Sale 843: Americana with Zamorano 80 - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#843) 07/31/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/31/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-52 of 52. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Supplement to Claypoole's American Daily Advertiser. Saturday, October 15, 1796. Number 5467 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1796)HeadlineAd for the first major book on American slaveryDate Published1796 Lot #3 Letter from a Connecticut General and Revolutionary War veteran in favor of racial equality View details Estimate$1,500 - $1,800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1838)AuthorPeters, AbsolomHeadlineWhite General at first African American convention?Date Published1838 Lot #4 Antebellum Maryland anti-slavery booklet [with] fake wartime pro-slavery letter View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1858-1863)HeadlineMaryland pro-slavery backlashDate Published1858; 1863 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$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorStrine, PeterHeadlineA racist anti-war Ohio soldier in the Union ArmyDate Published1862 Lot #6 Letter from wounded Union officer, a McClellan Democrat View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorHoskinson, Thomas J. [Captain, Pennsylvania Infantry]HeadlineUnion Captain calls Emancipation “military despotism”Date Published1864 Lot #7 Two Sea Island Company stock certificates of a company organized by Northern capitalists to relaunch Southern cotton plantations View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1865-1866)AuthorEly, Alfred, and William G. Markham, Company PresidentsHeadline“New Masters” of ex-slaves in the SouthPublisherSea Island CompanyDate Published1865-1866 Lot #8 Note Signed by Republican Congressman Thaddeus Stevens to General O.O. Howard, Commissioner of the US Freedmen’s Bureau View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorStevens, Thaddeus, Member of CongressHeadlineFateful moment for the Freedmen's BureauDate Published1866 Lot #9 Autograph note by the jazz musician brother of Black sports legend Fritz Pollard (who integrated the National Football League) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #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... View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1917)AuthorLarkin, JohnHeadlineAfrican American comedian on tour in AustraliaPublisherH. Pole & Co.Date Published[1917] Lot #11 Negro Intelligence and Selective Migration View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1935)AuthorKlineberg, OttoHeadlineStudy aided school desegregationPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1935 Lot #12 Clarion Call: The History and Development of the Negro People’s Convention Movement in the United States from 1817 to 1840 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1947)AuthorGross, BellaHeadlineEarly study of Black Conventions before the Civil WarPublisherSelf-published by the editorDate Published1947 Lot #13 The Negro Ghetto View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1948)AuthorWeaver, Robert C.HeadlineAssociation copy of racial housing study classicPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1948 Lot #14 Letter from Birmingham City Jail View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1963)AuthorKing, Martin Luther, Jr.HeadlineMLK's Letter from Birmingham City Jail 2nd printingPublisherAmerican Friends Service CommitteeDate Published1963 Lot #19 The West of William H. Ashley: The international struggle for the fur trade of the Missouri, the Rocky Mountains, and the Columbia... 1822-1838 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Ashley, William Henry)AuthorMorgan, Dale, editorHeadlineThe West of William H. Ashley, signed 1/250PublisherFred A. RosenstockDate Published1964 Lot #21 Five volumes on WWII aviation View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Aviation - World War II)Headline5 WWII aviation books, one signed by pilotsDate Published1987-1995 Lot #55 Receipt from "Pioneer California Wine House", Perkins Stern & Co. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineCalifornia wine sellers to Lincoln’s White HouseDate PublishedNov. 21, 1868 Lot #66 Tracts issued by the Loyal Publication Society of New York, from Feb. 1, 1863, to Feb. 1, 1864 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Civil War - Loyal Publication Society)HeadlineNY Loyal Publication Society tracts, 1863-4PublisherLoyal Publication SocietyDate Published1864-1865 Lot #76 Death certificate for a Chinese slave who died of tuberculosis View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese man dies of tuberculosis in Cuban hospitalDate Published1881 Lot #78 Chart listing slaves of numerous African nations and tribes being moved from one jurisdiction to another in Cuba View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChart of African slaves in Cuba 1864Date Published1864 Lot #79 Chart of twenty-four African slaves from the Havana Judicial Slave Depository View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)Headline24 African slaves at a depository in Cuba, 1877Date Published1877 Lot #81 Manumission document from Cuba, 1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban manumission document, 1869Date Published1869 Lot #82 Manuscript list of the colored population, with slave population details, of Cardenas, Cuba, 1861 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban persons of color & slaves, Cardenas 1861Date Published1861 Lot #83 Paperwork relating to a Cuban slave woman View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban servant rented, and pays her masters 1881Date Published1881 Lot #86 Manuscript report of escaped participant of 1843 slave uprising View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Cuba)AuthorBenítez, Juan BautistaHeadlineA rebel slave escapes in Cuba, 1848 reportDate Published1848 Lot #87 Report on unregulated militia in Cuba, 1869 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba)AuthorEsponera, Felipe GuevaraHeadlineResponding to Unregulated Cuban Militias, 1869PublisherComandancia General del Distrito de la Habana y Gobierno Militar de la PlazaDate Published1869 Lot #89 Chinese man advocates for freedom of enslaved Cuban View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba)AuthorRuiz, Francisco, petitionerHeadlineChinese man asks freedom for Cuban slavePublisherGobierno Civil de la Provinicia MatanzasDate Published1879 Lot #91 The Story of My Life View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorDarrow, ClarenceHeadlineClarence Darrow's autobiography, signedPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 Lot #97 Southern Cooking View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDull, Mrs. S.R. [Henrietta Stanley]HeadlineInscribed and signed by Henrietta Stanley DullPublisherThe Ruralist PressDate Published1928 Lot #124 Autograph letter signed by Theodore H. Hittell regarding the Donner Party View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHittell, Theodore H.HeadlineALS by Hittell on the Donner Party, 1911Date Published1911 Lot #170 History of the Oregon Country View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Oregon)AuthorScott, Harvey W.HeadlineLimited edition of Scott's History of OregonPublisherThe Riverside PressDate Published1924 Lot #177 Two letters from Americans fighting the Aguinaldo “Insurrection” in the Philippines View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Philippine-American War)HeadlineTwo Philippine-American War perspectivesDate Published1899; 1900 Lot #183 Seven volumes with autographs by presidential also-rans View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Presidents - Losers)HeadlineSeven books & signatures of presidential losersDate Published1962-2018 Lot #184 Six books signed by Presidential also-rans View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents - Losers)HeadlineSix books signed by presidential losersDate Published1970-2007 Lot #186 Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorLincoln, Abraham and Stephen A. DouglasHeadlineLincoln-Douglas Debates 1860PublisherFollett, Foster and CompanyDate Published1860 Lot #187 Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$550StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorLincoln, Abraham and Stephen A. DouglasHeadlineWell-preserved and nicely bound Lincoln debatesPublisherFollett, Foster and CompanyDate Published1860 Lot #189 Pencil note by Franklin D. Roosevelt regarding income tax and unemployment relief View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1933)AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D.HeadlineFDR pencil note on income taxDate Published1929 Lot #201 California: A History of Upper & Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. A Full View of the Missionary Establishments and Condition of the Free and Domesticated Indians. With an Appendix relating to Steam Navigation in the Pacific View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineSigned by Thomas C. RussellProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1919 Lot #202 Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorLangsdorff, Georg Heinrich vonHeadlineSigned by Thomas C. RussellProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1927 Lot #204 Life in California Before the Conquest: Hispano-Californians, Leperos, & Indians; Franciscan Misioneros & Misiones; American & English Comerciantes; Puertos, Presidios, Castillos; Sailors & Backwoodsmen; Revolutions & Strife View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorRobinson, AlfredHeadlineSigned by Thomas C. RussellProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1925 Lot #205 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineLarge paper copy, signed by Thomas C. Russell in djProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Lot #206 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineLarge paper copy, signed by Thomas C. RussellProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Lot #207 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineNice copy on California bond paper, Z80ProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Lot #208 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineCA Gold Rush from a Woman's EyeProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Lot #209 Narrative of a Voyage to California Ports in 1841-42. Together with Voyages to Sitka, the Sandwich Islands & Okhotsk; To Which are Added Sketches of Journeys across America, Asia, & Europe: From the Narrative of a Voyage Round the World. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorSimpson, GeorgeHeadlineSigned by Thomas C. RussellProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1930 Lot #229 The New Penelope and Other Stories and Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorVictor, Frances FullerHeadlineWoman novelist, Bancroft historianPublisherA.L. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1877 Lot #247 Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, Professor of Agriculture in the Sheffield Scientific School from 1864 to 1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 09)AuthorBrewer, William H.HeadlineSigned and inscribed by FarquharProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherYale University PressDate Published1930 Lot #249 Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 11)AuthorBrowne, J. RossHeadlineGeorge Ellis Pugh's copy of California DebatesProvenanceGeorge Ellis PughPublisherJohn T. TowersDate Published1850 Lot #258 California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, Comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 38)AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineFirst Edition w/ letter and inscriptionProvenanceCharles PiodaPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1839 Lot #269 Life Amongst The Modocs: Unwritten History View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 55)AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineFirst edition with card signed by J. MillerPublisherRichard Bentley & SonDate Published1873 Lot #289 Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 80)AuthorWoods, Daniel B.HeadlinePresentation Copy of Woods' Gold DiggingsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 Lot #295 Six books signed by noted adventurers View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Adventurers)Headline6 books signed by notable adventurersDate Published1958-2006 Lot #374 Tahiti et Les Isles Adjacents. Voyages et séjour dans ces iles de 1862 à 1865. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Tahiti)AuthorArbousset, Jeans ThomasHeadlineMissions to Tahiti, signed by the authorPublisherChez Grassart, LibraireDate Published1867 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next