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4

The Horn of Life

Author
Atherton, Gertrude
Headline
Signed with inscription by Gertrude Atherton
Publisher
D. Appleton-Century Comapny
Date Published
1942

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

8

Cosmopolis

Author
DeLillo, Don
Headline
Signed by Don DeLillo
Publisher
Scribner
Date Published
[2003]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

26

White Butterfly

Author
Mosley, Walter
Headline
White Butterfly signed by Walter Mosley
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Date Published
[1992]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

35

Reuben [with] Fever

Author
Wideman, John Edgar
Headline
Two volumes signed by John Edgar Wideman
Publisher
Henry Holt
Date Published
1987; 1989

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

37

Illustrated Guide to Yosemite Valley

Author
Adams, Viginia and Ansel
Headline
With photographs by Ansel Adams
Publisher
H. S. Crocker Co., Inc.
Date Published
1945

Sold for$50

StatusSold

40

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

Sold for$75

StatusSold

44

The Padre on Horseback: A Sketch of Eusebio Francisco Kino, S. J.

Author
Bolton, Herbert Eugene
Headline
A sketch of Eusebio Kino
Publisher
The Sonora Press
Date Published
1932

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

45

Letters of Western Authors - 1935 keepsake from the Book Club of California

Heading
(Book Club of California)
Headline
The Letters of Western Authors - 1935 BCC keepsake
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
1935

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

47

A Time to Run

Author
Boxer, Barbara
Headline
Inscribed by Barbara Boxer
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Date Published
2005

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

48

Letter to the Donner Party survivor and San Jose pioneer James F. Reed

Heading
(California - Donner Party)
Author
Lovelock, Thomas
Headline
Letter to Donner Party survivor
Date Published
Sept. 13, 1851

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

49

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

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

50

San Diego, California and State Highway to Imperial Valley - Photo-Gravures

Heading
(California - San Diego)
Headline
Views of San Diego & vicinity, c.1920
Publisher
I.L. Eno
Date Published
c.1920

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

51

Southern California: San Diego-"Our Italy." A Greeting to the Christian Endeavorers and their Friends..." (caption title)

Heading
(California - San Diego)
Headline
San Diego promotional brochure c.1897
Publisher
San Diego Chamber of Commerce
Date Published
[c.1897]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

52

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$200 - $300

StatusUnsold

53

The San Francisco News Trophy Champion East Bay Carrier Monthly Contest, July 1940-July 1941

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
SF News Trophy, 1941
Date Published
1941

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

54

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)
Headline
San Francisco rebuilds after earthquake
Publisher
Western Folder Co.
Date Published
[1909]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$187.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

55

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$200 - $300

StatusUnsold

56

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]

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

57

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

Sold for$25

StatusSold

58

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]

Sold for$50

StatusSold

77

The Birds of California

Author
Dawson, William Leon
Headline
Two volumes from Dawson's Birds of California
Publisher
South Moulton Company
Date Published
1923

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$125

StatusSold

82

Speeches by Dr. Oliver Troxel Ever

Author
Everhart, Oliver Troxel
Headline
80 Hand-written speeches by Civil War surgeon
Date Published
1851-1920

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(13 bids)

85

The Bowie Knife

Author
Flayderman, Norm
Headline
The Bowie Knife - Inscribed
Publisher
Lincoln RI: Andrew Mowbray
Date Published
2004

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

96

Stationery autographed by Al Jolson

Author
Jolson, Al
Headline
Inscribed by singer and comedian Al Jolson
Date Published
n.d.

Sold for$25

StatusSold

107

Letter from future scientist of the Perry Expedition

Heading
(Medicine)
Author
Morrow, Dr. James
Headline
Early letter from scientist on Perry expedition to Japan
Date Published
June 27, 1845

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

125

The California Gold Discovery: Sources, Documents, Accounts and Memoirs Relating to the Discovery of Gold at Sutter's Mill

Author
Paul, Rodman
Headline
The California Gold Discovery 1/100, signed
Publisher
The Talisman Press
Date Published
1966

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$200

StatusSold

Bidding history(14 bids)

132

The Memoirs of Richard Nixon

Heading
(Presidents, 1969)
Author
Nixon, Richard M.
Headline
Richard Nixon Memoirs signed
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published
[1978]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

133

The Memoirs of Richard Nixon

Heading
(Presidents, 1969)
Author
Nixon, Richard M.
Headline
The Memoirs of Richard Nixon, signed
Publisher
Easton Press
Date Published
[1988]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

150

Diary of Democracy

Author
Toulmin, Harry Aubrey
Headline
Signed by Harley M. Kilgore
Publisher
Richard R. Smith
Date Published
1947

Sold for$50

StatusSold

151

Van Tuyle Information System. California.

Author
Van Tuyle, Bert
Headline
Bert Van Tuyle's California guidebook, 1932
Publisher
[Bert Van Tuyle]
Date Published
[1932]

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

154

Why Are We So Prosperous?

Author
Watts, Vervon Orval
Headline
Why Are We So Prosperous? Inscribed
Publisher
Burgess Publishing Company
Date Published
1938

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

162

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

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

178

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$200 - $300

StatusUnsold

180

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$200 - $300

StatusUnsold

181

Los Angeles

Heading
(California - Los Angeles)
Headline
View of Los Angeles from Pacific Railroad Survey
Date Published
[1856]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

182

Mission of San Diego

Heading
(California - San Diego)
Headline
Mission San Diego in 1856
Date Published
[1856]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

183

Mission and Plain of San Fernando

Heading
(California - San Fernando)
Headline
Litho of San Fernando Mission 1856
Date Published
[1856]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

185

U.S. Coast Survey A.D. Bache Superintendent City of San Francisco and Its Vicinity, California. From a Trigonometrical Survey by R.D. Cutts, Assistant. Topography by A.F Rodgers

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Author
U.S. Coast Survey
Headline
Coast Survey map of San Francisco 1853
Date Published
1853

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$343.75

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

186

Ranch of D. & T. Williams of Williams Bros., San Jose, Cal.

Heading
(California - San Jose)
Headline
Williams Ranch in San Jose Cal., 1876
Publisher
[Thompson & West]
Date Published
c.1876

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

187

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)
Author
Doherty, George W., surveyor
Headline
Daly City land for sale, 1872
Publisher
[Italian Garden Tract Association]
Date Published
1872

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

188

Sketch of the Battle of Los Angeles Upper California. Fought between the Americans and Mexicans Jany. 9th, 1847. From a sketch of Emory

Heading
(California)
Author
Emory, William H.
Headline
Battle of Los Angeles during Mexican War, 1847
Date Published
[1847]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

203

The Ghost Ship

Heading
(Aries Press)
Author
Middleton, Richard
Headline
One of 300 copies printed at the Aries Press
Publisher
Aries Press
Date Published
1926

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

205

My Two Years With Anna Pavlowa

Heading
(Ballet)
Author
Oukrainsky, Serge
Headline
Two Years with Pavlova, Inscribed by Danseur Oukrainsky
Publisher
Suttonhouse
Date Published
1940

Estimate$400 - $600

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

208

Behind the Scenes: Glimpses of Fin de Siècle San Francisco

Heading
(Book Club of California)
Author
Burgess, Gelett
Headline
Grabhorn / BCC Behind the Scenes
Publisher
The Book Club of California
Date Published
1968

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

222

The Complete Works of Gaius Petronius Done Into English by Jack Lindsay with One Hundred Illustrations by Norman Lindsay

Heading
(Fanfrolico Press)
Author
Petronius, Gaius
Headline
Signed by Jack Lindsay, one of 650 copies
Publisher
Fanfrolico Press
Date Published
[1927]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

234

Pen-Knife Sketches Or Chips of the Old Block. A Series of Original Illustrated Letters, Written By One of California's Pioneer Miners, and Dedicated To That Class of Her Citizens By the Author

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Delano, Alonzo
Headline
Pen-Knife Sketches Or Chips of the Old Block
Publisher
The Grabhorn Press
Date Published
1934

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

236

Phoenixiana. A Collection of Burlesques & Sketches of John Phoenix, alias John P. Sqibob, who was, in fact, Lieutenant George H. Derby, U.S.A.

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Derby, George Horatio
Headline
Derby Sketches of Gold Rush California
Publisher
The Grabhorn Press
Date Published
1937

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

241

California in 1846: Described in Letters from Thomas O. Larkin, "The Farthest West," E.M. Kern, and "Justice"

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Lewis, Oscar
Headline
California in 1846 Grabhorn Press
Publisher
The Grabhorn Press
Date Published
1934

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

242

California in 1851-[1852]: The Letters of Dame Shirley

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Shirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]
Headline
The Shirley Letters, Grabhorn Press, in scarce jackets
Publisher
Grabhorn Press
Date Published
1933

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

245

The Spanish Occupation of California: Plan for the Establishment of a Government; Junta or Council Held at San Blas, May 16, 1768; Diario of the Expeditions Made to California

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Watson, Douglas S., comp.
Headline
The Spanish Occupation of California
Publisher
Grabhorn Press
Date Published
1934

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

270

Morning Flight: Written and Illustrated by Peter Scott

Author
Scott, Peter
Headline
Morning Flight, signed limited edition
Publisher
Country Life Limited
Date Published
[1935]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

273

Die Geburt der Venus

Author
Studer, Heinrich
Headline
With a beautiful color lithograph of Venus
Publisher
Amalthea-Verlag
Date Published
1918

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

274

Quality Street, a Comedy in Four Acts

Heading
(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)
Author
Barrie, J. M.
Headline
Quality Street illustrated by Hugh Thomson
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Date Published
[1913]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

283

La Fureur de Lire (cover title)

Heading
(Artists' Books)
Author
Benoit, [Pierre-André]
Headline
Signed by Pierre-André Benoit
Publisher
[L'imprimerie MARES]
Date Published
[1989]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

288

Buddha

Author
Barbera
Headline
Buddha
Date Published
No date

Estimate$200 - $300

StatusUnsold

306

Régis Dho: Peintures et Mine D'Argent Sur Arches

Author
Dho, Régis
Headline
Régis Dho: Peintures et Mine D'Argent Sur Arches
Publisher
Bouquinerie De L'Institut
Date Published
1993

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

307

Ancient Mythologies: Recent Visitations; the Photographic Work of Jim Doukas

Heading
(Doukas, Jim)
Author
Lauenberg, Larry; Emma Beck; Andres Lopez
Headline
Inscribed by Jim Doukas
Publisher
Doukas Family Trust
Date Published
2007

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

314

Mr. Espresso (Carlo Di Ruocco)

Author
Goines, David Lance
Headline
Signed by David Lance Goines, Mr Espresso 2004
Publisher
David Lance Goines
Date Published
2004

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

315

True Grass Farms

Author
Goines, David Lance
Headline
Signed by David Lance Goines, influenced by O'Keefe
Publisher
David Lance Goines
Date Published
2013

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

320

Heiliger Sebastian, hängend

Author
Jaeckel, Willi
Headline
Signed by German Expressionist Willi Jaeckel
Publisher
Verlag Eurphorion
Date Published
1922

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

321

Selbstbildness en face - self-portrait

Author
Jaeckel, Willi
Headline
Signed by Willi Jaeckel
Publisher
Eurphorion Verlag
Date Published
[1922]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

327

The Faith in Graffiti

Author
Mailer, Norman
Headline
Signed by Mailer, Kurlansky and Naar.
Publisher
Alskog/Praeger
Date Published
1974

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$312.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(18 bids)

331

Sixteen works by or about California photographers or about California

Heading
(Photography - California)
Headline
Sixteen works by or about CA photographers
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

353

[Untitled]

Author
Puig, August
Headline
Signed by August Puig, 1955
Date Published
1955

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

356

Portraits in Steel [with] The Forgotten Ones

Author
Rogovin, Milton
Headline
Signed by Milton Rogovin
Date Published
1985, 1993

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

359

Ousmane Sow: Sculptures.

Author
Sow, Ousmane
Headline
Inscribed by Ousmane Sow
Publisher
Editions Revue Noire
Date Published
1995

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

360

Carrier Pigeon: Illustrated Fiction & Fine Art. Volume Four, Issue Four

Heading
(Swainston, Rob, artist)
Headline
With signed woodcut by Rob Swainston
Publisher
CP Magazine LLC
Date Published
2016

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold