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Previous|12|Next Lot #3 Two ground-breaking histories of African-American pioneers in California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(African-American - California)HeadlineAfrican-American pioneers in California, 2 classic historical studies Lot #4 Black immigrant 'stumps' California for Democrats - Autograph Letter Signed View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(African-American - Los Angeles)AuthorJacobs, Louis T.Headline1888 Black immigrant 'stumps' California for DemocratsDate PublishedAug. 7, 1888 Lot #5 Manuscript deed of sale for two slaves to William Bibb, for the use and benefit of Harriet M. Goodwin and her children View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American - Slavery)AuthorTaylor, William H.HeadlineSlavery document from the 1840sDate PublishedFebruary 14, 1845 Lot #6 Virginia slave auction proceeds View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(African-American - Slavery)AuthorTrabue, MaconHeadlineAntebellum Virginia slave auction proceeds, Document SignedDate PublishedNov. 17, 1855 Lot #7 Frederick Douglass the Orator View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorGregory, James M.HeadlineFrederick Douglass the Orator by James M. GregoryPublisherWillley CompanyDate Published[1893] Lot #8 A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865. Preceded by a Review of the Military Services of Negroes in Ancient and Modern Times View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(African-American)AuthorWilliams, George W.HeadlineImportant work on African American soldiers in the American Civil WarPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1888 Lot #9 Fugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812 - Autograph Letter Signed View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1813)AuthorParker, Daniel, Chief Clerk, US War DepartmentHeadlineFugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812Date PublishedJuly 19, 1813 Lot #10 Legal battle over a Virginia slave mother and her children - Document Signed View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1843)AuthorJohn M. Perkins.Headline1843 Legal battle over a Virginia slave and her childrenDate PublishedOct. 17, 1843 Lot #11 Deed of Manumission of slave Peter Harris, Document Signed. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1850)AuthorTurpin, Philip O.Headline1850 Slave emancipation document, KentuckyDate PublishedFeb. 11, 1850 Lot #12 Account of slave Christmas in Kentucky by a Pennsylvania Yankee View details Estimate$300 - $400Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1850s)AuthorS.W.MitchellHeadline1850s slave Christmas in Kentucky - letter by a Pennsylvania YankeeDate PublishedDec. 24-25, [ca. 1851-53] Lot #13 Four early catalogs of African-American rare books and ephemera, including the classic Heartman catalog of 1946 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1941-1961 - Reference)Headline4 early catalogs of African-American rare books and ephemera, 1941-61PublisherVarious publishersDate Published1941-61 Lot #14 Menu, “Café Society Presents Purveyor’s Night”: for investors San Francisco Black Jazz Club View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1948 – San Francisco Jazz Club)AuthorBlackshear, HaroldHeadline1948 Menu for upscale San Francisco Jazz ClubDate PublishedJan. 29, 1948 Lot #15 Two elegantly produced imprints View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1989-96 – Reference)Headline2 fine printings about African-American rare books and epehemeraDate Published1989-1996 Lot #16 Prejudice-themed African-Americana antiques View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1993-2010 – Reference)HeadlinePrejudice African-American antiquesDate Published1993-2010 Lot #17 Complete set of the 1st 19 annual NY auction catalogs of Printed & Manuscript African-Americana View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1996-2014 – Reference)AuthorSwann GalleriesHeadlineAfrican-Americana auctions, set of 19 Swann Galleries NY catalogsDate Published1996-2014 Lot #19 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Lot #25 Tourist Courts and Cabins in California and Adjacent States. Compiled by the California State Automobile Association View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Automobile Tour Book - California)HeadlineTrailer courts and cabins along western highwaysPublisherCalifornia State Automobile AssociationDate Published[1937] Lot #26 My Travel Diary [manuscript cover title) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Automobile Travel Diary)HeadlineYoung woman's travel diary on west coastDate Published1916-1927 Lot #33 Three letters from Daniel Beard, illustrator and youth leader, to William T. Hornaday, naturalist and zoologist View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBeard, Daniel CarterHeadlineDan Beard writes to William T. HornadayDate Publishedc.1910-15 Lot #38 Mountmorres: Where the Salt-laden Ozone of the Sea Mingles with the Vitalizing Air of the Mountains View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Santa Monica)HeadlineMountmorres Resort, Santa Monica 1911Date Published[c.1911] Lot #39 Framed photograph of Donner Lake View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - Donner Lake)HeadlinePhotograph of Donner LakeDate Published[n.d.] Lot #40 First Biennial Report of the California State Board of Forestry, for the years 1885-86, to Governor George Stoneman View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Forestry)HeadlineCalifornia forestry 1886PublisherJames J. Ayers, Supt. State PrintingDate Published1886 Lot #41 Resources of the Southern San Joaquin Valley, California. Fresno, Tulare and Kern Counties. Topography, Soil, Climate, Productions, Railroads and General Advantages. 1,000,000 Acres of Government Land Subject to Homestead and Pre-emption. Large Tracts of Cheap Private and Railroad Land. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(California - Fresno, Tulare & Kern Counties)HeadlineEarly promotional book for CA immigrationPublisherImmigration Association of CaliforniaDate Published1885 Lot #42 Broadside advertisement for "Lathrop's Iron Hay Press. (Patented 1880)" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Hollister)AuthorLathrop, L.B.HeadlineBroadside advertising California hay press, 1881Date Published1881 Lot #43 Lake Tahoe View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(California - Lake Tahoe)AuthorParker, Harold A.HeadlineHand-colored prints of Lake TahoePublisherHarold A. ParkerDate Published[1911] Lot #44 Souvenir of Long Beach View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - Long Beach)HeadlineRare pictorial souvenir of Long Beach California 1900PublisherPublished for Long Beach Board of Trade by A. StertDate Published1900 Lot #45 Free Directory of Long Beach, California: April issue, 1914 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Long Beach)AuthorTaylor, J.P.HeadlineDirectory of Long Beach, Cal., 1914PublisherJ.P. Taylor, Prop.Date Published1914 Lot #46 An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County California. Containing a History of Los Angeles County from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineIllustrated History of Los Angeles County 1889PublisherLewis Publishing CompanyDate Published1889 Lot #47 Martinez, California: a home city - strategic location for factories View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Martinez)HeadlineMartinez & its oil refinery 1915PublisherMartinez Board of TradeDate Published1915 Lot #48 The Romance of El Camino Real. With Authentic Kaloprints Attesting to the Period of Construction (1769-1830), The Period of Depletion (1835-) and Partial Preservation of the Historic California Missions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Missions)HeadlineRomance of El Camino Real Kaloprint illustrationsPublisherKaloprint CorporationDate Published1933 Lot #49 The Resources of Napa County, California, illustrated and described View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - Napa County)HeadlinePromoting Napa & Wine Industry 1887PublisherPublished by authority of the Board of SupervisorsDate Published1887 Lot #50 Five blueprints for a house in Petaluma, California View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California - Petaluma)AuthorJones, BrainerdHeadlineBlueprints by Petaluma architect Brainerd JonesDate Publishedc.1925 Lot #51 Placer County, California (wrapper title) View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Placer County)HeadlineScarce Placer County promotional, 1887PublisherPlacer County Board of TradeDate Published1887 Lot #52 Two booklet relating to California prisons View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Prisons)HeadlineTwo booklets on California prisons, 1930'sDate Published1932 & 1937 Lot #53 Plumas House Hotel View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Quincy)AuthorBrince, H.HeadlinePlumas House Hotel photograph c. 1880Date Published[c.1880] Lot #54 Trails & Tales of San Antonio Canyon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - San Antonio Canyon )AuthorAlexander, Dan P., publisherHeadlineSan Antonio Canyon in Angeles National ForestPublisherAlexander's StudioDate Published1924 Lot #55 Arrowhead Springs, California's Ideal Spa View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Bernardino County)AuthorBailey, Gilbert EllisHeadlineThe spa at Arrowhead Springs, San Bernardino Co., Ca.PublisherUnion Lithograph Co.Date Published1917 Lot #56 Upland, California: The biggest little city in San Bernardino County View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Bernardino County)HeadlinePromoting Upland California c.1910Publisher[Upland Chamber of Commerce?]Date Publishedc.1910 Lot #57 Building Ordinances City and County of San Francisco 1907 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBuilding ordinances of San Francisco 1907Date Published1907 Lot #58 Rolling Stock, Municipal Railway of San Francisco. Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1946-[1951] (cover titles) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRolling stock of San Francisco Municipal Railway 1946-51Date Published1946-51 Lot #59 [Photographs - Two Views of Sausalito, CA and Tiburon] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Sausalito)HeadlineTwo c.1900 photographs of Sausalito, CA and Tiburon, CADate Publishedc.1900 Lot #60 Index to Precinct Registers of Sierra County, California, Printed for the September Primary Election, to be held on Tuesday, September 3d, 1912. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Sierra County)HeadlineSierra County CA index to precinct registers 1912PublisherMountain Messenger Print.Date Published1912 Lot #61 Beautiful Camp Meeker. Surrendered to the Veterans' Association of Northern California June 19, 1907 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sonoma County)AuthorMeeker, Melvin CyrusHeadlineCamp Meeker in Sonoma County, Cal.Publisher[Camp Meeker'Date Published1907 Lot #62 Art Work on Southern California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(California - Southern)HeadlineViews of SoCal from CA Photogravure Co., 1900PublisherCalifornia Photogravure Co.Date Published1900 Lot #63 [Collection of Yosemite and California postcards] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineYosemite and California post card collectionDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #69 California 1902. Souvenir programme of biennial gathering, Knights of Pythias, at San Francisco, California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorAikin, Charles S., compilerHeadlineKnights of Pythias in California, 1902PublisherCommercial Publishing CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #70 Under Golden Skies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorCalifornia BankHeadlinePictorial California c.1925PublisherCalifornia BankDate Published[c.1925] Lot #71 Crocker's guide for election officers; containing the constitutional provisions defining the right of suffrage; manner of appointing and organizing Boards of Election; laws relating to tickets and ballots... to be used in connection with Crocker's election blanks View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineGuide for election officers, 1890PublisherH.S. Crocker & Co.,Date Published1890 Lot #72 Travel diary with 32 captioned original snapshot photographs of ocean voyage from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and sojourns at various tourist destinations View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlinePhoto Diary of trip from S.F. to L.A. and S.D., 1915Date Published1915 Lot #74 Archive of approx. 25 letters relating to the cattle industry in the western United States View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cattle Industry)HeadlineOriginal letters relating to cattle industry 1883-97Date Publishedc.1883-1897 Lot #75 Letter from a prospective cowboy to the President of the Wyoming Stock Association, requesting that he be removed from the employment blacklist so he could get a job, with a letter from a judge attesting to the supplicant's good character View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Cattle Industry)AuthorAughey, William H.HeadlineLetter from blacklisted cowboyDate PublishedMay 15th & 16th, 1895 Lot #76 Fifteen manuscript announcements of round-ups on the western cattle ranges View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Cattle Industry)HeadlineAnnouncements of western cattle roundupsDate PublishedLate 19th-early 20th centuries? Lot #78 The California Brand Book 1919 [and] Copy of the Brand of Frank Roach of Phelps Farm View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Cattle Ranching in California)AuthorCattle Board of Protection of CaliforniaHeadlineThe California Brand Book 1919 and sample cattle brandPublisherCattle Protection BoardDate Published[1918] Lot #81 New York murder scandal, inter-racial Chinese-Irish marriage View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese-American, 1859)AuthorGorham, HenryHeadline1859 NY murder scandal, inter-racial Chinese-Irish marriageDate PublishedMarch 9, 1859 Lot #82 Ephemera by and about Chingwah Lee View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Chinese-American, San Francisco, 1937-1981)HeadlineChingwah Lee, San Francisco Chinatown actor and community leader Lot #93 Handwritten letter from Fitzhugh Lee to W.D. Hill View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)HeadlineLetter from Confederate general and later VA governor Fitzhugh LeeDate Published1885 Lot #103 Three Years in California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorColton, WalterHeadlineThree Years in California by ColtonPublisherA.S. Barnes & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #108 Identification of Sir Francis Drake's Anchorage on the Coast of California in the Year 1579 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$425StatusSold AuthorDavidson, GeorgeHeadlineDrake's Anchorage, 1890PublisherCalifornia Historical SocietyDate Published1890 Lot #117 Two Items related to John C. and Jessie Benton Frémont] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Frémont, John C. & Jessie Benton)HeadlineTwo Items Related to John C. and Jessie Benton FremontDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #119 Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, in the Years 1843-44 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Exploring Expedition to the Rocky MountainsPublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1846 Lot #120 [Genealogy of Barnabas Horton] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Genealogy)HeadlineGenealogy of Barnabas HortonDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #124 Two collections of photographs by Time-Life photographer George Grau, on the Golden Gate International Exposition & Chinese-Americans View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorGrau, GeorgeHeadlineTime-Life photographer George Grau's images of the Golden Gate International ExpositionDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #126 The History of San José and Surroundings with Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHall, FredericHeadlineThe History of San José, 1871PublisherA. L. BancroftDate Published1871 Lot #128 The Life and Personality of Phoebe Apperson Hearst View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Hearst, Phoebe Apperson)AuthorBonfils, Winifred BlackHeadlineLife and Personality of Phoebe Apperson HearstPublisherPrinted for William Randolph Hearst by John Henry NashDate Published1928 Lot #131 Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain containing researches relative to the geography of Mexico, the extent of its surface and its political division into Intendancies... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHumboldt, Alexander VonHeadlineHumboldt on New Spain 1st Am. Ed. 1811PublisherI. RileyDate Published1811 Lot #137 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. - Inscribed by Coretta Scott King View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineCoretta Scott King on MLK, inscribedPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] Lot #138 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. - Signed by Coretta Scott King View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineCoretta Scott King on MLK, inscribedPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] Lot #140 Mounted photograph of Lake Tahoe View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Lake Tahoe)HeadlineLake Tahoe mounted photographDate Published[n.d.] Lot #145 Eleven 18th century land deeds, nearly all for land in North Yarmouth, not in Maine, but then part of Massachusetts Bay Colony or the Commonwealth of Massachusetts View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Massachusetts/Maine)HeadlineColonial land deeds from Massachusetts/MaineDate Published1761-1784 Lot #150 Manuscript petition by Indians in western New Spain accusing a friar of having a lover living with him, whom he claims is just his cook View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMexican Indians accuse friar of having lover, 1805Date Published1805 Lot #153 The Yosemite View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir The Yosemite First EditionPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1912 Lot #155 Eight original lantern slides of Christian Mono and Yosemite Indians View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Native Americans - Mono & Yosemite Indians)HeadlineLantern slides of Mono & Yosemite IndiansDate Publishedc.1919-1920 Lot #159 Four military appointments for William Cox, two in the Nevada National Guard, two in the United States Volunteer Cavalry View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)HeadlineNevadan serves in Spanish American WarDate Published1896-1904 Lot #162 The Story of the Exposition; Being the Official History of the International Celebration Held at San Francisco in 1915 to Commemorate the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the Construction of the Panama Canal View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Panama Pacific International Exposition)AuthorTodd, Frank MortonHeadlineStory of the Panama Pacific Exposition 5 vols.PublisherPutnam's / Knickerbocker PressDate Published1921 Lot #167 Cornelius Cole: California Pioneer and United States Senator View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorPhillips, Catherine CoffinHeadlineCornelius Cole: California Pioneer limited edition in fine, full vellumPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1929 Lot #174 The Golden State and its Resources View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPowell, John J.HeadlineGold, Bears, and OrangesPublisherBacon & Co.Date Published1874 Lot #179 Oration on the Life and Character of Gilbert Motier de Lafayette... - With presentation from J.Q. Adams to Isaac Hill View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1825)AuthorAdams, John QuincyHeadlinePresented by John Quincy Adams to Isaac HillPublisherGales and SeatonDate Published1835 Lot #180 Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1850)AuthorBrowne, J. RossHeadlineReport of the Debates in the Convention of CaliforniaPublisherJohn T. TowersDate Published1850 Lot #183 Four pieces of correspondence relating to Theodore Roosevelt's investment in the Teschemacher & DeBillier Cattle Company View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1901)HeadlineTheodore Roosevelt invests in cattle industryDate Published1886-1890 Lot #186 Signed letter to J.H. Edwards of Seattle from former President William H. Taft on Palace Hotel, San Francisco stationary dated Sept 6, 1915. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$160StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1909)AuthorTaft, William H.HeadlineSigned William Taft letterDate Published1915 Lot #187 Military appointment signed by President Taft, with appointment letter signed by Major General Henry P. McCain, relative of the late Senator John McCain View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1909)AuthorTaft, William HowardHeadlineTaft signed military appointment of John McCain relativeDate Published1913 Lot #190 Letter from President Harry S. Truman to John Franklin Carter, thanking him for a copy of his book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1945)AuthorTruman, Harry S.HeadlineTruman thanks newspaperman for a bookDate PublishedFebruary 8, 1947 Lot #193 The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 2009)AuthorObama, BarackHeadlineSigned by Barack ObamaPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published[2006] Lot #196 Beyond the Mississippi: From the Great River to the Great Ocean. Life and Adventure on the Prairies, Mountains, and Pacific Coast.... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorRichardson, Albert D.HeadlineRichardson's Beyond the Mississippi 1867PublisherAmerican PublishingDate Published[1867] Lot #199 Archive of 17 original photographs of the construction of the Marshall Square Building, which was to house the Orpheum Theater, plus several original designs & plans View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco - Marshall Square Building)HeadlineConstruction of Orpheum Theater in San FranciscoDate Publishedc.1925 Lot #200 Handwritten letter dated Tuesday, April 24, 1906, Palo Alto, CA View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorMonteath, Sadie L.HeadlineLetter written days after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and describing the sceneDate Published1906 Lot #201 Employees of Mission System, Division "C" Market Street Railway Company, 1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco)HeadlineMarket St. Railway Co. employee portraits, 1897PublisherMarket Street Railway CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #202 Invoice book for Santa Clara Alms House 1896-1898 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Santa Clara Alms House)HeadlineSanta Clara Alms House Invoice BookDate Published1896-1898 Lot #209 Letter from John Philip Sousa to General James H. Wilson, stationed in Cuba, thanking him for a 6th Army Corps badge View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSousa, John PhilipHeadlineJohn Philip Sousa writes to general in Cuba 1900Date Published9th August 1900 Lot #210 Army soldier in the Black Hills 10 years after Wounded Knee - letter View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(South Dakota - Cavalry Fort, 1901)AuthorReynolds, FultonHeadline1901 Cavalry trooper in Black Hills of South Dakota, 10 years after Wounded KneeDate PublishedAug. 5, 1901 Lot #226 Archive of letters, documents, receipts, stock certificates, and other items relating to business transactions of the Tyler-Goodwyn family, and to the bridge of which they were principal owners View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Tyler-Goodwyn Family - Business documents, papers & letters)HeadlineBusiness transactions of Tyler-Goodwyn familyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #228 Archive of manuscript, printed & typed materials relating to political activities of members and descendants of the Tyler-Goodwyn family, their minor literary endeavors, and education View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Tyler-Goodwyn Family - politics, literary & education)HeadlinePolitics of descendants of President TylerDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #233 Legal complaint about property taxes at the Zoar communal colony of German immigrants View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Utopian colony, Zoar, Ohio, 1853)AuthorHance, Judge Joseph C.Headline1853 Zoar, Ohio utopian colony of German "separatists" - LetterDate PublishedMay 1, 1853 Lot #236 Four letters, a wedding certificate, and a weights and measures workbook - a miscellany from early Americana to the Civil War View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Weights & measures, etc.)AuthorVarious authorsHeadlineAn American miscellanyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #237 Receipt for express order for $113.85 to be forwarded by Mrs. F.A. Towle in Towles, California, to a Mrs. L. Brown in San Francisco View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Wells, Fargo & Co.)HeadlineWells, Fargo receipt from Towles, CADate PublishedDec. 12, 1892 Lot #238 Manuscript ledger recording accounts for two whaling voyages undertaken by the Eunice H. Adams of Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Whaling - account ledger)HeadlineAccount ledger for two whaling voyages, 1884-5Date Published1884-1885 Lot #240 Four manuscript folio ledger books recording the daily accounts of Frank Spencer Witherbee and the management of the estate of his father John Gilman Witherbee View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Witherbee Family account ledgers 1875-1906)HeadlineLedgers of Witherbee iron ore family 1875-1906Date Published1875-1906 Lot #247 Yosemite Valley Through the Stereoscope View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineYosemite through the Stereoscope with 24 viewsPublisherUnderwood & UnderwoodDate Published1902 Lot #248 Story of the Earthquake and Fire View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorZeigler, Wilbur GleasonHeadlineScarce SF Earthquake Viewbook, 1906PublisherLeon C. OsteyeeDate Published1906 Lot #352 Restricting US trade with Cuba at the start of the Latin American wars of independence from Spain View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Cuba, 1810)AuthorJuan Stoughton, Spanish Consul in BostonHeadlineUS trade with Spanish Cuba during Latin American wars of independence - 1810 letterDate PublishedMay 7, 1810 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next