Sale 372: Americana with Manuscript Material - Photographs - Views - California Pictorial Letter Sheets (#372) 01/24/2008 1:00 PM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/24/2008 1:00 PM PST Auction Info 372 171 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 101-170 of 170. Previous|12|Next Lot #151 Flume / Elevating Water Wheel Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Flume & Water WheelPublisherBritton & ReyDate Published[c. 1853] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #152 Fort Vigilant. Rooms of the Committee, Sacramento St. Betn. Davis & Front; Mass Meeting Endorsing the Acts of the Vigilance Commotte (sic), June 14th. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Fort VigilantPublisherNoisy Carrier's Book and Stationery Co.Date Published[c. 1856] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #153 Great Earthquake in San Francisco, October 8th, 1865. [No. 1] Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Great Earthquake 1865Date Published[c. 1865] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #154 Great Fire in San Fransisco(sic). M[backwards 'a']y 4th, 1850. Buildings Burned! Loss $5,000,000. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet San Francisco Fire 1850PublisherW.B. Cooke & Co.Date Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #155 Honest Voters Trying to Elect Their Officers. Ballot Box Stuffers, Electing Their Men Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Honest Voters/Box StuffersPublisherNoisy Carrier's Book and Stationery Co.Date Published[c. 1855] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #156 How the California Mines Are Worked Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet California MinesPublisherThe Wide West OfficeDate Published[c. 1854] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #157 James King of William – The Patriot Martyr of California, Editor of the San Francisco Evening Bulletin, who was murderously assassinated by James P. Casey, May 14th, 1856. [upper] Portrait of Mr. King After Death, Showing the Entrance and Exit of the Fatal Ball. [lower] Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet James King of WilliamPublisherJames M. HutchingsDate Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #158 James Stuart Hung by the Vigilance Committee on Market St. Wharf, on the 11th of July 1851 Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF Vigilance CommitteePublisherJusth, Quirot & Co.Date Published1851 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #159 Life in San Francisco: The King's Campaign or Removal of the Deposites Composed & Sung by Frank Ball Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Life in San FranciscoDate PublishedNo Date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #160 Long Wharf, San Francisco, California. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Long Wharf, San FranciscoPublisherCharles P. Kimball, Noisy Carrier's Publishing HallDate PublishedNo Date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #161 Map of San-Francisco, California Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Map of San FranciscoPublisherQuirot & Co.Date Published[c. 1853] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #162 Map of the Burnt District of San Francisco. And also the Brick, Iron, and adobe builddings [sic] destroyed, which were supposed “Fire Proof,” also three Store Ships destroyed, & also the Brick or Iron buildings within the limit of the burnt district, or immediately adjoining it, which were saved. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet San Francisco Fire 1851PublisherFishbourne's LithographyDate Published[1851] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #163 Mariposa City Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Mariposa CityPublisher[Quirot & Co.]Date Published[c. 1851] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #164 [Mining Scene] Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Mining ScenePublisherChas. P. Kimball, Noisy Carriers' Publishing HallDate PublishedNo Date View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #165 Mr. Gringo's Experience as a Ranchero Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlineMr. Gringos Experience as a Ranchero Letter SheetPublisherWide West OfficeDate PublishedNo Date View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #166 Past & Present of California Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Past & Present of CalifornPublisherBritton & ReyDate PublishedNo Date View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #167 San Francisco 18.. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet San Francisco 18..PublisherP. O'GradyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #168 San Francisco Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet San Francisco 1852PublisherCooke & Le CountDate Published1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #169 San Francisco. Litho of Geo. F. Nesbitt, N.Y. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet 1850 View of San FranciscoPublisherMarvin & HitchcockDate Published[before Dec. 9, 1850] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #170 San Francisco Past and Present Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet San FranciscoPublisher[Barber & Baker]Date Published[1854] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #171 San Francisco in 1849. Taken from Broadway near Kearny Street. Drawn and Engraved by Thomas Armstrong, in the Fall of 1849, and republished by A. Rosenfield. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet San Francisco in 1849PublisherA. RosenfieldDate Published[1860s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #172 Scenes in a Miners Life Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheets Scenes in a Miners LifePublisherBritton & ReyDate PublishedNo Date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #173 Shipment of the Prisoners. Charles P. Duane, Martin Gallagher, Billy Mulligan, Wm. Carr, Edward Bulger and Woolly Kearny, sent from the country, by the “Vigilance Committee of San Francisco,” at two o’clock, A.M., June 5, 1856. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Shipment of PrisonersDate Published[c. 1856] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #174 Sonora from the North Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Sonora From the NorthPublisherG.S. WellsDate Published1853 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #175 Springfield, Tuolumne County Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Springfield CaliforniaPublisherG.S. WellsDate Published1853 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #176 Surrender of the Prisoners James P. Casey & Chas. Cora Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet James Casey & Chas. CoraPublisherBritton & ReyDate Published[c. 1856] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #177 The First Trial & Execution in S. Francisco on the Night of 10th of June at 2 O'Clock Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF Vigilance CommitteePublisherJusth, Quirot & Co.Date Published[before June 12, 1851] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #178 The Great Earthquake in San Francisco, October 8th, 1865. - No. 2. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**Headline1865 California Earthquake Letter SheetPublisherD.E. Appleton & Co.Date Published[1865] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #179 The May Festival of the Turnverein Association, San Francisco. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet The May FestivalPublisherW.W. Kurtz & Co.Date PublishedNo Date View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #180 The Miners Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheets The MinersPublisherQuirot & Co.Date PublishedNo Date View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #181 The Revolution of the People. The County Jail in San Francisco Besieged by Three Thousand Citizen Soldiers, Armed and Equipped. Surrender of James P. Casey & Charles Cora, The Vigilance Committee, on Sunday, May 18th, 1856 Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Revolution of the PeoplePublisherM. UlmannDate Published[before May 20, 1856] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #182 Tremendous Excitement! Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie Rescued from the Authorities, and Hung by the Vigilance Committee, on Sunday August 24th at 3 O'Clock P.M. in the Presence of Fifteen Thousand People Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF Vigilance CommitteePublisherJusth, Quirot & Co.Date Published[before Sept. 1, 1851] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #183 View of the Conflagration of Marysville, On the Night of August 30th, 1851. Three Entire Squares Consumed - Loss Estimated $500,000. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Marysville Fire 1851PublisherJusth Quirot & Co.Date Published[before April 24, 1852] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #184 View of the Fire in Sacramento City on the night of 2d & 3d of November 1852, taken from the levee. Loss: Ten Millions of Dollars!!! Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Sacramento Fire 1852PublisherBritton & ReyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #185 View of the Last Great Conflagration in San-Francisco on the 22d of June, 1851. Ten Squares burned. Loss $3,000,000. View Taken from the head of California Street During the Progress of the Fire. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)Author**HeadlinePictorial Lettersheet San Francisco Fire 1851PublisherJusth Quirot & Co.Date Published[before July 14th, 1851] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #186 Do They Miss Me At Home Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheet with A.L.s.)AuthorMills, D.HeadlineCaliforinia Pictorial Letter Sheet with A.L.s.PublisherJames M. HutchingsDate Published1856 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #187 Iowa Hill, Placer County, Cal. Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheet with 2 A.L.s.)AuthorTowle, George F. & H.F. TowleHeadlineLetter Sheet of Iowa Hill Cal. with 2 A.L.s.PublisherC.B. TowleDate Published1860 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #188 Afoot and Alone; A Walk from Sea to Sea by the Southern Route. Adventures and Observations in Southern California, New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, etc. AuthorPowers, StephenHeadlineStephen Powers, Afoot & Alone, 1st Ed. 1872PublisherColumbian Book Co.Date Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #189 General Instructions for Rearing Silkworms, with a Treatise on Securing Healthy Silkworn Eggs. Also, a Sketch of the Habits and Structure of the Silkworm AuthorRienzi, Mrs. LouiseHeadlineRienzi on Silkworms in California 1888PublisherJ.D. Young, Supt. State PrintingDate Published1888 View details Estimate$10StatusUnsold Lot #190 Dinner Tendered to Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, by the Union League Club, San Francisco, California, May 14th, 1903 (cover title) Heading(Roosevelt, Theodore)Author**HeadlineMenu for T. Roosevelt dinner bound in suede 1903Date Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #191 Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineRoosevelt's Ranch Life and the Hunting-TrailPublisherCenturyDate Published[1888] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #193 California from the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco: A Study of American Character AuthorRoyce, JosiahHeadlineJosiah Royce, California...in 1846, first editionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #194 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlineRyan's Adventures in California 1850PublisherWilliam ShoberlDate Published1850 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #195 Industrial Expositor. Third Exhibition, Numbers 1-18. September 4th-24th, 1860 Heading(San Francisco)Author**Headline1860 San Francisco Mechanics Fair Daily PaperPublisherB.F. SterettDate Published1860 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #196 Lot of 5 San Francisco volumes Heading(San Francisco)Author**HeadlineLot of 5 San Francisco volumesDate Published1862-1967 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #197 Lot of 11 booklets printed San Francisco, most relating to the city and/or California Heading(San Francisco)Author**Headline11 booklets printed San Francisco 1859-1908Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #198 Street Guide and List of Hotels and Apartments, Schools and Firehouses, City and County of San Francisco Heading(San Francisco)AuthorZemansky, J.H., compilerHeadlineStreet Guide to San Francisco 1872Date Published[1872] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #200 Spanish Missions California: A Portfolio of Etchings. AuthorScammon, L[aurence] N.HeadlineSpanish Missions California by ScammonPublisherJean Chambers MooreDate Published1926 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #201 Information Respecting the History Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States AuthorSchoolcraft, Henry RoweHeadlineSchoolcraft's Indian Tribes of the United StatesPublisherLippincott, GramboDate Published1852-55 View details Estimate$3,500 - $4,500StatusUnsold Lot #202 Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views of Scenery in all parts of the Rocky Mountains, between Omaha and Sacramento, taken by the Photographic Corps of U.P.R.R. of which Prof. Sedgwick was a member, for Union Pacific Railroad at a cost of over $10,000. 1000 different stereoscopic views. The only complete series ever taken, and now offered to the public... AuthorSedgwick, S[tephen] J.HeadlineSedgwick's catalog of Union Pacific StereoviewsPublisherProf. S.J. SedgwickDate Published1874 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #203 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineShirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52PublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #204 Oregon and Her Resources: From Personal Observation and Investigation AuthorSmall, HughHeadlineOregon and Her Resources by Hugh Small 1872PublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1872 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #205 Historical Sketch of the United States Naval Academy. Prepared by direction of Rear-Admiral C.R.P. Rodgers, U.S.N., Superintendent U.S. Naval Academy, for the Department of Education at the International Exhibition, 1876 AuthorSoley, James RussellHeadlineHistorical Sketch U.S. Naval Academy, orig.photosPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1876 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #206 Sonora: January 1852 Heading(Sonora)AuthorGoddard, G.H.HeadlineLithograph of Sonora Cal. 1852PublisherPollard & Brittons Lith.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #210 Original Broadside announcing an Address by Adolph Sutro in Virginia City, Nevada Heading(Sutro, Adolph)Author**HeadlineBroadside for Sutro speech in Virginia City 1869Date Publishedc.1869 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #211 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$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #213 Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineTaylor, Eldorado, 2 vols. original cloth 1st Ed.PublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #214 Engraved and printed land grant, accomplished in ink, for the Rio Grande and Texas Land Company Heading(Texas)AuthorBeales, John CharlesHeadlineTexas land grant 1834 with mapDate Published21st August 1834 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #217 Geology and Industrial Resources of California AuthorTyson, Philip T[homas]HeadlineGeology & Industrial Resources of CA 1851 w/ mapsPublisherWm. MinifieDate Published1851 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #223 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 AuthorVenegas, MiguelHeadlineVenegas, Nat. & Civil History of CA -2 vols. 1759PublisherJames Rivington & James FletcherDate Published1759 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #224 Four Months Among the Gold Finders in California: Being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts Author[Vizetelley, Henry] Brooks, J. Tyrwhitt, pseud.Headline4 Months Among the Gold Finders in CaliforniaPublisherAppletonDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #231 Lot of 7 Fine Press Western Americana volumes Heading(Western Americana)Author**HeadlineLot of 7 Fine Press Western Americana volumesPublisherGrabhorn/ Book Club of California, etc.Date Published1932-70 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #232 Mapping the Transmississippi West, Volume One: The Spanish Entrada to the Louisiana Purchase, 1540-1804 AuthorWheat, Carl I.HeadlineWhat, Mapping the Transmississippi West Vol. IPublisherInstitute of Historical CartographyDate Published1957 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #233 Mapping the Transmississippi West, Volume Three: From the Mexican War to the Boundary Surveys 1846-54 AuthorWheat, Carl I.HeadlineWhat, Mapping the Transmississippi West Vol. IIIPublisherInstitute of Historical CartographyDate Published1959 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #234 Mapping the Transmississippi West, Volume Four: From the Pacific Railroad Surveys to the Onset of the Civil War, 1855-60 AuthorWheat, Carl I.HeadlineWhat, Mapping the Transmississippi West Vol. IVPublisherInstitute of Historical CartographyDate Published1960 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #235 Mapping the Transmississippi West, Volume Five: From the Civil War to the Geological Survey AuthorWheat, Carl I.HeadlineWhat, Mapping the Transmississippi West Vol. VPublisherInstitute of Historical CartographyDate Published1963 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #238 Three Albums of Photographs from the 161st & 163rd Signal Photographic Companies Heading(World War II)Author**Headline161st & 163rd Signal Photographic Cos. in WWIIDate Publishedc. 1941-45 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #239 Camp Curry, Yosemite, brochure Heading(Yosemite - Camp Curry Brochure)Author**HeadlineCamp Curry, Yosemite, CA, folding brochureDate Published[c.1910] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #240 The Domes of the Yosemite Valley Heading(Yosemite)AuthorKey, J[ohn] R[oss]HeadlinePrang Chromolithograph of Yosemite ValleyPublisherLouis PrangDate Published1874 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #241 Gates & Falls of Yosemite Heading(Yosemite - Orotone)AuthorPillsbury, Arthur ClarenceHeadlinePillsbury Orotone of Yosemite waterfallsDate Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next