Sale 625: Rare Cartography - Americana - Travel & Exploration (#625) 09/21/2017 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/21/2017 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 625 433 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 1-76 of 76. Previous|1|Next Lot #16 Up-to-Date Accurate Indexed Maps. Kern Co. Oil Fields, California. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(California - Kern County)HeadlineMaps of Kern County Oil Fields 1901PublisherHall, Barlow & AustinDate Published1901 Lot #17 Lake Tahoe View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(California - Lake Tahoe)AuthorEddy, Gerald A.HeadlineColor topographical map of Lake TahoeDate Published[c.1940's] Lot #18 Hikers Road & Trail Map of Mt. Tamalpais and Vicinity Compiled from Government & Private Data - three variant examples View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California - Marin County)HeadlineHikers Maps of Mt. TamalpaisPublisherAtlas Service Reproduction CompanyDate Publishedc.1920 Lot #21 Site of Golden Gate-International Exposition: "A Pageant of the Pacific" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBurbank, E.A.HeadlineColor lithograph of San Francisco by E.A. Burbank, 1939PublisherWobbers Inc.Date Published[c.1939] Lot #22 Five scenes of San Francisco and the Bay Area View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineHand-colored engravings of San FranciscoDate Published[c.late 1800's] Lot #23 Map Showing Transfer System of All Street Car Lines of San Francisco View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorLangley, Henry G.,HeadlineMap of San Francisco cable Car Lines 1895PublisherJ.B. Painter CompanyDate Published1895 Lot #24 Map of San Francisco and Vicinity View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineColor map of San Francisco 1911PublisherRand McNally & Co.Date Published1911 Lot #26 San Francisco. 1851. Published for the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineColor litho of San Francisco in 1851Date Published1851 Lot #27 Six framed hand-colored views of California, mostly San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSix framed hand-colored views of California, mostly San FranciscoPublisher[Harper's Weekly]Date Published[Late 1800's] Lot #28 Thomas Bros. Block Book of San Francisco... Sunset, South Half... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBlock book for San Francisco Sunset District 1923Date Publishedc.1923 Lot #29 U.S. Coast Survey A.D. Bache Superintendent City of San Francisco and Its Vicinity, California. From a Trigonometrical Survey by R.D. Cutts, Assistant. Topography by A.F Rodgers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorU.S. Coast SurveyHeadlineCoast Survey map of San Francisco 1853Date Published1853 Lot #35 Map of the Town of Felton Scale 200 = 1" View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Santa Cruz County)AuthorPatterson, NoelHeadlineBlue print map of Felton, Santa Cruz Co., Cal.Date Publishedc.1910? Lot #36 Map of the Gold Run Mine. Gilta, Siskiyou County, California. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Siskiyou County)AuthorDannenbrink, Aug. and Thos. V. ReevesHeadlineMap of Gold Run Mine, Siskiyou County 1920Date Published1920 Lot #39 Eight hand-colored scenes of California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)Headline8 hand-colored California scenesDate Published[c. late 1800's] Lot #52 Five engraved plates from Captain Cook's Voyages View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorWebber, J.HeadlineFive engraved plates after J. WebberPublisher[Printed by W. and A. Strahan for G. Nicol and T. Cadell]Date Published[c.1784] Lot #86 1942 Wells Fargo wall calendar featuring large color print by Harold Von Schmidt View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorVon Schmidt, HaroldHeadline1942 calendar with color print by Harold Von SchmidtPublisherWells Fargo Bank and Union Trust Co.Date Published1942 Lot #97 "A Photograph of Yosemite by Ansel Adams" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineAnsel Adams Yosemite photographPublisherBest's Studio, Inc.Date Published[c.1940's?] Lot #131 Elaborate color lithographed charter for a chapter of the Independent Order of Foresters located in Auburn, California View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - Auburn)HeadlineColor litho charter for International Foresters 1892Date Published1892 Lot #134 Manuscript notebook for surveys at Chili Camp Gulch, Calaveras County View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - Calaveras County)AuthorLivermore, W.W.HeadlineSurveyor's notebooks of Chili Gulch Cal.Date Published1890 Lot #135 Souvenir: Contra Costa County, California, as reviewed under the Vitascope; A pen picture of its wonderfully productive valleys... View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - Contra Costa County)AuthorMetcalfe, William L., compilerHeadlineScarce Contra Costa County Cal. promotionalPublisherRichmond RecordDate Published1902 Lot #136 Report of the Geology and Oil Possibilities of the Kettleman Hills, Fresno and King Counties, California View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - Fresno & Kings Counties)AuthorReed, R.D.HeadlineOil in California's Central Valley 1923Date PublishedDecember 28, 1923 Lot #137 Fullerton: Where, What and Why (wrapper title) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Fullerton)HeadlineRare pictorial souvenir of Fullerton, Calif. 1918PublisherMinot-Day PrintingDate Published1918 Lot #138 Glendale: Your Home (wrapper title) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Glendale)HeadlineScarce promotional booklet for Glendale, Cal.PublisherGlendale Merchants' AssociationDate Published[1929] Lot #139 Glendale, California: The fastest growing city in America View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Glendale)AuthorMcGroarty, John StevenHeadlineGlendale, California, fastest growing city in AmericaPublisherGlendale Chamber of CommerceDate Published[1923] Lot #140 Hotel Hollywood on El Camino Real. A Luxurious hotel ideally situated among the foot-hills two Leagues from Los Angeles. M.J. Anderson Manager View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Hollywood)HeadlineRare brochure for Hollywood HotelDate Publishedc.1905 Lot #142 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineBuilding Laws of Los Angeles 1911PublisherSouthwest Contractor & ManufacturerDate Published1911 Lot #143 History of Mendocino County, California. Comprising its Geography, Geology, Topography, Climatography, Springs and Timber. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(California - Mendocino County)HeadlineHistory of Mendocino County 1880PublisherAlley, Bowen & Co.Date Published1880 Lot #144 Album with 34 original silver photographs of the area in and around Monterey, California, including Chinese fishermen View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - Monterey)HeadlineMonterey photo album with Chinese fishermenDate Publishedc.1910 Lot #146 Pasadena Rose Parade Float Designs, 1963-1964 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Pasadena)HeadlineTournament of Roses album of float designsDate Published1963-64 Lot #147 Riverside Motor Center: Features on the Mission Road inland route View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Riverside)HeadlineRare booklet on Riverside & Mission Inn c.1920Publisher[Mission Inn]Date Published[c.1920?] Lot #148 Rules and Regulations for the St. George Hotel, Sacramento View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sacramento)Headline1860s Hotel Rules & RegulationsDate Publishedc.1862 Lot #150 International water cycle will make a trial trip around Sutro Baths and Seal Rocks, Sunday Feb. 5, at 2:30 P.M. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline"Water Cycle" at Sutro Baths in San Francisco 1905PublisherPrinted by Louis Roesch Co.Date Published[1905] Lot #152 Menu card and flyer for Topsy's Roost at Playland at the Beach in San Francisco View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineMenu for Playland at the Beach restaurant San FranciscoDate Publishedc.1935? Lot #153 Real Estate Catalogue, No. 2 (wrapper title) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRare San Francisco real estate catalogueDate Publishedc.1870? Lot #154 "The Ruins of San Francisco" - original gelatin silver print panoramic photograph View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlinePanorama photo of San Francsco in ruins 1906PublisherR.J. Waters & Co.Date Published1906 Lot #155 "San Francisco May 8th 1908" - original gelatin silver print panoramic photograph View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlinePanorama photo of San Francsco 1908PublisherW.D. LambertDate Published1908 Lot #156 San Francisco in 1851 from Rincon Point View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorShew, WilliamHeadlinePanorama of San Francisco in 1851Date PublishedEarly 20th century Lot #157 Hints to Strangers. 1901. With Compliments of Taber 121 Post Street, S.F. Telephone Main 527 Cable address "Acerolar" View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorTaber Photographic CompanyHeadlineRare San Francisco tourist guide by Taber 1901Date Published1901 Lot #158 The World-Famed Cliff House View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco's Cliff House color printPublisherPacific Novelty Co.Date Published[c.1910] Lot #159 Four photographs of Santa Ana County, California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Santa Ana)HeadlineFour early views of Santa Ana County CaliforniaDate PublishedLate 19th century Lot #160 The Blonde Donna, Or The Fiesta of Santa Barbara. Opera Comique in Three Acts View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California - Santa Barbara)AuthorCarter, ErnestHeadlineThe Blonde Donna of Santa BarbaraPublisherComposers PressDate Published1936 Lot #161 Boyes Hot Springs in the beautiful Sonoma Valley, open the year round. On the County Road, on the railroad, forty-five miles from San Francisco via Sausalito Ferry, an ideal spot for health and pleasure seekers View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sonoma County)AuthorNorton, George, compilerHeadlineRare Boyes Hot Springs Sonoma County booklet 1900PublisherPrinted by the Stanley-Taylor CompanyDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #163 Document Signed as President Pacific Electric Railway Co. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California – Henry Huntington, 1904)AuthorHuntington, Henry E.HeadlineLos Angeles railway magnate Henry Huntington, 1904 Document SignedDate Published1904 Lot #164 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 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush Letters)AuthorEmery, John or ThomasHeadline36 Letters from Canadians in California Gold RushDate Published1855-1858 Lot #165 Whaling author as Sacramento Gold Rush lawyer, letter View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California Gold Rush, Whaling, 1852)AuthorBen Ezra Styles ElyHeadlineWhaling author as California Gold Rush lawyer, 1852 letterDate Published1852 Lot #166 General Electric Power Company of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineGeneral Electric Power Company of California 1905Publisher[Corlies, Macy & Co., Printers]Date Published1905 Lot #167 Glimpses of California, the land of the setting sun - souvenir, 1891-92 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineRare view book of California 1892PublisherOakland Home Insurance CoDate Published1892 Lot #169 Receipt for drayage from the California Steam Navigation Co., Steamboat Antelope View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorKibbe, William C.HeadlineSigned by CA Adjutant Genearl William Kibbe 1866Date PublishedFeb. 20, 1866 Lot #170 Nine gold-rush era bank demand notes issued by Barton Lee of Sacramento View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorLee, BartonHeadlineGold Rush Era Sacramento Bank NotesDate PublishedApril-July 1850 Lot #171 Nine broadsides of auction notices for various California estates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineNine California auction broadsides 1860s-1890sDate Published1868-1894 Lot #173 Manuscript appointment for the Commissioner of Deeds for Sacramento View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorRiley, BennettHeadlineSigned by the last Governor General of California 1849Date PublishedDec. 1, 1849 Lot #174 Souvenir of California (cover title) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineScarce souvenir view book of CaliforniaPublisherWittemann Bros.Date Published1885 Lot #175 Bulletin No. 8 of the California State Mining Bureau April 1896 J.J. Crawford State Mineralogist Showing by Counties the Mineral Productions of California for the Year 1895 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorYale, Charles G.HeadlineCalifornia minerals by county 1895Date Published1896 Lot #190 California Plants in Their Homes View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDavidson, Alice MerrittHeadlineCalifornia Plants in Their Homes 1898PublisherB.R. BaumgardtDate Published1898 Lot #193 Sacramento Directory, for 1866. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Directories - California)AuthorDraper, Robert E., compilerHeadlineRobert E. Draper Sacramento Directory for 1866PublisherH.S. Crocker & Co.Date Published1866 Lot #195 The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing September, 1867 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Directories - California)AuthorLangley, Henry G., compilerHeadlineThe San Francisco Directory for 1867PublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1867 Lot #196 Walt Disney's Guide to Disneyland View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Disneyland)Headline1958 guide to DisneylandPublisherWalt Disney ProductionsDate Published1958 Lot #199 Old Missions of Southern California: Reproductions of pen and ink drawings View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDuvall, Fannie E.HeadlineDrawings of Southern California Missions 1897PublisherLand-Birely Co. PressDate Published1897 Lot #202 California, In-Doors and Out; or, How we Farm, Mine, and Live Generally in the Golden State View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFarnham, Eliza W.HeadlineCalifornia, In-Doors and Out by Eliza FarnhamPublisherDix, Edwards & Co.Date Published1856 Lot #207 The Court of Queen Flora Giving Evidence Against [Guiteau] in his Trial for the Murder of [President] Garfield. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Garfield, James A.)Author[Queen Emma]HeadlineIllustrated manuscrpit letter-poem c.1882Date Published[c.1882] Lot #222 Ramona. A Story View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJackson, Helen (H.H.)HeadlineFirst Edition of Helen Jackson's RamonaPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1884 Lot #223 Notice. Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, California, May 5, 1942... Civilian Exclusion Order No. 41 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese Internment)AuthorDeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.L.HeadlineJapanese Exclusion Act broadside May 5, 1942PublisherU.S. ArmyDate PublishedMay 5, 1942 Lot #230 Treasures of the Humble for Art Lovers - catalogue of miniature bronzes available at Lenz Studio on Santa Barbara View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorLenz, Alfred DavidHeadlineMiniature bronzes by Alfred David LenzPublisherLenz StudioDate Published[1927] Lot #265 Eight stereoviews of San Francisco, including five of the 1906 Earthquake View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Stereoviews - San Francisco)Headline8 stereoviews of San Francisco incl. EarthquakeDate PublishedEarly 20th century Lot #281 Report upon the Removal of Blossom Rock, in San Francisco Harbor, California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorWilliamson, R. S. and W. H. HeuerHeadlineReport upon the Removal of Blossom RockPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1871 Lot #304 On Our Side the Chinese Solider Fights On! View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(China)HeadlineColor WWII Chinese-American propaganda posterPublisherMorale Services Section, HQ, SOS, NATOUSADate Published[c.1942-1944] Lot #312 The Art of Captain Cook's Voyages View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Cook, James)AuthorJoppien, Ruediger and Bernard SmithHeadlineThe Art of Captain Cook's Voyages in 4 VolumesPublisherYale University PressDate Published1985-88 Lot #376 Beaulieu heiress’ champagne and Boston's “Golden Gate” Zin View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(California – Wine)HeadlineCalifornia wine-related ephemera, 1947-54Date Published1947-54 Lot #384 California in 1851-[1852]: The Letters of Dame Shirley View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Author[Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineThe Letters of Dame Shirley Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1933 Lot #386 Chromolithograph broadside advertising the Coleman's Line of ships View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Coleman's Line)HeadlineChromolithograph for Coleman's Line of shipsDate PublishedLate 19th century Lot #393 Langley's San Francisco Directory for the Year 1895 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Heading(Directories - California)AuthorLangley, Henry G., compilerHeadlineSan Francisco Directory for the Year 1895PublisherJ.B. Painter CompanyDate Published1895 Lot #394 The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing March, 1873. Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory... View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Directories - California)AuthorLangley, Henry G., compilerHeadlineLangley's San Francisco Directory for 1873PublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1873 Lot #395 The San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing February 1878. Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory... View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Directories - California)HeadlineSan Francisco Directory for the Year 1878PublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1878 Lot #409 Two volumes featuring scenic views of the United States View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Photography)HeadlineTwo volumes featuring scenic views of the U.S.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #418 The Poetical Geography designed to accompany outline maps or school atlases. To which are added the rules of arithmetic in rhyme - three editions View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorVan Waters. GeorgeHeadlineWith maps of California Gold RegionDate Published1850, 1851, 1853 Lot #419 The First Issue of the Los Angeles Star, Los Angeles' First Newspaper. With a Note by Henry R. Wagner. View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineThe first issue of the Los Angeles StarPublisherBruce McAllisterDate Published1932 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next