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Previous|123|Next Lot #1 Letter about American exile's business dispute View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1799)AuthorBelin de Villeneuve, PaulHeadlineLetter by Haitian master of famous “Faithful Slave”Date PublishedMay 24, 1799 Lot #2 British Navy Captain writes Spanish Governor of Cuba about American Naval deserters View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1833)AuthorM’Quhae, Peter [Commander of His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop Fly]HeadlineAmerican sailors seized by the British in CubaDate PublishedMay 1, 1833 Lot #4 Mortgage document for sale for $700 of a slave family View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(African American, 1844)AuthorSnell, JohnHeadlineSale of entire slave family in AlabamaDate PublishedMay 29, 1844 Lot #5 Letter by a New York merchant on a business trip to Louisiana approves of slavery View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(African American, 1847)AuthorEastwood, WilliamHeadlineNY merchant writes while a slave was whippedDate PublishedFeb. 24, 1847 Lot #6 Selections from the Writings and Speeches of William Lloyd Garrison… View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorGarrison, William LloydHeadlineInscribed by America's leading AbolitionistPublisherB. F. WallcutDate Published1852 Lot #9 Letter from a US Navy Captain describing his voyage to the West Indies, including the strange slave island of Sombrero. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorDove, Benjamin M., Captain, USS ReliefHeadlineSlave miners on a guano-rich West Indian islandDate PublishedSept. 17, 1859 Lot #10 Letter praising executed radical Abolitionist John Brown as “the Man of the Century” View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1860)AuthorLesley, John PeterHeadlineGeologist lauds the treasonous John BrownDate PublishedMarch 28, 1860 Lot #11 Officers of the National Freedman’s Relief Association, organized in New York, February 22, 1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1862)HeadlineFirst society formed to aid freed slaves in SouthDate PublishedFebruary 22 - July 26, 1862 Lot #12 Legal letter about a woman slave-owner's compensation for 2 ex-slaves, emancipated in Washington View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(African American, 1862)AuthorDuvall, George W. (for Eleanor B. Hilleary)HeadlineHeiress seeks compensation emancipated slavesDate PublishedMay 6, 1862 Lot #13 Maritime manuscript ledger of Baker, Wells & Co. Lumber Yard, New York View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1863)Author[Getty, Captain]HeadlineCivil War NY employer of Blacks ledgerDate Published1862-1863, 1868-1869 Lot #14 Freedmen’s Bureau officer's manuscript account of the allegation of a white man’s assault on a Black teenage girl View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorHogarty, William P. [2nd Lt., 21st Regiment, Veteran Reserve Corps]HeadlineFreedmen's Bureau investigates assault on Black girlPublisherUS Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned LandsDate PublishedJuly 5, 1866 Lot #15 Letter about a northerner’s success overseeing a postwar Mississippi plantation after slavery View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(African American, 1866)Author[Phelps, William G.?]HeadlineOhio lawyer overseer on Reconstruction plantationDate PublishedJune 26, 1866 Lot #16 Letter of a New York farmer while visiting President Grant’s Washington View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1872)AuthorWhite, J.HeadlineRacist letter by NY Democrat during 1872 electionDate PublishedJuly 22, 1872 Lot #24 Of Minnie the Moocher & Me View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1976)AuthorCalloway, Cab and Bryant RollinsHeadlineInscribed and signed by Cab CallowayPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1976 Lot #25 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Lot #26 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1991] Lot #27 James Bridger: Trapper, Frontiersman, Scout and Guide. A Historical Narrative.... To which is incorporated a verbatim copy, annotated, of James Bridger: A Biographical Sketch by Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorAlter, J. CecilHeadlineBiography of James Bridger by J. Cecil AlterPublisherShepard Book Co.Date Published[1925] Lot #30 The Black Hills Illustrated: A Terse Description of Conditions Past and Present of America's Greatest Mineral Belt. Its Agricultural and Cattle Resources, Principal Cities, Financial,... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBaldwin, George P.HeadlineGuide to the economy of the Black HillsPublisherBlack Hills Mining Men's AssociationDate Published1904 Lot #31 Echoes of the Past... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBidwell, JohnHeadlineBidwell's Echoes of the Past, Signed RosterPublisherThe Chico AdvertiserDate Published[1914] Lot #32 On the Border with Crook View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBourke, John G.HeadlineBourke with Crook on the Border 1891PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1891 Lot #35 Visitors Guide 1953: Carmel-by-the-Sea View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Carmel)HeadlineVisitors guide/directory to Carmel, CA 1953Date Published1953 Lot #48 Two letters written shortly after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake, from an American expatriate in Italy to a friend in San Francisco, inquiring about events following the catastrophe View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorCarr, Michael C.Headline1906 quake letters from American in ItalyDate PublishedApril 21 & May 10, 1906 Lot #55 Three Annual Reports of Department of Street Repair to Board of Public Works, San Francisco View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline5 Annual Reports, SF Dept. Street RepairPublisherDept. of Street RepairDate Published1915-1921 Lot #57 Letter by future famed San Francisco journalist View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorWilliams, SamuelHeadlineLetter by a future San Francisco literary journalistDate PublishedDecember 23, 1849 Lot #58 Letter from Craven P. Hester, in San Jose, California, to George Grundy Dunn in Indiana, regarding Hester's financial affairs in Indiana, and events in California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Jose)AuthorHester, Craven P.HeadlineLetter from San Jose District Attorney 1850Date PublishedNov. 28, 1850 Lot #63 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)HeadlineGuide to Gold Mining in CaliforniaPublisherGeorge Spaulding & Co.Date Published1885 Lot #72 History of California, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; Comprising also a Full Description of its Climate, Surface, Soil... with a Journal of the Voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and Back, via Panama. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCapron, Elisha S.HeadlineCapron's History of California 1854PublisherJohn P. Jewett & Co.; Jewett, Proctor and WorthingtonDate Published1854 Lot #73 Chemistry notebook for W.M. Berkowitz View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Chemistry)AuthorBerkowitz, W.M.HeadlineStudent Chemistry notebook, w/ illustrationsDate Published1913 Lot #77 War With Mexico, 1846-1847: Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorConnelley, William E.HeadlineWar With Mexico, Doniphan's ExpeditionPublisherBryant & DouglasDate Published1907 Lot #78 Manuscript Expediente regarding an inheritance and a young boy born free in Puerto Rico who was taken to Cuba where he was sold as a slave View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlinePuerto Rican boy sold into Cuban slaveryDate Publishedc.1878 Lot #79 Manuscript Expediente regarding permission to act as a "bounty hunter" of rebellious slaves in Cuba View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineBounty hunter of rebellious slaves in Cuba 1879Date Published1879 Lot #80 Manuscript Expediente [legal proceeding] regarding slaves "hidden" on a plantation in Cuba View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSlaves flee Cuban plantation due to choleraDate Published1870 Lot #81 Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChinese & Black slaves sold in CubaDate Published1854-1855 Lot #83 The Conquest of California and New Mexico, by the Forces of the United States, in the Years 1846 and 1847 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCutts, James MadisonHeadlineScarce early account of California conquestPublisherCarey & HartDate Published1847 Lot #85 Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineEmory on the Mexican BoundaryPublisherCornelius Wendell, printerDate Published1857-1859 Lot #90 Six Years with the Texas Rangers, 1875 to 1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorGillett, James B.HeadlineSix Years with the Texas Rangers signedPublisherVon Boeckmann-JonesDate Published[1921] Lot #92 The Argonauts of California: Being the Reminiscences of Scenes and Incidents that Occurred in California in Early Mining Days, by a Pioneer View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHaskins, C.W.HeadlineHaskins: The Argonauts of CaliforniaPublisherFords, Howard & HulbertDate Published1890 Lot #94 Hittell's Hand-Book of Pacific Coast Travel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHittell, John S.HeadlineHittell's Hand-Book of Pacific Coast TravelPublisherBancroftDate Published1887 Lot #95 The Stolen Boy. A Story. Founded on Facts View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHofland, Mrs. [Barbara Hoole]HeadlineManuel del Perez's capture by the ComanchePublisherW.B. GilleyDate Published1830 Lot #96 Hoover Dam Project. A Complete Story of its Construction in Picture Form from Lithographs & Sketches. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Hoover Dam)AuthorWoollett, WilliamHeadlineProgress of Hover Dam construction in sketchesPublisher[William Woollett]Date Published1932 Lot #97 The Trail Drivers of Texas: Interesting Sketches of Early Cowboys and Their Experiences on the Range and on the Trail During the Days that Tried Men's Souls - True Narratives Related by Real Cow-Punchers and Men who Fathered the Cattle Industry in Texas View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHunter, J. Marvin (compiler and editor)HeadlineTrail Drivers of Texas vol. 1Publisher[Jackson Printing Co.]Date Published[1920] Lot #99 Sights in the Gold Regions and Scenes by the Way View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, Theodore T.HeadlineSights in the Gold Region 1849PublisherBaker and ScribnerDate Published1849 Lot #100 Experiences of a Forty-Niner, by Wm. G. Johnston, a Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California in the Memorable Year 1849 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorJohnston, William GrahamHeadlineExperiences of a '49erPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1892 Lot #102 The Range Men: The Story of the Ranchers and Indians of Alberta View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorKelly, L.V.HeadlineHistory of ranchers and rangelands of AlbertaPublisherWilliam BriggsDate Published1913 Lot #103 N by E View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineN by E, signed by Rockwell KentPublisherBrewer & WarrenDate Published1930 Lot #104 Army Life on the Pacific: A Journal of the Expedition Against the Northern Indians, the Tribes of the Cœur d'Alenes, Spokans, and Pelouzes, in the Summer of 1858 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorKip, LawrenceHeadlineLawrence Kip Army Life on the Pacific 1859PublisherRedfieldDate Published1859 Lot #105 Vigilante Days and Ways. The Pioneers of the Rockies. The Makers and Making of Montana, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorLangford, Nathaniel PittHeadlineMontana Vigilante ClassicPublisherJ. G. Cupples Co.Date Published1890 Lot #107 Narrative of an Expedition to the Source of St. Peter's River, Lake Winnepeek, Lake Of The Woods, &C. Performed in the Year 1823...Under the Command of Stephen H. Long...Compiled From The Notes Of Major Long, Messrs. Say, Keating, And Colhoun [Sic]. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Long, Stephen H.)AuthorKeating, William HHeadlineExpedition to the Source of St. Peter's RiverPublisherPrinted for Geo. B. WhittakerDate Published1825 Lot #110 The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. With Maps Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineEarly handbook for overland expeditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1859 Lot #124 Mitchell's Compendium of the Internal Improvements of the United States: Comprising general notices of all the most important Canals and Rail=Roads, throughout the several states and territories of the Union: together with brief notice of works of internal improvement in Canada and Nova Scotia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMitchell, Samuel AugustusHeadlineMitchell's Travellers Guide with map 1835PublisherPublished by Mitchell & HinmanDate Published1835 Lot #127 Collection of American Mountaineering publications View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Mountaineering)HeadlineCollection of American Mountaineering volumesPublisherVarious publishers Lot #130 Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1903. Indian Affairs. Part II. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes. Indian Inspector for Indian Territory... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Oklahoma)HeadlineWith 12 maps of Indian Territory, 1903PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1903 Lot #131 California Stock Horse View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorOrtega, Luis B.HeadlineCalifornia Stock Horse signed by Luis Ortega 1stPublisher[News Publishing Company]Date Published[1949] Lot #132 The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineOregon Trail with Remington IllustrationsPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1892 Lot #136 To Heal and to Build: The Programs of President Lyndon B. Johnson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1963)AuthorBurns, James MacGregor, editorHeadlineSigned by Lyndon Johnson w/sealed envelopePublisherMcGraw-Hill Book Co.Date Published1968 Lot #139 Extensive collection of works signed and/or inscribed by principals involved in the Richard Nixon Watergate scandal View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1969)HeadlineMammoth collection of Watergate autographsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #140 Six Crises View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1969)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineSigned and inscribed by Richard NixonPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1962 Lot #141 Pony Tracks View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorRemington, FredericHeadlinePony Tracks 1st edition by Frederic RemingtonPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published1895 Lot #144 Information Respecting the History, Condition and Prospects of the Indian Tribes of the United States: Collected and Prepared Under the Direction of the Bureau of Indian Affairs View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorSchoolcraft, Henry RoweHeadlineSchoolcraft's Indian Tribes of the USPublisherLippincott, Grambo and Co.Date Published1851-57 Lot #147 Autograph letter from Lorenzo Sitgreaves, U.S. Army Engineer and future Colorado River explorer, to his cousin John Scott regarding a pessimistic outlook on promotion in the military View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSitgreaves, LorenzoHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Lorenzo SitgreavesDate PublishedMay 18, 1833 Lot #149 Illustrated Sketches of Death Valley and Other Borax Deserts of the Pacific Coast View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorSpears, John R.HeadlineSpears intimate word sketches of Death ValleyPublisherRand, McNally & Co.Date Published1892 Lot #151 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineWith Handwritten Note from H.B. StowePublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 Lot #152 Early Days in California. The Growth of the Commonwealth Under American Rule, with Biographical Sketches of Pioneers. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSullivan, G.W.HeadlineHistory of California's early pioneersPublisherEnterprise Publishing Co., PublishersDate Published1888 Lot #157 Archive of items relating to Adolph Sutro and his business dealings in San Francisco and Nevada View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Sutro, Adolph)HeadlineAdolph Sutro rents property in old San FranciscoDate Published1855-c.1890s Lot #160 Texas. An Epitome of Texas History From the Fill-Bustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic From Most Approved Sources. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorBrooker, William H.HeadlineSouvenir Texas history book from Alamo, 1897PublisherPress of Nitschke BrothersDate Published1897 Lot #161 Annual Report Upon the Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian... Being Appendix NN of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(U.S. Geological Survey)AuthorWheeler, George M.HeadlineWheeler Survey, Appendix NN, 1878 w/4 mapsPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1878 Lot #166 Spanish Voyages to the Northwest Coast of America in the Sixteenth Century View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineWagner's Northwest Coast, 1/25 specially boundPublisherCalifornia Historical SocietyDate Published1929 Lot #169 Los Gringos: Or, an Inside View of Mexico and California... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWise, Lieut. [Henry Augustus].HeadlineFirst Edition of Wise's Los GringosPublisherBaker and ScribnerDate Published1849 Lot #172 Official copy of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender aboard the USS Missouri, signed on September 2, 1945 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Heading(World War II)HeadlineRare copy of Japanese Surrender Document 1945Date Publishedc.1945 Lot #174 Official Guide to the Yellowstone National Park. A Manual For Tourists, Being a Description of the Mammoth Hot Springs, The Geyser Basins, The Cataracts, The Cañons, and Other Features... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Yellowstone)Headline1899 Guide to Wonderland of YellowstonePublisherW.C. RileyDate Published1889 Lot #177 The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorAtherton, GertrudeHeadlineAtherton's Splendid Idle FortiesPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #178 The Land of Little Rain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorAustin, MaryHeadlineAustin's Land of Little Rain, signedPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1904 Lot #180 Three Years in California View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBorthwick, John DavidHeadlineBorthwick's 3 Years in California First EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1857 Lot #183 Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBurnett, Peter H.HeadlineBurnett Pioneers California & Oregon, 1880PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1880 Lot #184 Message of the President of the United States, Communicating information...in relation to California and New Mexico. (caption title) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California & New Mexico)Author[Taylor, Zachary]HeadlineZachary Taylor - California and New Mexico 1850Date Published1850 Lot #186 A Bibliography of the History of California 1510-1930 & Index View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorCowan, Robert Ernest and Robert Granniss CowanHeadlineBibliography of California history Vol. I-IVPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1933 Lot #187 The Ashley-Smith Explorations and the Discovery of a Central Route to the Pacific, 1822-1829 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDale, Harrison Clifford, editorHeadlineJournals of Ashely-Smith Expedition, 1918PublisherArthur H. ClarkDate Published1918 Lot #188 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDana, Richard HenryHeadlineNicely bound Two Years Before the Mast, 1840PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 Lot #189 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDana, Richard HenryHeadlineDana's Two Years Before the Mast 1840PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 Lot #190 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDana, Richard HenryHeadlineTwo Years Before the Mast 1877 "Author's Edition"PublisherJames R. Osgood and CompanyDate Published1877 Lot #194 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$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineEmory's Reconoissance with map, Zamorano 33PublisherPrinted by Wendell and Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 Lot #196 Life, Adventures and Travels in California...to which are added the Conquest of California, Travels in Oregon and History of the Gold Regions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorFarnham, Thomas Jefferson.HeadlinePictorial Edition of Farnham's California 1850PublisherNafis & CornishDate Published1850 Lot #197 The Manifesto, Which the General of the Brigade, Don Jose Figueroa, Commandant-General and Political Chief of U. California, Makes to the Mexican Republic, in Regard to His Conduct and That of the Snrs. D. Jose Maria de Hijars and D. Jose Maria Padres as Directors of Colonization in 1833 and 1834 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorFigueroa, Don JoseHeadlineDon Jose Figueroa The Manfesto 1855PublisherHerald OfficeDate Published1855 Lot #198 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Expedition in Rocky Mountains 1845PublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 Lot #200 Ramona. A Story View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorJackson, Helen (H.H.)HeadlineFirst Edition of Helen Jackson's RamonaPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1884 Lot #201 Ramona: A Story View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorJackson, Helen HuntHeadlineUncommon de Luxe edition of Jackson's RamonaPublisherLittle, Brown & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #202 Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorKing, ClarenceHeadlineMountaineering Sierra Nevada 1872 1st issuePublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1872 Lot #203 A Voyage of Discovery, into the South Sea and Beering's Straits, for the Purpose of Exploring a North-East Passage, Undertaken in the Years 1815-1818, at the Expense of His Highness the Chancellor of the Empire, Count Romanzoff, in the Ship Rurick, Under the Command of the Lieutenant in the Russian Imperial Navy, Otto Von Kotzebue View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorKotzebue, Otto vonHeadlineKotzebue around the World 1821PublisherLongman, Hurst, et al.Date Published1821 Lot #204 Death Valley in '49: Important Chapter of California Pioneer History View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorManly, William L.HeadlineManly's Death Valley in '49PublisherPacific Tree & Vine Co.Date Published1894 Lot #205 Mountains and Molehills: or Recollections of a Burnt Journal View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMountains and Molehills by Frank MarryatPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1855 Lot #206 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 by C.F. McGlashanPublisherA.L. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1880 Lot #207 Narrative of Edward McGowan, Including a Full Account of the Author's Adventures and Perils, While Persecuted by the San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,250StatusSold AuthorMcGowan, EdwardHeadlineNarrative of Edward McGowan 1st Edition 1857PublisherBy The AuthorDate Published1857 Lot #209 The Mountains of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir Mountains of California 1903PublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1903 Lot #212 Recopilacion de Leyes, Decretos, Bandos, Reglamentos, Circulares y Providencias de los Supremos Poderes y Otras Autoridades de la Republica Mexicana. Formada de Orden del Supremo Gobierno View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Reglamento...)AuthorArrillaga, Basilio JoséHeadlineSecond printing of the ReglamentoPublisherJ.M. Fernandez de LaraDate Published1838 Lot #214 The Early Days and Men of California View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSwasey, William F.HeadlineThe Early Days and Men of California, inscribedPublisherPacific Press Publishing CompanyDate Published1891 Lot #215 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$437.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineBayard's Eldorado on early California gold rushPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 Lot #216 California and New Mexico: Message of the President of the United States, Transmitting information...on the Subject of California and New Mexico. (caption title.) View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, ZacharyHeadlineCalifornia and New Mexico, Doc. 17, House ed.Date Published1850 Lot #221 A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of Any Navigable Communication Between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795...under the Command of Captain George Vancouver View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineVancouver's A Voyage of Discovery,1798 1st Ed.PublisherG.G. & J. Robinson, & J. EdwardsDate Published1798 Lot #224 Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorWoods, Daniel B.HeadlineSixteen Months at the Gold DiggingsPublisherSampson LowDate Published1852 Lot #225 Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorWoods, Daniel B.HeadlineSixteen Months at the Gold DiggingsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next