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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Private Gold Coinage of California I-IV View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorAdams, Edgar H.HeadlinePrivate Gold Coinage of California, 1849-1853Date Published1911-1912 Lot #2 By The President of the United States of America / A Proclamation View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorAdams, JohnHeadlinePresident Adams 1799 broadside Proclamation of ThanksgivingDate PublishedMarch 6, 1799 Lot #4 Early document of sale and future emancipation of a New York slave View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1816)AuthorLeverich, Richard B.HeadlineEarly New York slave sale and emancipation documentDate PublishedMarch 6, 1816 Lot #8 Negro Folk Rhymes, Wise and Otherwise… View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1924)AuthorTalley, Thomas W., Fisk UniversityHeadlineBlack music classic with important Paul Robeson associationPublisherMacmillanDate Published1922 Lot #25 Men and Memories of San Francisco in the "Spring of '50" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBarry, T.A. and B.A. PattenHeadlineHistory written by a pair of SF saloon-keepersPublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1873 Lot #31 Three Years in California View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorBorthwick, John DavidHeadlineBorthwick's 3 Years in California First EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1857 Lot #38 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$212.50StatusSold AuthorBruff, J. GoldsboroughHeadlineBruff's Gold Rush Journals, Drawings, and PapersPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1944 Lot #40 Six Months in the Gold Mines: from a Journal of Three Year's Residence in Upper and Lower California, 1847-8-9 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBuffum, E. GouldHeadlineBuffum's Six Months in the Gold MinesPublisherLea and BlanchardDate Published1850 Lot #45 Manuscript affidavit regarding deeds to lots in Benicia, California, signed by Swain & two witnesses, notarized with cover letter by Frederick H. Billings as Commissioner of Deeds in California for the State of Massachusetts, with ribbon and wax seal View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Benicia)AuthorBillings, Frederick H., et al.HeadlineDocument regarding Benicia land deeds 1849Date PublishedOct. 30, 1849 Lot #46 Ledger belonging to Lorenzo Pendola of Calaveras County View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - Calaveras County)AuthorPendola, LorenzoHeadlineLedger belonging to a Californian, 1858-1869Date Published1858-1869 Lot #52 Columbia Mining Laws: We the Miners of the Columbia Mining District...enact the following Laws for the Government of the mines within said District... View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(California - Columbia Mining Laws)HeadlineRare printing of Columbia Cal. mining laws 1853Publisher[Columbia Gazette]Date Published1853 Lot #92 Letter from H.H. McKinstry in Two Rock Valley, Sonoma County, California, to his brother back east, describing life in California, primarily the agricultural bounty View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Sonoma County)AuthorMcKinstry, Henry HarrisonHeadlineLetter from Sonoma County, 1862Date PublishedFE. 16, 1862 Lot #95 Large ledger regarding Austin Brothers Importers View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Stockton Business Ledger)HeadlineAustin Brothers Imports ledger, 1900Date Published1900 Lot #99 Letter from a San Francisco merchant describing a fire which ran through the city, and business conditions View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush Letter)AuthorReynolds, William T.HeadlineLetter from San Francisco 1850Date PublishedSept. 17, 1850 Lot #100 Four letters from gold seeker Samuel McCullough to his parents, written from Panama, San Francisco, and Sacramento View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush Letters)AuthorMcCullough, SamuelHeadlineLetters from California gold seeker, 1849-1850Date Published1849-1850 Lot #101 The Miner's Ten Commandments View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(California Letter Sheets)HeadlineCalifornia pictorial letter sheetPublisherJames M. HutchingsDate Published1853 Lot #122 United States vs. Henry Cambuston. Appeal…[to the ] Supreme Court of the United States View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California, Mexican)AuthorCambuston, HenryHeadlineLand grant in Mexican California, Supreme Court appealDate Published1856 Lot #159 The Diaries of Peter Decker: Overland to California in 1849 and Life in the Mines, 1850-1851 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDecker, PeterHeadlineThe Diaries of Peter Decker 1/100 1966PublisherTalisman PressDate Published1966 Lot #168 Hunting for Gold: Reminiscences of Personal Experience and Researches in the Early Days of the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Panama View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDownie, Major WilliamHeadlineOne of the best Gold Rush reminiscencesPublisherCalifornia Publishing Co.Date Published1893 Lot #180 Life and Letters of a Forty-Niner's Daughter View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEsmeralda, Aurora (Ella Sterling Mighels)HeadlineLife and Letters of a Forty-Niner's Daughter, signed with lettersPublisherHarr Wagner Publishing CompanyDate Published[1929] Lot #200 Living My Life View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorGoldman, EmmaHeadlineSigned by Red EmmaPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1934 Lot #214 The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHarte, Francis BretHeadlineLuck of Roaring Camp, 2nd editionPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1871 Lot #215 The Argonauts of California: Being the Reminiscences of Scenes and Incidents that Occurred in California in Early Mining Days, by a Pioneer View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHaskins, C.W.HeadlineHaskins: The Argonauts of CaliforniaPublisherFords, Howard & HulbertDate Published1890 Lot #217 The Land of Gold: Reality versus Fiction View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHelper, Hinton R.HeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush reality versus fictionPublisherFor the AuthorDate Published1855 Lot #243 The Adventures of a Forty-Niner: An Historic Description of California, with Events and Ideas of San Francisco and Its People in Those Early Days View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKnower, DanielHeadlineKnower, The Adventures of a Forty-NinerPublisherWeed-ParsonsDate Published1894 Lot #268 18th century manuscript school lesson book View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Manuscript)HeadlineMoody family manuscript. c.1790Date Publishedc.1790 Lot #278 Manuscript receipt for the sale of a slave View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Slavery)HeadlineSale of black slave in Mexico, 1787Date Published1787 Lot #284 Manuscript cattle brand registry for the city of Ensenada, plus some for Mexicali and Tecate View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineCattle brands of Ensenada, MexicoDate Published1919 Lot #285 Manuscript listing of the armament, clothing and riding gear of a Mexican cavalry squadron during the Mexican-American War View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineCavalry squadron equipped during Mexican WarDate PublishedJan. 18, 1846 Lot #289 Three manuscript documents relating to the title of Marques de Ciria, one of them signed by the King Carlos III of Spain View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Mexico)HeadlineSpanish King creates Marques in New Spain 1778Date Published1778-1809 Lot #290 Five manuscript documents relating to Mexico's intercourse with the Philippines, and their relationship with Spain View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico/Philippines)HeadlineMexico, Philippines & Spain, 1770-1800 documentsDate Published1770-1800 Lot #291 Manuscript letter from Captain Antonio Maldonado, relating to service in the Philippines View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico/Philippines)AuthorMaldonado, Captain AntonioHeadlineSpanish Captain fined for desertion of his men, 1598Date Published1598 Lot #313 The Life and Adventures of James W. Marshall: The Discoverer of Gold in California View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorParsons, George F.HeadlineParson's James Marshall, 1/47 with gold rush documentPublisherGeorge FieldsDate Published1935 Lot #315 The Early Days and Rapid Growth of California [bound with] Account of An Early California Voyage View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPeabody, Alfred and John H. EaglestonHeadlineThe Early Days and Rapid Growth of California, 1874PublisherPrinted at the Salem PressDate Published1874 Lot #319 Jenny Lind Theatre, San-Francisco View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Pictorial Lettersheets)HeadlineJenny Lind Theatre, San-Francisco lettersheet lithograph c.1850PublisherLith. & Publ. by Quirot & Co.Date Published[c.1850] Lot #338 Appointment of Francisco de Amat y Torres, Consul of Spain View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorRoosevelt, Franklin D. and Francisco Franco BahamondeHeadlineAppointments from Franklin D. Roosevelt and FrancoDate Published1940 Lot #339 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlineRyan's Adventures in Upper and Lower CaliforniaPublisherWilliam Shoberl, Parry & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #346 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52. Being a Series of Twenty-three Letters from Dame Shirley to her Sister in Massachusetts View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineThomas Russell printing of the Shirley LettersPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Lot #365 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 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineBayard's El Dorado, 2nd EditionPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 Lot #395 British Jamaican merchant's purchase of half a mini-nation in present day Cameroon, West Africa - Autograph Manuscript Signed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Africa - Cameroon, 1850s)AuthorEdgerley, SamuelHeadline1850s British merchant's purchase of a West African "kingdom"Date Publishedca. 1850 Lot #407 19 handwritten birding notebooks View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Birding)AuthorBolton, HowardHeadlineNearly 10 years of avid birder notesDate Published1985-1993 Lot #438 Reports of the commissioners relating to the capture of Charles O'Hara at Toulon View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(French Revolution)HeadlineManuscript detailing the Siege of Toulon, 1793Date Published1793 Lot #454 Mein Kampf: Eine Abrechnung View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorHitler, AdolfHeadlineMein Kampf, signed by authorPublisherFranz EherDate Published1933 Lot #501 The Maps of the California Gold Region, 1848-1857: A Biblio-Cartography of an Important Decade View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorWheat, Carl IrvingHeadlineWheat, Maps of California Gold Region 1995PublisherMaurizio Martino PublicationsDate Published[c.1995] Lot #530 Jackson's Map of California with Appendix (cover title) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorJackson, William A.HeadlineFacsimile of Jackson's 1850 gold region mapPublisherThos. W. NorrisDate Published1936 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next