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Dietz & Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #26 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft AuthorBancroft, Hubert HoweHeadlineThe Works of Hubert Howe BancroftPublisherA.L. Bancroft & Company/The History CompanyDate Published1883-1890 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #29 43 Sets of Keepsakes from the Book Club of California Heading(Book Club of California Keepsakes)HeadlineSets of Keepsakes from the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1938-2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #31 Vintage iron cattle branding iron Heading(Branding Iron)HeadlineVintage cattle branding ironDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #34 Playgrounds & Pastimes of Seattle Children AuthorButler, NoraHeadlinePlaygrounds & Pastimes of Seattle ChildrenDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #49 Atlas of Maps and Seismograms accompanying the Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission upon the California Earthquake of April 18, 1906 Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorLawson, Andrew C., et al.HeadlineMaps and Seismograms San Francisco 1906 QuakePublisherCarnegie Institution of WashingtonDate Published1908 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$350StatusSold Lot #51 Reproduction of Thompson and West's History of San Joaquin County, California Heading(California - San Joaquin County)HeadlineHistory of San Joaquin CountyPublisherHowell-North BooksDate Published1968 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #60 Reports Upon the Survey of the Boundary Between the Territory of the United States and the Possessions of Great Britain from the Lake of the Woods to the Summit of the Rocky Mountains AuthorCampbell, Archibald & W.J. TwiningHeadlineSurvey of the Northern Border of the U.S.PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1878 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #62 Northern Pacific Railroad. Partial Report to the Board of Directors, of a Portion of a Reconnoissance Made in the Summer of 1869, between Lake Superior and the Pacific Ocean... Accompanied with notes on Puget Sound, by Samuel Wilkeson, Esq., the historian of the expedition. For Private Circulation Only AuthorCanfield, Thomas HawleyHeadlinePartial Report on the Norhern Pacific RailroadDate PublishedMay, 1870 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #64 -WITHDRAWN- Chimayo weaving with black and brown parallel stripes Heading(Chimayo Weaving)HeadlineChimayo weaving with black and brown parallel stripesDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #67 A Ride Over the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and California AuthorCoke, Henry J.HeadlineOver the Rocky Mountains to Oregon and CaliforniaPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #73 Adventures on the Columbia River, Including the Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains, among Various Tribes of Indians Hitherto Unknown: Together with a Journey Across the American Continent AuthorCox, RossHeadlineCox on Columbia River 1832PublisherJ. & J. HarperDate Published1832 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #76 My Life on the Plains: or, Personal Experiences with Indians AuthorCuster, G[eorge] A[rmstrong]HeadlineGeorge Armstrong Custer My Life on the PlainsPublisherSheldon & CompanyDate Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #78 Oregon Missions and Travels over the Rocky Mountains, in 1845-46 AuthorDe Smet, P. J.HeadlineDe Smet's Oregon Missions 1st edition 1847PublisherEdward DuniganDate Published1847 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #81 Pioneer Days on Puget Sound AuthorDenny, Arthur A.HeadlinePioneer Days on Puget SoundPublisherThe Alice Harriman Co.Date Published1908 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #82 Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America AuthorDomenech, Em[manuel]HeadlineSeven Years' Residence in the Great DesertsPublisherLongman, Green, Longman & RobertsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #85 Early Times in Texas AuthorDuval, J.C.HeadlineJ.C. Duval Early Times in TexasPublisherH.P.N. Gammel & Co.Date Published[1892] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #90 A Spanish Voyage to Vancouver and the North-West Coast of America. Being the Narrative of the Voyage Made in the Year 1792 by the Schooners Sutil and Mexicana to Explore the Strait of Fuca Author[Espinosa y Tello, José]HeadlineA Spanish Voyage to Vancouver - Argonaut PressPublisherArgonaut PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #105 The Oregon Question AuthorGallatin, AlbertHeadlineAlbert Gallatin on the Oregon Question 1846PublisherBartlett & WelfordDate Published1846 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #110 Seeking Fortune in America AuthorGrey, F(rancis) W(illiam)HeadlineF.W. Grey Seeking Fortune in America 1912PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #112 The Overland Mail, 1849-1869: Promoter of Settlement, Precursor of Railroads AuthorHafen, Le Roy RHeadlineThe Overland Mail, 1849-1869PublisherArthur H. ClarkDate Published1926 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #121 The Commerce and Industries of the Pacific Coast of North America; comprising the rise, progress, products, present condition, and prospects of the useful arts on the Western side of our continent AuthorHittell, John S.HeadlineCommerce of Pacific Coast 1882PublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1882 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #123 Voyages of the Columbia to the Northwest Coast, 1787-1790 and 1790-1793 AuthorHoway, Frederic W., editorHeadlineVoyages of the Columbia to the Northwest CoastPublisherMassachusetts Historical SocietyDate Published1941 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #124 British and American Joint Commission for the Settlement of the Claims of the Hudson's Bay & Puget Sound Agricultural Companies...Memorial and Argument on the Part of the Hudson's Bay Company [and] Closing Argument of the Claimants [and] Argument for the United States Heading(Hudson's Bay Company)HeadlineSettlement of the Claims of the Hudson's Bay CompanyPublisherJohn LovellDate Published1868 & 1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #126 Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineAstoria by Washington Irving 1st StatePublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1836 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #134 A Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home AuthorJudson, Phoebe GoodellHeadlineA Pioneer's Search for an Ideal Home Puget SoundPublisher[Privately Printed]Date Published1925 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #142 The Naturalist in Vancouver Island and British Columbia AuthorLord, John KeastHeadlineNaturalist in Vancouver Island & British ColumbiaPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1866 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #143 Printing Arts in Texas AuthorLowman, AlHeadlinePrinting Arts in Texas by Al LowmanPublisherJenkins Publishing Co.Date Published[1981] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #149 Four Years in British Columbia and Vancouver Island. An Account of Their Forests, Rivers, Coasts, Gold Fields, and Resources for Colonisation AuthorMayne, R. C.HeadlineFour Years in British Columbia and Vancouver IslandPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #150 History of the SS. "Beaver" AuthorMcCain, Charles W.HeadlineHistory of the SS Beaver 1894Publisher[Privately Printed]Date Published1894 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #152 Menzies' Journal of Vancouver's Voyage, April to October, 1792 AuthorMenzies, [Archibald]HeadlineMenzies' Journal of Vancouver's VoyagePublisherWilliam H. CullinDate Published1923 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #157 Admission of Washington Territory. Speech of Hon. J.T. Morgan of Alabama. AuthorMorgan, J.T.HeadlineA Speech in favor of the annexation of Washington TerritoryDate Published1886 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #159 Oregon: Its Resources, Climate, People and Productions AuthorMoseley, H.N.HeadlineMoseley's Oregon with map 1878PublisherEdward StanfordDate Published1878 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #160 Two works by John Muir, first editions AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineTwo First Editions from John MuirPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1901, 1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #161 Reproduction of Thompson and West's History of Nevada County, California Heading(Nevada County)HeadlineHistory of Nevada CountyPublisherHowell-North BooksDate Published1970 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #163 Helpful Suggestions Heading(Nevada)HeadlineRare Reno Nevada community cookbookPublisherGeneral O.M. Mitchell Corps, No. 27Date Published1914 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #164 Storey, Ormsby, Washoe, and Lyon Counties Directory, including the cities and towns of Virginia City, Gold Hill, Carson City, Dayton, Silver City, Empire City, Washoe City, Reno, Wadsworth, Crystal Peak, Ophir, etc., for 1871-72, containing the names, business and location of merchants, miners, farmers...and all adult male citizens of the county...Complete general and business directory of the residents... Heading(Nevada)Author[McKenney, L.M., compiler]HeadlineRare Directory of Western Nevada Counties 1871PublisherH.S. Crocker & Co.Date Published1871 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #165 Muster Roll for a Nevada National Guard Brigade Heading(Nevada)Headline1894 Nevada National Guard Muster RollDate Published1894 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #166 Prospectus and By-Laws for two Goldfield, Nevada mining companies Heading(Nevada)HeadlineTwo Nevada Mining Prospectus and By-LawsDate PublishedEarly 20th century View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #167 Two albumen photographs of the Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company, Lake Tahoe, Nevada Heading(Nevada)HeadlineTwo photos of the Tahoe Logging and Fluming Co.Date PublishedLate 19th Century View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #169 The Oregon Territory: A Geographical and Physical Account of that Country and its Inhabitants with Outlines of its History and Discovery AuthorNicolay, C[harles] G.HeadlineOregon Territory in 1846PublisherCharles Knight & Co.Date Published1846 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #175 Bound volume of 48 printed speeches on the Oregon Question Heading(Oregon)Headline48 speeches on the Oregon QuestionDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #176 Residential Portland, 1911. Portland, Oregon, "The Rose City" Heading(Oregon)HeadlineResidential Portland 1911PublisherThe Newspaper SyndicateDate Published1911 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #178 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean....Supplement to Volume I Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)Author[Stevens, Isaac I.]HeadlineRare issue of Pacific Railroad Report Volume 12PublisherWilliam A. HarrisDate Published1859 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #179 Relacion Historica de la Vida Y Apostolicas Tareas del Venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra, Y de las Misiones que Fundo en la California Septentrional, y Nuevos Establecimientos de Monterey AuthorPaloú, FranciscoHeadlinePalou's Biography of Serra First EditionPublisherFelipe de Zúñiga y OntiverosDate Published1787 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #182 An Abridgement of Portlock and Dixon's Voyage Round the World, Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 AuthorPotlock, NathanielHeadlineAn abridgement of Portlock's VoyagePublisherJohn Stockdale and George GouldingDate Published1789 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #184 Vancouver Island and British Columbia, Where They Are; What They Are; and What They May Become AuthorRattray, AlexanderHeadlineVancouver Island and British ColumbiaPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #185 The Confederation of the British North American Provinces; Their Past History and Future Prospects; Including also British Columbia & Hudson's Bay Territory AuthorRawlings, ThomasHeadlineConfederation of the British North American ProvincesPublisherSampson Low, Son, and MarstonDate Published1865 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #187 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 classic Southwest rarityPublisherJohn Hardy & Co.Date Published1858 View details Estimate$25,000 - $35,000StatusUnsold Lot #193 Part of Dispatch from George Simpson, Esqr. Governor of Ruperts Land to the Governor & Committee of the Hudson's Bay Company London AuthorSimpson, GeorgeHeadlinePart of Dispatch from George SimpsonPublisherChamplain SocietyDate Published1947 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #194 Memorial of William A. Slacum, Praying Compensation for his Services in Obtaining Information in Relation to the Settlements on the Oregon River. AuthorSlacum, William A.HeadlineSlacum's Report on the Oregon River SettlementsDate Published1837 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #196 The Oregon Question. Substance of a Lecture Before the Mercantile Library Association, Delivered January 22, 1845 AuthorSturgis, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Sturgis on the Oregon QuestionPublisherJordan, Swift & WileyDate Published1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #197 Supplément à l'Almanach Icarien pour 1848. Avertissement. Ce Supplément à l'Almanach Icarien pour 1848 est spécialement consacré à la description du Texas... Heading(Texas)Author[Cabet, Etienne]HeadlineSupplément à l'Almanach Icarien pour 1848Publisher[Imp. de E.-B. Delanchy]Date Published[1847] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #198 Reply to the Charges Made by S.B. Buckley, State Geologist of Texas, in His Official Report of 1874 Against Dr. B.F. Shumard and A.R. Roessler Heading(Texas)AuthorRoessler, A.R.HeadlineRare Texas Geology controversy pamphletDate Published[1875] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #200 The Claims to the Oregon Territory Considered [bound with] Te Oregon Question AuthorThom, Adam [&] Falconer, ThomasHeadlineThom & Falconer on the Oregon QuestionPublisherSmith, Elder and Co. / William TaylorDate Published1844 / 1845 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #210 Letters of Captain Don Pedro Fages & the Reverend President Fr. Junipero Serra at San Diego, California, in October 1772 HeadingWagner, Henry R., translatorAuthorFages, Pedro & Junipero SerraHeadlineLeters of Fages & Serra.PublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1936 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #213 The Oregon Question Determined by the Rules of International Law AuthorWallace, Edward J.HeadlineEdward Wallace The Oregon Question & International LawPublisherA. Maxwell & SonDate Published1846 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #214 Told by the Pioneers Heading(Washington)HeadlineTold by the Pioneers WPA Oral History ProjectPublisher[Washington Pioneer Project]Date Published1937-38 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #218 The Wasp Heading(Wasp)HeadlineOriginal issues of The WaspPublisherSamuel W. BackusDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #230 Report of...Wright's Late Campaign Against the Indians in Oregon and Washington Territories AuthorWright, GeorgeHeadlineWright's Campaign against the IndiansDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #288 From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance Heading(African American entrepreneur)AuthorRudd, Dan. A. and Theo. BondHeadlineFrom Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott BondPublisherJournal Printing CompanyDate Published1917 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #370 Gauchos. Prendas y Costumbres Heading(South America)AuthorCapurro, Enrique CastellsHeadlineGauchos. Prendas y CostumbresPublisherMosca Hnos.Date Published[1955] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #491 Two 1902-04 Silk ribbons for Democratic State Convention delegates, Sacramento and Santa Cruz Heading(California Political Ephemera)Headline2 Calif. Political ribbons, 1902-1904Date Published1902-1904 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #492 1862 Lincoln fires a Stockton Democratic political hack Heading(California, Civil War)AuthorSargent, NathanHeadlineDocument from Civil War era California man, 1862Date Published1862 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #493 John Doble's Journal and Letters from the Mines: Mokelumne Hill, Jackson, Volcano and San Francisco, 1851-1865. AuthorCamp, Charles L., ed.HeadlineJohn Doble's Journal and Letters from the MinesPublisherOld West Publishing Co.Date Published[1962] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #505 Akubra pure fur felt cowboy hat Heading(Hat, Cowboy)HeadlineAkubra pure fur felt cowboy hatDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #506 Akubra, Australian made “Montana Sombrero” Heading(Hat, Cowboy)HeadlineAkubra, Australian made “Montana Sombrero” BlackDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #508 Historic Hays AuthorHill, W.A.HeadlineHistoric Hays KansasPublisherNews Publishing CompanyDate Published1938 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #509 Letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a copy of a report made by Isaac McCoy, upon…the country reserved for the Indians west of the Mississippi Heading(Indians - 1832 Isaac McCoy surveys Indian country west of the Mississippi)Author**HeadlineLetter from the Secretary of War 1832Date PublishedMarch 16, 1832 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #528 The Fur Trade AuthorPhillips, Paul Chrisler.HeadlinePhillips' History of the Fur TradePublisherUniversity of Oklahoma PressDate Published[1961] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #538 Edward Vischer's Drawings of the California Missions, 1861-1878. With a Biography of the Artist by Jeanne Van Nostrand AuthorVan Nostrand, JeanneHeadlineVischer's Drawings of the California MissionsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1982 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next