Sale 591: Rare Americana & Travel, with Books & Maps from the Warren Heckrotte Collection (#591) 07/28/2016 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/28/2016 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 #12 The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorAtherton, GertrudeHeadlineGertrude Atherton Splendid Idle FortiesPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #16 The Land of Little Rain View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAustin, MaryHeadlineMary Austin Land of Little Rain First EditionPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #24 Cloisters of California View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorBrowne, ClydeHeadlineCloisters of California 1917PublisherClyde BrowneDate Published1917 Lot #26 Report of the Commission Appointed by the Secretary of the Treasury for the Investigation of Plague in San Francisco, Under Instructions from the Surgeon-General, Marine-Hospital Service. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Bubonic Plague)AuthorFlexnor, Simon, F.G. Novy and L.F. BarkerHeadlineInvestigation of Plague in San Francisco, 1901PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1901 Lot #27 General Report of the Bunker Hill Consolidated Mining Company. March 15, 1905. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Bunker Hill Consolidated Mining Company)HeadlineGeneral Report of the Bunker Hill Consolidated Mine, 1905.Date Published1905 Lot #30 Certificate for 50 shares in the New York Hill Gold Mining Company located in Grass Valley, California View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(California - Grass Valley)HeadlineStock in Grass Valley mining co.Date PublishedSept. 20, 1881 Lot #31 An industrial survey of the City of Los Angeles, and the contiguous territory, compiled from official city, county, federal government and personal records... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineIndustrial survey of Los Angeles 1936PublisherMetropolitan SurveysDate Published[1936] Lot #32 Beautiful Napa: A Pictorial Journey (wrapper title) View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California - Napa County)HeadlineExtolling the benefits of Napa County 1916Publisher[Napa Chamber of Commerce]Date Publishedc.1916 Lot #33 Photograph of a family and friends in the Newport Beach area in the early 20th century View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Heading(California - Newport Beach)HeadlineNewport Beach photo album c.1920Date Publishedc.1920? Lot #34 Large framed photograph of Plaza de Panama and Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - San Diego)HeadlineLarge image of San Diego's Balboa ParkPublisherBunnell Photo ShopDate Publishedc.1921 Lot #35 Large framed photograph of the Open Air Pipe Organ, Balboa Park, San Diego View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - San Diego)HeadlineLarge image of San Diego's Balboa ParkPublisherBunnell Photo ShopDate Publishedc.1921 Lot #38 First Mortgage... Petaluma and Santa Rosa Railway Company to Mercantile Trust Company of San Francisco Trustee... View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlinePetalume-Santa Rosa RailroadPublisherCorbet & Goodwin, Attorneys at LawDate Published1904 Lot #39 California Jockey Club & Pacific Coast Jockey Club advertising broadside View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(California Jockey Club - Pacific Jockey Club)HeadlineCalifornia & Pacific Jockey Clubs PosterDate Published[1898] Lot #42 Report of the Surveyor-General of California, from November 1, 1867, to November 1, 1869 - 2 copies, 1 of them inscribed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorBost, John W.HeadlineSigned by Surveyor-General of CaliforniaPublisherD.W. Gelwicks, State PrinterDate Published1869 Lot #43 History of California View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorHittell, Theodore H.HeadlineHistory of California, 1897PublisherPacific Press / N.J. StoneDate Published1897 Lot #48 Report of the Chief Engineer of the Preliminary Survey, Cost of Construction, and Estimated Revenue, of the Central Pacific Railroad of California, Across the Sierra Nevada Mountains, From Sacramento to the Eastern Boundary of California. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Central Pacific Railroad)AuthorJudah, Theodore D.HeadlineReport of the Chief Engineer of the Preliminary Survey, of the Central Pacific Railroad, 1862PublisherH.S. Crocker and Co.Date Published1862 Lot #76 Memorial of Thos. H. Dowling and Accompanying Papers in Regard to his Claim to the Island of Yerba Buena, in the Harbor of San Francisco, California. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Dowling, Thos. H.)HeadlineMemorial of Thos. H. Dowling, 1868Date Published[1868] Lot #86 History of the State of California. From the Period of the Conquest by Spain, to Her Occupation by the United States of America. Containing an account of the discovery of the immense Gold Mines and Placers... - 2 copies View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorFrost, JohnHeadlineFrost's History of California 2 copiesDate Published1853 & 1859 Lot #127 History of the Donner Party. A Tragedy of the Sierra View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMcGlashan, C.F.HeadlineMcGlashan's History of the Donner Party TragedyPublisherA.L. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1881 Lot #141 Picturesque California and the Region West of the Rocky Mountains, from Alaska to Mexico View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorMuir, John, editorHeadlinePicturesque California in the Original 30 PartsPublisherThe J. Dewing Co.Date Published[1887-1888] Lot #157 Drifted Snow Flour: Souvenir of Pacific Coast Views (wrapper title) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Pacific Coast)HeadlineWest Coast chromolithographsPublisherCentral Milling Co.Date Publishedc.1890 Lot #166 California on Stone View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorPeters, Harry T.HeadlinePeters: California on StonePublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1935 Lot #167 Phelps' Hundred Cities and Large Towns of America: with Railroad Distances throughout the United States, Maps of Fourteen Cities, and Other Embellishments View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold AuthorPhelps, HumphreyHeadlineWith plans of 14 US cities 1854PublisherEnsign, Bridgman & FanningDate Published1854 Lot #178 Annual Report of the Rico-Aspen Consolidated Mining Company for the Fiscal Year Ending Sept. 30th, 1894. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Rico-Aspen Consolidated Mining Co.)HeadlineAnnual Report of the Rico-Aspen Consolidated Mining Company, 1894.PublisherW.F. Robinson & Co.Date Published[1894] Lot #182 Two U.S. government documents regarding Yerba Buena or Goat Island in San Francisco Bay View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(San Francisco - Yerba Buena Island)HeadlineYerba Buena or Goat Island in San Francisco BayDate Published1873 & 1881 Lot #188 Narrative of a Voyage to California Ports in 1841-42, Together with Voyages to Sitka, the Sandwich Islands & Okhotsk; To Which are Added Sketches of Journeys across America, Asia, & Europe: From the Narrative of a Voyage Round the World View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSimpson, GeorgeHeadlineSimpson's Narrative of a Voyage to California PortsPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1930 Lot #205 Conquest of California: Capture of Sonoma by Bear Flag Men, June 14, 1846. Raising the American Flag in Monterey by Commodore John D. Sloat, July 7, 1846...Historical Address Delivered in Sonoma, January 14, 1896 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold AuthorThompson, R[obert] A.HeadlineCapture of Sonoma by Bear Flag Men 1896PublisherSonoma Democrat Pub. Co.Date Published1896 Lot #209 Basketball California: 1934 Schedule University of California View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(University of California Basketball)HeadlineCal Baskeball Schedule 1934PublisherKitchener Printing Co.Date Published1934 Lot #213 Papers of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851 [&] History of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWilliams, Mary FloydHeadlineSan Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1851PublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published[1919] & 1921 Lot #215 Organization Chart - California Wine Association. Effective July 9, 1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Wine)HeadlineRare Calif. Wine Assn. organizaton chart 1917Date Published1917 Lot #218 Prison Laws of California, 1909 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorWythe, Frederick S.HeadlinePrison Laws of California, 1909, by Frederick S. WythePublisherW. W. Shannon - Supt. of State PrintingDate Published1909 Lot #219 McKenney's District Directory for 1879-80, of Sacramento, city and county, Amador, El Dorado, Placer and Yolo counties, including all residents, with sketch of cities and towns View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sacramento)HeadlineSacramento City DIrectory 1879-80PublisherL.M. McKenney PublisherDate Published1879 Lot #261 Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorBrowne, J. RossHeadlineDebates in the Convention of California 1849PublisherJohn T. TowersDate Published1850 Lot #263 Post-Office List of the State of California, Sacramento, Jan. 1860 (wrapper title) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineRare Post-Office List of California 1860PublisherChas. T. Botts State PrinterDate Published1860 Lot #267 Three Years in California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorColton, WalterHeadlineThree Years in California, Walter ColtonPublisherA.S. Barnes & Co.Date Published1850 Lot #274 The Panoramic Automobile Road Map And Tourist Guide Book of Southern California, Season 1914-1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorCundiff, WillardHeadlineAerial road maps of Southern California 1914PublisherThe Cadmus PressDate Published1914 Lot #283 San Francisco, Souvenirs de Voyage View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorDuloup, GeorgesHeadlineFrenchman's voyage to California 1882PublisherChez l'autourDate Published1882 Lot #287 Description de la Nouvelle Californie: Geographique, Politique et Morale... Avec une grande carte de la Nouvelle Californie, des cartes particulières des Baies de Monterey et de San-Francisco, de L'Isthme de Panama, de Cap Horn et du Détroit de Magellan, et plusieurs vues intéressant de la Californie View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorFerry, HypoliteHeadlineFerry's Nouvelle Californie 1850 with mapsPublisherL. MaisonDate Published1850 Lot #292 La Californie: Histoire des Progrès de l'un des États-Unis d'Amérique et des Institutions qui font sa Prospérité View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorFrignet, ErnestHeadlineFrignet's Californie with map 1867PublisherSchlesinger FrèresDate Published1867 Lot #305 Report on the Physical and Agricultural Features of the State of California with a discussion of the present and future of cotton production in the state. Also, remarks on cotton culture in New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and Mexico View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHilgard, Eugene WoldemarHeadlineProspects for cotton cultivation in CaliforniaPublisherPacific Rural PressDate Published[1883] Lot #306 Pacific Coast Guide and Programme of the Knights Templar Triennial Conclave at San Francisco, August, 1883, as prepared by the Triennial Committee View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorHoitt, Ira G.HeadlineKnights Templar with map of San Francisco 1883PublisherCompiled and Published by Ira G. HoittDate Published[1883] Lot #310 Californien. Veröffentlicht von der Einwanderungs-gesellschaft von Californien. ("The Immigration Association of California.") San Francisco. No. 10 California Str. (wrapper title) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Immigraton Association of California)HeadlineGuide to German emigrants to California with map 1882PublisherDruck des "California Demokrat"Date Published1882 Lot #315 Handbook of the Indians of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorKroeber, A.L.HeadlineHandbook of the Indians of CaliforniaPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1925 Lot #323 Notes sur la Géologie de la Californie View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMarcou, JulesHeadlineGeological study of California with map 1883PublisherSociété Géologique de FranceDate Published1883 Lot #325 Annual Report of the Surveyor General of the State of California. Document No. 5. In Senate - Session 1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMarlette, S.H.HeadlineReport of California Surveyor General 1855PublisherB.B. Redding, State PrinterDate Published1855 Lot #337 Report on the Underground Water Supply of San Francisco County: Present Yield--Probable Additional Yield. Prepared by M.M. O'Shaughnessy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorO'Shaughnessy, M[ichael] M[aurice] and M.J. Bartell, EngineersHeadlineUnderground Water Supply of San Francisco 1913Publisher[Department of Public Works]Date PublishedMay, 1913 Lot #347 Official Guide and Maps of San Francisco Street Railways... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorRichards, George E.HeadlineGuide to San Francisco Railways 1894PublisherGeo. E. RichardsDate Published1894 Lot #363 Three reports by John B. Trask on the geology of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTrask, John B.HeadlineTrask reports on California geology 1854-56Date Published1854, 1855, 1856 Lot #369 The Poetical Geography designed to accompany outline maps or school atlases. To which are added the rules of arithmetic in rhyme View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorVan Waters. GeorgeHeadlinePoetical Geography 1851 with early Gold Region mapPublisherSold by Agents OnlyDate Published1851 Lot #423 Three "Auto Maps" for California locales View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California - Automobile Tourist Maps)HeadlineCalifornia automobile/tourist mapsPublisherThe Miniad Co.Date Publishedc.1940 Lot #429 Map of Sacramento, Sacramento County, California View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(California - Sacramento)AuthorSquires, Raymond J.HeadlineRare map of SacramentoPublisherR.J. Squires, C.E.Date Published1909 Lot #431 Proposed Improvement for Control of Traffic Aerial View, 3rd St., Between Townsend & Berry St. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBird's-eye view of 3rd & King in S.F.PublisherDepartment of Public Works, Bureau of EngineersDate PublishedNov. 1942 Lot #436 Map of the Sacramento Land District Showing Vacant Government Lands. Compiled from Official United States Land Office Records at Sacramento, California View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorGilmore, Chas. L.HeadlineVacant lands for homesteading in California 1914Date Published1914 Lot #480 Californian Pictures in Prose and Verse View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorAvery, Benjamin ParkHeadlineCalifornian Pictures in Prose and Verse 1878PublisherHurd & HoughtonDate Published1878 Lot #491 Granite Crags of California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorCumming, C.F. GordonHeadlineGranite Crags of CaliforniaPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1886 Lot #492 The Story of the Files: A Review of Californian Writers and Literature View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorCummins, Ella SterlingHeadlineReview of Californian Writers and Literature 1893PublisherElla Sterling CumminsDate Published1893 Lot #493 The Lives of William Hartnell View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorDakin, Susanna BryantHeadlineEnglishman in Mexican CaliforniaPublisherStanford University PressDate Published[1949] Lot #494 History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorDavis, Winfield J.HeadlineHistory of Political Conventions in CaliforniaDate Published1893 Lot #496 The Boom of the Eighties in Southern California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorDumke, Glenn S.HeadlineBoom of Eighties in Southern CaliforniaPublisherHuntington LibraryDate Published1963 Lot #500 California Memories, 1857-1930 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorGraves, Jackson A.HeadlineCalifornia MemoriesPublisherTimes-Mirror PressDate Published1930 Lot #502 The Adventures of James Capen Adams, Mountaineer and Grizzly Bear Hunter, of California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorHittell, Theodore H.HeadlineThe Adventures of James Capen AdamsPublisherCrosby, Nichols, Lee and CompanyDate Published1861 Lot #503 Life in the Open: Sport with Rod, Gun, Horse, and Hound in Southern California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorHolder, Charles FrederickHeadlineRod, Gun, Horse, and Hound in Southern CaliforniaPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1906 Lot #509 The Days of A Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher and Minor Prophet of Democracy View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorJordan, David StarrHeadlineDavid Starr Jordan The Days of ManPublisherWorld Book CompanyDate Published1922 Lot #511 Californische Kulturbilder View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorKirchhoff, TheodorHeadlineCalifornische Kulturbilder 1886PublisherTheodor FischerDate Published1886 Lot #512 An Essay...on A Bibliography of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906 by Robert E. Cowan. With an Original Leaf from the Club's 1914 First Edition View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorKurutz, Gary F.HeadlineCowan California Bibiliography Leaf BookPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1993 Lot #524 The Actor from Point Arena: excerpts taken from the "Memories of an Old Theatrical Man" View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorRoss, Frederick G.HeadlineActor Frederick Ross, Bancroft Library KeepsakePublisherFriends of the Bancroft Library, University of CaliforniaDate Published[1977] Lot #525 Los Angeles In the Sunny Seventies: A Flower from the Golden Land View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorSalvator, Ludwig LouisHeadlineLos Angeles In the Sunny SeventiesPublisherBruce McCallister & Jake ZeitlinDate Published1929 Lot #535 The Spanish Occupation of California: Plan for the Establishment of a Government; Junta or Council Held at San Blas, May 16, 1768; Diario of the Expeditions Made to California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorWatson, Douglas S., comp.HeadlineThe Spanish Occupation of CaliforniaPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1934 Lot #539 The Crookedest Railroad in the World: A History of the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railroad of California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorWurm, Theodore G. & Alvin C. GravesHeadlineCrooked Raiolroad to Muir WoodsPublisherAcademy Library GuildDate Published1954 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next