Sale 565 - Americana - Travel & Exploration - African American History - Maps - Sports Memorabilia (#565) 07/23/2015 11:00 AM PDT Closed

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    (American Geographer in Europe, 1836)
  • Headline
    American geographer in Europe, 1836 letter
  • Publisher
    No publisher
  • Date Published
    1836
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
17
  • Heading
    (Arizona & the Southwest)
  • Headline
    Motor tour through Southwest 1913
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
20
  • Author
    Armor, Samuel
  • Headline
    History of Orange County California
  • Publisher
    Historical Record Company
  • Date Published
    1921
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
48
  • Author
    Benton, J. A.
  • Headline
    The California Pilgrim: A Series of Lectures
  • Publisher
    Solomon Alter
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
49
  • Author
    Bernhard, [Karl, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach]
  • Headline
    German traveler in U.S. 1828 with maps
  • Publisher
    Wilhelm Hoffmann
  • Date Published
    1828
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
56
  • Author
    Brinkley, Captain F., editor
  • Headline
    Binkley's Japan the desirable Emperor's Edition 1 of 75 copies
  • Publisher
    J.B. Millet Co.
  • Date Published
    [1897]
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$4,687.50
StatusSold
64
  • Author
    Byrd, Richard E.
  • Headline
    Richard Byrd Discovery inscribed to an expedition member
  • Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Date Published
    1935
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
68
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco Book Store)
  • Headline
    Rare broadside for S.F. Book Store 1855
  • Date Published
    [1855]
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
69
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    The Elite Directory of San Franisco and Oakland
  • Publisher
    Argonaut Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    1879
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$87.50
StatusSold
70
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Langley, Henry G., compiler
  • Headline
    San Francisco Directory 1876-7
  • Publisher
    Henry G. Langley
  • Date Published
    1876
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
71
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Cruz)
  • Headline
    Casa Del Rey promobooklet Santa Cruz c.1911
  • Date Published
    [c. 1911]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
72
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Cruz)
  • Headline
    Mountain Echo "Fig Leaf" newspaper
  • Publisher
    Luther McQuesten
  • Date Published
    1916
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
73
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Cruz)
  • Headline
    Taber photo of Santa Cruz Water Carnival 1895
  • Publisher
    Taber Photo
  • Date Published
    1895
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
74
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Cruz)
  • Headline
    Santa Cruz County promotional pamphlet 1890
  • Publisher
    E.S. Harrison for the Board of Supervisors
  • Date Published
    [1890]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
75
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Cruz)
  • Headline
    Santa Cruz Venetian Water Carnival 1895
  • Publisher
    [The Traveler]
  • Date Published
    1895
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
76
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Cruz)
  • Headline
    Three Santa Cruz County items
  • Date Published
    Late 19th or early 20th century
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
82
  • Heading
    (American exploration, 1850 - overland to California)
  • Headline
    1850 letter, overland expedition to California gold fields led by a notorious swindler
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
84
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Bancroft's Tourist's Guide Northern California 1871
  • Publisher
    A.L. Bancroft & Company
  • Date Published
    1871
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
86
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Motor Guide to California 1925
  • Publisher
    National Automobile Club
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
88
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    California State Register and Book of Facts 1859
  • Publisher
    Langley & Morrison
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
89
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Three 19th century views of Calfornia
  • Date Published
    Late 19th century
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
90
  • Author
    Carpenter, R.R.M.
  • Headline
    Carpenter's My African Safari Roycrofters rarity
  • Publisher
    Roycrofters
  • Date Published
    1937
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
94
  • Author
    Carter, Howard & A.C. Mace
  • Headline
    The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen by Howard Carter
  • Publisher
    Cassell and Company
  • Date Published
    1923, 1927, 1933
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
100
  • Heading
    (China)
  • Author
    Allom, Thomas
  • Headline
    Plates from Allom's China Illustrated
  • Date Published
    1843-1850
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$750
StatusSold
123
  • Author
    Cornwallis, Earl
  • Headline
    An Answer to That Part of the Narrative - Clinton - Cornwallis
  • Publisher
    J. Debrett
  • Date Published
    1783
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
130
  • Heading
    (Cuba - Slavery)
  • Headline
    Manumission papers for a black slave child in Cuba
  • Date Published
    1868
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
131
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Headline
    An American black expelled from Cuba in 1837
  • Date Published
    1837
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
132
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Headline
    Large group of Cuban documents from 1830s
  • Date Published
    1830s
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
133
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Headline
    An American sailor jailed in Cuba 1835
  • Date Published
    1835
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
134
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Headline
    The body of an American returned from Cuba 1838
  • Date Published
    1838
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
135
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Headline
    American Consul in Cuba pleads the case of a British sailor
  • Date Published
    1838
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
136
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Headline
    Introduction of hydraulic cement to Cuba
  • Date Published
    1836
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
137
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Headline
    1845 Cuban Passport for black slaves
  • Date Published
    1845
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
138
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Headline
    1845 Cuban Passport for an African slave
  • Date Published
    1845
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
141
  • Heading
    (Cuba)
  • Author
    Tacon, Francisco
  • Headline
    Letter from the brother of the Cuban Governor 1834
  • Date Published
    1830s
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
147
  • Author
    Dawson, William Leon
  • Headline
    Birds of California Large Paper Deluxe Edition
  • Publisher
    South Moulton Co.
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
177
  • Author
    Guinn, J.M.
  • Headline
    A History of California by JM Guinn
  • Publisher
    Historic Record Company
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
178
  • Author
    Halberstadt, Milton
  • Headline
    Original Halberstadt Tone-Line Photo of San Francisco
  • Publisher
    M. Halberstadt
  • Date Published
    1958
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
179
  • Author
    Hallidie, A[ndrew] S.
  • Headline
    Father of S.F. Cable Car System
  • Publisher
    C.A. Murdock & Co., Bookand Job Printers
  • Date Published
    1873
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
180
  • Author
    Harding, George L.
  • Headline
    Don Agustin Zamorano 1934 1/325 copies in dj
  • Publisher
    Zamorano Club
  • Date Published
    1934
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
186
  • Author
    Holmes, Roberta Evelyn
  • Headline
    Southern Mines of California Grabhorn Press 1/25
  • Publisher
    Grabhorn Press
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
187
  • Author
    Holmes, Roberta Evelyn
  • Headline
    The Southern Mines of California Grabhorn Press
  • Publisher
    Grabhorn Press
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
206
  • Author
    Kane, Elisha Kent
  • Headline
    Kane's Arctic Explorations 2d Grinnell Expedition
  • Publisher
    S.C. Griggs & Co.
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
211
  • Author
    Lawrence, T.E.
  • Headline
    T.E. Lawrence Seven Pillars of Wisdom 1st Amer Trade Edition
  • Publisher
    Doubleday, Doran & Co.
  • Date Published
    1935
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
212
  • Author
    Le Page du Pratz, (Antoine Simon)
  • Headline
    Le Page Du Pratz Histoire de la Louisiane
  • Publisher
    Chez de Bure
  • Date Published
    1758
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
221
  • Heading
    (Los Angeles)
  • Headline
    Dawson's Book Shop Los Angeles Miscellany series
  • Publisher
    Dawson's Book Shop
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$625
StatusSold
231
  • Author
    Masson, Charles
  • Headline
    Narrative of a Journey to Kalat 1843
  • Publisher
    Richard Bentley
  • Date Published
    1843
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
233
  • Author
    McWilliams, John
  • Headline
    Youth Experiences in California and The Civil War
  • Publisher
    [University Press]
  • Date Published
    [1919]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
242
  • Author
    Moore, Francis
  • Headline
    Travels Into the Inland Parts of Africa 1738
  • Publisher
    For the author
  • Date Published
    1738
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
254
  • Author
    Neufeld, Charles
  • Headline
    A Prisoner of the Khaleefa
  • Publisher
    Chapman & Hall
  • Date Published
    1899
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
268
  • Author
    Oliphant, Laurence
  • Headline
    China and Japan in the 1850s
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$225
StatusSold
271
  • Author
    Orton, Richard H.
  • Headline
    California in the Civil War
  • Publisher
    State Office
  • Date Published
    1890
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
273
  • Author
    Palgrave, W.G.
  • Headline
    Palgrave's Dutch Guiana
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1876
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
274
  • Heading
    (Panama Canal)
  • Headline
    Journey through Panama Canal 1919
  • Date Published
    c.1919
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
276
  • Heading
    (Panama-Pacific International Exposition)
  • Headline
    Group of PPIE viewbooks
  • Date Published
    c.1915
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
277
  • Heading
    (Panama-Pacific International Exposition)
  • Headline
    Panama-Pacific Gold Medal Certificate
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
278
  • Heading
    (Panama-Pacific International Exposition)
  • Headline
    Two PPIE Viewbooks San Francisco 1915
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
279
  • Author
    Park, Mungo
  • Headline
    Mungo Parks Travels in the African Interior
  • Publisher
    Printed by W. Bulmer for the Author and sold by G. and W. Nicol
  • Date Published
    1799
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
285
  • Author
    Phillips, Catherine Coffin
  • Headline
    Portsmouth Plaza: The Cradle of San Francisco
  • Publisher
    John Henry Nash
  • Date Published
    1932
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
286
  • Heading
    (Pictorial Letter Sheet)
  • Headline
    Assassination of James King of Wm. Letter Sheet
  • Publisher
    Britton & Rey
  • Date Published
    [before June 4,1856]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
287
  • Author
    Pleasants, Mrs. J.E.
  • Headline
    History of Orange County California
  • Publisher
    J.R. Finnell & Sons
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
298
  • Author
    Robertson, John W.
  • Headline
    Francis Drake & Other Early Explorers
  • Publisher
    Grabhorn Press
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
307
  • Heading
    (San Francisco Earthquake Telephone Directory)
  • Headline
    Telephone Directory after San Francisco quake
  • Publisher
    Pacific States Telephone and Telegraph Company
  • Date Published
    May, 1906
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
308
  • Heading
    (San Francisco Municipal Railway)
  • Headline
    Inner workings of S.F. Municipal Railway in 1930's
  • Date Published
    c.1930-1937
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
310
  • Heading
    (San Francisco)
  • Author
    Young, John P.
  • Headline
    SF History of Pacific Coast Metropolis 1st ed
  • Publisher
    S.J. Clarke Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    [1912]
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
313
  • Author
    Schweinfurth, Georg
  • Headline
    The Heart of Africa - Dr. Schweinfurth - 2 Vols.
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1874
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
315
  • Author
    Seymour, H.D.
  • Headline
    Russia on The Black Sea and Sea of Azof
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1855
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
316
  • Heading
    (Ship's Log)
  • Headline
    Log book of the Barque Hindostan, 1878-1881
  • Date Published
    1878-1881
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
317
  • Author
    Simond, L.
  • Headline
    Travels in Switzerland 1817-1819
  • Publisher
    Wells and Lilly
  • Date Published
    1822
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
319
  • Author
    Smith, Frank Meriweather, editor
  • Headline
    San Francisco Vigilance Committee of '56
  • Publisher
    Barry, Baird & Co.
  • Date Published
    1883
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
323
  • Author
    St. John, Charles
  • Headline
    Wild Sports and Natural History of the Highlands
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1846
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
324
  • Author
    St. John, J.A.
  • Headline
    St. John Egypt & Nubia First Edition
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1845
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
327
  • Author
    Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • Headline
    R.L. Stevenson on Samoa
  • Publisher
    Cassell & Company
  • Date Published
    1892
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
328
  • Heading
    (Sunderland, Clyde)
  • Headline
    Aerial photographs of the Richmond California refinery
  • Publisher
    Standard Oil Company of California
  • Date Published
    1945-1960
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
330
  • Author
    Taber, Isaiah W.
  • Headline
    50 photographs of California, most by Taber late 19th cent
  • Date Published
    c.1887-1892
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
331
  • Author
    Taber, Isaiah W.
  • Headline
    Exceptional Album of Taber California Views
  • Date Published
    Late 19th century
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
335
  • Author
    Teonge, Henry
  • Headline
    The Diary of Henry Teonge
  • Publisher
    Charles Knight
  • Date Published
    1825
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
338
  • Author
    Thicknesse, Philip
  • Headline
    A Year's Journey Through the Pais Bas
  • Publisher
    J. Debrett
  • Date Published
    1786
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
348
  • Author
    Upham, Samuel C.
  • Headline
    Upham's Voyage to California 1878
  • Publisher
    Published by the author
  • Date Published
    1878
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$200
StatusSold
355
  • Author
    Ward, Herbert
  • Headline
    Five Years with the Congo Cannibals
  • Publisher
    Chatto & Windus
  • Date Published
    1891
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
376
  • Author
    Wright, George Newenham
  • Headline
    Engravings of heartland of Europe
  • Publisher
    Fisher & Son
  • Date Published
    1841
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
380
  • Heading
    (1826 repentant French ex-slave trader)
  • Headline
    1826 letter, repentant French slave-trader, Navy Captain, explorer
  • Publisher
    No publisher
  • Date Published
    1826
Estimate$120 - $180
StatusUnsold
409
  • Heading
    (1904 Rare Black railway journey from Virginia to California)
  • Author
    Long, Thomas Alexander
  • Headline
    Rare 1904 Black travel book - railway journey from Virginia to California
  • Publisher
    Boatwright Press
  • Date Published
    [1904]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
459
  • Heading
    (1981 Los Angeles City award plaque to Cab Calloway)
  • Headline
    Los Angeles award plaque to Cab Calloway, 1981
  • Date Published
    1981
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
463
  • Heading
    (Africa - Stanley, Henry Morton & David Livingstone)
  • Headline
    Engravings of Stanley and Livingstone in Africa
  • Date Published
    1872 & 1878
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
464
  • Heading
    (Africa)
  • Headline
    Birds Eye Lithograph View of Soudan 1884
  • Publisher
    London Illustrated News
  • Date Published
    1884
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$225
StatusSold
468
  • Heading
    (California - Alpine County)
  • Headline
    Rare folding map of Alpine County, CA
  • Publisher
    Progressive Map Service
  • Date Published
    [1924]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
472
  • Heading
    (California - Martinez)
  • Headline
    Large cadastral map of Martinez, CA
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
489
  • Heading
    (Maritime)
  • Headline
    Large uncommon litho of "City of New York" ship c1920
  • Publisher
    A. Muller & Co.
  • Date Published
    c.1920
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
549
  • Heading
    (Japan)
  • Author
    Gubbins, John Harrington
  • Headline
    Dictionary of Chinese-Japanese words in Japanese
  • Publisher
    Maruya & Co.
  • Date Published
    1908
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$12.50
StatusSold
551
  • Heading
    (Malaysia)
  • Author
    Afong, Lai, attrib.
  • Headline
    2 photos of waterfall of Panang, Malaysia
  • Date Published
    1860s-1870s
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
554
  • Heading
    (Philippines)
  • Author
    Gasei
  • Headline
    Philippine Expeditionary Force
  • Publisher
    Watari Group Information Dept.
  • Date Published
    1943
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$150
StatusSold
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