Sale 557 - Fine Americana & the Exploration of the West - Asian-American History & Art - Travel

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(Muir, John)
Author
Wendelin, Rudolph
Headline
Bronze bust of John Muir by the designer of the 1964 commemorative postage stamp
Publisher
Stewart and Steven Wegner
Date Published
1999

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241

Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835 & 1836. Including a Summer Residence with the Pawnee Tribe of Indians, in the Remote Praires of the Missouri, and a Visit to Cuba and the Azore Islands

Author
Murray, Charles Augustus, Sir
Headline
Travels in North America During the Years 1834, 1835 & 1836
Publisher
Harper & Bros.
Date Published
1839

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242

Abstract of title for 626 acres in Napa County, a portion of the Chimiles Rancho

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(Napa)
Headline
Rancho Chimiles Abstract of Title
Publisher
Napa County Abstract Company
Date Published
1914

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243

Albumen photo-montage with cdv-size portraits of 36 prominent members of the Hall Associetion of the Native Sons of the Golden West, with the president of the Association, James D. Phelan, at the center

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(Native Sons of the Golden West)
Headline
Photo-montage of Cal. Native Sons
Publisher
Elite Photo
Date Published
1896

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244

Fourth of July Programme of Exercises! 1776-1867: Celebration in Gold Hill

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(Nevada - Gold Hill)
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Gold Hill Nevada 1867 4th of July broadside
Date Published
1867

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245

Claim registration of J. Paxton upon the Penobscot Lode in Lander County, Nevada, with ms. plat map of the claim

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(Nevada)
Headline
Nevada Silver Mine Registration
Date Published
Nov. 18, 1871

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246

Hotel Elberon and New Fire-Proof Annex. Tennessee and Pacific Avenues, Atlantic City, N.J.

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(New Jersey)
Author
Ludy. R.B., M.D.
Headline
Hotel in Atlantic City c.1910
Publisher
[Elliott]
Date Published
c.1910]

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247

Manasquan N.J. (wrapper title)

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(New Jersey)
Headline
Manasquan NJ promotional piece
Publisher
Printed by Skes & Cash
Date Published
c.1910

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248

Ledger book used by New York real estate magnate L. Mortimer Thorn, for identifying people, businesses and other resources, with business cards and clippings mounted to leaves

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(New York City)
Author
Thorn, L. Mortimer
Headline
New York business ledger 19th century
Date Published
19th to early 20th centuries

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254

Printed and handwritten document signed granting a $500 “license to retail spirituous liquors” in the gold rush town of Jacksonville

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(Oregon – 1859 liquor license)
Author
William Hoffman, Jackson County Clerk
Headline
Oregon 1859 liquor license
Date Published
1859

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255

1896 letter from an Oregon gold miner who came from Angels Camp, California

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(Oregon gold miner from Angels Camp)
Author
Francis Gordon Jackson
Headline
1896 letter, Oregon gold miner from Angels Camp
Date Published
1896

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257

Pacific Coast Directory for 1883-4, Giving Name, Business and Address of Business and Professional Men of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, Alaska, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Arizona, and New Mexico...

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(Pacific Coast Directory)
Author
McKenney, L.M., compiler
Headline
Pacifc Coast Directory 1883-4
Publisher
L.M. McKenney & Co., Publishers
Date Published
December, 1882

Estimate$100 - $150

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258

Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean - Four Volumes

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(Pacific Railroad Reports)
Headline
Reports of Explorations and Surveys - Pacific Railroad. four vols.
Date Published
1858

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260

Life and Writings of Thomas Paine

Author
Paine, Thomas
Headline
The Life & Writings of Thomas Paine finely bound
Publisher
Vincent Parke
Date Published
[1908]

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261

Historical Memoirs of New California

Author
Palóu, Fray Francisco
Headline
Palóu: Historical Memoirs of New California. 4 vols.
Publisher
University of California Press
Date Published
1926

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265

A Sermon Preached before the Honorable Council, and the Honorable House of representatives, of the State of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, at Boston, May 27, 1778. Being the anniversary for the election of the Honorable Council

Author
Payson, Phillips
Headline
Defeat of Burgoyne in sermon 1778
Publisher
Printed by John Gill, printer to the General Assembly
Date Published
1778

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266

Prize Essays on a Congress of Nations, for the Adjustment of International Disputes, and for the Promotion of Universal Peace Without Resort to Arms. Together with a Sixth Essay, Comprising the Substance of the Rejected Essays.

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(Peace Society)
Headline
Prize Essays on a Congress of Nations 1840
Publisher
Whipple & Damrell
Date Published
1840

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267

California on Stone

Author
Peters, Harry T.
Headline
Peters: California on Stone
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran
Date Published
1935

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268

Biographical History of the Northwest

Author
Phelps, Alonzo
Headline
Biographical History of the Northwest
Publisher
Ticknor and Company
Date Published
1890

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270

Overlooking Tongass Narrows, Ketchikan, Alaska

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(Photograph)
Author
Ives, H.A.
Headline
Panorama of Tongass Narrows, Alaska
Date Published
c.1925

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272

Mammoth plate photograph of the Ferry "Solano" being unloaded, with Watkins' photography wagon visible

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(Photograph)
Author
Watkins, Carlton E.
Headline
Watkins Mammoth Plate Solano Ferry
Date Published
c.1880

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273

Mammoth plate photograph of the Ferry "Solano" with passengers and crew members, plus two onboard trains visible

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(Photograph)
Author
Watkins, Carlton E.
Headline
Watkins Mammoth Plate Solano Ferry
Date Published
c.1880

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274

1903 First issue of New England Photographers journal

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(Photography - 1903 First issue of New England Photographers journal)
Headline
1903 First issue of New England Photographers journal

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276

The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell

Author
Powell, H.M.T.
Headline
Powell: The Santa Fé Trail to California
Publisher
The Book Club of California
Date Published
[1931]

Estimate$1,000 - $1,500

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280

History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror Hernando Cortes

Author
Prescott, William H.
Headline
Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico
Publisher
Harper and Brothers
Date Published
1843

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284

Letter from W.C. Ralston to F.D. Atherton, inviting him to dinner

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(Ralston, William C. & Faxon Dean Atherton)
Author
Ralston, William C.
Headline
Letter from W.C. Ralston to F.D. Atherton
Date Published
Thursday Morning [August 1874]

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285

1896 Little, Brown publishers seek Frederic Remington’s Fort Laramie Painting

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(Remington, Frederic)
Headline
1896 Little, Brown publishers seek Frederic Remington’s Fort Laramie Painting
Publisher
Little, Brown & Company
Date Published
October 9, 1896

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286

The Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806. The Report of Count Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov of His Voyage to that Provincia of Nueva España from New Archangel

Author
Rezanov, Nikolai Petrovich
Headline
Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806
Publisher
Thomas C. Russell
Date Published
1926

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287

Broadside for "Assignee's Sale of Valuable Central Propery on Weybosset, Pine and Dyer Street, at Auction," with "Map of lots belonging to Thomas Harkness..."

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(Rhode Island)
Headline
Land auction in Providence, RI 1863
Date Published
1863

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289

Instituciones cientifcas de los Estados Unidos: Visitades y Estudiadas

Author
Rodés, Luis
Headline
Rodés; his visits to astronomical centers in United States.
Publisher
Serra Y Russell
Date Published
1920

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293

Voyages en Californie et dans l'Orégon

Author
Saint-Amant, M. De
Headline
Saint-Amant: Californie, l'Orégon. 1854.
Publisher
Librarie L. Maison
Date Published
1854

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294

Digest of Report to San Francisco Parking Authority - Nob Hill Parking Survey Made by San Francisco Department of Public Works, November 1953

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(San Francisco - Parking)
Headline
Nob Hill Parking Survey - San Francisco Department of Public Works
Publisher
Department of Public Works
Date Published
November 1953

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295

US. Dept of Commerce. Economic Aspects of Comprehensive Survey of San Francisco Bay and Tributaries. Future Development of the San Francisco Bay Area 1960-2020

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(San Francisco Bay Area)
Headline
Report: Future Development - San Francisco Bay Area 1960-2020
Publisher
GPO
Date Published
1959

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296

In Remembrance of the Midwinter-International Exposition. San Francisco, Cal. 1894

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(San Francisco)
Headline
San Francisco Midwinter Expo View Book 1894
Publisher
American Souvenir & Advertising Company
Date Published
1894

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297

Knights' Templar Grand Entrée March. Triennial Conclave, San Francisco, August, 1883.

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(San Francisco)
Author
Marsh, Henry
Headline
Knights' Templar Grand Entrée March 1883
Publisher
Henry Marsh
Date Published
1883

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298

Minute book of the Stockholders and Directors Meetings for Raphael Weill & Company, 1959-1964

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(San Francisco)
Headline
Raphael Weill & Co. Stockholders Mtg Minute Book
Date Published
1959-1964

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299

San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser. Devoted to the Leading Interests of California and the Pacific Coast

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(San Francisco)
Headline
6 issues of the San Francisco News Letter 1874-5
Date Published
1874-75

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300

Spring Valley Water Co. - First Mortgage Five Per Cent Gold Bond

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(San Francisco)
Headline
Spring Valley Water Co. First Mortgage
Publisher
American Bank Note
Date Published
1927

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301

Fay-Yen-Fah, Opera in Three Acts

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(California - San Francisco)
Author
Templeton Crocker (book) and Joseph Redding (music)
Headline
Bohemian Club, 1925 San Francisco ‘Chinese’-French opera
Date Published
1925

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302

Signed collaboration agreement at the very start of the famous San Francisco designer's career

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(San Francisco, famous commercial designer, 1941)
Author
Walter Landor
Headline
Famous San Francisco commercial designer Walter Landor at the start of his career, 1941
Date Published
September 1, 1941

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305

Spanish Missions California: A Portfolio of Etchings

Author
Scammon, L[aurence] N.
Headline
Spanish Missions California by Scammon
Publisher
Jean Chambers Moore
Date Published
1926

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306

Sketches of Travels in South America, Mexico and California

Author
Schaeffer, L[uther] M.
Headline
Schaeffer: Sketches of Travels. 1st Ed.
Publisher
James Egbert
Date Published
1860

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307

Scharmann's Overland Journey to California

Author
Scharmann, H. B.
Headline
Scharmann's Overland Journey to California
Publisher
[Privately printed]
Date Published
[1918]

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308

Narrative Journal of Travels, Through the Northwestern Regions of the United States

Author
Schoolcraft, Henry R.
Headline
Schoolcraft's Narrative of Travels in the mid-west
Publisher
E. & E. Hosford
Date Published
1821

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309

War Correspondence (Hispano-American War) Letters from Dr. Nicholas Senn

Author
Senn, Nicholas
Headline
Surgeon in Spanish-American War
Publisher
American Medical Association
Date Published
1899

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310

Eldorado: Or, California as seen by a Pioneer, 1850-1900

Author
Shaw, D[avid A[ugustus]
Headline
Shaw: Eldorado or California
Publisher
B. R. Baumgardt & Co.
Date Published
1900

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312

Journal of a Trip to California: Across the Continent from Weston, Mo., to Weber Creek, Cal. in the Summer of 1850

Author
Smith, C[harles] W.
Headline
Smith: Journal of a Trip to California - 1850
Publisher
Cadmus Book Shop
Date Published
[1920]

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314

The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California, and a Complete History of all the Important Events Connected with Its Great City: To Which Are Added, Biographical Memoirs of Some Prominent Citizens

Author
Soulé, Frank, John H. Gihon and James Nisbet
Headline
The Annals of San Francisco, 1855
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company
Date Published
1855

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315

Six promotional items from Southern California

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(Southern California)
Headline
Six promotional items from Southern Californi
Date Published
Various dates

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317

W.G.Baker Co. 1898 "premium" catalogue

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(Sport - 1898 catalogue, baseballs, bicycles, guns)
Headline
Sport - 1898 catalogue, baseballs, bicycles, guns

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319

Three early editions of the Statutes of California - 1850, 1851, and 1854

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(Statutes)
Headline
3 early editions of the Statutes of California
Date Published
1850, 1851, & 1854

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320

Under the White Diamond: [Issued by the Passenger Department of the M. & M. T. Co's Boston, Baltimore and Norfolk Steamship Line]

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(Steamship Line)
Headline
Steamer from Boston to Baltimore
Publisher
[Press of L.B. Wilder & Co.]
Date Published
[1890]

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321

Beyond the Hundredth Meridian: John Wesley Powell and the Second Opening of the West

Author
Stegner, Wallace
Headline
Wallace Stegner Beyond the Hundredth Meridian
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published
1954

Estimate$300 - $500

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324

The Early Days and Men of California

Author
Swasey, W[illiam] F.
Headline
Swasey: Early Days and Men of California
Publisher
Pacific Press
Date Published
[1891]

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327

Tariff, Or Rates of Duty, After the Thirtieth Day of June, 1824, on all Goods, Wares & Merchandise, Imported Into the United States of America

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(Tariffs)
Headline
Tariffs and Rates of Duty June 1824
Publisher
Stephen Gould and Son
Date Published
June 10, 1824

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328

The Last of the Mill Creeks and Early Life in Northern California

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(Tehama County)
Author
Moak, Sim
Headline
The Last of the Mill Creeks and Early Life in CA
Date Published
1923

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331

Memoire Historique sur la Negociation de la France et de l' Angleterre depuis le 26 Mars 1761 jusqu'au 20 Sept de la meme annee 1761

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(Treaty of Paris - Seven Years' War)
Headline
Seven Years' War. Negociation de la France et de l' Angleterre
Publisher
Ratisbonne
Date Published
[1761]

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333

Original manuscript leaf from the logbook of the U.S.S. Constitution, with passage relating a flogging that was instrumental in the court-martial of her then-commander, Captain Jesse Duncan Elliott

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(U.S.S. Constitution)
Author
Elliott, Jesse Duncan
Headline
Leaf from Log of USS Constitution 1838
Date Published
Aboard the U.S.S. Constitution

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335

Notes of a Voyage to California Via Cape Horn, Together with Scenes in El Dorado, in the Years 1849-1850

Author
Upham, Samuel C.
Headline
Upham: Notes of a Voyage to California Via Cape Horn,
Publisher
Published by the author
Date Published
1878

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346

The Auriferous Gravels of the Sierra Nevada of California

Author
Whitney, J.[osiah] D.
Headline
Whitney: Auriferous Gravels, Sierra Nevada - California
Publisher
University Press, John Wilson & Son
Date Published
1880

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348

Woman and her Work [and] Thirty-Third Annual Report of the Woman's Board of Missions for the Pacific Islands

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(Women)
Headline
Publications about woman, two items.
Date Published
Various dates

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349

Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings

Author
Woods, Daniel B.
Headline
Woods: Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1851

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350

Materials Handling Progress Report - Personal Copy

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(World War II)
Author
Ball, Capt. J[ohn]
Headline
Materials Handling Progress Report - Naval Supply Depot, Spokane.
Publisher
Naval Supply Depot
Date Published
Feb. 1945

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351

Admiral Halsey's Story - Inscribed to a sailor from the U.S.S. Ward, the first American ship to fire a shot in World War II

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(World War II)
Author
Halsey, William F. and J. Bryan III
Headline
Admiral Halsey's Story signed to a Pearl Harbor veteran
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Book Company
Date Published
[1947]

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352

A History of the District Supply Office, 1 January 1940-- 30 June 1944. Headquarters, Tenth Naval District, San Juan, Puerto Rico

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(World War II)
Headline
Report - naval supply depot: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Publisher
US Naval Supply Office
Date Published
1940-44

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353

Inscribed photograph of the Japanese surrender aboard the USS Missouri and a typed letter signed

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(World War II)
Author
Nimitz, Chester W.
Headline
Signed photograph of the Japanese Surrender WWII
Date Published
1964

Estimate$1,000 - $1,500

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356

San Francisco merchant’s 1869 defense of “imported” Chinese labor, in Bret Harte's Overland Monthly

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(1869 –San Francisco merchant’s defense of “imported” Chinese labor)
Author
Charles Wolcott Brooks
Headline
San Francisco merchant’s 1869 defense of “imported” Chinese labor
Publisher
A. Roman & Co.
Date Published
1869

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382

Printed poster instructing persons of Japanese ancestry in portions of Washington State to report to a Civil Control Station for relocation to an internment camp

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(1942 Japanese Relocation Order Poster)
Headline
Order for Japanese-American relocation 1942
Date Published
May 10, 1942

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383

Santa Anita Pacemaker, rare mimeographed newsletter of Japanese-American “Assembly Center” at Los Angeles racetrack

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(1942 Santa Anita Pacemaker, rare mimeographed newsletter, Japanese-American “Assembly Center” at Los Angeles racetrack)
Headline
Rare newsletter for Japanese-American “Assembly Center” at Los Angeles racetrack
Date Published
1942