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Previous|12|Next Lot #1 Grand Jury arraignment of Maryland slave Solomon, with other slaves, murdered his master Heading(African-American, 1815)AuthorPigman, Bean S.HeadlineManuscript indictment of Maryland slaves who murdered their masterDate Published[December 1815] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #2 Letter regarding a dispute between enslaved people in Virginia, 1819. Heading(African-American, 1819)AuthorShelton, ArmisteadHeadline1819 Letter concerning slave disputeDate Published1819 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #3 Letter from Pennsylvania trader visiting New Orleans, sees Sunday Congo Dances with its pre-Jazz Negro music Heading(African-American, 1820)AuthorLukens, JosephHeadlineAfrican slave Congo Dance in antebellum New OrleansDate PublishedJuly 19, 1820 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #4 Original manuscript statement of legal argument on the issue of Negro slave identity Heading(African-American, 1824)AuthorGrundy, Felix and James RucksHeadlineManuscript document on early court case of slave lawDate Publishedca. 1824-1825 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #5 Ornate Engraved Presbyterian Missionary Document Heading(African-American, 1837)AuthorGreen, Rev. AshbelHeadlineOrnate Engraved Presbyterian Missions AppointmentPublisherBoard of Missions of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian ChurchDate PublishedAugust 1837 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #6 Capture of Black Seminole insurgents, near the end of the War in Florida; Autograph Letter Signed Heading(African-American, 1841 - Seminole War)AuthorAxtell, Rev. HenryHeadlineBlack Seminole defeat in the Florida Seminole WarDate PublishedAug. 23, 1841 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #7 Letter to George Washington descendant from his Mt. Vernon overseer Heading(African-American, 1845)AuthorMcFarland, JosephHeadlineSlave overseer of Washington's Mt. VernonDate PublishedNovember 18, 1845 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #8 Autograph Document Signed Announcing Auction of an eight-year-old slave girl Heading(African-American, 1846)AuthorHeadrick, JacobHeadlineSlave child auctioned in Missouri in 1846Date PublishedMay 20, 1846 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #10 Letter mentioning a benefit Fair held by “the colored people” Heading(African-American, 1856)Author[Wall, Eliza?]HeadlineLetter on stationery engraved with Fremont vignetteDate PublishedNovember 20, 1856 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #11 Letter regarding care of enslaved children in Virginia, 1857. Heading(African-American, 1857)AuthorPass, Thomas Y.Headline1857 Letter on care of enslaved childrenDate Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #12 Promissory note regarding temporary service of enslaved woman in Virginia, 1861. Heading(African-American, 1861)AuthorLynn, Robert F. and Robert V.Headline1861 Promissory note for enslaved womanDate Published1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #13 Sharecropping agreement, Pittsylvania County Heading(African-American, 1871)AuthorWomack, Chas A.Headline1871 Sharecropping agreement, VirginiaDate Published1871 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 Heading(African-American, 1873)AuthorGrubbs, R.W. (Richard Williamson), Jr.HeadlineWhite South Carolina farmer criticizes Black gains under ReconstructionDate PublishedMarch 24, 1873 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #15 Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs letter about progress in civilizing the American Indians Heading(African-American, 1884)AuthorStevens, Ezra L.HeadlineUnderground Railroad Conductor later helps civilize American IndiansDate PublishedAugust 6, 1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #24 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlineBuzz Aldrin Signed Magnificent Desolation LimitedPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #25 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1991 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #27 The Silver Country or the Great Southwest. A Review of the Mineral and Other Wealth, the Attractions and Material Development of the Former Kingdom of New Spain... AuthorAnderson, Alex D.HeadlineWith folding map of New Spain circa 1877PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #28 New England lawyer chides his sister for her anti-slavery bias against Southerners Heading(Anri-Slavery)AuthorGoodridge, SewallHeadlineYankee lawyer in Virginia about anti-slavery prejudiceDate PublishedJan. 13, 1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #29 Letter relating to Massachusetts Congressman's views on Abolitionism Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorGrenell, Jr., GeorgeHeadlineMassachusetts Congressman’s views on ending slaveryDate PublishedFeb. 1, 1837 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #30 Autograph Letter Signed by Future Gun Company Magnate foreseeing the end of Abolitionism Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorRickard, L. H.HeadlineConnecticut Democrat condemns Abolitionist scoundrelsDate PublishedAugust 8, 1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorVinton, Samuel F., Member of CongressHeadlineOhio Congressman proposes solution to slave controversyDate PublishedDec. 31, 1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #34 Autograph draft of the Arizona chapter of the 1883 book, “Resources of the Rocky Mountains" Heading(Arizona)AuthorFarmer, E. J.HeadlineManuscript draft of a southwest guidebookDate Published[1880s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #37 The Miracle at Coogan's Bluff - Inscribed Heading(Baseball)AuthorKiernan, ThomasHeadlineMiracle at Coogan's Bluff Inscribed - Bobby Thomson, Ralph Branca, Etc.PublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1975 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #41 Typescript letter signed by Herbert Hoover addressed to Miss Helen Boyle Heading(Bohemian Club)HeadlineSigned letter by the Bohemian Herbert HooverDate Published1951 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #42 Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimería Alta: A Contemporary Account of the Beginnings of California, Sonora, and Arizona, by Father Eusebio Francisco Kino,... 1683-1711. AuthorBolton, Herbert Eugene, editorHeadlineKino's Historical Memoir of Pimería AltaPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1919 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #43 Athanase de Mezieres and the Louisiana-Texas Frontier, 1768-1780 AuthorBolton, Herbert EugeneHeadlineAthanase de Mezieres & the Louisiana-Texas FrontierPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #44 Landscape AuthorBott, EmilHeadlineLandscape by Emil Bott, a manifest destinyDate Published1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #45 Landscape AuthorBott, EmilHeadlineLandscape by Emil Bott, campfire sceneDate Published1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #48 The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineRichard Burton among the Mormons in Salt LakePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #49 Minute Book of the Figaro Gold & Silver Mining Company incorporated, July 1863 (cover title) Heading(California - Amador County)AuthorStott, Alex., secretaryHeadlineMs. minutes for Amador Co. mining co., 1863Date Published1863 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 Heading(California - Oil)HeadlineGeology, mining, and oil in CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #64 Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties, Part 1. Bulletin No. 11 Heading(California - Oil)AuthorWatts, W.L.HeadlineOil and Gas Formations of California, 1897PublisherA..J. JohnsonDate Published1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #65 Account ledger book for a general, dry goods, and feed store in Pescadero, California Heading(California - Pescadero)AuthorSprague, H.B.HeadlineAccount ledger for Pescadero store, 1877-80Date Published1877-1880 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #69 Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850 Heading(California - Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties)HeadlineHistory of Plumas Lassen & Sierra countiesPublisherFariss & SmithDate Published1882 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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... Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBusiness directory of San Francisco 1877PublisherL.M. McKenney PublisherDate Published1877 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold 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 Heading(California Gold Rush)HeadlineGold Mining in California 1885PublisherGeorge Spaulding & Co.Date Published1885 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 Heading(California)AuthorDeering, James HenryHeadlineCalifornia Codes and Laws of 1909PublisherBancroft-Whitney CompanyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #104 Letter from C.P. Huntington to Major Ben C. Truman, 1899 Heading(California)AuthorHuntington, Collis P.HeadlineLetter from CA Railway Magnate CP HuntingtonDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #105 California: Its Gold and Its Inhabitants Heading(California)Author[Huntley, Henry Vere]HeadlineH.V. Huntley California Its Gold & Its InhabitantsPublisherThomas Cautley NewbyDate Published1856 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold 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 Heading(California)AuthorSims, R.M.HeadlineCivil Code of the State of California 1906PublisherBancroft-Whitney CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #109 The State Register and Year Book of Facts: For the Year 1857 Heading(California)HeadlineCalifornia State Register 1857PublisherHenry G. Langley and Samuel A. MorisonDate Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #110 Tourists' Illustrated Guide to the Celebrated Summer and Winter Resorts of California Adjacent to and Upon the Lines of the Central and Southern Pacific Railroads Heading(California)AuthorTruman, Ben C.HeadlineIllustrated Guide Resorts of California 1883PublisherH.S. Crocker & Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #118 Letter from ranch employee to his employer, regarding the sale of various cattle and horses, with sketches of brands Heading(Cattle Ranching)AuthorMonroe, JohnHeadlineSelling cattle & horses in 1890 WyomingDate PublishedMay 14, 1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 Heading(Cattle Rustling & Murder)AuthorSmith, James L.HeadlineCattle rusting & murder in 1880s NebraskaDate PublishedMarch 26, 1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #120 Ohio farmer writes his father, a Republican Congressman, about the threat of Southern secession Heading(Civil War)AuthorCarey, Mcdonough MonroeHeadlineOhio Congressman’s son predicts political disasterDate PublishedJanuary 24, 1860 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #125 Autograph Letter Signed by Former Confederate Opposing Reconstruction. Heading(Civil War)AuthorWashington, L. Q.HeadlineFormer Confederate opposes Southern ReconstructionDate PublishedAug. 7, 1866 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #126 Letters from an editor to a fellow Douglas Democrat, about threats from pro-Southern Democrats and the need to oppose “disunionists” Heading(Civil War, 1860 election)AuthorLoveland, James C.HeadlineDouglas Democrat threatened by pro-slavery DemocratsDate Published1860s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #134 Portrait of "Buffalo Bill" Cody Heading(Cody, William F. "Buffalo Bill")HeadlinePortrait of Buffalo Bill looking dapper as usualDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #138 Third Annual Directory of Pueblo, South Pueblo and Bessemer, Colorado. Heading(Colorado)AuthorLambert, J.J.HeadlineScarce directory for City of Pueblo, 1882PublisherJ.J. Lambert, PublisherDate Published1882 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #139 Prospectus of the Occidental Gold Mining Co. of Colorado, Incorporated under the Laws of the State of New York. Heading(Colorado)Headline1864 Prospectus for Colorado mining companyPublisherWM. S. Dorr, Book and Job PrinterDate Published1864 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #140 History of the Arkansas Valley, Colorado Heading(Colorado)Author[Vickers, C.L., editor]HeadlineHistory of the Arkansas Valley, Colorado 1881PublisherO.L. Baskin Co., Historical PublisherDate Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #141 The Rocky Mountain Directory and Colorado Gazetteer for 1871 Heading(Colorado)AuthorWallihan, S. S. , & Company, compilersHeadlineRare Rocky Mountain Directory, 1871PublisherS.S. Wallihan & CompanyDate Published[1870] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #142 Silver Mining Regions of Colorado: With Some Account of the Different Processes Now Being Introduced for Working the Gold Ores of that Territory. Heading(Colorado)AuthorWhitney, Joel ParkerHeadlineWhitney's Silver Mining Regions of ColoradoPublisherD. Van NostrandDate Published1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #143 Voyage au Golfe de Californie Grands Courants de a Mer...Description de la Sonora et de ses Richesses Minerales. De la Basse Californie, ses Volcans, ses Produits... AuthorCombier, CyprienHeadlineVoyage au Golfe de Californie by CombierPublisherArthus BertrandDate Published[1864] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #144 From San Diego to the Colorado in 1849. The Journal and Maps of Cave J. Couts AuthorCouts, Cave J.HeadlineJournal and Maps of Cave J. Couts San Diego to ColoradoPublisherArthur M. EllisDate Published1932 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #145 Hand-colored photograph of Crater Lake and Wizard Island Heading(Crater Lake)HeadlineHand-colored photograph of Crater LakeDate Publishedc. 1920's View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #148 Among the An-ko-me-nums Or Flathead Tribes of Indians of the Pacific Coast AuthorCrosby, ThomasHeadlineMissionary Memoir inscribed by Thomas CrosbyPublisherWilliam BriggsDate Published1907 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #150 John C. Duval: First Texas Man of Letters. His Life and Some of His Unpublished Writings AuthorDobie, J. FrankHeadlineJohn C Duval, Father of Texas LiteraturePublisherSouthwest ReviewDate Published1939 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #151 Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America AuthorDomenech, EmmanuelHeadline7 Years in the Great Deserts of North AmericaPublisherLongman, Green, Longman & RobertsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #153 Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineEmory's Boundary Report with colored Geologic MapPublisherCornelius Wendell, printerDate Published1857-1859 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #154 Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineUS & Mexican boundary survey1857-59PublisherA.O.P, NicholsonDate Published1857 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #155 Autograph Letter Signed Regarding Erie Canal by Inventor of Waterproof Hydraulic Cement Heading(Erie Canal)AuthorWhite, CanvassHeadlineLetter from canal engineer who invented American cementDate PublishedApril 17, 1829 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #157 History of Oregon Territory...[bound with] Travels in the Great Western Prairies...[and] Travels in the Californias and Scenes in the Pacific Ocean. AuthorFarnham, Thomas J.HeadlineThomas Farnham's travels in Western AmericaPublisherJ. Winchester, New World PressDate Published1844 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 AuthorField, Stephen J.HeadlineInscribed by Fields to a U.S. AmbassadorPublisher"Printed for a Few Friends, Not Published"Date Published[1893] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #160 A Condensed Geography and History of the Western States, or The Mississippi Valley AuthorFlint, TimothyHeadlineHistory of the Western States by Flint 2 vol 1828PublisherE.H. FlintDate Published1828 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #176 Fry's Traveler's Guide, and Descriptive Journal of the Great North-Western Territories of the United States of America; Comprising the Territories of Idaho, Washington, Montana, and the State of Oregon, with Sketches of Colorado, Utah, Nebraska, and British America. AuthorFry, FrederickHeadlineFry's Traveler's Guide to Northwest 1865PublisherFor the author, by Applegate & CoDate Published1865 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold 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 Heading(Geary, John W.)HeadlineJohn W. Geary, one-time mayor of San FranciscoPublisherKing & Baird, PrintersDate Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #180 Travels Over the Table Lands and Cordilleras of Mexico. During the Years 1843 and 44; Including a Description of California, the Principal Cities and Mining Districts of that Republic, and the Biographies of Iturbide and Santa Anna AuthorGilliam, Albert M.HeadlineWith 10 lithographed plates and 3 folding mapsPublisherJohn W. Moore; Wiley & PutnamDate Published1846 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #186 My Road to Rotary AuthorHarris, Paul P.HeadlinePaul Harris, Road to Rotary with Signed CheckPublisherA. Kroch and SonDate Published1948 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #196 Letter written by a visitor to Hawaii, with vivid descriptions and keen observations Heading(Hawaii)AuthorMeade, G.S.HeadlineLetter from visitor to Hawaii, 1884Date PublishedJune 17-June 30, 1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #207 Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to a Darrel Marken, about the true nature of communism, as espoused in his book AuthorHoover, J. EdgarHeadlineLetter signed by J. Edgar Hoover about communismDate PublishedJanuary 8, 1962 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #208 Reminiscences of an Old Timer: A Recital of Actual Events, Incidents, Trials, Hardships...Perils and Escapes of a Pioneer Hunter, Miner and Scout of the Pacific Northwest.... AuthorHunter, GeorgeHeadlineGeo. Hunter Reminiscences of an Old Timer 1887PublisherH.S. CrockerDate Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #209 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... AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of SierrasPublisherThe Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1888 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #210 Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California... including the Mammoth Trees of Calaveras; the Caves and Natural Bridges of Calaveras; the Yo-Semite Valley; the Mammoth Trees of Mariposa and Frezno... AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineScenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California 1861PublisherJ.M. Hutchings & Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #211 Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains AuthorJames, EdwinHeadlineExpedition to the Rocky Mountains by ThwaitesPublisherArthur H. ClarkDate Published1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #214 TREK. February 1943 and June 1943 issues - with signed correspondence from editor Nobuo Kitagaki Heading(Japanese-American Internment)AuthorOkubo, Miné, Art EditorHeadlineTREK, two issues by the inmates at TopazPublisherProject Reports Division, Central Utah Relocation CenterDate Published1943 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #217 The Range Men: The Story of the Ranchers and Indians of Alberta AuthorKelly, L.V.HeadlineThe Range Men, 1st Ed.PublisherWilliam BriggsDate Published1913 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #220 Poole Bros. Mining Directory and Reference Book of the United States, Canada and Mexico, containing lists of Mining and Quarrying Companies and Operators, Smelters, Reduction and Sampling Works... Heading(Klondike Gold Rush)HeadlineWith folding map of the Klondike Gold FieldsPublisherPoole Bros., PublishersDate Published1898 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #222 The Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1867: Containing... Each Merchant, Manufacturer and Professional Residing in... California, Oregon, and Nevada; the Territories of Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Utah... AuthorLangley, Henry G., editorHeadlinePacific Coast Directory 1867, 1st EditionPublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1867 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #223 Oratio Inauguralis de Veritate Religionis Christianae, Quam, Coram Veneranda Ecclesiarum Belgicarum Synodo, Neo Eboraci Convocata, Publice in Aede Sacra Habuit... AuthorLivingston, John HenryHeadlineInscribed in Latin by John Henry LivingstonPublisherSamuel et JohannesDate Published[1785] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #229 Signed Engineer Order No. 2, reassigning a dozen Army Engineers to new posts, 3 of them to the Mexican War front to serve under then Captain Robert E. Lee Heading(Mexican War)AuthorTotten, Colonel JosephHeadlineDocument relating to Robert E. Lee in Mexican-American WarDate PublishedMarch 1, 1848 View details Estimate$900 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #234 History of the Mexican Railway. Wealth of Mexico, in the Region Extending from the Gulf to the Capital of the Republic, Considered in its Geological, Agricultural, Manufacturing and Commercial Aspect: With Scientific, Historic and Statistical Notes Heading(Mexico)AuthorBaz, Gustavo and E.L. GalloHeadlineRare History of the Mexican Railway 1876PublisherGallo & Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #237 Military appointment for a captain in the cavalry, signed by Benito Juarez Heading(Mexico)AuthorJuarez, BenitoHeadlineBenito Juarez appoints Mexican cavalry captainDate PublishedAugust 5, 1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #240 Letter by John Dix to his friend, John Rogers Vinton Heading(Military)AuthorDix, John A.HeadlineLetter by Future Civil War General and NY Governor John DixDate PublishedMay 10, 1826 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #241 The Danites: And Other Choice Selections from the Writings of Joaquin Miller - with Miller ephemera AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineThe Danites 1st Ed, plus inscribed and signed itemsPublisherAmerican News CompanyDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #249 The Great Reservation: 3024 Miles of Steel Track in Minnesota, Dakota and Montana. Direct and Principal Line from St. Paul, Minneapolis...to...Helena, Butte and the Pacific Coast. Heading(Montana)HeadlineEncouraging the settlement of Northern MontanaPublisherSt. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry.Date Published[1889] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #250 Rambles in the Rocky Mountains: With a Visit to the Gold Fields of Colorado AuthorMorris, Maurice O'ConnorHeadlineMorris, Rambles in the Rocky Mountains 1864PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1864 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #252 Miners and Travelers' Guide to Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. Via the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. Accompanied by a General Map of the Mineral Region of the Northern Sections of the Rocky Mountains AuthorMullan, JohnHeadlineMullan's Miners and Traveler's guide w/ litho mapPublisherWm. M. FranklinDate Published1865 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #254 Four letters by or regarding an Indian Agency physician, plus a photograph of dining at an agency Heading(Native American)AuthorDudley, H.W.HeadlinePhysician at Interior Dept. Indian AgenciesDate Publishedc.1896-1900 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #257 Autograph Letter Signed by Naval hero and Chair of Board of Navy Commissioners Heading(Naval)AuthorRodgers, Commodore JohnHeadlineMost famed US Navy commander of Jacksonian eraDate PublishedSeptember 18, 1836 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #258 The State of Nebraska and Its Resources. A Pamphlet for General Circulation, Showing how Lands and Homes may be Acquired in the State, and the Prospects of Settlers Therein. Heading(Nebraska)HeadlineScarce promo pamphlet for Nebraska, 1879PublisherJournal Company, State PrintersDate Published1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #260 Biennial Report of the State Mineralogist of the State of Nevada, for the Years 1871 and 1872. Heading(Nevada)AuthorWhitehill, H.R., mineralogistHeadlineBiennial Report of State of Nevada, 1871-1872Date Published[1873] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #261 Biennial Report of the State Mineralogist of the State of Nevada, for the Years 1877 and 1878. Heading(Nevada)AuthorWhitehill, H.R., mineralogistHeadlineBiennial Report of State of Nevada, 1877-1878Publisher[A.L. Bancroft & Company, Printers]Date Published[1879] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #264 Reports on the Geology, Botany, and Zoology of Northern California and Oregon, Made to the War Department. AuthorNewberry, John S.HeadlineInscribed by John S. NewberryPublisher[War Department]Date Published1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold 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 Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineApplication for exhibit at P.P.I.E. rejectedDate Published1914-1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #276 The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, to Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7 AuthorPike, Zebulon MontgomeryHeadlineThe Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery PikePublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #277 An Abridgement of Portlock and Dixon's Voyage Round the World, Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 AuthorPotlock, NathanielHeadlineRare abridgment of Portlock's Pacific VoyagePublisherJohn Stockdale and George GouldingDate Published1789 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #278 The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell AuthorPowell, H.M.T.HeadlineSanta Fé Trail to California, Grabhorn PressPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #282 Abraham Lincoln: The War Years Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorSandburg, CarlHeadlineSandburg's Lincoln The War Years signedPublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #283 De Re Metallica Heading(Presidents, 1929)AuthorAgricola, GeorgiusHeadlineSigned by Herbert Hoover, photo of Milton FriedmanPublisherThe Mining MagazineDate Published1912 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next