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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Virginia slave-trader's business letter on the eve of Civil War Heading(African-American – slave trade, 1860)AuthorTaylor, WilliamHeadlineVirginia slave-trader's letter on eve of Civil WarDate PublishedAug. 21, 1860 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,290StatusSold Lot #6 Liftoff: The Story of America's Adventure in Space Heading(Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins)AuthorCollins, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin & Michael CollinsPublisherGrove PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #9 Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections AuthorBarnum, P.T.HeadlineInscribed by P.T. Barnum to his niecePublisherThe Courier CompanyDate Published1882 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #18 Manuscript legal complaint filed against some 11 Chinese residents of Nevada County of illegal gambling Heading(California - Chinese Gambling)HeadlineChinese gambling in Nevada County, CaliforniaDate PublishedFebruary 25, 1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #24 Manuscript ledger for the First National Gold Bank of Petaluma, California Heading(California - Petaluma)HeadlineCash at Petaluma Bank, 1874-1891Date Published1874-1891 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #28 US Navy officer who officially "named" the city of San Francisco - letter as Coast Surveyor to a pioneering meteorologist Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBartlett, Washington A.HeadlineLetter from US Navy Lieutenant who officially "named" San FranciscoDate PublishedOct. 13, 1851 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #36 Index to Assessment Rolls, Sonoma County, for 1885 Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlineCitizenry of Sonoma County assessed, 1885Date Published1885 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #37 Letter from H.H. McKinstry in Two Rock Valley, Sonoma County, California, to his brother back east, describing life in California, primarily the agricultural bounty Heading(California - Sonoma County)AuthorMcKinstry, Henry HarrisonHeadlineLetter from Sonoma County, 1862Date PublishedFE. 16, 1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #39 California Heading(California Series)AuthorMcCarthy, John Russell, editorHeadlineCalifornia series signed by California pioneersPublisherPowell Publishing Co.Date Published[1928-1929] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #45 Canadian Irish Catholic riots against anti-Vatican speeches by Italian ex-Priest – letter by American emigrant Heading(Canada - Gavazzi riots)AuthorBuck, M.A.Headline18532 Irish Catholic riots in Canada - letter by a Yankee emigrantDate PublishedOct. 24, 1853. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #46 1915 photograph of notorious inter-racial couple in San Francisco Chinatown Heading(Chinatown – Photograph)Headline1915 Photo of notorious Chinatown inter-racial coupleDate Published1910-1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #47 Hand-drawn Map by inventor of the Maynard Carbine Heading(Civil War inventor)AuthorMaynard, EdwardHeadlineHand-drawn NY map by Civil War gun inventorDate Publishedca. 1831-1833 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #54 Black Reconstruction: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880 AuthorDu Bois, W.E.B.HeadlineSigned by W.E.B. Du BoisPublisherS.A. RussellDate Published1956 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$822StatusSold Lot #57 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineNotes of a Military Reconnoissance by EmoryPublisherWendell and Van Benthuysen, PrintersDate Published1848 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #77 Ending the Mexican-American War - letter by French merchant in Mexico Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorSescosse, N.[eree]HeadlineEnding the Mexican-American War - French observer's letterDate PublishedApril 4, 1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #78 Manuscript cookbook, in Spanish, from Mexico Heading(Mexico - Manuscript Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript Mexican Cookbook c.1920sDate Publishedc.1910-1920's View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #79 Two manuscript cookbooks in Spanish, from Mexico, created by a young girl Heading(Mexico - Manuscript Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript cookbooks of Mexican schoolgirl, c.1920Date Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #80 Letter on Mexican political chaos after Iturbide's abdication Heading(Mexico - post-Independence)Author[Manuel Huerta?]HeadlineLetter, Mexican political chaos after Independence from SpainDate PublishedAug. 26, 1823 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #90 A Memoir of the Honourable Sir Charles Paget...and Reminiscences of My Life and Family AuthorPaget, Edward ClarenceHeadlineMemoir of Sir Charles Paget by E.C. PagetPublisherWilliam BriggsDate Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #107 Ohio woman emigrant to Florida awaits her husband’s return from the Texas Revolution Heading(Texas, Florida – Slaves, Indians)AuthorMacomb, Mary WorthingtonHeadlineWife of a Texas Revolutionary hero in Indian-threatened FloridaDate PublishedDec. 15, 1835 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$822StatusSold Lot #116 Handbook of Aircraft Armament Heading(World War I)AuthorBureau of Aircraft Production Air Service, U.S. ArmyHeadlineWWI Handbook of Aircraft Armament w/foldout plansPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1918 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #164 Daybook and Ledger for the Mariposa Hotel Heading(Mariposa Hotel)HeadlineLedger & daybook for Mariposa Hotel 1890'sDate Published1890-1895 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #172 The Writings of John Muir, Manuscript Edition AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineManuscript edition of John Muir's WritingsPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1916-24 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,641StatusSold Lot #198 My Trip to Yosemite: From the Journal of Emilie Sussman, 1872 AuthorSussman, EmilieHeadlineMy Trip to Yosemite signed by Emilie SussmanPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #225 Notebook kept by an assistant duty officer of an aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy during World War II Heading(Japan - World War II)HeadlineNotebook of Japanese officer on aircraft carrier during WWIIDate Published1943-1944 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$588StatusSold Lot #227 Vie du Général Charette, commandant en chef les armées catholiques et royales dans la Vendée et dans tous les pays insurgés AuthorLe Bouvier-Desmortiers, Urbain-René-ThomasHeadlineVie du Général Charette, 1823PublisherMellinet-Malssis and RaynalDate Published1823 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #233 Keel and Saddle: A Retrospect of Forty Years of Military and Naval Service AuthorRevere, Joseph W.HeadlineRevere's Keel and Saddle, 1872PublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1872 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #335 Letter by James DeNoon Reymert's nephew and law partner Heading(Arizona mining - Los Angeles Judge)AuthorReymert, TheodorHeadlineExpose letter about Arizona silver baron and Los Angeles judgeDate PublishedSept. 28, 1891 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12StatusSold Lot #336 The Big Book of Barris AuthorBarris, George and David FetherstonHeadlineSigned by George BarrisPublisherEaston PressDate Published2003 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #342 WITHDRAWN - Boston Letter about a disappeared Forty-Niner Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorFullerton & RaymondHeadlineWITHDRAWN - 1849 Boston letter about a disappeared Forty-NinerDate PublishedMarch 6, 1849 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #360 Letter by the West Point and Columbia Math Professor who “dominated mathematics textbook writing in the nineteenth century” Heading(Mathematics)AuthorDavies, CharlesHeadline1847 Letter from West Point Prof. writer of best-selling Math textbooksDate PublishedMarch 30, 1847 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$24StatusSold Lot #371 Signed loan document, Pennsylvania 1785 Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineSigned loan document, Pennsylvania 1785Date Published1785 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$48StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next