Sale 699: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#699) 05/07/2020 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/07/2020 11:00 AM PDT 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 1-56 of 56. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 The Discovery of the Yosemite and the Indian War of 1851, Which Led to that Event AuthorBunnell, Lafayette HoughtonHeadlineBunnell's Yosemite, inscribed 1st editionPublisherFlemming H. RevellDate Published[1880] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #20 Manuscript receipt for arms purchased in Los Angeles during the occupation by U.S. troops, just before they were forced to capitulate by rebellious Californios AuthorGillespie, Archibald H.HeadlineReceipt for arms purchased during Bear Flag Rebellion 1846Date PublishedSeptember 29, 1846 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #27 Souvenir card signed by James Marshall, the discoverer of gold in California AuthorMarshall, James W.HeadlineSignature of the Discoverer of Gold in CaliforniaDate Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #38 Letter from M.G. Vallejo to Jean Jacques Vioget, regarding business transactions and other matters AuthorVallejo, Mariano GuadalupeHeadlineLetter from M.G. Vallejo to J.J. Vioget 1845Date PublishedFeb. (?) 13, 1845 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #42 Handwritten note certifying Thomas C. Lancey to be a member of the Committee of Vigilance Heading(Vigilance Committee)AuthorGates, GeorgeHeadlineCertification of Vigilance Committee member 1856Date PublishedAug. 25, 1856 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #48 By The President of the United States of America / A Proclamation AuthorAdams, JohnHeadlinePresident Adams 1799 broadside Proclamation of ThanksgivingDate PublishedMarch 6, 1799 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #49 7 volumes of African-American reference Heading(African-American - Reference)Headline7 volumes of African-American reference, 1935-1980Date Published1935-1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #50 The Philadelphia Negro: Social Study Heading(African-American)AuthorDuBois, W.E. BurghardtHeadlineFirst case study of a black community in the US, 1899.PublisherUniversity of PennsylvaniaDate Published1899 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #51 The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A. First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military Academy Heading(African-American)AuthorFlipper, Henry OssianHeadlineColored Cadet at West Point, 1878 1st Ed.PublisherHomer Lee & Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #53 On the Negro's Place in Nature Heading(African-American)AuthorHunt, JamesHeadlineOn the Negro's Place in Nature, 1863PublisherTrubner & Co.Date Published1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #54 Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights, Being an Intensely Human and Brilliant Account of the World War and Why and for What Purpose America and the Allies are Fighting and the Important Part Taken by the Negro Heading(African-American)AuthorMiller, KellyHeadlineKelly Miller's History of the World War for Human RightsPublisherAustin JenkinsDate Published[1919] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #55 Scott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War Heading(African-American)AuthorScott, Emmett J.HeadlineScott’s Official History of the American Negro in the World War, 1919Publisher[Homewood Press]Date Published[1919] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #56 The Underground Rail Road. A Record of Facts, Authentic, Narratives, Letters, &c, Narrating the Hardships Hair-breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in their Efforts for Freedom.... Heading(African-American)AuthorStill, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Still's The Underground RailroadPublisherPorter & CoatesDate Published1872 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #57 White Supremacy and Negro Subordination or, Negroes A Subordinate Race, and (so-called) Slavery Its Normal Condition Heading(African-American)AuthorVan Evrie, John H.HeadlinePseudo-scientific support of slavery, 1868PublisherVan Evrie, Horton & Co.Date Published1868 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #58 A New Negro for a New Century: An Accurate and Up-to-Date Record of the Upward Struggles of the Negro Race... Heading(African-American)AuthorWashington, Booker T.HeadlineA New Negro for a New Century, 1900PublisherAmerican Publishing HouseDate Published[1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #59 Pennsylvania legal document indicting a “colored man” for keeping an illegal Gambling house Heading(African-American, 1839)HeadlinePennsylvania indicts "colored" keeper of a gambling house in 1839Date PublishedMarch 16, 1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #60 Revolution The Only Remedy For Slavery Heading(African-American, 1855 – Anti-Slavery)Author[Foster, Stephen Symonds]HeadlineRevolution The Only Remedy For Slavery: 1855 tractPublisherAmerican Anti-Slavery SocietyDate Publishedca. 1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #61 Virginia woman plantation owner hopes to sell an “insolent” slave during the Civil War - Letter Heading(African-American, 1863)AuthorGriffin, M[argaret] E.Headline1863 "Insolent" slave of a Virginia woman plantation ownerDate PublishedNov. 29, 1863. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #62 Autograph document of Union Army officer who mobilized "Negro labor" and established freedmen schools in Civil War Louisiana Heading(African-American, 1863)AuthorHanks, Lt. George H.Headline1863 Union officer who fought for Black civil rights in New OrleansDate PublishedApril 31, 1863. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #63 Muhammad Ali: A Thirty-Year Journey Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorBingham, Howard L.HeadlineMuhammad Ali, signed by Ali & BinghamPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1993 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #64 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #72 The Instinct Never Dies AuthorBateman, EdHeadlineThe Instinct Never Dies by Ed BatemanPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1931 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #88 Manuscript ledger book, evidently from a general store in Foresthill, California, listing customers, the products purchased, and amounts of the purchases Heading(California - Foresthill)HeadlineAccount book for Placer County store 1892Date Published1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #94 Poll Tax Roll 1907 Plumas County (cover title) Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineLedger for Plumas County Poll Tax Roll, 1907Date Published1907 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #121 Of Minnie the Moocher & Me AuthorCalloway, Cab and Bryant RollinsHeadlineOf Minnie the Moocher & Me, inscribed by Calloway & RollinsPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1976 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #122 The New Cab Calloway's Cat-ologue - Cab Calloway's famous 1939 jazz 'Jive Dictionary' AuthorCalloway, CabHeadlineClassic 1939 Black Jazz ‘Dictionary’Date Published1939 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #130 Collection of 119 Civil War patriotic covers Heading(Civil War - Patriotic Covers)HeadlineCollection of Civil War patriotic envelopesDate Publishedc. 1860-1865 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #131 Broadside printing of General Lee's Farewell Address Heading(Civil War)AuthorLee, Robert E.HeadlineBroadside printing of Gen. Robert E. Lee's Farewell AddressDate PublishedUndated, ca. 1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #132 The Tribune Almanac Heading(Civil War)HeadlineTribune Almanac, 1861-1864PublisherThe Tribune AssociationDate Published1861-1864 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #150 Sermons Preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church of St. Thomas', Philadelphia AuthorDouglass, WilliamHeadlineSermons Preached in the African Protestant Episcopal Church, 1854PublisherKing & BairdDate Published1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #163 1894 Eastman Business College friendship album, augmented with calligraphy, drawings, and original photographs Heading(Friendship Album)Headline1894 Eastman Business College friendship albumDate Published1894 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #164 Historia de la curacion de Antigua, de San Pablito Pahuatlan, Puebla AuthorGarcía Tellez, AlfonsoHeadlineAmate cut-out paper book, 1978Date Published1978 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #166 John Glenn: A Memoir AuthorGlenn, John & Nick TaylorHeadlineJohn Glenn Memoir, signedPublisherBantam BooksDate Published1999 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #167 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineGrant's Memoirs in half morocco bindingPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-86 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #183 Signed photographic portrait of Jimmy Hoffa Heading(Hoffa, Jimmy)HeadlineWe found Jimmy Hoffa!Date PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #193 Star-Spangled Banner Poems, Consecrated to Union and Liberty AuthorKennedy, James HomerHeadlineStar-Spangled Banner Poems, Civil War Poetry 1862PublisherJ.H. KennedyDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #196 Report of the Committee to whom was referred, on the twenty-ninth ultimo, so much of the President's speech as relates to the protection of commerce, and the defence of the country. Heading(Langdon, John)HeadlineSignature of Founding Father John LangdonPublisherHouse of RepresentativesDate Published[1798] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #204 18th century manuscript school lesson book Heading(Manuscript)HeadlineMoody family manuscript. c.1790Date Publishedc.1790 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #224 Real Peace, A Strategy for the West AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineReal Peace signed by NixonDate Published1983 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #230 Carte-de-visite Portrait Book from Civil War Period Heading(Photographs - Cartes-de-Visite)HeadlineCarte-de-visite Portrait Book from Civil War Period View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #234 WWII-era log books by a Cincinnati police officer Heading(Police log)AuthorEubanks, Elmer WinderHeadlinePolice log books, WWII-era CincinnatiDate Published1943-1946 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #243 Ledger for the John Patten Heading(Ship's Ledger)HeadlineHandwritten ship's ledger, 1862-77Date Published1862-1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #244 History of the Underground Railroad in Chester and the Neighboring Counties of Pennsylvania AuthorSmedley, R.C.HeadlineHistory of the Underground Railroad, 1863PublisherPrinted at the Office of the JournalDate Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #276 British Jamaican merchant's purchase of half a mini-nation in present day Cameroon, West Africa - Autograph Manuscript Signed Heading(Africa - Cameroon, 1850s)AuthorEdgerley, SamuelHeadline1850s British merchant's purchase of a West African "kingdom"Date Publishedca. 1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #283 Two letters by U.S. Consul describing rebel uprisings in Foo chow, China Heading(China)AuthorClarke, A.L.HeadlineLetters from U.S. Consul about Taiping RebellionDate Published1864, 1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #286 Letter of a female missionary in Shanghai Heading(China)AuthorHaygood, Laura A.HeadlineLetter by a missionary in China, 1885Date Published1885 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #293 Manuscript document regarding the sale of slave in early 19th century and the taxes thereupon Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves arriving in Cuba from Africa, 1817Date Published1817 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #298 Reports of the commissioners relating to the capture of Charles O'Hara at Toulon Heading(French Revolution)HeadlineManuscript detailing the Siege of Toulon, 1793Date Published1793 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #308 Two letters from General James Murray to Sir George Yonge, British Secretary of War Heading(Military)HeadlineLetters addressed to British Secretary of War, 1787Date Published1787 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #311 L'Histoire des Guerres Mithridatiques Vue par les Monnaies Heading(Numismatics)AuthorCallataÿ, François deHeadlineHistory of the Mithridatic Wars in coinsPublisherDépartement d'archéologie et d'histoire de l'art, Séminaire de numismatique Marcel HocDate Published1997 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #315 Letter from a soldier to his mother, chronicling his journey the United States to embark on a transport to Hawaii and the Philippines, and his first impressions once there Heading(Philippines)Author"Tom"HeadlineSoldier's journey to Philippines to quell unrest, 1909 letterDate PublishedApril 18, 1909 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #325 Naval Passage signed by John Barrow and the Duke of Clarence (William IV) Heading(William IV, King of United Kingdom)HeadlineNaval passage signed by John Barrow and William IV, 1828Date Published1828 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #356 Perrine's New Topographical War Map of the Southern States with a Chronology of the Great Rebellion [with] A Concise History of the War Heading(Civil War)AuthorPerrine, Charles O. and Capt. John S. BishopHeadlineMap of the Civil War, 1863PublisherCharles O. PerrineDate Published[1864] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #376 Letter from Frank S. Giles to Irvin A. Maurer AuthorGiles, FrankHeadlineLetter from Frank S. Giles to Irvin A. MaurerDate Published1971 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #390 A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford Heading(Presidents, 1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.HeadlineGerald Ford A Time to Heal, signedPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1979] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #391 Keeping Faith: Memoirs of a President Heading(Presidents, 1977)AuthorCarter, JimmyHeadlineJimmy Carter Keeping Faith special signed editionPublisherBantam BooksDate Published[1982] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$237.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next