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110

Tropical Africa

Author
Drummond, Henry
Headline
With six color maps of Eastern Africa
Publisher
Scribner and Welford
Date Published
[1888]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

111

The First Spanish entry into San Francisco Bay 1775

Author
Galvin, John, editor
Headline
The Spanish enter San Francisco Bay
Publisher
John Howell-Books
Date Published
1971

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

112

A Record of Travels in Arizona and California 1775 to 1776 Fr. Francisco Gacces

Author
Garces, Francisco
Headline
Garces travels in Arizona and California
Publisher
John Howell-Books
Date Published
1967

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

113

The Key to the Goodman Encyclopedia of the California Gold Rush Fleet

Author
Goodman, John Bartlett, III
Headline
The Key to the CA Gold Rush Goodman Encyclopedia
Publisher
Zamorano Club
Date Published
1992

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

114

A California Gold Rush Miscellany, Comprising: The Original Journal of Alexander Barrington, Nine Unpublished Letters from the Gold Mines, Reproductions of Early Maps...

Author
Grabhorn, Jane Bissell
Headline
CA gold rush miscellany 1934 Grabhorn press
Publisher
Grabhorn Press
Date Published
1934

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

115

Plan of the Great Exhibition Building, 1851

Heading
(Great Exhibition)
Headline
Plan of the Great Exhibition Building, 1851
Date Published
[1851]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$375

StatusSold

Bidding history(25 bids)

116

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$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

117

Two albumen photographs of Hawaiian subjects

Heading
(Hawaii)
Headline
Two albumen photographs of Hawaii
Date Published
c.1880

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

118

The Life of Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Written by Himself

Author
Herbert, Edward, Lord of Cherbury
Headline
Lord Herbert of Cherbury 1770
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date Published
1770

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

119

Nine antiquarian history books

Heading
(History)
Headline
9 antiquarian history books
Date Published
1854-1876

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

120

The Discovery of Gold in California

Author
Hittell, John S., James W. Marshall and Edwin G. White
Headline
The Discovery of Gold in California
Publisher
Lewis Osborne
Date Published
1968

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

121

Four Books Published by John Howell

Heading
(Howell, John, publisher)
Headline
Four Books Published by John Howell
Publisher
John Howell Books
Date Published
Mid-20th Century

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

122

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$10 - $100

Sold for$343.75

StatusSold

Bidding history(16 bids)

123

Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California. Illustrated by Ninety-Two Well-Executed Engravings... including the Mammoth Trees of Calaveras; Caves and Natural Bridges; the Yo-Semite Valley; the Mammoth Trees of Mariposa and Frezno; Mount Shasta...

Author
Hutchings, James Mason
Headline
Hutchings Scenes of Wonder Curiosity Yosemite
Publisher
Hutchings & Rosenfield
Date Published
[1860]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$187.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(15 bids)

124

The Crest of the Continent

Author
Ingersoll, Ernest
Headline
Ingersoll's The Crest of the Continent with map
Publisher
R. R. Donnelley & Sons
Date Published
1885

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

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125

The Uganda Protectorate

Author
Johnston, Harry
Headline
Illustrated from numerous photographs and maps
Publisher
Hutchinson & Co.
Date Published
1902

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

126

Hand Book of Freight Accounts

Author
Kirkman, Marshall M.
Headline
Rare 1890 guide to railroad freight practices
Publisher
C.N. Trivess
Date Published
1890

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

127

A Collection of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Pamphlets & Ephemera

Author
Kruska, Dennis and Stuart R. Robinson
Headline
Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Ephemera Bibliography
Publisher
Dawson's Book Shop
Date Published
2003

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

128

A Travers L'Exposition Promenades de Deux Enfants au Champ-de-Mars et a l'Esplanade des Invalides

Author
Lamarque, E.
Headline
Exposition Universelle 1889 color souvenir book
Publisher
Émile Guérin, Éditeur
Date Published
[1889]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

129

Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation

Heading
(Massachusetts - Boston)
Author
[Cotting, Uriah]
Headline
Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation proposal
Date Published
[1818]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

130

Missions

Author
Mathes, W. Michael and Stanley Truman
Headline
California Historical Society's Missions, signed
Publisher
California Historic Society
Date Published
1980

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

131

Coleccion de leyes y decretos publicados en el año de 1848. Edicion del Constitucional

Heading
(Mexico)
Headline
Laws of Mexico in 1848
Publisher
Imprenta en Palacio
Date Published
1852

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

132

Condiciones de los Americanos en México: Boletines de la Asociación Americana de México

Heading
(Mexico)
Headline
Justice for Americans in Mexico, 1921
Publisher
Publicado por "The American Association of Mexico"
Date Published
1921

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

133

The Missionary Herald

Heading
(Missionary Herald)
Headline
Missions to the far reaches of the globe, 1825-1869
Publisher
Printed for the Board by Crocker & Brewster [&c.]
Date Published
1825-1869

Sold for$75

StatusSold

134

Photograph montage of portraits of six Mormon elders

Heading
(Mormon)
Headline
Photo montage of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young & other Mormon elders
Date Published
c.1910

Sold for$25

StatusSold

135

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$10 - $100

Sold for$281.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(23 bids)

136

The Cruise of the Corwin

Author
Muir, John
Headline
Muir Cruise of the Corwin Large Paper Edition
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published
1917

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$375

StatusSold

Bidding history(25 bids)

137

Steep Trails

Author
Muir, John
Headline
Muir's Steep Trails, Large Paper Edition
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published
1918

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$225

StatusSold

Bidding history(19 bids)

138

A Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf

Author
Muir, John
Headline
Thousand Mile Walk to the Gulf -Large paper ed.
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published
1916

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$200

StatusSold

Bidding history(17 bids)

139

Napoléon et la Paix

Heading
(Napoleon)
Author
Arthur-Lévy
Headline
Napoléon et la Pais by Arthur-Lévy
Publisher
Librairie Plon
Date Published
1902

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

140

The Legal Status of the Indian.

Heading
(Native American)
Author
Weil, Robert
Headline
Student thesis on tribal sovereignty, 1888
Publisher
[Columbia College]
Date Published
1888

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

141

The City of the Plain, Sacramento in the Nineteenth Century

Author
Neasham, V. Aubrey and James E. Henley
Headline
Sacramento in the 19th century
Publisher
The Sacramento Pioneer Foundation
Date Published
1969

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

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142

The Founding Documents of Los Angeles: A Bilingual Edition

Author
Nunis, Doyce B., Jr.
Headline
Founding Documents of Los Angeles by Doyce Nunis
Publisher
Zamorano Club
Date Published
2004

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

143

KSAN FM 95:A Metromedia Stereo Station

Author
Orr, Norman
Headline
Signed by Norman Orr
Publisher
KSAN
Date Published
[c. 1969]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

144

Historical and Geographical Dictionary of Japan

Author
Papinot, Edmond
Headline
History & Geography of Japan, 1909
Publisher
Librairie Sansaisha / Kelly & Walsh, Ltd.
Date Published
[1909]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

145

Reports of the United States Commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposition, 1878

Heading
(Paris Universal Exposition)
Headline
Paris Universal Exposition
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Date Published
1880

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

146

History of Butler County, Pennsylvania. With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers

Heading
(Pennsylvania)
Headline
History of Butler County Pennsylvania 1883
Publisher
Waterman, Watkins & Co.
Date Published
1883

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

147

Printed and manuscript indenture on vellum from Pennsylvania dated 18 April 1815

Heading
(Pennsylvania)
Headline
Indenture on parchment
Publisher
Land-office of Pennsylvania
Date Published
1815

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

148

The Maine Justice; Containing the Laws Relative to the Powers and Duties of Justices of the Peace...

Author
Perley, Jeremiah
Headline
Jeremiah Perley's The Maine Justice, 1829
Publisher
Glazier, Masters & Co.
Date Published
1829

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

149

The Resources and Prospects of America Ascertained during a Visit to the States in the Autumn of 1865

Author
Peto, Samuel Morton
Headline
Peto's Resources and Prospects of America
Publisher
Alexander Strahan
Date Published
1866

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

150

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$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

151

Glimpses of the Yangtze Gorges

Author
Plant, Cornell
Headline
Glimpses of the Yangtze Gorges
Publisher
Kelly & Walsh, Ltd.
Date Published
1921

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(6 bids)

152

Andrew Jackson

Heading
(Presidents, 1829)
Headline
Andrew Jackson by Kurz & Allison, c.1880's
Publisher
Kurz & Allison
Date Published
c.1880's-1890's

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

153

Memorial Addresses Delivered Before the Two Houses of Congress on the Life and Character of Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley

Heading
(Presidents, 1860)
Author
Bancroft, George; James G. Blaine; John Hay
Headline
Memorial addresses for assasinated presidents
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Date Published
1903

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

154

Ranch Life and the Hunting-Trail

Heading
(Presidents, 1901)
Author
Roosevelt, Theodore
Headline
Roosevelt's Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail
Publisher
The Century Co.
Date Published
1904

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(17 bids)

155

Real Peace, A Strategy for the West

Heading
(Presidents, 1969)
Author
Nixon, Richard
Headline
Real Peace, signed by Richard Nixon
Date Published
1983

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

156

My Life

Heading
(Presidents, 1993)
Author
Clinton, Bill
Headline
First edition signed by Bill Clinton
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
2004

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

157

Boston & Albany Railroad Local Freight Tariff, No. 2, To take effect April 1, 1874

Heading
(Railroads)
Author
Hayden, H.J., agent
Headline
1874 Tariff for Boston and Albany Railroad
Publisher
Clark W. Bryan & Company
Date Published
1874

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

158

Les Chemins de fer en Amérique

Heading
(Railroads)
Author
Lavoinne, E. and E. Pontzen
Headline
French history of the American rail roads
Publisher
Dunod, Éditeur
Date Published
1880; 1882

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

159

Shelf of books on railroads

Heading
(Railroads)
Headline
8 books on railroads
Date Published
1856-1949

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

160

Sixteenth Annual Report of the Railroad Commissioners of Alabama, for the Year Ending June 30th, 1896.

Heading
(Railroads)
Headline
Rare annual report of Alabama RR Commissioners
Publisher
Roemer Printing Company
Date Published
1897

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

161

Eleventh Annual Report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of Illinois.

Heading
(Railroads)
Author
Smith, William M.; George M. Bogue and W.H. Robinson
Headline
Report of Illinois RR and Warehouse Commission
Publisher
H.W. Bokker
Date Published
1882

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

162

The Development of the European Nations 1870-1900

Author
Rose, J. Holland
Headline
J.H. Rose on the colonial European powers
Publisher
Archibald Constable
Date Published
1905

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

163

Nineteenth century original photograph album documenting a sporting trip by boat from Finland to Russia

Heading
(Russia - Photographs)
Headline
25 photos of an 1890's trip to the Finno-Russian frontier
Date Published
c. 1890's

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$312.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(20 bids)

164

Sacramento An Illustrated History: 1839 to 1874 From Sutter's Fort to Capital City

Author
Severson, Thor
Headline
The rise of Sacramento
Publisher
California Historical Society
Date Published
1973

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

165

Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Practicability of a Ship-Canal Between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, By the Way of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec

Author
Shufeldt, Robert W.
Headline
Canal between the Oceans
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Date Published
1872

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

Bidding history(6 bids)

166

The Scientist in Alcatraz: Questions and answers on the case of Morton Sobell

Heading
(Sobell, Morton)
Headline
Hard time for misappropriating nuclear secrets
Publisher
National Committee to Secure Justice for Morton Sobell in the Rosenberg Case
Date Published
[1953]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

167

4 periodical articles about Robert Goddard

Heading
(Space, 1929-1931)
Headline
Professor Goddard gains scientific respectability
Date Published
1929-1931

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

168

Beyond the Sierras; Or, Observations on the Pacific Coast

Author
Tevis, A.H.
Headline
Beyond the Sierras by AH Tevis 1st ed 1877
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott & Co.
Date Published
1877

Sold for$50

StatusSold

169

Photograph of the capitol building in Austin, Texas

Heading
(Texas - Austin)
Headline
Photograph of the Texas Capitol building c.1900
Date Published
c.1900

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

170

Texas Association Stock Certificate

Heading
(Texas - Mercer Colony)
Headline
Mercer colony Stock Certificate, Texas, 1844
Date Published
1844

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

171

Bernard Lile: An Historical Romance, Embracing the Periods of the Texas Revolution and the Mexican War

Heading
(Texas)
Author
[Clemens, Jeremiah]
Headline
Tale of Texas Revolution by U.S. Senator
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott
Date Published
1856

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

172

American Printing Co. Fall River Mass. Fabrics we are printing, and How we do it. (cover title)

Heading
(Textiles)
Headline
American Printing Company industry booklet
Publisher
The American Printing Company
Date Published
[c. 1905-1909]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

173

Chasing Villa: The Story Behind the Story of Pershing's Expedition Into Mexico

Author
Tompkins, Col. Frank
Headline
Pershing's pursuit of Pancho Villa
Publisher
The Military Service Publishing Co.
Date Published
1934

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

Bidding history(6 bids)

174

Three albumen photographs by W.H. Jackson & 8 cyanotypes of railroad trains & tracks + 3 other cyanotypes

Heading
(Trains)
Author
Jackson, William Henry & others
Headline
Photos & cyanotypes of Colorado railroad trains & tracks
Date Published
c.1880s

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

175

History of the Discovery of America, of the Landing of our Forefathers, at Plymouth, and of Their Most Remarkable Engagements with the Indians, in New-England, from their first landing, in 1620, until the final subjugation of the Natives in 1679.

Author
Trumbull, Henry
Headline
Trumbull's Discovery of America 1832
Publisher
George Clark
Date Published
1832

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

176

Two monographs from the U.S. Geological Survey

Heading
(U.S. Geological Survey)
Headline
Two monographs from the U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Date Published
1879; 1882

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

177

Return of the Whole Number of Persons within the Several Districts of the United States. According to "An Act Providing for the second census or enumeration of the Inhabitants of the United States," passed February the 28th, One Thousand Eight Hundred

Heading
(United States - Census)
Headline
Results of the second U.S. census
Publisher
Printed at the Apollo Press by Wm. Duane & Son
Date Published
1802

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$281.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(21 bids)

178

Album of United States seals

Heading
(United States History)
Headline
Homemade album of U.S. State seals
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

179

Eight books on the American Wild West

Heading
(Wild West)
Headline
America's West
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

180

Mémorial des Alliés

Heading
(World War I)
Headline
Clarence Mackay's copy of Mémorial des Alliés
Publisher
Les Fils de la Liberté
Date Published
1926

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold