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Sale 751: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#751) 12/16/2021 11:00 AM PST Closed

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Letter detailing the value of slaves who were to be sold
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Letter detailing the value of slaves who were to be sold

  • Heading
    (Africa-American)
  • Author
    Calder, George
  • Headline
    Planning a large slave sale in antebellum South Carolina
  • Date Published
    July 27, 1859
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
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Letter with news about captured fugitive slave committing suicide in his jail cell
2

Letter with news about captured fugitive slave committing suicide in his jail cell

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Bethune, Amanda
  • Headline
    Letter mentioning a runaway slave who hung himself in jail
  • Date Published
    November 6-13, 1851
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
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Letter, possibly written by an emancipated, slave in antebellum South Carolina
3

Letter, possibly written by an emancipated, slave in antebellum South Carolina

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Bill, Henry
  • Headline
    Letter possibly written by a freed slave in South Carolina
  • Date Published
    May 10, 1849
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
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Letter from a South Carolina slave-owner
5

Letter from a South Carolina slave-owner

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Brooks, Samuel
  • Headline
    Connecticut native writes about slaves
  • Date Published
    Feb. 6, 1847
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$468.75
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Autograph Letter Signed from a Black missionary to Liberia, freed from slavery as a child in Tennessee
6

Autograph Letter Signed from a Black missionary to Liberia, freed from slavery as a child in Tennessee

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Erskine, H. W.
  • Headline
    Antebellum Letter from an ex-slave American missionary
  • Date Published
    [1850]
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
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Autograph Letter Signed by John Quincy Adams' in-law inquiring about her ex-slave
7

Autograph Letter Signed by John Quincy Adams' in-law inquiring about her ex-slave

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Masters, Mrs. Ann
  • Headline
    John Adams in-law inquires about jailed ex-slave
  • Date Published
    Feb. 23, 1832
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$531.25
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Letter about Union Army sent to suppress KKK violence
8

Letter about Union Army sent to suppress KKK violence

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Nesbitt, James
  • Headline
    Letter about Ku Klux Klan violence in South Carolina
  • Date Published
    April 27, 1872
Estimate$300 - $500
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Letter by Female Anti-slavery Poet about her Black housekeeper
9

Letter by Female Anti-slavery Poet about her Black housekeeper

  • Heading
    (African-American)
  • Author
    Sigourney, Lydia M.
  • Headline
    Black housekeeper honored by early American woman poet
  • Date Published
    June 18, 1849
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$531.25
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Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin
12

Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin

  • Author
    Aldrin, Buzz
  • Headline
    Photos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz Aldrin
  • Publisher
    Jack Bacon & Company
  • Date Published
    2009
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$468.75
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Letter from a Boston SPCA official about forming local Societies in California
15

Letter from a Boston SPCA official about forming local Societies in California

  • Heading
    (Animal Protection)
  • Author
    Hill, Henry B.
  • Headline
    Letter from Boston SPCA about protecting animals in California
  • Date Published
    Nov. 13, 1896
Estimate$300 - $500
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Unpublished letter by the housekeeper of Ralph Waldo Emerson, describing the Emerson boarding house
16

Unpublished letter by the housekeeper of Ralph Waldo Emerson, describing the Emerson boarding house

  • Heading
    (Anti-Slavery)
  • Author
    Goodwin, Mrs. E.C. (Emeline Conor Philleo)
  • Headline
    Anti-slavery letter by Prudence Crandall’s step-daughter and poet Emerson’s housekeeper
  • Date Published
    Oct. 26, 1848
Estimate$800 - $1,000
Sold for$1,062.50
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Archive of 14 letters, most written to President William McKinley, relating to the appointment of Edwin S. Gill as Secretary of the Territory of Arizona
19

Archive of 14 letters, most written to President William McKinley, relating to the appointment of Edwin S. Gill as Secretary of the Territory of Arizona

  • Heading
    (Arizona)
  • Headline
    Arizona writes McKinley about their Secretary 1897
  • Date Published
    1897
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
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Three items listing hotels and motels recommended by the California State Automobile Association
22

Three items listing hotels and motels recommended by the California State Automobile Association

  • Heading
    (Automobile Touring & Lodging)
  • Headline
    Hotels & Motels in American West
  • Publisher
    California State Automobile Association
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
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My Auto Travels [manuscript cover title)
23

My Auto Travels [manuscript cover title)

  • Heading
    (Automobile Travel Diary)
  • Headline
    Young woman's travel diary on west coast
  • Date Published
    1916-1927
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$687.50
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History of California as published in The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
24

History of California as published in The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft

  • Author
    Bancroft, Hubert Howe
  • Headline
    Bancroft's History of California nicely bound
  • Publisher
    A.L. Bancroft & Company / The History Company
  • Date Published
    1884-90
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
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The Red Cross. A History of This Remarkable International Movement in the Interest of Humanity.
25

The Red Cross. A History of This Remarkable International Movement in the Interest of Humanity.

  • Author
    Barton, Clara
  • Headline
    With signed letter from Clara Barton
  • Publisher
    American National Red Cross
  • Date Published
    1898
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$937.50
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Designs on the Land: Diseños of California Ranchos and their Makers
26

Designs on the Land: Diseños of California Ranchos and their Makers

  • Author
    Becker, Robert H.
  • Headline
    Disenos of California Ranchos 1/500
  • Publisher
    Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1969
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$531.25
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Anales Mexicanos de Ciencias, Literatura, Minería, Agricultura, Artes, Industria y Comercio en la República Mexicana
28

Anales Mexicanos de Ciencias, Literatura, Minería, Agricultura, Artes, Industria y Comercio en la República Mexicana

  • Heading
    (Big Trees)
  • Headline
    Mammoth Tree Grove lithograph 1860
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$2,375
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Sea Scout Requirements. Review Questions and Answers for Use by Examiners and Courts of Honor.
32

Sea Scout Requirements. Review Questions and Answers for Use by Examiners and Courts of Honor.

  • Heading
    (Boy Scouts)
  • Headline
    Rare Sea Scout manual for Boy Scouts, 1936
  • Publisher
    Boy Scouts of America
  • Date Published
    1936
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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A Description of the Town of Berkeley. With a history of the University of California - presenting the natural and acquired advantages of a most attractive place of residence
36

A Description of the Town of Berkeley. With a history of the University of California - presenting the natural and acquired advantages of a most attractive place of residence

  • Heading
    (California - Berkeley)
  • Headline
    Berkeley in 1881 - scarce booklet
  • Publisher
    Bacon and Company
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
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"Daily Free Press" newspaper, 2 issues
37

"Daily Free Press" newspaper, 2 issues

  • Heading
    (California - Bodie)
  • Headline
    Rare Bodie, California newspapers, 1881
  • Date Published
    1881
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
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Sheet of three unused stock certificates in the Bodie Bluff Consolidation Mining Co., each signed in ink by Leland Stanford as President of the company
38

Sheet of three unused stock certificates in the Bodie Bluff Consolidation Mining Co., each signed in ink by Leland Stanford as President of the company

  • Heading
    (California - Bodie)
  • Headline
    Bodie mine stock signed by Leland Stanford
  • Publisher
    Agnew & Deffenbach, print.
  • Date Published
    186-
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
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Best Fishing & Hunting District in the State: Eagle Lake, the Home of the Mule Deer & the Gamey Rainbow Trout
39

Best Fishing & Hunting District in the State: Eagle Lake, the Home of the Mule Deer & the Gamey Rainbow Trout

  • Heading
    (California - Lassen County)
  • Headline
    Build your hunting cabin in Lassen County c.1920
  • Publisher
    Bank of Italy, Trustee
  • Date Published
    c.1920
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
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Letter from Lassen County D.A. office relaying account of murder in Big Valley
40

Letter from Lassen County D.A. office relaying account of murder in Big Valley

  • Heading
    (California - Lassen County)
  • Headline
    Murder in Lassen County, a "cold blooded" affair
  • Date Published
    April 20, 1880
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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Chadwick's 1915 Street Directory and Pocket Guide of Los Angeles City with Latest City Map. Contains all Streets, Car Lines, Apartments, Hotels, Lodgings, Banks, Clubs... Etc. (caption title)
41

Chadwick's 1915 Street Directory and Pocket Guide of Los Angeles City with Latest City Map. Contains all Streets, Car Lines, Apartments, Hotels, Lodgings, Banks, Clubs... Etc. (caption title)

  • Heading
    (California - Los Angeles)
  • Author
    Chadwick, James P.
  • Headline
    Los Angeles Street Guide with map, 1915
  • Publisher
    J.P. Chadwick
  • Date Published
    1914
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$750
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Two ledger books from Wells, Fargo's Mendocino office listing shipments and goods and packages on hand
42

Two ledger books from Wells, Fargo's Mendocino office listing shipments and goods and packages on hand

  • Heading
    (California - Mendocino)
  • Author
    Wells, Fargo & Co.
  • Headline
    Wells, Fargo ledgers from Mendocino, 1890s
  • Publisher
    Wells, Fargo & Co.
  • Date Published
    1890-1897
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
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Wilson Peak Park - Above the Clouds. The Alps of America (wrapper title)
43

Wilson Peak Park - Above the Clouds. The Alps of America (wrapper title)

  • Heading
    (California - Mount Wilson)
  • Headline
    Rare camp guide to Mount Wilson c,.1900
  • Date Published
    c.1895-1900
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
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Framed receipt from Truckee Lumber Co. dated Sept. 26th 1894
44

Framed receipt from Truckee Lumber Co. dated Sept. 26th 1894

  • Heading
    (California - Nevada County)
  • Headline
    Lumber receipt from Truckee Lumber Co., 1894
  • Publisher
    Truckee Lumber Co.
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
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History of Placer and Nevada Counties, California, with Biographical Sketches
45

History of Placer and Nevada Counties, California, with Biographical Sketches

  • Heading
    (California - Placer and Nevada Counties)
  • Author
    Lardner, W.B. & M.J. Brock
  • Headline
    Placer and Nevada Counties, California
  • Publisher
    Historic Record Company
  • Date Published
    1924
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
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"Grange Store! Independent Ticket! Vote Early! Vote Often!" - advertising broadside in the form of a mock election ticket
46

"Grange Store! Independent Ticket! Vote Early! Vote Often!" - advertising broadside in the form of a mock election ticket

  • Heading
    (California - Placerville)
  • Headline
    Placerville broadside for Grange Store 1879
  • Publisher
    Grange Store/Wm. H. Dixon
  • Date Published
    May 20th, 1879
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
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San Diego County: General information for the resident and visitor within the County
47

San Diego County: General information for the resident and visitor within the County

  • Heading
    (California - San Diego County)
  • Headline
    San Diego County c.1925 with 2 maps
  • Publisher
    Touring Bureau, Automobile Club of Southern California
  • Date Published
    [1925?]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Proclamation by Mayor E.E. Schmitz of San Francisco authorizing police to kill looters following the 1906 earthquake and fire
48

Proclamation by Mayor E.E. Schmitz of San Francisco authorizing police to kill looters following the 1906 earthquake and fire

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco Earthquake)
  • Headline
    Earthquake looters shot on sight!
  • Publisher
    Altvater Print.
  • Date Published
    April 18, 1906
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,250
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The San Francisco Conflagration of April, 1906: Special Report to the National Board of Fire Underwriters, Committee of Twenty
49

The San Francisco Conflagration of April, 1906: Special Report to the National Board of Fire Underwriters, Committee of Twenty

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco Earthquake)
  • Author
    Reed, S. Albert
  • Headline
    San Francisco Conflagration w/136 plates
  • Publisher
    [The Board]
  • Date Published
    [1906]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$625
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"The San Francisco Herald" - with much on the second Vigilance Committee, Judge Terry, and related affairs
50

"The San Francisco Herald" - with much on the second Vigilance Committee, Judge Terry, and related affairs

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco Vigilance Committee 1856)
  • Headline
    S.F. newspaper with much on 2nd Vigilance Committee
  • Publisher
    John Nugent, Editor and Proprietor
  • Date Published
    June 29, 1856
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
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Action of the Board of Supervisors in the matter of the claim of Gregory Yale
51

Action of the Board of Supervisors in the matter of the claim of Gregory Yale

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Compensation for evidence in Limantour case
  • Date Published
    1862
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
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Birthday Celebration of the New San Francisco Exposition Auditorium, Tuesday April 18, 1916. Under the auspices of San Francisco Commercial Club
52

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)
  • Headline
    Bill Graham Auditorium at one year old
  • Publisher
    The Abbott Press
  • Date Published
    1916
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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A Master Thinks in Iron - Hotel Mark Hopkins, San Francisco, Weeks & Day, architects & engineers
53

A Master Thinks in Iron - Hotel Mark Hopkins, San Francisco, Weeks & Day, architects & engineers

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Ironwork on the Mark Hopkins Hotel San Francisco
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Minutes of a Baptist convention held with the First Baptist Church, San Francisco, Feb. 2d, 3d and 4th, 1860
54

Minutes of a Baptist convention held with the First Baptist Church, San Francisco, Feb. 2d, 3d and 4th, 1860

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Baptists in California, 1860
  • Publisher
    Town & Bacon... Printers
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
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Palace Hotel, John P. Gaynor, Architect. San Francisco
55

Palace Hotel, John P. Gaynor, Architect. San Francisco

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Advertising photograph of Palace Hotel S.F.
  • Publisher
    Bradley & Rulofson
  • Date Published
    1875
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
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First-Person Account of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
56

First-Person Account of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Richards, A.C.
  • Headline
    Original Letter from SF Resident, Describing 1906 Quake
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,625
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Twenty-four original albumen photographs of San Francisco and California
57

Twenty-four original albumen photographs of San Francisco and California

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Taber, Isaiah West
  • Headline
    19th c. albumen photographs of San Francisco
  • Publisher
    Taber Photo
  • Date Published
    c.1880s-1890s
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
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Third annual report of the Pacific Presbyterian Union, San Francisco
58

Third annual report of the Pacific Presbyterian Union, San Francisco

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Presbyterians in old San Francisco
  • Publisher
    G.W. Gordon, Steam Book and Job Printing House
  • Date Published
    1878
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
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San Francisco, the Sunset City
59

San Francisco, the Sunset City

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Worden, Willard
  • Headline
    Worden photos of pre-Earthquake San Francisco
  • Date Published
    [c.1904]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,125
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Original photograph of the Ruby Mine near Downieville, Sierra County, California
60

Original photograph of the Ruby Mine near Downieville, Sierra County, California

  • Heading
    (California - Sierra County)
  • Headline
    Photo of Ruby gold mine near Downieville, 1886
  • Date Published
    [June 1886]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
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Vallejo Home of Mare Island Naval Shipyard. The California Maritime Academy and Center of the Bay Area Industrial Development...Map and General Information.
61

Vallejo Home of Mare Island Naval Shipyard. The California Maritime Academy and Center of the Bay Area Industrial Development...Map and General Information.

  • Heading
    (California - Solano County)
  • Headline
    1950s Vallejo map from Chambers of Commerce
  • Publisher
    Vallejo Chambers of Commerce
  • Date Published
    [1950]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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An Argument - The Truth About "The Roadhouse"
62

An Argument - The Truth About "The Roadhouse"

  • Heading
    (California - Sonoma County)
  • Headline
    Booze sales in Sonoma County under attack
  • Date Published
    c.1912
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Collections of letters, labels, and other ephemera relating to the California wine industry in the latter 1800s and early 1900s
63

Collections of letters, labels, and other ephemera relating to the California wine industry in the latter 1800s and early 1900s

  • Heading
    (California - Wine)
  • Headline
    19th century California wine ephemera
  • Date Published
    Latter 1800s & early 1900s
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Autograph Document certifying a birth in mid-ocean en route from Europe to California
64

Autograph Document certifying a birth in mid-ocean en route from Europe to California

  • Heading
    (California Gold Rush)
  • Author
    [Kolling?], J.C.C.
  • Headline
    Certificate for birth aboard ship sailing to Gold Rush
  • Date Published
    Jan. 19, 1853
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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Letter about Jewish merchant in Mississippi who had left for the California Gold Rush
65

Letter about Jewish merchant in Mississippi who had left for the California Gold Rush

  • Heading
    (California Gold Rush)
  • Author
    Selling, Philip
  • Headline
    Letter about a Jewish 49er to the California Gold Rush
  • Date Published
    June 1, 1849
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Fire in San Francisco. Jn [sic] the Night from the 3d.-4th May, 1851. Loss $20,000,000
66

Fire in San Francisco. Jn [sic] the Night from the 3d.-4th May, 1851. Loss $20,000,000

  • Heading
    (California Letter Sheets)
  • Headline
    Letter sheet of fire in San Francisco May 1851
  • Publisher
    Lith. Justh & Co.
  • Date Published
    1851
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,500
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Mission Dolores
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Mission Dolores

  • Heading
    (California Letter Sheets)
  • Headline
    Rare letter sheet of Mission Dolores
  • Publisher
    Lith. & Publ. by Quirot & Co.
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,625
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San Francisco Upper California, in November 1851
68

San Francisco Upper California, in November 1851

  • Heading
    (California Letter Sheets)
  • Headline
    Bird's-eye panorama of San Francisco 1851
  • Publisher
    Lith. & Published by Quirot & Co.
  • Date Published
    Before May 18, 1852
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,062.50
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San Francisco, After the Fire of June 22d, 1851 (Published by the Times and Transcript.)
69

San Francisco, After the Fire of June 22d, 1851 (Published by the Times and Transcript.)

  • Heading
    (California Letter Sheets)
  • Headline
    San Francisco burnt to ground, 1851 letter sheet
  • Date Published
    1851
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$2,812.50
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View of the Last Great Conflagration in San-Francisco on the 22d of June, 1851. Ten Squares burned. Loss $3,000,000. View Taken from the head of California Street During the Progress of the Fire
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View of the Last Great Conflagration in San-Francisco on the 22d of June, 1851. Ten Squares burned. Loss $3,000,000. View Taken from the head of California Street During the Progress of the Fire

  • Heading
    (California Letter Sheets)
  • Headline
    Letter sheet with San Francisco in flames 1851
  • Publisher
    Justh Quirot & Co.
  • Date Published
    [before July 14th, 1851]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$2,812.50
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View of the Plaza of San-Francisco, On the 4th of July 1851
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View of the Plaza of San-Francisco, On the 4th of July 1851

  • Heading
    (California Letter Sheets)
  • Headline
    Letter sheet celebrating 4th of July in S.F. 1851
  • Publisher
    Publ. & Lith. by Quirot & Co.
  • Date Published
    1851
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$2,812.50
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Echoes of the Past About California
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Echoes of the Past About California

  • Heading
    (California)
  • Author
    Bidwell, John
  • Headline
    General Bidwell's Echoes of the Past
  • Publisher
    [Chico Advertiser]
  • Date Published
    [1914]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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Six California souvenir albums illustrated from photographs of San Francisco and other California locales
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Six California souvenir albums illustrated from photographs of San Francisco and other California locales

  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Six California souvenir albums illus. w/ photos
  • Date Published
    [c. 1880s]
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$312.50
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Reconstruction: Speech of Hon. Samuel B. Axtell of California, delivered in the House of Representatives, January 18, 1868
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Reconstruction: Speech of Hon. Samuel B. Axtell of California, delivered in the House of Representatives, January 18, 1868

  • Heading
    (Civil War - Reconstruction)
  • Author
    Axtell, Samuel B.
  • Headline
    Calif. Congressman opposes Reconstruction
  • Publisher
    F. & J. Rives & Geo. A. Bailey
  • Date Published
    1868
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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Letter from a Maine teacher about a student who fled to Canada to escape the draft
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Letter from a Maine teacher about a student who fled to Canada to escape the draft

  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Bullard, Silas
  • Headline
    Letter about a Civil War draft dodger in Maine
  • Date Published
    Oct. 7, 1864
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Letter praising the oratory of Alabama Secessionist during the 1860 presidential election campaign
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Letter praising the oratory of Alabama Secessionist during the 1860 presidential election campaign

  • Heading
    (Civil War)
  • Author
    Ward, John James
  • Headline
    Confederate officer praises Secession on eve of Civil War
  • Date Published
    Ca. 1858 and 1860
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$937.50
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Check signed J. Fenimore Cooper
89

Check signed J. Fenimore Cooper

  • Author
    Cooper, James Fenimore
  • Headline
    Signed by J. Fenimore Cooper
  • Date Published
    1845
Estimate$300 - $500
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Outlaws on Horseback. The History of the Organized Bands of Bank and Train Robbers Who Terrorized the Prairie Towns of Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma for Half a Century
93

Outlaws on Horseback. The History of the Organized Bands of Bank and Train Robbers Who Terrorized the Prairie Towns of Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma for Half a Century

  • Author
    Drago, Harry Sinclair
  • Headline
    Signed by the author, 1/150
  • Publisher
    Dodd, Mead & Company
  • Date Published
    1964
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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The Combination Thoroughbred Stallion Erwin Davis... Will stand at the Fair Grounds, Salinas...
98

The Combination Thoroughbred Stallion Erwin Davis... Will stand at the Fair Grounds, Salinas...

  • Heading
    (Equestrian - Stud broadside advertisement)
  • Author
    Davidson, J.R., Proprietor
  • Headline
    Stallion for stud at Salinas Fair Grounds 1886
  • Publisher
    Salinas Index Print
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$343.75
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Then and Now!! Why? ...Speech by M.M. Estee delivered before the farmers and business men at the Normal School Hall, at San Jose, August 15, 1895, on the relation of gold and silver to practical business (caption title)
99

Then and Now!! Why? ...Speech by M.M. Estee delivered before the farmers and business men at the Normal School Hall, at San Jose, August 15, 1895, on the relation of gold and silver to practical business (caption title)

  • Author
    Estee, Morris M.
  • Headline
    Gold vs Silver - 1896 California speech
  • Publisher
    [California Silver Campaign Committee]
  • Date Published
    [1896]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Capital and Population: A Study of the Economic Effects of Their Relations to Each Other.
108

Capital and Population: A Study of the Economic Effects of Their Relations to Each Other.

  • Heading
    (Finance)
  • Author
    Hawley, Frederick B.
  • Headline
    Singed by Frederick B. Hawley
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    1882
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Gold of Ophir Cook Book
118

Gold of Ophir Cook Book

  • Heading
    (Food & Drink)
  • Headline
    Cookbook from California historical society
  • Publisher
    Gold of Ophir Parlor No. 190
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and Other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances
130

In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and Other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc.

  • Author
    Hutchings, James Mason
  • Headline
    Hutchings in Heart of Sierras
  • Publisher
    The Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing House
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
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Souvenir of California. Yo Semite Valley and the Big Trees. What to see and how to see it
131

Souvenir of California. Yo Semite Valley and the Big Trees. What to see and how to see it

  • Author
    Hutchings, James Mason
  • Headline
    Hutchings Souvenir of Yosemite and Big Trees
  • Publisher
    J. M. Hutchings
  • Date Published
    [1898]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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The Real Japanese California
134

The Real Japanese California

  • Heading
    (Japanese-American)
  • Author
    Pajus, Jean
  • Headline
    Rare book on Japanese in California before World War II
  • Publisher
    J.J. Gillick Co.
  • Date Published
    1937
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$875
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Stationery autographed by Al Jolson
136

Stationery autographed by Al Jolson

  • Author
    Jolson, Al
  • Headline
    Inscribed by singer and comedian Al Jolson
  • Date Published
    n.d.
Estimate$300 - $500
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The Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steam Ship Company's Steamer "City of London" off Ballycotton Island. Built by Messrs. Tod & Macgregor, Glasgow,1862
146

The Liverpool, New York & Philadelphia Steam Ship Company's Steamer "City of London" off Ballycotton Island. Built by Messrs. Tod & Macgregor, Glasgow,1862

  • Heading
    (Maritime)
  • Headline
    Broadside with albumen photo of ship
  • Date Published
    c.1871-77
Estimate$600 - $900
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Memorie and Rime
161

Memorie and Rime

  • Author
    Miller, Joaquin
  • Headline
    Signed by Miller, w/ letter from Ella W. Wilcox
  • Publisher
    Funk & Wagnalls
  • Date Published
    1884
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
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Nine vintage 19th century newspapers from towns and small cities in California and Nevada
178

Nine vintage 19th century newspapers from towns and small cities in California and Nevada

  • Heading
    (Newspapers)
  • Headline
    Calif. & Nevada small town newspapers 1862-78
  • Date Published
    1862-1876
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
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Letter from the inspiration of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Ballad of Ulalume"
189

Letter from the inspiration of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Ballad of Ulalume"

  • Heading
    (Poe, Edgar Allan)
  • Author
    Bronson, C.P.
  • Headline
    Letter from the inspiration of a poem by Edgar Allan Poe
  • Date Published
    Dec. 14, 1831
Estimate$400 - $600
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A Shining City. The Legacy of Ronald Reagan.
201

A Shining City. The Legacy of Ronald Reagan.

  • Heading
    (Presidents, 1981)
  • Headline
    Signed by Nancy Reagan
  • Publisher
    The Easton Press
  • Date Published
    1998
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$212.50
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The Overland Stage to California: Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean
207

The Overland Stage to California: Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean

  • Author
    Root, Frank A. and William Elsey Connelley
  • Headline
    Inscribed by the author Frank A. Root
  • Publisher
    Published by the Authors
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$593.75
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Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines
208

Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines

  • Author
    Ryan, William Redmond
  • Headline
    Ryan's Adventures in Upper and Lower California
  • Publisher
    William Shoberl, Parry & Co.
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
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Letter opposing South Carolina's Nullification battle with Washington
212

Letter opposing South Carolina's Nullification battle with Washington

  • Heading
    (South Carolina)
  • Author
    Hemphill, David, James, Eliza and Bell
  • Headline
    Letter opposing South Carolina Nullification movement
  • Date Published
    Feb. 24, 1834
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
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Letter to New York judge Reuben Walworth nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court
215

Letter to New York judge Reuben Walworth nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court

  • Heading
    (Supreme Court)
  • Author
    Graham, James Lorimer
  • Headline
    Letter about a contentious Supreme Court nomination
  • Date Published
    Jan. 28, 1845
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
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Former Confederate secret agent plots Supreme Court overthrow of Reconstruction
216

Former Confederate secret agent plots Supreme Court overthrow of Reconstruction

  • Heading
    (Supreme Court)
  • Author
    Washington, Littleton Quinton
  • Headline
    Letter on Supreme Court challenge to Reconstruction
  • Date Published
    January 11, 1868
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,187.50
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Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel
217

Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel

  • Author
    Taylor, Bayard
  • Headline
    Bayard's El Dorado, 2nd Edition
  • Publisher
    George P. Putnam
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$375
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Two letters and a receipt relating to the XIT Ranch on the Texas Panhandle
219

Two letters and a receipt relating to the XIT Ranch on the Texas Panhandle

  • Heading
    (Texas - XIT Ranch)
  • Headline
    Letters about the XIT Ranch of Texas 1888
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
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Deed for sale of land in Nacadoches County, Republic of Texas
222

Deed for sale of land in Nacadoches County, Republic of Texas

  • Heading
    (Texas)
  • Headline
    Selling land in Republic of Texas
  • Date Published
    1839
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
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Survey of 320 acres of land in Nacadoches County, Texas
225

Survey of 320 acres of land in Nacadoches County, Texas

  • Heading
    (Texas)
  • Author
    Terrell, R.H.
  • Headline
    Land survey in Republic of Texas
  • Date Published
    1844
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$156.25
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Diary of Democracy
228

Diary of Democracy

  • Author
    Toulmin, Harry Aubrey
  • Headline
    Signed by Harley M. Kilgore
  • Publisher
    Richard R. Smith
  • Date Published
    1947
Estimate$300 - $500
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Visitors Guide. March Air Force Base, California.
230

Visitors Guide. March Air Force Base, California.

  • Heading
    (U.S. Air Force)
  • Headline
    March Air Force Base, California, 1950s guide
  • Date Published
    [c. 1950s]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
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The Yosemite Guide-Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California
238

The Yosemite Guide-Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California

  • Author
    Whitney, Josiah Dwight
  • Headline
    Yosemite Guide-Book 1874
  • Publisher
    Published by Authority of the Legislature
  • Date Published
    1874
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
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Fighting the Flying Circus
239

Fighting the Flying Circus

  • Heading
    (World War I)
  • Author
    Rickenbacker, Edward V.
  • Headline
    Inscribed by fighter ace 'Eddie' Rickenbacker
  • Publisher
    Frederick A. Stokes Company
  • Date Published
    1919
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Letter offering Indian artifacts to a Congressional Medal of Honor winner
243

Letter offering Indian artifacts to a Congressional Medal of Honor winner

  • Heading
    (Wounded Knee)
  • Author
    Moorehead, Warren
  • Headline
    Letter from Dean of American Archaeology and Wounded Knee observer
  • Date Published
    August 18, 1897
Estimate$300 - $500
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Ship and Shore: or Leaves from the Journal of a Cruise to the Levant. By an Officer of the United States' Navy
262

Ship and Shore: or Leaves from the Journal of a Cruise to the Levant. By an Officer of the United States' Navy

  • Author
    [Colton, Walter]
  • Headline
    Rev. Colton in the Levant, Ship and Shore
  • Publisher
    Leavitt, Lord & Co.
  • Date Published
    1835
Estimate$300 - $500
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An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and Some of His Officers, Who, in August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a Packet Bel
285

An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and Some of His Officers, Who, in August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a Packet Belonging to the Honourable East India Company

  • Author
    Keate, George
  • Headline
    Keate's Account of the Pelew Islands 1789
  • Publisher
    Printed for Captain Wilson and sold by G. Nicol
  • Date Published
    1789
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806
290

Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806

  • Author
    Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von
  • Headline
    Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806
  • Publisher
    Thomas C. Russell
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Atlantic and Transatlantic: Sketches Afloat and Ashore
295

Atlantic and Transatlantic: Sketches Afloat and Ashore

  • Author
    Mackinnon, Captain (Lauchlan Bellingham)
  • Headline
    Royal Navy captain travels the U. S. coast
  • Publisher
    Harper & Brothers Publishers
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Letter from Major General Berthier to Brigadier General Barthelemy, then in transit to Vilna
302

Letter from Major General Berthier to Brigadier General Barthelemy, then in transit to Vilna

  • Heading
    (Napoleonic Wars)
  • Author
    Berthier, Louis-Alexandre
  • Headline
    Letter from Napoleon's Chief of Staff
  • Date Published
    2 August 1812
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
314

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

  • Author
    Shirer, William L.
  • Headline
    Signed by William L. Shirer
  • Publisher
    Simon & Schuster
  • Date Published
    [1990]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$750
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Alexander's Campaign on the Indian North-West Frontier
319

Alexander's Campaign on the Indian North-West Frontier

  • Author
    Stein, Aurel
  • Headline
    Signed with inscription by Aurel Stein
  • Publisher
    Royal Geographical Society
  • Date Published
    c. 1927-29
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,125
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"Alcatraz from the North"
337

"Alcatraz from the North"

  • Heading
    (California - Alcatraz)
  • Headline
    Original colored drawing of Alcatraz, c.1880s
  • Date Published
    c.1880s
Estimate$800 - $1,200
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Map of the city of Alhambra and additions, Los Angeles Co., California showing street numbers, schools, churches, depots, etc. Compiled by Alhambra Engineering Department
338

Map of the city of Alhambra and additions, Los Angeles Co., California showing street numbers, schools, churches, depots, etc. Compiled by Alhambra Engineering Department

  • Heading
    (California - Alhambra)
  • Author
    Rugen, O.N.
  • Headline
    Scarce map of Alhambra, California 1933
  • Publisher
    Alhambra Chamber of Commerce
  • Date Published
    1933
Estimate$500 - $800
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The Fabulous Antelope Valley
339

The Fabulous Antelope Valley

  • Heading
    (California - Antelope Valley)
  • Headline
    Real estate map of Antelope Valley, Calif.
  • Publisher
    Brewster Maps
  • Date Published
    1955
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Map of the City of Arcadia California. Compiled from Records & Surveys June, 1941
340

Map of the City of Arcadia California. Compiled from Records & Surveys June, 1941

  • Heading
    (California - Arcadia)
  • Author
    Watson, G.B.
  • Headline
    Wartime map of Arcadia, California
  • Publisher
    Printed by Arcadia Tribune and Arcadia News
  • Date Published
    1942-1943
Estimate$400 - $600
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