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Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Letter by future Chief Justice, about to help give birth to the new Republican Party Heading(African American - Anti-Slavery)AuthorChase, Salmon P.HeadlineLetter by future Chief Justice who helped found GOPDate PublishedOct. 19, 1853 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #2 Letters showing the groundbreaking realignment of the American political system around the slavery issue Heading(African American - Anti-Slavery)HeadlinePolitical collaboration of Whigs and Free Soil DemocratsDate Published1847-1849 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #3 Letter about feud with Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry and search for fugitive slave Heading(African American, 1817)AuthorElliott, Jesse DuncanHeadlineUS Naval hero tracks his fugitive slaveDate PublishedAugust 17, 1817 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #4 Letter from Canadian American witnessing slave auction Heading(African American, 1836)AuthorBaxter, JamesHeadlineCanadian American sees Charleston Slave auctionDate PublishedDec. 14, 1836 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$3,125StatusSold 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 Heading(African American, 1838)AuthorWhitman, Angelia Smith and Edwin WhitmanHeadlineNew Englanders experience culture shock in TennesseeDate PublishedOct. 28, 1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #6 Letter from ship captain about the disastrous fire at his Puerto Rico leather warehouse Heading(African American, 1850)AuthorHatch, DavisHeadlineYankee ship captain doubts Black slave arson in Puerto RicoDate PublishedAug. 20, 1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #7 Michigan timber merchant’s letter to his brother in New England about Black Walnut logging by ex-slaves in Canada Heading(African American, 1851)AuthorHadley, ClarkHeadlineEscaped slaves, Indians and the ‘real’ Uncle Tom in CanadaDate PublishedJune 8-15, 1851 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #9 Letter to a pioneering young Mulatto inventor from a doomed Cuban revolutionary hero Heading(African American, 1866)AuthorGoicouria, General Domingo deHeadlineLetter to antebellum African American inventorDate PublishedMarch 27, 1866 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #10 Inventory listing 161 slaves from the Coffee farm Boa Esperanca in the municipality of Paty do Alferes in Rio de Janeiro. Heading(African American, 1882 - Slavery, Brazil)HeadlineList of slaves at Brazilian coffee farm 1882Date Published1882 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #23 Handwritten notebook by J.A. Murray, recording lectures in pathology by physician and dermatologist Isaac Atkinson Heading(Atkinson, Isaac E.)AuthorMurray, J.A.HeadlineMedical school lecture noted at UMD, 1885Date Published1883 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #25 Four books by Mary Austin AuthorAustin, MaryHeadlineFour by Mary Austin, 2 signedDate Published1905-1950 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #27 Men and Memories of San Francisco in the "Spring of '50" AuthorBarry, T.A. and B.A. PattenHeadlineThe S.F. Gold Rush recalled by two saloonkeepersPublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #32 Three Years in California AuthorBorthwick, John DavidHeadlineBorthwick's 3 Years in California First EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #39 Message of the President of the United States, Communicating information...in relation to California and New Mexico. (caption title) Heading(California & New Mexico)Author[Taylor, Zachary]HeadlineZachary Taylor - California and New Mexico 1850Date Published1850 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #53 Bill Book of Rosenberg Bros Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRosenberg Bros. ledger book 1866Publisher[Rosenberg Bros. Company]Date Published1866-1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #80 Letter from a young New England emigrant to New Orleans Heading(California – San Francisco Gold Rush pioneer)AuthorPhelps, AbnerHeadlineSan Francisco pioneer writes about New OrleansDate PublishedJune 30, 1832 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #81 Letter to artist William Thompson Russell Smith Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorMcIlvaine, Jr., William H.HeadlineLetter from published artist of the California Gold RushDate PublishedAug. 28, 1848 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #87 Letter from Banking House of D.O. Mills to Leland Stanford Heading(California)AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineLetter to Leland Stanford, 1862Date Published1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #88 The Argus, A Journal of Art Criticism and News, 3 issues Heading(California)AuthorSalinger, Jehanne Bietry, ed.Headline3 issues of rare 1920s San Francisco Art magazineDate PublishedAugust 1927-January 1928 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #90 Rambling Reminiscences of the Charles Wood Family and their "Woodside Farm" Home (cover title) Heading(California)AuthorWood, Charlotte E.HeadlinePioneer life in Contra Costa County, Cal.Date Published1951 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #110 Always Another Dawn: The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot AuthorCrossfield, A. Scott and Clay Blair, Jr.HeadlineInscribed and signed by A. Scott CrossfieldPublisherThe World Publishing CompanyDate Published[1960] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #112 Manifest listing Chinese laborers bound for Havana Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba in 1867Date PublishedFebruary 15, 1867 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #114 Manuscript register of deaths of Chinese laborers being transported to Cuba aboard the Spanish ship "Cervantes" Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese laborers bound for Cuba die in 1867Date PublishedAugust 20, 1867 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #115 Report on the importation of Chinese indentured labor, or slaves, and its effects Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineSpanish report on Chinese labor in Cuba, 1855Date Published1855 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #117 Two registration forms for Chinese immigrant indentured laborers in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineRegistration forms for Chinese labor in CubaDate Publishedc.1860 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #119 Manuscript set of memoranda on the topic of free workers imported to work in Cuba, regarding labor policies, licenses, etc. Heading(Cuba)HeadlineLaws for "free" laborers in 19th cent. CubaDate Published1857-1859 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold 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..." AuthorDavis, JeffersonHeadlineLetter from Jefferson Davis + wife's memoirDate Published9rh Dec. 1875 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #139 California, In-Doors and Out; or, How we Farm, Mine, and Live Generally in the Golden State AuthorFarnham, Eliza W.HeadlineCalifornia from early feminine perspective 1856PublisherDix, Edwards & Co.Date Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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... AuthorGreenhow, RobertHeadlineInscribed to Henry Wheaton by Robert GreenhowPublisherPrinted for the Author, by Freeman and BollesDate Published1847 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #159 Labor Contract -- Olelo Aelike Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineJapanese laborer at Hawaiian sugar plantationDate PublishedDec. 6, 1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #183 El Ferassah. Hand-Reading A Practical and Popular Treatise in Modern Cheirosophy. AuthorKaldah [Massad, A.F.]HeadlineInscribed and signed by the authorPublisherThe Khaldah Publishing CompanyDate Published[1898] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #203 Escrituras de la casa No 137 de la Calle de San Jeronimo Heading(Mexico)AuthorMaya, RamónHeadlineAbstract of title for a Mexico City propertyDate Published1705-1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #210 The Writings of John Muir - Manuscript Edition AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Muir Manuscript Edition DeluxePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1916-24 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #224 Letter advocating a Mexican railway route from the Atlantic to the Pacific over the Panama Canal Heading(Panama Canal)AuthorCorthell, Elmer LawrenceHeadlineMexican railway project competes with the Panama CanalPublisherTehuantepec Ship RailwayDate PublishedJanuary 4, 1884 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #239 A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn AuthorRevere, Joseph WarrenHeadlineJoseph Revere A Tour of Duty in California 1849PublisherC. S. Francis & Co.Date Published1849 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #242 Eleven studies for Eleven Players: 1959-1960 AuthorRorem, NedHeadlineMusic score inscribed by Ned RoremPublisherBoosey and HawkesDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #243 California: A History of Upper & Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. A Full View of the Missionary Establishments and Condition of the Free and Domesticated Indians. With an Appendix relating to Steam Navigation in the Pacific Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineForbes' History of CA signed by Thomas RussellPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1919 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #244 California: A History of Upper & Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. A Full View of the Missionary Establishments and Condition of the Free and Domesticated Indians. With an Appendix relating to Steam Navigation in the Pacific Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineRussell's edition of Forbes finely bound, 1919PublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1919 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #245 Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806 Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorLangsdorff, Georg Heinrich vonHeadlineLangsdorff's Narrative with prospectusPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1927 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #246 Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806 Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorLangsdorff, Georg Heinrich vonHeadlineLangsdorff's Narrative w/ jacket & prospectusPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #247 Narrative of Edward McGowan, Including a Full Account of the Author's Adventures and Perils While Persecuted by the San Francisco Vigilante Committee of 1856. Together with a Report of His Trial, which Resulted in His Acquittal Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorMcGowan, EdwardHeadlineMcGowan's narrative signed by Thomas RussellPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #248 The Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806. The Report of Count Nikolai Petrovich Rezanov of His Voyage to that Provincia of Nueva España from New Archangel Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorRezanov, Nikolai PetrovichHeadlineRezanov's Journey signed by Thomas RussellPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #249 Narrative of a Voyage to California Ports in 1841-42...[with] Printer Thomas C. Russell comments on Nash, DeVinne, Cowan et al. in a Letter to M.J. Ferguson. State Librarian Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorSimpson, George; Thomas C. RussellHeadlineMilton J. Ferguson's copy with ALS from RussellPublisherThomas C. Russell; Tamalpais PressDate Published1930; 1970 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #250 Narrative of a Voyage to California Ports in 1841-42. Together with Voyages to Sitka, the Sandwich Islands & Okhotsk; To Which are Added Sketches of Journeys across America, Asia, & Europe: From the Narrative of a Voyage Round the World. Heading(Russell, Thomas C.)AuthorSimpson, GeorgeHeadlineSimpson's Narrative signed by Thomas RussellPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1930 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #252 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlineWheat's copy of Ryan's Adventures in CaliforniaPublisherWilliam ShoberlDate Published1850 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #254 Men and Horses AuthorSantee, RossHeadlineInscribed, signed, sketches by Santee, Men & HorsesPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published[1926] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #258 Ramblings in California; containing a Description of the Country, Life at the Mines, State of Society, &c. interspersed with Characteristic Anecdotes, and Sketches from Life, being the Five Years' Experience of a Gold Digger AuthorShaw, PringleHeadlineRamblings in California, c. 1857PublisherJames BainDate Published[c. 1857] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #265 Manuscript document relating to the shipment of items from Barcelona, Spain, to Montevideo, which was apparently rerouted to Lima because of unrest in region Heading(South America - Uruguay)HeadlineShip bound for Montevideo in troubled timesDate Published1813? View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #267 Printed decree signed by King Charles IV of Spain & other dignitaries & officials, regarding a slave revolt in the New Kingdom of Granada Heading(Spanish Colonies - Slave Revolt)AuthorCharles IV, King of SpainHeadlineSlave revolt decree signed by Charles IV of Spain 1801Date PublishedFebruary 17, 1801 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #268 Adobe Days Along the Channel AuthorSpaulding, Edward Selden, comp.HeadlineAdobe Days Along the Channel Ed Borein & othersPublisher[Schauer Printing Studio, Inc.]Date Published1957 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #275 Oregon and California: The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California...to which is added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with recent notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources AuthorThornton, J. QuinnHeadlineQuinn Thornton in the Gold Rush 1849PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1849 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #281 Collection of early materials about Grand Coulee Dam Heading(Washington - Grand Coulee Dam)HeadlineSandblasting at the Grand Coulee DamDate Publishedc.1945 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #283 Legends: A Collection of Western Photographs, Signatures & Memories - autographed by many within including President Jimmy Carter, Mickey Rooney, James Arness and Eddy Arnold Author(Western Legends)HeadlineAutographs of western legends, presentation copyPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2006 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #285 A Picture of Pioneer Times in California, illustrated with Anecdotes and Stories taken from real life Heading(White, William F.)AuthorGrey, William, pseud.HeadlineInscribed and signed by William F. WhitePublisherW. M. Hinton & Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #291 Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings AuthorWoods, Daniel B.HeadlineSixteen Months at the Gold DiggingsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #308 Letter of introduction by an eminent Scottish botanist Heading(Botany, Horticulture)AuthorLoudon, John ClaudiusHeadlineLetter of introduction from Scottish botanist J. C. LoudonDate PublishedFeb. 14, 1832 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #346 Photograph of Benito Mussolini, signed by him AuthorMussolini, BenitoHeadlineSigned photograph of Benito MussoliniDate Published[1942?] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #355 Die Durch Theorie Erfundene practic... [with] Anthropometria, Sive Statura Hominis à Nativitate ad consummatum aetatis... AuthorPreissler, Johann Daniel and Johann Georg Bergmüller, et al.Headline83 fine 18th c. plates on drawing instructionPublisherPreissler; LotterDate Published1723; 1728-1734 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #394 Map of the South San Francisco Homestead and R.R. Association prepared for final division and distribution among the shareholders... Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorHoadley, William H. & James H. BryanHeadlineMS. real estate map of southeast S.F. 1867Date Published12 February 1867 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next