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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter from a New England minister about to reluctantly become Pastor of a Connecticut church bitterly divided over the issue of slavery Heading(African American, 1839)AuthorBentley, Rev. and Mrs. CharlesHeadlineConnecticut church torn by slavery issueDate PublishedJune 23-24,1839 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #5 Letter from a 21 year-old Union soldier declaring that some Ohio troops would not fight just to free the slaves Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorStrine, PeterHeadlineA racist anti-war Ohio soldier in the Union ArmyDate PublishedDecember 23, 1862 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #8 The Colored Regulars In the United States Army Heading(African American, 1904)AuthorSteward, T.G.HeadlineStory of Black Soldiers in Spanish-American WarPublisherA.M.E. Book ConcernDate Published1904 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #9 Autograph note by the jazz musician brother of Black sports legend Fritz Pollard (who integrated the National Football League) Heading(African American, 1914)AuthorPollard, HughesHeadlineRare early Black Jazz autographProvenanceFrom a Fritz Pollard family archive partially offered in these Galleries in 2015Date Publishedc.1914 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #13 The Negro Ghetto Heading(African American, 1948)AuthorWeaver, Robert C.HeadlineAssociation copy of racial housing study classicPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1948 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #19 American Fighter Aces Album Heading(Aviation - World War II)AuthorBoyce, Col. J. Ward, editorHeadlineSigned by almost 200 American AcesPublisher[The American Fighter Aces Association]Date Published[1996] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #20 Five volumes on WWII aviation Heading(Aviation - World War II)Headline5 WWII aviation books, one signed by pilotsDate Published1987-1995 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #21 Five volumes on aviation Heading(Aviation)HeadlineWith numerous fighter pilot signaturesDate Published1990-1998 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #22 Spitfire--The Story of a Famous Fighter [with] The Art of William S. Phillips Heading(Aviation)HeadlineTwo signed aviation worksDate Published1961-1994 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #27 The Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides 1630 AuthorBenavides, Fray Alonso deHeadlineThe Memorial of Fray Alonso de Benavides, 1630 signedPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #31 The Spanish Borderlands: A Chronicle of Old Florida and the Southwest AuthorBolton, Herbert EugeneHeadlineSigned by Herbert E. BoltonPublisherYale University PressDate Published1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #77 Receipt from "Pioneer California Wine House", Perkins Stern & Co. Heading(California)HeadlineCalifornia wine sellers to Lincoln’s White HouseDate PublishedNov. 21, 1868 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #97 The First Regiment of New York. Volunteers Commanded by Colonel Jonathan D. Stevenson in the Mexican War. Names of the Members of the Regiment during its Term of Service in Upper and Lower California, 1847-1848, with a Record of All Known Survivors on the 15th Day of April, 1882, and Those Known to Have Deceased, with Other Matters of Interest Pertaining to the Organization and Service of the Regiment AuthorClark, Francis D.HeadlineStevenson's Regiment in California 1847-8PublisherGeorge S. Evans Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #118 Letter from early Connecticut booksellers politely complaining of counterfeit money received from a New England clergyman Heading(Connecticut)AuthorCooke, Oliver D. & Increase, BooksellersHeadlineConnecticut booksellers stuck with phony moneyDate PublishedJune 20, 1801 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #120 The History of South America. Containing the Discoveries of Columbus, the Conquest of Mexico and Peru, and the Other Transactions of the Spaniards in the New World. AuthorCooper, T.HeadlineWith five copper-engraved plates by A. ReidPublisherE. NewberyDate Published1789 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #122 Death certificate for a Chinese slave who died of tuberculosis Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese dies of tuberculosis in Cuban hospitalDate Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #123 Manifest listing a shipload of Chinese laborers bound for Havana, headed "Emigracion China para la Isla de Cuba" Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba, 1866Date PublishedNov. 28, 1864 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #125 Chart listing slaves being moved from one jurisdiction to another in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChart of slaves in Cuba 1864Date Published1864 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #126 Document concerning the search by a female slave in Cuba for a new owner Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slave asks for new ownerDate Published1879 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #127 Document recording the mortgaging of African slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves in Cuba being mortgaged 1843Date Published1843 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #129 Manumission expediante file on the investigation of a female slave requesting her freedom Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban slave asks for her freedomDate Published1883 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #133 Two documents signed by Calixto Garcia as General in the Cuban Revolutionary Army, promoting officers Heading(Cuba)AuthorGarcía Íñiguez, CalixtoHeadlineCuban general promotes officers in Revolutionary ArmyDate Published1896; 1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #134 Manuscript listing of troops of the "Ejercto Libertada de Cuba" (Cuban Liberation Army) which freed Cuba from the Spanish overlords, with the aid of American troops including Teddy Roosevelt's "Rough Riders" Heading(Cuba)HeadlineMS. roster of Cuban Liberation Army, 1899Date Published1899 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #145 Archive of military orders related to the career of Colonel Alva F. Englehart AuthorEnglehart, Alva F.HeadlineArchive of Pacific military officer's careerDate Published1917-1942 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #156 Wind Blown and Dripping: A Book of Aleutian Cartoons AuthorHammett, Dashiell, [editor]HeadlineHammett Wind Blown & Dripping scarce bookletDate Published[1945] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #161 The Massacre of Lieutenant Grattan and his command by Indians AuthorHedren, Paul L.HeadlineThe Massacre of Lieutenant Grattan and his command by IndiansPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1983 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #178 Objective Japan! The Story of the Seventh Air Force from Pearl Harbor to the Japanese Surrender December 7, 1941 to August 14, 1945 AuthorLane, WillHeadlineMock-up of unpublished WWII unit historyDate Publishedc. 1947 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #187 Correspondence between Americans involved in shipping cargo from Europe to turbulent Latin America in the throes of war Heading(Maritime - South America)AuthorHartwig, NeesonHeadlineYankee business gambles in Latin AmericaDate PublishedNovember 17 and December 9 and 17, 1847 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #192 New Orleans Weekly Picayune Heading(Mexican-American War)HeadlineEarly reporting on Mexican-American War, 1847PublisherNew Orleans Weekly PicayuneDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #195 A Discourse, Delivered at the First Meeting of the Historical Society pof Michigan. September 18, 1829. Published at Their Request. Heading(Michigan)AuthorCass, LewisHeadlineLewis Cass on Early settlement in MichiganPublisherGeo. L. WhitneyDate Published1830 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #196 Life Amongst The Modocs: Unwritten History AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineFirst edition with card signed by J. MillerPublisherRichard Bentley & SonDate Published1873 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #237 The Haversack: State Fencibles Fair Journal Heading(Pennsylvania)HeadlineScarce Philadelphia militia periodicalDate Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #250 Trailing the Giant Panda Heading(Presidential, 1901)AuthorRoosevelt, Theodore and KermitHeadlineRoosevelt's expedition in search of the giant pandaPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1929 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$550StatusSold Lot #252 Pencil note by Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding income tax and unemployment relief Heading(Presidential, 1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineFDR pencil note on income taxDate Published1929 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #254 The Enemy Within Heading(Presidential, 1961)AuthorKennedy, Robert F.HeadlineThe Enemy Within signed by RFKPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1960] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #255 Humor and the Presidency Heading(Presidential, 1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineHumor and the Presidency, signed by Gerald FordPublisherArbor HouseDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$325StatusSold Lot #256 Two copies of A Vision for America Heading(Presidential, 1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlinePresentation copies signed by President FordPublisherLord John PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #266 A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn... AuthorRevere, Joseph WarrenHeadlineJoseph Revere A Tour of Duty in California, 1849PublisherC. S. Francis & Co.; J.H. FrancisDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #270 The Beaver Men: Spearheads of Empire AuthorSandoz, MaryHeadlineMari Sandoz The Beaver Men Ltd. Edn.PublisherHastings HouseDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #309 Photograph Album Documenting the U.S. Signal Corps in Europe in the Final Months of World War I Heading(World War I)HeadlineWWI U.S. Signal Corps photographsDate Published1918 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #316 With Winston Churchill at the Front Heading(Churchill, Winston S.)AuthorGibb, Alex Dewer, Captain (pseud. Captain X)HeadlineWith Winston Churchill at the Front, 1924PublisherGowans and Gray, Ltd.Date Published1924 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #327 Israel Defence Forces: The Six Day War Heading(Israel)AuthorBar-On, Col. Mordechai, editorHeadlineW/ signatures of Menachem Begin & Moshe DayanPublisherIsrael Ministry of DefenceDate Published1968 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #335 Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilization AuthorMead, MargaretHeadlineSigned copy of Margaret Mead's SamoaPublisherBlue Ribbon BooksDate Published[1932] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #359 Three volumes of WWII air combat art Heading(World War II - Aviation Art)Headline3 limited/signed volumes of air combat artDate Published1991-2001 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next