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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Free Black woman refused legal residence in Providence during the War of 1812 - Manuscript Document Heading(African-American, 1814)HeadlineFree Black woman refused residence in Rhode IslandDate Published1814 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #5 Fugitive Slave woman on the run, North Carolina letter Heading(African-American, 1825)Headline1825 Fugitive Slave woman on the run, North Carolina letterDate Published1825 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #6 Negroes and Negro "Slavery;" the first, an inferior race, the latter its normal condition. Introductory number: causes of popular delusion on the subject Heading(African-American, 1854)AuthorVan Evrie, John H.HeadlineScientific support of Slavery 1854PublisherDay Book OfficeDate Published[1854] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #7 NY Black Abolitionist (and future San Francisco journalist) - jobs for fugitive slaves Heading(African-American, 1856)Headline1856 NY Black Abolitionist jobs for fugitive slavesDate Published1856 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #8 A Letter to the Hon. Benjamin R. Curtis, Late Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, in review of his recently published pamphlet on the ‘Emancipation Proclamation’ of the President Heading(African-American, 1862 - Emancipation Proclamation)AuthorKirkland, Charles P.HeadlinePublication of First legal defence of Emancipation ProclamationPublisherLatimer Bros. & SeymourDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #9 Eight slave-related Civil War 'patriotic covers' (illustrated envelopes) Heading(African-American, 1863-64 - Civil War)Headline8 Civil War slave-related "patriotic covers" (illustrated envelopes)Date Publishedn.d. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #10 ‘Poem that Made the Negro a Soldier’ Heading(African-American, 1864 - Civil War)AuthorO’Reilly, Miles (pseudonym of Charles Halpine)Headline‘Poem that Made the Negro a Soldier’, 1864 Autograph ManuscriptDate Publishedca. 1864 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #11 Letter as 20 year-old teacher Heading(African-American, 1877)AuthorWashington, Booker T.HeadlineBooker T. Washington letter as 20 year-old teacher, 1877Date Published1877 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #12 1st Black Harvard graduate, letter as Republican ‘good soldier’ Heading(African-American, 1884)Headline1st Black Harvard graduate as Republican ‘good soldier’, 1884 letterDate Published1884 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #13 1st ‘scientific’ studies of 'Negro Intelligence' Heading(African-American, 1913-16)Headline'Negro Intelligence', 1st ‘scientific’ studies, 1913-16 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #14 Last ‘All Colored Cast’ Silent Movies, Ephemera Heading(African-American, 1922-1928)HeadlineLast African-American silent movies, 1922-28 ephemeraPublisherNorman Film Manufacturing Co.Date Published1922-28 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #15 NAACP leader’s novel of Southern lynchings and ‘barbarities”, letter to a white reader Heading(African-American, 1926)AuthorWhite, Walter F.HeadlineNAACP leader writes of lynching in the rural South, 1926 letterDate Published1926 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #16 Famed Black woman sculptor of the Harlem Renaissance encounters racism on a Boston bus, 1928 letter Heading(African-American, 1928)AuthorFuller, Meta V.W.HeadlineFamed Black woman scultpress of the Harlem Renaissance, 1928 letterDate Published1928 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #17 Early Black pictorial magazine of the Depression-era, only known copy Heading(African-American, 1939)Headline1938 Black pictorial magazine, only known copyDate Published1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #18 Black Jazz Club in 1940s San Francisco Heading(African-American, 1945)Headline1940s San Francisco Black Jazz ClubDate Published1945-46 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #19 African-American master artist Charles White, 4 illustrated ephemeral items Heading(African-American, 1962-2009 Black master artist Charles White)HeadlineBlack master artist Charles White, 1962-2009Date Published1962-2009 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #25 Two letters from George Balsley to his friend Bertie, written from New York, in one describing the America's Cup yacht race Heading(America's Cup)AuthorBalsley, GeorgeHeadlineLetter about watching America's Cup races 1899Date Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #28 Missionary and famed orthographer among the Choctaw Indians in Mississippi and Oklahoma - letter Heading(American Indians – Choctaw, ‘Trail of Tears’)AuthorBanks, Daniel C.HeadlineMissionary, famed orthographer among the Choctaw Indians, 1834 letterDate Published1834 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #33 Lease for Chinese sharecrop farmers, Butte County Heading(Asian-American - Chinese, 1880)Headline1880 Lease for Chinese Sharecroppers, Butte County, CaliforniaDate Published1880 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #37 Author of a Japanese-American classic, rare 1934 letter Heading(Asian-American – Japanese, 1898-1934)AuthorOyabe, JenichiroHeadlineAuthor of Japanese-American literary milestone, rare 1934 letterDate Published1934 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #60 Manuscript notebook for surveys at Chili Camp Gulch, Calaveras County Heading(California - Calaveras County)AuthorLivermore, W.W.HeadlineSurveyor's notebooks of Chili Gulch Cal.Date Published1890 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #63 The Kern County Land Company (Incorporated) Heading(California - Kern County)HeadlineRare Kern Count promotional with photogravures 1892PublisherKern County Land CompanyDate Published1892 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #96 Manuscript diary of an emigrant to California, kept sporadically from her(?) arrival in June of 1868 until departing for the east in May 1870 Heading(California)AuthorRice, A.HeadlineCalifornia diary 1868-70Date Published1868-1870 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #107 Letter - Guerrillas and “devilish Secesh” in a violent border state Heading(Civil War – Missouri)HeadlineCivil War Missouri - Letter - Guerrillas and “devilish Secesh”Date Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #195 Letter on the Hawaiian monarchist rebellion of 1895 Heading(Hawaii - 1895 Revolution)Headline1895 Letter Hawaiian Monarchist RebellionDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #232 Commonplace book of Amelia Bigelow Heading(Massachusetts - woman's commonplace book)AuthorBigelow, AmeliaHeadlineMassachusetts woman's commonplace book 1810Date Published[1810-11] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #274 Ten volumes signed by American political figures Heading(Signed books - Political biographies)HeadlineTen signed by American political figuresDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #296 Lord John Film Festival AuthorYellin, Herb, editorHeadlineLord John FIlm Festival 1 of 174 copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #297 Lord John Film Festival - Presentation copy AuthorYellin, Herb, editorHeadlineLord John Film Festival Presentation Copy & Trade EditionPublisherLord John PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #354 The African Slave Trade and Its Remedy AuthorBuxton, Thomas FowellHeadlineThe African Slave Trade and Its Remedy 1840PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1840 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #414 Influential American missionary to Korea, 1903 letter Heading(Korea, 1903)HeadlineInfluential American missionary to Korea, 1903 letterDate Published1903 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next