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Previous|123|Next Lot #124 The Cruise of the Corwin: Journal of the Arctic Expedition of 1881 in search of De Long and the Jeannette AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir The Cruise of the CorwinPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1917 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #125 Five volumes by or about John Muir AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineFive books by or about John MuirDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #126 The Mountains of California AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir The Mountains of CaliforniaPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #127 My First Summer in the Sierra AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir My First Summer in the Sierra First Edition in DJPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1911 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #128 Steep Trails AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir Steep Trails First EditionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1918 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #129 The Story of My Boyhood and Youth AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir Story of My Boyhood and Youth First EditionPublisherHoughton Mifflin Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #130 A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir Thousand Mile Walk to the GulfPublisherHoughton Mifflin Co.Date Published1916 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #131 Three volumes by or about John Muir AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineThree books by or about John MuirDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #132 Travels in Alaska AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir Travels in Alaska Large Paper EditionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #133 Travels in Alaska AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir Travels in Alaska First Trade EditionPublisherHoughton Mifflin & Co.Date Published1915 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #134 Nine volumes of Annual Reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology Heading(Native American)HeadlineBAE Reports Native American HistoryPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #135 WITHDRAWNThe Jumbo Miner Heading(Nevada - Jumbo)HeadlineJumbo Miner Nevada NewspaperDate PublishedJuly 25, 1908 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #136 Claim registration of the Manhattan Silver Mining Company upon the G.J. Love Lode in Lander County, Nevada, with ms. plat map of the claim Heading(Nevada)HeadlineNevada Silver Mine RegistrationDate PublishedMarch 23, 1876 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #137 Original Watercolor painting of the old brewery in Virginia City, Nevada Heading(Nevada)AuthorRyder, WorthHeadlineOriginal Worth Ryder Watercolor of Virginia CityDate Published1934 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #138 Fifty-four photographs of historic buildings of New England Heading(New England - Photographs)HeadlinePhoto album of historic buildings of New EnglandDate PublishedLate 19th century View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #139 Illustrated Catalogue: Eden Musée [front wrapper title] Heading(New York)HeadlineIllustrated Catalogue for Eden Musee wax museum NYC 1900PublisherProgramme Publishing Co.Date Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #140 Three items relating to Japanese internment Heading(Nisei - World War II)Headline3 items related to Japanese Nisei, Internment during WWIIDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #142 Train Wreck: The Lake Labish Disaster (Near Salem, Oregon, Nov. 12th, 1890.) Four Persons Killed and Over One Hundred Injured. The Coroner's Inquest, and the Railroad Commissioners' Findings Heading(Oregon)Headline2nd expanded edition of Lake Labish, OR train wreck 1890PublisherClare IrvineDate Published1890 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #143 Outstanding Features of "Pacific Service" AuthorPacific Gas and Electric CompanyHeadlineVery rare PG&E booklet of services 1925PublisherPacific Gas and Electric CompanyDate Published[1925] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #144 Trip to the West and Texas. Comprising a Journey of Eight Thousand Miles, Through New York, Michigan, Illinois, Missouri, Louisiana and Texas in the Autumn and Winter of 1834-5 AuthorParker, Amos A.HeadlineParker's Trip to the West and Texas 1835PublisherWhite & FisherDate Published1835 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #145 Expedition into New Mexico Made by Antonio de Espejo, 1582--1583, as Revealed in the Journal of Diego Perez de Luxan, a Member of the Party. AuthorPerez de Luxan, DiegoHeadlineExpedition into New Mexico Made by Antonio de EspejoPublisherQuivira SocietyDate Published1929 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #146 The Conquest of Kansas, by Missouri and Her Allies AuthorPhillips, WilliamHeadlineConquest of Kansas 1st edition by Wm PhillipsPublisherPhillips, Sampson and CompanyDate Published1856 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #154 Album of photograph snapshots from a rural Eureka, Nevada ranching family in the 1930s Heading(Nevada)Headline200 snapshots of rural Eureka, NV life in the 1930sDate Published1930s View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #155 Protection of Western Frontier. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting Various Reports in Relation to the Protection of the Western Frontier AuthorPoinsett, J. R., and C. GratiotHeadlinePoinsett & Gratiot on the Western Frontier 1838Date Published1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #156 Report from the Secretary of War...in Relation to the Protection of the Western Frontier of the United States AuthorPoinsett, J. R., and C. GratiotHeadlinePoinsett & Gratiot on the Western Frontier 1838PublisherBlair & RivesDate Published1838 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #157 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo AuthorPolk, James K.HeadlineTreaty of Guadalupe HidalgoDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #158 Voices from the Southwest: A Gathering in Honor of Lawrence Clark Powell Heading(Powell, Lawrence Clark)AuthorDickinson, Donald C., et. al.HeadlineSigned by 20 contributors 1 of 75 honoring Lawrence PowellPublisherNorthland PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #160 Sculptures of two Presidents of the United States - Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses S. Grant Heading(Presidential)AuthorMassey, RalphHeadline2 small busts of American Presidents Grant & Lincoln View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #161 Flora Americæ Septentrionalis; or, A Systematic Arrangement and Description of the Plants of North America. Containing, Besides What Have Been Described by Preceding Authors, Many New and Rare Species, Collected During Twelve Years Travels and Residence in that Country AuthorPursh, Frederick [Traugott]HeadlineLandmark work in early American botanyPublisherPrinted for White, Cochrane and Co.Date Published1814 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #162 Russell's Middle-Eastern States Railway and Motor Coach Guide and Hotel Directory for Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Parts of Illinois, Kentucky, New York, Maryland, Washington, D.C. & West Virginia Heading(Railway and Motor Coach Guide)AuthorRussel's Railway and Motor Bus Guide Co.HeadlineRussell's Middle-Eastern States railroad timetable 1931PublisherRussel's Railway and Motor Bus Guide Co.Date PublishedMay, 1931 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #163 McGraw Electric Railway Manual: The red book of American street railway investments. A manual of the securities, traffic statistics, earnings, officers, directors, and equipment of street and interurban railways of the United States, Canada, Cuba and West Indies Heading(Railways - Electric)AuthorNicholas, Frederic, editorHeadlineElectric Railway Manual 1913PublisherMcGraw Publishing Company.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #164 Reid's Tramp; Or, a Journal of the Incidents of Ten Months Travel Through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, and California. Including Topography, Climate, Soil, Minerals, Metals, and Inhabitants; With a Notice of the Great Inter-Oceanic Rail Road AuthorReid, John C.HeadlineReid's Tramp through Texas, New Mexico, California &c.PublisherJohn Hardy & Co.Date Published1858 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #165 A Daughter of the Sioux Heading(Remington, Frederic)AuthorKing, General CharlesHeadlineDaughter of the Sioux 1902 Rare in dust jacketPublisherThe Hobart CompanyDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #166 The History of America AuthorRobertson, WilliamHeadlineRobertson's History of American 1777PublisherW. Strahan, T. Cadell, and J. BalfourDate Published1777 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #167 Two items relaitng to the town of Rocklin, Placer County, California Heading(Rocklin, Placer County)HeadlineScarce Rocklin California ephemeraDate Published1906 & c,.1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #168 The Art of the Old West, from the Collection of the Gilcrease Institute AuthorRossi, Paul A. and David C. HuntHeadlineArt of the Old West 1 of 450 signed deluxe editionsPublisherKnopfDate Published1971 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #169 The Road I Travelled AuthorRuef, AbrahamHeadlineAbraham Ruef The Road I TravelledPublisherSan Francisco BulletinDate Published1912 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #170 Seven volumes by, about, or with illustrations by Charles M. Russell Heading(Russell, Charles M.)Headline7 volumes by, about or illustrated by Charles M. RussellDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #172 Items of Interest to Ladies and Gentlemen. Compliments of F. & G. Thomas' French Dyeing and Cleaning Works, 318 and 320 Eleventh St., San Francisco, Cal. Heading(San Francisco)HeadlineSF firm's F.&G. Thomas Dyeing & Cleaning catalog c.1889PublisherF. & G. ThomasDate Published[c.1889] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #174 [The San Francisco Block Book] Horner's Addition Heading(San Francisco)HeadlineBlock Book for the San Francisco Mission DistrictPublisherHicks-JuddDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #177 Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years [&] Abraham Lincoln: The War Years AuthorSandburg, CarlHeadlineSandburg's Lincoln The War Year & The Prairie YeaPublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1926 & 1939] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #178 Spanish Missions California: A Portfolio of Etchings AuthorScammon, Laurence N.HeadlineSpanish Missions California: A Portfolio of EtchingsPublisherJean Chambers MooreDate Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #179 Millard Sheets: One-Man Renaissance Heading(Sheets, Millard)AuthorLovoos, Janice and Edmund F. PenneyHeadlineMillard Sheets: One-Man Renaissance 1/100 copiesPublisherNorthland PressDate Published[1984] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #181 Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating a copy of W.H. Sidell's Survey of a Route for a Railroad from the Great Bend, on Red River, to Providence, on the Mississippi AuthorSidell, W.H.HeadlineSidell's Report on a survey for the Southern RR RouteDate Published1851 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #182 History of Schoharie County, and Border Wars of New York AuthorSimms, Jeptha R.HeadlineSchoharie County, and Border Wars of New YorkPublisherMunsell & TannerDate Published1845 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #183 Report from the Secretary of War, Communicating...the Report and Map of the Route from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, made by Lieutenant Simpson AuthorSimpson, James H.HeadlineSimpson Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe 1850Date Published1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #184 Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting...a Report and Map...of the Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; Also a Report on the Same Subject from Captain R.B. Marcy, 5th Infantry AuthorSimpson, Lt. James H.HeadlineSimpson Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe 1850Date Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #185 Histoire de la Conqueste du Mexique ou la Nouvelle Espagne par Fernand Cortez. AuthorSolis, Antonio deHeadlineAntonio de Solis History of the Conquest of MexicoPublisherNicolas GosselinDate Published1704 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #186 The History of the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards. Done into English from the Original Spanish of Don Antonio de Solis, Secretary and Historiographer to His Catholic Majesty AuthorSolis, Antonio deHeadlinede Solis' history of the conquest of Mexico 1st Edition in EnglishPublisherT. WoodwardDate Published1724 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #188 Original oil on canvas of an old Spanish Church AuthorSparks, WillHeadlineOriginal oil painting of an old Spanish Church by Will SparksDate Published1920s-30s View details Estimate$4,000 - $7,000StatusUnsold Lot #189 A History of Texas, Or the Emigrant's Guide to the New Republic by a Resident Emigrant, Late from the United States Heading(Texas)Author[Stille, Charles J.]HeadlineHistory of Texas and Emigrant's Guide 1844PublisherNafis & CornishDate Published1844 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #190 The American Flora, Or History of Plants and Wild Flowers AuthorStrong, A.B.HeadlineThe American Flora - Color platesPublisherStrong and Burdick / Green and SpencerDate Published1847-50 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #191 California Spring - Original oil on canvas AuthorStrong, RayHeadlineOriginal oil on canvas by California painter Ray StrongDate Published1946 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Lot #192 On a Mexican Mustang, Through Texas, from the Gulf to the Rio Grande Heading(Texas)AuthorSweet, Alexander E. & J. Armory KnoxHeadlineOn a Mexican Mustang Through TexasPublisherS.S. ScrantonDate Published1883 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #194 Journal of the Constitutional Convention of the State of Texas, Begun and Held at the City of Austin, September 6th, 1875 Heading(Texas)Headline1875 Constitutional Convention of TexasPublisherPrinted for the convention at the "News" officeDate Published1875 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #195 The Texas Almanac for 1859 Heading(Texas)HeadlineThe Texas Almanac for 1859Publisher[Richardson & Co.]Date Published[1858] View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #196 Descriptive Catalogue of Game Boards and Game Board Equipment Heading(Trade Catalogs)AuthorCarrom-Archarena CompanyHeadlineCarrom Archarena Game Board Catalog 1902PublisherCarrom-Archarena Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #198 The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims' Progress AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Innocents Abroad First Edition Second StatePublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #199 Laws of the United States of America. Volume 1 [all published] Heading(United States of America)Headline1791 Laws of the Unites StatesPublisherChilds and SwaineDate Published1791 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #200 The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States; with an Appendix Containing Important State Papers and Public Documents, and all the Laws of a Public Nature Heading(United States of America)AuthorGales, Joseph (compiler)HeadlineThe Annals of Congress 1789-1824 42 volumesPublisherGales and SeatonDate Published1834-1856 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #201 The Laws of the United States of America Heading(United States)HeadlineLaws of the United States 1796PublisherRichard FolwellDate Published1796 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #202 The Blue and Gold, Volumes Fifty-One and Fifty-three Heading(University of California, Berkeley)HeadlineThree U.C. Berkeley Year Books 1924-1926PublisherUniversity of CaliforniaDate Published1924-26 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #204 Salt Lake City, With a sketch of the route of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads, from Omaha to tSlat Lake City, and from Ogden to San Francisco Heading(Utah)HeadlineRare Salt Lake City View BookPublisherT. Nelson and SonsDate Publishedc.1870 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #205 Villas and Cottages. A Series of Designs Prepared for Execution in the United States AuthorVaux, CalvertHeadlineVillas and Cottages for the United States by VauxPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1864 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #206 Three titles by Blanche Collet Wagner AuthorWagner, Blanche ColletHeadlineThree titles by Blanche Collet WagnerDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #207 The Plains and the Rockies: A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure 1800-1865 AuthorWagner, Henry R. and Charles L. CampHeadlineThe Plains and the Rockies Third EditionPublisherLong's College Book Co.Date Published1953 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #208 Nueva Bibliografia Mexicana del Siglo XVI. Suplemento a las Biblografias de Don Joaquin Garcia Icabalceta, Don José Toribio Medina y Don Nicolas Leon. Heading(Wagner, Henry R.)AuthorWagner, Enrique R.HeadlineNueva Bibliografia Mexicana Henry R. WagnerPublisherEditorial PolisDate Published1940 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #209 California Voyages, 1539-1541. Translation of Original Documents AuthorWagner, Henry R., editorHeadlineCalifornia Voyages, 1539-1541 inscribed from authorPublisherJohn HowellDate Published1925 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #210 Four Zamorano & Roxburghe Club keepsakes by Henry R. Wagner AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineZamorano & Roxburghe Keepsakes by HR WagnerDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #211 The Plains and the Rockies: A Bibliography of Original Narratives of Travel and Adventure, 1800-1865 AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineWagner-Camp The Plains & The Rockies 1937PublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1937 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #212 Photographs Made on the Rodman Wanamaker Historical Expeditions to the North American Indian Comprise the Most Complete Collection of Indian Subjects in Existence - 12 pp. booklet of photographs AuthorWanamaker, RodmanHeadlineRare photography catalog Rodman Wanamaker exhibit c.1914Date Published[c.1914] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #213 Wells Fargo & Co Express. Official Directory Heading(Wells Fargo & Co.)HeadlineWells Fargo & Co Express. Official Directory 1916PublisherWells Fargo & CoDate Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #214 Collection envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co's Express, filled out in ink, transmitting $25 from S.J. Harris in Mariposa, drawn on the Commercial Bank of Madera Heading(Wells, Fargo & Co.)HeadlineCollection envelope from Wells, Fargo & Co. 1899Date PublishedJune 19, 1899 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #217 Ten volumes of Western Americana Heading(Western Americana)HeadlineTen volumes on the American WestDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #218 Twelve volumes of Western Americana Heading(Western Americana)HeadlineTwelve books on the American WestDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #219 Six volumes on Western art and artists Heading(Western Art)Headline6 volumes on Western art and artistsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #220 Mapping the American West, 1540-1857. A Preliminary Study AuthorWheat, Carl I.HeadlineWheat's preliminary study on the maps of the American WestPublisherAmerican Antiquarian SocietyDate Published1954 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #221 Bound volume of prospectuses for Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West AuthorWheat, Carl IrvingHeadlineProspectuses for Wheat's Mapping the Trans-Mississippi WestPublisherInstitute for Historical CartographyDate Published1957-1963 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #222 Mapping the Transmississippi West...1540-1861 AuthorWheat, Carl I[rving]HeadlineWheat's Mapping the Transmississippi WestPublisherInstitute for Historical CartographyDate Published1957-1963 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #223 Report Upon Geographical and Geological Explorations and Surveys West of the One Hundredth Meridian - Volume III only AuthorWheeler, George M.HeadlineVolume 3 of the Wheeler surveyPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1875 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #224 War Message of President Wilson and Proclamation Declaring State of War. Including Rules for Conduct of Enemy Aliens AuthorWilson, WoodrowHeadlineWar Message of Pres. Wilson - rare 11 pg. edition 1917PublisherRincon Publ. Co.Date PublishedApril 2, 1917 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #225 Narrative and Critical History of America AuthorWinsor, Justin (ed.)HeadlineNarrative and Critical History of AmericaPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #226 Jamie Wyeth Heading(Wyeth, Jamie)HeadlineJamie Wyeth's art, signed by WyethPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1980 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #227 A General History of the British Empire in America AuthorWynne, John HuddlestoneHeadlineWynne's History of the British Empire in American 1770PublisherW. Richardson and L. UrquhartDate Published1770 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #228 Chromolithograph view of Yosemite Valley Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineChromolithograph view of Yosemited 1870sPublisherCharles H. Crosby & Co.Date Published[c.1870s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #229 Yosemite and the Big Trees of California [cover title]. E.S. Denison's Yosemite Views [on half title] Heading(Yosemite)Author[Denison, E.S.]HeadlineYosemite and the Big Trees of California 50 viewsPublisher[E.S. Denison]Date Published[1881] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #230 Yosemite the Beautiful (cover title) Heading(Yosemite)AuthorFoley, Daniel JosephHeadlineD.J. Foley Yosemite the BeautifulPublisherD.J. FoleyDate Published[c.1910] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #231 Letter from the Mutual Security Company offering for sale bonds to cover the construction costs of the Yosemite Post Office Building, on letterhead with a reproduced photograph of the building Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineConstruction of the Yosemite Post Office Bldg.Date Publishedc.1925 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #232 Yosemite Valley Through the Stereoscope Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineYosemite Valley Through the StereoscopePublisherUnderwood & UnderwoodDate Published[c. 1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #233 Touring: The Free Tourist Guide of the West] Heading(Yosemite, etc.)HeadlineScarce Western tourist guide 1919PublisherPeck-Juday Co.Date PublishedJaunuary, 1919 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #244 Autograph Letter Signed about free Blacks in Oberlin, Ohio Heading(1861 Free Blacks of Oberlin, Ohio 2 months before Civil War)AuthorSmith, MosesHeadlineLetter about 1861 Free Blacks of Oberlin, OHDate PublishedFebruary 2, 1861 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #252 Argument In behalf of appropriating unpaid bounties of United States colored soldiers to certain Institutions Heading(1880 Negro Soldiers Civil War Bounties to fund Black Colleges)AuthorPainter, C.C. and S.C. ArmstrongHeadlineWork on Civil War Bounties for Colored SoldiersDate Published[c.1880] View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #254 Autograph letter, signed on pictorial stationery, with photograph of William Davis in black-face Heading(1895 "Black-Face" Entertainment)AuthorHall, William DavisHeadlineALs from Wm Davis w/photo of "black-face" 1895Date PublishedAugust 20, 1895 View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #256 The Underground Railway (From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Second Series, Volume VIII, Pp. 49-77) Heading(1902 Rare Canadian Account Of The Underground Railroad)AuthorWithrow, W.H.HeadlineThe Underground Railway 1902PublisherFor Sale by J. Hope & Sons, Ottawa; The Copp-Clark Co., Toronto; Bernard Quaritch, London, EnglandDate Published1902 View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #262 “Reverend London Ferrill” [in] Lore of the Meadowland: Short Studies in Kentuckiana Heading(1911 First Kentucky Black Preacher)AuthorTownsend, John WilsonHeadline“Reverend London Ferrill” 1911PublisherJ.L. Richardson & Co.Date Published1911 View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #268 Songs and Spirituals of Negro Composition for Revivals and Congregational Singing Heading(1921 - 1st Black cosmetics company Negro Spirituals Ad Book)AuthorOverton-Hygienic Co.HeadlineSongs and Spirituals of Negro Composition for RevDate Published1921 View details Estimate$60 - $90Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #276 1938-39 Black Cartoonist's First Black Themes - within the pages of Esquire magazine Heading(1938-39 First Black Cartoonist's Black Themes)AuthorCampbell, E. SimmsHeadlineE Simms Campbell illus from Esquire mag 1938PublisherEsquireDate Published1938-39 View details Estimate$60 - $90StatusUnsold Lot #285 Petition to Mayor Finerty and School Board - 1945 Gary, Indiana Fights Over School Integration Heading(African American - 1945 Indiana fight over School Integration)HeadlinePetition to Mayor Finerty and School Board 1945PublisherPat Riley, Indiana State C.I.O. Anti-Discrimination CommitteeDate Published[October, 1945] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #315 Six contracts for Chinese slaves in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese slavery documents)HeadlineGroup of six Cuban contracts for Chinese slavesDate Published1860s-1870s View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #319 Manumission "Libertad" document for a black slave child in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineManumission papers for a black slave child in CubaDate Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next