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Previous|12|Next Lot #1 Letter by a brutal slave owner in a legal dispute involving slave ownership View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1832)AuthorBellinger Jr., [‘Landgrave’] EdmundHeadlineSlave owner avoids "risk" of slave stealingDate PublishedOctober 26, 1832 Lot #3 Autograph Letter Signed by Underground Railroad conductor about meeting with Isaac T. Hopper View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(African American, 1842)AuthorPennypacker, Elijah F.HeadlineLetter from Underground Railroad conductorDate PublishedAug. 31, 1842 Lot #4 Letter from a New England Minister about his two years preaching in St. Augustine, Florida to Black slaves and Mexican American War soldiers View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1846)AuthorMcClure, Alexander WilsonHeadlineNew Englander preaches to Florida slavesDate PublishedJuly 25, 1846 Lot #5 Letter from New England woman visiting Southern relatives View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1850)AuthorCossitt, Emily RuthHeadlineSlaves more privileged than poor whites?Date PublishedDecember 29, 1850 Lot #6 Slave purchase document from New Orleans, 1852 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,250StatusSold Heading(African American, 1852)HeadlineFuture Confederate gen. buys 7 slaves in 1852Date Published1852 Lot #7 Letter from one Republican to another during the 1860 presidential campaign View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(African American, 1860)AuthorCurtis, N.HeadlineNY farmer hopes Lincoln will destroy slaveryDate PublishedJune 8, 1860 Lot #8 Autograph Letter Signed (with initials) from racist New York soldier View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1861)AuthorMilmine, William S. [Private, 32nd New York Infantry]HeadlineSoldier praises Lincoln's inaction on slaveryDate PublishedDec. 23, 1861 Lot #10 Letter from Union solider in Tennessee disgusted with slavery View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(African American, 1862)Headline"I have seene enough of slavery..."Date PublishedMay 18, 1862 Lot #17 Two issues of "The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science" focused on African Americans View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(African American, 1913-1928)AuthorDuBois, W.E.B., et al.HeadlineEconomic and social development of BlacksProvenanceDr. Ruth RoettingerPublisherAmerican Academy of Political and Social ScienceDate Published1913 and 1928 Lot #23 Archive of the Wild Goose Mining and Trading Company, operating in Nome, Alaska, with ledgers of minutes of meetings and other proceedings, plus bound volumes of stock certificates View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Alaska)HeadlineArchive of Alaska mining company 1899-1929Date Published1899-1929 Lot #24 The Wonders of Alaska View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Alaska)AuthorBadlam, AlexanderHeadlineEarly history of the Pacific NorthwestPublisherThe Bancroft CompanyDate Published1890 Lot #26 Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)AuthorWilson, BillHeadlineA.A. book signed Bill Wilson to John FrankenheimerPublisherAlcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc.Date Published[1957] Lot #36 Anza's California Expeditions View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBolton, Herbert EugeneHeadlineAnza's California Expeditions 1930PublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1930 Lot #39 Travels In The Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811; Including a Description of Upper Louisiana, Together with the States of Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee, with the Illinois and Western Territories... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorBradbury, JohnHeadlineBradbury's travels along the Missouri RiverPublisherPrinted for the Author by Smith & GalwayDate Published1817 Lot #40 Photograph signed and inscribed by Omar N. Bradley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBradley, OmarHeadlineOmar Bradley signed & inscribed photographPublisherDepartment of the ArmyDate Published1957 Lot #41 Signed photograph & signed letter by Omar N. Bradley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBradley, OmarHeadlineOmar Bradley signed photo & letterDate PublishedNo date & 1948 Lot #42 The Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBrown, John HenryHeadlineThe Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas 1896PublisherL.E. DaniellDate Published[1896] Lot #53 Nevada Co. Cal. (wrapper title) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Nevada County)HeadlinePromotional book for Nevada County, CaliforniaPublisherNevada County Promotion CommitteeDate Published[c.1900] Lot #56 Within the Golden Gate: A survey of the history, resources, and points of interest of the bay region prepared for delegates to the United Nations Conference on International Organization View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco Bay Area)AuthorLewis, OscarHeadlineWith pictorial bird's-eye view of Bay AreaPublisherSan Francisco Bay Area CouncilDate Published1945 Lot #57 Pass for Ferry transit from San Francisco to Oakland and return during the week following the San Francisco Earthquake View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlinePost-S.F. Earthquake ferry passDate PublishedApril 21, 1906 Lot #58 Autograph Letter Signed written 18 days after the Earthquake describing events from the perspective of the East Bay View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorSutton, John RobertHeadlineSFEarthquake as seen and felt from East BayDate PublishedMay 6, 1906 Lot #71 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive and Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings Heart of the Sierras 1886 large paperPublisherPublished at the Old CabinDate Published1886 Lot #82 Letter from Fred A. Snyder to John Francis Snyder View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorSnyder, Fred A.Headline1850 California gold rush letter from Fred Snyder to brotherDate Published1850 Lot #83 Letter from William Henry Tiffany to Charles Louis Tiffany View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorTiffany, William HenryHeadlineLetter between Tiffany & Co. founders, 1850Date Published1850 Lot #86 North American Indians; Being Letters and Notes on Their Manners, Customs, and Conditions, Written During Eight Years' Travel Amongst the Wildest Tribes of Indians in North America, 1832-1839 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorCatlin, GeorgeHeadlineCatlin: North American Indians. 1926 edition.PublisherJohn GrantDate Published1926 Lot #94 Report of trip of Chinese laborers from Macau to Cuba in 1869 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineReport of Chinese laborers sailing to Cuba 1868Date Published1869 Lot #97 Five documents on Jewish people in Cuba View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Jewish)Headline5 Cuban-Jewish documents, 1931-1946ProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Published1931-1946 Lot #98 Sixteen documents on Jewish life in Cuba View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Cuba - Jewish)HeadlineDocuments in Yiddish on Jewish life in CubaDate Publishedc.1930-1950s Lot #101 Labor contract for an emancipated African slave View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineContract with liberated slave in Cuba 1871Date PublishedMay 25, 1871 Lot #109 A Koskimo House-Post View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Curtis, Edward S. - Plate 341)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineA Koskimo House-Post, Edward S. Curtis photogravurePublisherJohn Andrews & SonDate Published1914 Lot #110 Ceremonial Bathing View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Curtis, Edward S. - Plate 376)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineCeremonial Bathing, Edward S. Curtis photogravurePublisherJohn Andrews & SonDate Published1915 Lot #111 Yurok Drummer View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Curtis, Edward S. - Plate 457)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineYurok Drummer, Edward S. Curtis photogravurePublisherSuffolk Engraving CompanyDate Published1923 Lot #112 A Southern Miwok View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Curtis, Edward S. - Plate 495)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineA Southern Miwok, Edward S. Curtis photogravurePublisherSuffolk Engraving CompanyDate Published1924 Lot #113 A Chukchansi Yokuts View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Curtis, Edward S. - Plate 497)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineA Chukchansi Yokuts, Edward S. Curtis photogravurePublisherSuffolk Engraving CompanyDate Published1924 Lot #114 Portal – San Xavier Del Bac Mission View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Curtis, Edward S. - Plate 52)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineSan Xavier Del Bac Mission, Edward S. Curtis photogravurePublisherJohn Andrew & SonDate Published1907 Lot #115 Reindeer – Nunivak View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Curtis, Edward S. - Plate 689)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineReindeer – Nunivak, Edward S. Curtis photogravurePublisherSuffolk Engraving CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #116 Kenówŭn – Nunivak View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Curtis, Edward S. - Plate 691)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineKenówŭn – Nunivak, Edward S. Curtis photogravurePublisherSuffolk Engraving CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #117 Hooper Bay Youth View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Curtis, Edward S. - Plate 698)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineHooper Bay Youth, Edward S. Curtis photogravurePublisherSuffolk Engraving CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #118 The Village – Hooper Bay View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Curtis, Edward S. - Plate 699)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineThe Village–Hooper Bay, Edward S. Curtis photogravurePublisherSuffolk Engraving CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #119 Old Stone House – Diomede Island View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Curtis, Edward S. - Plate 706)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineOld Stone House, Edward S. Curtis photogravurePublisherSuffolk Engraving CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #120 A Kotzebue Man View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Curtis, Edward S. - Plate 710)AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineA Kotzebue Man, Edward S. Curtis photogravurePublisherSuffolk Engraving CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #122 The North-Americans of Yesterday. A Comparative Study of North-American Indian Life, Customs, and Products, on the Theory of the Ethnic Unity of the Race View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDellenbaugh, Frederick S.HeadlineDellenbaugh inscribed N. Americans of YesterdayPublisherG.P. Putnam's Sons / Knickerbocker PressDate Published[1900] Lot #124 Navajo Land: Arizona–New Mexico View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorElms, Willard FrederickHeadlineNavajo Lands, Elms poster for Santa Fe linePublisherSanta Fe RailwayDate Published1950's Lot #125 Atlas to Accompany a Monograph on the Geology and Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado [with] Geology of the Mining Industry of Leadville, Colorado View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorEmmons, Samuel FranklinHeadlineLeadville CO mining atlas + text vol. 1883-86PublisherUnited States Geological Survey/Government Printing OfficeDate Published1883-1886 Lot #127 Report on the United States and Mexican Boundary Survey, Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of the Interior View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineEmory on the Mexican BoundaryPublisherA.O.P. NicholsonDate Published1857-59 Lot #132 Facts and Photos: Ocala, Florida, Marion County (wrapper title) View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Florida)HeadlineProfusely illustrated Florida promotional c.1910PublisherJ.P. Bell, Printers, Designers & EngineersDate Publishedc.1910 Lot #142 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$375StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFrémont's Expedition, House issue w/ 4 mapsPublisherBlair and RivesDate Published1845 Lot #143 Report on an Exploration of the Country Lying Between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, on the Line of the Kansas and Great Platte Rivers View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFrémont's 1842 expedition in wrappersPublisherPrinted by order of the United States' SenateDate Published1843 Lot #144 Letter from Zane Grey to an Alvah D. James regarding Grey’s sudden lack of popularity as a writer View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey crashes as authorDate PublishedNov. 23, 1931 Lot #145 Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans L'Amerique Centrale... Geologie. Description des Anciennes Possessions Mexicaines du Nord... (wrapper title) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorGuillemin-Tarayre, EdmondHeadlineMining & geology of California, 1871, w/ mapsPublisherImprimerie NationaleDate Published1871 Lot #147 Ledger book from Love's Bakery, Honolulu 1886-1887 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Hawaii)HeadlineLove's Bakery, Honolulu HI ledger 1886-7PublisherLove's BakeryDate Published1886-1887 Lot #149 Inscribed portrait of William Randolph Hearst View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Hearst, William Randolph)AuthorUnattributedHeadlinePortrait inscribed by W.R. HearstDate Published[c.1920's-1940's] Lot #150 History of California View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHittell, Theodore H.HeadlineHittell's History of California 1898 EditionPublisherN.J. StoneDate Published1897-1898 Lot #151 A Tale of Home and War View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHowland, Mrs. E.P.HeadlineMissionary among the Cherokee during Civil WarPublisherBrown Thurston & CompanyDate Published1888 Lot #152 Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California. Illustrated with Over One Hundred Engravings. A Tourist's Guide to the Yo-semite Valley, The Big Tree Groves...The Quicksilver Mines of New Almaden and Henriquita-Mount Shasta-The Farallone Islands...Lake Tahoe, and Other Places of Interest... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineScenes of Wonder/Curiosity in CA by JM HutchingsPublisherA. Roman and Co.Date Published1872 Lot #154 Two booklets in Cherokee on religious subjects View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Indian Catechisms)AuthorChamberlin, Rev. A.N., translatorHeadlineTwo Christian pamphlets in CherokeeDate Publishedc.1892 Lot #155 Report upon the Colorado River of the West View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorIves, Joseph ChristmasHeadlineIves Report Colorado River West, Senate ed.PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1861 Lot #156 Report upon the Colorado River of the West View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorIves, Joseph ChristmasHeadlineIves Report Colorado River West, Senate ed.PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1861 Lot #157 Fourteen views of the Rocky Mountains View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJackson, William Henry, J.M. Bagley et al.HeadlineFourteen albumen prints, Rocky MountainsDate Publishedc. 1880's Lot #159 The Todd-Donigan Iron Co. Incorporated. Illustrated Catalogue No. 2 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(Kentucky)HeadlineScarce 1893 Illustrated Ironworks cataloguePublisherThe Todd-Donigan Iron Co.Date Published1893 Lot #161 Letter by the French chronicler of Lafayette's journey to America View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Lafayette in America)AuthorLevasseur, Andre-Nicolas (Auguste)HeadlineFrench chronicler of Lafayette's journey to AmericaDate Published(October) 1829 Lot #163 History of the Expedition under the Command of Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri River, thence across the Rocky Mountains and down the Columbia River to the Pacific Ocean performed during the Years 1804-5-6, by Order of the Government of the United States View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorLewis, Meriwether & William ClarkHeadlineJournals of Lewis & Clark Large Paper EditionPublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1893 Lot #164 The Trail of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1904: A story of the great exploration across the Continent in 1804-06; with a description of the old trail, based upon actual travel over it, and of the changes found a century later View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorWheeler, Olin D.HeadlineThe Trail of Lewis and Clark, 1804-1904PublisherPutnamDate Published1904 Lot #166 Lights and Shades of San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorLloyd, Benjamin E.HeadlineLights and Shades of San Francisco 1876PublisherA.L. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1876 Lot #167 Petroleum Motor-Cars View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLockert, LouisHeadlineLockert's 1898 illustrated guide to motor carsPublisherSampson Low, Marston & Company LimitedDate Published1898 Lot #169 Autograph Letter Signed by a Boston merchant to the leading British wine-sellers of Madeira, months after revolutionary France declared war on England and Spain, with President Washington formally proclaiming strict American neutrality View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Maritime - Citizen Genet affair, 1793)AuthorVaughan, CharlesHeadlineWashington's neutrality in European WarDate PublishedAugust 26, 1793 Lot #171 McClung Family archive View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Heading(McClung Family)HeadlineLetters from Nixon, Pearl Binding, & moreProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Published1918-1976 Lot #175 The War with Mexico, 1846-1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorSmith, Justin HarveyHeadlineFrom the 1920 Pulitzer Prize in history winnerPublisherThe MacMillan CompanyDate Published1919 Lot #183 Cuadro Descriptivo y Comparativo de las Lenguas Indigenas de Mexico View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Mexico)AuthorPimentel, Francisco, Conde de HerasHeadlineIndigenous languages of Mexico, 1862-5PublisherImprenta de Andrade y EscalanteDate Published1862-1865 Lot #184 Partial Autograph Letter by Commander in Chief of the Mexican Navy View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico)AuthorPorter, David, Commander, USNHeadlineUS Navy hero takes command of Mexico's NavyDate PublishedJune 27, 1826 Lot #186 The Vigilantes of Montana, or Popular Justice in the Rocky Mountains. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Montana)AuthorDimsdale, Thomas JosiahHeadlineThe Saga of Henry Plummer's Road Agent BandPublisherD.W. TiltonDate Published1882 Lot #187 American Fork Basin. Montana. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Montana)AuthorGortemoller, AdolfHeadlineWith folding map of Montana counties in 1908PublisherAdolf GortemollerDate Published[1908] Lot #189 Picturesque California View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorMuir, John, editorHeadlineJohn Muir, Picturesque California 1894, complete runPublisherJ. Dewing CompanyDate Published1894 Lot #190 The Case of the Cherokee Nation against the State of Georgia; Argued and Determined at the Supreme Court of the United States, January Term 1831. View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Native American - Cherokee Nation)AuthorPeters, RichardHeadlineCherokee Nation vs the State of Georgia, 1831Publisher[John Grigg]Date Published[1831] Lot #191 Side Lights on the Civil War 1861-1865: Early Days in Nevada View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)AuthorCotton, Charles S.HeadlineEarly days in Nevada, Civil War 1861-1865PublisherCotton's Co-operative Publishing Co., Inc.Date Published1912 Lot #192 Payroll sheet for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Nevada)HeadlinePayroll for Virginia & Truckee R.R. 1877Date Published1877 Lot #197 Chavner family archive View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Oregon - Jackson County)HeadlineChavner family collection, Gold Hill, OregonDate Publishedc. 1870s-1900 Lot #198 Souvenir, Portland Fire Department, Portland, Oregon. (wrapper title) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Maine - Portland)HeadlineScarce 1902 Portland Fire Department bookletPublisherPublished by the Relief AssociationDate Published1902 Lot #201 Five photographs attributed to George Banfield View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Photographs)AuthorBanfield, GeorgeHeadline5 photos attributed to George BanfieldDate Publishedc.1919 Lot #202 The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, to Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorPike, Zebulon MontgomeryHeadlineThe Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery PikePublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1895 Lot #203 Exploratory Travels Through the Western Territories of North America: Comprising a Voyage from St. Louis, on the Mississippi, to the Source of that River, and a Journey Through the Interior of Louisiana, and the North-Eastern Provinces of New Spain. Performed in the years 1805, 1806, 1807, by Order of the Government of the United States View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorPike, Zebulon MontgomeryHeadlineZebulon Pike's Exploratory Travels 1st U.K. edPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and BrownDate Published1811 Lot #207 Thirty-two issues of the annual Report to the Directors of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, to the Stockholders View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Railroads)Headline32 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. reportsDate Published1874-1906; 1916 Lot #238 Reports of Inspection Made in the Summer of 1877 by Generals P.H. Sheridan and W.T. Sherman of Country North of the Union Pacific Railroad View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorSheridan, Philip H. & William T. ShermanHeadlineInspections of Big Horn and Yellowstone 1878PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1878 Lot #239 Report from the Secretary of War, Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Report and Map of the Route from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Made by Lieutenant Simpson View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorSimpson, James H.HeadlineSenate issue of w/ 3 maps of Simpson's RoutePublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1850 Lot #240 Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting...a Report and Map...of the Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; Also a Report on the Same Subject from Captain R.B. Marcy, 5th Infantry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSimpson, James H.HeadlineHouse issue of Simpson's Route to Santa Fe 1850Publisher[Government Printing Office]Date Published1850 Lot #241 Reward document for runaway slave from Newport, East Tennessee View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Slavery)AuthorJenkins, AugustineHeadlineRunaway Slave reward document, TennesseeProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate PublishedEarly 19th century Lot #244 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: To Which Are Added, Biographical Memoirs of Some Prominent Citizens View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorSoulé, Frank, John H. Gihon and James NisbetHeadlineSoule's The Annals of San FranciscoPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1855 Lot #245 The Southwest Historical Series View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Southwest Historical Series)AuthorBieber, Ralph P. and LeRoy R. Hafen, editorsHeadlineThe Southwest Historical Series complete setPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1931-1943 Lot #247 Seven patents for sports equipment View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Sports)HeadlineSeven sports patents, c.1910-1940ProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionPublisherCommissioner of PatentsDate Publishedc.1910-1940 Lot #251 The Early Days and Men of California View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorSwasey, William F.HeadlineEarly Days California 1st Ed. signed by SwaseyPublisherPacific PressDate Published1891 Lot #252 Eldorado, or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineTaylor's Gold Rush classic Eldorado, 1st edPublisherGeorge P. Putnam; Richard BentleyDate Published1850 Lot #258 Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorSowell, Andrew JacksonHeadlineFirst Edition of Sowell's Early Texas pioneersPublisherBen C. Jones & Co.Date Published1900 Lot #259 Philip Nolan and his activities in Texas View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Texas)AuthorWilson, Maurine T.HeadlineThesis on early Texas freebooter & filibusterDate PublishedMay, 1932 Lot #262 California Perfume Company View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Trade catalogs)HeadlinePre-Avon California Perfume Catalog c. 1926PublisherCalifornia Perfume CompanyDate Published[1926] Lot #263 Supreme Court portrait signed by all nine judges View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(U.S. Supreme Court)HeadlineBurger Court photo signed by all nine justicesDate Publishedc. 1983 Lot #265 Fifteen letters from Vietnam War soldier Sgt. Walter Stratz to Edward Byrne View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Vietnam War)AuthorStratz, WalterHeadline15 letters from Vietnam war soldier 1969-70ProvenanceJames Melikian CollectionDate Published1969-1970 Lot #269 Collection of late 19th and early 20th century Western photographs and ephemera View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Heading(Western Americana)Headline19th c. Western photos and ephemera collectionDate Publishedc.1880-1920 Lot #270 The Metallic Wealth of The United States View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorWhitney, Josiah DwightHeadlineWhitney, Metallic Wealth of the U.S. 1st ed.PublisherLippincott, Grambo & Co.Date Published1854 Lot #272 Journey to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorWislizenus, F. AdolphHeadlineJourney to the Rocky Mountains in 1839, 1/500PublisherMissouri Historical SocietyDate Published1912 Lot #273 The Virginian [with] autograph letter signed by Owen Wister View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorWister, OwenHeadlineOwen Wister The Virginian with ALS on playPublisherMacmillanDate Published1904 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next