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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 #4 The Origin of the Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County Heading(BCC 039)AuthorLewis, OscarHeadlineOrigin of the Celebrated Jumping Frog GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1931 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$130StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(9 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #127 Dear Master: Letters of George Sterling to Ambrose Bierce, 1900-1912 Heading(BCC 215)AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineLetters of George Sterling to Ambrose BiercePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2002 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(3 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 #167 The Nachman Stories Heading(Arion Press)AuthorMichaels, LeonardHeadlineLeonard Michaels The Nachman Stories Arion PressPublisherArion PressDate Published2009 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 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