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Previous|12|Next Lot #1 Grand Jury arraignment of Maryland slave Solomon, with other slaves, murdered his master View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1815)AuthorPigman, Bean S.HeadlineManuscript indictment of Maryland slaves who murdered their masterDate Published[December 1815] Lot #2 Letter regarding a dispute between enslaved people in Virginia, 1819. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1819)AuthorShelton, ArmisteadHeadline1819 Letter concerning slave disputeDate Published1819 Lot #3 Letter from Pennsylvania trader visiting New Orleans, sees Sunday Congo Dances with its pre-Jazz Negro music View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1820)AuthorLukens, JosephHeadlineAfrican slave Congo Dance in antebellum New OrleansDate PublishedJuly 19, 1820 Lot #4 Original manuscript statement of legal argument on the issue of Negro slave identity View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1824)AuthorGrundy, Felix and James RucksHeadlineManuscript document on early court case of slave lawDate Publishedca. 1824-1825 Lot #5 Ornate Engraved Presbyterian Missionary Document View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1837)AuthorGreen, Rev. AshbelHeadlineOrnate Engraved Presbyterian Missions AppointmentPublisherBoard of Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian ChurchDate PublishedAugust 1837 Lot #6 Capture of Black Seminole insurgents, near the end of the War in Florida; Autograph Letter Signed View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1841 - Seminole War)AuthorAxtell, Rev. HenryHeadlineBlack Seminole defeat in the Florida Seminole WarDate PublishedAug. 23, 1841 Lot #7 Letter to George Washington descendant from his Mt. Vernon overseer View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1845)AuthorMcFarland, JosephHeadlineSlave overseer of Washington's Mt. VernonDate PublishedNovember 18, 1845 Lot #8 Autograph Document Signed Announcing Auction of an eight-year-old slave girl View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1846)AuthorHeadrick, JacobHeadlineSlave child auctioned in Missouri in 1846Date PublishedMay 20, 1846 Lot #10 Letter mentioning a benefit Fair held by “the colored people” View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1856)Author[Wall, Eliza?]HeadlineLetter on stationery engraved with Fremont vignetteDate PublishedNovember 20, 1856 Lot #11 Letter regarding care of enslaved children in Virginia, 1857. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1857)AuthorPass, Thomas Y.Headline1857 Letter on care of enslaved childrenDate Published1857 Lot #12 Promissory note regarding temporary service of enslaved woman in Virginia, 1861. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1861)AuthorLynn, Robert F. and Robert V.Headline1861 Promissory note for enslaved womanDate Published1861 Lot #13 Sharecropping agreement, Pittsylvania County View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1871)AuthorWomack, Chas A.Headline1871 Sharecropping agreement, VirginiaDate Published1871 Lot #14 South Carolina farmer’s semi-literate letter, complaining of “negro government”, “social equality” in courts and schools, and gun-wielding, lackadaisical ex-slaves View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African-American, 1873)AuthorGrubbs, R.W. (Richard Williamson), Jr.HeadlineWhite South Carolina farmer criticizes Black gains under ReconstructionDate PublishedMarch 24, 1873 Lot #15 Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs letter about progress in civilizing the American Indians View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(African-American, 1884)AuthorStevens, Ezra L.HeadlineUnderground Railroad Conductor later helps civilize American IndiansDate PublishedAugust 6, 1884 Lot #22 Family album from Fairhope, Alabama in the 1920s View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(Alabama)HeadlineWith 160 photos of life in 1920s rural AlabamaDate Published[c. 1920s] Lot #24 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineBuzz Aldrin Signed Magnificent Desolation LimitedPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Lot #25 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1991 Lot #28 New England lawyer chides his sister for her anti-slavery bias against Southerners View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Anri-Slavery)AuthorGoodridge, SewallHeadlineYankee lawyer in Virginia about anti-slavery prejudiceDate PublishedJan. 13, 1838 Lot #29 Letter relating to Massachusetts Congressman's views on Abolitionism View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorGrenell, Jr., GeorgeHeadlineMassachusetts Congressman’s views on ending slaveryDate PublishedFeb. 1, 1837 Lot #30 Autograph Letter Signed by Future Gun Company Magnate foreseeing the end of Abolitionism View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorRickard, L. H.HeadlineConnecticut Democrat condemns Abolitionist scoundrelsDate PublishedAugust 8, 1856 Lot #31 Ohio Congressman proposes diplomatic resolution of Ohio-Virginia border dispute triggered by arrest of Underground Railroad agents aiding slaves to escape to freedom across the Ohio River View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorVinton, Samuel F., Member of CongressHeadlineOhio Congressman proposes solution to slave controversyDate PublishedDec. 31, 1846 Lot #34 Autograph draft of the Arizona chapter of the 1883 book, “Resources of the Rocky Mountains" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Arizona)AuthorFarmer, E. J.HeadlineManuscript draft of a southwest guidebookDate Published[1880s] Lot #35 Approx. 65 original photographs of automobile accidents from the 1940s and 1950s View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Automobile Accidents)HeadlinePhotos of auto accidents north of S.F.Date Publishedc.1945-1955 Lot #37 The Miracle at Coogan's Bluff - Inscribed View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Baseball)AuthorKiernan, ThomasHeadlineMiracle at Coogan's Bluff Inscribed - Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca, Etc.PublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1975 Lot #41 Typescript letter signed by Herbert Hoover addressed to Miss Helen Boyle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineSigned letter by the Bohemian Herbert HooverDate Published1951 Lot #46 The Pennsylvania College Book. 1832-1882. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBreidenbaugh, E.S., editorHeadlineOriginal photos of Gettysburg College & studentsPublisherLutheran Publication SocietyDate Published1882 Lot #49 Minute Book of the Figaro Gold & Silver Mining Company incorporated, July 1863 (cover title) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Amador County)AuthorStott, Alex., secretaryHeadlineMs. minutes for Amador Co. mining co., 1863Date Published1863 Lot #50 Bakersfield The City of Beautiful Homes View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Bakersfield)HeadlineBakersfield Real Estate BookletPublisherSeron Publishing Bureau Lot #51 In the Circuit Court of the United States...In re Tiburcio Parrott on Habeas Corpus. Rights of Chinese. Opinions of Hon. Lorenzo Sawyer, Circuit Judge. and Hon. Ogden Hoffman, District Judge. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Chinese)AuthorSawyer, LorenzoHeadlineThe rights of the Chinese in California 1880Date Published1880 Lot #52 The Summit Lake Lands: The Kingdom of Kings River View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(California - Fresno County)HeadlineRare Fresno Co. brochure with bird's-eye viewPublisherThe Summit Lake Investment CompanyDate Published[c.1912] Lot #53 Best Fishing & Hunting District in the State: Eagle Lake, the Home of the Mule Deer & the Gamey Rainbow Trout View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Lassen County)HeadlineBuild your hunting cabin in Lassen County c.1920PublisherBank of Italy, TrusteeDate Publishedc.1920 Lot #55 Eighteen aerial photographs of Los Angeles, by Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc., Los Angeles. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Los Angeles)AuthorFairchild, ShermanHeadlineAerial photos of depression-era Los AngelesPublisherFairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc.Date PublishedFeb. 12, 1934 Lot #56 Vistas de Los Angeles. Views of City and Surroundings. Price, Ten Cents View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineVistas de Los Angeles 1901 with panoramaPublisherPress of Geo. Rice & SonsDate Published[c.1902] Lot #57 William Fox Productions parade float, Los Angeles View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Los Angeles)Headline20th Century Fox 1927 Parade FloatDate Published[1927] Lot #58 Mining Laws and Forms: Being a Compilation of the Statutes of the State of California... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Mining)AuthorCongdon, H.B., compilerHeadlineThe Mining laws of California in 1863PublisherH.H. Bancroft and Co.Date Published1863 Lot #59 The Missions of California [and] Mission Music of California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Missions)HeadlineTwo Works on early California missionsDate Published1914; 1941 Lot #60 Vistas de Monterey, Pacific Grove and Del Monte View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - MontereyAuthor[Rieder, Michael]HeadlineMonterey in the glory days of the Del Monte HotelDate Published[1904] Lot #61 Aetna Springs! Pope Valley, Napa County. Their remarkable curative powers described View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Napa County)AuthorLiddell, W.H.HeadlineCurative powers of Napa's Aetna Springs 1885PublisherStar PrintDate Published[1885] Lot #62 Nevada County Mining and Business Directory, 1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Nevada County)AuthorPoingdestre, John EdmundHeadlineNevada County Mining & Business Directory 1895PublisherPacific PressDate Published[1895] Lot #63 Sixteen photographs of the Tupman oil fields [with] four photographs of Big Tar Canyon and accompanying typescript letter signed by R.W. Richards addressed to mining consultant and geologist Stanley Siegfus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Oil)HeadlineGeology, mining, and oil in CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #64 Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties, Part 1. Bulletin No. 11 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Oil)AuthorWatts, W.L.HeadlineOil and Gas Formations of California, 1897PublisherA..J. JohnsonDate Published1897 Lot #65 Account ledger book for a general, dry goods, and feed store in Pescadero, California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Pescadero)AuthorSprague, H.B.HeadlineAccount ledger for Pescadero store, 1877-80Date Published1877-1880 Lot #66 Three photographs of Pacific Gas & Electric workers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - PG&E)HeadlineP.G.&E. workers in San Francisco c.1910Date Publishedc.1910 Lot #67 "Grange Store! Independent Ticket! Vote Early! Vote Often!" - advertising broadside in the form of a mock election ticket View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Placerville)HeadlinePlacerville broadside for Grange Store 1879PublisherGrange Store/Wm. H. DixonDate PublishedMay 20th, 1879 Lot #68 Collection of photographs of the Engels Copper Mine in Plumas County, California, & surrounding area View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Plumas County)HeadlinePhoto archive of Copper Mine in Plumas CountyDate Publishedc.1910-1920 Lot #69 Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties)HeadlineHistory of Plumas Lassen & Sierra countiesPublisherFariss & SmithDate Published1882 Lot #71 Views of Camp Baldy, Camp Baldy, Calif. Photo-Gravures. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California - San Bernardino County)HeadlineViews of Camp Baldy, 1910sPublisherDan P. AlexanderDate Published[c. 1910s] Lot #72 Within the Golden Gate: A survey of the history, resources, and points of interest of the bay region prepared for delegates to the United Nations Conference on International Organization View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Bay Area)AuthorLewis, OscarHeadlineWith pictorial bird's-eye view of Bay AreaPublisherSan Francisco Bay Area CouncilDate Published1945 Lot #73 Printed circular regarding renewal of Alsop & Co. commercial partnership with new participants - with San Francisco postmark View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorAlsop & Co.HeadlinePrinted flyer with San Francisco postmark 1851Date Published1851 Lot #74 Business Directory of San Francisco and Principal Towns of California and Nevada, 1877. Containing Names, Business and Address of Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional Men... View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBusiness directory of San Francisco 1877PublisherL.M. McKenney PublisherDate Published1877 Lot #75 Lithographic circular with market conditions and prices current for San Francisco during the Gold Rush View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorHussey, Bond & Co.HeadlineMarket conditions in San Francisco, 1851Date PublishedJune 30, 1851 Lot #76 The San Francisco Directory for the Year commencing July, 1860: Embracing a General Directory of Residents, a Business Directory, and an Appendix... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorLangley, Henry G., compilerHeadlineSan Francisco Directory for the Year 1860PublisherValentine & Co.Date Published1860 Lot #77 Rules Governing the Knickerbocker Apartments View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorLocke, Mrs. J.E., ProprietorHeadlineS.F. apartment rules printed silk, 1902Date Published1902 Lot #78 Oversize photograph of the San Francisco skyline from Yerba Buena Island, with the west half of the Bay Bridge in foreground View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorMoulin StudiosHeadlineMassive photo of S.F. in 1973 by Moulin StudioDate Published1973 Lot #79 Photograph of a joss house in San Francisco's Chinatown View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlinePhoto of Joss House in S.F. ChinatownDate Publishedc.1880 Lot #80 A Photographic Souvenir View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlinePost-quake photographic souvenir booklet of SFPublisherShreve & CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #81 Ward Register First [through] Twelfth Wards of the City and County of San Francisco. List of Resident Voters...to August 1st, 1877. View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorReynolds, Thomas H., compilerHeadlineScarce voter rolls for San Francisco, 1877PublisherPrinted by Frank EastmanDate Published1877 Lot #82 San Francisco Municipal Reports for the Fiscal Year 1869-70, Ending June 30, 1870. Published by the Order of the Board of Supervisors View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco in 1870PublisherW.M. Hinton & CompanyDate Published1870 Lot #83 San Francisco Street Directory. Duplex System. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineScarce pocket guide to San Francisco, 1894PublisherN.A. Wolcott & Co.Date Published1894 Lot #84 The Potter, Santa Barbara, California - set of menus in envelope View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Santa Barbara)AuthorPotter, Milo M., ManagerHeadlineFine dining at Santa Barbara hotelDate Published1909 Lot #85 Donner Pass - April View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Sierra Nevada)HeadlineDonner Pass, April 1941 signed by Will ConnellDate Published1941 Lot #86 An Illustrated History of Sonoma County, California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlineIllus. History of Sonoma County, California 1889PublisherThe Lewis Publishing CompanyDate Published1889 Lot #87 The Sonoma Democrat: Admission Day Edition View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlineHistorical review of Bear Flag RebellionDate PublishedSeptember 9. 1885 Lot #88 A Portfolio of Stanford University (wrapper title) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Stanford University)AuthorStoll, John T.E.HeadlineSketches of Stanford University, 1923PublisherJohn T.E. StollDate Published1923 Lot #89 Grand Centennial, 1776-1876, Fourth of July Celebration, Stockton Cal., 1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Stockton)AuthorPeters, J.D., Grand MarshalHeadlineStockton celebrates the 1776 CentennialPublisherSteam Printing House of D.H. BerdineDate Published1876 Lot #90 California Dry Nov. 3, 1914. The Swaggering Chieftain: Booze View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Temperance)AuthorWarner, Adam DixonHeadlineTemperance on the 1914 California ballotPublisherTemperance League of AmericaDate Published1914 Lot #91 Half Dome, Yosemite View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineVintage photograph of Half DomeDate Publishedc. 1920's-30's Lot #92 Yosemite via Merced Canyon Route - Yosemite Valley Railroad Co. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineBrochure for Yosemite Valley Railroad 1926PublisherYosemite Valley Railroad Co.Date Published1926 Lot #93 Marysville Democrat. Progress Edition 1913. Yuba County, California. Agriculture, Horticulture, Dairying and Mining. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Yuba County)HeadlineEconomic news in Yuba County California 1913PublisherMarysville DemocratDate Published1913 Lot #94 Gold Mines and Mining in California: a New Gold Era Dawning on the State, Progress and Improvements Made in the Business, Perfected Methods, Processes and Machinery View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)HeadlineGold Mining in California 1885PublisherGeorge Spaulding & Co.Date Published1885 Lot #96 Admission Day Celebration: Souvenir and official program, September 4th-9th 1905, Sacramento, Cal. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineNative Sons celebrate California statehood, 1905PublisherH.S. Crocker Co.Date Published1905 Lot #97 Noticias De La Peninsula Americana De California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorBaegert, Juan JacoboHeadlineBaegert's Noticias, 1st Spanish Ed.PublisherAntigua Libreria Robredo de José Porrúa e HijosDate Published1942 Lot #98 California's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorBaird, Joseph Armstrong, Jr.HeadlineCalifornia's Pictorial Letter Sheets, 1849-1869PublisherDavid MageeDate Published1967 Lot #99 First Annual Report of the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorBoard of State Viticultural CommissionersHeadlineReport on California Vineyards, with map, 1881PublisherState Office: J.D. Young, Supt. State PrintingDate Published1881 Lot #100 California, the Empire Beautiful: Her Great Bays, Harbors, Mines, Orchards and Vineyards; Olive, Lemon and Orange Groves; Her Men and Women, a Prophecy of the Coming Race View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlinePictorial guide to California, 1899PublisherMrs. J.J. OwenDate Published1899 Lot #101 California: Nature's Masterpiece View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlinePromoting the masterpiece that is CaliforniaPublisherNational Mortgage Company of CaliforniaDate Published1923 Lot #102 Consolidated Supplement to the Codes and General Laws of 1909, Showing the Changes Affecting the Codes and the General Laws for the Years 1911 and 1913, Together With the Citations Contained in Volumes 154 to 164 of the California Supreme Court Reports and in Volumes 8 to 19 of the California Appellate Reports View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorDeering, James HenryHeadlineCalifornia Codes and Laws of 1909PublisherBancroft-Whitney CompanyDate Published1913 Lot #103 Important Scientific Discovery! The Power of the Steam Engine Increased Double!! View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorDunn, W.W., patenteeHeadlineRare gold rush broadside for hydraulic pumpPublisherCalhoun, PrinterDate Publishedc.1877 Lot #104 Letter from C.P. Huntington to Major Ben C. Truman, 1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorHuntington, Collis P.HeadlineLetter from CA Railway Magnate CP HuntingtonDate Published1899 Lot #106 In the Supreme Court of the State of California: Martha C. Watriss, Plaintiff... vs. E.S. Reed, Defendant... Transcript on Appeal... View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineSonoma County land dispute resolved in 1892PublisherThe Hicks-Judd Co.Date Published1892 Lot #107 Printed notice that Alsop & Co., of Lima & Valparaiso, will be opening a branch in San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineAlsop & Co. opens branch in gold rush San FranciscoDate PublishedAugust 1, 1851 Lot #108 Civil Code of the State of California, as Enacted in 1872, Amended at Subsequent Sessions, and Adapted to the Constitution of 1879; and an Appendix of General Laws upon the Subjects Embraced in the Code, with Citations up to and including Volume 147 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorSims, R.M.HeadlineCivil Code of the State of California 1906PublisherBancroft-Whitney CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #111 A Text Book of Commercial Law as Existing in California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorVassault, F.I.HeadlineCalifornia Commercial Law, 1887PublisherHeald's Business CollegeDate Published1887 Lot #112 Capital of the United Nations in the Moraga Valley on San Francisco Bay (Cover title) View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorWhitnah, Joseph C., compilerHeadlinePotential United Nations HQ in SF Bay AreaPublisherContra Costa County Board of SupervisorsDate Published[1945] Lot #118 Letter from ranch employee to his employer, regarding the sale of various cattle and horses, with sketches of brands View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Cattle Ranching)AuthorMonroe, JohnHeadlineSelling cattle & horses in 1890 WyomingDate PublishedMay 14, 1890 Lot #119 Letter from an inspector at the Stock Association to a Nebraska cattleman, regarding the indictment of four cattle rustlers and the murder of another inspector View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cattle Rustling & Murder)AuthorSmith, James L.HeadlineCattle rusting & murder in 1880s NebraskaDate PublishedMarch 26, 1884 Lot #120 Ohio farmer writes his father, a Republican Congressman, about the threat of Southern secession View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorCarey, Mcdonough MonroeHeadlineOhio Congressman’s son predicts political disasterDate PublishedJanuary 24, 1860 Lot #125 Autograph Letter Signed by Former Confederate Opposing Reconstruction. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorWashington, L. Q.HeadlineFormer Confederate opposes Southern ReconstructionDate PublishedAug. 7, 1866 Lot #126 Letters from an editor to a fellow Douglas Democrat, about threats from pro-Southern Democrats and the need to oppose “disunionists” View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Civil War, 1860 election)AuthorLoveland, James C.HeadlineDouglas Democrat threatened by pro-slavery DemocratsDate Published1860s Lot #134 Portrait of "Buffalo Bill" Cody View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cody, William F. "Buffalo Bill")HeadlinePortrait of Buffalo Bill looking dapper as usualDate PublishedNo date Lot #145 Hand-colored photograph of Crater Lake and Wizard Island View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Crater Lake)HeadlineHand-colored photograph of Crater LakeDate Publishedc. 1920's Lot #147 The Natural Wealth of California Comprising Early History; Geography, Topography...A Detailed Description of Each County... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCronise, Titus FeyHeadlineThe Natural Wealth of California by CronisePublisherH.H. BancroftDate Published1868 Lot #148 Among the An-ko-me-nums Or Flathead Tribes of Indians of the Pacific Coast View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCrosby, ThomasHeadlineMissionary Memoir inscribed by Thomas CrosbyPublisherWilliam BriggsDate Published1907 Lot #155 Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Erie Canal by Inventor of Waterproof Hydraulic Cement View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Erie Canal)AuthorWhite, CanvassHeadlineLetter from canal engineer who invented American cementDate PublishedApril 17, 1829 Lot #159 Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California...To Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State. By Hon. George C. Gorham View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorField, Stephen J.HeadlineInscribed by Fields to a U.S. AmbassadorPublisher"Printed for a Few Friends, Not Published"Date Published[1893] Lot #168 Lakeview Club: Recipes View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Food & Drink)HeadlineLakeview Club: Recipes Oakland 1930sPublisherLakeview ClubDate Published[c. 1930s] Lot #177 A Sketch of the Early Life and of the Civil and Military Services of Maj. Gen. John W. Geary, Candidate of the National Union Party for Governor of Pennsylvania. 1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Geary, John W.)HeadlineJohn W. Geary, one-time mayor of San FranciscoPublisherKing & Baird, PrintersDate Published1866 Lot #178 Old Chinatown: A Book of Pictures by Arnold Genthe View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGenthe, Arnold & Will IrwinHeadlinePhoto album of Chinatown in the early 1900sPublisherSidgwick & Jackson Ltd.Date Published1913 Lot #186 My Road to Rotary View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHarris, Paul P.HeadlinePaul Harris, Road to Rotary with Signed CheckPublisherA. Kroch and SonDate Published1948 Lot #191 Eight Albumen Photographs of Hawaii View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineEight Albumen Photos of ca. 1900 HawaiiDate Published[c.1900] Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next