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Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
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133
  • Author
    McKinley, William
  • Headline
    William McKinley faces financial difficulties
  • Date Published
    February 25, 1893 to February 12, 1894
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
134
  • Author
    McKinley, William
  • Headline
    Autograph Letter Signed by William McKinley
  • Date Published
    June 4, 1898
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
138
  • Heading
    (Military)
  • Author
    Shafter, W[illiam] R., Colonel 17th Regiment of U.S. Colored Infantry
  • Headline
    doc signed by 1865 Civil War general
  • Date Published
    July 1, 1865
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
139
  • Heading
    (Military)
  • Author
    Shields, James
  • Headline
    ALs from a Civil War general
  • Publisher
    General Land Office
  • Date Published
    April 28, 1846
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
140
  • Heading
    (Military - 1835 only known copy of Jacksonian West Point admissions circular)
  • Author
    [U.S. War Department]
  • Headline
    Admission Of Cadets Into The Military 1835
  • Publisher
    J.J. Brandon, lithographer
  • Date Published
    No date, but ca. 1835
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
141
  • Heading
    (Military - 1865 Post-Civil War admission to West Point)
  • Author
    United States Military Academy, West Point
  • Headline
    circular to West Point, NY 1865
  • Date Published
    Undated, but ca. 1865
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
142
  • Author
    Mills, Charles K.
  • Headline
    Charles K. Mills Harvest of Barren Regrets
  • Publisher
    Arthur H. Clark Company
  • Date Published
    1985
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
143
  • Heading
    (Mining)
  • Author
    Peele, Robert
  • Headline
    ALs mining engineer's handbook
  • Date Published
    Aug. 27, 1914
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
145
  • Author
    Muir, John
  • Headline
    John Muir The Cruise of the Corwin Lg Paper Edn
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Co.
  • Date Published
    1917
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
146
  • Author
    Muir, John, editor
  • Headline
    Picturesque California illus in 3 vols 1888
  • Publisher
    J. Dewing Publishing
  • Date Published
    [1888]
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
147
  • Author
    Murray, Robert A.
  • Headline
    The Army on the Powder River Limited Edition
  • Publisher
    [Old Army Press]
  • Date Published
    [1969]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
148
  • Author
    Möllhausen, Baldwin
  • Headline
    Journey from the Mississippi by Mollhausen 1858
  • Publisher
    Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans & Roberts
  • Date Published
    1858
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$3,125
StatusSold
149
  • Heading
    (Nevada)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Commission in Nevada National Guard 1897
  • Date Published
    June 23, 1897
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
150
  • Heading
    (Nevada)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Nevada silver mines with map 1865
  • Publisher
    Alfred Mudge & Son, printers
  • Date Published
    1865
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
151
  • Heading
    (New Mexico)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Libreria Espanola de Marcellino y Mernin
  • Date Published
    ca. 1882
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
152
  • Heading
    (New Mexico and Colorado)
  • Author
    W.G.S.
  • Headline
    ALs abou the Wild West 1881
  • Date Published
    April 23, 1881
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
153
  • Author
    Nicollet, J.N.
  • Headline
    Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi Riv
  • Publisher
    Blair and Rives
  • Date Published
    1845
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
154
  • Author
    Nixon, Richard
  • Headline
    Inscribed photograph of Richard Nixon
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
156
  • Heading
    (Oil Company Stock Parody)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Oil Company Stock Parody
  • Date Published
    1860s
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
157
  • Author
    Overfield, Loyd J., II
  • Headline
    The Little Big Horn, 1876
  • Publisher
    Arthur H. Clark Company
  • Date Published
    1971
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
Estimate$15,000 - $25,000
StatusUnsold
159
  • Author
    Palou, Francisco
  • Headline
    Palou's Life of Junipero Serra
  • Publisher
    George Wharton James
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$175
StatusSold
160
  • Author
    Palou, Francisco
  • Headline
    Palou's Life of Junipero Serra 1884 Translation
  • Publisher
    P.E. Dougherty & Co.
  • Date Published
    1884
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$375
StatusSold
163
  • Author
    Phoenix, John [pseud. of George Horatio Derby]
  • Headline
    Phoenixiana; Or Sketches and Burlesques
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
165
  • Heading
    (Photograph - Arizona)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Photo of hotel at Havasu trail
  • Date Published
    c.1900
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
166
  • Heading
    (Photograph - Southern Pacific Railroad)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Photograph of an engine of the Southern Pacific
  • Date Published
    1889
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
168
  • Heading
    (Railroads)
  • Author
    Sutro, Adolph, et al.
  • Headline
    Broadside protesting railroads' godless monopoly
  • Date Published
    January 9th, 1896
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
169
  • Author
    Repass, Craig
  • Headline
    Craig Repass Custer For President? 1/250 copies
  • Publisher
    [Old Army Press]
  • Date Published
    [1985]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
173
  • Heading
    (San Diego)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Rare 1874 San Diego Directory with photographs
  • Publisher
    Chamber of Commerce of the City of San Diego
  • Date Published
    1874
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
174
  • Heading
    (San Diego County)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    History of San Diego County, California 1883
  • Publisher
    Wallace W. Elliott & Co.
  • Date Published
    1883
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
Sold for$6,250
StatusSold
175
  • Heading
    (San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Rare San Francisco Earthquake View Book
  • Publisher
    Elite Art Press
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
176
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Taber, Isaiah West
  • Headline
    Birdseye View of San Francisco photograph Taber
  • Date Published
    c.1880
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
177
  • Heading
    (San Francisco Earthquake)
  • Author
    Aiken, Charles S.
  • Headline
    TLs Sunset Mag Ed 1906 SF Earthquake edition
  • Date Published
    May and June, 1906
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
178
  • Heading
    (San Francisco Earthquake 1906)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    newpapers with reporting on the SF earthquake
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
179
  • Heading
    (San Francisco Earthquake 1906)
  • Author
    Collins, John M., General Superintendent of Police
  • Headline
    Chicaco Police Bulletin April 1906
  • Date Published
    April 20, 1906
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
181
  • Heading
    (San Francisco Earthquake 1906)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    ephem from post 1906 SF earthquake
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
182
  • Heading
    (San Francisco Earthquake 1906)
  • Author
    Steele, M.M.
  • Headline
    photo album of 49 photos by M.M. Steele
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$400 - $700
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
183
  • Heading
    (San Francisco Earthquake 1906)
  • Author
    The Decorators Supply Co.
  • Headline
    Illustrated Catalogue of Composition 1906
  • Publisher
    The Decorators Supply Co.
  • Date Published
    May, 1906
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
184
  • Heading
    (San Francisco Earthquake 1906)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    New San Francisco Magazine - Vol. 1, No. 1, May 1
  • Publisher
    Peninsular Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    May, 1906
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
185
  • Author
    Sandoz, Mari
  • Headline
    Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas
  • Publisher
    Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date Published
    1942
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
186
  • Author
    Sandoz, Mari
  • Headline
    Love Song to the Plains by Mari Sandoz signed
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    [1961]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
187
  • Author
    Sandoz, Mari
  • Headline
    Five volumes by Mari Sandoz - Two signed by her
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$250 - $350
Sold for$200
StatusSold
191
  • Author
    Scott, Douglas D.
  • Headline
    Custer's Heroes: The Little Bighorn Medals of Hon
  • Publisher
    [AST Press]
  • Date Published
    [2007]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$75
StatusSold
193
  • Heading
    (Shreve & Co.)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Crafted by renowned San Francisco jewelers Shreve
  • Date Published
    1909
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
194
  • Author
    Smythe, William E.
  • Headline
    History of San Diego 1542-1907
  • Publisher
    The History Company
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
195
  • Author
    Smythe, William E.
  • Headline
    History of San Diego, 1542-1908
  • Publisher
    The History Company
  • Date Published
    1908
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
196
  • Heading
    (Southern California)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Southern California Ephemera & Photos
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
197
  • Heading
    (Streeter, Thomas W.)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Thomas Winthrop Streeter collection Parke-Bernet
  • Publisher
    Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc.
  • Date Published
    1966-1970
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
198
  • Author
    Tallent, Annie D.
  • Headline
    Tallent history of Black Hills of Dakota 1899
  • Publisher
    Nixon-Jones Printing Co.
  • Date Published
    1899
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
200
  • Heading
    (Union Pacific Railroad)
  • Author
    Dodge, G[renville] M.
  • Headline
    Report on Union Pacific R.R. with map 1868
  • Publisher
    Philp & Solomons
  • Date Published
    1868
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
201
  • Heading
    (Utah)
  • Author
    Young, Brigham
  • Headline
    Brigham Young addresses Deseret Assembly 1862
  • Date Published
    14 April 1862
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$750
StatusSold
202
  • Heading
    (Utah)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    GAR in Salt Lake City 1909
  • Date Published
    1909
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
203
  • Author
    Van Dyke, T[heodore] S.
  • Headline
    T.S. Van Dyke Millionaires of a Day 1890
  • Publisher
    Ford, Howard & Hulbert
  • Date Published
    1890
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
204
  • Author
    [Van Dyke, Theodore Strong]
  • Headline
    The City and County of San Diego 1888
  • Publisher
    Leberthon & Taylor
  • Date Published
    1888
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
205
  • Author
    Wagner, Glendolin Damon
  • Headline
    Glendolin Damon Wagner Old Neutriment
  • Publisher
    Ruth Hill
  • Date Published
    [1934]
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
206
  • Author
    Wagner, Henry R.
  • Headline
    Cabrillo: Discoverer of the Coast of California
  • Publisher
    California Historical Society
  • Date Published
    1941
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$250
StatusSold
207
  • Author
    Wagner, Henry R.
  • Headline
    The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America
  • Publisher
    University of California Press
  • Date Published
    1937
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
208
  • Heading
    (Washington - Spokane)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Souvenir of the Spokane Fire Department 1901
  • Publisher
    Inland Printing Company
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$250 - $350
StatusUnsold
209
  • Heading
    (Wells Fargo)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Wells Fargo Messenger June 1916
  • Publisher
    Wells Fargo & Company
  • Date Published
    June, 1916
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
210
  • Author
    White, David A., ed.
  • Headline
    Plains & Rockies, 1803 - 1865 9 vols
  • Publisher
    Arthur Clark Company
  • Date Published
    1996-[2001]
Estimate$120 - $180
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
212
  • Author
    Willert, James
  • Headline
    After Little Bighorn, 1876 Campaign Rosters
  • Publisher
    James Willert
  • Date Published
    [1985]
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
214
  • Author
    Wislizenus, Frederick A.
  • Headline
    Wislizenus tours Mexico with Doniphan
  • Date Published
    1848
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
215
  • Heading
    (Wyoming)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Constitution of the proposed State of Wyoming
  • Publisher
    Cheyenne Leader Printing Co.
  • Date Published
    1889
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
216
  • Heading
    (Wyoming)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Report of the Governor of Wyoming Territory 1878
  • Publisher
    Government Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1878
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
218
  • Heading
    (Wyoming - Brand Books)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Two brand books for Wyoming cattle companies
  • Date Published
    No dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
219
  • Heading
    (Yosemite)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Rare brochure on Glacier Point Hotel Yosemite
  • Publisher
    Yosemite Park and Curry Co.
  • Date Published
    c.1925
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
220
  • Heading
    (1785 First Chinese immigrants to the new American nation)
  • Author
    Biddle, Charles
  • Headline
    Mss doc signed about early Chinese 1786
  • Date Published
    May 30, 1786
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
221
  • Author
    Hogan, Michael
  • Headline
    ADs 1823 early American China trade
  • Date Published
    March 16, 1824
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
222
  • Author
    Staples, J.B.
  • Headline
    ALs about 1st US technology sent to China
  • Date Published
    December 9, 1843
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
224
  • Author
    Hanson, S[ylvester]
  • Headline
    ALs from CA gold rush pioneer about Chinese
  • Date Published
    October 9th, 1853
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
225
  • Heading
    (Chinese in the Gold Rush)
  • Author
    Smith, E.G., Treasurer of Placer County
  • Headline
    1854 Chinese merchant's business license in gold
  • Date Published
    June 29, 1854
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
227
  • Heading
    (1856 Opposing "suicidal" Chinese immigration to California)
  • Author
    California State Assembly
  • Headline
    Report of the Committee on Mines and Mining Inter
  • Publisher
    James Allen, State Printer
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
228
  • Heading
    (Chinese in California)
  • Author
    Leavitt, Mary
  • Headline
    Autograph Letter, Signed from Mary Leavitt
  • Date Published
    Sept. 24, 1874
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
230
  • Author
    Floyd, M[artha] A.
  • Headline
    ALs about 1877 Chinese in Chico, CA
  • Date Published
    May 14, 1877
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
231
  • Heading
    (Chinese in California)
  • Author
    Gaylord, W.H.
  • Headline
    Autograph Letter Signed - 1878 Ah Sam buys a mini
  • Date Published
    Oct. 6, 1878
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
232
  • Heading
    (Trade Cards)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    2 racist trade cards 1880s
  • Date Published
    ca. 1875-1885
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$125
StatusSold
233
  • Author
    Frank, U[ng] L[oy]
  • Headline
    1883 ephem of Chinese merchant in CT
  • Date Published
    ca. 1883
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
234
  • Author
    Holland, D[aniel] D.
  • Headline
    1887 ALs selling a house in Chinatown
  • Date Published
    Sept. 21, 1887
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
235
  • Heading
    (Chinese immigrants)
  • Author
    Porteous, George M.
  • Headline
    ALs about 1890 census Chinese-American
  • Date Published
    March 16, 1890
Estimate$120 - $140
StatusUnsold
236
  • Heading
    (1896 Chinese certificate of entry into the United States)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    Chinese immigration document to US in 1896
  • Date Published
    1896
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
238
  • Heading
    (Asian-American - 1898 Chinatown fiction by the first Chinese-American writer)
  • Author
    Sui Sin Far [pseud. Edith Eaton]
  • Headline
    "Sweet Sin, A Story" 1898 magazine, Chinese
  • Date Published
    April, 1898
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
243
  • Heading
    (Chinese smoker in a San Francisco opium den)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    1905 ca. lantern slide of a smoker SF opium
  • Publisher
    Geo. Kanzee, Lantern Slides, 131 Post St.
  • Date Published
    Ca. 1905
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
244
  • Heading
    (San Francisco)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    real photo post card of a Chinese-American couple
  • Date Published
    [c.1906]
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
245
  • Author
    Yin, David Z.T.
  • Headline
    ANs on postcard 1910 Chinese college students
  • Date Published
    Sept. 5, 1910
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
246
  • Heading
    (1911 Memoir of Seattle anti-Chinese riots of 1866)
  • Author
    Kinnear, George
  • Headline
    Anti-Chinese Riots at Seattle, Wn., 1888
  • Publisher
    “Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Riots”
  • Date Published
    February 8th, 1911
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$150
StatusSold
248
  • Author
    Chin, Lee K.
  • Headline
    Typed Letter Signed - 1913 San Francisco Chinese
  • Date Published
    August 22, 1913
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$100
StatusSold
249
  • Heading
    (1913 The "Japanese Question" in California)
  • Author
    Zoyeda, J[uichi] and T[adao] Kamiya
  • Headline
    A Survey of the Japanese Question in California
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
250
  • Author
    Nakahara, T[oichi], Publisher and Editor
  • Headline
    TLs from Publisher of Japanese-American mag 1913
  • Date Published
    August 16, 1913
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
251
  • Heading
    (1916 three letters from Chinese Students in California)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    2 ALs from Chinese American students
  • Date Published
    1916
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
252
  • Heading
    (1918 Japanese Auto Club of Southern California)
  • Author
    Japanese Auto Club of Southern California
  • Headline
    Japanese Auto Club of Southern California 1918
  • Date Published
    ca. 1918
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
257
  • Heading
    (1926 Chinese-American industrial corporation stock certificate)
  • Author
    **
  • Headline
    1926 Chinese-American industrial corporation stoc
  • Publisher
    Chinese-American Industrial Corporation
  • Date Published
    Aug. 17, 1926
Estimate$100 - $150
StatusUnsold
258
  • Heading
    (1st Academic study of "Orientals" in California)
  • Author
    Mears, Elliot Grinnell
  • Headline
    Resident Orientals on the American Pacific Coast
  • Publisher
    American Group, Institute of Pacific Relations
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$150 - $250
StatusUnsold
259
  • Author
    Chang, Anna
  • Headline
    1930 Inscribed photograph of Anna Chang
  • Date Published
    c.1930
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$100
StatusSold
261
  • Author
    Okagaki, Tsuguyo, editor
  • Headline
    1931 Japanese-American fraternal organizations in
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$100 - $150
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
263
  • Heading
    (1936-39 San Francisco Chinatown magazines)
  • Author
    China Digest - six issues
  • Headline
    China Digest - six issues 1936-39
  • Date Published
    1936-39
Estimate$150 - $250
Sold for$150
StatusSold
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