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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1843)AuthorRichards, S.HeadlineBritish immigrants see slaveryDate Published1843 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 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Heading(African American, 1845)AuthorHorton, George M.HeadlinePoetry pub. by enslaved African American, 1845ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherPrinted by D. HearttDate Published1845 Lot #73 2 documents of slave emancipation in antebellum Kentucky View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1851)AuthorCannon, Dr. NewtonHeadlineA benevolent and uncommon slave emancipationDate Published1851 Lot #74 Letter about a false report of a friend assaulted by his slave View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1854)AuthorBullard, William RichardHeadlineSlave owner talk in antebellum VirginiaDate Published1854 Lot #75 Civil War letters of the midwestern Gatton and Hendrickson families View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1862-1863)AuthorGatton, John, et alHeadlineAnti-Negro sentiment of northern whitesDate Published1862-1863 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1866)Author[Johnson, Andrew]HeadlineEarly Reconstruction view of ex-slavesPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1866 Lot #77 Baxter’s Procrustes / with a biographical essay about the author by John B. Nicholson, Jr. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1904-1966)AuthorChesnutt, Charles WaddellHeadlineTribute to one of the first Black writers of fictionPublisherRowfant ClubDate Published1966 Lot #78 Folk Songs of the American Negro. Number One. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1907)AuthorWork, Frederick J., editorHeadlineFolk Songs of the American Negro 1907PublisherWork Bros. & Hart Co.Date Published1907 Lot #79 Opening of the Santa Clara Kitchen: Who does not love good home cooking by a genuine colored cook... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1917)HeadlineBlack Reno chef cooks for best white peoplePublisherLunsford's Reno Printing Co.Date Published[1917] Lot #80 Sadie Bruce Dance Revue Program, Eighth Street Theatre View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1938)HeadlineHarlem Renaissance-era Chicago Dance SchoolDate Published1938 Lot #81 Two panoramic photographs of Company 771 taken at the U.S. Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, IL View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1945)HeadlineAfrican-American Naval Company 771 photosDate Published1945 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Brazil - Slavery)AuthorEsberard, JoãoHeadlineGolden Rose for abolishing slavery in BrazilPublisherTyp. de G. Leuzinger & FilosDate Published1888 Lot #97 Manual do Fazendeiro, ou Tratado Domestico sobre as Enfermidades dos Negros View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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 Lot #131 Letter from influential British banker opposing Secession View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War - Secession)AuthorSmith, SamuelHeadlineVirginia Governor urged to oppose SecessionDate Publishedc.1861 Lot #171 "Libertad Expediante" - manumission document for a female slave in Cuba View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFreedom for female slave in Cuba, 1883Date Published1883 Lot #172 Manumission document from Cuba, 1869 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban manumission document, 1869Date Published1869 Lot #173 Table listing the number and fees for security identification cards for slaves in a Cuban municipality View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlave security certificates in Cuba 1859Date Published1859 Lot #174 Ten leaves from a late eighteenth century slave ship manifest log View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineLate 18th c. slave ships in Spanish West IndiesDate Publishedc.1775 Lot #176 Guerra de Razas (Negros Contra Blancas en Cuba) [War of Races (Blacks Against Whites in Cuba)] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Cuba – Race War, 1912)AuthorConte (Mayolino), Rafael; and Jose CapmanyHeadlineRacial conflict in newly independent CubaPublisherImp. Militar [Military Printing House] de Antonio PerezDate Published1912 Lot #182 Manuscript conveying the request of a freed black slave in Cuba to form a "brotherhood" of freed black slaves View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCreation of Brotherhood of Freed Black Slaves, 1852Date Published1852 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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRecruits from jail fight Cuban rebels, 1879Date Published1879 Lot #234 McTeague: A Story of San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1899 Lot #242 The Backwoodsman View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorPaulding, James KirkeHeadlinePaulding, The Backwoodsman, 1stPublisherM. ThomasDate Published1818 Lot #247 Impressions of America, During the years 1833, 1834, and 1835 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPower, TyroneHeadlineIrish actor sees Jacksonian AmericaPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1836 Lot #252 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadline1st Edition Uncle Tom's Cabin w/ signed Stowe noteProvenanceDr. George D. LacyPublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 Lot #387 Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Following the Equator 1st EditionPublisherThe American Publishing CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #421 The Four Corners in Japan View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorBlanchard, Amy E.HeadlineBlanchard, Four Corners in Japan, decorative bindingProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherGeorge W. Jacobs & CompanyDate Published1912 Lot #422 Romance of the French Abbeys View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorChampney, Elizabeth W.HeadlineChampney, Romance of the French AbbeysProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1905 Lot #423 You're Young But Once View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorClancy, Louise BreitenbachHeadlineClancy, You're Young But Once, 1926ProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherL.C. Page & CompanyDate Published1926 Lot #427 The Black Barque: A Tale of the Pirate Slave-Ship Gentle Hand View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorHains, T. JenkinsHeadlineHains, The Black Barque, 1924ProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherL.C. Page & CompanyDate Published1924 Lot #430 Blue Bonnet's Ranch Party View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold 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 Lot #438 Prisoners of Fortune: A Tale of the Massachusetts Bay Colony View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorSmith, Ruel PerleyHeadlineR.P. Smith, Prisoners of Fortune first editionProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherL.C. Page CompanyDate Published1907 Lot #440 The Quest for the Rose of Sharon View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorStevenson, Burton E.HeadlineQuest Rose of Sharon, Burton E. StevensonProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherL.C. Page & CompanyDate Published1909 Lot #441 Three early twentieth-century decorative publisher's cloth bindings View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)HeadlineThree publisher's cloth bindingsProvenanceCollection of Gary Kurutz Lot #443 Days Off and Other Digressions View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorVan Dyke, HenryHeadlineDays Off by H. Van Dyke, Margaret Armstrong coverProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1907 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next