Sale 498: Fine Americana - Asian American History - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#498) 01/24/2013 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/24/2013 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 498 3 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 101-200 of 225. Previous|123|Next Lot #132 Autograph Letter Signed by William McKinley, to future Secretary of State and Supreme Court Justice William R. Day, regarding possible purchase of property AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineLetter from William McKinley to W.R. DayDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #133 Six autograph Letters Signed by William McKinley, to William R. Day, regarding financial difficulties, loans, etc. AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineWilliam McKinley faces financial difficultiesDate PublishedFebruary 25, 1893 to February 12, 1894 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #134 Autograph Letter Signed by William McKinley, to an unnamed recipient, undoubtedly his Secretary of State William R. Day AuthorMcKinley, WilliamHeadlineAutograph Letter Signed by William McKinleyDate PublishedJune 4, 1898 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #135 Archive relating the McKinley National Memorial at Canton, Ohio, and other tributes to McKinley, including books, booklets, letters, subscription forms, etc. Heading(McKinley, William)Author**HeadlineMcKinley Memorial at Canton, OhioDate Publishedc.1901-1915 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #138 Autograph and Printed Document Signed - 1865 decorated General as Civil War Colonel of colored troops Heading(Military)AuthorShafter, W[illiam] R., Colonel 17th Regiment of U.S. Colored InfantryHeadlinedoc signed by 1865 Civil War generalDate PublishedJuly 1, 1865 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #139 Autograph Letter Signed - Civil War General who once challenged Lincoln to a duel Heading(Military)AuthorShields, JamesHeadlineALs from a Civil War generalPublisherGeneral Land OfficeDate PublishedApril 28, 1846 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #140 Regulations Relative To The Admission Of Cadets Into The Military Heading(Military - 1835 only known copy of Jacksonian West Point admissions circular)Author[U.S. War Department]HeadlineAdmission Of Cadets Into The Military 1835PublisherJ.J. Brandon, lithographerDate PublishedNo date, but ca. 1835 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #141 United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Appointment and Admission Of Candidates Heading(Military - 1865 Post-Civil War admission to West Point)AuthorUnited States Military Academy, West PointHeadlinecircular to West Point, NY 1865Date PublishedUndated, but ca. 1865 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #142 Harvest of Barren Regrets: The Army Career of Frederick William Benteen, 1834-1908 AuthorMills, Charles K.HeadlineCharles K. Mills Harvest of Barren RegretsPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1985 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #143 Autograph Letter Signed - 1914 producing a classic mining engineer's handbook Heading(Mining)AuthorPeele, RobertHeadlineALs mining engineer's handbookDate PublishedAug. 27, 1914 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #145 The Cruise of the Corwin AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir The Cruise of the Corwin Lg Paper EdnPublisherHoughton Mifflin Co.Date Published1917 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #146 Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope AuthorMuir, John, editorHeadlinePicturesque California illus in 3 vols 1888PublisherJ. Dewing PublishingDate Published[1888] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #147 The Army on the Powder River AuthorMurray, Robert A.HeadlineThe Army on the Powder River Limited EditionPublisher[Old Army Press]Date Published[1969] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #148 Diary of a Journey from the Mississippi to the Coasts of the Pacific with a United States Government Expedition AuthorMöllhausen, BaldwinHeadlineJourney from the Mississippi by Mollhausen 1858PublisherLongman, Brown, Green, Longmans & RobertsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #149 Commission of William L. Cox as Major in the Nevada National Guard Heading(Nevada)Author**HeadlineCommission in Nevada National Guard 1897Date PublishedJune 23, 1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #150 Statement and Reports Concerning the Uncle Sam Senior and Gold Cañon Silver Lodes, in Nevada Heading(Nevada)Author**HeadlineNevada silver mines with map 1865PublisherAlfred Mudge & Son, printersDate Published1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #151 Libreria Espanola de Marcellino y Mernin - 1880s First booksellers in New Mexico Territory Heading(New Mexico)Author**HeadlineLibreria Espanola de Marcellino y MerninDate Publishedca. 1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #152 Autograph Letter Signed "W.G.S." - 1881 Travels in the wild west - Indians, Mexicans, Chinese, robberies, pistol-packing, gambling and liquor Heading(New Mexico and Colorado)AuthorW.G.S.HeadlineALs abou the Wild West 1881Date PublishedApril 23, 1881 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #153 Report Intended to Illustrate a Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River AuthorNicollet, J.N.HeadlineHydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi RivPublisherBlair and RivesDate Published1845 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #154 Inscribed photograph of Richard Nixon AuthorNixon, RichardHeadlineInscribed photograph of Richard NixonDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #156 Certificate for stock in the Munchausen & Gull Greek Grand Consolidated Oil Company Heading(Oil Company Stock Parody)Author**HeadlineOil Company Stock ParodyDate Published1860s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #157 The Little Big Horn, 1876., The Official Communications, Documents and Reports. With Rosters of the Officers and Troops of the Campaign AuthorOverfield, Loyd J., IIHeadlineThe Little Big Horn, 1876PublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1971 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #158 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for A Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in [1853-55] Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)Author**HeadlineComplete Set of Pacific Railway SurveysPublisherBeverley Tucker, PrinterDate Published1855-1860 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #159 Life and Apostolic Labors of the Venerable Father Junipero Serra, Founder of the Franciscan Missions of California AuthorPalou, FranciscoHeadlinePalou's Life of Junipero SerraPublisherGeorge Wharton JamesDate Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #160 Life of Ven. Padre Junipero Serra Written by Very Rev. Francis Palou, Guardian of the Convent of San Fernando, Mexico AuthorPalou, FranciscoHeadlinePalou's Life of Junipero Serra 1884 TranslationPublisherP.E. Dougherty & Co.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #163 Phoenixiana; Or Sketches and Burlesques AuthorPhoenix, John [pseud. of George Horatio Derby]HeadlinePhoenixiana; Or Sketches and BurlesquesPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1856 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #165 "Hotel and tents at head of Havasu trail" Heading(Photograph - Arizona)Author**HeadlinePhoto of hotel at Havasu trailDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #166 Albumen photograph of an engine of the Southern Pacific Railroad, with a engineer in the cab, a fireman with shovel, and seven men standing in front Heading(Photograph - Southern Pacific Railroad)Author**HeadlinePhotograph of an engine of the Southern PacificDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #168 To the Mayors of the Cities and Towns of California, and to the Chairmen of the Board of Supervisors of the Counties thereof Heading(Railroads)AuthorSutro, Adolph, et al.HeadlineBroadside protesting railroads' godless monopolyDate PublishedJanuary 9th, 1896 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #169 Custer For President? AuthorRepass, CraigHeadlineCraig Repass Custer For President? 1/250 copiesPublisher[Old Army Press]Date Published[1985] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #171 Life in California: During a Residence of Several Years in That Territory, Comprising a Description of the Country and the Missionary Establishments, with Indicents, Observations, Etc. Etc. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. By an American. To Which is Appended a Historical Account of the Origin, Customs, and Traditions, of the Indians of Alta-California, Translated from the Original Spanish Manuscript Author[Robinson, Alfred]HeadlineLife in California by Alred Robinson 1846PublisherWiley & PutnamDate Published1846 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #173 Descriptive, Historical, Commercial, Agricultural, and Other Important Information Relative to the City of San Diego, California. Illustrated with 22 Photographic Views. Containing Also a Business Directory of the City Heading(San Diego)Author**HeadlineRare 1874 San Diego Directory with photographsPublisherChamber of Commerce of the City of San DiegoDate Published1874 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #174 History of San Diego County, California, With Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Farms, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Churches, and Mines,... Heading(San Diego County)Author**HeadlineHistory of San Diego County, California 1883PublisherWallace W. Elliott & Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #175 San Francisco...Pictorial History of the Fire and Earthquake. Number 1: The Fire and Fighting the Flames Heading(San Francisco)Author**HeadlineRare San Francisco Earthquake View BookPublisherElite Art PressDate Published1906 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #176 Birdseye View of San Francisco, towards Palace Hotel... Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadlineBirdseye View of San Francisco photograph TaberDate Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #177 Typed letter, signed from Editor of Sunset Magazine - with copy of the Sunset Magazine's New San Francisco Emergency Edition, 1906 Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorAiken, Charles S.HeadlineTLs Sunset Mag Ed 1906 SF Earthquake editionDate PublishedMay and June, 1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #178 Collection of California newpapers with reporting on the San Francisco earthquake Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)Author**Headlinenewpapers with reporting on the SF earthquakeDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #179 Daily Bulletin. Department of Police, City of Chicago. April 20, 1906. Vol. 16 - with a plea to aid the San Francisco sufferers of the 1906 earthquake Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)AuthorCollins, John M., General Superintendent of PoliceHeadlineChicaco Police Bulletin April 1906Date PublishedApril 20, 1906 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #180 Forty-seven snap shots of San Francisco in 1906 just after the earthquake - plus a note signed by the Mayor of Sausalito, permitting an individual to enter the city of San Francisco "on business only" Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)Author**Headline47 photos of SF April 1906Date Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #181 Small group of ephemera and photographs from San Francisco, post-1906 earthquake Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)Author**Headlineephem from post 1906 SF earthquakeDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #182 Album of forty-nine photographs of the aftermath of the San Francisco earthquake Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)AuthorSteele, M.M.Headlinephoto album of 49 photos by M.M. SteeleDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #183 Illustrated Catalogue of Composition. Capitals and Brackets. May, 1906 Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)AuthorThe Decorators Supply Co.HeadlineIllustrated Catalogue of Composition 1906PublisherThe Decorators Supply Co.Date PublishedMay, 1906 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #184 The New San Francisco Magazine: Salamander Number - Vol. 1, No. 1, May 1906 Heading(San Francisco Earthquake 1906)Author**HeadlineNew San Francisco Magazine - Vol. 1, No. 1, May 1PublisherPeninsular Publishing Co.Date PublishedMay, 1906 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #185 Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas AuthorSandoz, MariHeadlineCrazy Horse: The Strange Man of the OglalasPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1942 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #186 Love Song to the Plains AuthorSandoz, MariHeadlineLove Song to the Plains by Mari Sandoz signedPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1961] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #187 Five volumes by Mari Sandoz - Two signed by her AuthorSandoz, MariHeadlineFive volumes by Mari Sandoz - Two signed by herDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #191 Custer's Heroes: The Little Bighorn Medals of Honor AuthorScott, Douglas D.HeadlineCuster's Heroes: The Little Bighorn Medals of HonPublisher[AST Press]Date Published[2007] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #193 Silver medal awarded by the California State Agriculture Society in 1909, crafted by renowned San Francisco jewelers Shreve & Co. Heading(Shreve & Co.)Author**HeadlineCrafted by renowned San Francisco jewelers ShreveDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #194 History of San Diego 1542-1907. An Account of the Rise and Progress of the Pioneer Settlement on the Pacific Coast of the United States AuthorSmythe, William E.HeadlineHistory of San Diego 1542-1907PublisherThe History CompanyDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #195 History of San Diego, 1542-1908: An Account of the Rise and Progress of the Pioneer Settlement on the Pacific Coast of the United States AuthorSmythe, William E.HeadlineHistory of San Diego, 1542-1908PublisherThe History CompanyDate Published1908 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #196 Group of ephemeral material & photographs having to do with various Southern California localities Heading(Southern California)Author**HeadlineSouthern California Ephemera & PhotosDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #197 The Celebrated Collection of Americana Formed by the Late Thomas Winthrop Streeter Heading(Streeter, Thomas W.)Author**HeadlineThomas Winthrop Streeter collection Parke-BernetPublisherParke-Bernet Galleries Inc.Date Published1966-1970 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #198 The Black Hills; or, The Last Hunting Grounds of the Dakotahs. A Complete History of the Black Hills of Dakota from their First Invasion in 1874 to the Present Time... AuthorTallent, Annie D.HeadlineTallent history of Black Hills of Dakota 1899PublisherNixon-Jones Printing Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #200 Report of G.M. Dodge, chief engineer, to the Board of Directors on a branch railroad line from the Union Pacific Railroad to Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Puget's Sound. Heading(Union Pacific Railroad)AuthorDodge, G[renville] M.HeadlineReport on Union Pacific R.R. with map 1868PublisherPhilp & SolomonsDate Published1868 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #201 Governor's Message to the First General Assembly of the State of Deseret Heading(Utah)AuthorYoung, BrighamHeadlineBrigham Young addresses Deseret Assembly 1862Date Published14 April 1862 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #202 43d Annual Encampment G.A.R. Salt Lake City, Utah, August 9th-14th, 1909 Heading(Utah)Author**HeadlineGAR in Salt Lake City 1909Date Published1909 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #203 Millionaires of a Day: An Inside History of the Great Southern California "Boom." AuthorVan Dyke, T[heodore] S.HeadlineT.S. Van Dyke Millionaires of a Day 1890PublisherFord, Howard & HulbertDate Published1890 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #204 The City and County of San Diego. Illustrated, and Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Pioneers Author[Van Dyke, Theodore Strong]HeadlineThe City and County of San Diego 1888PublisherLeberthon & TaylorDate Published1888 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #205 Old Neutriment AuthorWagner, Glendolin DamonHeadlineGlendolin Damon Wagner Old NeutrimentPublisherRuth HillDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #206 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo: Discoverer of the Coast of California AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineCabrillo: Discoverer of the Coast of CaliforniaPublisherCalifornia Historical SocietyDate Published1941 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #207 The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the Year 1800 AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineThe Cartography of the Northwest Coast of AmericaPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1937 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #208 Twentieth Century Souvenir of the Spokane Fire Department 1901 Heading(Washington - Spokane)Author**HeadlineSouvenir of the Spokane Fire Department 1901PublisherInland Printing CompanyDate Published1901 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #209 Wells Fargo Messenger Heading(Wells Fargo)Author**HeadlineWells Fargo Messenger June 1916PublisherWells Fargo & CompanyDate PublishedJune, 1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #210 News of the Plains and Rockies, 1803 - 1865: Original narratives of overland travel and adventure selected from the Wagner-Camp and Becker bibliography of Western Americana AuthorWhite, David A., ed.HeadlinePlains & Rockies, 1803 - 1865 9 volsPublisherArthur Clark CompanyDate Published1996-[2001] View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #212 After Little Bighorn, 1876 Campaign Rosters AuthorWillert, JamesHeadlineAfter Little Bighorn, 1876 Campaign RostersPublisherJames WillertDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #214 Memoir of a Tour to Northern Mexico, Connected with Col. Doniphan’s Expedition, in 1846 and 1847 AuthorWislizenus, Frederick A.HeadlineWislizenus tours Mexico with DoniphanDate Published1848 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #215 Constitution of the proposed State of Wyoming adopted in convention at Cheyenne, Wyoming, September 30, 1889 Heading(Wyoming)Author**HeadlineConstitution of the proposed State of WyomingPublisherCheyenne Leader Printing Co.Date Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #216 Report of the Governor of Wyoming Territory made to the Secretary of the Interior for the Year 1878 Heading(Wyoming)Author**HeadlineReport of the Governor of Wyoming Territory 1878PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1878 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #217 Resources of Wyoming, 1889; An official publication compiled by the Secretary of the Territory, under authority granted by the Territorial Legislature... The vacant Public Lands and how to obtain them... Heading(Wyoming)Author**HeadlineResources of Wyoming, 1889PublisherDaily Sun Electric PrintDate Published1889 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #218 Two brand books for Wyoming cattle companies Heading(Wyoming - Brand Books)Author**HeadlineTwo brand books for Wyoming cattle companiesDate PublishedNo dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #219 Glacier Point Hotel Heading(Yosemite)Author**HeadlineRare brochure on Glacier Point Hotel YosemitePublisherYosemite Park and Curry Co.Date Publishedc.1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #220 Manuscript Document Signed by Charles Biddle as Vice President of the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, presided over by Benjamin Franklin, offering aid to Chinese sailors in U.S. Heading(1785 First Chinese immigrants to the new American nation)AuthorBiddle, CharlesHeadlineMss doc signed about early Chinese 1786Date PublishedMay 30, 1786 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #221 Autograph Document Signed as US Consul - 1823 early American China trade AuthorHogan, MichaelHeadlineADs 1823 early American China tradeDate PublishedMarch 16, 1824 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #222 Autograph Letter Signed as attorney for Jabez B. Crook - 1843 First American technology sent to imperial China AuthorStaples, J.B.HeadlineALs about 1st US technology sent to ChinaDate PublishedDecember 9, 1843 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #224 Autograph Letter Signed - 1853 California gold rush pioneer sees Chinese as "steady, industrious and peaceable" AuthorHanson, S[ylvester]HeadlineALs from CA gold rush pioneer about ChineseDate PublishedOctober 9th, 1853 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #225 1854 Chinese merchant's business license in gold rush country Heading(Chinese in the Gold Rush)AuthorSmith, E.G., Treasurer of Placer CountyHeadline1854 Chinese merchant's business license in goldDate PublishedJune 29, 1854 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #227 Report of the Committee on Mines and Mining Interests to whom was referred the Memorial of Citizens of San Francisco Heading(1856 Opposing "suicidal" Chinese immigration to California)AuthorCalifornia State AssemblyHeadlineReport of the Committee on Mines and Mining InterPublisherJames Allen, State PrinterDate Published1856 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #228 Autograph Letter, Signed - 1874 "Talkative" Chinese cook in California mining country Heading(Chinese in California)AuthorLeavitt, MaryHeadlineAutograph Letter, Signed from Mary LeavittDate PublishedSept. 24, 1874 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #230 Autograph Letter Signed - 1877 "China men burned out and shot" in Chico, California AuthorFloyd, M[artha] A.HeadlineALs about 1877 Chinese in Chico, CADate PublishedMay 14, 1877 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #231 Autograph Letter Signed - 1878 Ah Sam buys a mining claim in Coloma, California Heading(Chinese in California)AuthorGaylord, W.H.HeadlineAutograph Letter Signed - 1878 Ah Sam buys a miniDate PublishedOct. 6, 1878 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #232 Two advertising trade cards - 1880s racist Chinese stereotype advertising cards Heading(Trade Cards)Author**Headline2 racist trade cards 1880sDate Publishedca. 1875-1885 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #233 1883 Letter copybook of prominent Chinese merchant in Connecticut AuthorFrank, U[ng] L[oy]Headline1883 ephem of Chinese merchant in CTDate Publishedca. 1883 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #234 Autograph Letter Signed - 1887 Selling a house in San Francisco, Chinatown AuthorHolland, D[aniel] D.Headline1887 ALs selling a house in ChinatownDate PublishedSept. 21, 1887 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #235 Autograph Letter Signed - 1890 US Census mulls criminal identification for Chinese immigrants Heading(Chinese immigrants)AuthorPorteous, George M.HeadlineALs about 1890 census Chinese-AmericanDate PublishedMarch 16, 1890 View details Estimate$120 - $140StatusUnsold Lot #236 Chinese certificate of entry into the United States 1896, plus a table for converting Chinese dates of birth into their English equivalents Heading(1896 Chinese certificate of entry into the United States)Author**HeadlineChinese immigration document to US in 1896Date Published1896 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #238 "Sweet Sin, A Story" - in The Land of Sunshine, The Magazine of California and the West, Vol. VIII, No. 5, April 1898 Heading(Asian-American - 1898 Chinatown fiction by the first Chinese-American writer)AuthorSui Sin Far [pseud. Edith Eaton]Headline"Sweet Sin, A Story" 1898 magazine, ChineseDate PublishedApril, 1898 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #243 Lantern slide of a smoker in a San Francisco opium den Heading(Chinese smoker in a San Francisco opium den)Author**Headline1905 ca. lantern slide of a smoker SF opiumPublisherGeo. Kanzee, Lantern Slides, 131 Post St.Date PublishedCa. 1905 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #244 Real photo post card of Mr. and Mrs. Wong Sun Yue Clemens of San Francisco, c.1906 Heading(San Francisco)Author**Headlinereal photo post card of a Chinese-American coupleDate Published[c.1906] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #245 Autograph Note Signed - 1910 Chinese college students come to San Francisco AuthorYin, David Z.T.HeadlineANs on postcard 1910 Chinese college studentsDate PublishedSept. 5, 1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #246 Anti-Chinese Riots at Seattle, Wn., February 8, 1886 Heading(1911 Memoir of Seattle anti-Chinese riots of 1866)AuthorKinnear, GeorgeHeadlineAnti-Chinese Riots at Seattle, Wn., 1888Publisher“Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Riots”Date PublishedFebruary 8th, 1911 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #248 Typed Letter - 1913 San Francisco Chinese herbalist AuthorChin, Lee K.HeadlineTyped Letter Signed - 1913 San Francisco ChineseDate PublishedAugust 22, 1913 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #249 A Survey of the Japanese Question in California Heading(1913 The "Japanese Question" in California)AuthorZoyeda, J[uichi] and T[adao] KamiyaHeadlineA Survey of the Japanese Question in CaliforniaDate Published1913 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #250 Typed letter Signed - 1913 Japanese-American Magazine in New York AuthorNakahara, T[oichi], Publisher and EditorHeadlineTLs from Publisher of Japanese-American mag 1913Date PublishedAugust 16, 1913 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #251 Two Autograph Letters Signed and one Typed Letter Signed from Chinese-American students to prominent Portland merchant Seid Back, Jr. Heading(1916 three letters from Chinese Students in California)Author**Headline2 ALs from Chinese American studentsDate Published1916 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #252 The Automobile [title on spine] Heading(1918 Japanese Auto Club of Southern California)AuthorJapanese Auto Club of Southern CaliforniaHeadlineJapanese Auto Club of Southern California 1918Date Publishedca. 1918 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #257 1926 Chinese-American industrial corporation stock certificate Heading(1926 Chinese-American industrial corporation stock certificate)Author**Headline1926 Chinese-American industrial corporation stocPublisherChinese-American Industrial CorporationDate PublishedAug. 17, 1926 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #258 Resident Orientals on the American Pacific Coast Heading(1st Academic study of "Orientals" in California)AuthorMears, Elliot GrinnellHeadlineResident Orientals on the American Pacific CoastPublisherAmerican Group, Institute of Pacific RelationsDate Published1927 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #259 1930 Inscribed photograph of San Francisco Chinese-American singer and actress, Anna Chang AuthorChang, AnnaHeadline1930 Inscribed photograph of Anna ChangDate Publishedc.1930 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #261 1931 Japanese-American fraternal organizations in California - two publications AuthorOkagaki, Tsuguyo, editorHeadline1931 Japanese-American fraternal organizations inDate Published1931 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #263 China Digest - six issues Heading(1936-39 San Francisco Chinatown magazines)AuthorChina Digest - six issuesHeadlineChina Digest - six issues 1936-39Date Published1936-39 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next