Sale 548 - Rare Americana with the Jess Jones Collection of Californiana & Pictorial Letter Sheets (#548) 12/04/2014 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/04/2014 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 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 401-453 of 453. Previous|12345|Next Lot #401 Springfield, Tuolumne County View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Springfield...)HeadlineView of Springfield, CA in letter sheetPublisherLith. Britton & Rey, published by G.S. WellsDate Published1853 Lot #402 Stabbing of Officer Hopkins by Judge Terry. General Affray on Jackson Street, on Saturday, June 21st 1856 / Mounted Battalion in Motion, Corner of Montgomery and Washington Sts. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Stabbing...)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF Vigilance CommitteePublisherPublished at the "Daily Town Talk Office"Date Published1856 Lot #403 Sundry Amusements in the Mines View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Sundry)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Amusements in the MinesPublisherLith. & Published by Britton & ReyDate Published[c.1853] Lot #404 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Tremendous...)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF Vigilance CommitteePublisherJusth, Quirot & Co.Date Published[before Sept. 1, 1851] Lot #405 Two Roads in California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Two...)HeadlineLetter sheet depicting perils of Gold RushPublisherBritton & ReyDate Publishedc.1855 Lot #406 View of Downieville, Forks of the North Yuba River. Published and Sold by Samuel W. Langton of Langton's Express Downieville, California View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(View...)HeadlineLetter Sheet with view of DownievillePublisherJusth Quirot & Co.Date Published[1851] Lot #407 View of San Francisco, from Telegraph Hill. Moody del. from a sketch by Swan. Lith. of Peirce & Pollard - with letter View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(View...)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF in 1850 with letterPublisherCooke & LeCountDate Published1850 Lot #408 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 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(View...)HeadlineLetter sheet with SF in flames 1851PublisherJusth Quirot & Co.Date Published[before July 14th, 1851] Lot #409 View of the Plaza of San-Francisco, On the 4th of July 1851 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(View...)HeadlineCelebrating California statehoodPublisherAtwill & Co.Date Published1851 Lot #410 The Winter of 1852 & 3 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Winter...)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet with letter from GeorgetownPublisherBritton & ReyDate Published1853 Lot #411 From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(African American entrepreneur)AuthorRudd, Dan. A. and Theo. BondHeadlineFrom Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott BondPublisherJournal Printing CompanyDate Published1917 Lot #412 Eight volumes of Americana, mostly being Diaries and Biographies View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Americana)HeadlineEight volumes of Americana, mostly being Diaries and BiographiesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #413 Abstract of Title & Certificate of Search to Part of 100 Vara Lot No 279 as shown by the various records in City & County of San Francisco Made at the Request of Patrick Gamble Sumner the 30th day of July 1883 by FA Rouleau, successor to Brooks & Rouleau, Searcher of Records for the Counties of San Francisco, Alameda & San Mateo [Cover title] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline1883 San Francisco Abstract of TitleDate Published1883 Lot #414 1850 California constitutional convention proposes lands for a state capital and a university View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush, land for state capital and university 1850)HeadlineCalifornia, university, state capitalDate Published1850 Lot #415 1924 letter, Santa Cruz Airport and Miss California beauty queen View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(California, 1924 Santa Cruz Airport)HeadlineCalifornia, aviation, Santa CruzDate Published1924 Lot #416 Official Souvenir and Manual of the Fifteenth General Assembly and State of Colorado View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Colorado)HeadlineFIfteenth General Assembly Of Colorado 1905PublisherE.J. MillerDate Published1905 Lot #417 Embarcadero: [Being a Chronicle of True Sea Adventures from the Port of San Francisco] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorDillon, RichardHeadlineRichard Dillon Embarcadero S.F. sea talesPublisherCoward-McCannDate Published[1959] Lot #418 The Last Days of the California Missions View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorDillon, RichardHeadlineRichard Dillon on California MissionsDate Published1985 Lot #419 Wells, Fargo Detective: The Biography of James B. Hume View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorDillon, RichardHeadlineRichard Dillon Wells Fargo DetectivePublisherCoward, McCannDate Published[1969] Lot #420 Abstract of the Title to Rancho Laguna de Tache for Laguna Lands, Limited, Fresno County -- California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Fresno County)HeadlineAbstract of the Title to Rancho Laguna de TachePublisherFresno County Abstract CompanyDate Published[c.1903] Lot #421 Californian Indian Nights Entertainments: Stories of the creation of the world, of man, of fire, of the sun, of thunder, etc.; of coyote, the land of the dead, the sky land, monsters, animal people, etc. View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorGifford, Edward W. & Gwendoline Harris BlockHeadlineCalifornian Indian Nights EntertainmentsPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1930 Lot #422 Handbook of Yosemite National Park: A Compendium of Articles on the Yosemite Region by the Leading Scientific Authorities View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorHall, Ansel F.HeadlineHandbook of Yosemite National Park, Ansel F. HallPublisherPutnamDate Published1921 Lot #423 Bartlett's West: Drawing the Mexican Boundary View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorHine, Robert V.HeadlineDrawing the Mexican BoundaryPublisherYale University PressDate Published1968 Lot #424 Josiah Gregg and His Vision of the Early West View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorHorgan, PaulHeadlineJosiah Gregg & opening of SouthwestPublisherFarrar Straus GirouxDate Published[1979] Lot #425 Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorKing, ClarenceHeadlineMountaineering in Sierra NevadaPublisherTicknorDate Published[1874 or later] Lot #426 Land of Giants: The Drive to the Pacific Northwest 1750-1950 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorLavender, DavidHeadlineDrive to Pacific Northwest 1750-1950PublisherDoubleday & Co.Date Published1958 Lot #427 The Journals of Lewis and Clark View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorDeVoto, Bernard, editorHeadlineJournals of Lewis & ClarkPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published[1953] Lot #428 Printing Arts in Texas View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorLowman, AlHeadlinePrinting Arts in Texas by Al LowmanPublisherJenkins Publishing Co.Date Published[1981] Lot #429 The Dawn of the World: Myths and Weird Tales Told by the Mewan Indians of California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorMerriam, C. Hart, edHeadlineIndian Creation MythsPublisherArthur H. ClarkDate Published1910 Lot #430 California: For Health, Pleasure, and Residence. A Book for Travellers and Settlers View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorNordhoff, CharlesHeadlineNordhoff's California bright copyPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1878 Lot #431 Peter Skene Ogden's Snake Country Journals, 1824-25 and 1825-26 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorOgden, Peter SkeneHeadlineOgden's Snake Country JournalsPublisherThe Hudson's Bay Record SocietyDate Published1950 Lot #432 Muskogee Indian Territory: The Industrial Prodigy of the New Southwest View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Oklahoma)Author**HeadlineMuskogee Indian TerritoryPublisherCompiled by John H. N. Tindall Co. Publishers under the Auspices of the Muskogee Chamber of CommerceDate Published[1904] Lot #433 On the Upper Missouri the Water Way to Iowa: Some River History View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorPeterson, Willliam J.HeadlineSteamboating on Upper MissouriPublisherState Historical SocietyDate Published1937 Lot #434 Carte-de-visite photograph of Harper's Weekly editor, taken in Civil War era View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Photograph, Civil War era)HeadlinePhotography, Civil War, Matthew BradyPublisherE.A.AnthonyDate Published1859-60 Lot #435 Autograph letter Signed from the New York photographer of Harriet Tubman View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Photographer of Harriet Tubman, 1889)AuthorLindsley, H[arvey] B.HeadlinePhotography, African-American, Harriet TubmanPublisherSunbeam GalleryDate PublishedSeptember 24, 1889 Lot #436 Exploring with Fremont: The Private Diaries of Charles Preuss, Cartographer for John Charles Fremont on his First, Second, and Fourth Expeditions to the Far West View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorPreuss, CharlesHeadlinePreuss maps for FremontPublisherUniversity of Oklahoma PressDate Published[1958] Lot #437 1906 letter, Vacaville farmer on earthquakes and cyclones View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlineSan Francisco, earthquake, California Lot #438 The "City Guard": A History of Company "B", First Regiment, N.G.C. During the Sacramento Campaign, July 2 to 26, 1894. Including a Brief History of the Company Since its Organization. View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(San Francisco National Guard)HeadlineThe Railroad Strike in California 1894PublisherFilmer-RollinsDate Published[1895] Lot #439 He Opened the West, and Led the First White Explorers Through Northwest California May-June 1828 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Smith, Jedediah Strong)AuthorChase, Don M.HeadlineJedediah Smith in California 1828PublisherThe AuthorDate Published1958 Lot #440 The March of Empire Through Three Decades. Embracing Sketches of California History... View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorStafford, Mrs. MallieHeadlineThe March of Empire Through Three DecadesPublisherGeo. Spaulding & Co.Date Published1884 Lot #441 Men to Match My Mountains: The Opening of the Far West, 1840-1900 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorStone, IrvingHeadlineOpening of the American WestPublisherDoubleday & Co.Date Published1956 Lot #442 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 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorRoessler, A.R.HeadlineRare Texas Geology controversy pamphletDate Published[1875] Lot #443 "Following the Drum:" A Glimpse of Frontier Life View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorVielé, [Teresa] Mrs.Headline"Following the Drum:" A Glimpse of Frontier LifePublisherRudd & CarletonDate Published1858 Lot #444 Large photograph of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorWaters, R.J.HeadlineR.J. Waters photograph of Half Dome, YosemitePublisherR.J. Waters & Co.Date Published[c.1910] Lot #445 History of the Big Bonanza: An Authentic Account of the Discovery, History, and Working of the World Renowned Comstock Silver Lode of Nevada including the Present Condition of the Various Mines Situated thereon; Sketches of the Most Prominent Men Interested in Them; Incidents and Adventures Connected with Mining, the Indians and the Country; Amusing Stories, Experiences, Anecdotes, etc., etc., and a Full Exposition of the Production of Pure Silver View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Author[Wright, William] De Quille, Dan, pseud.HeadlineAccount of Comstock LodePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1947 Lot #446 Shelf of books about California Railroads View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Americana - Railroads)HeadlineShelf - California RailroadsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #447 Shelf of books about California Railroads View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Americana - Railroads)HeadlineShelf of books about California RailroadsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #448 Shelf of books about Railroads in Western States View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(Americana - Railroads)HeadlineShelf of books about Railroads in Western StatesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #449 Shelf of books, all by Lucius Beebe View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Americana - Railroads)HeadlineShelf of books, all by Lucius BeebeDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #450 Shelf of books about trains and railroads View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Americana - Railroads)HeadlineShelf of books about trains and railroadsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #451 Shelf of books about trains and railroads View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(Americana - Railroads)HeadlineShelf of books about trains and railroadsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #452 Shelf of Americana, including travel and exploration View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Americana)HeadlineShelf of Americana, including travel and explorationDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #453 Shelf of Americana, including Grizzly Adams and Tom Horn View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Heading(Americana)HeadlineShelf of Americana, including Grizzly Adams and Tom HornDate PublishedVarious dates Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next Previous 12345 Next