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Previous|1|Next Lot #22 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$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #24 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$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #26 Designs on the Land: Diseños of California Ranchos and their Makers AuthorBecker, Robert H.HeadlineDisenos of California Ranchos 1/500PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #28 Anales Mexicanos de Ciencias, Literatura, Minería, Agricultura, Artes, Industria y Comercio en la República Mexicana Heading(Big Trees)HeadlineMammoth Tree Grove lithograph 1860Date Published1860 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #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)HeadlineBerkeley in 1881 - scarce bookletPublisherBacon and CompanyDate Published1881 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #37 "Daily Free Press" newspaper, 2 issues Heading(California - Bodie)HeadlineRare Bodie, California newspapers, 1881Date Published1881 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #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)HeadlineBodie mine stock signed by Leland StanfordPublisherAgnew & Deffenbach, print.Date Published186- View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #39 Best Fishing & Hunting District in the State: Eagle Lake, the Home of the Mule Deer & the Gamey Rainbow Trout Heading(California - Lassen County)HeadlineBuild your hunting cabin in Lassen County c.1920PublisherBank of Italy, TrusteeDate Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #40 Letter from Lassen County D.A. office relaying account of murder in Big Valley Heading(California - Lassen County)HeadlineMurder in Lassen County, a "cold blooded" affairDate PublishedApril 20, 1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #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)AuthorChadwick, James P.HeadlineLos Angeles Street Guide with map, 1915PublisherJ.P. ChadwickDate Published1914 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #42 Two ledger books from Wells, Fargo's Mendocino office listing shipments and goods and packages on hand Heading(California - Mendocino)AuthorWells, Fargo & Co.HeadlineWells, Fargo ledgers from Mendocino, 1890sPublisherWells, Fargo & Co.Date Published1890-1897 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #43 Wilson Peak Park - Above the Clouds. The Alps of America (wrapper title) Heading(California - Mount Wilson)HeadlineRare camp guide to Mount Wilson c,.1900Date Publishedc.1895-1900 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #44 Framed receipt from Truckee Lumber Co. dated Sept. 26th 1894 Heading(California - Nevada County)HeadlineLumber receipt from Truckee Lumber Co., 1894PublisherTruckee Lumber Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #45 History of Placer and Nevada Counties, California, with Biographical Sketches Heading(California - Placer and Nevada Counties)AuthorLardner, W.B. & M.J. BrockHeadlinePlacer and Nevada Counties, CaliforniaPublisherHistoric Record CompanyDate Published1924 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #46 "Grange Store! Independent Ticket! Vote Early! Vote Often!" - advertising broadside in the form of a mock election ticket Heading(California - Placerville)HeadlinePlacerville broadside for Grange Store 1879PublisherGrange Store/Wm. H. DixonDate PublishedMay 20th, 1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #47 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #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)HeadlineEarthquake looters shot on sight!PublisherAltvater Print.Date PublishedApril 18, 1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #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)AuthorReed, S. AlbertHeadlineSan Francisco Conflagration w/136 platesPublisher[The Board]Date Published[1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #50 "The San Francisco Herald" - with much on the second Vigilance Committee, Judge Terry, and related affairs Heading(California - San Francisco Vigilance Committee 1856)HeadlineS.F. newspaper with much on 2nd Vigilance CommitteePublisherJohn Nugent, Editor and ProprietorDate PublishedJune 29, 1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #51 Action of the Board of Supervisors in the matter of the claim of Gregory Yale Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineCompensation for evidence in Limantour caseDate Published1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #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)HeadlineBill Graham Auditorium at one year oldPublisherThe Abbott PressDate Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #53 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #54 Minutes of a Baptist convention held with the First Baptist Church, San Francisco, Feb. 2d, 3d and 4th, 1860 Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBaptists in California, 1860PublisherTown & Bacon... PrintersDate Published1860 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #55 Palace Hotel, John P. Gaynor, Architect. San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineAdvertising photograph of Palace Hotel S.F.PublisherBradley & RulofsonDate Published1875 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #56 First-Person Account of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorRichards, A.C.HeadlineOriginal Letter from SF Resident, Describing 1906 QuakeDate Published1906 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #57 Twenty-four original albumen photographs of San Francisco and California Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadline19th c. albumen photographs of San FranciscoPublisherTaber PhotoDate Publishedc.1880s-1890s View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #58 Third annual report of the Pacific Presbyterian Union, San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlinePresbyterians in old San FranciscoPublisherG.W. Gordon, Steam Book and Job Printing HouseDate Published1878 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #59 San Francisco, the Sunset City Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorWorden, WillardHeadlineWorden photos of pre-Earthquake San FranciscoDate Published[c.1904] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #60 Original photograph of the Ruby Mine near Downieville, Sierra County, California Heading(California - Sierra County)HeadlinePhoto of Ruby gold mine near Downieville, 1886Date Published[June 1886] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #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)Headline1950s Vallejo map from Chambers of CommercePublisherVallejo Chambers of CommerceDate Published[1950] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #62 An Argument - The Truth About "The Roadhouse" Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlineBooze sales in Sonoma County under attackDate Publishedc.1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #63 Collections of letters, labels, and other ephemera relating to the California wine industry in the latter 1800s and early 1900s Heading(California - Wine)Headline19th century California wine ephemeraDate PublishedLatter 1800s & early 1900s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #64 Autograph Document certifying a birth in mid-ocean en route from Europe to California Heading(California Gold Rush)Author[Kolling?], J.C.C.HeadlineCertificate for birth aboard ship sailing to Gold RushDate PublishedJan. 19, 1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #66 Fire in San Francisco. Jn [sic] the Night from the 3d.-4th May, 1851. Loss $20,000,000 Heading(California Letter Sheets)HeadlineLetter sheet of fire in San Francisco May 1851PublisherLith. Justh & Co.Date Published1851 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #67 Mission Dolores Heading(California Letter Sheets)HeadlineRare letter sheet of Mission DoloresPublisherLith. & Publ. by Quirot & Co.Date PublishedNo date View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #68 San Francisco Upper California, in November 1851 Heading(California Letter Sheets)HeadlineBird's-eye panorama of San Francisco 1851PublisherLith. & Published by Quirot & Co.Date PublishedBefore May 18, 1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #69 San Francisco, After the Fire of June 22d, 1851 (Published by the Times and Transcript.) Heading(California Letter Sheets)HeadlineSan Francisco burnt to ground, 1851 letter sheetDate Published1851 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #70 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)HeadlineLetter sheet with San Francisco in flames 1851PublisherJusth Quirot & Co.Date Published[before July 14th, 1851] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #71 View of the Plaza of San-Francisco, On the 4th of July 1851 Heading(California Letter Sheets)HeadlineLetter sheet celebrating 4th of July in S.F. 1851PublisherPubl. & Lith. by Quirot & Co.Date Published1851 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #72 Echoes of the Past About California Heading(California)AuthorBidwell, JohnHeadlineGeneral Bidwell's Echoes of the PastPublisher[Chico Advertiser]Date Published[1914] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #74 Six California souvenir albums illustrated from photographs of San Francisco and other California locales Heading(California)HeadlineSix California souvenir albums illus. w/ photosDate Published[c. 1880s] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #77 Reconstruction: Speech of Hon. Samuel B. Axtell of California, delivered in the House of Representatives, January 18, 1868 Heading(Civil War - Reconstruction)AuthorAxtell, Samuel B.HeadlineCalif. Congressman opposes ReconstructionPublisherF. & J. Rives & Geo. A. BaileyDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Combination Thoroughbred Stallion Erwin Davis... Will stand at the Fair Grounds, Salinas... Heading(Equestrian - Stud broadside advertisement)AuthorDavidson, J.R., ProprietorHeadlineStallion for stud at Salinas Fair Grounds 1886PublisherSalinas Index PrintDate Published1886 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #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) AuthorEstee, Morris M.HeadlineGold vs Silver - 1896 California speechPublisher[California Silver Campaign Committee]Date Published[1896] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #118 Gold of Ophir Cook Book Heading(Food & Drink)HeadlineCookbook from California historical societyPublisherGold of Ophir Parlor No. 190Date Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #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. AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of SierrasPublisherThe Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1886 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #131 Souvenir of California. Yo Semite Valley and the Big Trees. What to see and how to see it AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings Souvenir of Yosemite and Big TreesPublisherJ. M. HutchingsDate Published[1898] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #134 The Real Japanese California Heading(Japanese-American)AuthorPajus, JeanHeadlineRare book on Japanese in California before World War IIPublisherJ.J. Gillick Co.Date Published1937 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #162 Photograph album of Minneapolis in the 1880s Heading(Minnesota)HeadlineMinneapolis landmark photo album, 1880sDate Published[c. 1880s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #178 Nine vintage 19th century newspapers from towns and small cities in California and Nevada Heading(Newspapers)HeadlineCalif. & Nevada small town newspapers 1862-78Date Published1862-1876 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #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 AuthorRoot, Frank A. and William Elsey ConnelleyHeadlineInscribed by the author Frank A. RootPublisherPublished by the AuthorsDate Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #208 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlineRyan's Adventures in Upper and Lower CaliforniaPublisherWilliam Shoberl, Parry & Co.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #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 AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineBayard's El Dorado, 2nd EditionPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #230 Visitors Guide. March Air Force Base, California. Heading(U.S. Air Force)HeadlineMarch Air Force Base, California, 1950s guideDate Published[c. 1950s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #232 Historic Virginia Homes and Churches Heading(Virginia)AuthorLancaster, Robert Alexander, JrHeadlineVirginia Homes and Churches 1915PublisherJ. B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #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 AuthorWhitney, Josiah DwightHeadlineYosemite Guide-Book 1874PublisherPublished by Authority of the LegislatureDate Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #290 Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806 AuthorLangsdorff, Georg Heinrich vonHeadlineRezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806PublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #311 Le Fabriche Civili Ecclesiastiche e Militari di Michele Sanmicheli Disegnate ed Incise da Francesco Ronzani e Girolamo Luciolli Heading(Sanmicheli, Michele, architect)AuthorGirolamo, LuciolliHeadlineWith 150 copper-engraved architectural platesPublisherPresso Luciano BasadonnaDate Published1862 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #322 Antiquities of Athens, Measured and Delineated AuthorStuart, James and Revett, NicholasHeadlineJames Stuart Measuring & Delineating GreecePublisherPriestley and WealeDate Published1825-1827 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #337 "Alcatraz from the North" Heading(California - Alcatraz)HeadlineOriginal colored drawing of Alcatraz, c.1880sDate Publishedc.1880s View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #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)AuthorRugen, O.N.HeadlineScarce map of Alhambra, California 1933PublisherAlhambra Chamber of CommerceDate Published1933 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #339 The Fabulous Antelope Valley Heading(California - Antelope Valley)HeadlineReal estate map of Antelope Valley, Calif.PublisherBrewster MapsDate Published1955 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #340 Map of the City of Arcadia California. Compiled from Records & Surveys June, 1941 Heading(California - Arcadia)AuthorWatson, G.B.HeadlineWartime map of Arcadia, CaliforniaPublisherPrinted by Arcadia Tribune and Arcadia NewsDate Published1942-1943 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #341 Lloyden Park Atherton, Calif. - Scale: 1"=100' - Heading(California - Atherton)HeadlineLloyden Park in Atherton, CA real estate mapDate Publishedc.1925-30? View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #343 View of Downieville, Forks of the North Yuba River. Published and Sold by Samuel W. Langton of Langton's Express Downieville, California Heading(California - Downieville)HeadlineLetter Sheet with view of DownievillePublisherJusth Quirot & Co.Date Published[1851] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #345 Map of La Cañada, California (panel title) Heading(California - La Cañada)HeadlineRare map of La Cañada CaliforniaPublisherThomas Bros.Date Published1963 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #346 Street Map of Madera and Vicinity Heading(California - Madera)HeadlineScarce street map of Madera, Cal., c.1955PublisherRegal Map CompanyDate Publishedc.1955 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #347 Map of land along the Putah Creek, most of which is now under Lake Berryessa Heading(California - Napa County)HeadlineRare map of lands beneath Lake Berryessa, Cal.Date PublishedLate 19th/early 20th century View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #348 Pittsburg Contra Costa County California Heading(California - Pittsburg)HeadlineScarce map of Pittsburg, CaliforniaPublisherPittsburg Chamber of CommerceDate Published1940s? View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #349 Map showing sources and lines of water supply proposed for the City of San Francisco, 1877 Heading(California - San Francisco Water Supply)HeadlineMap of proposed S.F. water supply, 1877PublisherLith. Britton, Rey & Co.Date Published1877 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #351 Map of the Lands of the Italian Garden Tract Association, situate on the First Township, San Mateo County, Surveyed May, 1872 Heading(California - San Mateo County)AuthorDoherty, George W., surveyorHeadlineDaly City land for sale, 1872Publisher[Italian Garden Tract Association]Date Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #352 Map of Whittier California. Compiled from Surveys and Official Records by Kemmerer & Trounce, Civil Engineers & Surveyors Heading(California - Whittier)HeadlineEarliest known map of Whittier, California 1921PublisherKemmerer & TrounceDate Published1921 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next