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Previous|1|Next Lot #15 Butte County, California: Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Residences, Public Buildings, Manufactories, Fine Blocks, Mines, Mills & C., from Original Drawings by Artists of the Highest Ability, with Historical Sketch of the County View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Butte County, California)HeadlinePioneer John Kempf's copy of this rare county historyPublisherSmith & ElliottDate Published1877 Lot #16 Carey's American Pocket Atlas View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Heading(Carey's American Pocket Atlas)HeadlineCarey's American Pocket Atlas, 1814PublisherMathew CareyDate Published1814 Lot #18 Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. With Letters and Notes, Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineCatlin's Indians in chromolithography 1876PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1876 Lot #20 The Chinese At Home and Abroad View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Chinese - San Francisco)AuthorFarwell, Willard BrighamHeadlineChinese at Home Inscribed to Representative J.K. LuttrellPublisherA.L. Bancroft & Co.Date Published1885 Lot #21 Reasons for Non-Exclusion, With Comments on the Exclusion Convention View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Chinese Exclusion Convention)AuthorHealy, Patrick J.HeadlineReasons for Non-ExclusionPublisherPrinted for the authorDate Published1902 Lot #23 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Author[Dana, Richard Henry]HeadlineFirst issue of Two Years Before the Mast finely boundPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 Lot #35 Essays View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineRalph Waldo Emerson Essays First Edition 1841PublisherJames MunroeDate Published1841 Lot #43 Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorHeap, Gwinn HarrisHeadlineHeap's Central Route to Pacific with rare map 1854PublisherLippincott, Grambo and Co. / Trübner and Co.Date Published1854 Lot #44 Fourteen Hundred and 91 Days in the Confederate Army: A Journal Kept by W. W. Heartsill. For Four Years, One Month, and One Day, or Camp Life; Day-by-Day, of the W. P. Lane Rangers. From April 19th, 1861, to May 20th, 1865 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000Sold for$25,000StatusSold AuthorHeartsill, William W.HeadlineHeartsill's Confederate Journal with 61 original photographs, 1876PublisherPrivately printed by the authorDate Published[1876] Lot #48 Oklahoma! Politically and Topographically Described. History and Guide to the Indian Territory. Biographical Sketches of Capt. David L. Payne, W. L. Couch, Wm. H. Osborn, and others. A Complete Guide to the Indian Territory, Illustrated with Map, Hunting and Fishing Grounds View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorJackson, A.P., & E.C. ColeHeadlineRare promotional guide to Oklahoma 1885PublisherPrinting House of Ramsey, Millett & HudsonDate Published[1885] Lot #49 Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDLXXXXII: Ad Patres Et Fratres eiusdem Societatis [bound with] Annvae Litterae Societatis Iesv Anni MDXCIII... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Jesuit letters)HeadlineLetters from Jesuit missionaries in late 1500'sPublisherApud Philippum IunctamDate Published1600 & 1601 Lot #56 Collection of letters signed by Charles Boyer, Margaret Hill, and various luminaries in show business and the preforming arts, relating to fundraising for American Aid to France, Inc. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Heading(Letters signed by Celebrities)HeadlineAutographs of 1940's show business luminariesDate Publishedc.1948 Lot #59 Mountains and Molehills: or Recollections of a Burnt Journal View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMountains and Molehills by Frank MarryatPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1855 Lot #60 The Wonders of the Invisible World: Being an account of the tryals of several vvitches, lately excuted [sic] in New-England: and of several remarkable curiosities therein occurring... View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold AuthorMather, CottonHeadlineCotton Mather on the Salem Witch Trials, 1693PublisherPrinted first, at Bostun [sic] in New-England; and reprinted at London, for John Dunton, at the Raven in the PoultryDate Published1693 Lot #61 Memoria presentada al Soberano Congreso Mexicano por el secretario de estado y del despacho de relaciones interiores y exteriores View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorHerrera, José Manuel deHeadlineCaliforina & Texas in 1822 Mexican documentPublisherEn la oficina de D. Alejandro Valdes, impresor de Cámara del ImperioDate Published1822 Lot #62 Esposicion hecha al Soberano Congreso Constituyente Mexicano. Sobre las provincias, de Sonora y Sinaloa View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorMier y Teran, Manuel deHeadlineMilitary security in northern Mexican provinces, 1823PublisherImprenta Nacional en PalacioDate Published1823 Lot #71 Relacion Historica de la Vida Y Apostolicas Tareas del Venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra, Y de las Misiones que Fundo en la California Septentrional, y Nuevos Establecimientos de Monterey View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,625StatusSold AuthorPaloú, FranciscoHeadlinePalou's Biography of Serra First EditionPublisherFelipe de Zúñiga y OntiverosDate Published1787 Lot #77 California Gold Regions, with a full account of their Mineral Resources; How to Get There, and What to Take; the Expenses, the Time, and the Various Routes. With Sketches of California; an Account of the Life, Manners, and Customs of the Inhabitants, Its History, Climate, Soil, Productions, &c. View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold AuthorPratt, F. M., compilerHeadlineRare 1849 Gold Rush GuidePublisherF.M. PrattDate Published[1849] Lot #78 George Washington autograph matted and framed with Presidential Engraving of Washington View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1789)AuthorWashington, GeorgeHeadlineAutograph of George Washington with the Presidential EngravingPublisherH.D. SymondsDate Published[c. 1796] Lot #79 Naval commission for Lieutenant Henry B. Rumsey signed by President Abraham Lincoln View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorLincoln, AbrahamHeadlineSigned by President Abraham LincolnDate Published1864 Lot #100 Letter signed by Rafael Gonzales as Governor of Texas and Nuevo Leon View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorGonzalez, RafaelHeadlineLetter from Governor of Texas, 1825Date Published28 February 1825 Lot #105 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$10,000StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn, near fine first editionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885 Lot #106 Mark Twain's Autobiography View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinePublisher's wrappers copy as mentioned in BALPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1924 Lot #107 Noticia de la California y de su Conquista Temporal y Espiritual hasta el Tiempo Presente View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold AuthorVenegas, MiguelHeadlineNoticia de la California by Miguel Venegas, 1757PublisherManuel FernandezDate Published1757 Lot #108 Vischer's Views of California: The Mammoth Tree Grove Calaveras County, California. And Its Avenues View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorVischer, EdwardHeadlineEdward Vischer's Views of the Mammoth Tree GrovePublisherEdward VischerDate Published1862 Lot #109 American Ornithology; or, The Natural History of the Birds of the United States - complete set View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold AuthorWilson, AlexanderHeadlineAlexander Wilson's American Ornithology, complete setPublisherBradford and Inskeep; Laval & BradfordDate Published1808-25 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next