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1
  • Author
    Atkinson, William Walker
  • Headline
    Atkinson's Secret of Mental Magic 1st ed.
  • Publisher
    William Walker Atkinson
  • Date Published
    [1907]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
2
  • Author
    Abdy, Edward Strutt
  • Headline
    Abdy's tour of American prisons in the 1830s
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1835
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
4
  • Author
    Adams, Ansel
  • Headline
    Ansel Adams Yosemite and the Range of Light, with signed card
  • Publisher
    New York Graphic Society
  • Date Published
    1979
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
8
  • Heading
    (African American - Slavery)
  • Author
    Keckley, Elizabeth
  • Headline
    Elizabeth Keckley Behind the Scenes 1868
  • Publisher
    G.W. Carleton
  • Date Published
    1868
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
10
  • Heading
    (African American - Slavery)
  • Author
    Northup, Solomon
  • Headline
    Twelve Years a Slave, with excellent associations
  • Publisher
    Derby and Miller
  • Date Published
    1854
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,187.50
StatusSold
11
  • Heading
    (African American - Slavery)
  • Author
    Smith, William A.
  • Headline
    A Southern defense of slavery on eve of war
  • Publisher
    Stevenson and Evans
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
12
  • Heading
    (African American - Slavery)
  • Author
    Steward, Austin
  • Headline
    Scarce slave narrative by Austin Steward 1861
  • Publisher
    Allings & Cory
  • Date Published
    1861
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
16
  • Heading
    (African American - Slavery)
  • Author
    Van Evrie, J.H.
  • Headline
    Negroes and Negro Slavery 1861
  • Publisher
    Van Evrie, Horton, & Co.
  • Date Published
    1861
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
20
  • Heading
    (African American)
  • Author
    Child, Mrs.[Lydia Maria]
  • Headline
    Child, An Appeal in Favor of...Americans Called Africans, 1836
  • Publisher
    John S. Taylor
  • Date Published
    1836
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
21
  • Heading
    (African American)
  • Author
    Douglass, Frederick
  • Headline
    My Bondage and My Freedom, Frederick Douglass, 1855
  • Publisher
    Miller, Orton, & Mulligan
  • Date Published
    1855
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
28
  • Heading
    (Airship Manual)
  • Headline
    Rigid Airship Manual 1927
  • Publisher
    Government Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$1,500
StatusSold
29
  • Heading
    (Alaska and Seattle)
  • Author
    [Harney, W. D.]
  • Headline
    Art Work of Seattle and Alaska
  • Publisher
    The W. D. Harney Photogravure Co.
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
30
  • Heading
    (Alaska)
  • Author
    Burroughs, John, John Muir, et al
  • Headline
    Volumes 1 & 2 of Harriman's Alaska
  • Publisher
    John Murray
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$468.75
StatusSold
31
  • Heading
    (Alaska)
  • Headline
    Reports of the Governor of Alaska for the Fiscal Years 1886-88, 1890
  • Publisher
    Government Printing Office
  • Date Published
    1886-1888, 1890
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
32
  • Heading
    (Ali, Muhammad)
  • Author
    Hauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad Ali
  • Headline
    Muhammad Ali's Life and Times signed
  • Publisher
    Simon & Schuster
  • Date Published
    1991
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
33
  • Heading
    (Anaconda Mining Company - Colorado)
  • Headline
    Letter ledger for the Anaconda Mining Company, Colorado, 1899-1906
  • Publisher
    Anaconda Mining Company
  • Date Published
    1899-1906
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
35
  • Heading
    (Arizona)
  • Headline
    Resources of Yavapai County, Arizona, 1912
  • Publisher
    Immigration Commissioner of Yavapai County
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
37
  • Author
    Baillie-Grohman, W.A.
  • Headline
    Camps in the Rockies, 1883
  • Publisher
    Sampson Low, Marston, Low, Searle & Rivington
  • Date Published
    1883
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
39
  • Heading
    (Beckwourth, James P.)
  • Author
    Bonner, T.D.
  • Headline
    Life of James P. Beckwourth 1st ed 1856
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$250
StatusSold
40
  • Author
    Beechey, Frederick William
  • Headline
    Beechey's Visit to California in 1826-27
  • Publisher
    Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    [1941]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
41
  • Heading
    (Belden, David)
  • Author
    [Berry, John J.]
  • Headline
    Life of David Belden, 1891
  • Publisher
    Belden Brothers
  • Date Published
    1891
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
46
  • Author
    Birkbeck, Morris
  • Headline
    Letters from Illinois, Morris Birkbeck 1818
  • Publisher
    M. Carey and Son
  • Date Published
    1818
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
47
  • Author
    [Blane, William N.]
  • Headline
    Travels through U.S. with Melish map
  • Publisher
    Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy
  • Date Published
    1824
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
48
  • Author
    Blasdel, H.G.
  • Headline
    Second Inaugural Address of H. G. Blasdel 1867
  • Publisher
    J.E. Eckley, State Printer
  • Date Published
    1867
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
51
  • Author
    Bowles, Samuel
  • Headline
    Samuel Bowles Across the Continent, 1865
  • Publisher
    Samuel Bowles & Co.
  • Date Published
    1865
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
53
  • Author
    Boynton, C.B. and T.B. Mason
  • Headline
    Journey Through Kansas 1855 with map
  • Publisher
    Moore, Wilstach, Keys
  • Date Published
    1855
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
54
  • Author
    Brown, Dee
  • Headline
    Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 1st ed
  • Publisher
    Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc.
  • Date Published
    [1970]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
55
  • Author
    Brownell, Charles de Wolf
  • Headline
    Indians of North & South America, Brownell, 1865
  • Publisher
    Hurlbut, Scranton, & Company
  • Date Published
    1865
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
58
  • Author
    Bunnell, David C.
  • Headline
    The Travels and Adventures of David C. Bunnell, 1831
  • Publisher
    J.H. Bortles
  • Date Published
    1831
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
59
  • Author
    Burnett, Peter H.
  • Headline
    Burnett Pioneers California & Oregon, 1880
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton
  • Date Published
    1880
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
60
  • Author
    Burton, Richard F.
  • Headline
    City of the Saints by Richard Burton 1862
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers
  • Date Published
    1862
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
71
  • Heading
    (California - Lake County)
  • Headline
    Promotional booklet for Lake County, Cal.
  • Publisher
    [The Neuner Co.]
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
107
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Waters, R.J., & Co.
  • Headline
    Panorama photograph of SF 1 year after earthquake and fire
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
111
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Cruz County)
  • Headline
    Have You Been To Santa Cruz County? 1915
  • Publisher
    [Santa Cruz Sentinel Print]
  • Date Published
    [c.1915]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
123
  • Heading
    (California Gold Rush)
  • Headline
    Murder, poppies, and property management during the California Gold Rush
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$875
StatusSold
132
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Early California family's letters incl. the Civil War, 1855-1865
  • Date Published
    1855-1865
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
133
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Scarce history of missions in California
  • Publisher
    Impenta [sic] de Pedro Murguia
  • Date Published
    1864
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
138
  • Author
    Campbell, Alexander, editor
  • Headline
    Millennial Harbinger with 1831 anti-Mormon essay
  • Publisher
    Printed and Published by the Editor
  • Date Published
    1830-1831
Estimate$7,000 - $10,000
StatusUnsold
139
  • Author
    Canfield, Chauncey L., editor
  • Headline
    Inscribed to Willis Polk
  • Publisher
    Morgan Shepard Co.
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
141
  • Heading
    (Cartography)
  • Headline
    Five works on the mapping of America
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
146
  • Heading
    (Choctaw Nation)
  • Author
    Pitchlynn, Peter P.
  • Headline
    Solemn Protest of the Choctaw Nation 1870
  • Date Published
    [1870]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
147
  • Heading
    (Circus)
  • Headline
    Human Cannonball at Ringling Bros. Circus
  • Publisher
    Central Printing & Engraving Co.
  • Date Published
    c.1930
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
150
  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Sherman, W. T.
  • Headline
    Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton
  • Date Published
    1875
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
151
  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Patterson, Y.D.
  • Headline
    Civil War letter of Illinois soldier 1862
  • Date Published
    Nov. 14, 1862
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
153
  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Steadman, Joseph
  • Headline
    9 letter Civil War archive
  • Date Published
    [1861-64]
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
154
  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Terry, Alfred Howe
  • Headline
    Autograph of General Alfred Howe Terry
  • Date Published
    [1800's]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
156
  • Author
    Cobbett, William
  • Headline
    Cobbett, A Year's Residence in the USA
  • Publisher
    J.M. Cobbett
  • Date Published
    1822
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
158
  • Author
    Collins, Dennis
  • Headline
    The Indians' Last Fight, or the Dull Knife Raid
  • Publisher
    [Appeal to Reason]
  • Date Published
    [1915]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$200
StatusSold
159
  • Heading
    (Colonial New Jersey – land documents)
  • Headline
    1765 Colonial documents about land in Hackensack, New Jersey
  • Date Published
    1765
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
168
  • Author
    Cooper, Thomas
  • Headline
    Some Information Concerning Gas Lights 1816
  • Publisher
    John Conrad & Co.
  • Date Published
    1816
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
169
  • Author
    Craig, John
  • Headline
    Scarce work on Canadian cattle trade
  • Publisher
    Printed for the Author By William Briggs
  • Date Published
    [1903]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$625
StatusSold
170
  • Author
    Cross, Joe
  • Headline
    History of the Texas cattle industry
  • Publisher
    [Walker Publications, Inc.]
  • Date Published
    [1938]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
171
  • Heading
    (Curtis, Edward S.)
  • Author
    Ryan, Marah Ellis
  • Headline
    The Flute of the Gods Edward Curtis Photos 1/500
  • Publisher
    Frederick A. Stokes
  • Date Published
    [1909]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
172
  • Author
    Daboll, Nathan
  • Headline
    Daboll's Practical Navigator, 1820
  • Publisher
    Printed and sold by Samuel Green
  • Date Published
    1820
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
173
  • Heading
    (Dakota Territory)
  • Author
    Faulk, A. J.
  • Headline
    Dakota Territory 1868
  • Publisher
    Geo. W. Kingsbury, Public Printer, Union and Dakotaian Office
  • Date Published
    1868-9
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
174
  • Author
    Dana, Richard Henry, Jr.
  • Headline
    To Cuba and Back. A Vacation Voyage, 1860
  • Publisher
    Ticknor and Fields
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
175
  • Author
    Davies, J., trans.
  • Headline
    The History of Barbados...and the rest of the Carriby-Islands, 1666
  • Publisher
    Printed for John Starkey and Thomas Dring
  • Date Published
    1666
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$2,000
StatusSold
177
  • Author
    De Smet, Rev. P.J.
  • Headline
    History of the Western Missions and Missionaries
  • Publisher
    P.J. Kenedy
  • Date Published
    [1859] but later
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
178
  • Author
    Dearborn. W. L.
  • Headline
    Rail Road Route from St. Louis to San Francisco 1850
  • Publisher
    Dutton and Wentworth, Printers
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
181
  • Author
    Dobie, J. Frank
  • Headline
    J. Frank Dobie Apache Gold & Yaqui Silver Ltd Edn
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown
  • Date Published
    1939
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
182
  • Author
    Domenech, Emmanuel
  • Headline
    Great Deserts of North America, 1st Ed.
  • Publisher
    Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
183
  • Author
    Downie, Major William
  • Headline
    Downie: Hunting for Gold. 1893.
  • Publisher
    California Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    1893
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
186
  • Author
    Dutton, Clarence E.
  • Headline
    Dutton's Atlas of the Grand Canyon
  • Publisher
    Julius Bien
  • Date Published
    1882
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$4,062.50
StatusSold
191
  • Heading
    (Emerson, Ralph Waldo)
  • Author
    Emerson, Joseph
  • Headline
    18th c. sermons by great-grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Date Published
    c.1735
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
192
  • Author
    Emory, William H.
  • Headline
    Notes of a Military Reconnoissance by Emory
  • Publisher
    Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers
  • Date Published
    1848
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
193
  • Heading
    (Epiphone Acoustics)
  • Headline
    WITHDRAWN - Epiphone Electrics sample trade catalog 1979
  • Publisher
    Gibson Guitar/ Epiphone, United Music Co., Ltd
  • Date Published
    1979
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
194
  • Author
    Evans, Walker
  • Headline
    Walker Evans, Many Are Called 1st Edition
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin
  • Date Published
    1966
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
195
  • Author
    Falconer, Thomas
  • Headline
    The Texan Santa Fe Expedition 1930
  • Publisher
    Dauber & Pine Bookshops, Inc.
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
196
  • Heading
    (Federalist Papers)
  • Author
    Hamilton, Alexander, [John] Jay, and [James] Madison
  • Headline
    The Federalist, on the New Constitution; Written in 1788
  • Publisher
    Benjamin Warner
  • Date Published
    1818
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
198
  • Author
    Ferris, Jacob
  • Headline
    The States of the Great West, 1856
  • Publisher
    Miller, Orton, and Mulligan
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
200
  • Heading
    (Firearms - flintlock pistol)
  • Headline
    Possible Simeon North pistol c. 1810
  • Publisher
    [Simeon North?]
  • Date Published
    [1810]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
204
  • Heading
    (Franklin. Benjamin)
  • Headline
    Gazette of the United States reporting the death of Ben Franklin, 1790
  • Publisher
    John Fenno
  • Date Published
    1790
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
205
  • Author
    Frémont, John C.
  • Headline
    letter, signed by John C. Fremont 1883
  • Date Published
    August 16, 1883
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
206
  • Heading
    (Frémont, John Charles)
  • Author
    Jackson, Donald & Mary Lee Spence, editors
  • Headline
    The Expeditions of John Charles Frémont
  • Publisher
    University of Illinois Press
  • Date Published
    [1970-84]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
207
  • Heading
    (Frémont, John Charles)
  • Headline
    Court martial of John C. Frémont 1848
  • Date Published
    [1848]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$500
StatusSold
208
  • Author
    Frémont, John Charles
  • Headline
    John C. Fremont autograph letter 1879
  • Date Published
    1879
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$750
StatusSold
209
  • Author
    Frémont, John Charles
  • Headline
    Fremont's Exploring Expedition 1845 with large map
  • Publisher
    Gales & Seaton
  • Date Published
    1845
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
210
  • Author
    Frederick, J. V.
  • Headline
    Ben Holladay, the Stagecoach King 1st edition
  • Publisher
    Arthur H. Clark
  • Date Published
    1940
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
215
  • Author
    Giddings, Joshua R.
  • Headline
    Joshua Giddings Exiles of Florida 1858
  • Publisher
    Follett, Foster and Company
  • Date Published
    1858
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
216
  • Author
    Gilliss, James Melville
  • Headline
    The U.S. Naval Astronomical Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, 1855
  • Publisher
    A.O.P. Nicholson, Public Printer
  • Date Published
    1855
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
217
  • Author
    Goldman, Emma
  • Headline
    Signed by Emma Goldman from Henry Miller's library
  • Publisher
    Alfred A.. Knopf
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,500
StatusSold
218
  • Author
    Goldman, Emma
  • Headline
    Emma Goldman defends socialism and anarchism
  • Publisher
    Mother Earth Publishing Association
  • Date Published
    1908
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
219
  • Author
    [Gordon, A. R.]
  • Headline
    Reports of the Hudson's Bay Expedition, 1884-86
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
221
  • Author
    Grey, Zane
  • Headline
    Zane Grey The Western Motion-Picture 1/25
  • Publisher
    Arundel Press
  • Date Published
    1984
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
222
  • Author
    Grinnell, George Bird
  • Headline
    Signed by G. Bird Grinnell
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
224
  • Author
    Gulick, Sidney Lewis
  • Headline
    Anti-Japanese Agitation in California 1920
  • Publisher
    Commission on Relations with the Orient of the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America
  • Date Published
    1920
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
225
  • Author
    Haley, J. Evetts
  • Headline
    The XIT Ranch of Texas First Edition
  • Publisher
    Lakeside Press
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
226
  • Author
    Hanson, A.H.
  • Headline
    Handbook of Battles in the War of the Rebellion, with map
  • Publisher
    Engraved & Printed by Matthews, Northrup & Co.
  • Date Published
    1887
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
227
  • Author
    Haskins, C.W.
  • Headline
    Haskins: The Argonauts of California
  • Publisher
    Fords, Howard & Hulbert
  • Date Published
    1890
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
232
  • Author
    Houghton, Eliza P. Donner
  • Headline
    Expedition of the Donner Party & Its Tragic Fate
  • Publisher
    A.C. McClurg & Co.
  • Date Published
    1911
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
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