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Previous|1|Next Lot #22 San Francisco Chinese-American magazine, only known copy Heading(Asian-American - Chinese, San Francisco 1948)HeadlineOnly known copy of SF Chinese-American magazineDate Published1948 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #23 Early ephemera of Japanese-Americans in Pasadena and Menlo Park Heading(Asian-American - Japanese, 1906-23)HeadlineJapanese-Americans in Pasadena and Menlo Park, 1906-23Date Published1906-1923 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #24 Menu for the Los Angeles Japanese restaurant that introduced sushi to America Heading(Asian-American - Japanese, Los Angeles cookery)HeadlineMenu from first Los Angeles Sushi RestaurantDate Publishedca. 1960 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #43 Motor Guide to California Heading(Automobile Guide - California)HeadlineGuide to California Motoring with maps 1926PublisherNational Automobile ClubDate Published1926 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #49 The Mammoth Tree Grove, Calaveras County California. Lapham & Haynes prop.rs Sketched from nature by T.A. Ayres AuthorAyres, Thomas A.HeadlineBroadside of the Mammoth Tree Grove YosemitePublisherBritton & ReyDate Published1855 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #58 Manuscript abstract of title workbook for San Francisco Bay Area locales Heading(California - Abstracts of Title)HeadlineAbstracts of tiel for S.F. Bay AreaDate Publishedc.1907 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #59 Souvenir: Contra Costa County, California, as reviewed under the Vitascope; A pen picture of its wonderfully productive valleys... Heading(California - Contra Costa County)AuthorMetcalfe, William L., compilerHeadlineScarce Contra Costa County Cal. promotionalPublisherRichmond RecordDate Published1902 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #61 The Story of Hollywood Heading(California - Hollywood)AuthorCroswell, Mary E.HeadlinePerhaps the first history of Hollywood CaliforniaPublisherHollywood Board of TradeDate Published[1905] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #62 The Building Laws of the City of Los Angeles Revised to September 20, 1911... Building Ordinance, Plumbing Ordinance, Electric Wiring Ordinance, Fire District Ordinance, and the California Employers Liability Law Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineBuilding Laws of Los Angeles 1911PublisherSouthwest Contractor & ManufacturerDate Published1911 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #63 Album with 34 original silver photographs of the area in and around Monterey, California, including Chinese fishermen Heading(California - Monterey)HeadlineMonterey photo album with Chinese fishermenDate Publishedc.1910 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #64 Guenthers' Murrieta Mineral Hot Springs Heading(California - Murrieta Hot Springs)HeadlineMurrieta Hot Springs promo bookletDate Published[c.1920] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #65 Membership certificate for Niles Searls in the Nevada City chapter of the Knights Templar Heading(California - Nevada City)HeadlineKnights Templar certificate for Nevada City chapter 1866Date Published1866 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #66 The History of San Diego Heading(California - San Diego)AuthorPourade, Richard F.HeadlineHistory of San Diego in 7 volumes Special EditionPublisherUnion-Tribune Publishing CompanyDate Published1960-1977 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #67 Early view of gold rush era San Francisco in The New York Weekly Tribune Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineEarly San Francisco Gold Rush View 1849PublisherNew York Weekly TribuneDate Published1849 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #68 Report of the Secretary of the Interior, Communicating a Copy of the Report of William Carey Jones, Special Agent to Examine the Subject of Land Titles in California Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorJones, William CareyHeadlineJones' Report on California Land Titles with MapDate Published1851 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #69 Palace of Fine Arts and Lagoon Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorMaybeck, Bernard R.HeadlineThe only book by San Francisco architect Bernard MaybeckPublisherPaul Elder and CompanyDate Published[1915] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #70 San Francisco in Ruins: A Pictorial History of Eight Score Photo-Views of the Earthquake Effects, Flames' Havoc, Ruins Everywhere, Relief Camps Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco in Ruins 1906 earthquake viewbookPublisherSmith-Brooks CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #71 Before the California Highway Commission in re location of Skyline Boulevard, San Francisco to Santa Cruz: Supplemental brief. San Lorenzo Valley route from intersection Fatjo road with Saratoga, California Redwood Park State Road... Heading(California - Santa Cruz)HeadlinePlan for Skyline Boulevard, S.F. to Santa CruzPublisherSentinel PrintDate PublishedJune 3, 1922 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #72 Historical and Descriptive Sketch of Sonoma County, California Heading(California - Sonoma County)AuthorThompson, Robert A.HeadlineThompson's Sketch of Sonoma County 1877 with mapPublisherL.H. Everts & Co.Date Published1877 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #73 Stanford Calendar for 1907. Containing pictures of the Memorial Church and selections from the inscriptions written by Mrs. Stanford and cut on its walls. Heading(California - Stanford University)HeadlineStanford Calendar for 1907Publisher[YWCA of Stanford University]Date Publishedc.1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #74 Widow of a San Francisco Bohemian Club founder writes from her country vineyard on the American River Heading(California – Wine, Bohemian Club, Bierce)AuthorEmma McPherson SteeleHeadline1895 letter on California wine from Bohemian Club founder's widowDate Published1895 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #75 Archive of thirty-six letters and notes written by brothers John and Thomas Emery from California during the Gold Rush, to their family in New Brunswick, Canada Heading(California Gold Rush Letters)AuthorEmery, John or ThomasHeadline36 Letters from Canadians in California Gold RushDate Published1855-1858 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #76 Two 1848 newspapers with news of the discovery of gold in California and the beginning of the California Gold Rush Heading(California Gold Rush)HeadlineTwo 1848 newspapers with news of the California gold rushDate Published1848 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #77 Hutching's [sic] California Scenes: The California Indians Heading(California Pictorial Lettersheet)HeadlinePictorial Lettersheet with Nahl engravingsPublisherJames M. HutchingsDate Published1854 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #78 Complete run of the first ten years of the earliest California State Statutes, from the first through the tenth sessions, 1849-1859 Heading(California)HeadlineCalifornia State Statutes 1849-1859Date Published1850-1859 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Lot #80 Four fine press volumes of Californiana Heading(California)HeadlineFour fine press volumes of CalifornianaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #81 Glimpses of California, the land of the setting sun - souvenir, 1891-92 Heading(California)HeadlineRare view book of California 1892PublisherOakland Home Insurance CoDate Published1892 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #82 Manuscript account book of Riverside California pioneer A.G. Patton Heading(California)AuthorPatton, Alexander GettyHeadlineAccount book of a Riverside California pioneerDate Published1880-1891 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #83 San Bernardino Mountain and Rim of the World Drive - Guide Heading(California)HeadlineScarce guide to San Bernardino mountainsDate Published[c.1925] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #84 Souvenir of California (cover title) Heading(California)HeadlineScarce souvenir view book of CaliforniaPublisherWittemann Bros.Date Published1885 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #85 Three items relating to the proposed Mt. San Antonio Passenger Tramway Heading(California)HeadlineTramway up "Old Baldy" c.1930Date Publishedc.1930 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #86 Views of Southern California Heading(California)HeadlineRare view book of Southern CaliforniaPublisher[San Curo Medical Co.]Date Published[1899] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #108 The Panoramic Automobile Road Map And Tourist Guide Book of Southern California, Season 1914-1915 AuthorCundiff, WillardHeadlineAerial road maps of Southern California 1914-15PublisherThe Cadmus PressDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #111 Recollections of California Mining Life. Primitive Placers and First Important Discovery of Gold. The Pioneers of the Pioneers - Their Fortune and Their Fate - presentation copy AuthorDeGroot, HenryHeadlineDeGroot: Recollections of California Mining LifePublisherDewey & Co.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #124 The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing September, 1867 Heading(Directory - San Francisco)AuthorLangley, Henry G., compilerHeadlineThe San Francisco Directory for 1867PublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #167 Biographies of Phoebe Apperson Hearst & George Hearst printed by John Henry Nash Heading(Hearst, George & Phoebe)HeadlineNash printings of Hearst biographiesPublisherPrinted for William Randolph Hearst by John Henry NashDate Published1928 & 1933 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #170 Pacific Coast Guide and Programme of the Knights Templar Triennial Conclave at San Francisco, August, 1883, as prepared by the Triennial Committee AuthorHoitt, Ira G.HeadlineKnights Templar with map of San Francisco 1883PublisherCompiled and Published by Ira G. HoittDate Published[1883] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #172 Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California…including the Mammoth Trees of Calaveras; the Caves and Natural Bridges of Calaveras; the Yo-Semite Valley; the Mammoth Trees of Mariposa and Frezno; Mount Shasta; the Quicksilver Mines of New Almaden and Henriquita; the Farallone Islands… AuthorHutchings, James M.HeadlineScenes of Wonder and Curiosity in CaliforniaPublisherJ.M. Hutchings & Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #183 Round Cape Horn. Voyage of the Passenger-Ship James W. Paige, from Maine to California in the Year 1852 AuthorLamson, J[oseph]HeadlineJourney round the horn in 1852PublisherPress O. F. & W. H. KnowlesDate Published1878 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #184 Treasures of the Humble for Art Lovers - catalogue of miniature bronzes available at Lenz Studio on Santa Barbara AuthorLenz, Alfred DavidHeadlineMiniature bronzes by Alfred David LenzPublisherLenz StudioDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #191 Two related Los Angeles and Hollywood “tourist” guides of World War II Heading(Los Angeles – Hollywood & nightlife guides, 1943)HeadlineWWII Tourist Guides of Los Angeles & HollywoodDate Published1942-1943 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #192 Letter - newly-arrived Minnesota emigrant predicts a great future for Los Angeles Heading(Los Angeles, 1876)AuthorJ.D.BoyerHeadline1876 letter predicts a great future for Los AngelesDate Published1876 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #203 Holiday Number of the Microgram, January 1886 Heading(Microgram)AuthorMcClinton, Amberson L. & Myron G. McClinton, editorsHeadlineMicrogram - scarce San Francisco literary journalPublisherMcClinton Bro's, PrintersDate Published1886 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #213 Picturesque California, Section Four AuthorMuir, John, editorHeadlinePicturesque California, Section FourPublisher[J. Dewing Publishing Company]Date Published[1888] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #219 Observations on the Proposed State Road, from Hudson's River, near the City of Hudson, to Lake Erie, by the Oleout, Catharine's, Bath, and Gray's Settlement, on the Western Bounds of Steuben County. Heading(New York)HeadlineWith the rare map of the Middle States 1800PublisherT. & J. SwordsDate Published1800 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #222 The Founding of the First California Missions Under the Spiritual Guidance of the Venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra AuthorPalou, FranciscoHeadlineFounding of the first California missionsPublisherNueva California PressDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #223 Historical Memoirs of New California AuthorPalou, Fray FranciscoHeadlinePalou, Historical Memoirs of New CaliforniaPublisherRussell & RussellDate Published1966 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #231 Four letters to William Chapman Ralston from various associates Heading(Ralston's "Ring")HeadlineFour letters to William Chapman RalstonDate Published1868-1872 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #233 Two letters from Frederick Marriott, early aviation booster and publisher of the San Francisco News Letter, to William Chapman Ralston Heading(Ralston's "Ring")AuthorMarriott, FrederickHeadlineLetters from Frederick Marriott to W.C. ChapmanDate Published1874 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #239 Thomas Bros. Block Book of San Francisco... Sunset, North of Ortega St... Heading(San Francisco)HeadlineBlock book for San Francisco Sunset District 1923Date Published1923 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #247 The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California, and a Complete History of all the Important Events Connected with Its Great City: To Which Are Added, Biographical Memoirs of Some Prominent Citizens AuthorSoulé, Frank, John H. Gihon and James NisbetHeadlineAnnals of San Francisco in deluxe bindingPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #255 Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineOne of the most influential books on the California Gold RushPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #266 Report of the Secretary of War Communicating Information in relation to the geology and topography of California AuthorTyson, Philip T.HeadlineTyson's report on the Geology of CaliforniaDate Published[1850] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #276 Four volumes on California viticulture and wine industry Heading(Wine)HeadlineReports on Wine in California 1888-1894PublisherCalifornia State Printing OfficeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #277 Four volumes on California viticulture and wine industry Heading(Wine)HeadlineFour volumes on California WinePublisherCalifornia State Printing OfficeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #278 Two volumes on winemaking in California Heading(Wine)AuthorPeninou, Ernest P. & Sidney S. GreenleafHeadlineFine printings on California WineDate Published1954 & 1967 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #279 The Vineyards in Sonoma County; Being the Report of I. DeTurk, Commissioner for the Sonoma District, to the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners of California Heading(Wine)HeadlineThe vineyards of Sonoma County 1893PublisherA.J. Johnson, Supt. State PrintingDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #410 City of Alameda and Vicinity, California 1918 Heading(California - Alameda)AuthorHickok, C.E.HeadlineVery large map of city of Alameda, California 1918PublisherOakland Blue Print Co.Date Published1918 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #414 Mono County Greets You - Fisherman's Paradise, reached via Bishop, Lee Vining, or Bridgeport Heading(California - Mono County)AuthorHayden Map Co.HeadlinePictorial map of Mono CountyDate Published1952 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #417 Plat of the Pueblo Lands of San Francisco finally confirmed to the City Of San Francisco. Surveyed under instructions from the U.S. Surveyor General by F. von Leicht, U. S. Dep. Surv. in December 1883 Containing 17754 36/100 Acres [in San Francisco Municipal Reports for the Fiscal Year 1886-7] Heading(California - San Francisco)Authorvon Leicht, FerdinandHeadlinePlat of the Pueblo Lands of San Francisco 1884PublisherWm. M. HintonDate Published1887 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #506 Mt. Shasta, Showing Butteville. B 2066 Heading(Photograph - California)AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadlineTaber, Mt. Shasta, Showing ButtevilleDate Publishedn.d. [c. 1900] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #507 Two photographs of Monterey, California Heading(Photograph - California)AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadlineTwo albumen photographs of Monterey, CaliforniaDate Publishedn.d. [late 1800's] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #513 Two photographs of San Francisco, California Heading(Photographs - California - San Francisco)AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadlineTwo albumen photographs of San FranciscoDate Publishedn.d. [late 1800's] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #515 Five volumes on San Francisco and the California gold rush published by the Book Club of California Heading(San Francisco)HeadlineFive volumes on San Francisco by the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #601 San Francisco Telephone Directory, August 1906 - Two Copies Heading(San Francisco Earthquake Telephone Directory)HeadlineTelephone Directory After San Francisco QuakePublisherPacific States Telephone and Telegraph CompanyDate PublishedAugust 1906 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #602 Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directories for the years ending 1907 and 1908 Heading(San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco Directories for 1907 and 1908PublisherH.S. Crocker and Co.Date Published1907-08 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next