Sale 672: Rare Americana, including California & the West (#672) 05/02/2019 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/02/2019 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 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 101-157 of 157. Previous|12|Next Lot #236 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive and Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHutchings, J.M.HeadlineHutchings in Heart of Sierras, 1st ed., 1st issuePublisherPublished at the Old CabinDate Published1886 Lot #240 In the Senate of the United States... Mr. Ramsey submitted the following Memorial, &c. Northern Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the board of direction of the company, communications from Lieutenant General Grant, Brevet Major General Meigs, Q.M.G, and Brevet Major General Ingalls, A.Q.M., and report of the engineer-in-chief, November, 1867 (caption title) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorJohnson, Edwin F., Alexander Ramsay, et al.HeadlineMemorial Northern Pacific Railroad with mapPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1868 Lot #242 Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorKing, ClarenceHeadlineMountaineering in the Sierra NevadaPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low, and SearleDate Published1872 Lot #243 Travels of the Jesuits, into the Various Parts of the World: Particularly China and East-Indies... Translated from the celebrated Lettres edifiantes & curiouses, ecrites des Missons etrangeres, par les Missonaires de la compagnie de Jesus... To which is now prefixed, An Account of the Spanish Settlements, in America, with a general Index to the whole Work View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Kino, Eusebio Francisco)AuthorLockman, JohnHeadlineWith the Kino map of California 1762PublisherPrinted for T. PietyDate Published1762 Lot #244 Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in Response to Senate resolution of December 13, 1894, transmitting information concerning the survey of the Klamath Indian Reservation, in Oregon, etc. 53rd Congress, 3d Session. Ex. Doc. 62 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Klamath Indians)HeadlineKlamath Indian Reservation mapsDate Published[1895] Lot #245 The "Map of Maps" Alaska. Yukon, Cariboo, Omineca, Cassiar, and a Portio of the Kootenay Gold Fields View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Klondike Gold Rush)HeadlineAlaskan Gold Rush map and how-to, 1898PublisherJ.J. MillroyDate Published1898 Lot #246 WITHDRAWN - The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorKneeland, SamuelHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Kneeland's Wonders of Yosemite with 10 mounted photosPublisherAlexander MooreDate Published1871 Lot #253 Kartenwerk zu Dr. Karl Andree's Nord-Amerika View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLange, HenryHeadlineKartenwerk zu Dr. Karl Andree's Nord-Amerika, 1854PublisherGeorge WestermannDate Published1854 Lot #255 Personal accounting ledger, 1843-1844, of merchant captain and California pioneer William A. Leidesdorff View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold AuthorLeidesdorff, William AlexanderHeadlineAccounting ledger of W.A. Leidesdorff 1843-44Date Published1843-1844 Lot #256 Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and by Direction of its committee on Historical Documents. Together with Manuscript material of Lewis and Clark from other Sources including Notebooks, Letters, Maps, etc. and the Journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorThwaites, Reuben Gold, editorHeadlineOriginal Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1959PublisherAntiquarian Press LtdDate Published1959 Lot #257 Californien unmittelbar vor und nach der Entdeckung des Goldes. Bilder aus dem Leben des Heinrich Lienhard in Nauvoo, Nordamerika. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLienhard, HeinrichHeadlineCalifornia immediately before and after the discovery of gold, 1898PublisherFasi & BeerDate Published1898 Lot #261 Colton Company proposal for an Iowa County map View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Map-making – Colton, 1857 letter)Headline1857 Colton Co. map-making letter and decorative envelopeDate PublishedJan. 12, 1857 Lot #279 Journal of a Cruise to California and the Sandwich Islands in the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineJournal of a Cruise to CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1955 Lot #283 Fifty sheets of 1916-17 miners' payroll View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Miners' payroll sheets)HeadlineMiners' payroll sheets 1916-17PublisherAlpha MineDate Published1916-17 Lot #290 The Mountains of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir's Mountains of CaliforniaPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1894 Lot #291 The Yosemite View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir The Yosemite First EditionPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1912 Lot #294 Eight original lantern slides of Christian Mono and Yosemite Indians View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Native Americans - Mono & Yosemite Indians)HeadlineLantern slides of Mono & Yosemite IndiansDate Publishedc.1919-1920 Lot #296 Raised Relief Map of the White Mountains View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(New Hampshire - Relief Map)HeadlineRaised Relief Map of White Mountains NH 1872PublisherPublished by Geo. K. Snow & BradeeDate Published1872 Lot #300 Goodrich Road Sign: Route Book, Rochester to Albany (wrapper title) View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(New York)HeadlineRoute map from Rochester to AlbanyPublisherB.F. Goodrich CoDate Publishedc.1915 Lot #302 California for Health, Pleasure, and Residence. A Book for Travellers and Settlers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorNordhoff, CharlesHeadlineNordhoff, California: A Book for TravellersPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1872 Lot #306 Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorOrton, Richard H.HeadlineCalifornians in the Civil WarPublisherState OfficeDate Published1890 Lot #308 Original Cirkut Camera panoramic photograph of firemen and fire trucks posed on the grounds of the P.P.I.E. in San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Panama Pacific International Exposition)HeadlinePanorama of Firemen at the P.P.I.E.PublisherCardinell-Vincent Co.Date Published1915 Lot #332 The Inside Track: The Way Through the Wonderful Fruit and Flower Garden of Interior Southern California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Railroads)HeadlineSouthern California railway 1907PublisherSouthern Pacific CompanyDate Published1907 Lot #333 Los Angeles: The Gateway to Southern California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Railroads)HeadlineLos Angeles: The Gateway to Southern CaliforniaPublisher[National Parks Bureau, U.S. Railroads Administration]Date Published[c.1920?] Lot #337 The History of America View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorRobertson, WilliamHeadlineThe History of America, 1778PublisherW. Strahan, et al.Date Published1778 Lot #338 The Overland Stage to California: Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorRoot, Frank A. and William Elsey ConnelleyHeadlineRoot, Overland Stage to California, 1901PublisherPublished by the AuthorsDate Published1901 Lot #347 California in 1851-[1852]: The Letters of Dame Shirley View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineThe Shirley Letters, Grabhorn PressPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1933 Lot #348 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineThomas Russell printing of the Shirley LettersPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Lot #351 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$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSimpson, GeorgeHeadlineProof of Voyage to CA ports in 1841-2PublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1930 Lot #356 Quarterly of the Society of California Pioneers - Volumes 1 through 10 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Society of California Pioneers)HeadlineQuarterly of the Society of California Pioneers, complete runPublisherSociety of California PioneersDate Published1924-1933 Lot #357 The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorSoulé, Frank, John H. Gihon and James NisbetHeadlineAnnals of San Francisco, 1855PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1855 Lot #368 The Resources and Attractions of Idaho Territory. Facts Regarding Climate, Soil, Minerals, Agricultural and Grazing Lands, Forests, Scenery, Game and Fish.. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorStrahorn, Robert E.HeadlineResources of Idaho w/folding map 1881Publisher[Omaha Republican Print]Date Published1881 Lot #370 Archive of work by Cinematographer Robert L. Surtees View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorSurtees, Robert L.HeadlineArchive of Cinematographer Robert L. SurteesDate Published1926-1966 Lot #372 History of the Public School System of California View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSwett, JohnHeadlineHistory of the Public School System of CaliforniaPublisherA.L. Bancroft and CompanyDate Published1876 Lot #374 A Map of the United States of Mexico, as organized and defined by the several Acts of the Congress of that Republic. Constructed from a great variety of Printed and Manuscript Documents, by H.S. Tanner View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorTanner, Henry SchenckHeadlineTanner's map of Mexico 1846PublisherHenry S. TannerDate Published1846 Lot #375 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineOne of the most influential books on the California Gold RushPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 Lot #376 California Life Illustrated View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorTaylor, WilliamHeadlineTaylor's California Life Illustrated, 1858PublisherPublished for the AuthorDate Published1858 Lot #378 Three volumes on mapping Texas and the Southwest View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Texas and the Southwest)HeadlineThree volumes on mapping Texas and the SouthwestDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #388 Maps and Charts of the United States Coast Survey View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(U.S. Coast Survey)AuthorBache, A.D.HeadlineMaps and Charts of the United States Coast Survey, inscribed by BacheDate Published1854 Lot #396 Fidalgo Island, Washington Territory, 1872 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Washington - Fidalgo Island)HeadlineRare blueprint map of Fidalgo Island Washington 1872Date Published1872 Lot #402 My Camera on Point Lobos View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorWeston, EdwardHeadlineWeston on Point Lobos, 1950PublisherVirginia Adams & Houghton MifflinDate Published1950 Lot #405 Appletons' New and Complete United States Guide Book for Travellers. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorWilliams, W.HeadlineUnited States Guide Book for Travellers, 1854PublisherD. Appleton & Co.Date Published1854 Lot #406 Report Upon the Removal of Blossom Rock San Francisco Harbor California View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorWilliamson, W.H. and W.H. HeuerHeadlineSigned by R.S. WilliamsonPublisher[Government Printing Office]Date Published1870 Lot #418 San Francisco: A History of the Pacific Coast Metropolis View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorYoung, John P.HeadlineSF History of Pacific Coast Metropolis 1st edPublisherS.J. Clarke Publishing Co.Date Published[1912] Lot #422 WITHDRAWN - Berkeley, California 1917: An absolutely accurate map of Berkeley View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(California - Berkeley)AuthorMason-McDuffie Co.HeadlineWITHDRAWN - Map of Berkeley highlighting Northbrae Properties, 1917PublisherMason-McDuffie Co.Date Published1917 Lot #424 Employees of Mission System, Division "C" Market Street Railway Company, 1897 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineMarket St. Railway Co. employee portraits, 1897PublisherMarket Street Railway CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #425 Golden Gate Bridge View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDean, MalletteHeadlineMystery Print of the Golden GateDate PublishedNo date Lot #426 Marine Engineers Pocket Manual, Compiled by Marine Engineers' Beneficial Ass'n, No. 35, of San Francisco, Cal. View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSF Marine Engineers Souvenir ManualDate Published1892 Lot #427 Receipt from C. & P. H. Tirrell & Co. View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline1875 receipt from San Francisco boot businessDate Published1875 Lot #429 WITHDRAWN - Cabinet card of John Franklin Swift, American politician and author View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Heading(California Politician)HeadlineCabinet card of Jonathan Swift, writer and California politicianDate PublishedUndated Lot #434 Supplies for Mine and Mill, Machine Shop Saw & Planing Mill View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorHarron, Rickard & McConeHeadlineSupplies for Mine and Mill 1904PublisherHarron, Rickard & McConeDate Published1904 Lot #442 Broderick and Gwin. The Most Extraordinary Contest for a Seat in the Senate... a Brief History of Early Politics in California... View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold AuthorO'Meara, JamesHeadlineBroderick and Gwin early politics CA 1881PublisherBacon & CompanyDate Published1881 Lot #446 By-Laws, House Rules and List of Officers and Members of the San Francisco Commercial Club Successors to Merchants' Club View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(San Francisco)Headline1913 SF Commercial Club By-Laws, Officers, MembersDate Published1913 Lot #449 The Central Pacific R. R. Debt. - California's Remonstrance Against Refunding It View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorSutro, Adolph and many othersHeadlineCalifornia protests refunding the Central Pacific R.R.PublisherN.p.Date Published[1895] Lot #450 Cased daguerreotype photograph of young man, quite possibly Adolph Sutro View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Sutro, Adolph?)HeadlineCased photograph of young man, likely Adolph SutroDate Publishedc.1850 Lot #451 Mark Twain's Letter to the California Pioneers View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain Oakland, CA pressingPublisherDewitt & SnellingDate Published1911 Lot #452 Photograph of General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo Inscribed by his daughter View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe)HeadlinePhotograph of General Vallejo inscribed by his daughter LuisaPublisherN.p.Date PublishedN.d. 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