Sale 578 - Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography - African & Asian Americana - Directories (#578) 01/28/2016 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/28/2016 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 578 383 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 1-69 of 69. Previous|1|Next Lot #35 Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBrowne, J. RossHeadlineDebates in the Convention of California 1849PublisherJohn T. TowersDate Published1850 Lot #43 Advertising broadside on fabric for The Southern Hotel and other Bakersfield, California establishments View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - Bakersfield)HeadlineBroadside on fabric for Bakersfield CA businessesDate Published1880s Lot #45 Four pieces of ephemera relating to the Crescent Oil Company of California View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Crescent Oil Company)HeadlineBuy stock in California Oil Co. 1902Date Published1902 Lot #46 Nuggets from El Dorado County, California View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(California - El Dorado County)HeadlineEl Dorado County Promotional 1907Publisher[El Dorado County Board of Trade]Date Published[1907] Lot #47 Advertising broadside on fabric for The Grand Central Hotel and other Fresno, California establishments View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - Fresno)HeadlineBroadside on fabric for Fresno CA businessesPublisherUnique Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1890 Lot #48 History of Los Angeles County, California, with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Residences, Fine Blocks and Manufactories, from Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineFacsimile of Thompson & West's History of Los AngelesPublisherHowell- NorthDate Published1959 Lot #49 An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County California. Containing a History of Los Angeles County from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineIllustrated History of Los Angeles CountyPublisherLewis Publishing CompanyDate Published1889 Lot #50 Los Angeles Trust and Savings Bank - Map of Los Angeles City also a District Map showing Automobile Roads and other Routes of Travel View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineAutomobile Map of Los Angeles 1913PublisherClason Map Co.Date Published[1913] Lot #51 History of Los Angeles County, California, with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Residences, Fine Blocks and Manufactories, from Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)Author[Wilson, John Albert]HeadlineThompson & West History of Los Angeles CountyPublisherThompson & WestDate Published1887 Lot #52 Mendocino, Cal. View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(California - Mendocino)HeadlinePromotional panorama of MendocinoPublisherMedocino Promotion CommitteDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #53 Photograph of a family and friends in the Newport Beach area in the early 20th century View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(California - Newport Beach)HeadlineNewport Beach photo album c.1920Date Publishedc.1920? Lot #54 "Fresno to California: First Excursion Over Valley Railroad, October 12, 1896" - commemorative ribbon View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(California - Railroad)HeadlineRailroad ribbon Fresno to San FranciscoDate Published1896 Lot #55 Viewbook "Souvenir of Hotel Del Coronado. Coronado Beach, California" View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Diego)Headline1900 viewbook of Hotel del CoronadoPublisherHopkins & CoxDate Published[1900] Lot #56 Fiftieth Anniversary Golden Jubilee and Shooting Festival of the San Francisco Schuetzen Verein, at Shell Mound Park, Berkeley from Sunday, August 29, to Sunday, September 5, 1909 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineGerman shooting club in Old San FranciscoPublisherLouis Roesch Co. Lith S.F.Date Published1909 Lot #58 San Francisco MDCCCLV View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorMeryon, CharlesHeadlinePanorama etching of San Francisco 1856Date Published1856 Lot #59 Fay-Yen-Fah, Opera in Three Acts View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorTempleton Crocker (book) and Joseph Redding (music)HeadlineBohemian Club, 1925 San Francisco ‘Chinese’-French operaDate Published1925 Lot #60 The Peninsula: San Mateo, California View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Mateo)HeadlineRare brochure for 1910 San Mateo HotelDate Publishedc.1910 Lot #65 Letter about swindler Parker French's 1850 "Express Train" to the California gold fields View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(American exploration, 1850 - overland to California)Headline1850 letter, overland expedition to California gold fields led by a notorious swindlerDate Published1850 Lot #66 1857 letter from a founding father of Eureka, California, to J.W. Denver, future Territorial Governor of "bloody" Kansas View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorC.S.RicksHeadline1857 letter from founding father of Eureka, California, to Gen. J.W. DenverDate Published1857 Lot #67 California Monthly magazine, 19 issues, journal of the University of California Alumni organization View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(California)Headline1931-40 California UC magazine, 19 issuesDate Published1931-40 Lot #68 "Hotel Vendome / Charming summer and winter resort / San Jose, California..." View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(California)Author[Carrie Stevens Walter]HeadlineSan Jose and the Santa Clara Valley in 1897PublisherH.S.CrockerDate Published1897 Lot #69 Five books on California View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineFive books on CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #70 1934 letter, Associated Farmers group, future foes of John Steinbeck,condemn "Communist" unions in the California farm belt View details Estimate$120 - $150StatusUnsold Heading(Steinbeck)AuthorGuernsey FrazerHeadline1934 letter, Associated Farmers of California, future foes of John SteinbeckDate Published1934 Lot #73 1926 luxury liner world cruise illustrations by San Francisco impressionist Maurice Logan View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorMaurice LoganHeadlineCalifornia impressionist artist, 1926 luxury liner world cruise illustrationsDate Published1926 Lot #75 Three rare imprints illustrated by San Francisco artist Antonio Sotomayor, 1933-44 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco artist)HeadlineSan Francisco WPA artist 1933-44Date Published1933-44 Lot #76 Track and Field Championships / British Empire vs. United States / Kezar Stadium [San Francisco]/ August 14, 1932 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(California)Headline1932 San Francisco Track Championships during the LA Summer OlympicsDate PublishedAugust 14, 1932 Lot #95 Texas Argonauts: Isaac H. Duval and the California Gold Rush View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorDillon, Richard H.HeadlineTexas Argonauts Isaac Duval & the California Gold RushPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1987 Lot #105 Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California, in Illustration of his Map of Oregon and California by John Charles Frémont Addressed to the Senate of the United States View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Geographical Memoir Upon Upper CA w/map 1848PublisherWendell and Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 Lot #153 History of California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHittell, Theodore H.HeadlineHittell's History of CaliforniaPublisherPacific Press / N.J. StoneDate Published1897 Lot #154 All About Pasadena and Its Vicinity: Its Climate, Missions, Trails and Cañons, Fruits, Flowers and Game View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorHolder, Charles FrederickHeadlineCharles Holder All About Pasadena & Its VicinityPublisherLee and ShepardDate Published1889 Lot #165 Five works by David Starr Jordan View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold AuthorJordan, David StarrHeadlineFive books by Stanford Pres David Starr JordanDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #171 Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorKing, ClarenceHeadlineMountaineering Sierra Nevada 1872 English EditionPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low, and SearleDate Published1872 Lot #175 The Yo-Semite; Its History, Its Scenery, Its Development View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorLester, John ErastusHeadlineJohn Erastus Lester The Yo-SemitePublisherFor the authorDate Published1873 Lot #181 Roll Book for Engine Co. 8, Los Angeles Fire Department View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Los Angeles Fire Department)HeadlineL.A. firehouse roll book 1917Date Published1917-1918 Lot #183 Schedule of Mail Trains No. 396, April 16, 1926. Eighth Division, Railway Mail Service comprising Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada and Utah View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mail)HeadlineSchedule of U.S. Mail Trains 1926Date Published1926 Lot #194 My First Summer in the Sierra View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineYolla Bolly John Muir One of 125 copiesPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1988] Lot #207 Invitation to 1827 "New Year's Ball." in Oran, New York View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Heading(New York)Headline1827 New Year's Ball Oran New YorkDate PublishedDecember 21, 1826 Lot #216 Jeffery in Peace and War View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineMotor cars at the PPIEPublisherThe Thomas B. Jeffery CompanyDate Published[c.1915] Lot #217 "Rossia" Insurance Company of Petrograd View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineRussian Insurance at PPIEPublisher[Rossia Insurance Co.]Date Published1915 Lot #224 Original watercolor of a California scene View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorQuyle, JoyceHeadlineOriginal watercolor by Joyce QuyleDate PublishedNo date Lot #225 "Directors' Room, Bank of California, the Officers and Employes, 1874" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Ralston, William Chapman)HeadlineW.C. Ralston and his RingDate Published[1874-] Lot #229 The Malibu. I. Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit by Robinson; II. Personal Considerations by Powell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorRobinson, W.W. & Lawrence Clark PowellHeadlinePlantin Press Malibu, 1/300PublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1958 Lot #240 Bound typescripts of several accounts of travel in the U.S. in the early 20th century, by train and automobile View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Travel accounts - typscripts)HeadlineTravels by Train & Auto, 1911-25Date Published1911-1925 Lot #253 Zanita: A Tale of the Yo-Semite View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorYelverton, Therese [pseud. of Maria Theresa Longworth]HeadlineZanita: A Tale of the YosemitePublisherHurd and HoughtonDate Published1872 Lot #259 Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory for the Year Ending October 1907 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineFirst post-earthquake annual directoryPublisherH.S. Crocker Co.Date Published[1906] Lot #353 Methodist Minister's rare autobiographic narrative of his work among the Chinese in California View details Estimate$200 - $400Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Asian-American 1877)HeadlineRare 1877 account of San Francisco ChinatownDate Published1877 Lot #355 Long letter from a New Yorker describing San Francisco Chinatown in 1889 View details Estimate$200 - $400Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Asian-American 1889)HeadlineAsian-American, 1889 - Touring San Francisco ChinatownDate Published1889 Lot #361 Trade card for the leading Chinese physician of herbal medicine in San Francisco before the Earthquake View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Asian-American 1900-1906)Headline1900s trade card for Leland Stanford’s San Francisco Chinese DoctorDate Publishedca. 1900-1906 Lot #366 Racist memorabilia of Japanese-American internment during World War II View details Estimate$120 - $150Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Asian-American 1940)HeadlineRacism and interned Japanese-Americans, World War IIDate Published1940s Lot #557 U.S. Borax History of Death Valley and the Twenty Mule Team View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - Death Valley)HeadlineDeath Valley & 20 mule teamPublisherUnited States Borax &Chemical CorporationDate Published1977 Lot #558 Map of Los Angeles City Oil Field, Los Angeles County, California... Issued by the Sate Mining Bureau... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles Oil Map)AuthorBlackmar, Charles A.HeadlineMap of Los Angeles City Oil FieldDate Published[c.1910?] Lot #559 Map of Sacramento, Sacramento County, California View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sacramento)AuthorSquires, Raymond J.HeadlineRare map of SacramentoPublisherR.J. Squires, C.E.Date Published1909 Lot #560 Map of the Water Front of San Francisco from Center St. to Van Ness Ave. View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorUhlig, Carl, draughtsmanHeadlineRare map of San Francisco waterfront 1 891PublisherLith. Britton & Rey S.F.Date Published1891 Lot #561 Atwood's Road Map San Joaquin County View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Joaquin County)HeadlineSan Joaquin Co. Cal. road map 1914PublisherAtwood Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1914 Lot #562 Map of the City of San Jose California with Principal Buildings and Port San Jose Annexation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Jose)HeadlineRare map of San Jose 1913Date Published1913 Lot #563 Parker Map of Motor Routes between San Francisco and Los Angeles, also Sacramento, Reno, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite Valley, and other Sierra points View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineMotor Routes in California 1920PublisherParker Map CompanyDate Published[1920] Lot #564 Prospectus of the Volante Gold Mining Co. St. Louis View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineProspectus of El Dorado mining co. 1886Date Publishedc.1886 Lot #592 Map of the Country between the Atlantic & Pacific Oceans [on sheet with] (World) View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorMills, RobertHeadlineProposed railroad routes across U.S. 1848Date Published1848 Lot #593 County Map of the State of California View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorMitchell, Samuel AugustusHeadlineMitchell, County Map of California, 1669Date Published1869 Lot #637 “Chinese shrimp picker near old Monterey, California” - color drawing on front cover of Sunset magazine View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Asian-American)AuthorBaumgartner, J.J.Headline1905 Chinese fisherman at Monterey, fine art as front cover of Sunset MagazinePublisherSunset MagazineDate PublishedJune, 1905 Lot #643 The Immortal San Franciscans for whom the streets were named View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$10StatusSold AuthorBlock, Eugene B.HeadlineStreet names of San FranciscoPublisherChronicle BooksDate Published[1971] Lot #647 What I Saw in California... Containing the complete original narrative and appendix from the 1849 Appleton edition, in true facsimile View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorBryant, EdwinHeadlineBryant in Gold Rush CaliforniaPublisherLewis OsborneDate Published1967 Lot #650 Don't Call it Frisco View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorCaen, HerbHeadlineHerb Caen Don't Call it FriscoPublisherDoubleday & Co.Date Published1953 Lot #651 Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorGuinn, J.M.HeadlineHistory and Biography of Southern CaliforniaPublisherChapman Publishing CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #659 The Legend of Grizzly Adams: California's Greatest Mountain Man View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorDillon, RichardHeadlineDillon on Grizzly AdamsPublisherCoward-McCann, Inc.Date Published[1966] Lot #663 Etchings of California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorFord, Henry ChapmanHeadlineHenry Chapman Ford's Etchings of CaliforniaPublisherEdward Selden SpauldingDate Published1961 Lot #680 World Map of Francesco Roselli, Drawn on an Oval Projection and Printed from a Woodcut Supplementing the Fifteenth Century Maps in the Second Edition of the Isolario of Bartolomeo Dali Sonetti. Printed in Italy Anno Domini MDXXXII. Described by George E. Nunn from the copy in the collection of George H. Beans View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorRoselli, FrancescoHeadlineWorld Map of Francesco Roselli 1/500 1928PublisherPrivately printedDate Published1928 Lot #687 Sutter of California: A Biography View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Sutter, Johann Augustus)AuthorDana, JulianHeadlineBiography of John SutterPublisherThe Press of the Pioneers, Inc.Date Published1934 Lot #688 John Augustus Sutter's European Background View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Sutter, Johann Augustus)AuthorZollinger, James PeterHeadlineSutter's European origins from CHSPublisherReprinted from California Historical Society QuarterlyDate PublishedMarch 1935 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next