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