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View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Oklahoma)HeadlineWith 12 maps of Indian Territory, 1903PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1903 Lot #270 Archive of nine letters to or from Professor Joseph Rosa of New York about a proposed exhibit at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineApplication for exhibit at P.P.I.E. rejectedDate Published1914-1915 Lot #271 City and County of San Francisco Exposition Bond View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlinePPIE bond signed by S.F. Mayor RolphPublisherSecurity Bank Note Co.Date Published1912 Lot #272 Paintings of the Exposition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)AuthorHall, Kate Montague, artistHeadlinePaintings of PPIE architecture by K.M. Hall, 1/1000PublisherPublished by John E.D. TraskDate Published1915 Lot #273 Location of Panama-Pacific Exposition: Letter from Senator Newlands of Nevada View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)AuthorNewlands, Francis G.HeadlineSearch for P.P.I.E. location, 1910Date Published1910 Lot #283 De Re Metallica View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorAgricola, GeorgiusHeadlineSigned by Herbert Hoover, photo of Milton FriedmanPublisherThe Mining MagazineDate Published1912 Lot #291 California: An Historical Poem View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRobinson, AlfredHeadlineJoseph Gregg Layne's copy of Alfred RobinsonPublisherWilliam DoxeyDate Published1889 Lot #295 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlinePersonal Adventures in Upper and Lower CaliforniaPublisherWilliam ShoberlDate Published1850 Lot #299 Bound collection of Southern Pacific Railroad promotional booklets View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Southern Pacific Railroad)Headline14 Southern Pacific R.R. promo booklets in 1PublisherSouthern Pacific CompanyDate Published[c. 1900-1910s] Lot #307 Texas Association Stock Certificate View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Texas - Mercer Colony)HeadlineMercer colony Stock Certificate, Texas, 1844Date Published1844 Lot #311 Galveston: the Playground of the Great Southwest View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Texas)HeadlineScarce Galveston promotional brochure, 1910sDate Published[c. 1910s] Lot #314 Austin Yesterday and Today: A Glance at Her History, A Word About Her Enterprises, A Description of Her Big Banking Establishment. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorJackson, Pearl CashellHeadlineAmerican National Bank's history of Austin, 1915PublisherPearl Cashell JacksonDate Published1915 Lot #319 Report of the Secretary of War Communicating Information in relation to the geology and topography of California. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorTyson, Philip T.HeadlineTyson's report on the Geology of CaliforniaDate Published[1850] Lot #321 A Glimpse of Great Salt Lake Utah. On the Line of the Union Pacific System, ¨The Overland Route.¨ View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Utah)AuthorLambourne, AlfredHeadlineUnion Pacific RR guide to Great Salt LakePublisher[Union Pacific Railway Co.]Date Published1892 Lot #322 Gazetteer of Utah, and Salt Lake City Directory View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Utah)AuthorSloan, Edward, compilerHeadline1874 Utah & Salt Lake City Directory with mapPublisher"Salt Lake Herald" Publishing CompanyDate Published1874 Lot #331 The Splendid Idle Forties View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorAtherton, GertrudeHeadlineThe Splendid Idle Forties Stokes edition, w/djPublisherFrederick A. Stokes CompanyDate Published[1902] Lot #332 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft - Vols. XXXIV and XXXV View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorBancroft, Hubert HoweHeadlineCalifornia Pastoral and California Inter PoculaPublisherThe History CompanyDate Published1888 Lot #333 An Account of a Visit to California 1826-'27 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBeechey, Frederick WilliamHeadlineBeechey's Visit to California in 1826-27PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1941] Lot #334 Indian Wars of the Northwest: A California Sketch View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBledsoe, A.J.HeadlineZamorano 80 no. 6, Bledsoe's Indian WarsPublisherBayside PressDate Published1990 Lot #335 Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, Professor of Agriculture in the Sheffield Scientific School from 1864 to 1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBrewer, William H.HeadlineWilliam Brewer Up & Down California, 1st ed.PublisherYale University PressDate Published1930 Lot #336 Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBrowne, J. RossHeadlineReport of the Debates in the Convention of CaliforniaPublisherJohn T. TowersDate Published1850 Lot #342 Sixty Years in California. A History of Events and Life in California... View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorDavis, William HeathHeadlineWilliam Heath Davis 60 Years in CaliforniaPublisherA.J. LearyDate Published1889 Lot #343 History of Political Conventions in California, 1849-1892 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDavis, Winfield J.HeadlinePolitical Conventions in California, 1893PublisherThe California State LibraryDate Published1893 Lot #346 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineNotes of a Military Reconnoissance by EmoryPublisherWendell and Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 Lot #348 California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, Comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineForbes' California in original cloth, Zamorano 80PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1839 Lot #352 History of the Donner Party. A Tragedy of the Sierra View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMcGlashan, C.F.HeadlineHistory of the Donner Party - 2 editions, 1 inscribedDate Published1927; 1931 Lot #353 Narrative of Edward McGowan, Including a Full Account of the Author's Adventures and Perils While Persecuted by the San Francisco Vigilante Committee of 1856. Together with a Report of His Trial, which Resulted in His Acquittal View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorMcGowan, EdwardHeadlineZamorano 80 no. 54, Ned McGowan's narrativePublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1917 Lot #354 Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorNewmark, HarrisHeadlineSixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913PublisherKnickerbocker PressDate Published1926 Lot #355 Sixty Years in Southern California, 1853-1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorNewmark, HarrisHeadlineSixty Years in Southern California, 1930 Ed.PublisherKnickerbocker PressDate Published1930 Lot #356 McTeague: A Story of San Francisco View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineMcTeague: A Story of San Francisco, 1st EdPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1899 Lot #357 American Commonwealths: California. From the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco. A Study of American Character View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRoyce, JosiahHeadlineJosiah Royce's California 1889PublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1889 Lot #358 The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSoulé, Frank, John H. Gihon & James NisbetHeadlineAnnals of San Francisco, 1855PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1855 Lot #359 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineBayard's El Dorado, nicely boundPublisherGeorge P. Putnam; Richard BentleyDate Published1856 Lot #360 Oregon and California: The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California...to which is added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with recent notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorThornton, J. QuinnHeadlineJ. Quinn Thornton in the Gold Rush 1849PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1849 Lot #371 A Description of Three Hundred Animals, viz. Beasts, Birds, Fishes, and Insects. With a particular Account of the Manner of their Catching of Whales in Greenland... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Author[Boreman, Thomas]HeadlineEarly illustrated children's book on AnimalsPublisherPrinted for R. WareDate Published[1738] Lot #373 Travels to Discover the Source of the Nile in the Years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, & 1773 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold AuthorBruce, JamesHeadlineTravels to Discover the Source of the Nile 1st EditionPublisherPrinted by J. Ruthven, For G.G.J. & J. RobinsonDate Published1790 Lot #391 On the Silurian Formation in the Pentland Hills. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Conchology)AuthorHaswell, George C.HeadlineHaswell's own copy w/ original watercolorsPublisherWilliam P. NimmoDate Published1865 Lot #395 The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed...Vol. VI View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1793)AuthorCurtis, WilliamHeadlineCurtis's Botanical Magazine Vol. VI with 36 color platesPublisherPrinted by Stephen Couchman for W. CurtisDate Published1793 Lot #396 The Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed...Vol. IX View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1795)AuthorCurtis, WilliamHeadlineCurtis's Botanical Magazine Vol. IX with 71 color platesPublisherPrinted by Stephen Couchman for W. CurtisDate Published1795 Lot #397 Curtis's Botanical Magazine; or Flower-Garden Displayed... Vol. XLVI View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1819)AuthorSims, JohnHeadlineCurtis's Botanical Magazine Vol. XLVI with 82 color platesPublisherSherwood, Neely & JonesDate Published1819 Lot #398 Curtis's Botanical Magazine; Flower Garden Displayed... Vol. LX View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1833)AuthorHooker, William JacksonHeadlineCurtis's Botanical Magazine Vol. LX with 84 color platesPublisherPrinted by Edward Couchman for Samuel CurtisDate Published1833 Lot #399 The Descent of Man View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Descent of Man First American EditionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1871 Lot #400 The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorDarwin, CharlesHeadlineDarwin's Descent, Second EditionPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1875 Lot #408 Familiar Wild Flowers Series I-VII View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorHulme, F. EdwardHeadlineWith 280 color plates of wild flowersPublisherCassell & Co., LimitedDate Publishedn.d. [c. 1890] Lot #409 The Madura Country: A Manual Compiled by Order of the Madras Government. View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(India)AuthorNelson, J. H.HeadlineHistory of Chennai under British Rule, 1868PublisherWilliam ThomasDate Published1868 Lot #425 Climbing and Exploration in the Karakoram-Himalayas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Mountaineering)AuthorConway, William MartinHeadlineClimbing the Himalayas 1st Trade Ed.PublisherT. Fisher UnwinDate Published1894 Lot #444 The Magazine of Botany & Gardening, British & Foreign View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRennie, JamesHeadlineThe Magazine of Botany & Gardening 1833PublisherG. HendersonDate Published1833 Lot #454 Exotic Ornithology View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorSclater, Philip Lutley and Osbert SlavinHeadline98 Beautiful color plates of exotic birdsPublisherBernard QuaritchDate Published1866-69 Lot #464 Narrative of an Expedition to Explore the River Zaire, Usually Called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816...to Which is Added, The Journal of Professor Smith...and an Appendix: Containing the Natural History of that Part of the Kingdom of Congo... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorTuckey, Captain J.K.HeadlineExpedition to River Zaire by Capt. Tuckey 1818PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1818 Lot #470 Index Entomologicus; Or, A Complete Illustrated Catalogue Consisting of 1944 Figures of the Lepidopterous Insects of Great Britain. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWood, W.HeadlineWith 54 color plate illustrations of Lepidopterous InsectsPublisherWilliam WoodDate Published1839 Lot #487 Official Highway Map of California and Western Nevada... (wrapper title) View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California & Nevada)AuthorPrendergast, J.M.HeadlineRare highway map of California 1917PublisherCalifornia State Automobile AssociationDate Published1917 Lot #488 Map of the City of Oakland with Index to Streets View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Alameda County)AuthorCooper, N.R.HeadlineReal estate lot map for Oakland, 1904PublisherR.S. Kitchener, printerDate Published1904 Lot #489 Subdivision map of Anapauma showing the fruit lands of David Hewes located in Orange County, California, containing 820 acres View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(California - Anapauma)AuthorFinley, S. H., surveyorHeadlineSubdividing Orange County fruit ranch 1894PublisherW.B. Walkup & Co.Date Published1894 - [1913] Lot #490 Map of Oakland, Alameda & Berkeley, California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda)AuthorThomas BrothersHeadlineMap of northern Alameda Co., 1925PublisherLyon Fireproof WarehousesDate Published1925 Lot #491 Carmel-by-the-Sea, Past and Present View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - Carmel)AuthorMora, JoHeadlineMora map of Carmel & Pebble BeachPublisherJo Mora PublicationsDate Published1942 Lot #492 Map of the city of Grass Valley and Vicinity, Nevada County, California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Grass Valley)HeadlineScarce map of post-WWII Grass ValleyPublisherGrass Valley Chamber of CommerceDate Published1946 Lot #493 [Untitled map of Joshua Tree, Twentynine Palms and surrounding area, issued] Compliments...Joshua Tree Land Co. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(California - Joshua Tree)HeadlineBird's-eye pictorial map of Joshua TreePublisherDesert Trail NewspaperDate Publishedc.1940s-'50s Lot #494 Map of La Cañada, California (panel title) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - La Cañada)HeadlineRare map of La Cañada CaliforniaPublisherThomas Bros.Date Published1963 Lot #495 Map of Los Angeles View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineMap of Los Angeles, 1923PublisherLyon Fireproof WarehousesDate Published1923 Lot #497 Mother Lode Map Incorporating Mother Lodes of California and Nevada, Scenes of the "Romantic Days of Gold" View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(California - Mother Lode)AuthorCormak, RobertHeadlinePictorial map of mother lode California & NevadaPublisherCalifornia Art & Engraving Co.Date Published1931 Lot #499 Map of Long Beach Oil Field Los Angeles Co., Cal. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - Oil)HeadlineLarge map of Long Beach Cal. oil field 1922PublisherCalifornia State Mining BureauDate Published1922 Lot #500 Map of the Belridge oil field and McKittrick Front oil field, Kern County, Cal. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - Oil)HeadlineMap of Belridge oil field Kern Co., Cal., 1921PublisherCalifornia State Mining BureauDate Published1921 Lot #501 Map showing forbidden anchorage, Bay of San Francisco, Feb. 1908 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco Bay)AuthorBoard of State Harbor CommissionersHeadlineScarce map of SF Bay's forbidden anchoragesDate Published1908 Lot #502 49 Mile Scenic Drive San Francisco California View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRare bird's-eye pictorial map of San Francisco, 1949PublisherDowntown AssociationDate Published1947 Lot #503 Faust's Map & Guide of San Francisco View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorFaust, Henry W.HeadlineFaust's Map & Guide of San Francisco 1885PublisherH.W. FaustDate Published1885 Lot #504 Official San Francisco Map: Compiled and Distributed by the San Francisco Convention and Tourist League Exposition Auditorium San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineScarce 1922 tourist map of San FranciscoPublisherLouis Roesch Co., S.F.Date Published1922 Lot #505 San Francisco invites you: ...see the two new wonders of the world, the Golden Gate bridge and the span across San Francisco Bay View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineWith color bird's-eye view of CaliforniaPublisherSan Francisco Convention & Tourist BureauDate Published[1935] Lot #506 Section of San Francisco's Water Front showing location of properties operated by Associated Terminals Co. View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco water front map c.1920PublisherNeal, Stratford & KerrDate Publishedc.1920 Lot #507 Donner "U.S. 40", Follow the Route of the Old Donner Trail... Along Famous U.S. Highway 40. Fun Map, Donner Ski Trails for Winter Sports, Road Map for Summer Fun View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - Sierra Nevada)AuthorMathis, GeorgeHeadlinePictorial map of Donner Summit & Highway 40, Cal.PublisherA Trip Teaser ProductionDate Published[1955] Lot #508 Map of the Mother Lode and Principal Quartz Mines in the Counties of Tuolumne and Calaveras Compiled by Eugene H. Barton, C.E. & M.E. Sonora Cal., June, 1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(California - Tuolumne & Calaveras Counties)AuthorBarton, Eugene H.HeadlineMap of the California Mother Lode, 1896PublisherLith. Britton & ReyDate Published1896 Lot #509 Map of Whittier California. Compiled from Surveys and Official Records by Kemmerer & Trounce, Civil Engineers & Surveyors View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - Whittier)HeadlineEarliest known map of Whittier, California 1921PublisherKemmerer & TrounceDate Published1921 Lot #510 Yosemite National Park, showing boundaries established by Act of Congress. Approved June 11, 1906 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorBond, FrankHeadlineScarce map of Yosemite, 1909Date Published[1909] Lot #511 Untitled Painting of Half Dome in Snow View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorSchmidt, EllaHeadlineHalf Dome in Snow - Acrylic on CanvasDate PublishedNo date Lot #512 Two bird's-eye pictorial maps, showing routes of the Golden Gate Ferry Co. and the territory connected by it View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorBrunnier, H.J.HeadlineRare maps of Golden Gate Ferry system 1920PublisherGolden Gate Ferry Co.Date Published1920 Lot #514 Map of California showing the National Forests and Main Highways, California District View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineRecreation map of forest lands of CaliforniaPublisherPrinted by the U.S. Geological SurveyDate Publishedc.1920s Lot #515 California View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorMora, JoHeadlineJo Mora pictorial map of California 1945PublisherJo Mora PublicationsDate Published1945 Lot #516 Map of California: with a Brief Description View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorSouthern Pacific CompanyHeadlineMap of California from Southern Pacific c. 1925Publisher[Southern Pacific Company]Date Published[c. 1925] Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next