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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Around the Horn in '49: The Journal of the Hartford Union Mining and Trading Company, December, 1848 to September, 1849 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(8 bids) Heading(BCC 030)Author[Webster, George]HeadlineAround the Horn in '49, California Book ClubPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1928 Lot #6 The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$804StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(32 bids) Heading(BCC 041)AuthorPowell, H.M.T.HeadlineSanta Fé Trail to California Grabhorn PressPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1931] Lot #7 Diary of a Visit to Molokai in 1884 with a Letter from Father Damien to His Brother in 1873 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 bids) Heading(BCC 044)AuthorStoddard, Charles WarrenHeadlineDiary of a Visit to Molokai in 1884 GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1933 Lot #9 A Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816 by Adelbert von Chamisso, Scientist of the Russian Exploring Ship Rurik View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$240StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(22 bids) Heading(BCC 050)AuthorChamisso, Adelbert vonHeadlineA Sojourn at San Francisco Bay 1816 - GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1936 Lot #11 Mark Twain's Letter to William Bowen, Buffalo, February Sixth, 1870 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(8 bids) Heading(BCC 053)AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain reminisces to friend about their boyhood adventuresPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1938 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 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Heading(BCC 060)AuthorBeechey, Captain F[rederick] W.HeadlineAn Account of a Visit to California, 1826-'27PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1941] Lot #19 Donner Miscellany: 41 Diaries and Documents View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 bids) Heading(BCC 067)AuthorHall, Carroll Douglas, ed.Headline41 Diaries and Documents from the Donner PartyPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1947 Lot #23 Muleback to the Convention: Letters of J. Ross Browne, Reporter to the Constitutional Convention, Monterey, September-October, 1849 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(2 bids) Heading(BCC 076)AuthorBrowne, J. RossHeadlineBrowne at California Constitutional ConventionPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1950 Lot #24 Sketches of Scenery and Notes of Personal Adventure in California & Mexico View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Heading(BCC 079)AuthorM'Ilvaine, William, Jr.HeadlinePersonal Adventure in California & MexicoPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1951 Lot #25 Account of a Tour of the California Missions, 1856, The Journal & Drawings of Henry Miller View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$180StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(13 bids) Heading(BCC 083)AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineTour of California Missions 1856PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1952 Lot #28 Silverado Journal View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 bids) Heading(BCC 088)AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson's Silverado JournalPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1954 Lot #29 Journal of a Cruise to California and the Sandwich Islands in the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Heading(BCC 091)AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineMyers Journal of a Cruise to CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1955 Lot #31 Early Printing in California: From Its Beginning in the Mexican Territory to Statehood, September 9, 1850 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$252StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(9 bids) Heading(BCC 094)AuthorFahey, HerbertHeadlineExcellent reference on early California printingPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1956 Lot #32 Mark Twain: San Francisco Correspondent - Selections from His Letters to the Territorial Enterprise: 1865-1866 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(20 bids) Heading(BCC 095)AuthorSmith, Henry Nash & Frederick AndersonHeadlineAllen Press, Mark Twain: SF Correspondent 1/400PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1957 Lot #33 The Drawings of John Woodhouse Audubon. Illustrating his Adventures through Mexico and California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(11 bids) Heading(BCC 097)AuthorDentzel, Carl SchaeferHeadlineThe Drawings of John Woodhouse Audubon GrabhornPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1957 Lot #34 Noticias De California: First Report of the Occupation of California by the Portola Expedition, 1770 View details Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Heading(BCC 098)AuthorHammond, Peter GeorgeHeadlineNoticias De CaliforniaPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1958 Lot #39 A Trip to the Gold Mines of California in 1848 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$120StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(8 bids) Heading(BCC 105)AuthorSwan, John A.HeadlineSwan's trip to the California gold rushPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1960 Lot #41 Oregon and California Drawings 1841 and 1847 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Heading(BCC 107)AuthorGuillou, Charles F.B.HeadlineCharles Guillou's drawings of Oregon and CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1961 Lot #42 A Vacation Among the Sierras, Yosemite in 1860 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$144StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(12 bids) Heading(BCC 111)AuthorKing, Thomas StarrHeadlineA vacation among the Sierras Yosemite in 1860PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1962 Lot #44 The Wonderful City of Carrie Van Wie: Paintings of San Francisco at the Turn of the Century View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Heading(BCC 115)AuthorLewis, OscarHeadlineThe Wonderful City of Carrie Van WiePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1963 Lot #45 Geographical Memoir Upon Upper California in Illustration of his Map of Oregon and California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Heading(BCC 116)AuthorFremont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont Geographical Memoir Upon Upper CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1964 Lot #46 Yo Semite 1878: Adventures of N & C View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 bids) Heading(BCC 117)AuthorLeConte, Carrie E.HeadlineYo Semite 1878: Adventures of N & CPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1944 [sic] actually 1964 Lot #47 Diseños of California Ranchos Maps of thirty-seven Land Grants [1822-1846], from the Records of the United States District Court, San Francisco View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$408StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(33 bids) Heading(BCC 118)AuthorBecker, Robert H.HeadlineDisenos of California Ranchos by BeckerPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1964 Lot #57 H.M.S. Sulphur at California, 1837 and 1839: Being the accounts of Midshipman Francis Guillemard Simpkinson and Captain Edward Belcher View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(3 bids) Heading(BCC 132)AuthorPierce, Richard A. & John H. Winslow, editorsHeadlineU.S. Navy in California before conquestPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1969 Lot #61 Ah-Wah-Ne Days: A Visit to the Yosemite Valley in 1872 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Heading(BCC 137)AuthorJackson, Helen HuntHeadlineHelen Hunt Jackson's Ah-Wah-Ne DaysPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1971 Lot #65 California as an Island View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$552StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(40 bids) Heading(BCC 141)AuthorLeighly, JohnHeadlineCalifornia as an IslandPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1972 Lot #66 Overland Journey to Carson Valley & California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Heading(BCC 143)AuthorBaker, Hozial H.HeadlineOverland Journey to Carson Valley & CaliforniaPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1973 Lot #68 San Francisco, 1806-1906 in Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and Watercolors View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 bids) Heading(BCC 150)AuthorVan Nostrand, JeanneHeadlineSan Francisco, 1806-1906 in Contemporary Paintings, Drawings and WatercolorsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1975 Lot #70 Images of Chinatown: Louis J. Stellman's Chinatown Photographs View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(10 bids) Heading(BCC 153)AuthorDillon, RichardHeadlineLouis J. Stellman's Chinatown PhotographsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1946 Lot #71 Valenti Angelo: Author, Illustrator, Printer View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$132StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(12 bids) Heading(BCC 154)HeadlineValenti Angelo: Author, Illustrator, Printer 1/400PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1976 Lot #75 A Matter of Taste: Willis Polk's Writings on Architecture in The Wave View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Heading(BCC 161)AuthorPolk, WillisHeadlineWillis Polk's Writings on Architecture in The WavePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1979 Lot #77 A Western Journey with Mr. Emerson View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Heading(BCC 163)AuthorThayer, James BradleyHeadlineEmerson's westward trekPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1980 Lot #79 BR: A panel discussion at the Bruce Rogers Centenary held at Purdue University View details Sold for$12.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(1 bid) Heading(BCC 166)AuthorDuncan, Harry, K. K. Merker and Ward RitchieHeadlineBruce Rogers CenenaryPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1981 Lot #85 Edward Vischer's Drawings of the California Missions, 1861-1878. With a Biography of the Artist by Jeanne Van Nostrand View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(6 bids) Heading(BCC 172)AuthorVan Nostrand, JeanneHeadlineEdward Vischer's Drawings of California MissionsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1982 Lot #87 Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$192StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(15 bids) Heading(BCC 174)AuthorPalmquist, Peter EHeadlineRedwood and Lumbering in California ForestsPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1983] Lot #91 Mexico on Stone: Lithography in Mexico, 1826-1900 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(7 bids) Heading(BCC 178)AuthorMathes, W. MichaelHeadlineMexico Set In Stone, Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1984 Lot #104 A Book of Gaelic Airs for Una's Melodeon View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(6 bids) Heading(BCC 191)AuthorJeffers, UnaHeadlineA Book of Gaelic Airs - Una JeffersPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1989 Lot #109 Raymond Duncan: Painter... Expatriate... Eccentric Artist View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(4 bids) Heading(BCC 196)AuthorRoatcap, Adela SpindlerHeadlineThe Story of the Original Flower ChildPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1991 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 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(9 bids) Heading(BCC 197)AuthorSawkins, James GayHeadlineA Pictorial Tour of Hawaii, 1850-1852PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1991 Lot #111 Six Years Experience As a Book Agent in California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(3 bids) Heading(BCC 198)AuthorLikins, Mrs. J. W.HeadlineBook canvasser for H. H. Bancroft and Anton RomanPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1992 Lot #114 An Essay...on A Bibliography of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906 by Robert E. Cowan. With an Original Leaf from the Club's 1914 First Edition View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(10 bids) Heading(BCC 201)AuthorKurutz, Gary F.HeadlineCowan California Bibiliography Leaf BookPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1993 Lot #117 The Vineyards and Wine Cellars of California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$144StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(13 bids) Heading(BCC 204)AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineYolla Bolly Press Vineyards of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1994 Lot #122 A typographic journey. The History of The Greenwood Press and Bibliography, 1934-2000 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(11 bids) Heading(BCC 210)AuthorStauffacher, Jack WernerHeadlineJack Werner Stauffacher's Typographic JourneyPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1999 Lot #124 Splendide Californie! Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$204StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(14 bids) Heading(BCC 212)AuthorChalmers, ClaudineHeadlineSplendide Californie! Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2001 Lot #130 Napa Valley Heyday View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(8 bids) Heading(BCC 218)AuthorDillon, RichardHeadlineRichard Dillon Napa Valley Heyday BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2004 Lot #134 A Valiant Enterprise: A History of the Talisman Press, 1951-1993: Printers, Publishers and Antiquarian Booksellers View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(6 bids) Heading(BCC 222)AuthorGreenwood, RobertHeadlineHistory of California's Talisman Press - Printers, Publishers, BooksellersPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published2007 Lot #135 James Weld Towne: Pioneer San Francisco Printer, Publisher & Paper Purveyor View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Heading(BCC 223)AuthorJohnson, Bruce L.HeadlineJames Weld Towne - Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2008 Lot #150 California 49: Forty-nine Maps of California from the sixteenth century to the present View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$252StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(12 bids) Heading(BCC)AuthorHeckrotte, Warren with Julie Sweetkind, editorsHeadlineCalifornia 49 - forty nine CA maps 1999PublisherCalifornia Map Society/The Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1999 Lot #152 Western America in 1846-1847: The Original Travel Diary of Lieutenant J. W. Abert View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(2 bids) AuthorAbert, Lieutenant J.W. ; John Galvin editorHeadlineOverland Journey Travel DiaryPublisherJohn Howell-BooksDate Published1966 Lot #158 Westward the Bells View details Sold for$12.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(1 bid) AuthorSullivan, Marion F.HeadlineMarion Sullivan's Wesward the Bells SignedPublisherAlba HouseDate Published1971 Lot #159 Bound volume of prospectuses for Wheat's Mapping the Transmississippi West View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$144StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(13 bids) AuthorWheat, Carl IrvingHeadlineProspectuses for Wheat's Mapping the Trans-Mississippi WestPublisherInstitute for Historical CartographyDate Published1957-1963 Lot #161 Celebrating 75 Years of Bibliophilic Fellowship The Roxburghe Club of San Francisco View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$75StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Heading(Arion Press)Headline75 Years of San Francisco's Roxburghe Club 1/150PublisherRoxburghe ClubDate Published2003 Lot #168 Maps of the Pueblo Lands of San Diego, 1602-1874 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$37.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(3 bids) Heading(Dawson's Book Shop)AuthorHarlow, NealHeadlineHarlow's Maps of the Pueblo Lands of San DiegoPublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1987 Lot #172 An Historical Sketch of Los Angeles County California... View details Sold for$37.50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(3 bids) Heading(Los Angeles)AuthorWarner, Col. J. J; Judge Benjamin Hayes, Dr. J. P. WidneyHeadlineReprint of the first history of Los AngelesPublisherO. W. SmithDate Published1936 Lot #173 The Malibu. I. Rancho Topanga Malibu Sequit by Robinson; II. Personal Considerations by Powell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$360StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(25 bids) Heading(Plantin Press)AuthorRobinson, W.W. & Lawrence Clark PowellHeadlinePlantin Press, Robinson & Powell, The Malibu, LtdPublisherDawson's Book ShopDate Published1958 Lot #174 Alonzo Delano's California Correspondence... View details Sold for$132StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(6 bids) Heading(Sacramento Book Collectors Club)AuthorDelano, AlonzoHeadlineAlonzo Delano's California CorrespondencePublisherSacramento Book Collectors ClubDate Published1952 Lot #175 Alonzo Delano's California Correspondence... View details Sold for$50StatusSoldBidding historyBidding history(5 bids) Heading(Sacramento Book Collectors Club)AuthorDelano, AlonzoHeadlineAlonzo Delano's California CorrespondencePublisherSacramento Book Collectors ClubDate Published1952 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next