Also going under the hammer are three signed and inscribed copies of Charlotte Perkins Gilman's books including Human Work (New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904, first edition, inscibed "C.P. Gilman lent June 12, 1934"), In This Our World (Boston: Small, Maynard & Co., 1899, second edition, inscribed "Charlotte Perkins Stetson Her copy!" with a note in her hand inserted entitled "My Class" listing six topics related to ethics and social concerns), and Concerning Children (Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1900, first edition, inscribed by Gilman on dedication page to her daughter Katharine, the dedicatee of the book, "First copy received - to Katharine from Mother. Dec. 10th 1900," with Katharine's signature and bookplate, an original design of her own).
A section of the auction concentrates on Black women’s contributions to art, social issues and letters, including original material from Maya Angelou, Sarah Bradford’s biography of Harriet Tubman, and works by Elizabeth Catlett and Bettye Saar. The top lot is a special set of more than 100 original photographs used in Ericka Huggins’s 2022 book Comrade Sisters: Women of the Black Panther Party, each signed by photographer Stephen Shames.
