Sale 691: Americana - Custeriana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography (#691) 12/19/2019 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/19/2019 11:00 AM PST 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-71 of 71. Previous|1|Next 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 #44 Boulevard Lighting Standards... Design 12 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorO'Shaughnessy, M.M., City EngineerHeadlineBlueprints for San Francisco Streetlight c.1930Date Publishedc.1930 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 #68 Three Years in California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorColton, WalterHeadlineThree Years in California, Walter ColtonPublisherA.S. Barnes & Co.Date Published1852 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #153 Three reports by John B. Trask on the geology of California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorTrask, John B.HeadlineTrask reports on California geology 1854-55PublisherB.B. Redding, State PrinterDate Published1854, 1855 Lot #163 A Picture of Pioneer Times in California, illustrated with Anecdotes and Stories taken from real life View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(White, William F.)AuthorGrey, William, pseud.HeadlineWhite, William H. A Picture of Pioneer Times in California inscribedPublisherW. M. Hinton & Co.Date Published1881 Lot #166 Letter from the Secretary of War Communicating The Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane upon the so-called Yellowstone Expedition of 1870 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Yellowstone Expedition)AuthorDoane, Lieutenant Gustavus C[heney]HeadlineLetter from the Secretary of War upon the Yellowstone Expedition of 1870PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published[1871] Lot #253 The Discovery of San Francisco Bay: The Rediscovery of the Port of Monterey; The Establishment of the Presidio, and the Founding of the Mission of San Francisco View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDavidson, GeorgeHeadlineDavidson on discovery of San Francisco Bay 1907PublisherGeographical Society of the PacificDate Published1907 Lot #256 Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorDavidson, GeorgeHeadlineCoast Pilot of California, Oregon, and WashingtonPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1869 Lot #313 Thomas Bros. Block Book of Oakland Allendale District Vol. 10 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlineOakland Block Book - Allendale Dist, 1924PublisherThomas BrothersDate Published[1924] Lot #324 Sketches Accompanying the Annual Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, 1851 (caption title) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorU.S. Coast SurveyHeadlineWith early Coast Survey charts of west coast 1851Date Published1851 Lot #332 Mappe Monde View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBuffier, ClaudeHeadlineBuffier, Mappe Monde 1764Date Published[1764] Lot #336 Map of the Dutch Flat Blue Lead Placer County California View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(California - Dutch Flat)AuthorUren, Edward C.HeadlineRare map of Duch Flat CA and its minesDate Published1911 Lot #338 Guide through the Old Mining Regions of Central California View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Mother Lode)AuthorRamsey, R. S.HeadlineGuide to Mother Lode with map & text 1939Date Published1939 Lot #341 Map of the City of Sacramento and Vicinity. Compiled from Plats of Record, Official and Private Surveys by the Department of Engineering, City of Sacramento. Scale 1 inch = 500 feet View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sacramento)AuthorMiller, Frank G.HeadlineLarge-scale cadastral map of Sacramento 1918PublisherSacramento City CommissionDate Published1918 Lot #343 Official Map of the City of Sacramento, California. Compiled from actual surveys by W.S. Watson, Civil Engineer View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sacramento)AuthorWatson, W. S.HeadlineRare wall map of Sacramento 1854PublisherB.F. Butler, lithographerDate Published1854 Lot #346 View of the Town and Harbour of San Francisco, California From The Signal Hill View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorCollinson, Captn. [Richard?]HeadlineBird's-eye view of San Francisco 1851PublisherAckermann & Co.Date Published1851 Lot #350 Bird's-Eye View of the Key Route System, showing Oakland, Berkeley, Piedmont, Claremont, Alameda, Richmond and Intervening Territory, Served by the Key Route and its Affiliated Lines. The area covered by this map is approximately seventy-five square miles View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorGreen, CharlesHeadlineBird's-eye Oakland & adjacent areaPublisherPhoenix Eng.Date Published1911 Lot #351 North Bay Horse Country View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineHorses north of San FanciscoPublisherTown GraphicsDate Published1992 Lot #395 [Map of Monterey Peninsula] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMora, JoHeadlineJo Mora, Map of Monterey, 1926PublisherDel Monte Properties CompanyDate Published[1926] Lot #396 The Seventeen Mile Drive View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorMora, JoHeadlineJo Mora, The Seventeen Mile Drive, 1927Date Published[1927] Lot #417 History of San Luis Obispo County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Author(Angel, Myron)HeadlineReprint of earliest history of San Luis Obispo CountyPublisherHowell-North BooksDate Published1966 Lot #422 Noticias del Puerto de Monterey View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Monterey)Headline50 years of Monterey, California history and art journalPublisherThe Monterey History and Art AssociationDate Published1957-2006 Lot #430 A Collection of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Pamphlets & Ephemera View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorKruska, Dennis and Stuart R. RobinsonHeadlineSanta Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Ephemera BibliographyPublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published2003 Lot #445 Panorama of San Diego View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Heading(Photographs)AuthorUnknownHeadlineSan Diego PanoramaDate Publishedearly 20th century Lot #448 History of Sacarmento County California with Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Heading(Sacramento County)HeadlineFacsmilie of Thompson & West 1880 History of Sacramento CountyPublisherHowell-NorthDate Published1960 Lot #449 History of San Bernardino and San Diego Counties View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(San Bernardino)HeadlineFacsimilie of Wallace Elliott's History of San Bernardino and San Diego CountiesPublisherRiverside Museum PressDate Published1965 Lot #451 South from San Francisco: San Mateo County, California Its History and Heritage View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorStanger, Frank M.HeadlineSouth from San Francisco is San Mateo CountyPublisherSan Mateo County Historical AssociationDate Published1963 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next