Sale 407: Americana with Photographs & Manuscript Materials (#407) 07/09/2009 1:00 PM PDT Closed

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1
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    AAA
  • Author
    Astor, William Waldorf
  • Headline
    3 letters signed by William Waldorf Astor
  • Date Published
    1880-1893
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
2
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    AAA(Automatic Writing)
  • Author
    Reynolds, A.T.
  • Headline
    Large collection of 'Automatic Writings'
  • Date Published
    1929-1957
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
3
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    AAA
  • Author
    Bergh, Henry
  • Headline
    Letter from founder of ASPCA
  • Date Published
    July 21, 1880
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
4
  • Author
    Bigler, John
  • Headline
    Letter from John Bigler to Henry Haight
  • Date Published
    July 11, 1868
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
5
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    AAA
  • Author
    Bourne, Benjamin
  • Headline
    Archve of Benhamin Bourne letters 1783-1796
  • Date Published
    c.1783-1796
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
6
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    AAA(California - Alpine County)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Small group of Alpine County ephemera
  • Date Published
    1870s-1900s
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
7
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    AAA(California - Amador County)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Small group of Amador County ephemera
  • Date Published
    1880s-1920s
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
8
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    AAA(California - Calaveras County)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Archive of Calaveras County ephemera
  • Date Published
    1880s-1910s
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
9
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    AAA(California - Contra Costa County)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Small group of Contra Costa County ephemera
  • Date Published
    1860s-1910s
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
10
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    AAA(California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    San Francisco Farming Goods Merchants
  • Date Published
    Late 19th century
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
11
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    AAA(California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Archive of San Francisco clothiers, tailors, etc.
  • Date Published
    Early 20th century
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
12
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    AAA(California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Archive of San Francisco clothiers, tailors, etc.
  • Date Published
    Mostly pre-1900
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
13
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    AAA(California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Billhead for San Francisco cutler Will & Finck
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
14
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    AAA(California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Archive of SF Hardware Merchants Ephemera
  • Date Published
    Early 20th century
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
15
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    AAA(California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Collection of ephemera from San Francisco jeweler
  • Date Published
    Late 19th century
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
16
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    AAA(California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Ephemera from San Francisco clothiers, hat makers
  • Date Published
    Late 19th to early 20th centuries
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
17
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    AAA(California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Various San Francisco Merchant Bill & Letterheads
  • Date Published
    Late 19th century
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$250
StatusSold
18
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    (California - Stockton)
  • Author
    Walker, John Appleby
  • Headline
    Stockton Land Deed 1850
  • Date Published
    March 26, 1850
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
19
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    AAA(California - Tulare County)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Ledger from the Portervill City Water Works, 1910
  • Date Published
    1910-11
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
20
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    AAA(Canada)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Ms. items relating to Canada
  • Date Published
    19th/early 20th centuries
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
21
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    (Canada-Vermont Road)
  • Author
    Hickock, Carter & Joseph H. Munson
  • Headline
    ALs advising route of Canada-Vermont Road 1800
  • Date Published
    c.1800
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
22
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    AAA
  • Author
    Carmichael, Jonathan F.
  • Headline
    Rare letter from Fort Adams Mississippi
  • Date Published
    1801
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
23
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    AAA(Civil War - Confederate)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Confederate ms. Regimental Order Book
  • Date Published
    1861-1862
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
24
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    AAA(Clergymen)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Letters from American clergymen 18th/19th cents.
  • Date Published
    18th-19th centuries
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
25
  • Author
    Clinton, George
  • Headline
    Signed by George Clinton as Governor of New York
  • Date Published
    1792
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
26
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    AAA
  • Author
    Dugan, Irvin
  • Headline
    Irving Dugan Archive
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
28
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    AAA(Gold Rush)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Mortgage for Long Bar Water Co. CA 1852
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
29
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    AAA
  • Author
    Haight, Henry
  • Headline
    Letter from Henry Haight to his brother 1851
  • Date Published
    August 30, 1851
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
30
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    AAA(Haight, Henry)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Letters to future California Gov. Henry Haight
  • Date Published
    1848 & 1849
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
31
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    AAA(Hawaii)
  • Author
    Stewart, Charles Samuel
  • Headline
    Benediction in Hawaiian by former missionary
  • Date Published
    June 10th, 1837
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
32
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    AAA
  • Author
    Hedge, Lemuel
  • Headline
    Revolutionary War letter from Tory, 1775
  • Date Published
    July 13, 1775
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$1,750
StatusSold
33
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    AAA
  • Author
    Hillings, Patrick
  • Headline
    Congressman Patrick Hillings Archive
  • Date Published
    1950s-1990s
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
34
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    AAA(Illinois)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Illinois Insurance Policy Ledgers 1890s-1920s
  • Date Published
    1890s-1920s
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
35
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    AAA
  • Author
    Jay, John
  • Headline
    Document signed by John Jay, 1779
  • Date Published
    April 10, 1779
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$2,125
StatusSold
36
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    AAA
  • Author
    Knowland, Joseph R. and William F.
  • Headline
    Archive of letters to Joseph and William Knowland
  • Date Published
    1910s-1940s
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
37
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    AAA
  • Author
    Lyman, Samuel
  • Headline
    Letters from Mass. Congressman Samuel Lyman
  • Date Published
    1796-1800
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
38
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    AAA
  • Author
    McKenney, Thomas
  • Headline
    Letters from Thomas McKenney to Peter Force
  • Date Published
    c.1824-26
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
39
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    AAA
  • Author
    McLane, Louis
  • Headline
    ALs for Louis McLane to Nicholas Biddle
  • Date Published
    Oct. 1, 1835
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
40
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    AAA(Maryland - Baltimore)
  • Author
    "Rustic"
  • Headline
    Journey from Wilmington to Baltimore, 1818
  • Date Published
    May 12 & May 14, 1818
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
41
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    AAA(Massachusetts - Deerfield)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Taxing inhabitants of Deerfield Mass. 1763
  • Date Published
    [c.1763]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
43
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    AAA(New Hampshire)
  • Author
    Weare, Meshech
  • Headline
    Letter from Meshech Weare of New Hampshire
  • Date Published
    June 5, 1784
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
44
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    AAA(New Jersey)
  • Author
    Bloomfield, Joseph
  • Headline
    Doc. signed by New Jersey Governor 1806
  • Date Published
    Nov. 14, 1806
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
45
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    (New York Politics)
  • Author
    Hale, Daniel
  • Headline
    ALs criticizing young DeWitt Clinton
  • Date Published
    2 September 1801
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
46
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    (Politicians & Statesmen)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    7 letters signed by politicians and statesmen
  • Date Published
    1802-1884
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
47
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    AAA(Politicians, Statesmen, etc.)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    200 items signed by U.S. Politicians & Statesmen
  • Date Published
    19th/early 20th centuries
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
48
  • Author
    Powers, Grant, Rev.
  • Headline
    Powers Family History Connecticut 1840s
  • Date Published
    July, 1840 - April, 1841
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
49
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    AAA
  • Author
    Scott, Irving Murray
  • Headline
    Letters from Arthur M. Scott on Quicksilver mine
  • Date Published
    1871-72
Estimate$5,000 - $8,000
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
50
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    AAA
  • Author
    Sherman, William Tecumseh
  • Headline
    Gold Rush letter from W.T. Sherman 1857
  • Date Published
    March 2, 1857
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
51
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    AAA
  • Author
    Sullivan, William
  • Headline
    Letters from Lawyer William Sullivan 1796-1822
  • Date Published
    1796-1822
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
52
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    AAA(Sullivan, William)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Letters toLawyer William Sullivan 1795-18440
  • Date Published
    c.1795-1840
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
53
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    AAA(Sutter, John A., et al.)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Sutter sells land in California 1849
  • Date Published
    Nov. 27, 1849
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
54
  • Author
    Thompson, William
  • Headline
    ADS of Revolutionary War General William Thompson
  • Date Published
    23 Oct. 1771
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
55
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    AAA
  • Author
    Trumbull, John
  • Headline
    Letter from John Turnbull, Painter of Revolution
  • Date Published
    March 7, 1795
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
56
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    AAA(Vasquez, Tiburcio)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Invitation to hanging of Tiburcio Vasquez 1875
  • Date Published
    1875
Estimate$4,000 - $7,000
Sold for$8,750
StatusSold
57
  • Author
    Waller, Thomas "Fats"
  • Headline
    Fats Waller Poster and Receipts
  • Date Published
    1936-37
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
58
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    AAA(World War II)
  • Author
    Postoian, Harry
  • Headline
    World War II archive of letters to a sweetheart
  • Date Published
    1943
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
133
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    (Adams, John)
  • Author
    Willis, William
  • Headline
    MS. biography of John Adams by William Willis
  • Date Published
    1840
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
156
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    (Bidwell, John)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Memorial Exercises for General John Bidwell 1900
  • Publisher
    [Oroville Register Print]
  • Date Published
    1900
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
172
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    (California)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    8 California Tourist and Promotional Publications
  • Date Published
    1900-1915
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
179
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    land sales in the Niles section of Fremont
  • Date Published
    c.1915
Estimate$400 - $700
StatusUnsold
180
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    (California)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    "Miscellaneous Rules for Quarrymen" Broadside
  • Publisher
    State Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1919
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
188
  • Heading
    (California - Grapes)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    50 California Grape labels
  • Date Published
    1910s-1940s
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$112.50
StatusSold
192
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    (California - Rancho Santa Fe)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Rancho Santa Fe California promo pub 1920s
  • Publisher
    [Denrich Press]
  • Date Published
    [c.1923]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
200
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Easton, Eldridge & Co.
  • Headline
    1894 San Francisco Real Estate Auction Ad
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
205
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Map of Sutro Heights Lots for Sale c.1890
  • Date Published
    c. 1890
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$200
StatusSold
212
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    SF College of Embalming c.1935 pamphlet
  • Date Published
    [c.1935]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
216
  • Heading
    (California - Sonoma)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    California Republic - Sonoma college diploma 1866
  • Date Published
    1866
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
218
  • Heading
    (California State Insane Asylum)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Commitment to State Insane Asylums 1860s-90s
  • Date Published
    1860s-1890s
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
219
  • Heading
    (California - Teaching Certificate)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    CA state board of Educ. teacher's diploma 1873
  • Publisher
    Department of Public Instruction
  • Date Published
    1873
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
243
  • Author
    Dinsdale, Aldice Owen
  • Headline
    Aldice Owen Dinsdale mss letter & orig drawing
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
254
  • Author
    Drago, Harry Sinclair
  • Headline
    Wild, Woolly & Wicked sigd - Harry Sinclair Drago
  • Publisher
    Clarkson N. Potter
  • Date Published
    [1960]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
258
  • Author
    Emparan, Madie Brown
  • Headline
    Vallejos of California by Madie B. Emparan 1968
  • Publisher
    The Gleeson Library Associates USF
  • Date Published
    1968
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
279
  • Heading
    (Howell Books)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    inscribed copies of John Howell published titles
  • Publisher
    John Howell Books
  • Date Published
    1942-1964
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
281
  • Heading
    (Indian Land Conveyance - Long Island)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    1829 copy of 1675 Long Island Indian land deed
  • Date Published
    1829
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
284
  • Author
    Jenkins, Minnie Braithwaite
  • Headline
    3 mss letters & book by Minnie Braithwait Jenkins
  • Publisher
    Dietz Press
  • Date Published
    1951
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
285
  • Heading
    (KPFA)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    approx 87 issues of KPFA-FM Folio Berkeley, CA
  • Date Published
    1960's and 1970's
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
286
  • Author
    Kahn, Roger
  • Headline
    Boys of Summer inscribed by black baseball star
  • Publisher
    Harper & Row
  • Date Published
    [1972]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
288
  • Author
    Kennedy, Elijah R.
  • Headline
    Inscribed to Gertrude Atherton by author
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
292
  • Author
    Kissinger, Henry
  • Headline
    Henry Kissinger White House Years Signed
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown and Company
  • Date Published
    [1979]
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
293
  • Author
    Landlais, Charles
  • Headline
    signed by Charles Landlais Whaler Dorado-whales
  • Publisher
    Privately Printed
  • Date Published
    1956
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
308
  • Author
    Lyman, George D.
  • Headline
    John Marsh, Pioneer limited ed, signedby author
  • Publisher
    Scribner's
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$87.50
StatusSold
309
  • Author
    Lyman, George D.
  • Headline
    Book and the Doctor signed by George Lyman
  • Publisher
    Privately Printed
  • Date Published
    1933
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
319
  • Heading
    (Montana - Ranching)
  • Author
    [Libby, Chan]
  • Headline
    OTO Ranch near Dude Ranch, Montana c.1938
  • Publisher
    Hammond Printing Co.
  • Date Published
    [c.1938]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
325
  • Heading
    (Nevada)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Gould and Curry Silver Mining Company Stock Certi
  • Date Published
    Jan. 13, 1865
Estimate$1,500 - $2,000
StatusUnsold
329
  • Heading
    (Nevada)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Rare Nevada Newspaper
  • Date Published
    March 25, 1865
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
330
  • Heading
    (New England)
  • Author
    Haynes, George H[enry]
  • Headline
    souvenir book New England's Great Resorts 1891
  • Publisher
    Moss Engraving Company
  • Date Published
    [1891]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$87.50
StatusSold
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
333
  • Author
    Nobles, Milton
  • Headline
    Milton Nobles' Shop Talk signed by auth 1st ed
  • Publisher
    [Riverside Printing Co.]
  • Date Published
    [c.1890]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
339
  • Author
    Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc.
  • Headline
    Auction cat. w/pricesHenry M. Leland-Lincolniana
  • Date Published
    1952
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
349
  • Author
    Price, Con (Masachele Opa Barusha)
  • Headline
    Memories of Old Montana signd-Con Price 1st ed dj
  • Publisher
    Highland Press
  • Date Published
    [1945]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
355
  • Author
    Rather, Lois
  • Headline
    Rudyard Kipling in SF signed by Rather's (press)
  • Publisher
    Rather Press
  • Date Published
    1976
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
356
  • Author
    Read, J. Marion
  • Headline
    History of California Academy of Medicine sgnd
  • Publisher
    [Grabhorn Press]
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
360
  • Author
    Rudolph, E.L.
  • Headline
    Confederate Broadside Verse bibliography 1950
  • Publisher
    Book Farm
  • Date Published
    1950
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
361
  • Author
    Rush, Richard
  • Headline
    Richard Rush Occasional Productions
  • Publisher
    J.B. Lippincott
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
365
  • Heading
    (Sheet Music)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Five pieces of sheet music relating to California
  • Date Published
    1887-1915
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
371
  • Heading
    (Spanish-American War)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Spanish-American war cert. of service veteran1898
  • Publisher
    Britton & Rey
  • Date Published
    c.1899
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
374
  • Heading
    (Stagecoach Press)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    2 lmtd eds from Stagecoach Press
  • Publisher
    Stagecoach Press
  • Date Published
    1963-64
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
389
  • Heading
    (Union Pacific Railway Company)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Expense Vouchers from the Union Pacific Railway
  • Date Published
    1891
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
391
  • Author
    Van Denburgh, Elizabeth Douglas
  • Headline
    pres. copy of My Voyage in the US FrigateCongress
  • Publisher
    Desmond FitzGerald, Inc.
  • Date Published
    [1913]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
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