Sale 431: Americana & World History: Books, Manuscripts & Ephemera from the Library of Calvin P. Otto (#431) 07/01/2010 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/01/2010 1:00 PM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 101-173 of 173. Previous|12|Next Lot #164 The Spirit of St. Louis AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineThe Spirit of St. Louis Signed by LindberghPublisherScribner'sDate Published1953 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #166 The Wartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineWartime Journals of Charles A. Lindbergh SignedPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #167 "We": The Famous Flier's Own Story of His Life and His Transatlantic Flight, Together with His Views of the Future of Aviation AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.Headline"We" inscribed & signed by Charles LindberghPublisherPutnamDate Published1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #168 Lindbergh of Minnesota: A Political Biography Heading(Lindbergh, Charles A., Jr.)AuthorLarson, Bruce J.HeadlineSigned by Charles LindberghPublisherHarcourt Brace Jovanovich Inc.Date Published[1973] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #172 Four volumes on American lithography Heading(Lithography)AuthorPeters, Harry T.HeadlineFour volumes on American lithographyPublisherArno PressDate Published[1976] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #173 Two original documents regarding registration and ownership of a stock brand Heading(Livestock Brands)Author**Headlineoriginal Stock Brand registration & deed 1908-17Date Published1908-1917 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #178 Brigadier-General Thomas Francis Meagher: His Political and Military Career; With Selections from His Speeches and Writings AuthorLyons, W.F.HeadlineBrigadier-General Thomas Francis MeagherPublisherD. & J. SadlierDate Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #179 Les Francais en Californie AuthorLévy, DanielHeadlineLes Francais en Californie by Daniel Levy 1884PublisherGrégoire TauzyDate Published1884 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #187 1884-1920 Mapa oficial del estado de Sonora República de México.../New - Revised Official Map of the State of Sonora Republic of Mexico Compiled from Surveys, Reconnoissances and Other Sources. 1884-1920... Heading(Map)AuthorHerbert, Charles E.HeadlineLarge map of Sonora Mexico by C.E. HerbertPublisherSonora News Co.Date Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #196 Two survey maps of the Route Near the 47th and 49th Parallels Heading(Map - U.S. Pacific Railroad Survey)AuthorStevens, Isaac I.HeadlineSurvey of Route Near the 47th and 49th ParallelsDate Published1854 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #198 Two maps of Pacific Railroad Survey routes in California Heading(Map - U.S. Pacific Railroad Survey)AuthorWilliamson, R.S., John G. Parke, et al.HeadlinePacific Railroad Survey routes in CaliforniaDate Published1861 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #202 Manuscript Copy of a license for a tavern in Waterton, Massachusetts, the original of which was signed by John Hancock and Samuel Adams Heading(Massachusetts Tavern License)Author**HeadlineLicense for Massachusetts Tavern 1782Date PublishedJan. 23, 1782 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #204 History of the Indian Tribes of North America, with Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of the Principal Chiefs AuthorMcKenney, Thomas L. & James HallHeadlineMcKenney & Hall's Indian Tribes 120 Color-platesPublisherD. Rice & A.N. HartDate Published1854 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #207 Autograph Letter Signed by Samuel Meredith, first Treasurer of the United States, to Sharp Delany, Collector of Customs in Philadelphia AuthorMeredith, SamuelHeadlineLetter from 1st U.S. Treasurer 1790Date PublishedAug. 3, 1790 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #208 Two holograph letters to General Juan Nepomuceno Almonte castigating the U.S. movement towards war and criticizing James K. Polk Heading(Mexican American War)AuthorPutnam, Lewis H.HeadlineLetters against Mexican War 1846-47Date PublishedDec. 21 1846 & Feb. 19 1847 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #210 Land grant to Henry Drinker for a tract in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania AuthorMifflin, Thomas - Governor of PennsylvaniaHeadline1796 Pennyslvania Land GrantDate PublishedOctober 1, 1796 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #211 Autograph Letter Signed by James Milligan, Comptroller of the Treasury, to Elbridge Gerry AuthorMilligan, JamesHeadlineLetter from James Milligan to Elbridge Gerry 1785Date PublishedJan. 18th, 1785 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #212 Original sepia-tone photograph by Enos A. Mills AuthorMills, Enos A.HeadlineOriginal sepia-tone photograph by Enos A. MillsDate Publishedc. 1910s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #213 Original sepia-tone photograph by Enos A. Mills AuthorMills, Enos A.HeadlineOriginal sepia-tone photograph by Enos A. MillsDate Publishedc. 1910s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #214 Extracts from Engineers' Reports on The Calumet and Copper Creek Mining Company. Mines and Property, Graham and Pinal Counties, Arizona Heading(Mining - Arizona)Author**HeadlineEngineer report on mining in Pinal County ArizonaPublisherMine, Mille and Smelter OfficeDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #215 Report on the Lands and Mineral Deposits Belonging to the County Coal and Iron Company of Utah Heading(Mining)AuthorNewberry, J.S.HeadlineReport on Iron Co. of Utah 1882PublisherE. Wells Sacket & RankinDate Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #216 Pamphlet for the Tonopah mining camp Heading(Mining - Tonopa, Nevada)Author**HeadlinePamphlet for the Tonopah mining camp 1902PublisherTonopah BonanzaDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #217 The Historical Pageant of the Monterey Peninsula: In Twelve Episodes Pictorially Rendered AuthorMora, Jo, illustratorHeadlineHistorical Pagean of Monterey illus by Jo MoraPublisher[Del Monte Properties]Date Published[1933] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #218 Kingdom of the West - ten titles from the series about The Mormons and the American Frontier Heading(Mormons)AuthorBagley, Will, et. al., editorsHeadlineKingdom of the West Arthur H. Clark 10 (of 12)PublisherArthur H. ClarkDate Published1997-2008 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #219 Gold Rush: Twenty-Five Wood Engravings by Barry Moser on a Theme of the Discovery and Mining of Gold in America, Africa, and Australia with a Note on those Prints by the Author AuthorMoser, BarryHeadlineMoser's Gold Rush with 25 wood engravings 1/350PublisherArundel PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #220 How the Moving Pictures are Made (caption title) - typescript with ms. corrections Heading(Motion Picture Industry)AuthorChase, MorganHeadline1913 typescript history of motion picturesDate Published1913 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #221 Two Autograph Letters Signed by Lucretia Mott, to Samuel J. May AuthorMott, LucretiaHeadlineLetters from Lucretia Mott to Samuel J. MayDate Published1856 & c.1856 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #222 Panorama of San Francisco, from California Street Hill AuthorMuybridge, EadweardHeadlineCopy photograph of Muybridge Panorama of SFDate Published[1877, printed c.1905] View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #223 Frémont: The West's Greatest Adventurer. Being a Biography from Certain Hitherto Unpublished Sources of General John C. Frémont Together with his Wife Jessie Benton Frémont... AuthorNevins, AllanHeadlineFremont: West's Greatest Adventurer 2 vols 1928PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1928 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #226 Autograph Letter Signed by Rumualdo Pacheco, regarding politics and other matters AuthorPacheco, RumualdoHeadlineLetter from Rumualdo Pacheco of California 1859Date PublishedMarch 4th, 1859 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #227 A Picture Journey to Farms in Idaho, Washington, Oregon (cover title) Heading(Pacific Northwest)Author**HeadlineWith Photographs of Farms in Pacific NorthwestPublisherPacific Northwest Farm TrioDate Published[c.1930] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #228 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for A Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in [1853-55] Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)Author**HeadlineComplete Set of Pacific Railway SurveysDate Published1855-1860 View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #234 Photograph post card of the body of Pablo Lopez after his execution Heading(Pancho Villa)Author**Headlinepost card of Pablo Lopez's body after executionDate Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #235 Scrapbook of abolitionist Rev. Ashbel B. Green AuthorParmalee, Ashbel B.HeadlineScrapbook of abolitionist Rev. Ashbel B. GreenDate Published1830s-1840s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #242 Original panoramic photograph of the Mt. Tamalpais passenger train Heading(Photograph - Mt. Tamalpais Railway)AuthorWohlbruck, T. C.Headlineorig panoramic photo of Mt. Tamalpais train 1915Date Published1915 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #243 Photograph on board of Yosemite Falls Heading(Photograph - Yosemite Falls)AuthorPillsbury(?), Arthur ClarenceHeadlinePhotograph on board of Yosemite Falls c.1910Date Published[c.1915] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #244 Five Taber views of Yosemite, plus two others Heading(Photographs)AuthorTaber, I.W.HeadlineFive Taber views of Yosemite, plus two othersDate Publishedc. 1880s View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #248 Three photograph negatives of the USS Akron flying over San Francisco Bay Heading(Photographs)Author**Headline3 photo negs of USS Akron in flight over SF, CADate Published1938 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #254 The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell AuthorPowell, H.M.T.HeadlineThe Santa Fé Trail to California - GrabhornPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #262 Eight volumes of Americana reference texts Heading(Reference)Author**Headline8 volumes of Americana reference booksDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #266 Autograph Letter signed by former Tennessee Congressman James B. Reynolds, to Hezekiah Niles, editor of Niles Weekly Register AuthorReynolds, James B.HeadlineLetter about Nullification 1831Date PublishedJanuary 12, 1831 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #267 The Little World Waddies AuthorRhodes, Eugene ManloveHeadlineLittle World Waddies 1st in dj by RhodesPublisherWilliam HutchinsonDate Published[1946] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #268 The Chisholm Trail: A History of the World's Greatest Cattle Trail, together with a Description of the Persons, a Narrative of the Events, and Reminiscences Associated with the Same AuthorRidings, Sam P.HeadlineThe Chisholm Trail by Sam RidingsPublisherCo-operative Publishing Co.Date Published[1936] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #269 Three titles by Arnold Rojas AuthorRojas, Arnold R.HeadlineThree titles by Arnold RojasPublisherAcademy Library GuildDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #272 Brochure & folding map insert for Associated Terminals Co. in San Francisco Heading(San Francisco)Author**HeadlineBrochure for Associated Terminals San FranciscoDate Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #273 [San Francisco in July 1849] Heading(San Francisco)AuthorBurgess, Geo. H.HeadlineChromolithograph of San Francisco in July 1849PublisherH.S. CrockerDate Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #274 Two Autograph Letters from Walter Conwell to his sisters, written from San Francisco Heading(San Francisco)AuthorConwell, WalterHeadlineLetters from San Francisco in 1871Date PublishedMarch (or May?) 12 & 29, 1871 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #275 Letter concerning the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorThompson, HowardHeadlineLetter concerning 1906 San Francisco EarthquakeDate PublishedJune 15, 1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #276 Gedenkblatter Zur Goethe-Schiller Feier. Veranstallet von den Deutschen Californiens, San Francisco 5-9 November 1895 Heading(San Francisco)Author**HeadlineSan Francisco 1895 Goethe-Schiller FestPublisherL. Roesch Co.Date Published1895 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #277 San Francisco, California - Steel engraved view with surrounding vignettes Heading(San Francisco)AuthorHess, FrederickHeadlineRare engraving of San Francisco, 1875Date Published1875 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #278 Four pieces of ephemera relating to the 1909 Portola Festival in San Francisco Heading(San Francisco - Portola Festival)Author**HeadlineEphemera for San Francisco Portola Festival 1909Date Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #279 Two promotional items for San Francisco real estate Heading(San Francisco - Real Estate)Author**Headline2 promo ephemera items for SF real estateDate Published1910-1915 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #280 2 Blueprints of Light Fixtures for San Francisco Streets Heading(San Francisco - Street Light fixtures)AuthorO'Shaughnessy, M.M., City EngineerHeadline2 Blueprints of Light Fixtures for San FranciscoDate Published[c. 1930] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #281 The San Francisco Block Book. Fourth Edition: Comprising Fifty Vara Survey, One Hundred Vara Survey, South Beach, Mission, Horner's Additions, Potrero, Western Addition, Richmond District, Sunset District, Flint Tract, etc....Size of Lots...Names of Owners Heading(San Francisco)Author**Headline1906 San Francisco Block BookPublisherHicks-Judd Co.Date PublishedOctober 1906 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #282 Report of Explorations Across the Great Basin of the Territory of Utah for a Direct Wagon-Route from Camp Floyd to Genoa, in Carson Valley, in 1859 AuthorSimpson, J[ames] H[ervey]HeadlineReport of Explorations Across the Great BasinPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1876 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #283 Autograph Letter Signed by George Forbes, relating to the sale of a female slave, and other commercial matters Heading(Slavery)AuthorForbes, GeorgeHeadlineLetter regarding sale of female slave in BermudaDate PublishedApril 11, 1761 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #284 Autograph Letter Signed by Samuel Smith, to General Tobias E. Stansbury, regarding political matters AuthorSmith, SamuelHeadlineLetter from Sen. Sam Smith to Gen. Stansbury 1823Date PublishedFeb. 15, 1823 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #285 The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California, and a Complete History of all the Important Events Connected with Its Great City: To Which Are Added, Biographical Memoirs of Some Prominent Citizens AuthorSoulé, Frank, John H. Gihon and James NisbetHeadlineAnnals of San Francisco D. Appleton, 1855PublisherD. AppletonDate Published1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #288 Autograph Letter Signed by Stephens, former Confederate Vice President, regarding Reconstruction and aftermath of the Civil War AuthorStephens, Alexander H.HeadlineLetter from Confederate VP Alexander StephensDate Published13 March 1867 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #289 They Also Ran: The Story of the Men Who Were Defeated for the Presidency AuthorStone, IrvingHeadlineThey Also Ran, incribed by Irving Stone in djPublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1943 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #291 Document signed by Caleb Strong, Sixth Governor of Massachusetts AuthorStrong, CalebHeadlineDocument signed by Caleb Strong Mass. GovernorDate PublishedJune 20, 1803 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #292 The Early Days and Men of California AuthorSwasey, W[illiam] F.HeadlineSwasey, Early Days & Men of California 1st Ed.PublisherPacific PressDate Published1891 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #293 Two publications for Swiss-American societies in San Francisco Heading(Swiss Americans)Author**Headline2 pubs for Swiss-Americans in San FranciscoDate Published1894 [and] 1930 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #295 Sioux Indian Painting, Part I AuthorSzwedzicki, C., publisherHeadlineSioux Indian Painting, Part IPublisherC. SzwedzickiDate Published1938 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #297 Autograph Letter Signed by Berry Taylor, to his uncle James Taylor, regarding slavery and other matters AuthorTaylor, BerryHeadlineLetter from Berry Taylor about slavery 1820Date PublishedJan. 7, 1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #300 Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains AuthorThwaites, Rueben GoldHeadlineExpedition to the Rocky Mountains by ThwaitesPublisherArthur H. ClarkDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #308 Life, Explorations and Public Services of John Charles Fremont AuthorUpham, Charles WentworthHeadlineLife of John Charles Fremont 1856PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1856 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #310 Manuscript Land Grant on Vellum for property in Augusta County, Virginia, signed by William Gooch as Governor of Virginia Heading(Virginia)AuthorGooch, William, SirHeadlineLand Grant signed by Virginia Gov. Gooch 1746Date Published1746 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #311 Picturesque Detroit and Environs AuthorWarner, Chas. F., editorHeadlinePicturesque Detroit and Environs 1893PublisherPicturesque Publishing CompanyDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #312 Early California with Block Prints in Color AuthorWeese, MarvinHeadlineEarly California with Block Prints in ColorPublisherHand PrintedDate Published1952 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #313 Manuscript Document Signed by Benning Wentworth as Governor of New Hampshire, being a marriage certificate AuthorWentworth, BenningHeadlineDoc. signed by New Hampshire Gov. Wentworth 1760Date PublishedDec. 1, 1760 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #315 Two manuscript letters Signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr., written during his tenures as Auditor then Secretary of the Treasury for the United States AuthorWolcott, Oliver, Jr.HeadlineLetters from Oliver Wolcott Jr. US Sec. TreasuryDate Published1790 & 1795 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #319 Trade card for the Stoneman House hotel in Yosemite Valley Heading(Yosemite)Author**HeadlineStoneman House Yosemite Valley trade cardDate Publishedc.1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next