilding Peru after Tupac uprising 1793Date Published1793 Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold View details 74 Archive of approximately 75 letters written by Robert F. Long, a Corporal in the 45th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Heading(Philippine-American War - Letter Archive)AuthorLong, Robert F.HeadlineAmerican soldier's view of Filipino insurrectionDate Published1898 – 1901 Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold View details 80 Private Papers of James Boswell from Malahide Castle, in the Collection of Lt. Colonel Ralph Heyward Isham Heading(Rogers, Bruce, designer)AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlinePrivate Papers J. Boswell, Isham EditionPublisher[Privately Printed]Date Published[1928-1934] Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold View details 82 Papillons: Vingt planches en phototypie coloriées au patron donnant 81 papillons et 16 compositions décoratives AuthorSeguy, E.A.HeadlineE.A. Seguy Papillons portfolio of Pochoir illustrationPublisherTolmer EditeurDate Published[c.1928] Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$20,000StatusSold View details 84 Treasure Island AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson Treasure Island. 1st editionPublisherCassell & Co., Ltd.Date Published1883 Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold View details 85 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly [with] autographed letters signed by H.B. Stowe and Henry Ward Beecher AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadline1st issue Uncle Tom's Cabin with Stowe A.L.S.PublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold View details 86 The XII Aeneids of Virgil, the most renowned Laureat Prince of Latine Poets; Translated into English deca-syllables, by John Vicars AuthorVirgilHeadlineVicars' translation of Aeneid 1632PublisherAre to be sold by Ni. AlsopDate Published1632 Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold View details Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next