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View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$8,750StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1849)AuthorBibb, HenryHeadlineLife and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American SlavePublisher[Henry Bibb]Date Published1849 Lot #4 A Report of the Decision of the Supreme Court . . . in the Case of Dred Scott versus John F. A. Sanford View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1857)AuthorHoward, Benjamin C.HeadlineDred Scott v. Sandford, 1857PublisherCornelius Wendell, PrinterDate Published1857 Lot #5 Behind the Scenes. Or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1868)AuthorKeckley, ElizabethHeadlineElizabeth Keckley Behind the Scenes 1868PublisherG.W. CarletonDate Published1868 Lot #6 The Underground Rail Road. A Record of Facts, Authentic, Narratives, Letters, &c, Narrating the Hardships Hair-breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in their Efforts for Freedom.... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1872)AuthorStill, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Still's The Underground RailroadPublisherPorter & CoatesDate Published1872 Lot #10 Freedom and Slavery View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1909)AuthorKittle, WilliamHeadlineFreedom and Slavery by William Kittle SignedPublisherState Journal Printing Co.Date Published1900 Lot #12 Cab Calloway's famous 1939 Jazz 'Jive Dictionary' [with] Prof. Cab Calloway's Swingformation Bureau View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1939)AuthorCalloway, CabHeadlineClassic 1939 Black Jazz ‘Dictionary’ and quiz bookDate Published1939 Lot #13 The Souls of Black Folk- Essays and Sketches View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1953)AuthorDu Bois, W. E. BurghardtHeadlineDu Bois, The Souls of Black Folk Signed Limited EditionPublisherThe Blue Heron PressDate Published1953 Lot #14 Nome and Seward Peninsula: History, Description, Biographies and Stories View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Alaska)AuthorHarrison, E.S.HeadlineE.S. Harrison's Nome and Seward PeninsulaPublisherThe Metropolitan PressDate Published1905 Lot #15 Old Yukon: Tales - Trails - and Trials View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Alaska)AuthorWickersham, Hon. JamesHeadlineOld Yukon by Judge James Wickersham, 1st EditionPublisherWashington Law Book Co.Date Published1938 Lot #18 The United States with an Excursion into Mexico Handbook for Travelers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorBaedeker, KarlHeadlineBaedeker's United States first edition 1893PublisherKarl Baedeker / Delau and Co.Date Published1893 Lot #19 De la Colonización de la Baja California y Decreto de 10 de Marzo de 1857 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Baja California)AuthorLassépas, Ulises UrbanoHeadlineThe colonization of Baja California 1857PublisherImpr. de V. Garcia TorresDate Published1859 Lot #21 Our Base Ball Club and How it Won the Championship View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Baseball)AuthorBrooks, NoahHeadlineOur Base Ball Club & How it Won the ChampionshipPublisherDuttonDate Published1884 Lot #23 Pioneer Artists of Taos View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBickerstaff, Laura M.HeadlinePioneer Artists of Taos, signed by Bert G. PhillipsPublisherSage BooksDate Published1955 Lot #24 New-England judged, by the spirit of the Lord. In two parts. First, Containing a brief relation of the sufferings of the people call’d Quakers in New-England, from the Time of their first Arrival there, in the Year 1656... to anno 1665 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBishop, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Bishop, Quakers in New England 1703PublisherPrinted and sold by T. SowleDate Published1703 Lot #25 A Soldier's Story View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorBradley, Omar N.HeadlineOmar Bradley A Soldier's Story 1st Edition SignedPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1951] Lot #26 Fresh imported Hard-Ware Goods. James Foster at his store... the Market... Cutlery, Ironmongery, and Hard-Ware Goods View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Broadside)HeadlineHardware merchant in Boston, 1805Date Published1805 Lot #28 Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings and other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association, April 2, 1849 - July 20, 1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBruff, J. GoldsboroughHeadlineBruff's Gold Rush Journals, Drawings, and PapersPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1944 Lot #30 First Annual Report of the Audubon Society of California for the Protection of the Wild Birds, the Wild Game and Forests View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - Audubon Society)Headline1st annual report of Audubon Society of California 1907Date Published1907 Lot #31 Beverly Hills, California: Midway between Los Angeles and the sea View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Beverly Hills)Author[Reuss, Velma, compiler]HeadlineBeverly Hills promotional booklet 1920'sPublisher[Beverly Hills Chamber of Commerce]Date Published[1920's] Lot #32 Packet of election matter mailed to voters in the 1922 general election View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Contra Costa County)HeadlineElection material for 1922Date Published1922 Lot #34 Bond prospectus for Warner Bros. Hollywood Theatre View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Hollywood)HeadlineWarner Bros. build Hollywood Theatre, 1926PublisherS.W. Straus & Co.Date Published1926 Lot #35 Long Beach: The City by the Sea (caption title) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Long Beach)AuthorKendall, Sidney C.HeadlineLong Beach promo booklet 1903Date Published1903 Lot #36 Legal summons relating to a restraining order sought against several Los Angeles Police officers who were harassing the owners and members of the Little Tokio Social Club of Los Angeles View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlinePolice harass Japanese social club in Los AngelesDate Published10 Oct. 1929 Lot #37 Los Angeles: The Great Seaport of the Southwest View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineLA, Seaport of the Southwest, 1922PublisherLos Angeles Board of Harbor CommissionersDate Published[1922] Lot #38 Portion of Menalto Tract - San Mateo County View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - Menlo Park)HeadlineLand for sale in Menlo Park, 1910Date Publishedc.1910 Lot #39 Report of Proposed Annexation of Parchester Village View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(California - Richmond)HeadlineRichmond's Parchester Village requests annexationPublisherCity Planning CommissionDate PublishedNovember 1957 Lot #40 The Best Spot on Earth is in the Sacramento Valley, California: Great plant introduction garden established by the United States Department of Agriculture, where soil and climate are best suited to production of the widest possible variety of plant life (wrapper title) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California - Sacramento Valley)HeadlineSacramento Valley, Best Spot on Earth, 1904 brochurePublisherA.J. Johnston Co. PrintDate Published1904 Lot #41 San Diego. Climate, Resources, Topography, Productions, etc. Illustrated View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Diego)AuthorGunn, Douglas MaxwellHeadlineIllustrated guide to San Diego 1887 with mapPublisherSan Diego Printing CompanyDate Published1887 Lot #42 6 Day Bike Race: Third [Fourth & Seventh] International Race, Dreamland Auditorium, San Francisco... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco - Bicycle Races)HeadlineRare bike race programs from 1930'sDate Published1935-[1937?] Lot #43 US Navy officer who officially "named" the city of San Francisco - letter as Coast Surveyor to a pioneering meteorologist View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBartlett, Washington A.HeadlineLetter from US Navy Lieutenant who officially "named" San FranciscoDate PublishedOct. 13, 1851 Lot #45 Boulevard Lighting Standards... Design 16 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorO'Shaughnessy, M.M., City EngineerHeadlineBlueprints for San Francisco Streetlight c.1930Date Publishedc.1930 Lot #46 San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser - thirteen issues View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser - 13 issuesPublisherFrederick MarriottDate Published1890 Lot #47 San Francisco Traffic Ordinances Regulating Moving Vehicles, Taxicabs, Jitneys, Street Cars, etc. Published by Authority of the Board of Supervisors View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineTraffic laws of San Francisco, 1924PublisherPress of John Kitchen Jr. Co.Date PublishedAugust 1, 1924 Lot #48 Society Events: Season 1901-1902 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineHigh Society of San Francisco 1902PublisherEdward H. Mitchell, Art StationerDate Published1902 Lot #49 Index to Assessment Rolls, Sonoma County, for 1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlineCitizenry of Sonoma County assessed, 1885Date Published1885 Lot #50 Constitution and by-laws of the California Academy of Sciences. Founded April 4th, 1853. Academy Building - S.W. Corner of California and Dupont Sts., San Francisco, California View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California Academy of Sciences)HeadlineConstitution of California Academy of SciencesPublisherGeorge Spaulding & Co., PrintersDate Published1881 Lot #52 California View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(California Series)AuthorMcCarthy, John Russell, editorHeadlineCalifornia series signed by California pioneersPublisherPowell Publishing Co.Date Published[1928-1929] Lot #53 California for the Home Maker: Some facts of interest to men who work for themselves View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineGuide for relocating to California 1908PublisherPassenger Department, Southern Pacific CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #54 "Come to California: the Land of Sunshine and Sights to See" - broadside page from a newspaper View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineThe lure of California during WWIPublisherBuffalo Evening NewsDate PublishedJanuary 26, 1918 Lot #55 The Currency Question. In the Supreme Court of the State of California. James Lick, appellant, vs. William Faulkner, et al., respondents. Argument for appellant, by H.H. Haight, of Counsel View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorHaight, Henry HuntlyHeadlineFuture Cal. governor argues against paper moneyPublisherB.F. Sterett, PrinterDate Published1864 Lot #56 Californien Ueber Beffen Gevolkerung Und Gesellschaftliche Zustlande, Politische, Religiose Und Schul-verhaltffe, Handel, Industrie, Minen, Ackerbau U. F. W. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorRuhl, KarlHeadlineKarl Ruhl's Californien w/color maps 1867PublisherE. SteigerDate Published1867 Lot #57 Schedule of Rates for the Sale of Electric Energy and Rules, Regulations, Information Affecting Rates and Service of Northern California Power Company, Cons. In the Counties of Shasta, Tehama, Glenn, Colusa, Butte, Yolo and Trinity... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineElectric power rates in Northern California 1917PublisherNorthern California Power Company, ConsolidatedDate Publishedc.1917 Lot #58 Californian View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold Heading(Californian Newspaper)HeadlineThird issue of the Californian newspaper, 1846PublisherColton & SempleDate PublishedSaturday, August 29, 1846 Lot #59 The Californian. Vol. 2, No. 4. June 12, 1847 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Californian Newspaper)AuthorSemple, Robert, editorHeadlineThe Californian newspaper, June 12, 1947.PublisherRobert SempleDate Published1847 Lot #60 North American Indians: Being Letters and Notes on their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years' Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineCatlin's North American Indians 1913 editionPublisherLeary, Stuart and CompanyDate Published1913 Lot #61 Chicago To-Day attracts World Wide Interest View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Chicago)HeadlineInvest in Chicago real estate, 1912PublisherFred'l H. Bartlett & Co.Date Publishedc.1912 Lot #62 Special Message of Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood, In Reply to a Resolution of Inquiry, Passed by the House of Representatives, March 2d, 1860, in Relation to the Requisition of the Gov. of Virginia, for One Barclay Coppic View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War - John Brown's Raid)HeadlineRare John Brown's Raid Pamphlet 1860PublisherJohn Teesdale, State PrinterDate Published1860 Lot #63 The Spy of the Rebellion View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorPinkerton, AllanHeadlineAllan Pinkerton's The Spy of the Rebellion Early EditionPublisherG.W. Carleton & Co., PublishersDate Published1883 Lot #64 Hood's Texas Brigade: It's Marches It's Battles It's Achievements View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorPolley, J.BHeadlineHood's Texas Brigade by J.B. PollyPublisherThe Neale Publishing CompanyDate Published1910 Lot #65 Reports of the Committee on the Conduct of the War: Fort Pillow Massacre & Returned Prisoners View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorUnited States House of RepresentativeHeadlineSenate Reports on Fort Pillow Massacre & PrisonersDate Published1864 Lot #67 My Life on the Range View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorClay, JohnHeadlineJohn Clay My Life on the RangePublisherPrivately printedDate Published[1924] Lot #68 Three Years in California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorColton, WalterHeadlineThree Years in California, Walter ColtonPublisherA.S. Barnes & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #69 The History of the Life and Actions of Adm. Christopher Columbus, and of his Discovery of the West-Indies, Call'd The New World, Now in the Possession of his Catholick Majesty View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Columbus, Christopher)AuthorColumbus, D. FerdinandHeadlineLife of Christopher Columbus by his sonPublisher[Awnsham and John Churchill]Date Published[1704] Lot #71 The Jackson County Cook Book: Favorite Recipes of Jackson County Ladies View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cookery)AuthorDworak, Dorothy E., compilerHeadlineScarce Jackson County Kansas CookbookPublisherPublished and distributed by the Gossip PrinteryDate Published1933 Lot #72 Our New Music: Leading Composers in Europe and America - inscribed View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorCopland, AaronHeadlineAaron Copland Our New Music - inscribedPublisherWhittlesey HouseDate Published[1941] Lot #73 Appreciation of loved ones who made life rich for many. My father, John Francis Cross; my mother, Sarah Jane Cross View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCross, Lilian A.HeadlineFamily Account of California Pioneer Couple SignedPublisher[The Tribune Press]Date Published1933 Lot #74 Histoire de la Conquete de la Floride View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorDe la Vega, GarcilasoHeadlineExplorations of De Soto in North America French Ed. 1709PublisherG. NyonDate Published1709, 1711 Lot #75 Proceedings of the Friends of a Rail-Road to San Francisco, at Their Public Meeting, Held at the U.S. Hotel, in Boston, April 19, 1849. Including an Address to the People of the U. States; Showing that P. P. F. Degrand's Plan is the Only One, as yet Proposed, Which Will Secure Promptly...by a Single Act of Legislation, the Construction of a Railroad to California, in the Shortest Time Allowed by its Physical Obstacles View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDegrand, P. P. F.HeadlinePacific Railroad proposal SF 1849PublisherDutton and Wentworth, PrintersDate Published1849 Lot #76 Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineUS & Mexican boundary survey H.R. issue 1857-59PublisherCornelius Wendell, printerDate Published1857 Lot #77 The Missions and Missionaries of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEnglehardt, ZephyrinHeadlineEnglehardt's Missions and Missionaries of CaliforniaPublisherJames H. Barry and Mission Santa BarbaraDate Published1913-1930 Lot #78 A Descriptive Hand-Book of the Great Overland Route between Europe and Australia, China, Japan and India... (wrapper title) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Erie Railway Company)HeadlineHand-Book of the Great Overland RoutePublisherErie Railway CompanyDate Published1876 Lot #79 Report of the Secretary of the Interior, in Answer to a resolution of the Senate calling for information in relation to the operations of the commission appointed to run and mark the boundary between the United States and Mexico (with) Part II: . . . Additional correspondence relative to the operations of the commission, etc. 31st Congress, 1st Session. Ex. Doc. No. 34 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorEwing, ThomasHeadlineBoundary between the United States and MexicoDate Published1850 Lot #80 Sketches of America. A Narrative of a Journey of Five Thousand Miles Through The Eastern and Western States of America View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFearon, Henry BradshawHeadlineHenry Bradshaw Fearon Sketches of AmericaPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and BrownDate Published1819 Lot #81 Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California...To Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State. By Hon. George C. Gorham View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorField, Stephen J.HeadlineReminiscences of Early Days in California - presentation copyPublisher"Printed for a Few Friend, Not Published"Date Published[1893] Lot #83 California: A History of Upper and Lower California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineForbes History of Upper and Lower CaliforniaPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1937 Lot #87 Stolen Kisses View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGriswold, Frank GrayHeadlineStolen Kisses by Frank G Griswold, signed 1914PublisherPrivately printed by the Plimpton PressDate Published1914 Lot #88 The Life of Rev. John Clark View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHall, Rev. B. MHeadlineNative American missions in Wisconsin, Texas 1856PublisherCarleton & PorterDate Published1856 Lot #89 The Overland Monthly, Devoted to the Development of the Country View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorHarte, Bret, editorHeadlineThe Overland Monthly Vols. I-XI, 1868-73Date Published1868-1871 Lot #91 The Child Captives: A True Tale of Life Among the Indians of the West View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHosmer, Margaret KerrHeadlineThe Child Captives, 1st Ed.PublisherPresbyterian Board of PublicationDate Published[1870] Lot #93 Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California...including the Mammoth Trees of Calaveras; Caves and Natural Bridges; the Yo-Semite Valley; the Mammoth Trees of Mariposa and Frezno; Mount Shasta... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineScenes of Wonder and Curiosity in CA, 1st ed.PublisherHutchings & RosenfieldDate Published[1860] Lot #94 Ramona: A Story [and] two related volumes. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJackson, Helen HuntHeadlineHelen Hunt Jackson's Ramona and related volumesPublisherLittle, Brown & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #95 Exposition Memories: Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1916 - inscribed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$325StatusSold AuthorJames, George WhartonHeadlineGeorge Wharton James Exposition Memories inscribedPublisherThe Radiant Life PressDate Published1917 Lot #97 Civilian Exclusion Order No. 41 - Notice. Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American internment poster)AuthorDeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.L.HeadlineSan Francisco 1942 Japanse Internment order posterPublisherUS ArmyDate PublishedMay 5, 1942 Lot #98 Rare imprints about the Japanese-American interment of World War II View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American Internment)HeadlineJapanese-American interment of World War II - rare imprintsDate Published1944-1949 Lot #99 Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorKemble, Frances AnneHeadlineResidence on a Georgian Plantation 1st Edition 1st IssuePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1863 Lot #101 The Larkin Papers: Personal, Business, and Official Correspondence of Thomas Oliver Larkin, Merchant and United States Consul in California View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorLarkin, Thomas OliverHeadlineAll Eleven Volumes of Larkin papers, Inscribed & SignedPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1951-1968 Lot #102 Manuscript receipt signed by Thomas O. Larkin, for $1,209 from the Brig Eveline in repayment View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorLarkin, Thomas OliverHeadlineReceipt signed by Thomas O. LarkinDate PublishedFeb. 14, 1849 Lot #103 Bill of lading for shipment from Hong Kong to San Francisco signed by ship master John B.R. Cooper & Jacob P. Leese View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorLeese, Jacob P. & John B.R. CooperHeadlineSigned by Jacob P. Leese & John B.R. Cooper, 1849Date Published1849 Lot #104 Important archive of material from the family and descendants of California pioneer Jacob P. Leese, with much source material on early California history View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Leese, Jacob Primer)HeadlineJacob P. Leese Family ArchiveDate Published19th-20th centuries Lot #106 A Stove-Up Cowboy's Story View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMcCauley, James EmmitHeadlineA Stove-Up Cowboy's Story 1st Edition in DJPublisherTexas Folklore SocietyDate Published1943 Lot #109 Colección de las leyes y decretos espedidos por el Congreso General de los Estados-Unidos Mejicanos, en los años de 1831 y 1832 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico and U.S. Boundaries)HeadlineU.S. - Mexico borders 1833PublisherImpreso por J. OjedaDate Published1833 Lot #110 El gobernador provisional del estado de Occidente á todos sus habitantes sabed: que el Congreso del mismo estado ha decretado lo siguiente. Núm. 44... 1. Se formará un partido de los ocho pueblos del Yaqui con el presidio de Buenavista y sus anecsos. Buenavista será la cabecera View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)AuthorGaxiola, José MariaHeadlineRare 1828 circular on Yaqui Indians in SonoraDate PublishedFebrero 6 de 1828 Lot #111 Travels to the Westward of the Allegany Mountains, in the States of the Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, in the Year 1802 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMichaux, F[rancois] A[ndre]HeadlineMichaux's Travels the Allegany Mountains 1st Ed.PublisherJ. MawmanDate Published1805 Lot #114 The first American Bible; a leaf from a copy of the Bible translated into the Indian language by John Eliot and printed at Cambridge in New England in the year 1663 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Heading(Native American)AuthorWinship, George ParkerHeadlineA leaf from a copy of The first American BiblePublisherMerrymount Press/ GoodspeedDate Published1929 Lot #115 Official Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Constitutional Convention of the State of Nevada, Assembled at Carson City, July 4th, 1864, to Form a Constitution and State Government. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Nevada)AuthorMarsh, Andrew J.HeadlineConstitutional Convention of the State of Nevada 1864PublisherFrank EastmanDate Published1866 Lot #117 History of Portland Oregon with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Oregon)HeadlineHistory of Portland Oregon H.W. ScottPublisherD. Mason & Co., PublishersDate Published1890 Lot #118 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4. Volume V View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)HeadlineVol. V of Pacific Railroad ReportsPublisherBeverley Tucker, PrinterDate Published1856 Lot #119 Speeches of Hon. Sam Houston, of Texas, on the Pacific Railroad Bill and in reply to Hon. A. Iverson of Georgia. Delivered in the Senate of the U. S., Jan. 12 and 13, 1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Pacific Railroad)AuthorHouston, SamHeadlineSam Houston of Texas, on the Pacific Railroad Bill 1859PublisherLemuel TowersDate Published1859 Lot #120 Journal of an Exploring tour beyond the Rocky Mountains, under the direction of the A.B.C.F.M.: containing a description of the geography, geology, climate, productions of the country, and the numbers, manners, and customs of the natives: with a map of Oregon territory View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorParker, SamuelHeadlineParker's Tour Beyond the Rockies with mapPublisherJ.C. Derby & Co.Date Published1846 Lot #121 Parsons' Memorial and Historical Library Magazine Vol. 1 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Parsons' Memorial and Historical Library Magazine)AuthorWilson, Mrs. Augustus, editorHeadlineParsons' Memorial and Historical Library Magazine 1885PublisherBecktold & CoDate Published1885 Lot #122 Letter from General John J. Pershing to American singer and songwriter Carrie Jacobs Bond, congratulating her on the song "A Perfect Day" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPershing, John J.HeadlineBlack Jack Pershing writes from headquarters in France, 1917Date PublishedSeptember 10, 1917 Lot #123 Album with 14 albumen photographs, of Yosemite, San Francisco etc., + one of the Columbia River View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Photographs - California)AuthorTaber, Isaiah W.HeadlineAlbumen photos of Yosemite & San Francisco by TaberPublisherTaber Photo.Date Publishedc.1880-90 Lot #126 The Story-Life of Washington: A Life-History of Five Hundred True Stories, Selected from Original Sources and Fitted Together View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents - Washington, George)AuthorWhipple, WayneHeadlineThe Story-Life of Washington finely boundPublisherJohn C. Winston CompanyDate Published1911 Lot #128 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Presidents)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineGrant's Memoirs in half morocco bindingPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-86 Lot #129 Fishing for Fun - and to Wash Your Soul View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(Presidents)AuthorHoover, HerbertHeadlineFishing with Herbert Hoover, 1st Edition InscribedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1963] Lot #130 Ship's papers signed by Thomas Jefferson as President, and by Levi Lincoln acting as Secretary of State View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,250StatusSold Heading(Presidents)AuthorJefferson, ThomasHeadlineShip's papers signed by Thomas JeffersonDate PublishedApril 21, 1801 Lot #133 Account of the Adventures of Mrs. Frank B. Sammis & Edna Allen Sammis - April 28, 1915 - July 7, 1915 - On Their journey to California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorSammis, Edna & Mrs. Frank B.HeadlineHandwritten Travel Journal to California from 1915Date Published1915 Lot #134 Old Concord Her Highways and Byways View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSidney, MargaretHeadlineMargaret Sidney's Old Concord Her Highways and Byways, inscribedPublisherD. Lothrop CompanyDate Published1893 Lot #135 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$187.50StatusSold AuthorSoulé, Frank, John H. Gihon and James NisbetHeadlineAnnals of San Francisco, 1855PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1855 Lot #140 The American Harmony; Or, Royal Melody Complete View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorTans'ur, WilliamHeadlineThe American Harmony: or, Royal Melody CompletePublisherDaniel BayleyDate Published1771 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next