Sale 743: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#743) 10/07/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 10/07/2021 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 475. Previous|12345|Next Lot #1 General Taylor And The Wilmot Proviso AuthorAdams, John CalvinHeadlineZachary Taylor and the Wilmot ProvisoPublisherWilson & DamrellDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #2 Letter from Issac Jarratt to Robert S. Gracy, about the prospects for purchasing slaves and the prices one must pay Heading(African American, 1830)AuthorJarratt, IsaacHeadlineLetter on the price of slaves 1830Date PublishedJuly 24, 1830 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #3 Letter by the Georgia minister who pioneered organization of religious services for Southern slaves, and wrote the first Catechism for the Negro Race Heading(African American, 1847)AuthorJones, C.C.HeadlineLetter by white Minister called "Apostle to the Slaves"Date PublishedApril 30, 1847 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #4 Letter to Pennsylvania Slave Catcher Heading(African American, 1848 – Underground Railroad)AuthorTurner, F.HeadlineLetter to a Pennsylvania slave catcherDate PublishedJanuary 6, 1848 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #5 Six ephemeral items about early 20th century African-American music Heading(African American, 1907-1943 - Music)HeadlineEphemera about early 20th century Black musicDate Published1907-1943 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #6 Afro-American Folk-Song Contribution Heading(African American, 1917)AuthorHare, Maud CuneyHeadlineFirst study of African-American folk musicDate PublishedFebruary 1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #7 Coming to this Theater: The Norman Studios Presents Black Gold Heading(African American, 1928)HeadlineAd for Black Gold: A 1928 African-American WesternPublisherNorman StudiosDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #8 S. Hurok presents Marian Anderson / The World’s Greatest Singer, Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, May 6, 1940 Heading(African American, 1940 - Music)HeadlineMarian Anderson's New Orleans concert, 1940Date Published1940 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #9 Roots Heading(African American, 1976)AuthorHaley, AlexHeadlineRoots by Alex Haley, signedPublisherDoubledayDate Published[1976] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$156.25StatusSold Lot #10 The Legacy of the Panthers: A Photographic Exhibition Heading(African American, 1995 - Black Panthers)AuthorMoore, Joe Louis, curatorHeadlineSigned by Fredricka Newton et al.Publisher[Inkworks Press]Date Published[1995] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #11 The Breeds of Live Stock, and the Principles of Heredity Heading(Agriculture)AuthorSanders, J.H.HeadlineReference text on breeding Livestock, 1887PublisherJ.H. Sanders Publishing CompanyDate Published1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #12 The Wonders of Alaska Heading(Alaska)AuthorBadlam, AlexanderHeadlineThe Wonders of Alaska /w illustrations & mapsPublisherThe Bancroft CompanyDate Published1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #13 Alaska: Its History and Resources, Gold Fields, Routes and Scenery Heading(Alaska)AuthorBruce, Miner W.HeadlineAlaska by Bruce W. Miner w/ folding map 1895PublisherLowman & HanfordDate Published1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #14 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #15 Letter from an anti-slavery Pennsylvania Democrat decrying the corrupt influence in a presidential election year Heading(Anti-Slavery – Mexican-American War)AuthorPiollet, V[ictor] E[mile]HeadlineCondemning corruption during the Mexican-American WarDate PublishedOct. 17, 1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #16 Two Letters Signed by Abolitionists elected to the House of Representatives Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorSmith, Gerrit; Owen LovejoyHeadlineLetters by two ultra Abolitionists elected to the US CongressDate Published1854 and 1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #17 Mineral Resources of Northern Mexico Heading(Arizona)AuthorChipman, C. and A.J. HennionHeadlineEarly promo booklet for Arizona, 1868PublisherBaker & Godwin, PrintersDate Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #18 Treasure Land. A Story. Vol. I. Heading(Arizona)AuthorHilzinger, John G.HeadlinePromotional book on Tucson, 1897PublisherArizona Advancement CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #19 Homicide--Draft Arizona Territorial Government Code of Laws Prescott, Arizona 1864 Heading(Arizona)AuthorHowell, William T.HeadlineEarly draft of homicide laws in Arizona Terr.Date Published[1864] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #20 Arizona and Sonora: The Geography, History, and Resources of the Silver Region of North America Heading(Arizona)AuthorMowry, SylvesterHeadlineMowry's Arizona and Sonora, inscribed 1864PublisherHarper & Brothers, PublishersDate Published1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #21 Weekly Arizona Miner. Supplement. Prescott Arizona, Friday Evening, August 10, 1877 Heading(Arizona)AuthorO'Leary, DanHeadlineA US Army Scout in North ArizonaPublisherWeekly Arizona MinerDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #22 First Report of a Geological Reconnaissance of the Northern Counties of Arkansas, Made During the Years 1857 and 1858. Heading(Arkansas)AuthorOwen, David DaleHeadline1857-1858 Arkansas Geological ReconnaissancePublisherJohnson & Yerkes, State PrintersDate Published1858 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #23 Financial California: An Historical Review of the Beginnings and Progress of Banking in the State AuthorArmstrong, Leroy & J.O. DennyHeadlineRare work on Banking in CaliforniaPublisherThe Coast Banker Publishing CompanyDate Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #24 Post-WWII hearings before the U. S. Senate Special Committee on Atomic Energy Heading(Atomic Bomb)Headline1st congressional hearings on the Atom Bomb after HiroshimaDate PublishedNovember 1945-April 1946 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #25 The Pacific Coast Automobile Blue Book, 1915-1916: California, Washington, Oregon, British Columbia... A touring hand-book of motor routes on the Pacific Coast, with detail maps and complete information carefully compiled from original notes Heading(Automobile Tour Book)HeadlineMotoring guide to West Coast 1915PublisherPacific Coast Blue Book Publishing Co.Date Published1915 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #26 Three items listing hotels and motels recommended by the California State Automobile Association Heading(Automobile Touring & Lodging)HeadlineHotels & Motels in American WestPublisherCalifornia State Automobile AssociationDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #27 Over 200 miles per hour - International Air Races at St. Louis Heading(Aviation)AuthorWalter, CarlHeadline1920s Biplane Racing PosterPublisherAllied PrintingDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #28 Devotional Somnium, Or, a Collection of Prayers and Exhortations Uttered by Miss Rachel Baker: In the City of New-York, in the Winter of 1815, During Her Abstracted and Unconscious State... Heading(Baker, Miss Rachel)AuthorMitchill, Samuel L.HeadlineRachel Baker's somnium 1815PublisherPrinted for the proprietor by Van Winkle and WileyDate Published1815 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #29 History of California as published in The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft AuthorBancroft, Hubert HoweHeadlineBancroft's History of California nicely boundPublisherA.L. Bancroft & Company / The History CompanyDate Published1884-90 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #30 How I Made Millions; or The Secret of Success AuthorBarnum, P.T.HeadlineA rare Barnum edition, 1884PublisherBelford, Clarke & Co.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #31 WITHDRAWN - An Account of Jane C. Rider, The Springfield Somnambulist: The Substance of Which was Delivered as a Lecture before the Springfield Lyceum, Jan. 22, 1834 AuthorBelden, L. W., M.D.HeadlineWITHDRAWN -The Springfield Somnambulist 1834PublisherG. and C. MerriamDate Published1834 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #32 The Condition of Woman in the United States. A Traveller's Notes. AuthorBlanc, Marie Thérèse de SolmsHeadlineFrench account of early Feminism in U.S. 1895PublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #33 A Discourse Delivered Before the Society for the Propagating the Gospel Among the Indians and Others in North America. November 4, 1830. AuthorBradford, AldenHeadlineDebate on missionary work w/ Native AmericansPublisherPress of John PutnamDate Published1830 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #34 Character Sketches Author[Brewer, Rev. E. Cobham]HeadlineComplete set of Character SketchesPublisherSelmar HessDate Published1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #35 Geological Survey of California. Botany AuthorBrewer, W.H., Sereno Watson & Asa GrayHeadlineGeological Survey of California. BotanyPublisherWelch, Bigelow & Co.; John WilsonDate Published1876, 1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #36 Around Cape Horn to Honolulu on the Bark "Amy Turner" 1880 AuthorBriggs, L. VernonHeadlineCape Horn to Honolulu on the Amy Turner 1880PublisherCharles E. Lauriat Co.Date Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #37 James Phillips, Jr. AuthorBriggs, Walter De BloisHeadlineJames Phillips, Jr. Grabhorn PressPublisher[The Grabhorn Press]Date Published1935 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #38 Buffalo Bill's Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World, Columbus, Tuesday, May 12 Heading(Buffalo Bill)HeadlineBuffalo Bill's Wild West in Columbus, OHPublisherNo publisherDate Published[ca. 1893] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #39 The Killefer Tillage System: The Modern Way to Better Yields Heading(California - Agriculture)HeadlineChisel plow for tilling tough soilPublisherKillefer Manufacturing Corporation.Date Published1928 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #40 In the District Court of the Fifteenth Judicial District of the State of California, In and For the City and County of San Francisco. Alfred A. Cohen Vs. James Gray, Conrad Liese, Charles Volbert and Henry Robinson... Heading(California - Alameda County)HeadlineLegal case for public improvements to AlamedaDate Published[c. 1877] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #41 Birds-Eye View of the Zeila Mine, Mill and Chlorination Works – View From The Southeast Heading(California - Amador County)HeadlineAlbumen birds-eye view of Zeila Gold MineDate PublishedDecember 1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #42 A Magic Island: Santa Catalina, Winter and Summer Heading(California - Catalina Island)HeadlineSanta Catalina Island promo pamphlet, c. 1918PublisherWilmington Transportation CompanyDate Published[c. 1918] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #43 The Chinese Must Go! But, Who Keeps Them? Heading(California - Chinese)AuthorKeller, George F.HeadlineAnti-Chinese poster from 1878 CaliforniaPublisherThe WaspDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #44 "No Shooting. Beware of Arrest" Heading(California - Contra Costa County)HeadlineGunpowder in Contra Costa Co. Cal.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #45 Letter to the Donner Party survivor and San Jose pioneer James F. Reed Heading(California - Donner Party)AuthorLovelock, ThomasHeadlineLetter to Donner Party survivorDate PublishedSept. 13, 1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #46 Six ballot tickets from California locales in the 1860 and 1864 elections Heading(California - Election Tickets)HeadlineCalifornia election tickets from 1860 & 1864Date Published1860 & 1864 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #47 Abstract Statement of Foreign Miners' Licenses issued by R.E. Wilkins Auditor of San Joaquin County, for the term ending August 7, 1862 Heading(California - Foreign Miners' Licenses)HeadlineLicenses for foreign miners in California 1862Date PublishedAugust 8, 1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #48 Archive relating to the house atop a hill in Corte Madera built by famed attorney Jake W. Ehrlich and later owned by rock entrepreneur Bill Graham Heading(California - Jake Ehrlich/Bill Graham house)HeadlineArchive on Bill Graham's Mosada house in MarinDate Publishedc.1950s and later View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #49 Panoramic photograph of a chicken farm in Penngrove, California, likely owned and operated by Japanese-Americans Heading(California - Japanese)AuthorHanasono StudioHeadlinePanorama photo of Japanese chicken farm in Cal.Date Publishedc.1920s View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #50 From the Earthquake Zone in Long Beach California Heading(California - Los Angeles County)Headline1933 Long Beach quake unused letter cardPublisher[Green's Inc.]Date Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #51 Compliments of B. Gordan the Tailor. Direct Importers of Foreign and Domestic Woolens Heading(California - Los Angeles)Headline1895 Ad pocket booklet for Los Angeles tailorPublisherB. Gordan TailorDate Published[1895] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #52 History of the Joint Anniversary Celebration at Monterey, California of the 110th Anniversary of American Independence and the 40th Anniversary of the Taking Possession of California and the Raising of the American Flag at Monterey by commodore John Sloat of the U.S. Navy, July 7, 1846; The Celebration Being Held Monday, July 5, 1886 Heading(California - Monterey)Headline40th Anniversary of Possession of CaliforniaPublisherFraternal Publishing CompanyDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #53 Broadside advertising the auction of a large quantity of spirituous liquors from the estate of P.S. Murphy, plus some cigars Heading(California - Nevada County)AuthorMurphy, S.P., administratorHeadlineAuction of liquor in Grass Valley, Cal., 1886Date PublishedApril 22, 1886 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #54 Auburn Blue Book Heading(California - Placer County)HeadlineAuburn, CA ordinance booklet, 1913 w/ mapsPublisherPress of Placer County RepublicanDate Published[c. 1913] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #55 Herstle Jones' Nyack Lodge - menu and matchbook cover Heading(California - Placer County)HeadlineNyack Lodge menu - Emigrant Gap, CA 1947Publisher[Sacramento Lithograph]Date Published[1947] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #56 In the Supreme Court of the State of California. The People of California, Appellants, vs. Plumas Eureka Mining Company, Respondent Heading(California - Plumas Eureka Mining Company)HeadlineMining Company fails to pay taxes, the law abidesPublisherState Printing OfficeDate Published1876 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #57 Sacramento, Cal. The Capital City. Heading(California - Sacramento)Headline1920s Sacramento promotional postcardPublisherSacramento Chamber of CommerceDate Published[c. 1920] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #58 San Diego County: General information for the resident and visitor within the County Heading(California - San Diego County)HeadlineSan Diego County c.1925 with 2 mapsPublisherTouring Bureau, Automobile Club of Southern CaliforniaDate Published[1925?] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #59 Six color lithographic prints from photographs of notable locales in the San Francisco Bay Area, bound into wrappers Heading(California - San Francisco Bay Area)AuthorBritton & ReyHeadlineRare photochromes of S.F. Bay Area scenesPublisherBritton & ReyDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #60 Russ House, Pierson & Seymour, Proprietors. Montgomery Street between Bush & Pine, San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBaker, George H.HeadlineG.H. Baker broadside ad for Russ House in S.F.PublisherLith. George H. BakerDate Publishedc.1865 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #61 Birthday Celebration of the New San Francisco Exposition Auditorium, Tuesday April 18, 1916. Under the auspices of San Francisco Commercial Club Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBill Graham Auditorium at one year oldPublisherThe Abbott PressDate Published1916 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #62 Business Directory of San Francisco and Principal Towns of California and Nevada, 1877. Containing Names, Business and Address of Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional Men of the Following Cities and Towns... Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBusiness directory of San Francisco 1877PublisherL.M. McKenney PublisherDate Published1877 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #63 Commercial Hotel, San Francisco, Cal., Headquarters for Yukon Miners Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineCommercial Hotel, SF EphemeraDate Published[ca. 1897] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #64 Constitution and By-Laws of the San Francisco Yacht Club. Incorporated, June 12, 1873. Also the Sailing Regulations, Etc. Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSF Yacht Club constitution and by-laws, 1877PublisherSpaulding & Barto, Steam PrintersDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #65 Department of Public Schools, City and County of San Francisco. Thirtieth Annual Report of the Superintendent of Public Schools for the School Year Ending June 30, 1883. Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline30th Annual report of SF Public Schools, 1883PublisherGeo. Spaulding & Co., General Book and Job PrintersDate Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #66 Through ‘Frisco’s Furnace Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorDixon, JosephHeadlineBusiness promotional of building saving steelPublisherJoseph Dixon Crucible Co.Date Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #67 Four vintage photographs of buildings in San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlinePhotos of San Francisco buildings c.1880Date Published[c.1880] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #68 Handbill promoting a meeting to advocate the removal of the City Cemetery from the Richmond District Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRidding San Francisco of a Cemetery 1897PublisherRichmond District Improvement AssociationDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #69 Indenture agreement for the sale of land at Gough and Union Streets in San Francisco, by Charles H. Gough to James L. Dwyer Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineGough sells land on his eponymous street in S.F.Date PublishedDecember 13, 1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #70 San Francisco at the Fair Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorJump, EdwardHeadlineEdward Jump caricature lithograph 1864Date Published[c.1864] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #71 A Master Thinks in Iron - Hotel Mark Hopkins, San Francisco, Weeks & Day, architects & engineers Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineIronwork on the Mark Hopkins Hotel San FranciscoDate Published1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #72 Redwood in the San Francisco Fire Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRedwood Lumber and the 1906 SF FirePublisherNo publisherDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #73 Photograph of a joss house in San Francisco's Chinatown Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlinePhoto of Joss House in S.F. ChinatownDate Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #74 San Francisco Cal. U.S.A. Pacific Bank Cor. Pine & Sansome Sts. Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlinePacific Bank advertisement, 1885PublisherPacific BankDate Published1885 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #75 The San Francisco Directory For the Year Commencing April, 1871: Embracing a General Directory of Residents and a Business Directory; Also, a Directory of Streets, Public Office, Etc... Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineLangley's San Francisco Directory for 1871PublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1871 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #76 San Francisco, California: Facts regarding the City of Courage and its transition into the City of Destiny will be found inside Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco rebuilds after earthquakePublisherWestern Folder Co.Date Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #77 A Social Manual for San Francisco and Oakland: With Addresses of People of Society, Membership of Clubs, and Miscellaneous Matter for Social or Business Use Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline1884 San Francisco Bay social guidePublisherThe City Publishing CompanyDate Published1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #78 Cliff House, San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorWatkins, Carleton E.HeadlineWatkins' mammoth plate photo of Cliff House, SFDate Publishedc.1871-1875 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #79 San Jose General Agency. Descriptive List of Property For Sale By John Bell, Land, Loan, Insurance and General Business Agent Heading(California - Santa Clara County)HeadlineLand for sale in San Jose, CA in 1878Date Published[1878] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #80 Descriptive circular of Shasta County, California: Containing within its boundaries 2,500,000 acres. Rich in undeveloped agricultural, horticultural and mineral wealth Heading(California - Shasta County)HeadlinePromoting Shasta County, Cal., 1885PublisherShasta County Immigration AssociationDate Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #81 Elaborate lithographed membership certificate of D. Hoffman Burroughs in the Society of California Pioneers Heading(California - Society of California Pioneers)HeadlineNahl litho for Society of CA Pioneers, 1859Date Published1859 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #82 Advertising flyer for a governor for steam engines being sold in San Francisco a decade into the Gold Rush Heading(California - Steam Engines)HeadlineSteam engines in gold rush CaliforniaDate Published[c.1860] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #83 Reward poster for one William P. Coup, for the murder of Zedekiah Root in Placer County Heading(California - Wanted Poster)HeadlineMurder in Placer County by "Crazy Detective"Date Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #84 Letter from the San Francisco agent of Philadelphia booksellers Lea & Blanchard, about his attempts at selling their books during the height of the Gold Rush Heading(California Gold Rush Letter)AuthorHardie, RobertHeadlineSelling books in Gold Rush San FranciscoDate PublishedOctober 14, 1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #85 Letter from a resident of San Francisco, to his brother in Placerville, about sending his wife and children to visit, and other matters Heading(California Gold Rush Letter)AuthorPhillips, G.S.HeadlineS.F. Man sends wife & kids to Placerville 1852Date PublishedOctober 4th, 1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #86 Letter written from San Francisco, on letter sheet with printed page listing current prices for goods in San Francisco, which was produced by the writer of the letter Heading(California Gold Rush Letter)AuthorSweetser, J,.E.HeadlineGolf rush letter with printed prices current 1851Date PublishedJanuary 10, 1852 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #87 Three original documents relating to the California Gold Rush Heading(California Gold Rush)HeadlineDocuments of the California Gold Rush 1849Date Published1849 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #88 Bill of Exchange for $1,200 for funds deposited with Wells & Co. in San Francisco, sent Willis & Co., Boston, and redeemable at Messr. Beebee & Co. New York Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorWells & Co.HeadlineWells & Co. bill of exchange, S.F. 1851Date PublishedSeptember 1, 1851 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #89 Long Wharf, San Francisco, California Heading(California Letter Sheets)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Long Wharf, San FranciscoPublisherCharles P. Kimball, Noisy Carrier's Publishing HallDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #90 Sn. Fo. The Morning After the Great Fire of May 4th. View Taken From the Corner of Broadway & Sansome Sts. Heading(California Letter Sheets)HeadlineLetter sheet - S.F. destroyed by fire, 1851Publisher[Justh & Co.]Date Published[c.1851-52] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #91 Sn. Fo. The Morning After the Great Fire of May 4th. View Taken From the Corner of Broadway & Sansome Sts. Heading(California Letter Sheets)HeadlineSan Francisco destroyed by fire, 1851 letter sheetDate Published[c.1851-52] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #92 California Perfume Company representative salesroom sample case Heading(California Perfume Company)HeadlineSalesman's case, California Perfume Co.PublisherCalifornia Perfume CompanyDate Published[c. 1916] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #93 About California: Places of Interest and Information for the Traveler (wrapper title) Heading(California)HeadlineCalifornia promotional, 1898PublisherH.T. James & Co.Date PublishedMay, 1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #94 Manuscript letter signed by John Bigler as Governor of California, on Executive Department letterhead Heading(California)AuthorBigler, JohnHeadlineLetter from California Governor Bigler 1855Date PublishedFebruary 17th, 1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #95 The California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children... Twenty-Sixth Annual Report for the Year Ending December 31st, 1901 Heading(California)HeadlinePreventing cruelty to California children 1902PublisherFrank Eastman & Co., PrintersDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #96 Californie: Illustration pour l'Exposition de Paris, 1900 Heading(California)HeadlineCalifornia at 1900 Paris ExpositionPublisherDraeger FrèresDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #97 Inaugural address of Fred'k F. Low, Governor of the State of California, at the fifteenth session of the Legislature Heading(California)AuthorLow, Frederick F.HeadlineCalifornia Gov. Low inaugurated, 1862 addressPublisherO.M. Clayes, State printerDate Published1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #98 Manuscript surety bond signed by Thomas Bell as principal, and Darius Ogden Mills and Maurice Dore as sureties, in the matter of estate of Francisca G. Walkinshaw Heading(California)HeadlineBond signed by D.O. Mills & Maurice Dore 1874Date PublishedJune 26, 1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #99 Catechism of Christian Doctrine Prepared and Enjoyed by the Order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. Translated into Flat-Head by a Father of the Society of Jesus. Author[Canestrelli, Philip]HeadlineChristian doctrine in the Flathead languagePublisherWoodstock CollegeDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #100 Adventures on the Plains (cover title) AuthorCardinell, CharlesHeadlineNotorious expedition across the Great PlainsPublisherCalifornia Historical SocietyDate Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next Previous 12345 Next