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Sale 778: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views (#778) 12/15/2022 11:00 AM PST Closed

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Two sheets with racist color lithographed cut-outs of African American stereotypes
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Two sheets with racist color lithographed cut-outs of African American stereotypes

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    (African American)
  • Headline
    Color lithographs of racist Black stereotypes
  • Date Published
    19th century
Estimate$300 - $500
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Legal deposition in a suit over ownership of a female slave
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Legal deposition in a suit over ownership of a female slave

  • Heading
    (African American, 1824)
  • Author
    Watkins, Dr. Thomas Gassaway
  • Headline
    Thomas Jefferson’s Doctor, Andrew Jackson’s Slave Broker
  • Date Published
    March 15, 1824
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
Sold for$1,875
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Report No. 209, Calvin Mickle, Executor of Nagle & De Frias: account of a slave-trading ship captured by U.S. authorities
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Report No. 209, Calvin Mickle, Executor of Nagle & De Frias: account of a slave-trading ship captured by U.S. authorities

  • Heading
    (African American, 1836)
  • Author
    U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  • Headline
    Capture of a ship illegally carrying slaves for import
  • Date Published
    January 26, 1836
Estimate$300 - $500
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Manuscript Document To Edmund Molyneux, His Majesty’s Consul, Savannah, Georgia, from the Superintendent of Consular Officers, British Foreign Office
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Manuscript Document To Edmund Molyneux, His Majesty’s Consul, Savannah, Georgia, from the Superintendent of Consular Officers, British Foreign Office

  • Heading
    (African American, 1841)
  • Author
    Bidwell, Jr., John
  • Headline
    British Consul chided on slave trade reporting
  • Date Published
    October 6, 1841
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
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Court document ordering the sale of two slaves
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Court document ordering the sale of two slaves

  • Heading
    (African American, 1852)
  • Author
    Harrison, T.B. and Daniel Morton
  • Headline
    2 Kentucky slaves auctioned to satisfy owner's debt
  • Date Published
    Dec. 1851 - March 1852
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$562.50
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Sworn statement that a horse “estrayed” by another man, was their property, “appraised at thirty dollars Spanish”, describing the animal in detail, including a simple drawing of the brand on the Bay mare’s right hip.
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Sworn statement that a horse “estrayed” by another man, was their property, “appraised at thirty dollars Spanish”, describing the animal in detail, including a simple drawing of the brand on the Bay mare’s right hip.

  • Heading
    (African American, 1859)
  • Author
    Tegener, Frederick and John P. Stroope
  • Headline
    Anti-slavery German-American in Confederate Texas
  • Date Published
    June 16, 1859
Estimate$400 - $600
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Maritime manuscript ledger of Baker, Wells & Co. Lumber Yard, New York
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Maritime manuscript ledger of Baker, Wells & Co. Lumber Yard, New York

  • Heading
    (African American, 1863)
  • Author
    [Getty, Captain]
  • Headline
    Civil War NY employer of Blacks ledger
  • Date Published
    1862-1863, 1868-1869
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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Letter from Cuban revolutionary hero to a free Black inventor
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Letter from Cuban revolutionary hero to a free Black inventor

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    (African American, 1866 - Cuba)
  • Author
    Goicouria, General Domingo de
  • Headline
    Cuban revolutionary writes to African American inventor
  • Date Published
    March 27, 1866
Estimate$600 - $900
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Conservative Virginian Republican accused of conspiring to overthrow Black influence in the state Republican Party in the third year of the Reconstruction era
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Conservative Virginian Republican accused of conspiring to overthrow Black influence in the state Republican Party in the third year of the Reconstruction era

  • Heading
    (African American, 1868)
  • Author
    Hagerty, Thomas
  • Headline
    Racial conflict among Reconstruction Virginia Republicans
  • Date Published
    December 28, 1868
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$687.50
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Letter to literary advisor John Owen, about correcting the text of anti-slavery speech
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Letter to literary advisor John Owen, about correcting the text of anti-slavery speech

  • Heading
    (African American, 1871)
  • Author
    Sumner, Charles
  • Headline
    Anti-slavery hero recalls a speech on the eve of Civil War
  • Date Published
    August 1871
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$437.50
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Galaxy of Stars: Minstrels
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Galaxy of Stars: Minstrels

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    (African American, 1890s - blackface portrayal)
  • Headline
    Blackface minstrels disembark from a train
  • Publisher
    Riverside Printing Company
  • Date Published
    c.1890s
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
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Free At Last
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Free At Last

  • Heading
    (African American, 1896)
  • Author
    Collins, Mrs. Jane S.
  • Headline
    Early novel on Black Civil Rights
  • Publisher
    Murdoch, Kerr & Co.
  • Date Published
    1896
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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Large original photograph of a thoroughbred racehorse with a large wreath around his neck, identified as Man O' War, being tended by an African American groom, undoubtedly Will Harbut, with two white men in suits observing
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Large original photograph of a thoroughbred racehorse with a large wreath around his neck, identified as Man O' War, being tended by an African American groom, undoubtedly Will Harbut, with two white men in suits observing

  • Heading
    (African American, 1910)
  • Headline
    Photo of Man O' War & groom Will Harbut
  • Date Published
    [c.1920s]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
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The National Capital Code of Etiquette [bound with] The New Floyd's Flowers: Short Stories for Colored People Old and Young
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The National Capital Code of Etiquette [bound with] The New Floyd's Flowers: Short Stories for Colored People Old and Young

  • Heading
    (African American, 1922)
  • Author
    Green, Edward S. and Silas X. Floyd
  • Headline
    African American etiquette guide 1922
  • Publisher
    Austin Jenkins Co.
  • Date Published
    [1922]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
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Two academic studies regarding the African American slave trade in South America, and African American folklore, original scholarly printings of landmark academic studies
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Two academic studies regarding the African American slave trade in South America, and African American folklore, original scholarly printings of landmark academic studies

  • Heading
    (African American, 1927-1944)
  • Author
    Faust, Arthur Huff; et al
  • Headline
    African American scholarly studies
  • Date Published
    1927 & 1944
Estimate$300 - $500
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Aunt Priscilla in the Kitchen: A collection of winter-time recipes, seasonable menus and suggestions for afternoon teas and special holiday parties. By Aunt Priscilla, herself.
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Aunt Priscilla in the Kitchen: A collection of winter-time recipes, seasonable menus and suggestions for afternoon teas and special holiday parties. By Aunt Priscilla, herself.

  • Heading
    (African American, 1929)
  • Author
    [Purcell, Eleanor]
  • Headline
    Recipes from Aunt Priscilla's Kitchen, 1926
  • Publisher
    Aunt Priscilla Publishing
  • Date Published
    [1929]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$687.50
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The Negro and his Music [Bronze Booklet No. 2]
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The Negro and his Music [Bronze Booklet No. 2]

  • Heading
    (African American, 1936)
  • Author
    Locke, Alain
  • Headline
    Dean of the Harlem Renaissance on African American music
  • Publisher
    Associates in Negro Folk Education
  • Date Published
    1936
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$468.75
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Manuscript Roll Book for a government-sponsored Depression era Black Adult School in Texas
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Manuscript Roll Book for a government-sponsored Depression era Black Adult School in Texas

  • Heading
    (African American, 1937)
  • Author
    Bryant, Mattie Lee
  • Headline
    Roll Book, WPA Black Adult School, San Antonio, TX
  • Date Published
    1937
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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Three programs for notable African American music concerts
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Three programs for notable African American music concerts

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    (African American, 1941-1957)
  • Headline
    3 noteworthy African American music concerts
  • Date Published
    1941-1957
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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March Up Market Street for FREEDOM IN BIRMINGHAM
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March Up Market Street for FREEDOM IN BIRMINGHAM

  • Heading
    (African American, 1963)
  • Headline
    San Francisco marches to support Black Civil Rights
  • Date Published
    May 26, 1963
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
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Four works by Derrick A. Bell, Jr. relating to what is now "Critical Race Theory"
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Four works by Derrick A. Bell, Jr. relating to what is now "Critical Race Theory"

  • Heading
    (African American, 1975-1998 - Critical Race Theory)
  • Author
    Bell, Derrick
  • Headline
    Derrick Bell on Critical Race Theory, signed
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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The Work of Henry C. Smith, Architect
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The Work of Henry C. Smith, Architect

  • Heading
    (Architecture)
  • Headline
    Work of Henry C. Smith, San Francisco architect
  • Publisher
    Crandall Press
  • Date Published
    [c.1920]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
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The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft in replica bookcase
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The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft in replica bookcase

  • Author
    Bancroft, Hubert Howe
  • Headline
    The Works of Bancroft, in replica bookcase
  • Publisher
    A.L. Bancroft & Company/The History Company
  • Date Published
    1882-1890
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$2,500
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Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays
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Say Hey: The Autobiography of Willie Mays

  • Heading
    (Baseball)
  • Author
    Mays, Willie & Lou Sahadi
  • Headline
    Signed by Willie Mays, first edition
  • Publisher
    Simon and Schuster
  • Date Published
    1988
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
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A View from Above
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A View from Above

  • Heading
    (Basketball)
  • Author
    Chamberlain, Wilt
  • Headline
    Signed by Wilt Chamberlain, first edition
  • Publisher
    Villard Books
  • Date Published
    1991
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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My Playhouse was a Concord Coach: An Anthology of Newspaper Clippings and Documents Relating to Those Who Made California History During the Years 1822-1888
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My Playhouse was a Concord Coach: An Anthology of Newspaper Clippings and Documents Relating to Those Who Made California History During the Years 1822-1888

  • Author
    Boggs, Mae Helene Bacon, comp.
  • Headline
    My Playhouse was a Concord Coach; Mae Helene Bacon Boggs
  • Publisher
    [Howell-North Press]
  • Date Published
    [1942]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
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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
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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

  • Author
    Brewer, William H.
  • Headline
    William Brewer Up & Down California, 1st ed.
  • Publisher
    Yale University Press
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
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The Tall Tree Tattler C.C.C. CO. 1905
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The Tall Tree Tattler C.C.C. CO. 1905

  • Heading
    (California - Civilian Conservation Corps)
  • Headline
    Civilian Conservation Corps newsletters
  • Date Published
    Feb. 22 & March 21, 1936
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
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Panoramic photograph of some 89 attendees at the Modesto Cow Congress, a joint convention of the California Creamery Operators Association and the California State Dairy Association
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Panoramic photograph of some 89 attendees at the Modesto Cow Congress, a joint convention of the California Creamery Operators Association and the California State Dairy Association

  • Heading
    (California - Dairy Industry)
  • Author
    Swadley Photo
  • Headline
    Dairy farmers in Modesto, group photo 1915
  • Publisher
    Swadley Photo
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
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A Lemon Home in California
47

A Lemon Home in California

  • Heading
    (California - Glenn County)
  • Author
    Irvine, Leigh H.
  • Headline
    Promo booklet for Glenn County, California
  • Publisher
    [Lemon Home Water, Power and Light Company]
  • Date Published
    1900
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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Hollywood business and professional directory
49

Hollywood business and professional directory

  • Heading
    (California - Hollywood)
  • Headline
    Directory & Ads for early Hollywood businesses
  • Publisher
    Retail Merchants' Bureau of Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
  • Date Published
    1926
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
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Three promotional brochures/prospectuses for Kern County, California, oil companies
50

Three promotional brochures/prospectuses for Kern County, California, oil companies

  • Heading
    (California - Kern County - Oil)
  • Headline
    Invest in Kern County Oil
  • Date Published
    c.1920-1925
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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Athens-on-the-Hill
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Athens-on-the-Hill

  • Heading
    (California - Los Angeles)
  • Headline
    Athens in L.A. with bird's-eye view 1915
  • Publisher
    Watkins & Belton
  • Date Published
    c.1915
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
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Eighteen aerial photographs of Los Angeles, by Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc., Los Angeles.
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Eighteen aerial photographs of Los Angeles, by Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc., Los Angeles.

  • Heading
    (California - Los Angeles)
  • Author
    Fairchild, Sherman
  • Headline
    Aerial photos of depression-era Los Angeles
  • Publisher
    Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc.
  • Date Published
    Feb. 12, 1934
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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Los Angeles & Vicinity Books, Pamphlets, & Ephemera
53

Los Angeles & Vicinity Books, Pamphlets, & Ephemera

  • Heading
    (California - Los Angeles)
  • Headline
    Collection of Los Angeles ephemera
  • Date Published
    c.1890-1920
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$468.75
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Vistas de Los Angeles. Views of City and Surroundings. Price, Ten Cents
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Vistas de Los Angeles. Views of City and Surroundings. Price, Ten Cents

  • Heading
    (California - Los Angeles)
  • Headline
    Vistas de Los Angeles 1902 with panorama
  • Publisher
    Press of Geo. Rice & Sons
  • Date Published
    [c.1902]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
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Marin County: The Garden Spot of California
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Marin County: The Garden Spot of California

  • Heading
    (California - Marin County)
  • Author
    Clemenson, Newton E.
  • Headline
    Attractive view book of Marin County c.1910
  • Publisher
    Marin County Promotion League
  • Date Published
    [c.1910]
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
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Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway
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Mill Valley and Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway

  • Heading
    (California - Marin County)
  • Headline
    Rare Mt. Tam Railway schedule & map 1899
  • Publisher
    [Mill Valley & Mt. Tamalpais Scenic Railway Co.]
  • Date Published
    1899
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
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Picturesque Oakland - a century ago and now
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Picturesque Oakland - a century ago and now

  • Heading
    (California - Oakland)
  • Headline
    Oakland's Montclair district with birdseye view
  • Publisher
    [MacGibbon Advertising Service]
  • Date Published
    c.1920
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
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Petaluma, Sonoma County, California
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Petaluma, Sonoma County, California

  • Heading
    (California - Petaluma)
  • Headline
    Petaluma, Sonoma Co., Cal., promotional brochures
  • Publisher
    Petaluma Chamber of Commerce
  • Date Published
    [1914]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
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Execution of Casey & Cora, by the San Franciso [sic] Vigilance Committee May 22d. 1856. Taken from Cor. Davis & Commercial
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Execution of Casey & Cora, by the San Franciso [sic] Vigilance Committee May 22d. 1856. Taken from Cor. Davis & Commercial

  • Heading
    (California - Pictorial Letter Sheet)
  • Headline
    Vigilance Committee letter sheet 1856
  • Publisher
    Pub. by Britton & Rey
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,187.50
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The First Trial & Execution in S. Francisco on the Night of 10th of June at 2 O'Clock
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The First Trial & Execution in S. Francisco on the Night of 10th of June at 2 O'Clock

  • Heading
    (California - Pictorial Letter Sheet)
  • Headline
    SF Vigilance Committee hangs a Sydney Duck
  • Publisher
    Justh, Quirot & Co.
  • Date Published
    [before June 12, 1851]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$812.50
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Springfield, Tuolumne County
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Springfield, Tuolumne County

  • Heading
    (California - Pictorial Letter Sheet)
  • Headline
    Letter sheet bird's-eye view of Springfield, 1853
  • Publisher
    G.S. Wells
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Compliments of Columbia Steel Company
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Compliments of Columbia Steel Company

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco - Bay Bridge)
  • Headline
    Promoting the Bay Bridge
  • Publisher
    Columbia Steel Company
  • Date Published
    [1935]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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Photograph of the Claus Wreden Brewery at Lombard and Taylor streets in San Francisco
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Photograph of the Claus Wreden Brewery at Lombard and Taylor streets in San Francisco

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco - Brewery)
  • Headline
    Large photograph of Wreden Brewery in S.F. 1910
  • Date Published
    c.1909-10
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$2,812.50
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The Call-Chronicle-Examiner
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The Call-Chronicle-Examiner

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco Earthquake)
  • Headline
    Combined San Francisco Earthquake newspaper
  • Date Published
    April 19, 1906
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
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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
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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

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco Earthquake)
  • Author
    Carr, Michael C.
  • Headline
    1906 quake letters from American in Italy
  • Date Published
    April 21 & May 10, 1906
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
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The Doomed City. A Thrilling Tale
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The Doomed City. A Thrilling Tale

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco Earthquake)
  • Author
    Searight, Frank Thompson
  • Headline
    Account of San Francisco fire with extra map
  • Publisher
    Laird & Lee
  • Date Published
    [1906]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
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For the Good of San Francisco. 20 years of Civic Service by the Down Town Association
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For the Good of San Francisco. 20 years of Civic Service by the Down Town Association

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Down Town San Francisco rebuilt after Quake
  • Publisher
    Down Town Association
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
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Four pieces of San Francisco and California sheet music
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Four pieces of San Francisco and California sheet music

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Songs of Sutro and S.F. in the 19th c.
  • Date Published
    1869-1899
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
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"Street Car Situation" - broadside relating to the strike by streetcar carmen in San Francisco in 1907
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"Street Car Situation" - broadside relating to the strike by streetcar carmen in San Francisco in 1907

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Kean, John, Chief of Pickets
  • Headline
    Streetcar strike in San Francisco, 1907 broadside
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
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Logbook belonging to Cornelius Martin, Inspector of Hacks and Conveyances for San Francisco
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Logbook belonging to Cornelius Martin, Inspector of Hacks and Conveyances for San Francisco

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Martin, Cornelius
  • Headline
    Log of S.F. hack inspector c.1875
  • Date Published
    Undated [latter 19th century]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
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Peremptory Sale At Auction... Marine View Lots. By Order of Mrs. Emma L. Merritt, Executrix of the Estate of Adolph Sutro, Deceased...
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Peremptory Sale At Auction... Marine View Lots. By Order of Mrs. Emma L. Merritt, Executrix of the Estate of Adolph Sutro, Deceased...

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Auction of S.F. block from Sutro Estate, 1906
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
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Real estate flyer/auction catalogue for houses, flats, commercial buildings and undeveloped properties in San Francisco
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Real estate flyer/auction catalogue for houses, flats, commercial buildings and undeveloped properties in San Francisco

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Homes in San Francisco at auction, 1915
  • Publisher
    J.W. Wright & Co., Auctioneers
  • Date Published
    1915
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
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Report of the Committee of Five to the "Thirty-Five Companies" on the San Francisco Conflagration. April 18-21, 1906
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Report of the Committee of Five to the "Thirty-Five Companies" on the San Francisco Conflagration. April 18-21, 1906

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    With a panoramic view of the San Francisco fire
  • Publisher
    [Committee of Five]
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
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Souvenir of San Francisco
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Souvenir of San Francisco

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Rare lithographic view book of San Francisco
  • Date Published
    c.1880
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
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San Francisco, Cal.
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San Francisco, Cal.

  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Taber, Isaiah W. & A.J. McDonald, photographers
  • Headline
    Photo views of San Francisco in 1894
  • Publisher
    Hartwell & Mitchell
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$237.50
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Letter from the Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico regarding records about early settlers of San Jose
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Letter from the Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico regarding records about early settlers of San Jose

  • Heading
    (California - San Jose)
  • Headline
    Researching early San Jose settlers
  • Date Published
    Mid 19th c.?
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
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Program on the occasion of the opening of the San Francisco Bay Toll-Bridge: The longest bridge in the world, San Mateo, California, March 2, 1929
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Program on the occasion of the opening of the San Francisco Bay Toll-Bridge: The longest bridge in the world, San Mateo, California, March 2, 1929

  • Heading
    (California - San Mateo Bridge)
  • Headline
    San Mateo Bridge, longest in the world, 1929
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
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Archive of photographs relating to the Villa Fontenay winery in the Santa Cruz mountains and the proprietors Henry and Nellie Mel and their family
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Archive of photographs relating to the Villa Fontenay winery in the Santa Cruz mountains and the proprietors Henry and Nellie Mel and their family

  • Heading
    (California - Santa Cruz County)
  • Headline
    Family photos of pioneer Santa Cruz vintners
  • Date Published
    c.1880s to 1920s
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
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Official Program 1914 Grand Prize Race, Santa Monica California
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Official Program 1914 Grand Prize Race, Santa Monica California

  • Heading
    (California - Santa Monica)
  • Headline
    Program for 1914 Santa Monica auto race
  • Publisher
    Frank E. Garbutt Co.
  • Date Published
    1914
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$750
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Index to Precinct Register of Sierra County, California. Printed for the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 7th, 1916
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Index to Precinct Register of Sierra County, California. Printed for the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 7th, 1916

  • Heading
    (California - Sierra County)
  • Headline
    Voters of Sierra County, California, 1916
  • Publisher
    The Mountain Messenger Print
  • Date Published
    1916
Estimate$400 - $600
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Beautiful Glen Artney, California
81

Beautiful Glen Artney, California

  • Heading
    (California - Sonoma County)
  • Headline
    Land at Monan's Rill, Sonoma Co., Cal.
  • Publisher
    California Travel Association
  • Date Published
    [c.1911]
Estimate$600 - $900
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Truckee Republican
82

Truckee Republican

  • Heading
    (California - Truckee)
  • Author
    Frink, D.B., editor & publisher
  • Headline
    Truckee Republican, the town's first newspaper
  • Date Published
    Nov. 19, 1874
Estimate$400 - $600
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Yolo County Residence and Business Directory (wrapper title)
83

Yolo County Residence and Business Directory (wrapper title)

  • Heading
    (California - Yolo County)
  • Headline
    Scarce directory of Yolo County Cal. 1914
  • Publisher
    [Mail Press]
  • Date Published
    1914
Estimate$400 - $600
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"California Supplies the Nation with Borax"... The Union Borax Company... offers you an opportunity to share in the profits of a borax mine with potential recovery values... of over $3,000,000
84

"California Supplies the Nation with Borax"... The Union Borax Company... offers you an opportunity to share in the profits of a borax mine with potential recovery values... of over $3,000,000

  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Stock prospectus for Union Borax Co. 1920
  • Publisher
    Union Borax Company
  • Date Published
    1920
Estimate$300 - $500
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California, her Resources and Possibilities: Fourteenth Annual Report of the California State Board of Trade for the Tear 1903
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California, her Resources and Possibilities: Fourteenth Annual Report of the California State Board of Trade for the Tear 1903

  • Heading
    (California)
  • Author
    Chipman, N.P.
  • Headline
    California Resources from state board of trade.
  • Publisher
    California State Board of Trade
  • Date Published
    1904
Estimate$300 - $500
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Union Pacific: Lake Tahoe California - Season 1910
86

Union Pacific: Lake Tahoe California - Season 1910

  • Heading
    (California)
  • Author
    Lomax, E.L.
  • Headline
    Union Pacific RR to Lake Tahoe Season 1910
  • Date Published
    1910
Estimate$500 - $800
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Pacific Bank Handbook of California
87

Pacific Bank Handbook of California

  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Pacific Bank guide to California for 1888
  • Date Published
    1888
Estimate$500 - $800
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Report of the Committee on the Judiciary with the Views of the Minority of that committee on ... the Admission of California into the Union as a State
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Report of the Committee on the Judiciary with the Views of the Minority of that committee on ... the Admission of California into the Union as a State

  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    U.S. Senate debates the political future of California
  • Publisher
    Wendell and Van Benthuysen, Printers
  • Date Published
    January 15, 1849
Estimate$300 - $500
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Summary of Operations: California Oil Fields... Annual Report of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor Issued by Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas
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Summary of Operations: California Oil Fields... Annual Report of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor Issued by Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas

  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    California Oil Fields reports 1920-1950
  • Publisher
    Department of Natural Resources Division of Oil and Gas
  • Date Published
    1920-1950
Estimate$500 - $800
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Two pamphlets promoting Southern California communities
90

Two pamphlets promoting Southern California communities

  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Rare Southern California promotionals
  • Date Published
    c.1900-1907
Estimate$500 - $800
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The Big Trees of California: Their History and Characteristics
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The Big Trees of California: Their History and Characteristics

  • Author
    Clark, Galen
  • Headline
    2 copies of Clark's Big Trees of California
  • Publisher
    Galen Clark
  • Date Published
    1907
Estimate$300 - $500
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Indians of Yosemite Valley and Vicinity: Their History, Customs, and Traditions
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Indians of Yosemite Valley and Vicinity: Their History, Customs, and Traditions

  • Author
    Clark, Galen
  • Headline
    3 copies Clark's Indians, notable provenances
  • Publisher
    Galen Clark and Nelson L. Salter
  • Date Published
    1904-1907
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$750
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Historia de la Antigua ó Baja California [and] Relacion Historica de la Vide del Venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra
96

Historia de la Antigua ó Baja California [and] Relacion Historica de la Vide del Venerable Padre Fray Junipero Serra

  • Author
    Clavigero, Francisco Javier & Francisco Palou
  • Headline
    Clavigero's history of Baja California 1852
  • Publisher
    Imprenta de Juan R. Navarro
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$500 - $800
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Geological Survey of California. Ornithology. Volume I. Land Birds.
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Geological Survey of California. Ornithology. Volume I. Land Birds.

  • Author
    Cooper, J.G. and S.F. Baird
  • Headline
    Plethora of illustrations of California land birds
  • Publisher
    [University Press]
  • Date Published
    1870
Estimate$300 - $500
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British Navy Captain writes Spanish Governor of Cuba about American Naval deserters
100

British Navy Captain writes Spanish Governor of Cuba about American Naval deserters

  • Heading
    (Cuba - Maritime)
  • Author
    M’Quhae, Peter [Commander of His Britannic Majesty’s Sloop Fly]
  • Headline
    American sailors seized by the British in Cuba
  • Date Published
    May 1, 1833
Estimate$300 - $500
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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
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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

  • Heading
    (Cuba - Slavery)
  • Headline
    Puerto Rican boy sold into Cuban slavery
  • Date Published
    c.1878
Estimate$300 - $500
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Manuscript listing Asian and African rebel slaves in Cuba (Cimarrones), and descriptions of three who were caught
103

Manuscript listing Asian and African rebel slaves in Cuba (Cimarrones), and descriptions of three who were caught

  • Heading
    (Cuba - Slavery)
  • Headline
    Manuscript list of rebel slaves in Cuba 1857
  • Date Published
    1857
Estimate$800 - $1,200
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Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin
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Manuscript listings of slaves sold in Cuba, both of African and Asian origin

  • Heading
    (Cuba - Slavery)
  • Headline
    Chinese & Black slaves sold in Cuba
  • Date Published
    1856-57
Estimate$600 - $900
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Granite Crags of California
111

Granite Crags of California

  • Author
    Cumming, C.F. Gordon
  • Headline
    Granite Crags of California - beautiful copy
  • Publisher
    William Blackwood and Sons
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$500 - $800
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Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44
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Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44

  • Author
    Frémont, John Charles
  • Headline
    J.C. Frémont's landmark expedition w/ notable map
  • Publisher
    Gales & Seaton
  • Date Published
    1845
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
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Animal Life in the Yosemite: An Account of the Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians in a Cross-Section of the Sierra Nevada
123

Animal Life in the Yosemite: An Account of the Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, and Amphibians in a Cross-Section of the Sierra Nevada

  • Author
    Grinnell, Joseph & Tracy Irwin Storer
  • Headline
    Attractive color illustrations of California wildlife
  • Publisher
    University of California Press
  • Date Published
    1924
Estimate$300 - $500
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The Game Birds of California
124

The Game Birds of California

  • Author
    Grinnell, Joseph; Harold Child Bryant; Tracy Irwin Storer
  • Headline
    Fine Illustrations of California Birds
  • Publisher
    University of California Press
  • Date Published
    1918
Estimate$300 - $500
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Letter from a white Haitian refugee
125

Letter from a white Haitian refugee

  • Heading
    (Haiti)
  • Author
    Belin de Villeneuve, Paul
  • Headline
    Letter by Haitian master of famous “Faithful Slave”
  • Date Published
    May 24, 1799
Estimate$400 - $600
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History of California
128

History of California

  • Author
    Hittell, Theodore H.
  • Headline
    Hittell's History of California 1st Edition
  • Publisher
    Pacific Press / N.J. Stone
  • Date Published
    1885 & 1898
Estimate$500 - $800
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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...
129

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...

  • Author
    Hutchings, James Mason
  • Headline
    Hutchings In the Heart of the Sierras
  • Publisher
    Old Cabin / Pacific Press
  • Date Published
    1888
Estimate$300 - $500
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Souvenir of California. Yo Semite Valley and the Big Trees. What to see and how to see it
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Souvenir of California. Yo Semite Valley and the Big Trees. What to see and how to see it

  • Author
    Hutchings, James Mason
  • Headline
    Hutchings Souvenir of Yosemite and Big Trees
  • Publisher
    J. M. Hutchings
  • Date Published
    [1894]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$937.50
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Ramona. A Story
135

Ramona. A Story

  • Author
    Jackson, Helen (H.H.)
  • Headline
    First Edition of Helen Jackson's Ramona
  • Publisher
    Roberts Brothers
  • Date Published
    1884
Estimate$300 - $500
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Letter from Canadian mining engineer to the Colorado superintendent of the Hedges Gold Mine of San Diego County
164

Letter from Canadian mining engineer to the Colorado superintendent of the Hedges Gold Mine of San Diego County

  • Heading
    (Mining)
  • Author
    Kerr, R.A.
  • Headline
    Forgotten Mexican-American mining town of Southern California
  • Date Published
    March 19, 1896
Estimate$300 - $500
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John Muir: A Reading Bibliography
167

John Muir: A Reading Bibliography

  • Heading
    (Muir John)
  • Author
    Kimes, William F. & Maymie B.
  • Headline
    Essential John Muir Bibliography, 1/300 signed
  • Publisher
    William P. Wreden
  • Date Published
    1977
Estimate$300 - $500
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Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope
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Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope

  • Author
    Muir, John, editor
  • Headline
    Picturesque California Volume II edited by Muir
  • Publisher
    J. Dewing Co.
  • Date Published
    [1888]
Estimate$300 - $500
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Post-World War II Photograph album including San Francisco, Yosemite, and many California locales
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Post-World War II Photograph album including San Francisco, Yosemite, and many California locales

  • Heading
    (Photographs)
  • Headline
    Post-war photo album - Yosemite, etc.
  • Date Published
    mid-late 1940s
Estimate$300 - $500
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Historical Occurrences During the Growth of a Redwood Tree
215

Historical Occurrences During the Growth of a Redwood Tree

  • Heading
    (Redwoods)
  • Headline
    Historical events during life of Redwood tree
  • Publisher
    Pacific Lumber Company
  • Date Published
    1958
Estimate$400 - $600
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A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn
216

A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn

  • Author
    Revere, Joseph Warren
  • Headline
    Joseph Revere A Tour of Duty in California 1849
  • Publisher
    C. S. Francis & Co.
  • Date Published
    1849
Estimate$500 - $800
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Collection of the Sierra Club Bulletin
224

Collection of the Sierra Club Bulletin

  • Heading
    (Sierra Club)
  • Headline
    Large collection of Sierra Club Bulletin
  • Publisher
    The Sierra Club
  • Date Published
    1893-1967
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
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The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California, and a Complete History of all the Important Events Connected with its Great City...
227

The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California, and a Complete History of all the Important Events Connected with its Great City...

  • Author
    Soulé, Frank, John H. Gihon, and James Nisbet
  • Headline
    Key SF history text to 1850s
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton & Company
  • Date Published
    1855
Estimate$300 - $500
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Letter from Mariano G. Vallejo to his son Platon Vallejo, responding to inquiries about his health and well-being
241

Letter from Mariano G. Vallejo to his son Platon Vallejo, responding to inquiries about his health and well-being

  • Author
    Vallejo, Mariano G.
  • Headline
    Letter from M.G. Vallejo to his son the doctor, 1871
  • Date Published
    June 5, 1871
Estimate$500 - $800
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Composite Portrait of William C. Ralston and the Directors of the Bank of California, San Francisco
243

Composite Portrait of William C. Ralston and the Directors of the Bank of California, San Francisco

  • Author
    Watkins, Carleton E. & George H. Burgess
  • Headline
    Watkins photo of Ralston & BofA Directors 1875
  • Date Published
    c.1870
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
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Articles of Incorporation of Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co. Dated, December 13, 1923
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Articles of Incorporation of Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co. Dated, December 13, 1923

  • Heading
    (Wells Fargo Bank)
  • Headline
    Wells Fargo Bank incorporates, 1923
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$600 - $900
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