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8

On Writing the Waterbirds and Other Presentations

Author
Everson, William
Headline
William Everson signed On Writing the Waterbirds
Publisher
The Scarecrow Press
Date Published
1983

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

17

Letter from Zane Grey to Henry Phillips, regarding the latter’s claim that Grey wrote his books with the intent that they be made into movies

Author
Grey, Zane
Headline
Zane Grey does not write for the movies
Date Published
March 26, no year

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(15 bids)

24

Don't Bite the Sun

Author
Lee, Tanith
Headline
Don't Bite the Sun signed by Tanith Lee
Publisher
DAW Books
Date Published
[1976]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

32

Magic Feathers: The Mike & Nick Show

Author
Resnick, Mike and Nick DiChario
Headline
With bookplate signed by both authors
Publisher
Obscura Press
Date Published
[2000]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

41

Four works from Subterranean Press

Heading
(Subterranean Press)
Headline
Three are signed deluxe editions
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Date Published
2010-2013

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

43

Steps Must Be Gentle: A Dramatic Reading for Two Performers

Author
Williams, Tennessee
Publisher
Targ Editions
Date Published
[1980]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

55

Letter from Sevi Bigelow on debts and horses

Author
Bigelow, Sevi
Headline
Letter from Sevi Biegelow on debt & horses
Date Published
April 8, 1811

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

56

Photograph signed by Omar N. Bradley

Author
Bradley, Omar
Headline
Omar Bradley signed photograph
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

58

Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings and other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association, April 2, 1849 - July 20, 1851

Author
Bruff, J. Goldsborough
Headline
Bruff's Gold Rush Journals, Calif. Centennial Edition
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Date Published
1949

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

59

Seven volumes from Dawson's Book Shop Famous California Trials series

Heading
(California - Famous California Trials)
Headline
Seven volumes from Famous California Trials
Publisher
Dawson's Book Shop
Date Published
1963-75

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(14 bids)

60

Letter from Nellie D. Gleason to William Heath Davis

Heading
(California - Los Angeles)
Author
Gleason, Nellie D.
Headline
N. Gleason to Wm. Heath Davis, 1896
Date Published
1896

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

61

History of Napa and Lake Counties, California, Comprising Their Geography, Geology, Topography, Climatography, Springs and Timber...Milling, Mining, Pisciculture Wine Interests...

Heading
(California - Napa County)
Headline
History of Napa in sturdy rebind
Publisher
Slocum, Bowen & Co.
Date Published
1881

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$187.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(16 bids)

62

Two brochures on Redlands

Heading
(California - Redlands)
Headline
2 promotional brochures about Redlands, CA
Date Published
1910-1915

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

63

Pass for travel in San Francisco a week after the earthquake and fire, signed by the mayor of San Francisco

Heading
(California - San Francisco Earthquake)
Author
Schmitz, Eugene Edward
Headline
Post-S.F. Earthquake travel pass signed by Mayor Schmitz
Date Published
April 24, 1906

Sold for$75

StatusSold

64

The San Francisco Vigilance Committee of 1856: Three Views...

Heading
(California - San Francisco Vigilance Committee)
Author
Nunis, Doyce B. Jr.,editor
Headline
Los Angeles Westerners silver anniversary publication
Publisher
The Westerners
Date Published
(1971)

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

65

El Capitan, Yosemite [with] Yosemite National Park [and] Bridal Veil Falls

Heading
(California - Yosemite)
Headline
Three photographs of Yosemite (2 by Pillsbury)
Publisher
Pillsbury Picture Company; Wide World Photo
Date Published
Early 1900's; 1952; c.1916

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

66

Two Yosemite photographs by George Fiske

Heading
(California - Yosemite)
Author
Fiske, George
Headline
Two Yosemite prints by George Fiske
Date Published
c. 1870's-1880's

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

68

Mirror View of Cathedral Rocks, Yosemite

Heading
(California - Yosemite)
Author
Watkins, Carleton E.
Headline
View of Cathedral Rocks, Carleton E. Watkins
Date Published
Undated

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

69

Four volumes relating to the California Gold Rush

Heading
(California Gold Rush)
Headline
4 volumes related to the California Gold Rush
Date Published
1936-1967

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

70

California and the the Gold Mania [and] Recollections of California 1846-1861

Heading
(California)
Headline
General William T. Sherman on California
Date Published
1945

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

71

Four volumes about California

Heading
(California)
Headline
Four on California
Date Published
1912-1982

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

82

日米時事住所録 1970 [Nichi-Bei jiji Jūshoroku 1970]

Heading
(Directories)
Headline
Japanese S.F. Directory 1970, Nichi Bei Times
Publisher
Nichi Bei Times
Date Published
1970

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

86

Four English Indentures

Heading
(England - Indentures)
Headline
Four English indentures, c.1600-1750
Date Published
c.1600-1750

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

89

Autograph and portrait of Frances F. Cleveland as First Lady

Heading
(First Ladies, 1885)
Author
Cleveland, Frances F.
Headline
Frances F. Cleveland autograph as first lady
Date Published
c.1886

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

90

Autograph letter signed by Frances Cleveland

Heading
(First Ladies, 1885)
Author
Cleveland, Francis F.
Headline
Autograph letter signed by 1st Lady, Frances Cleveland
Date Published
November 3, 1887

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

106

A Journal of Ramblings Through the High Sierra of California by the University Excursion Party

Author
Le Conte, Joseph
Headline
Le Conte's Rambling in the High Sierra
Publisher
The Sierra Club
Date Published
1930

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

110

WITHDRAWN - Missions

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

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

120

Stagecoaching on El Camino Real, Los Angeles to San Francisco, 1861-1901: The clouds on its origin - its turbulent and boisterous progress to the completion of the rails

Author
Outland, Charles F.
Headline
Stagecoaching on El Camino Real
Publisher
The Arthur H. Clark Company
Date Published
1973

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

121

Early California Hospitality: The Cookery Customs of Spanish California, with authentic recipes and menus of the period

Author
Packman, Ana Bégué
Headline
Recipe history of California
Publisher
The Arthur H. Clark Company
Date Published
1938

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

126

Typed letter signed from Richard Nixon to George Murphy

Heading
(Presidents, 1969)
Author
Nixon, Richard
Headline
ALS from Nixon to George Murphy 1966
Date Published
1966

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

127

A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford

Heading
(Presidents, 1974)
Author
Ford, Gerald R.
Headline
President Ford's A Time to Heal, signed
Publisher
Harper & Row
Date Published
[1979]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

128

Three books signed by George W. Bush

Heading
(Presidents, 2001)
Author
Bush, George W.
Headline
3 signed by George W. Bush
Date Published
1999-2014

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

129

Portraits of Courage: A Commander in Chief's Tribute to America's Warriors

Heading
(Presidents, 2001)
Author
Bush, George W.
Headline
President Bush Signed Portraits of Courage
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Date Published
[2017]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

131

California Local History: A Bibliography and Union List of Library Holdings [with] Supplement

Author
Rocq, Margaret Miller, editor
Headline
Bibliography of Caifornia Local History Library Holdings
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Date Published
1970

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

133

Two letters from Lydia H. Sigourney

Author
Sigourney, Lydia H.
Headline
Two letters from Lydia H. Sigourney, 1841 & 46
Date Published
1841-1846

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

135

WITHDRAWN - Letter from A.E. Miley, a clerk in the Foreign Division of the Auditors Office, regarding the proper placement of weights in the Parcel Post mail forms

Heading
(United States - Bureaucracy)
Author
Miley, A.E.
Headline
WITHDRAWN - Star Trek motto in 1899 bureaucratic letter
Date Published
May 2, 1899

StatusUnsold

136

WITHDRAWN - O California! Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century California Landscapes and Observations

Author
Vincent, Stephen, editor
Headline
WITHDRAWN - O California! Preface by Kevin Starr
Publisher
Bedford Arts
Date Published
[1990]

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

139

WITHDRAWN - California Almanack

Author
Wagner, Rob
Headline
WITHDRAWN - Rob Wagner's California Almanack
Publisher
Times-Mirror Press
Date Published
[1922]

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

141

O Conscious Heart... for Miss Eliza Mum

Author
Willis, Nathaniel Parker
Headline
Unpublished Nathaniel Parker Willis ms poem
Date Published
c.1826-1830

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$625

StatusSold

Bidding history(33 bids)

142

The Zamorano 80: A Selection of Distinguished California Books Made by Members of the Zamorano Club

Heading
(Zamorano 80)
Headline
Zamorano Club's 80 favorite CA books
Publisher
Martino Publishing
Date Published
1991

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

144

Map of Kings County, California

Heading
(California - Kings County)
Author
Punnett Brothers
Headline
Folding map of Kings County, Cal. 1914
Publisher
C.F. Weber & Co.
Date Published
1914

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

146

Los Angeles

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

Sold for$50

StatusSold

147

Two Coast survey maps of Monterey Bay

Heading
(California - Monterey Bay)
Headline
2 Monterey Bay survey maps 1851-55
Date Published
c.1851-1855

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

148

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$50

StatusSold

149

San Francisco. 1854. Published for the History of the World by Henry Bill, New York

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
Lithographed view of San Francisco, 1854
Date Published
1854

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

150

Reconnaissance of San Pedro Harbor California by the Hydrographic Party under the command of Lieut. Comdg. James Alden...

Heading
(California - San Pedro Harbor)
Author
U.S. Coast Survey
Headline
Chart of San Pedro Harbor, Cal., 1852
Date Published
1852

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

151

Historical Atlas Map of Sonoma County, California

Heading
(California - Sonoma County)
Author
Thompson, Thos. H.
Headline
Facsimile of Sonoma County Atlas
Publisher
Thos. H. Thompson & Co.
Date Published
1877 [but later reprint]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

152

Wintertime Yosemite Boasting Chart

Heading
(California - Yosemite)
Headline
Yosemite winter activities letter map
Publisher
Willy Nilly Map Co.
Date Published
1945

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

153

Sketch of the Battle of Los Angeles Upper California. Fought between the Americans and Mexicans Jany. 9th, 1847. From a sketch of Emory

Heading
(California)
Author
Emory, William H.
Headline
Battle of Los Angeles during Mexican War, 1847
Date Published
[1847]

Estimate$1

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

154

Topographical map of the mineral districts of California = Carte du district mineral de la Californie = El unico mapa de los districtos minerales de California : being the first map ever published from actual survey

Heading
(California)
Author
Trask, John B.
Headline
Facsimile of Trask 1853 gold region map
Date Published
c.1900?

Sold for$150

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

160

A Map of California Showing its Delineation at Various Periods

Author
Olmsted, Duncan H.
Headline
Zamorano/Roxburghe keepsake CA map
Publisher
Zamorano Club and Roxburghe Club
Date Published
1966

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

163

Seven books or keepsakes from Book Club of California

Heading
(Book Club of California)
Headline
Seven works from Book Club of California
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

166

The Pious Fund [with] The Fremont Court Martial

Heading
(Dawson's Book Shop)
Author
Johnson, Kenneth M.
Headline
Two volumes from Dawson's Book Shop
Publisher
Dawson's Book Shop
Date Published
1963-1968

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

170

California's Medical Story

Heading
(Grabhorn Press)
Author
Harris, Henry
Headline
California's Medical Story, printed by Grabhorn
Publisher
J. W. Stacy Incorporated
Date Published
1932

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

174

Don't Count on It: A Note on the Number of The 1001 Nights

Heading
(Lord John Press)
Author
Barth, John
Headline
Both signed by the author
Publisher
Lord John Press
Date Published
1984

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

179

The Emerald

Heading
(Sylvester & Orphanos)
Author
Barthelme, Donald
Headline
Donald Barthelme The Emerald Signed Limited
Publisher
Sylvester & Orphanos
Date Published
1980

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

180

Hassan's Tower

Heading
(Sylvester & Orphanos)
Author
Drabble, Margaret
Headline
Hassan's Tower, signed by Margaret Drabble
Publisher
Sylvester & Orphanos
Date Published
1980

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

183

Splendide Californie! Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900

Heading
(Yolla Bolly Press)
Author
Chalmers, Claudine
Headline
Yolla Bolly Press for Book Club of California
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
2001

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

206

Balinese palm leaf story book

Heading
(Indonesia)
Headline
Balinese palm leaf illus. manuscript, modern
Date Published
Late 20th century

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

246

Films Etc.

Author
Klein, William
Headline
Signed with inscription by William Klein
Publisher
[Marval]
Date Published
[1998]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

247

Pt. Reyes Morning

Author
Littlejohn, Toni
Headline
Pt. Reyes Morning signed by Toni Littlejohn
Date Published
1981

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

251

Courtyard

Author
Nagai Kiyoshi [pseud. of Hiroyuki Tajima]
Headline
Signed by Kiyoshi Nagai
Date Published
1971

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

252

Tree and Dogwood, Evening, Near the Gates of the Valley, Yosemite

Author
Nixon, Jeff
Headline
Tree and Dogwood...signed by Jeff Nixon
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

295

Psionic Swamp

Heading
(Posters)
Author
Howard, John
Headline
Signed by John Howard
Date Published
2012

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

297

The Wheelright Shop, New York

Author
Roth, Ernest David
Headline
Signed by Ernest D. Roth
Date Published
1916

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

299

Hear Me Howling!

Author
Seabury, John
Headline
Signed by Seabury, Strachwitz and Machado
Date Published
2011

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

300

Wierzovma feela [?]

Author
Seamen, Jan Piotr
Headline
Signed by Jan Piotr Seamen
Date Published
1983

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

301

Fairfax Bridge Views

Author
Toney, Anita
Headline
Signed by Anita Toney
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

303

[Untitled]

Author
Verhalen, C.
Headline
Signed by Verhalen
Date Published
No date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

305

Elixir

Author
Weesner, Keith
Headline
Signed by Keith Weesner
Date Published
2013

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

307

[Stones on Grass, 1973]

Author
Werling, Robert
Headline
Bob Werling landscape photo 1973 signed
Date Published
1973

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

309

Brett Weston: Photographs from Five Decades

Heading
(Weston, Brett)
Author
Cravens, R.H.
Headline
Signed by Brett Weston
Publisher
Aperture
Date Published
[1980]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold