Sale 661: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Hunting & Sporting - World History - Cartography (#661) 12/13/2018 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/13/2018 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-22 of 22. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Two ground-breaking histories of African-American pioneers in California Heading(African-American - California)HeadlineAfrican-American pioneers in California, 2 classic historical studies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #4 Black immigrant 'stumps' California for Democrats - Autograph Letter Signed Heading(African-American - Los Angeles)AuthorJacobs, Louis T.Headline1888 Black immigrant 'stumps' California for DemocratsDate PublishedAug. 7, 1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #5 Manuscript deed of sale for two slaves to William Bibb, for the use and benefit of Harriet M. Goodwin and her children Heading(African-American - Slavery)AuthorTaylor, William H.HeadlineSlavery document from the 1840sDate PublishedFebruary 14, 1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #6 Virginia slave auction proceeds Heading(African-American - Slavery)AuthorTrabue, MaconHeadlineAntebellum Virginia slave auction proceeds, Document SignedDate PublishedNov. 17, 1855 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #7 Frederick Douglass the Orator Heading(African-American)AuthorGregory, James M.HeadlineFrederick Douglass the Orator by James M. GregoryPublisherWillley CompanyDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #8 A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Preceded by a Review of the Military Services of Negroes in Ancient and Modern Times Heading(African-American)AuthorWilliams, George W.HeadlineImportant work on African American soldiers in the American Civil WarPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #9 Fugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812 - Autograph Letter Signed Heading(African-American, 1813)AuthorParker, Daniel, Chief Clerk, US War DepartmentHeadlineFugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812Date PublishedJuly 19, 1813 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #10 Legal battle over a Virginia slave mother and her children - Document Signed Heading(African-American, 1843)AuthorJohn M. Perkins.Headline1843 Legal battle over a Virginia slave and her childrenDate PublishedOct. 17, 1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #11 Deed of Manumission of slave Peter Harris, Document Signed. Heading(African-American, 1850)AuthorTurpin, Philip O.Headline1850 Slave emancipation document, KentuckyDate PublishedFeb. 11, 1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #12 Account of slave Christmas in Kentucky by a Pennsylvania Yankee Heading(African-American, 1850s)AuthorS.W.MitchellHeadline1850s slave Christmas in Kentucky - letter by a Pennsylvania YankeeDate PublishedDec. 24-25, [ca. 1851-53] View details Estimate$300 - $400Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #13 Four early catalogs of African-American rare books and ephemera, including the classic Heartman catalog of 1946 Heading(African-American, 1941-1961 - Reference)Headline4 early catalogs of African-American rare books and ephemera, 1941-61PublisherVarious publishersDate Published1941-61 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #14 Menu, “Café Society Presents Purveyor’s Night”: for investors San Francisco Black Jazz Club Heading(African-American, 1948 – San Francisco Jazz Club)AuthorBlackshear, HaroldHeadline1948 Menu for upscale San Francisco Jazz ClubDate PublishedJan. 29, 1948 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #15 Two elegantly produced imprints Heading(African-American, 1989-96 – Reference)Headline2 fine printings about African-American rare books and epehemeraDate Published1989-1996 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #16 Prejudice-themed African-Americana antiques Heading(African-American, 1993-2010 – Reference)HeadlinePrejudice African-American antiquesDate Published1993-2010 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #17 Complete set of the 1st 19 annual NY auction catalogs of Printed & Manuscript African-Americana Heading(African-American, 1996-2014 – Reference)AuthorSwann GalleriesHeadlineAfrican-Americana auctions, set of 19 Swann Galleries NY catalogsDate Published1996-2014 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #35 G.G. Evans' Great Gift Book Store. The most extensive and the only Original Establishment of the kind in the United States... Heading(Book Trade - Publishing - Philadelphia)HeadlineG.G. Evans' Great Gift Book Store CatalogueDate Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #137 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. - Inscribed by Coretta Scott King AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineCoretta Scott King on MLK, inscribedPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #193 The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream Heading(Presidents, 2009)AuthorObama, BarackHeadlineSigned by Barack ObamaPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published[2006] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #382 Gutenberg and the Book of Books with Bibliographical Notes, Reproductions of Specimen Pages and a Listing of Known Copies AuthorJohnson, Henry LewisHeadlineGutenberg and the Book of BooksPublisherWilliam Edwin RudgeDate Published1932 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #393 An Historical Account of the British or Welsh Versions and Editions of the Bible With an Appendix containing the Dedications prefixed to the first Impressions AuthorLlewelyn, ThomasHeadlineHistory of Welsh and English Bibles, 1768PublisherRichard HettDate Published1768 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #408 A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 AuthorPlomer, Henry R.HeadlineHistory of English printing, 1900PublisherKegan Paul, Trench, TrubnerDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #483 Racism in slave-free Ohio - Letter Heading(African-American, 1848)AuthorWilliam F. SmithHeadline1848 Racist letter in slave-free OhioDate PublishedMay 4, 1848 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next