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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 #2 Virginia Illustrated: Containing a Visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the Adventures of Porte Crayon and his Cousins Heading(African American, 1857)Author[Strother, David Hunter]HeadlineWith engravings of Antebellum lifePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #3 Speech of Hon. Horace Heffren of Washington and Harrison Counties [with] Report of the Minority of the House Committee Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorHeffren, HoraceHeadlineIndiana racist rant, squelched duel and treason trialDate Published1861 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #4 “The Ethics of Slavery…The Bible View of Slavery, Dr. Raphall’s Discourse in the Synagogue” Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorRaphall, Rabbi Morris JacobHeadlineN.Y. Rabbi defends Slavery as Civil War loomsDate PublishedJanuary 5, 1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #6 Address of the Democratic Members of the General Assembly to the People of Indiana, Setting Forth…the Reasons why more had not been accomplished during its Constitutional Term Heading(African American, 1863)AuthorNiblack, William E., et alHeadlineIndiana Democrats denounce slave EmancipationPublisherElder, Harkness and Bingham [proprietors of the Indiana State Sentinel]Date Published1863 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #7 The Old Guard, A Monthly Journal, Devoted to Literature, Science and Art, and the Principles of 1776 and 1787. Issue of April 1865 Heading(African American, 1865)AuthorBurr, C. Chauncey, editorHeadlineCopperhead journal with rare insert on Lincoln's murderPublisherVan Evrie, Horton & Co,Date PublishedApril 1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #10 The Empire. Holland's Vaudeville Entertainers Commencing Saturday Next, July 7th...Last Week! Last Week! of the Popular Favourites Paul Stanhope's Breezy Revue Coy... Heading(African American, 1917)AuthorLarkin, JohnHeadlineAfrican American comedian on tour in AustraliaPublisherH. Pole & Co.Date Published[1917] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #11 The Norman Film Mfg. Co....Presents "The Bull-Dogger" Featuring Bill Pickett and the Greatest Array of World Champions Ever Assembled in a Motion Picture Heading(African American, 1921)AuthorPickett, BillHeadlineBill Pickett Rides Again!Date Publishedc. 1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #12 49th Annual Session - Missionary Baptist Sunday School and B.T.U. Congress of Kansas Heading(African American, 1940)HeadlineAfrican American Kansas missionary congressPublisherWilliams Photo StudioDate Published1940 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold 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 #14 Elliottorian Business Women's Club. L'Eleganza Beaux Arts Ball '73 Heading(African American, 1973)HeadlineFundraising For Black Women's EducationPublisherBolar Printing & Publishing Co.Date Published[1973] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #124 Chart from the Havana Judicial Slave Depository Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves at a depository in Cuba, 1877Date Published1877 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold 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 #128 Manumission document from Cuba, 1869 Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban manumission document, 1869Date Published1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 #130 Ten leaves from a late eighteenth century slave ship manifest log Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineLate 18th c. slave ships in Spanish West IndiesDate Publishedc.1775 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next