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Previous|12|Next Lot #1 Letter by future Chief Justice, about to help give birth to the new Republican Party View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(African American - Anti-Slavery)AuthorChase, Salmon P.HeadlineLetter by future Chief Justice who helped found GOPDate PublishedOct. 19, 1853 Lot #2 Letters showing the groundbreaking realignment of the American political system around the slavery issue View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(African American - Anti-Slavery)HeadlinePolitical collaboration of Whigs and Free Soil DemocratsDate Published1847-1849 Lot #3 Letter about feud with Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and search for fugitive slave View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1817)AuthorElliott, Jesse DuncanHeadlineUS Naval hero tracks his fugitive slaveDate PublishedAugust 17, 1817 Lot #4 Letter from Canadian American witnessing slave auction View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(African American, 1836)AuthorBaxter, JamesHeadlineCanadian American sees Charleston Slave auctionDate PublishedDec. 14, 1836 Lot #5 Letter from Maine newly-weds who moved to northern Tennessee to open a school, writing home describing their culture shock at life in the slave South View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1838)AuthorWhitman, Angelia Smith and Edwin WhitmanHeadlineNew Englanders experience culture shock in TennesseeDate PublishedOct. 28, 1838 Lot #6 Letter from ship captain about the disastrous fire at his Puerto Rico leather warehouse View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1850)AuthorHatch, DavisHeadlineYankee ship captain doubts Black slave arson in Puerto RicoDate PublishedAug. 20, 1850 Lot #7 Michigan timber merchant’s letter to his brother in New England about Black Walnut logging by ex-slaves in Canada View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1851)AuthorHadley, ClarkHeadlineEscaped slaves, Indians and the ‘real’ Uncle Tom in CanadaDate PublishedJune 8-15, 1851 Lot #9 Letter to a pioneering young Mulatto inventor from a doomed Cuban revolutionary hero View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorGoicouria, General Domingo deHeadlineLetter to antebellum African American inventorDate PublishedMarch 27, 1866 Lot #10 Inventory listing 161 slaves from the Coffee farm Boa Esperanca in the municipality of Paty do Alferes in Rio de Janeiro. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1882 - Slavery, Brazil)HeadlineList of slaves at Brazilian coffee farm 1882Date Published1882 Lot #23 Handwritten notebook by J.A. Murray, recording lectures in pathology by physician and dermatologist Isaac Atkinson View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Atkinson, Isaac E.)AuthorMurray, J.A.HeadlineMedical school lecture noted at UMD, 1885Date Published1883 Lot #25 Four books by Mary Austin View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorAustin, MaryHeadlineFour by Mary Austin, 2 signedDate Published1905-1950 Lot #26 Archive of negatives and photographs of airships and flying boats over San Francisco Bay with bridge construction View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Aviation)AuthorSunderland, ClydeHeadlineAirships & flying boats over S.F. BayDate Publishedc.1933-39 Lot #27 Men and Memories of San Francisco in the "Spring of '50" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBarry, T.A. and B.A. PattenHeadlineThe S.F. Gold Rush recalled by two saloonkeepersPublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1873 Lot #30 The California Pilgrim: A Series of Lectures View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBenton, J. A.HeadlineThe California Pilgrim: A Series of LecturesPublisherSolomon AlterDate Published1853 Lot #31 Anza's California Expeditions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBolton, Herbert EugeneHeadline5 vol. Anza's CA expeditionPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1930 Lot #32 Three Years in California View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBorthwick, John DavidHeadlineBorthwick's 3 Years in California First EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1857 Lot #33 Chinigchinich: A Revised and Annotated Version of Alfred Robinson's Translation of Father Geronimo Boscana's Historical Account of the Belief, Usages, Customs and Extravagancies of the Indians of the Mission of San Juan Capistrano called the Acagchemem Tribe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBoscana, GeronimoHeadlineGeronimo Boscana Chinigchinich - 1933PublisherFine Arts PressDate Published1933 Lot #34 Geological Survey of California. Botany View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBrewer, W.H., Sereno Watson & Asa GrayHeadlineCalifornia Botany, 1st survey of Yosemite floraPublisherWelch, Bigelow & Co. [&] John WilsonDate Published1876 -1880 Lot #35 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBrewer, William H.HeadlineWilliam Brewer Up & Down California, 1st ed.PublisherYale University PressDate Published1930 Lot #36 Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBrowne, J. RossHeadlineReport of the Debates in the Convention of CaliforniaPublisherJohn T. TowersDate Published1850 Lot #37 What I saw in California: Being a Journal of a Tour by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, Across the Continent of North America, the Great Desert Basin, and Through California, in the Years 1846, 1847 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBryant, EdwinHeadlineEdwin Bryant, What I saw in California 1848PublisherD. Appleton and Co.Date Published1848 Lot #39 Message of the President of the United States, Communicating information...in relation to California and New Mexico. (caption title) View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(California & New Mexico)Author[Taylor, Zachary]HeadlineZachary Taylor - California and New Mexico 1850Date Published1850 Lot #40 Alameda County, California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Alameda County)AuthorRhea, James J.HeadlineAlameda Co. brochure with large pictorial mapPublisherPrinted by Kelley-Davis Co.Date Published1914 Lot #41 Free Lunch: The Bon Ton Sample Room, Angels Camp... The place where you can get all your Fancy Drinks... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Angels Camp)AuthorSchloh, Chas., ProprietorHeadlineGet your fancy drinks in Angels CampPublisherStockton Mail PrintDate PublishedUndated [latter 19th century?] Lot #42 Album of photographs of commercial and residential properties in Berkeley, California, with the address of each identified View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(California - Berkeley)HeadlinePhotographic record of Berkeley buildings 1930sDate Publishedc.1930s Lot #43 Automobile Route to Lake Tahoe View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - Lake Tahoe)HeadlineEarly auto routes to Lake TahoePublisherTahoe TavernDate Publishedc.1910 Lot #45 Small archive of items relating to the Prosperity Oil Company based in Nevada City, California View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - Nevada City Oil)HeadlineOil company based in Nevada City, 1900Date Published1900-1901 Lot #46 Archive of approx. 80 blue prints and measured drawings relating to the Hotel for the Oakland Hotel Company, Oakland California; plus some additional blue prints for other projects View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlineArchitectural plans for Hotel Oakland, 1910-12PublisherBliss & Faville, ArchitectsDate Publishedc.1910-1912 Lot #47 City of Oakland, California / Playgrounds and Recreation Centers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlinePPIE tour of Oakland and Berkeley ParksDate Published[1915] Lot #48 Riverside County, California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Riverside County)AuthorRiverside County Chamber of Commerce, compilerHeadlinePromoting easy life in Riverside County Cal.PublisherRiverside County Board of SupervisorsDate Published[1923] Lot #49 The Call-Chronicle-Examiner View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlineCombined San Francisco Earthquake newspaperDate PublishedApril 19, 1906 Lot #50 Twenty-five original silver photographs of San Francisco following the 1906 earthquake, 21 of them credited in the negative to the Miles Bros. View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorMiles Bros.HeadlineS.F. Earthquake photos by Miles Bros.PublisherMiles Bros.Date Published1906-[printed 1920s?] Lot #51 Twenty-five original silver photographs of San Francisco following the 1906 earthquake View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlinePhotographs of San Francisco EarthquakeDate Published1906-[printed 1920s?] Lot #53 Bill Book of Rosenberg Bros View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRosenberg Bros. ledger book 1866Publisher[Rosenberg Bros. Company]Date Published1866-1876 Lot #54 Business Directory of San Francisco and Principal Towns of California and Nevada, 1877. Containing Names, Business and Address of Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional Men... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBusiness directory of San Francisco 1877PublisherL.M. McKenney PublisherDate Published1877 Lot #55 Catalogue of Electric Light Supplies View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco Electric Light catalogue, 1895PublisherCalifornia Electrical WorksDate Published1895 Lot #56 Collection of San Francisco Exposition ephemera View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineCollection of SF quake and Exposition ephemeraDate Publishedc.1900-1940 Lot #57 Our Society Blue Book View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorHoag, Charles, editor.HeadlineOur Society Blue Book San Francisco 1899PublisherCharles C. HoagDate Published1899 Lot #58 Photograph album of the parade through San Francisco to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the admission of California as a state in the United States of America View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineAdmission Day parade in San Francisco 1925Date Published1925 Lot #59 Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference of the State League of Iroquois Clubs of California and Banquet at San Francisco, Cal. February 22, 1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineIroquois Clubs of California confer, 1890PublisherThe Bancroft CompanyDate Published1890 Lot #60 History of San Luis Obispo County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Luis Obispo County)Author[Angel, Myron]HeadlineThompson & West History of San Luis Obispo CountyPublisherThompson & WestDate Published1883 Lot #61 New California, United California, Progressive California: the land of sunshine, fruit and flowers (cover title) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Santa Barbara Flower Festival)HeadlineNew CA, United CA, Progressive CA, 1895Publisher[H.S. Crocker Co.]Date Published[c. 1895] Lot #62 The California Probation Officers' Association Regional Conference View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Santa Barbara)HeadlineWith attractive map of Santa Barbara, 1936PublisherSchauer Printing StudioDate Published1936 Lot #63 Sierra Sanctum: Written Reveries of a Cliff Man View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sierra Nevada)AuthorCorlieu, CliffordHeadlineWith the ink stamp of the authorPublisherCrown Print & Engraving Co.Date Published1926 Lot #64 Beautiful Glen Artney, California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlineLand at Monan's Rill, Sonoma Co., Cal.PublisherCalifornia Travel AssociationDate Published[c.1911] Lot #65 Fire! Fire!! Fire!!! Fire Crackers, Flags, Bunting, Fire Works at Cor. El Dorado and Bridge Sts., Masonic Temple View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Stockton)AuthorWm. Hickox & Co., ProprietorsHeadlineFireworks sale at Stockton Masonic TemplePublisherThe T.W. Hummel Co., PrintersDate Published[c.1890-1910?] Lot #66 Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity [with] The Yosemite Valley View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorClark, GalenHeadlineTwo works on Yosemite by Galen ClarkPublisherPublished by the authorDate Published1904; 1910 Lot #67 Doing Yosemite: A Descriptive Guide of the Trails - Roads - Paths of the Yosemite Valley. Giving distances, elevations and information regarding the Yosemite (wrapper title) View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineRare tourist booklet to Yosemite ValleyPublisherPublished at "Tourist" OfficeDate Publishedc.1900-1910 Lot #68 Hutchings' Tourist's Guide to the Yo Semite Valley and the Big Tree Groves for the Spring and Summer of 1877 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineHutchings' Tourist's Guide to the Yo Semite Valley, 1877PublisherA. Roman & Co.Date Published1877 Lot #69 Hutchings' Tourist's Guide to the Yo Semite Valley and the Big Tree Groves for the Spring and Summer of 1877. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineHutchings' 1877 Guide to Yosemite, w/ mapPublisherA. Roman & Co.Date Published[1877] Lot #70 The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorKneeland, SamuelHeadlineKneeland's Wonders of Yosemite,10 mounted photosPublisherAlexander MooreDate Published1871 Lot #71 An Interpretation of Yosemite Valley View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorOrr, J.B.HeadlineScarce account of exploring Yosemite's wondersPublisherSunset PressDate Published1901 Lot #72 Pleasant Memories: California Camera Club Pilgrimage to Yosemite Valley, June 9th-17th, 1917 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineRare souvenir of Camera Club in Yosemite 1917PublisherCalifornia Camera ClubDate Published1917 Lot #73 Yosemite (wrapper title) View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorSanta Fe SystemHeadlineYosemite guide from Santa Fe R.R. 1909Publisher[Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.]Date Published[1909] Lot #74 My Trip to Yosemite from the Journal of Emilie Sussman 1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorSussman, EmilieHeadlineMy Trip to Yosemite signed by Emilie SussmanPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1939 Lot #75 The Yosemite Guide-Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorWhitney, J.D.HeadlineWhitney's Yosemite Guide-Book 1874PublisherPublished by the Authority of the LegislatureDate Published1874 Lot #76 The Yosemite Guide-Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorWhitney, Josiah DwightHeadlineYosemite Guide-Book with maps dated 1871PublisherPublished by Authority of the LegislatureDate Published1871 Lot #77 Yosemite National Park Camp Curry View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineCamp Curry Yosemite brochure 1919PublisherCamp Curry Information OfficesDate Published1919 Lot #78 Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove of Big Trees (panel title) View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineBig Trees via Yosemite Stage & Turnpike Co.PublisherYosemite Stage & Turnpike Co.Date Published[c.1910] Lot #79 Yosemite Winter Sports. Conveniently reached at Yosemite National Park, California (panel title) View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineWinter sports in YosemitePublisherYosemite Park and Curry Co.Date Published[c.1935] Lot #80 Letter from a young New England emigrant to New Orleans View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(California – San Francisco Gold Rush pioneer)AuthorPhelps, AbnerHeadlineSan Francisco pioneer writes about New OrleansDate PublishedJune 30, 1832 Lot #81 Letter to artist William Thompson Russell Smith View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorMcIlvaine, Jr., William H.HeadlineLetter from published artist of the California Gold RushDate PublishedAug. 28, 1848 Lot #82 The "Monarch" Souvenir: Sunset City and Sunset Scenes; Views of California Midwinter Fair and Famous Scenes in the Golden State View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California Midwinter Fair)Headline"Monarch" Souvenir of Midwinter Fair 15 partsPublisherH.S. Crocker Co.Date Published1894 Lot #83 Sights and Scenes of Sunset City View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California Midwinter Fair)HeadlineNicely bound Midwinter Fair souvenir bookPublisher[H.S. Crocker Co.]Date Published[1894] Lot #84 Album of California albumen photographs View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California)Headline112 albumen photographs California c.1880sDate Publishedc.1880s Lot #85 Four titles on notable Californians View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)Headline4 books on early CaliforniansDate Published1915-1939 Lot #86 Hiking photograph album California and Oregon, 1946-1947 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineHiking photos in California & Oregon, 1946-7Date Published1946-1947 Lot #87 Letter from Banking House of D.O. Mills to Leland Stanford View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineLetter to Leland Stanford, 1862Date Published1862 Lot #88 The Argus, A Journal of Art Criticism and News, 3 issues View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorSalinger, Jehanne Bietry, ed.Headline3 issues of rare 1920s San Francisco Art magazineDate PublishedAugust 1927-January 1928 Lot #90 Rambling Reminiscences of the Charles Wood Family and their "Woodside Farm" Home (cover title) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorWood, Charlotte E.HeadlinePioneer life in Contra Costa County, Cal.Date Published1951 Lot #92 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 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCapron, Elisha S.HeadlineCapron's History of California 1854PublisherJohn P. Jewett & Co.; Jewett, Proctor and WorthingtonDate Published1854 Lot #93 Pioneer Days in California: Historical and Personal Sketches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorCarr, JohnHeadlineJohn Carr Pioneer Days in California 1891PublisherTimes PublishingDate Published1891 Lot #98 The First Regiment of New York. Volunteers Commanded by Colonel Jonathan D. Stevenson in the Mexican War. Names of the Members of the Regiment during its Term of Service in Upper and Lower California, 1847-1848, with a Record of All Known Survivors on the 15th Day of April, 1882, and Those Known to Have Deceased, with Other Matters of Interest Pertaining to the Organization and Service of the Regiment View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorClark, Francis D.HeadlineStevenson's Regiment in California 1847-8, signedPublisherGeorge S. Evans Co.Date Published1882 Lot #105 Cook Book of the Somis Thursday Club View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Cookery - Ventura County)HeadlineVentura County Cook Book from 1929PublisherSomis Thursday ClubDate Published1929 Lot #107 A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906. Together with the Text of John W. Dwinelle's Address on the Acquisition of California by the United States of America View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorCowan, Robert ErnestHeadlineCowan's bibliography inscribed to Harrison Post twicePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1914 Lot #110 Always Another Dawn: The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCrossfield, A. Scott and Clay Blair, Jr.HeadlineInscribed and signed by A. Scott CrossfieldPublisherThe World Publishing CompanyDate Published[1960] Lot #112 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date PublishedFebruary 15, 1867 Lot #114 Manuscript register of deaths of Chinese laborers being transported to Cuba aboard the Spanish ship "Cervantes" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba die in 1867Date PublishedAugust 20, 1867 Lot #115 Report on the importation of Chinese indentured labor, or slaves, and its effects View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineSpanish report on Chinese labor in Cuba, 1855Date Published1855 Lot #117 Two registration forms for Chinese immigrant indentured laborers in Cuba View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineRegistration forms for Chinese labor in CubaDate Publishedc.1860 Lot #119 Manuscript set of memoranda on the topic of free workers imported to work in Cuba, regarding labor policies, licenses, etc. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba)HeadlineLaws for "free" laborers in 19th cent. CubaDate Published1857-1859 Lot #123 Letter from Jefferson Davis to S.D. Hewes, expressing his devotion to Mississippi and his abhorrence of the "vampyres who have sucked her life blood..." View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorDavis, JeffersonHeadlineLetter from Jefferson Davis + wife's memoirDate Published9rh Dec. 1875 Lot #125 Ten San Francisco directories, 1858-1900 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Directories - California)Headline10 S.F. directories, w/ first Langley dir. 1858PublisherLangley/Crocker-LangleyDate Published1858-1900 Lot #133 Complete set of 50 volumes from Glen Dawson's Early California Travel Series View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Early California Travels Series)HeadlineDawson's Early California Travels Series completePublisherGlen DawsonDate Published1951-1961 Lot #138 The Missions and Missionaries of California View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorEngelhardt, ZephyrinHeadlineMissions and Missionaries of California 5 vol, 4 signedPublisherJames H. Barry Co.Date Published1908-1916 Lot #139 California, In-Doors and Out; or, How we Farm, Mine, and Live Generally in the Golden State View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFarnham, Eliza W.HeadlineCalifornia from early feminine perspective 1856PublisherDix, Edwards & Co.Date Published1856 Lot #146 California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, Comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineHistory of Upper & Lower California by ForbesPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1839 Lot #149 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$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineJ.C. Frémont's landmark expeditionPublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 Lot #153 The History of Oregon and California, and the Other Territories on the North-West Coast of North America; From Their Discovery to the Present Day. Accompanied by a Geographical View of Those Countries, and a Number of Documents as Proofs and Illustrations... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGreenhow, RobertHeadlineInscribed to Henry Wheaton by Robert GreenhowPublisherPrinted for the Author, by Freeman and BollesDate Published1847 Lot #159 Labor Contract -- Olelo Aelike View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineJapanese laborer at Hawaiian sugar plantationDate PublishedDec. 6, 1897 Lot #161 Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHeap, Gwinn HarrisHeadlineHeap's Central Route to Pacific map 1854PublisherLippincott, Grambo and Co.Date Published1854 Lot #166 Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHutchings, James M.HeadlineHutchings' Scenes of Wonder...1st British ed.PublisherChapman & HallDate Published1865 Lot #167 Hutching's California Magazine View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings California Magazine, vols. 1-4PublisherHutchings & RosenfieldDate Published1856-1860 Lot #168 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive and Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of Sierras, 1st ed., 1st issuePublisherPublished at the Old CabinDate Published1886 Lot #169 Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California...including the Mammoth Trees of Calaveras; Caves and Natural Bridges; the Yo-Semite Valley; the Mammoth Trees of Mariposa and Frezno; Mount Shasta... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineScenes of Wonder and Curiosity in CA, 1st ed.PublisherHutchings & RosenfieldDate Published[1860] Lot #171 A Biographical Sketch of the Life of William B. Ide: With a Minute and Interesting Account of one of the Largest Emigrating Companies. (3000 miles over land), from the East to the Pacific Coast. And What is Claimed as the Most Authentic and Reliable Account of "the Virtual conquest of California, in June, 1846, by the Bear Flag Party" View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorIde, SimeonHeadlineLife of William B. Ide inscribed by author Simeon IdePublisherPrinted for the SubscribersDate Published[1880] Lot #181 Printed poster instructing persons of Japanese ancestry in Los Angeles to report to the Civil Control Station at 2314 South Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Japanese Exclusion Order)AuthorDeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.L.HeadlineJapanese exclusion in Los Angeles 1942 posterPublisherU.S. ArmyDate PublishedApril 14, 1942 Lot #183 El Ferassah. Hand-Reading A Practical and Popular Treatise in Modern Cheirosophy. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorKaldah [Massad, A.F.]HeadlineInscribed and signed by the authorPublisherThe Khaldah Publishing CompanyDate Published[1898] Lot #188 The Larkin Papers: Personal, Business, and Official Correspondence of Thomas Oliver Larkin, Merchant and United States Consul in California View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorLarkin, Thomas OliverHeadlineLarkin Papers 10 vols + indexPublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1951-1968 Lot #190 The Argonauts of 'Forty-Nine: Some Recollections of the Plains and the Diggings View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLeeper, David RohrerHeadlineArgonauts of 'Forty-Nine 1894PublisherJ. B. StollDate Published1894 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next