Sale 834: Americana - Natural History - Travel - U.S. Presidents - Cartography (#834) 03/20/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 03/20/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 834 724 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-35 of 35. Previous|1|Next Lot #71 Letter from British immigrant woman seeing American slavery for the first time Heading(African American, 1843)AuthorRichards, S.HeadlineBritish immigrants see slaveryDate Published1843 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #72 The Poetical Works of George M. Horton, The Colored Bard of North-Carolina. To which is Prefixed The Life of the Author, Written by Himself Heading(African American, 1845)AuthorHorton, George M.HeadlinePoetry pub. by enslaved African American, 1845ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by D. HearttDate Published1845 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #73 2 documents of slave emancipation in antebellum Kentucky Heading(African American, 1851)AuthorCannon, Dr. NewtonHeadlineA benevolent and uncommon slave emancipationDate Published1851 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #74 Letter about a false report of a friend assaulted by his slave Heading(African American, 1854)AuthorBullard, William RichardHeadlineSlave owner talk in antebellum VirginiaDate Published1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #75 Civil War letters of the midwestern Gatton and Hendrickson families Heading(African American, 1862-1863)AuthorGatton, John, et alHeadlineAnti-Negro sentiment of northern whitesDate Published1862-1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #76 Message of the President…a report from Benjamin C. Truman relative to the condition of the southern people and the States in which the rebellion existed Heading(African American, 1866)Author[Johnson, Andrew]HeadlineEarly Reconstruction view of ex-slavesPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1866 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #77 Baxter’s Procrustes / with a biographical essay about the author by John B. Nicholson, Jr. Heading(African American, 1904-1966)AuthorChesnutt, Charles WaddellHeadlineTribute to one of the first Black writers of fictionPublisherRowfant ClubDate Published1966 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #78 Folk Songs of the American Negro. Number One. Heading(African American, 1907)AuthorWork, Frederick J., editorHeadlineFolk Songs of the American Negro 1907PublisherWork Bros. & Hart Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #79 Opening of the Santa Clara Kitchen: Who does not love good home cooking by a genuine colored cook... Heading(African American, 1917)HeadlineBlack Reno chef cooks for best white peoplePublisherLunsford's Reno Printing Co.Date Published[1917] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #80 Sadie Bruce Dance Revue Program, Eighth Street Theatre Heading(African American, 1938)HeadlineHarlem Renaissance-era Chicago Dance SchoolDate Published1938 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #81 Two panoramic photographs of Company 771 taken at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, IL Heading(African American, 1945)HeadlineAfrican-American Naval Company 771 photosDate Published1945 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #96 A Rosa de Ouro ou, O mimo de sua Santidade o Papa Leão XIII a S.A. a Princeza Imperial Regente por occasião da lei de 13 de maio de 1888 extinguindo a escravidão no Imperio: Estudo historico-liturgico sobre a rosa aurea Heading(Brazil - Slavery)AuthorEsberard, JoãoHeadlineGolden Rose for abolishing slavery in BrazilPublisherTyp. de G. Leuzinger & FilosDate Published1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #97 Manual do Fazendeiro, ou Tratado Domestico sobre as Enfermidades dos Negros Heading(Brazil - Slavery)AuthorImbert, J.B.A. [Jean Baptiste Alban]HeadlineMedical treatment for slaves in Brazil, 1834PublisherNa typ. imp. e const. de Seignot-PlancheretDate Published1834 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #131 Letter from influential British banker opposing Secession Heading(Civil War - Secession)AuthorSmith, SamuelHeadlineVirginia Governor urged to oppose SecessionDate Publishedc.1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #171 "Libertad Expediante" - manumission document for a female slave in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFreedom for female slave in Cuba, 1883Date Published1883 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #172 Manumission document from Cuba, 1869 Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban manumission document, 1869Date Published1869 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #173 Table listing the number and fees for security identification cards for slaves in a Cuban municipality Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlave security certificates in Cuba 1859Date Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #174 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$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #176 Guerra de Razas (Negros Contra Blancas en Cuba) [War of Races (Blacks Against Whites in Cuba)] Heading(Cuba – Race War, 1912)AuthorConte (Mayolino), Rafael; and Jose CapmanyHeadlineRacial conflict in newly independent CubaPublisherImp. Militar [Military Printing House] de Antonio PerezDate Published1912 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #182 Manuscript conveying the request of a freed black slave in Cuba to form a "brotherhood" of freed black slaves Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCreation of Brotherhood of Freed Black Slaves, 1852Date Published1852 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #184 Manuscript roster of a company comprised of Chinese, Black & Spanish soldiers in the 2nd "Battallon de Orden Publico" in Cuba at the start of the Little War (Guerra Chiquita) between Cuban rebels and Spain Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRecruits from jail fight Cuban rebels, 1879Date Published1879 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #234 McTeague: A Story of San Francisco AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #242 The Backwoodsman AuthorPaulding, James KirkeHeadlinePaulding, The Backwoodsman, 1stPublisherM. ThomasDate Published1818 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #247 Impressions of America, During the years 1833, 1834, and 1835 AuthorPower, TyroneHeadlineIrish actor sees Jacksonian AmericaPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1836 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #252 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadline1st Edition Uncle Tom's Cabin w/ signed Stowe noteProvenanceDr. George D. LacyPublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #387 Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Following the Equator 1st EditionPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #421 The Four Corners in Japan Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorBlanchard, Amy E.HeadlineBlanchard, Four Corners in Japan, decorative bindingProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherGeorge W. Jacobs & CompanyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #422 Romance of the French Abbeys Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorChampney, Elizabeth W.HeadlineChampney, Romance of the French AbbeysProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1905 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #423 You're Young But Once Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorClancy, Louise BreitenbachHeadlineClancy, You're Young But Once, 1926ProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherL.C. Page & CompanyDate Published1926 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #427 The Black Barque: A Tale of the Pirate Slave-Ship Gentle Hand Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorHains, T. JenkinsHeadlineHains, The Black Barque, 1924ProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherL.C. Page & CompanyDate Published1924 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #430 Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorJacobs, C.E. and Edyth Ellerbeck ReadHeadlineBlue Bonnett's Ranch Party, Jacobs & Read in DJProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherThe Page CompanyDate Published1919 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #438 Prisoners of Fortune: A Tale of the Massachusetts Bay Colony Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorSmith, Ruel PerleyHeadlineR.P. Smith, Prisoners of Fortune first editionProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherL.C. Page CompanyDate Published1907 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #440 The Quest for the Rose of Sharon Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorStevenson, Burton E.HeadlineQuest Rose of Sharon, Burton E. StevensonProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherL.C. Page & CompanyDate Published1909 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #441 Three early twentieth-century decorative publisher's cloth bindings Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)HeadlineThree publisher's cloth bindingsProvenanceCollection of Gary Kurutz View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #443 Days Off and Other Digressions Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorVan Dyke, HenryHeadlineDays Off by H. Van Dyke, Margaret Armstrong coverProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1907 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next