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