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Progress , Poster for Barack Obama Campaign
Lot: 1000Sold for: $277$225Progress, Poster for Barack Obama Campaign, by Scott Hansen (American, 20th/21st Century),2008, 1970/2000. more ...
Gee's Bend Quilt
Lot: 1001UnsoldGee's Bend Quilt, Housetop by Bettie Bendolph Seltzer, 1997, pink, green, and navy blue satin with cotton backing, signed "Made by B. Seltzer 1997." Note: Gee's Bend (Boykin, Alabama) is a more ...
Freedom a Fable
Lot: 1005UnsoldFreedom a Fable, by Kara Elizabeth Walker, 1997, pop-up silhouette book, from the edition of 4,000 published by Peter Norton Family Christmas Projects. more ...
Narrative of a Five Year's Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam
Lot: 1006Sold for: $1,845$1,500Narrative of a Five Year's Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam, by Capt. J.G. Stedman, London: for Johnson, 1813, two large quarto volumes, second edition, untrimmed, frontispiece in more ...
My Bondage and My Freedom
Lot: 1007Sold for: $3,998$3,250My Bondage and My Freedom, by Frederick Douglass, New York & Auburn: Miller, Orton, & Mulligan, 1855, first edition, portrait frontispiece, bound in contemporary full cloth, (worn, frontispiece more ...
The History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament, Vol. II, b
Lot: 1008UnsoldThe History of the Rise, Progress, and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade by the British Parliament, Vol. II, by Thomas Clarkson, 1808, Philadelphia, James P. Parke; Brown more ...
Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, A Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, F
Lot: 1009Sold for: $6,150$5,000Twelve Years a Slave. Narrative of Solomon Northup, A Citizen of New-York, Kidnapped in Washington City in 1841, and Rescued in 1853, From a Common Plantation Near the Red River, in Louisiana, by more ...
Letter from the Secretary of the Navy Transmitting Information in Relation to the Introduction of Slaves into the United States
Lot: 1010Sold for: $123$100Letter from the Secretary of the Navy Transmitting Information in Relation to the Introduction of Slaves into the United States, January 7, 1820, Washington, printed by Gales and Seaton, (foxing, more ...
A Preliminary Essay on the Exiled Sons of Africa, Consisting of Animadversions of the Impolicy and Barbarity of the Deleterious Commerc
Lot: 1011Sold for: $461$375A Preliminary Essay on the Exiled Sons of Africa, Consisting of Animadversions of the Impolicy and Barbarity of the Deleterious Commerce and Subsequent Slavery of the Human Species; to Which is more ...
Pictures of Slavery and Anti-Slavery
Lot: 1012UnsoldPictures of Slavery and Anti-Slavery, by John Bell Robinson, 1863, Philadelphia, hardcover, (toning, foxing, chipping to some pages). more ...
Four Framed Harper's Weekly Pages
Lot: 1013Sold for: $98$80Four Framed Harper's Weekly Pages, 9 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. more ...
The Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865, Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as Displayed on the
Lot: 1014UnsoldThe Soldier in Our Civil War: A Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861-1865, Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as Displayed on the Battle-field, by Paul Mottelay, New York: Stanley Bradley, more ...
Two Volumes of Harper's Magazine
Lot: 1015Sold for: $197$160Two Volumes of Harper's Magazine, weekly editions from January 4, 1862-December 27, 1862, monthly editions from June, 1850-May, 1853. more ...
Highly Colored
Lot: 1016UnsoldHighly Colored, by Octavus Roy Cohen, 1921, New York: Dodd, Mead and Company, (damage to spine, no dust jacket). more ...
War Pictures. Experiences and Observations of a Chaplain in the U.S. Army in the War of the Southern Rebellion
Lot: 1017UnsoldWar Pictures. Experiences and Observations of a Chaplain in the U.S. Army in the War of the Southern Rebellion, by Rev. J.B. Rogers, "Chaplain of the 14th Wis. Vols.," 1863, Chicago, Church & more ...
From Dixie to Canada: Romances and Realities of the Underground Railroad
Lot: 1018UnsoldFrom Dixie to Canada: Romances and Realities of the Underground Railroad, by H.U. Johnson, 1894, Orwell, Ohio, volume I, printed by Charles Wells Moulton, Buffalo, New York, green cloth, (edge wear, more ...
The Public Life of Capt. John Brown
Lot: 1019Sold for: $62$50The Public Life of Capt. John Brown, by James Redpath, 1860, Boston: Thayer and Eldridge, embossed brown cloth, (fading, wear to spine, loss, foxing, toning, and staining). more ...
Our Islands and Their People as Seen with Camera and Pencil
Lot: 1020UnsoldOur Islands and Their People as Seen with Camera and Pencil, by Major-General Joseph Wheeler, N.D. Thompson Publishing Co., 1899, two volumes. more ...
Roll, Jordan, Roll
Lot: 1021Sold for: $49$40Roll, Jordan, Roll, by Julia Peterkin, New York: Robert O. Ballou, 1933, trade edition, (no dust jacket, not signed.) more ...
Scott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War
Lot: 1022UnsoldScott's Official History of the American Negro in the World War, by Emmet J. Scott, 1919, (spine damage, edge wear). more ...
Stride Toward Freedom
Lot: 1022ASold for: $185$150Stride Toward Freedom, by Martin Luther King, Jr., 1958, New York, Harper Brothers, first edition, black cloth spine and blue cloth boards, silver stamping, in chipped dust jacket, with stamp from more ...
Eight Typed Plays from the Wetmore Declamation Bureau, Sioux City, Iowa.
Lot: 1023UnsoldEight Typed Plays from the Wetmore Declamation Bureau, Sioux City, Iowa. more ...
Female of the Bushman Race
Lot: 1024UnsoldFemale of the Bushman Race, from Dr. Prichard's Natural History of Man, lithograph, "London Published by Baillière 1848," framed, (toning, not examined out of frame). more ...
Native of Mozambique
Lot: 1025UnsoldNative of Mozambique, from Dr. Prichard's Natural History of Man, lithograph, "Published by H. Baillière, 1842," framed, (not examined out of frame). more ...
Benguela Angola
Lot: 1026UnsoldBenguela Angola, from Dr. Prichard's Natural History of Man, lithograph, "Published by Baillière, London, 1842," framed, (not examined out of frame). more ...
Early 18th Century Document
Lot: 1027UnsoldEarly 18th Century Document, "Abstract of the account of the neat money arisen for uses of her Ma'ty's Civill Govermt between the 8th of March 1701 & Michas 1712," lists dozens of funds raised more ...
William Pepperrell Letter Regarding Ability to Sail a Ship
Lot: 1028Sold for: $615$500William Pepperrell Letter Regarding Ability to Sail a Ship, 1729, "a copy to Thos Hasby (?) esq." Note: William Pepperrell was a prosperous New England merchant who transported goods to the West more ...
Bill of Lading for the Slave Ship Juno
Lot: 1029Sold for: $1,046$850Bill of Lading for the Slave Ship Juno, leaving Dublin bound for New York, Saban Gardner, April 1796, partially printed document, (losses to corners). more ...
Needlework Map of England
Lot: 1030Sold for: $308$250Needlework Map of England, by "M. Hume, Bristol, March 1786," silk and wool threads on linen, (toning, fading, scattered losses to linen and black threads),in a 20th century frame. more ...
Schoolgirl Needlework "Map of England and Wales,"
Lot: 1031Sold for: $308$250Schoolgirl Needlework "Map of England and Wales," late 18th/early 19th century, the map surrounded by a floral vine, silk threads on silk, (some shattering, toning),in an oval gilt-gesso frame. more ...