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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Examples: The Making of 40 Photographs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineExamples: The Making of 40 Photographs, signedPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published[1983] Lot #4 Letter from a Pennsylvania Quaker woman travelling near the Virginia and Maryland borders, who stays with an Underground Railroad conductor View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1858)AuthorLewis, HannahHeadlineHiding a fugitive slave hunted by dogsDate Published[August] 22, 1858 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$300 - $500Sold for$143.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorStrine, PeterHeadlineA racist anti-war Ohio soldier in the Union ArmyDate Published1862 Lot #8 Letter from a professional woman anti-Slavery lecturer View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorKingsbury, Mrs. Elizabeth A.HeadlineAbolitionist speaker, later first Los Angeles suffragetteDate PublishedJuly 1, 1864 Lot #9 Civil War letter from a Quaker missionary teacher of formerly enslaved children in Union-occupied Williamsburg, Virginia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorLewis, JohnHeadlineCivil War Quaker teacher of ex-enslaved children in VADate PublishedDecember 25, 1864 Lot #15 Letter from a former Chief Justice of the Vermont Supreme Court, with a political footnote about his opposition to Masonic influence in government View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Anti-Masonic)AuthorHutchinson, TitusHeadlineALS from Anti-Mason turned Underground Railroad conductorDate PublishedJuly 19, 1834 Lot #22 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 #28 The Fairport Nine View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Baseball)AuthorBrooks, NoahHeadlineFirst novel to feature the sport of baseball, 1880PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1880 Lot #31 Spanish Exploration in the Southwest, 1542-1706, editor View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBolton, Herbert EugeneHeadlineSpanish Exploration signed by BoltonPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1916] Lot #34 Journal of the Washita Campaign of 1868-'69 Detailing the Experiences of David L. Spotts As a Trooper in Company L, Nineteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Brininstool, E.A.)AuthorSpotts, David L.HeadlineSpotts Washita Diary Typescript, Custer SourceDate Published1926 Lot #38 Three early documents of Mexican Los Angeles View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)Headline3 Documents of Mexican Los AngelesDate Published1836-1848 Lot #41 Celebrate Days of ’49, Sacramento Poster View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(California - Sacramento County)HeadlineDays of '49 Sacramento Gold Rush PosterDate Published1922 Lot #61 American Football View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCamp, WalterHeadlineWalter Camp American Football 1891PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1891 Lot #70 Thirty-eight speeches by United States Senators and Representatives View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Civil War)HeadlineMoments before outbreak of Civil WarDate Published1860-1861 Lot #76 The Roar of the Crowd: The True Tale of the Rise and Fall of a Champion View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorCorbett, James J.HeadlineSigned Corbett's Roar of the CrowdPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1925 Lot #77 The Crittenden Memoirs View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCrittenden, H.H., compilerHeadlineSigned by author w/ 2 TLSPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1936 Lot #78 Four documents related to the drowning of a Chinese indentured servant in Cuba View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlinePapers re Drowning of Chinese Laborer w/ IDDate Published1857 Lot #79 Manuscript document reporting the deaths of 25 laborers bound from Macau to Port Mariel, Cuba, listing the locations at sea of their deaths View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineDeaths of Cuba-Bound Chinese Laborers ChartedDate Published1867 Lot #80 Manuscript investigation into deaths of Chinese laborers en route to Cuba View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineInvestigation re Chinese Laborers Death at SeaDate Published1866 Lot #81 Manuscript investigation into the drowning of two Chinese settlers on board a Portuguese frigate with signatures of Chinese witnesses View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineReport on Drowning with Chinese SignaturesDate Published1866 Lot #82 Manuscript letter from an imprisoned Chinese indentured servant seeking freedom View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineLetter from Chinese Laborer Imprisoned in CubaDate Published1866 Lot #84 Contrata for Chinese worker in Cuba 1861 [with] Cedula View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineContract & ID for Chinese Worker in Cuba, 1861Date Published1861-1863 Lot #85 Contrata for Chinese worker in Cuba 1877 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineContract for Chinese Worker in Cuba, 1877Date Published1877 Lot #86 Cuban document requesting rehire of Chinese laborers 1870s View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban Request to Rehire Chinese Workers 1870sDate Publishedc. 1870 Lot #87 Cuban identification paper for Chinese laborer 1863 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban Filiacion Paper Chinese Worker 1863Date Published1863 Lot #88 Cuban War of Independence manuscript signed by Antonio Maceo, 1895 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban Independence Maceo Signed Promotion 1895Date Published1895 Lot #90 Manuscript description of criminal case and fight between Cuban Black Slave and Chinese Indentured Servant View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineCuban Criminal Case and Fight between SlavesDate Published1870 Lot #91 Padron adiccional de asiaticos contratados profugos View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineRegistry of Chinese Workers in Cuba, 1872Date Published1872 Lot #93 Tenencia de Gobierno de Sagua La Grande View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineContrata for Chinese Worker in Cuba, 1868Date Published1868 Lot #97 Celebrated Criminal Cases of America View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDuke, Thomas S.HeadlineScarce criminal case anthology signedPublisherThe James H. Barry CompanyDate Published1910 Lot #101 Southern Cooking View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorDull, Mrs. S.R. [Henrietta Stanley]HeadlineInscribed and signed by Henrietta Stanley DullPublisherThe Ruralist PressDate Published1928 Lot #117 The Golfer's Alphabet View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Frost, A.B.)AuthorSutphen, W.G. Van TasselHeadlineThe Golfer's Alphabet 1898 First EditionPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1898 Lot #122 Records of North American Big Game - Publisher's Prospectus View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGray, Prentiss N.HeadlineRecords of North American Big Game, ProspectusPublisherDerrydale PressDate Published[1932] Lot #141 Minutes of the Kingstown Township School District's Board of Directors regarding the first school in DeKalb County, Illinois View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Illinois)HeadlineEarly Illinois School District MinutesDate Published1862-1879 Lot #146 Golf is My Game View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorJones, Robert Tyre (Bobby), Jr.HeadlineSigned Bobby Jones Golf is My Game in DJPublisherDoubledayDate Published1960 Lot #148 Program for Pacem in Terris, Encyclical Letter of His Holiness Pope John XXIII View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(King, Martin Luther, Jr.)HeadlineSigned by Martin Luther King, Jr.PublisherPaulist PressDate Published[1963] Lot #150 Koufax View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorKoufax, Sandy with Ed LinnHeadlineKoufax, signed by Sandy KoufaxPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published[1966] Lot #158 New England Loan Office Bond, 1739 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Massachusetts)Headline1739 Bond Manuscript in Plymouth MADate Published1739 Lot #180 My People the Sioux View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Native American)AuthorChief Standing BearHeadlineInscribed by Chief Standing BearProvenanceJ. Lowell Groves (bookplate)PublisherHoughton Mifflin companyDate Published1928 Lot #199 The Ironic Temper [with] Days of Wrath View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Oppenheimer, J. Robert)AuthorChevalier, Haakon.HeadlineSigned works by Oppenheimer's Communist friend at BerkeleyDate Published1932-1936 Lot #200 Men and Decisions [with] The Alsos Mission View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Oppenheimer, J. Robert)AuthorStrauss, Lewis and Colonel Boris PashHeadlineSigned antagonists of the “father” of the Atomic bombDate Published1962-1969 Lot #212 Autograph letter signed by Lincoln's Secretary of State to the German noble who served in the Civil War View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorSeward, William H.HeadlineLincoln’s Secretary of State to Fremont’s titled mapmakerPublisherUS State DepartmentDate PublishedFebruary 20, 1862 Lot #213 Letter from a drama-loving Washington clerk critiquing the new Ford's Theater and its owner View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorStrohm, IsaacHeadlineALS about ill-fated Ford's Theater before its completionDate PublishedFebruary 10, 1862 Lot #218 De Re Metallica, translation of Georgius Agricola View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorHoover, Herbert and Lou Henry HooverHeadlineDe Re Metallica with Herbert Hoover TLSPublisherThe Mining MagazineDate Published1912 Lot #223 A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.Headline1st edition signed by President FordPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1979] Lot #224 George Herbert Walker Bush: A Photographic Profile View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1989)AuthorValdez, David, compilerHeadlineA Photographic Profile of Bush Signed LimitedPublisherTexas A&M University PressDate Published[1997] Lot #232 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 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorRobinson, AlfredHeadlineSigned by Thomas C. RussellProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1925 Lot #233 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 #234 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 #235 Eight Annual Hotel Gazette Golf Tournament, Winged Foot Golf Club. July 12, 1939 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Ruth, Babe)HeadlinePanorama with Babe RuthDate Published1939 Lot #238 Copy of Bill of Sale of enslaved laborer by Joseph Peralta to his wife View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Slavery)HeadlineCopy of Bill of Sale New Orleans SlaveryDate Published1851 Lot #239 Estate appraisal, with enslaved workers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Slavery)HeadlineEstate Appraisal Including Slaves GeorgiaDate Published1807 Lot #240 Mortgage on an enslaved woman View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Slavery)HeadlineMortgage document for enslaved woman in GADate Published1805 Lot #241 Notarized manumission manuscript document, freeing a Black woman, in French View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Slavery)HeadlineFreedom for enslaved woman in NOLA, 1834Date Published1834 Lot #242 Notice of sheriff's office seizing property including slaves View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Slavery)HeadlineMortgage Foreclosed South Carolina Slavery 1824Date Published1824 Lot #262 A Wheel Within a Wheel: How I Learned to Ride the Bicycle View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorWillard, Francis E.HeadlineFeminist text on learning to ride the Bicycle, 1895PublisherWoman's Temperance Publishing AssociationDate Published[1895] Lot #322 Travels in Peru and India While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction Into India. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMarkham, Clements R.HeadlineInscribed Travels in India and PeruPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1862 Lot #326 7 Volumes on Mountaineering History View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mountaineering)HeadlineSeven volumes of Mountaineering HistoryDate Published1914-1957 Lot #327 The Ascent of Everest View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorHunt, JohnHeadlineSigned by 4 Everest explorersPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1953] Lot #340 A History of Israel View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRobinson, Theodore H. and W.O.E. OesterleyHeadlineSweet inscriptions to author's wifePublisherClarendon PressDate Published1932 Lot #355 Travels Amongst the Great Andes of the Equator View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorWhymper, EdwardHeadlineWhymper's Travels Amongst the Great AndesPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1892 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next