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Previous|123|Next Lot #284 Girl from Williamsburg - signed copy, plus four manuscript letters View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold AuthorJenkins, Minnie BraithwaiteHeadline3 mss letters & book by Minnie Braithwait JenkinsPublisherDietz PressDate Published1951 Lot #285 Folio View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(KPFA)Author**Headlineapprox 87 issues of KPFA-FM Folio Berkeley, CADate Published1960's and 1970's Lot #288 The Contest for California in 1861: How Colonel E.D. Baker Saved the Pacific States to the Union View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorKennedy, Elijah R.HeadlineInscribed to Gertrude Atherton by authorPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1912 Lot #291 Two titles by Frank M. King View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorKing, Frank M.Headline2 books by Frank M. KingPublisher[Trail's End]Date Published[1946] Lot #294 Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway System: The Direct Gateway to Southern Wyoming, Northern Colorado, and Eastern Utah View details Estimate$350 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Laramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway)AuthorMiller, Fred A., PresidentHeadlineLaramie, Hahns Peak and Pacific Railway SystemPublisher[The Tudor Press]Date Published[c. 1910-2] Lot #295 The Argonauts of 'Forty-Nine: Some Recollections of the Plains and the Diggings View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLeeper, David RohrerHeadlineDavid Leeper The Argonauts of 'Forty-NinePublisherJ. B. StollDate Published1894 [1895] Lot #296 The Natural History of the Lewis and Clark Expedition View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorBurroughs, Raymond Darwin, editorHeadlineThe Natural History of the Lewis and Clark ExpediPublisherMichigan State University PressDate Published[1961] Lot #297 Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorThwaites, Reuben Gold, editorHeadlineJournals of the Lewis and Clark ExpeditionPublisherArno PressDate Published1969 Lot #298 The Trail of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1904: A story of the great exploration across the Continent in 1804-06; with a description of the old trail, based upon actual travel over it, and of the changes found a century later View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorWheeler, Olin D.HeadlineThe Trail of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1904PublisherPutnamDate Published1904 Lot #299 Small collection of limited edition books on California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions)Author**Headline11 limited edition books about CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #300 Eight volumes of Americana published in limited editions View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions)Author**Headline8 limited edition Americana booksDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #301 Six limited edition volumes about early American overland travel View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Limited Editions)Author**Headline6 lmtd eds about early American Overland travelDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #306 Five Years a Dragoon ('49 to '54) View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorLowe, Percival G.HeadlineFive years a dragoon by Percival Lowe 1st edPublisherFranklin HudsonDate Published1906 Lot #308 John Marsh, Pioneer: The Life Story of a Trail-Blazer on Six Frontiers View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorLyman, George D.HeadlineJohn Marsh, Pioneer limited ed, signedby authorPublisherScribner'sDate Published1930 Lot #309 The Book and the Doctor View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorLyman, George D.HeadlineBook and the Doctor signed by George LymanPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published1933 Lot #313 Recollections of a '49er. A Quaint and Thrilling Narrative of a Trip Across the Plains, and Life in the California Gold Fields... View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorMcIlhany, Edward WashingtonHeadlineRecollections of a '49er 1st ed 1908 McIlhanyPublisherHailman Printing CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #314 Romantic Passages in Southwestern History: Including Orations, Sketches, and Essays View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorMeek, A[lexander] B[eaufort]HeadlineRomantic Passages in Southwestern History MeekPublisherS.H. Goetzel & Co.Date Published1857 Lot #315 Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMeek, F.B & W.M. GabbHeadlineGeological Survey of California. PalaeontologyPublisher[Sherman & Co.]Date Published1864 & 1869 Lot #318 Blank deed and accident report forms from the Yellow Aster Mining & Milling Co., Randsburg, California View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Mining)Author**HeadlineBlank Yellow Aster Mining FormsDate Publishedc. 1910s Lot #322 Three volumes on Native Americans View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Native Americans)Author**Headline3 books about Native Americans, "Indians"Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #324 Who's Who in Nevada: Brief Sketches of Men Who are Making History in the Sagebrush State View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Nevada)AuthorBeatty, BessieHeadlineWho's Who in Nevada 1907PublisherHome Printing CompanyDate Published1907 Lot #325 Gould and Curry Silver Mining Company Stock Certificate View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)Author**HeadlineGould and Curry Silver Mining Company Stock CertiDate PublishedJan. 13, 1865 Lot #326 Official Ballot of Storey County, November 8, A.D. 1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)Author**HeadlineOfficial Ballot of Storey County, November 8 1892Date Published1892 Lot #327 Pots 'O Gold View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Nevada)AuthorPenrose, Matt R.HeadlinePots 'o Gold by Matt Penrose Warden Nev. PenintenPublisherA. Carlisle & Co.Date Published[1935] Lot #328 Storey County Tax List for 1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Nevada)Author**HeadlineStorey County, Nevada Tax List for 1896PublisherD.L. Brown, PrinterDate Published1896 Lot #329 The Humboldt Register. Volume II, Number 48, March 25, 1865 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)Author**HeadlineRare Nevada NewspaperDate PublishedMarch 25, 1865 Lot #330 Souvenir of New England's Great Resorts View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(New England)AuthorHaynes, George H[enry]Headlinesouvenir book New England's Great Resorts 1891PublisherMoss Engraving CompanyDate Published[1891] Lot #335 Broderick and Gwin. The Most Extraordinary Contest for a Seat in the Senate...a Brief History of Early Politics in California... View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorO'Meara, JamesHeadlineBroderick and Gwin early politics CA 1881PublisherBacon & CompanyDate Published1881 Lot #337 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$4,375StatusSold Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)Author**HeadlineComplete Set of Pacific Railway SurveysDate Published1855-60 Lot #340 The Cattlemen's Frontier: A Record of the Trans-Mississippi Cattle Industry... View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorPelzer, LouisHeadlineCattlemen's frontier by Louis Pelzer 1st edPublisherArthur H. ClarkDate Published1936 Lot #341 Twice Outlawed: A Personal History of Ed and Lon Maxwell Alias the Williams Brothers View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorPercy, AdrianHeadlineHistory of the Williams BrothersPublisherW.B. ConkeyDate Published[1890] Lot #342 A Business Man's Estimate of Santa Barbara County, California. Its climate, soils and products View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPerkins, Joseph J.HeadlineBusiness Man's Estimate of Santa Barbara CountyPublisherPress Steam Books & Job Printing HouseDate Published1884 Lot #344 Portsmouth Plaza: The Cradle of San Francisco View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorPhillips, Catherine CoffinHeadlineCradle of SF pub by John Henry Nash 1/1000PublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1932 Lot #346 Beyond the West; Containing an Account of Two Years' Travel in...the Old West... View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorPine, George W.HeadlineGeo. W. Pine's beyond the west, travels 1870PublisherT.J. GriffithsDate Published1870 Lot #347 The Death of Billy the Kid View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorPoe, John W.HeadlineDeath of Billy the Kid by John Poe 1st in djPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1933 Lot #355 West is West: Rudyard Kipling in San Francisco View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorRather, LoisHeadlineRudyard Kipling in SF signed by Rather's (press)PublisherRather PressDate Published1976 Lot #356 A History of the California Academy of Medicine 1870 to 1930 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorRead, J. MarionHeadlineHistory of California Academy of Medicine sgndPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1930 Lot #358 Six Years on the Border; Or, Sketches of Frontier Life View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorRideout, Mrs. J[acob] B[arzilla]HeadlineSix Years on the Border 1st by Mrs. JB RideoutPublisherPresbyterian Board of PublicationDate Published[1883] Lot #359 American Commonwealths: California. From the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco. A Study of American Character View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorRoyce, JosiahHeadlineCalifornia by Josiah Royce with color map of CAPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1886 Lot #362 The Flute of the Gods View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorRyan, Marah EllisHeadlineThe Flute of the Gods Photos by Edward CurtisPublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1909] Lot #363 Color lithograph - "Attack at Dawn" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorSchreyvogel, CharlesHeadlineSchreyvogel Lithograph Attack at Dawn 1904Date Published1904 Lot #364 Color lithograph - "My Bunkie" View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSchreyvogel, CharlesHeadlineSchreyvogel Lithograph My Bunkie 1901Date Published1901 Lot #365 Five pieces of sheet music relating to California View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Sheet Music)Author**HeadlineFive pieces of sheet music relating to CaliforniaDate Published1887-1915 Lot #367 Graphic Description of Pacific Coast Outlaws. Thrilling Exploits of their Arch-Enemy Sheriff Harry N. Morse. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorShinn, Charles HowardHeadlineDescription of Pacific Coast OutlawsPublisherR.R. PattersonDate Published[c. 1890] Lot #368 Representative and Leading Men of the Pacific: Being Original Sketches of the Lives...of Principal Men...To Which is Added Their Speeches...Including the Happiest Forensic Efforts of Baker, Randolph, McDougall, T. Starr King... View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorShuck, Oscar T., editorHeadlineRepresentative and Leading Men of the Pacific1870PublisherBacon and CompanyDate Published1870 Lot #372 The Oldest and the Newest Empire: China and the United States View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorSpeer, WilliamHeadlineChina and the US by Speer, 1st ed, 1st issue 1870PublisherS.S. Scranton and Company / H.H. Bancroft & Co.Date Published1870 Lot #374 Two limited editions published by the Stagecoach Press View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(Stagecoach Press)Author**Headline2 lmtd eds from Stagecoach PressPublisherStagecoach PressDate Published1963-64 Lot #375 Sawmills in the Redwoods: Logging in the San Francisco Peninsula 1849-1967 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorStanger, Frank M.HeadlineLoggins in SF 1849-1967 by Stanger 1967PublisherSan Mateo County Historical AssociationDate Published1967 Lot #382 The Diary of Johann August Sutter View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Sutter, Johann August)Author**HeadlineGrabhorn Press Diary of Johann A. Sutter 1932PublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1932 Lot #383 Beyond the Sierras; Or, Observations on the Pacific Coast View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorTevis, A.H.HeadlineBeyond the Sierras by AH Tevis 1st ed 1877PublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1877 Lot #386 Texas Express Company. Tariff to Points Beyond this Company's Territory View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Texas Express Company)Author**HeadlineTexas Express Co. rate booklet 1881PublisherW.H. Coyle, Stationer and PrinterDate Published1881 Lot #387 Early Western Travels, 1748-1846. Volume 25 Only View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorThwaites, Reuben Gold, editorHeadlineEarly Western Travels 1748-1846 Atlas Volume onlyPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #389 Ledger of Expense Vouchers from the Union Pacific Railway View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Union Pacific Railway Company)Author**HeadlineExpense Vouchers from the Union Pacific RailwayDate Published1891 Lot #390 Volume IX of the Blue and Gold, 1882 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(University of California Berkeley)Author**HeadlineVolume IX of the Blue and Gold, 1882 UC BerkeleyPublisherBacon & CompanyDate Published1882 Lot #391 My Voyage in the United States Frigate "Congress" View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorVan Denburgh, Elizabeth DouglasHeadlinepres. copy of My Voyage in the US FrigateCongressPublisherDesmond FitzGerald, Inc.Date Published[1913] Lot #392 San Francisco, 1806-1906 in Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorVan Nostrand, JeanneHeadlineSF 1806-1906 1/500 copies by BCC 1975PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1975 Lot #393 The "Vanderbilt System" for Shippers and Travellers Between the Atlantic Seabord and the West, Northwest and the Southwest. View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Vanderbilt System)Author**HeadlineThe "Vanderbilt System" for Shippers & TravellersPublisherF.B. MillerDate Published1887 Lot #394 A Natural and Civil History of California: Containing an Accurate Description of that Country, Its Soils, Mountains, Harbours, Lakes, Rivers and Seas; Its Animals, Vegetables, Minerals and Famous Fishery for Pearls. The Customs of Inhabitants, Their Religion, Government and Manner of Living before Their Conversion to the Christian Religion by the Missionary Jesuits. Together with Accounts of the Several Voyages and Attempts Made for Settling California, and Taking Actual Surveys of that Country, Its Gulf and Coast of the South-sea View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorVenegas, MiguelHeadlineVenegas, Nat. & Civil History of CA -2 vols. 1759PublisherJames Rivington & James FletcherDate Published1759 Lot #397 Broadside for Seattle Druggist Stewart & Holmes Drug Co. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Washington)Author**HeadlineBroadside for Seattle Druggist Stewart & HolmesPublisherStewart & Holmes Drug Co.Date Published[1890s?] Lot #401 Washington West of the Cascades. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Washington)AuthorHunt, Herbert and Kaylor, Floyd C.HeadlineWashington West of the Cascades 3 vols, 1917PublisherS. J. ClarkeDate Published1917 Lot #402 California in the Fifties View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorWatson, Douglas S., edHeadlineCalifornia in the Fifties out of 100 copiesPublisherJohn HowellDate Published1936 Lot #404 Six volumes on the West View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Western Americana)Author**Headline6 books about the Western United StatesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #405 Last of the Great Scouts: The Life Story of Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo Bill") View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorWetmore, Helen CodyHeadlineThe Life Story of Buffalo Bill 1899Publisher[Duluth Press Printing Co.]Date Published[1899] Lot #409 The Transition Period of California From a Province of Mexico in 1846 to a State of the American Union in 1850 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorWilley, Samuel H.HeadlineCalifornia 1846-1850 by Sam Willey, signedPublisherWhitaker and Ray CompanyDate Published1901 Lot #413 Banking in California 1849-1910 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorWright, Benj[amin] C[ooper]HeadlineBanking in CA 1849-1910 Benj. C. Wright 1910PublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1910 Lot #414 The Crookedest Railroad in the World: A History of the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad of California View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorWurm, Theodore G. and Alvin C. GravesHeadlinesigned by authors: Mt. Tamalpais & MuirWoodRRPublisherAcademy Library GuildDate Published1954 Lot #417 Collection of books about Yosemite National Park View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(Yosemite)Author**HeadlineCollection of books about Yosemite National ParkDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #418 Ah-Wah-Ne Days: A Visit to the Yosemite Valley in 1872 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Yosemite)AuthorJackson, Helen HuntHeadlineAh-Wah-Ne Days 1/450 copies HH JacksonPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1971 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next