Sale 728: California & the West. With Americana - Travel - Maps (#728) 04/29/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/29/2021 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-100 of 108. Previous|12|Next Lot #4 Autograph Letter Signed about Black sailors returned to America from England View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(African American, 1817)AuthorStevens, Capt. JohnHeadlineAfrican-American sailors imprisoned as suspect slavesDate PublishedApril 10, 1817 Lot #5 Autograph Letter Signed by emancipated slave as missionary in Liberia View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(African American, ex-slave letter)AuthorPriest, Rev. James M.HeadlineFreed slave’s letter from LiberiaDate PublishedAug. 8, 1853 Lot #6 Autograph Letter Signed by emancipated slave missionary in Liberia View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(African American, ex-slave letter)AuthorPriest, Rev. James M.HeadlineFreed slave’s letter from LiberiaDate PublishedSeptember 22, 1843 Lot #19 Two photographs of Augusta C. Bainbridge, California State “Leader” of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Bainbridge, Mrs. Augusta C.)AuthorKnight, George. HHeadlineTwo photographs of Augusta C. Bainbridge 1906PublisherGeo. H. KnightDate Publishedc.1906 Lot #21 Bancroft's guide for travelers by railway, stage, and steam navigation in the Pacific States. Comprising routes and modes of travel, distances, fares; concise descriptions of the principal towns, scenery, etc., tourist's guide to Yosemite, Tahoe, the Geysers... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorBancroft, A.L. & CompanyHeadlineBancroft's Guide to Pacific States 1872PublisherA.L. Bancroft and CompanyDate Published1872 Lot #29 California and New Mexico: Message of the President of the United States, Transmitting information... on the Subject of California and New Mexico (caption title) View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(California & New Mexico)Author[Taylor, Zachary]HeadlineReport on California with maps 1850Date Published1850 Lot #30 Reports on the Spring Valley Hydraulic Gold Company comprising the Cherokee Flat Blue Gravel and Spring Valley Mining and Irrigating Company's property... Situated at Cherokee Flat, Butte County, California View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Butte County)AuthorStretch, Richard Henry & Charles WaldeyerHeadlineHydraulic mining in California gold regionPublisher[Baker & Goodwin, printers]Date Published1879 Lot #31 Hand Book of Calistoga Springs, or, Little Geysers, in Mineral Waters, Climate, Amusement, Baths, Drives, Scenery, the Celebrated Great Geysers and Petrified Forest, and the Clear Lake Country, with map and illustrations View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(California - Calistoga SpringsHeadlineRare handbook to Calistoga Springs, Calif., 1871PublisherAlta California Book and Job Printing HouseDate Published1871 Lot #32 Manuscript letter from Coloma California, May 1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Coloma)HeadlineManuscript letter from Coloma California, May 1862Date PublishedMay, 1862 Lot #33 Souvenir Contra Costa County, California. As Reviewed under the Vitascope: A Pen Picture of Its Wonderfully Productive Valleys View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - Contra Costa County)AuthorMetcalf, William L., compilerHeadlinePictorial promotional for Contra Costa CountyPublisherRichmond Record / Layman Naugle Editor and ProprietorDate Published[1902] Lot #34 A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Fresno, Tulare, and Kern Counties)HeadlineHistory of Fresno, Tulare & Kern CountiesPublisherLewisDate Published[c.1892] Lot #35 The History of Mendocino County, California, Comprising Geography, Geology, Topography, Climatology, Springs and Timber...Also Extended Sketches of its Mills and Milling, Mines and Mining Interests...Also a Historical Sketch of the State of California... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Mendocino County)HeadlineIllustrated history of Mendocino County, 1880PublisherAlley Brown and Co.Date Published1880 Lot #36 Lot of 26 blank applications for patents on mining claims and assorted legal forms View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Mining)HeadlineLot of blank application forms for mining claims, 1870'sPublisherA.L. Bancroft & Co. and othersDate Published[1870's] Lot #37 Historic Monterey and Surroundings Illustrated (wrapper title) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Monterey)HeadlineSouvenir of Monterey Cal. with many photographs 1899PublisherMonterey Cypress / Wallace Clarence Brown, Prop.Date Published1899 Lot #38 Three photographs of Nevada County mining camps View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Heading(California - Nevada County)HeadlineThree photographs of Nevada County mining campsDate Published[c.1850s] Lot #39 Summary of Operations, California Oil Fields... Annual Report of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor issued by California State Mining Bureau View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - Oil)HeadlineCalifornia oil industry, 1919-1920PublisherCalifornia State Mining BureauDate Published1919-1920 Lot #40 In the Supreme Court of the State of California. The People of California, Appellants, vs. Plumas Eureka Mining Company, Respondent View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(California - Plumas Eureka Mining Company)HeadlineMining Company fails to pay taxes, the law abidesPublisherState Printing OfficeDate Published1876 Lot #41 Two letter copybooks for the California Central Railway Co., Yosemite Division, and Lyman Bridges View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Railroads)HeadlineCopybooks for California Central RailroadDate Publishedc.1880's Lot #42 Redondo Beach: Saturday Sunday June 24-25 1916 - Annual Opening View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Redondo Beach)HeadlineRedondo Beach opens for the summer, 1916Date Published1916 Lot #43 Two manuscript documents pertaining to a bet between Samuel Brannan and H.C. Downing on the outcome of the 1868 Presidential election, one of them signed by Brannan View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(California - Samuel Brannan)HeadlineSam Brannan bets on U.S. Grant, signed documentDate PublishedOct. 12 & Dec. 4, 1868 Lot #44 San Diego Pocket Guide: A compendium of general information of the city of San Diego, with latest map, carefully compiled from latest sources View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - San Diego)HeadlineRare guide to San Diego with map 1911PublisherSan Diego Advertising AgencyDate Published1911 Lot #45 Photograph of the wreckage, 1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlineSan Francisco Earthquake photograph, 1906Date Published1906 Lot #46 1852 letter to insurance company about San Francisco fire damage View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline1852 letter to insurance company about San Francisco fire damageDate PublishedMarch 19, 1852 Lot #47 Bowman & Starks Show Company. A Marvelous and Bewildering Entertainment of Magic, Mirth, and Mystery… Performed by Bowman over 3,000 times… We Guarantee a High-Class Entertainment, So Come and Have a Good Time... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRare S.F. ad for early 20th century Magic showPublisherPrinted by Francis-Valentine Co.Date Publishedca. 1890-1900 Lot #48 Broadside notice that nighttime streetcar service in San Francisco will be interrupted due to work in progress View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineOngoing streetcar construction in San FranciscoDate PublishedJan. 5, 1910 Lot #50 Official Catalogue of the First Annual Dog Show given by the Golden Gate Kennel Cub of San Francisco at the Auditorium, Page and Fillmore Sts.... May 4, 5, 6 and 7, 1910 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlinePremier dog show in San Francisco 1910PublisherGabriel-Meyerfeld Co., PrintersDate Published1910 Lot #51 San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco 1912 20 photographsPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1912 Lot #52 The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorSoulé, Frank, John H. Gihon & James NisbetHeadlineAnnals of San Francisco, 1855PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1855 Lot #53 Souvenir Programme, Semi-Centennial Admission Day Celebration Ball, Sept, 11, 1900, Mechanics' Pavilion, San Francisco, California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineNative Sons' sesquicentennial celebration of CAPublisherNative Sons of the Golden West.Date Published[1900] Lot #54 Two items pertaining to the construction of the New Hall for the Society of California Pioneers Fourth Street, San Francisco View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San FranciscoHeadlineSociety of California Pioneers gets a new home, 1884Date Published1884 Lot #55 Santa Clara County, California. A Valley Which has Won the Title of the “Garden of the World.” Its Resources and Its Progress. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Jose)HeadlineSanta Clara County, Garden of the World, 1890PublisherSmith & WilcoxDate Published1890 Lot #56 Santa Barbara Cal. from the foot hills Looking South. Islands 60 miles in the distance View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Heading(California - Santa BarbaraAuthorMote, MarcusHeadlineEarly oil painting of Santa Barbara, CaliforniaDate Published1877 Lot #57 State Resources: An Illustrated Monthly Publication View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Tuolumne County)HeadlineResources of Tuolumne County, 1890PublisherT.C. HowellDate PublishedApril-May, 1890 Lot #58 Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Trees via Berenda, Raymond and Wawona. The Shortest and Best Equipped Route. Easy Stages View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineRare Yosemite Stage & Turnpike Co. brochurePublisherYosemite Stage & Turnpike CompanyDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #59 Yosemite via the Santa Fe and Yosemite Transportation Co. Season of 1904 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineYosemite and how to get there, 1904Date Published1904 Lot #60 Collection of letters and ephemera related to Yuen Yeck Bow, cook for the W.T Ellis Family of Marysville, California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(California - Yuba County)AuthorYuen Yeck BowHeadlineLetters and ephemera related to Yuen Yeck BowDate Publishedc.1914 Lot #61 California Arts & Architecture, 7 issues View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California Arts, 1930s)Headline1930s California magazine of art and architecturePublisherWestern States Publishing Co.Date Published1934-1938 Lot #62 El Archivero, 1924 (Volume XXVII) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California – Ojai)HeadlineEarly map of Ojai area in private school annualPublisherThacher SchoolDate Published1934 Lot #63 Journal on Board Schooner Rialto of Holmes' Hole, Martha's Vineyard, 1849 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush - Ship's Log Book)AuthorLuce, Captain Warren A.HeadlineShip's log for journey to the California Gold RushDate Published1849 Lot #64 Letter from a St. Louis businessman to his partner F. W. Page in Sacramento, regarding a shortfall in a gold shipment View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorIsaac (?), H.D.HeadlineCalifornia gold shipment a bit short, 1852 letterDate PublishedAugust 28, 1852 Lot #65 Steele’s Western Guide Book, and Emigrant’s Directory; Containing Different Routes Through the States of New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, Etc. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorSteele, Oliver G.Headline1849 guide to Western States w/ gold rush mapPublisherOliver G. SteeleDate Published[1849] Lot #66 California View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(California Series)AuthorMcCarthy, John Russell, editorHeadlineCalifornia series signed by California pioneersPublisherPowell Publishing Co.Date Published[1928-1929] Lot #67 Stock certificate in the California Oaks Association, "For the Improvement of Thoroughbred Horses in this State" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorBaldwin, Elias Jackson, "Lucky"HeadlineLucky Baldwin improves life for thoroughbred horsesDate PublishedSept. 9th, 1876 Lot #68 Californie: Illustration pour l'Exposition de Paris, 1900 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineCalifornia at 1900 Paris ExpositionPublisherDraeger FrèresDate Published1900 Lot #69 A Traitor Government by Judas Representatives. Representative legislation a fraud and delusion. Direct legislation, the right and only solution View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorFones, John H.HeadlineRabble-rousing Oakland politician attacks the systemPublisherHowe Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1895 Lot #70 Cold Facts About California View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorHope, Owen O.HeadlineCold Facts About California rare 1895PublisherStar PublishingDate Published[1895] Lot #72 California, Land of Gold, or Stay Home and Work Hard: A Short Description of California and the Dangers which Threaten the Immigrant, along with the Story of the Sad Fate of a German Immigrant View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorMuller, J.HeadlineSad story of a German immigrating to CaliforniaPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1971 Lot #73 California through Death Valley: A story of shadows, clouds, gloom and sunshine View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorSmith, Sam W.HeadlineRare Mormon/Death Valley drama,1880PublisherFrancis, Valentine & Co., Printers and EngraversDate Published1880 Lot #74 The Descendants Of Lewis Hart And Anne Elliott; With Additional Genealogical And Historical Data; Concerning The Families Of Hart-warner, Hart-curtiss, Mart-mccolley, Curtiss-thompson, Curtiss-torrance, Curtiss-vosburgh. View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorTorrance, Jared S.HeadlineDescendants Of Lewis Hart And Anne ElliottPublisherMrs. Jared Sydney TorranceDate Published1923 Lot #75 Manuscript volume of Charles P. Warren of Sacramento View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorWarren, Charles P.HeadlineCalifornia manuscript diary 1880sDate Published[c.1878-91] Lot #76 History of California, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; Comprising also a Full Description of its Climate, Surface, Soil...with a Journal of the Voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and Back, via Panama. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorCapron, Elisha S.HeadlineCapron's History of California 1854 w/ mapPublisherJohn P. Jewett & Co.; Jewett, Proctor and WorthingtonDate Published1854 Lot #77 Carte de visite portrait photograph 1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Carte de visite photograph)HeadlineCarte de visite portrait photograph 1859PublisherB.E. HaleDate Published1859 Lot #80 Our Pacific Possessions. Railway to the Pacific: Our Future Relations with the Pacific Islands and Mexico: a letter...to Hon. B.F. Wade, U.S. Senator... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Author[A Cincinnatian]HeadlineOur Pacific Possessions, 1861PublisherHenry Polkinhorn, PrinterDate Published1861 Lot #82 Clipper Sailing Ship At Oakland Wharf View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Clipper Ships)AuthorHeller, L.HeadlineClipper Sailing Ship At Oakland Wharf 1873PublisherWatkins Yosemite Art GalleryDate Published1873 Lot #83 Jottings from Overland Trip to Arizona and California 1908 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorCole, M. ElizabethHeadlineOverland Trip to Arizona and California 1908Publisher[Hansman & Pralow]Date Published1908 Lot #89 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese Slavery)HeadlineChinese indentured slave contract for Cuba 1859Date Published1859 Lot #90 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese, with his grant of freedom following completion of the contract View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese Slavery)HeadlineChinese slave in Cuba gets his freedomDate Published1854-[1863] Lot #91 Ship's manifest listing Chinese indentured servants transported to Cuba View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese Slavery)HeadlineChinese indentured servants transported to CubaDate Published1869 Lot #92 Ship's manifest listing Chinese indentured servants transported to Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese Slavery)HeadlineChinese indentured servants transported to CubaDate Published1869 Lot #93 Document regarding the interrogation of a Chinese indentures servant or slave from Macao View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese indentured servant under interrogation in CubaDate Published1878 Lot #94 Manuscript discussing a complaint against the owner of a plantation of "asiaticos" (Chinese indentured servants/slaves) in Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineTreatment of Chinese on Cuban plantation lambasted, 1865Date Published1865 Lot #95 Manuscript document regarding the baptism of a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese indentured servant baptized in Cuba, 1864Date Published1864 Lot #96 Manuscript regarding the disappearance of a Chinese indentured servant from a plantation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese missing in fire in Cuban sugar cane fieldDate Published1879 Lot #97 A Cedula, or identification card, for an emancipated 15 year-old negro boy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineID paper for young emancipated black slave in Cuba, 1860Date Published1860 Lot #99 Manuscript document discussing the property of a woman including a slave View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban woman owns a slave, 1747 documentDate Publishedc.1747 Lot #100 Manuscript document discussing the sale of Luis, an African slave View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSale of black slave in Cuba, 1747Date Publishedc.1747 Lot #102 Manuscript manumission document granting freedom to a female slave View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFemale slave granted freedom in Cuba, 1747Date Published1747 Lot #103 Mid-18th century manuscript manumission document for a 3 year-old boy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChild slave freed in Cuba, c.1747Date Publishedc.1747 Lot #105 Two Years Before the Mast bound together with A Tour through Sicily and Malta and The Life and Travels of Mungo Park View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDana, Richard Henry, et al.Headline2 Years Before the Mast w/ 2 other TraveloguesPublisherEdward Moxon; William and Robert Chambers and others.Date Published1838-1841 Lot #107 Letter to James W. Denver, 1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Denver, James W.)AuthorDouglass, DavidHeadlineLetter to James W. Denver, 1857Date Published1857 Lot #112 State of the Union. Speech of Hon. Henry Edgerton, of Napa, on the Resolutions Upon the State of the Union, Delivered in the Senate of the State of California, Thursday, February 14th, 1861 in Reply to Hon. H.I. Thornton (Reported by W.M. Cutter) View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorEdgerton, HenryHeadlineHon. Henry Edgerton on Californa's response to SecessionDate Published1861 Lot #116 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineExploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains...Fremont, 1845PublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 Lot #118 On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer the Diary and Itinerary of Francisco Garcés (Missionary Priest) in His Travels Through Sonora, Arizona, and California 1775 - 1776 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Garcés, Francisco]HeadlineThe Diary and Itinerary of Francisco GarcésPublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1900 Lot #119 In Pursuit of the Golden Dream: Reminiscences of San Francisco and the Northern and Southern Mines, 1849-1857 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorGardiner, Howard C.HeadlineIn Pursuit of the Golden Dream 1/100 signed copiesPublisherWestern Hemisphere, Inc.Date Published1970 Lot #122 Travel Letters View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGile, W. H.HeadlineW.H. Gile Travel Letters 1912PublisherW.B. RanneyDate Published[1923] Lot #128 History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Oakland and Environs View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGuinn, J.M.HeadlineOakland and Environs 1907PublisherHistoric Record Co.Date Published[1907] Lot #138 Californiens Gegenwart und Zukunft. Nebst Beiträgen von A. Erman: Ueber die Klimatologie von Californaiien und ueber die geographische Verbreitug des Goldes View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorHoppe, Janus & Adolph ErmanHeadlineGerman account of Gold Rush California w/maps 1849PublisherG. ReimerDate Published1849 Lot #144 The H. M. M. B. A. In California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorJames, George WhartonHeadlineHotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association 1896PublisherG. Wharton JamesDate Published1896 Lot #157 Smoky: The Cow Horse View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJames, WillHeadlineFirst Will James book illustrated in colorPublisher[Charles Scribner's Sons]Date Published[1929] Lot #175 A Long Life in Review View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorMathews, LeonardHeadlineLeonard Mathews A Long Life in ReviewPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published[1928] Lot #179 Pass for Prussian Minister Seiffart, Issued September 2, 1847 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorSanta Anna, Antonio Lopez deHeadlinePass for Prussian Minister signed by Santa AnnaPublisherAntonio Lopez de Santa AnnaDate Published1847 Lot #207 New York City Fire Department Battalion 15 ledger and fire record book May 29, 1926-April 12, 1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(New York - Fire Department)HeadlineNYC Fire Department Battalion 15 ledger and record book, 1926-7Date Published1926-27 Lot #214 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for A Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4. Volume V View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)HeadlineReport of Explorations in California for Railroad RoutesPublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, PrinterDate Published1856 Lot #220 Panoramic photograph of a chicken farm in Penngrove, California, likely owned and operated by Japanese-Americans View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Photographs)AuthorHanasono StudioHeadlineJapanese chicken farm in Penngrove, Cal - panorama photoDate Publishedc.1920s Lot #226 Mt. Hood, from Sunset Hill, Oregon View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Heading(Photographs)AuthorWatkins, Carleton E.HeadlineC.E. Watkins mammoth plate of Mt. Hood, OregonPublisherTaber PhotoDate Publishedc.1865-66, printed later Lot #228 Six Months In California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorPlayer-Frowd J.G.HeadlineSix Months In California 1872PublisherLongmans, Green and Co.Date Published1872 Lot #238 In Memoriam View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPurple, Edwin R.HeadlineEdwin R. Purple, In MemoriamPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1881 Lot #240 Document signed by William James as Governor of the State of Rhode Island, commission an ensign in the infantry View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Rhode Island)AuthorJames, WilliamHeadlineGovernor of Rhode Island commissions an EnsignDate PublishedMay 10, 1813 Lot #249 Extensive run of Sierra Club Bulletins, including complete run from 1893 to 1958 in bound volumes; nearly complete run from 1959 to 2021 in original wrappers, missing only 43 issues from that period View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Heading(Sierra Club Bulletin)HeadlineNearly 130 years of Sierra Club BulletinsPublisherSierra ClubDate Published1893-2021 Lot #267 A History of Stockton from Its Organization up to the Present Time, Including a Sketch of San Joaquin County, Comprising a History of the Government, Politics, State of Society, Religion, Fire Department, Commerce, Secret Societies, Art, Science, Manufacturers, Agricuture [sic] and Miscellaneous Events within the Past 30 Years View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorTinkham, George H.HeadlineTinkham's History of Stockton California 1880PublisherW.M. Hinton & Co.Date Published1880 Lot #268 Victorian album containing numerous chromolithographed cards, many of them trade cards View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Trade Cards)HeadlineVictorian album with numerous trade cardsDate Published19th/early 20th centuries Lot #277 Life of David S. Terry, Presenting an Authentic, Impartial, and Vivid History of His Eventful Life and Tragic Death View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWagstaff, A.E., editorHeadlineA.E. Wagstaff Life of David S. Terry 1892PublisherContinental Publishing Co.Date Published1892 Lot #281 Autobiography of Isaac Jones Wistar View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorWistar, Isaac JHeadlineAutobiography of Isaac Jones WistarPublisherThe Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.Date Published1914 Lot #303 Project Sage - A Tribute to Sir Arthur C. Clarke View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Clarke, Arthur C.)HeadlineProject Sage - A Tribute to Sir Arthur C. ClarkeDate Published2000 Lot #345 Bird’s-eye view of Contra Costa County California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - Contra Costa County)AuthorM.R.HeadlineBird’s-eye view of Contra Costa County CaliforniaDate Published[n.d.] Lot #346 Two maps of Humboldt County View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Humboldt County)HeadlineTwo rare maps of Humboldt County, CaliforniaDate Published[c.1920 & 1950's] Lot #347 Berkeley Park Meikle, Brock & Skidmore, Selling Agents View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(California - Kensington)HeadlineRare Berkeley Park, Cal., real estate map, c.1900Date Publishedc.1905-10 Lot #348 Combined map, Berkeley Highlands. Meikle, Brock & Skidmore Exclusive Agents. 2121 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley, Cal. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(California - Kensington)AuthorHuggins, Charles L.HeadlineBerkeley Highlands with estate of Japanese-American entrepreneur George Shima, 1913Date Published1913 Lot #350 U.S. Navy Yard. At Mare Island, California. Captn. D.G. Farragut, Commanding... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(California - Mare Island)AuthorDunlap, J.B., Drawn & lith. byHeadlineRare early lithograph view of Mare Island by Britton & ReyPublisherPrinted by Britton & ReyDate Published[c.1856] Lot #351 Map of the City of Modesto, Stanislaus County, California View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Modesto)HeadlineEarly map of ModestoPublisherAment Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1930s Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next