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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 #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 #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... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAnderson, Alex D.HeadlineWith folding map of New Spain circa 1877PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1877 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 #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 #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. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorBolton, Herbert Eugene, editorHeadlineKino's Historical Memoir of Pimería AltaPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1919 Lot #43 Athanase de Mezieres and the Louisiana-Texas Frontier, 1768-1780 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBolton, Herbert EugeneHeadlineAthanase de Mezieres & the Louisiana-Texas FrontierPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1914 Lot #44 Landscape View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorBott, EmilHeadlineLandscape by Emil Bott, a manifest destinyDate Published1852 Lot #45 Landscape View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorBott, EmilHeadlineLandscape by Emil Bott, campfire sceneDate Published1852 Lot #48 The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineRichard Burton among the Mormons in Salt LakePublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1862 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #105 California: Its Gold and Its Inhabitants View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(California)Author[Huntley, Henry Vere]HeadlineH.V. Huntley California Its Gold & Its InhabitantsPublisherThomas Cautley NewbyDate Published1856 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 #109 The State Register and Year Book of Facts: For the Year 1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineCalifornia State Register 1857PublisherHenry G. Langley and Samuel A. MorisonDate Published1857 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorTruman, Ben C.HeadlineIllustrated Guide Resorts of California 1883PublisherH.S. Crocker & Co.Date Published1883 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 #138 Third Annual Directory of Pueblo, South Pueblo and Bessemer, Colorado. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Colorado)AuthorLambert, J.J.HeadlineScarce directory for City of Pueblo, 1882PublisherJ.J. Lambert, PublisherDate Published1882 Lot #139 Prospectus of the Occidental Gold Mining Co. of Colorado, Incorporated under the Laws of the State of New York. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Colorado)Headline1864 Prospectus for Colorado mining companyPublisherWM. S. Dorr, Book and Job PrinterDate Published1864 Lot #140 History of the Arkansas Valley, Colorado View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Colorado)Author[Vickers, C.L., editor]HeadlineHistory of the Arkansas Valley, Colorado 1881PublisherO.L. Baskin Co., Historical PublisherDate Published1881 Lot #141 The Rocky Mountain Directory and Colorado Gazetteer for 1871 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Colorado)AuthorWallihan, S. S. , & Company, compilersHeadlineRare Rocky Mountain Directory, 1871PublisherS.S. Wallihan & CompanyDate Published[1870] 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. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Colorado)AuthorWhitney, Joel ParkerHeadlineWhitney's Silver Mining Regions of ColoradoPublisherD. Van NostrandDate Published1865 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... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCombier, CyprienHeadlineVoyage au Golfe de Californie by CombierPublisherArthus BertrandDate Published[1864] Lot #144 From San Diego to the Colorado in 1849. The Journal and Maps of Cave J. Couts View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCouts, Cave J.HeadlineJournal and Maps of Cave J. Couts San Diego to ColoradoPublisherArthur M. EllisDate Published1932 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 #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 #150 John C. Duval: First Texas Man of Letters. His Life and Some of His Unpublished Writings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorDobie, J. FrankHeadlineJohn C Duval, Father of Texas LiteraturePublisherSouthwest ReviewDate Published1939 Lot #151 Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDomenech, EmmanuelHeadline7 Years in the Great Deserts of North AmericaPublisherLongman, Green, Longman & RobertsDate Published1860 Lot #153 Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineEmory's Boundary Report with colored Geologic MapPublisherCornelius Wendell, printerDate Published1857-1859 Lot #154 Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineUS & Mexican boundary survey1857-59PublisherA.O.P, NicholsonDate Published1857 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 #157 History of Oregon Territory...[bound with] Travels in the Great Western Prairies...[and] Travels in the Californias and Scenes in the Pacific Ocean. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFarnham, Thomas J.HeadlineThomas Farnham's travels in Western AmericaPublisherJ. Winchester, New World PressDate Published1844 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 #160 A Condensed Geography and History of the Western States, or The Mississippi Valley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFlint, TimothyHeadlineHistory of the Western States by Flint 2 vol 1828PublisherE.H. FlintDate Published1828 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. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorFry, FrederickHeadlineFry's Traveler's Guide to Northwest 1865PublisherFor the author, by Applegate & CoDate Published1865 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 #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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorGilliam, Albert M.HeadlineWith 10 lithographed plates and 3 folding mapsPublisherJohn W. Moore; Wiley & PutnamDate Published1846 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 #196 Letter written by a visitor to Hawaii, with vivid descriptions and keen observations View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)AuthorMeade, G.S.HeadlineLetter from visitor to Hawaii, 1884Date PublishedJune 17-June 30, 1884 Lot #207 Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to a Darrel Marken, about the true nature of communism, as espoused in his book View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHoover, J. EdgarHeadlineLetter signed by J. Edgar Hoover about communismDate PublishedJanuary 8, 1962 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.... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHunter, GeorgeHeadlineGeo. Hunter Reminiscences of an Old Timer 1887PublisherH.S. CrockerDate Published1887 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... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of SierrasPublisherThe Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1888 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... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineScenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California 1861PublisherJ.M. Hutchings & Co.Date Published1862 Lot #211 Account of an Expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorJames, EdwinHeadlineExpedition to the Rocky Mountains by ThwaitesPublisherArthur H. ClarkDate Published1905 Lot #214 TREK. February 1943 and June 1943 issues - with signed correspondence from editor Nobuo Kitagaki View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American Internment)AuthorOkubo, Miné, Art EditorHeadlineTREK, two issues by the inmates at TopazPublisherProject Reports Division, Central Utah Relocation CenterDate Published1943 Lot #217 The Range Men: The Story of the Ranchers and Indians of Alberta View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorKelly, L.V.HeadlineThe Range Men, 1st Ed.PublisherWilliam BriggsDate Published1913 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... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Klondike Gold Rush)HeadlineWith folding map of the Klondike Gold FieldsPublisherPoole Bros., PublishersDate Published1898 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... View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorLangley, Henry G., editorHeadlinePacific Coast Directory 1867, 1st EditionPublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1867 Lot #223 Oratio Inauguralis de Veritate Religionis Christianae, Quam, Coram Veneranda Ecclesiarum Belgicarum Synodo, Neo Eboraci Convocata, Publice in Aede Sacra Habuit... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLivingston, John HenryHeadlineInscribed in Latin by John Henry LivingstonPublisherSamuel et JohannesDate Published[1785] 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 View details Estimate$900 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Mexican War)AuthorTotten, Colonel JosephHeadlineDocument relating to Robert E. Lee in Mexican-American WarDate PublishedMarch 1, 1848 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 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)AuthorBaz, Gustavo and E.L. GalloHeadlineRare History of the Mexican Railway 1876PublisherGallo & Co.Date Published1876 Lot #237 Military appointment for a captain in the cavalry, signed by Benito Juarez View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorJuarez, BenitoHeadlineBenito Juarez appoints Mexican cavalry captainDate PublishedAugust 5, 1867 Lot #240 Letter by John Dix to his friend, John Rogers Vinton View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(Military)AuthorDix, John A.HeadlineLetter by Future Civil War General and NY Governor John DixDate PublishedMay 10, 1826 Lot #241 The Danites: And Other Choice Selections from the Writings of Joaquin Miller - with Miller ephemera View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineThe Danites 1st Ed, plus inscribed and signed itemsPublisherAmerican News CompanyDate Published1878 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. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Montana)HeadlineEncouraging the settlement of Northern MontanaPublisherSt. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Ry.Date Published[1889] Lot #250 Rambles in the Rocky Mountains: With a Visit to the Gold Fields of Colorado View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMorris, Maurice O'ConnorHeadlineMorris, Rambles in the Rocky Mountains 1864PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1864 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 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorMullan, JohnHeadlineMullan's Miners and Traveler's guide w/ litho mapPublisherWm. M. FranklinDate Published1865 Lot #254 Four letters by or regarding an Indian Agency physician, plus a photograph of dining at an agency View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Native American)AuthorDudley, H.W.HeadlinePhysician at Interior Dept. Indian AgenciesDate Publishedc.1896-1900 Lot #257 Autograph Letter Signed by Naval hero and Chair of Board of Navy Commissioners View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Naval)AuthorRodgers, Commodore JohnHeadlineMost famed US Navy commander of Jacksonian eraDate PublishedSeptember 18, 1836 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. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Nebraska)HeadlineScarce promo pamphlet for Nebraska, 1879PublisherJournal Company, State PrintersDate Published1879 Lot #260 Biennial Report of the State Mineralogist of the State of Nevada, for the Years 1871 and 1872. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)AuthorWhitehill, H.R., mineralogistHeadlineBiennial Report of State of Nevada, 1871-1872Date Published[1873] Lot #261 Biennial Report of the State Mineralogist of the State of Nevada, for the Years 1877 and 1878. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)AuthorWhitehill, H.R., mineralogistHeadlineBiennial Report of State of Nevada, 1877-1878Publisher[A.L. Bancroft & Company, Printers]Date Published[1879] Lot #264 Reports on the Geology, Botany, and Zoology of Northern California and Oregon, Made to the War Department. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorNewberry, John S.HeadlineInscribed by John S. NewberryPublisher[War Department]Date Published1857 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 #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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPike, Zebulon MontgomeryHeadlineThe Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery PikePublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1895 Lot #277 An Abridgement of Portlock and Dixon's Voyage Round the World, Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorPotlock, NathanielHeadlineRare abridgment of Portlock's Pacific VoyagePublisherJohn Stockdale and George GouldingDate Published1789 Lot #278 The Santa Fé Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorPowell, H.M.T.HeadlineSanta Fé Trail to California, Grabhorn PressPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1931] Lot #282 Abraham Lincoln: The War Years View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1861)AuthorSandburg, CarlHeadlineSandburg's Lincoln The War Years signedPublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1939] 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next