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23

The Life and Loves of Cleopatra

Heading
(Communication Company)
Author
Driggs, Harry
Headline
Erotic Cleopatra comix 1967
Publisher
Communication Company
Date Published
June 1967

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

37

Three titles by William Hart

Author
Hart, William and Mary
Headline
Three by actor Bill Hart, one signed
Date Published
1919-1940

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$25

StatusSold

58

The City Of San Francisco Oracle Vol. 1, No. 12 [and] two issues of Planet

Heading
(San Francisco Oracle)
Headline
San Francisco Oracle 12 [and] Planet
Publisher
The Oracle Cooperative Publishing Company
Date Published
1968-69

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

70

Specimen Days

Author
Whitman, Walt
Headline
Whitman's Specimen Days with Civil War era photographs
Publisher
David R. Godine
Date Published
1971

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

71

Through the Country of the Comanche Indians in the Fall of the Year 1845: The Journal of a U.S. Army Expedition led by Lieutenant James W. Abert of the Topographical Engineers

Author
Abert, James W.
Headline
Through the Country of the Comanche Indians
Publisher
John Howell Books
Date Published
1970

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(13 bids)

77

Shelf of Americana volumes

Heading
(Americana)
Headline
Shelf of Americana volumes
Date Published
1868-1966

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$237.50

StatusSold

80

Five Books by Herbert Bolton

Author
Bolton, Herbert E.
Headline
5 by Bolton
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

83

13 Books about Men who made California History

Heading
(California - Biographies)
Headline
13 Books on California Historical Men
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$200

StatusSold

84

About 14 Books on Men of California Plus One Woman.

Heading
(California - Biographies)
Headline
Books by or about California Historic Figures
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$200

StatusSold

85

Ten Books related to Early California Governance.

Heading
(California - Governance)
Headline
Ten on California Governance
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

86

About 12 Books on Travel to California

Heading
(California - Journeys)
Headline
California Travels
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$593.75

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

87

About 24 Volumes on Journeys to California

Heading
(California - Journeys)
Headline
California Journeys
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$437.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(15 bids)

88

Six Books on California Gold and Mining

Heading
(California - Mining)
Headline
California Mining or Gold
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$281.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

89

Two original three-panel panorama photographs of Palos Verdes prior to development

Heading
(California - Palos Verdes)
Headline
Panoramas of land planned for Palos Verdes Project c.1920
Publisher
Keystone Photo Service
Date Published
c.1920

Sold for$1,250

StatusSold

Bidding history(33 bids)

90

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$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

91

Proclamation by Mayor E.E. Schmitz of San Francisco authorizing police to kill looters following the 1906 earthquake and fire

Heading
(California - San Francisco Earthquake)
Headline
Earthquake looters shot on sight!
Publisher
Altvater Print.
Date Published
April 18, 1906

Sold for$212.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

92

Seven Books Related to the Greater San Francisco Bay Area

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
Seven on No. California
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

93

Seven Small Press Books on California

Heading
(California - small press)
Headline
Seven Small Press on California
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

94

California View Books

Heading
(California - View Books)
Headline
Ten California View Books
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

96

About 11 Books on California

Heading
(California)
Headline
Group of Books on California
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$281.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(20 bids)

97

About 12 Books on or about California

Heading
(California)
Headline
!2 on California
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$343.75

StatusSold

98

About 14 Books on California

Heading
(California)
Headline
14 More on California
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$212.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

99

The Californian Volume One

Heading
(California)
Headline
Facsimile reproduction of California newspaper
Publisher
John Howell-Books
Date Published
1971

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

101

Over Eleven Works on California History

Heading
(California)
Headline
California History
Date Published
Various Dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$468.75

StatusSold

Bidding history(22 bids)

104

Ten original photographs of Colorado scenes

Heading
(Colorado)
Headline
Photographs of Colorado c.1910
Date Published
c.1910

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

105

Voyage au Golfe de Californie Grands Courants de a Mer...Description de la Sonora et de ses Richesses Minerales. De la Basse Californie, ses Volcans, ses Produits...

Author
Combier, Cyprien
Headline
Voyage au Golfe de Californie by Combier
Publisher
Arthus Bertrand
Date Published
[1864]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

106

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$10 - $100

Sold for$343.75

StatusSold

Bidding history(22 bids)

107

Exploring Space with a Camera

Author
Cortright, Edgar M., editor
Headline
NASA - Exploring Space With A Camera
Publisher
NASA
Date Published
1968

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

108

Resources of Dakota. An official publication compiled by the commissioner of immigration, under authority granted by the territorial legislature. Containing descriptive statements and general information relating to the soil, climate, productions...

Heading
(Dakota Territory)
Author
McClure, P. F.
Headline
Resources of Dakota Territory 1887
Publisher
Argus-Leader Co.
Date Published
1887

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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

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

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)

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

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

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)

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)

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

StatusSold

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

183

Map of Amador County, California. Issued by the State Mining Bureau

Heading
(California - Amador County)
Author
Aubrey, Lewis E., State Mineralogist
Headline
Mineral map of Amador County Cal. 1903
Publisher
State Mining Bureau
Date Published
1903

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

184

Los Angeles

Heading
(California - Los Angeles)
Headline
View of Los Angeles from Pacific Railroad Survey
Date Published
[1856]

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

185

Mission of San Diego

Heading
(California - San Diego)
Headline
Mission San Diego in 1856
Date Published
[1856]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

187

Mission and Plain of San Fernando

Heading
(California - San Fernando)
Headline
Litho of San Fernando Mission 1856
Date Published
[1856]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

189

Manuscript map of San Andres Rancho and Rancho Bolsa del Pajaro adjacent to Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz County

Heading
(California - Santa Cruz County)
Headline
Ms. map of Ranchos on Monterey Bay CA
Date Published
No date

Sold for$531.25

StatusSold

190

Chart of Santa Monica Bay California

Heading
(California - Santa Monica Bay)
Author
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Headline
Large chart of Santa Monica Bay 1891
Date Published
1891

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

191

Map of Tuolumne County, California. Issued by the State Mining Bureau

Heading
(California - Tuolumne County)
Author
McLaughlin, R. P.
Headline
Mineral map of Tuolumne County Cal. 1903
Publisher
State Mining Bureau
Date Published
1903

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

193

Panorama of Progress: 87th Annual 1941 California State Fair - America's Largest Ten Day State Fair

Heading
(California)
Author
Lenoir, artist
Headline
Pictorial map of California & its produce 1941
Publisher
California State Printing Office
Date Published
1941

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

214

Part of Central Colorado. Atlas Sheet No. 53(C)

Author
U.S. Wheeler Surveys
Headline
Wheeler Survey map with Denver
Date Published
c.1880

Sold for$100

StatusSold

217

Western States, including California, Oregon, Utah, Washington, New Mexico, Nebraska, Kansas, Indian Territory, &c.

Heading
(United States - West)
Headline
Western U.S. in 1856
Publisher
A. & C. Black
Date Published
[c.1856]

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

294

Noticias De California: First Report of the Occupation of California by the Portola Expedition, 1770

Heading
(Book Club of California 098)
Author
Hammond, Peter George
Headline
Noticias De California by Book Club of California
Publisher
The Book Club of California
Date Published
1958

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$687.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(30 bids)

296

H.M.S. Sulphur at California, 1837 and 1839: Being the accounts of Midshipman Francis Guillemard Simpkinson and Captain Edward Belcher

Heading
(Book Club of California 132)
Author
Pierce, Richard A. & John H. Winslow, editors
Headline
U.S. Navy in California before conquest
Publisher
The Book Club of California
Date Published
1969

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

301

Vignettes of early California: childhood reminiscences of Juan Batista Alvarado

Heading
(Book Club of California 171)
Author
Alvarado, Juan Bautista
Headline
Alvarado's Vignettes of early California from BCC
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
1982

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$500

StatusSold

Bidding history(28 bids)

302

Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests

Heading
(Book Club of California 174)
Author
Palmquist, Peter E
Headline
Redwood and Lumbering in California Forests
Publisher
The Book Club of California
Date Published
[1983]

Estimate$100 - $150

Sold for$75

StatusSold

307

A Voyage to California, the Sandwich Islands, and Around the World in the Years 1826-1829

Heading
(Book Club of California 207)
Author
Duhaut-Cilly, Auguste Bernard
Headline
Duhaut-Cilly, A Voyage to California
Publisher
The Book Club of California
Date Published
1997

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

309

Napa Valley Heyday

Heading
(Book Club of California 218)
Author
Dillon, Richard
Headline
Richard Dillon Napa Valley Heyday BCC
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
2004

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

310

James Mason Hutchings of Yo Semite: A Biography and Bibliography

Heading
(Book Club of California 225)
Author
Kruska, Dennis
Headline
Bibliography of James Mason Hutchings
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
2009

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

314

California in 1851-[1852]: The Letters of Dame Shirley

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
[Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]
Headline
The Shirley Letters from Grabhorn Press
Publisher
Grabhorn Press
Date Published
1933

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

315

Pen-Knife Sketches Or Chips of the Old Block. A Series of Original Illustrated Letters, Written By One of California's Pioneer Miners, and Dedicated To That Class of Her Citizens By the Author

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Delano, Alonzo
Headline
Pen-Knife Sketches Or Chips of the Old Block
Publisher
The Grabhorn Press
Date Published
1934

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

316

The Diary of Philip Leget Edwards: The Great Cattle Drive from California to Oregon in 1837

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Edwards, Philip Leget
Headline
Grabhorn's The Great Cattle Drive
Publisher
Grabhorn Press
Date Published
1932

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

317

California in 1846: Described in Letters from Thomas O. Larkin, "The Farthest West," E.M. Kern, and "Justice"

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Lewis, Oscar
Headline
California in 1846 Grabhorn Press
Publisher
The Grabhorn Press
Date Published
1934

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

319

New Helvetia Diary: A Record of Events Kept by John A. Sutter and His Clerks at New Helvetia, California, from September 9, 1845, to May 25, 1848

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Sutter, John A.
Headline
New Helvetia Diary: A Record of Events
Publisher
The Grabhorn Press with the Society of California Pioneers
Date Published
1939

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$406.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(22 bids)

320

The Spanish Occupation of California: Plan for the Establishment of a Government; Junta or Council Held at San Blas, May 16, 1768; Diario of the Expeditions Made to California

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Watson, Douglas S., comp.
Headline
The Spanish Occupation of California
Publisher
Grabhorn Press
Date Published
1934

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

321

George Yount: The Kindly Host of Caymus Rancho

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Wood, Ellen Lamont
Headline
George Yount: The Kindly Host of Caymus Rancho
Publisher
Grabhorn Press
Date Published
1941

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$212.50

StatusSold

338

Portrait of Ansel Adams at KABC

Heading
(Adams, Ansel)
Headline
Portrait of Ansel Adams
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

343

Adobes In The Sun: Portraits of a Tranquil Era

Author
Baer, Morley
Headline
Adobes in the Sun, two signed copies w/ letters
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Date Published
1972

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

345

Old Folsom State Prison - Represa, CA

Author
Birk, Sandow
Headline
Old Folsom State Prison signed by S. Birk
Date Published
2000

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

362

Fish

Author
Dugmore, Arthur Radclyffe
Headline
Camera Works photogravure by A.R. Dugmore
Publisher
Camera Work
Date Published
1905; print: 1907

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

368

Syntax [with] Deja-Vu

Author
Gibson, Ralph
Headline
Two monographs from Ralph Gibson
Publisher
Lustrum Press
Date Published
1973

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

371

Centro de Cambio - Center of Change

Author
Guzman, Ruben
Headline
Early poster from La Raza Silkscreen Center
Publisher
La Raza Silkscreen Center
Date Published
1971

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

381

Opera Autographs

Heading
(Music)
Headline
Opera Autographs

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

385

Passage: A Work Record

Author
Penn, Irving
Headline
Signed with inscription by Irving Penn
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1991

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

386

My Cavafy

Heading
(Photography)
Author
Orphanos, Stathis
Headline
Cavafy, Photos by Stathis Orphanos
Publisher
Sylvester & Orphanos
Date Published
2006

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

387

Six volumes on photography

Heading
(Photography)
Headline
Six volumes on photography
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

412

Three works on the photography of Carleton E. Watkins

Heading
(Watkins, Carleton E.)
Headline
Three works on Carleton E. Watkins
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

413

Garry Winogrand

Heading
(Winogrand, Garry)
Author
Rubinfien, Leo, editor
Headline
Exhibition catalogue for Garry Winogrand, SF Museum of Modern Art
Publisher
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Yale University Press
Date Published
[2013]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold