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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 The Letter of Amerigo Vespucci, Describing His Four Voyages to the New World, 1497-1504 Heading(BCC 026)AuthorVespucci, AmerigoHeadlineLetter of Amerigo Vespucci, 1926PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1926 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$372StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(22 bids) Lot #3 Around the Horn in '49: The Journal of the Hartford Union Mining and Trading Company, December, 1848 to September, 1849 Heading(BCC 030)Author[Webster, George]HeadlineAround the Horn in '49, California Book ClubPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1928 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(8 bids) Lot #6 The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell Heading(BCC 041)AuthorPowell, H.M.T.HeadlineSanta Fé Trail to California Grabhorn PressPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$804StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(32 bids) Lot #7 Diary of a Visit to Molokai in 1884 with a Letter from Father Damien to His Brother in 1873 Heading(BCC 044)AuthorStoddard, Charles WarrenHeadlineDiary of a Visit to Molokai in 1884 GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 bids) Lot #9 A Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816 by Adelbert von Chamisso, Scientist of the Russian Exploring Ship Rurik Heading(BCC 050)AuthorChamisso, Adelbert vonHeadlineA Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816 - GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(22 bids) Lot #11 Mark Twain's Letter to William Bowen, Buffalo, February Sixth, 1870 Heading(BCC 053)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain reminisces to friend about their boyhood adventuresPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1938 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(8 bids) Lot #14 An Account of a Visit to California, 1826-'27: Reprinted from a Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom Under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey, in 1825, '26, '27, '28 Heading(BCC 060)AuthorBeechey, Captain F[rederick] W.HeadlineAn Account of a Visit to California, 1826-'27PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1941] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Lot #17 The Discovery of Florida: Being a True Relation of the Vicissitudes that Attended the Governor Don Hernando De Soto and Some Nobles of Portugal in the Discovery of Florida. Now Just Given by a Fidalgo of Elvas Heading(BCC 065)AuthorDe Soto, Don HernandoHeadlineDon Hernando De Soto The Discovery of FloridaPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1946] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 bids) Lot #19 Donner Miscellany: 41 Diaries and Documents Heading(BCC 067)AuthorHall, Carroll Douglas, ed.Headline41 Diaries and Documents from the Donner PartyPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1947 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 bids) Lot #24 Sketches of Scenery and Notes of Personal Adventure in California & Mexico Heading(BCC 079)AuthorM'Ilvaine, William, Jr.HeadlinePersonal Adventure in California & MexicoPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1951 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Lot #25 Account of a Tour of the California Missions, 1856, The Journal & Drawings of Henry Miller Heading(BCC 083)AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineTour of California Missions 1856PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1952 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(13 bids) Lot #28 Silverado Journal Heading(BCC 088)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson's Silverado JournalPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1954 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 bids) Lot #29 Journal of a Cruise to California and the Sandwich Islands in the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane Heading(BCC 091)AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineMyers Journal of a Cruise to CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1955 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Lot #31 Early Printing in California: From Its Beginning in the Mexican Territory to Statehood, September 9, 1850 Heading(BCC 094)AuthorFahey, HerbertHeadlineExcellent reference on early California printingPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1956 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$252StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(9 bids) Lot #32 Mark Twain: San Francisco Correspondent - Selections from His Letters to the Territorial Enterprise: 1865-1866 Heading(BCC 095)AuthorSmith, Henry Nash & Frederick AndersonHeadlineAllen Press, Mark Twain: SF Correspondent 1/400PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1957 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(20 bids) Lot #33 The Drawings of John Woodhouse Audubon. Illustrating his Adventures through Mexico and California Heading(BCC 097)AuthorDentzel, Carl SchaeferHeadlineThe Drawings of John Woodhouse Audubon GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1957 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(11 bids) Lot #37 Figure Prints of Old Japan: A Pictorial Pageant of Actors & Courtesans of the Eighteenth Century reproduced from the Prints in the Collection of Marjorie & Edwin Grabhorn Heading(BCC 103)Author(Grabhorn, Edwin & Marjorie)HeadlineFigure Prints of Old Japan Grabhorn PressPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Lot #38 A Year of American Travel Heading(BCC 104)AuthorFremont, Jessie BentonHeadlineBCC's A Year of American Travel by Jessie Benton FremontPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1960 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Lot #40 Landscape Prints of Old Japan from the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century Heading(BCC 106)AuthorHillier, JackHeadlineLandscape Prints of Old JapanPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1960 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$228StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(19 bids) Lot #41 Oregon and California Drawings 1841 and 1847 Heading(BCC 107)AuthorGuillou, Charles F.B.HeadlineCharles Guillou's drawings of Oregon and CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1961 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Lot #43 Ukiyo-e: "The Floating World" Heading(BCC 112)HeadlineUkiyo-e: Floating World Grabhorn Press 1 of 400PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(8 bids) Lot #45 Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California in Illustration of his Map of Oregon and California Heading(BCC 116)AuthorFremont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont Geographical Memoir Upon Upper CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1964 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Lot #53 The Sting of the Wasp: Political and Satirical Cartoons from the Truculent Early San Francisco Weekly Heading(BCC 127AuthorJohnson, Kenneth M., Ed.HeadlineThe Sting of the WaspPublisherThe Book Club of San FranciscoDate Published1967 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Lot #60 Sketches of California and Hawaii by William H. Meyers, Gunner U.S.N., aboard the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane 1842-1943 Heading(BCC 136)AuthorMeyers, William HHeadlineSketches of California and Hawaii by William H. Meyers, Gunner U.S.N.PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1970 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(2 bids) Lot #61 Ah-Wah-Ne Days: A Visit to the Yosemite Valley in 1872 Heading(BCC 137)AuthorJackson, Helen HuntHeadlineHelen Hunt Jackson's Ah-Wah-Ne DaysPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1971 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Lot #65 California as an Island Heading(BCC 141)AuthorLeighly, JohnHeadlineCalifornia as an IslandPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1972 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$552StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(40 bids) Lot #68 San Francisco, 1806-1906 in Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors Heading(BCC 150)AuthorVan Nostrand, JeanneHeadlineSan Francisco, 1806-1906 in Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and WatercolorsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1975 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 bids) Lot #70 Images of Chinatown: Louis J. Stellman's Chinatown Photographs Heading(BCC 153)AuthorDillon, RichardHeadlineLouis J. Stellman's Chinatown PhotographsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1946 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(10 bids) Lot #75 A Matter of Taste: Willis Polk's Writings on Architecture in The Wave Heading(BCC 161)AuthorPolk, WillisHeadlineWillis Polk's Writings on Architecture in The WavePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1979 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Lot #77 A Western Journey with Mr. Emerson Heading(BCC 163)AuthorThayer, James BradleyHeadlineEmerson's westward trekPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1980 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Lot #87 Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests Heading(BCC 174)AuthorPalmquist, Peter EHeadlineRedwood and Lumbering in California ForestsPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$192StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(15 bids) Lot #91 Mexico on Stone: Lithography in Mexico, 1826-1900 Heading(BCC 178)AuthorMathes, W. MichaelHeadlineMexico Set In Stone, Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1984 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 bids) Lot #97 Art Deco: The Books of François-Louis Schmied, Artist/Engraver/Printer Heading(BCC 184)AuthorRitchie, WardHeadlineThe Books of François-Louis SchmiedPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1987 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(6 bids) Lot #108 Controversial James: An Essay on the Life and Work of George Wharton James Heading(BCC 195)AuthorLarson, Roger KeithHeadlineControversial James Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1991 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Lot #109 Raymond Duncan: Painter... Expatriate... Eccentric Artist Heading(BCC 196)AuthorRoatcap, Adela SpindlerHeadlineThe Story of the Original Flower ChildPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1991 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Lot #110 A Pictorial Tour of Hawaii, 1850-1852: Watercolors, Painting, & Drawings by James Gay Sawkins. With an account of his life & travels by David W. Forbes Heading(BCC 197)AuthorSawkins, James GayHeadlineA Pictorial Tour of Hawaii, 1850-1852PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1991 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(9 bids) Lot #122 A typographic journey. The History of The Greenwood Press and Bibliography, 1934-2000 Heading(BCC 210)AuthorStauffacher, Jack WernerHeadlineJack Werner Stauffacher's Typographic JourneyPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1999 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(11 bids) Lot #124 Splendide Californie! Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900 Heading(BCC 212)AuthorChalmers, ClaudineHeadlineSplendide Californie! Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2001 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$204StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(14 bids) Lot #125 John DePol: A Catalogue Raisonné of His Graphic Work, 1935-1998 Heading(BCC 213)AuthorFraser, James Howard & Eleanor Friedl, compilersHeadlineJohn DePol: A Catalogue RaisonnéPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2001 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$132StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(10 bids) Lot #132 WPA Federal Art Project - Printmaking in California 1935-1943 Heading(BCC 220)AuthorSeaton, ElizabethHeadlineWPA Printmaking in California 1935-1943PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2005 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$192StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(16 bids) Lot #143 Architects and Artists: The Work of Ernest and Esther Born Heading(BCC 234)AuthorOlsberg, NicholasHeadlineBook Club of California Architects and ArtistsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2015 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$216StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(16 bids) Lot #150 California 49: Forty-nine Maps of California from the sixteenth century to the present Heading(BCC)AuthorHeckrotte, Warren with Julie Sweetkind, editorsHeadlineCalifornia 49 - forty nine CA maps 1999PublisherCalifornia Map Society/The Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1999 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$252StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(12 bids) Lot #152 Western America in 1846-1847: The Original Travel Diary of Lieutenant J. W. Abert AuthorAbert, Lieutenant J.W. ; John Galvin editorHeadlineOverland Journey Travel DiaryPublisherJohn Howell-BooksDate Published1966 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(2 bids) Lot #155 The Costanso Narrative of the Portola Expedition AuthorCostanso, MiguelHeadlineThe Costanso Narrative of the Portola ExpeditionPublisherHogarth PressDate Published1970 View details Sold for$25StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(2 bids) Lot #159 Bound volume of prospectuses for Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West AuthorWheat, Carl IrvingHeadlineProspectuses for Wheat's Mapping the Trans-Mississippi WestPublisherInstitute for Historical CartographyDate Published1957-1963 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$144StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(13 bids) Lot #173 The Malibu. I. Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit by Robinson; II. Personal Considerations by Powell Heading(Plantin Press)AuthorRobinson, W.W. & Lawrence Clark PowellHeadlinePlantin Press, Robinson & Powell, The Malibu, LtdPublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1958 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(25 bids) Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next