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Previous|1|Next Lot #15 Two issues of "The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science" focused on African Americans View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(African American, 1913-1928)AuthorDuBois, W.E.B., et al.Headline1st renowned Black scholarsProvenanceDr. Ruth RoettingerPublisherAmerican Academy of Political and Social ScienceDate Published1913 and 1928 Lot #17 Proceedings of First Session of the Montana State Federation of Negro Women's Clubs... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorArnold, Angie Mills, editorHeadlineMeetings of Montana Negro Women's Clubs, 1921-22PublisherMontana State Federation of Negro Women's ClubsDate Published1922 Lot #36 Mineral Springs and Health Resorts of California with a Complete Chemical Analysis of Every Important Mineral Water in the World View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAnderson, WinslowHeadlineImportant work of California BalneologyProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherThe Bancroft CompanyDate Published1892 Lot #46 Men and Memories of San Francisco in the "Spring of '50" View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBarry, T.A. and B.A. PattenHeadlineThe S.F. Gold Rush recalled by two saloon-keepsProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherA.L. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1873 Lot #50 The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBonner, T.D.HeadlineLife of James P. Beckwourth First EditionProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1856 Lot #55 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$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBryant, EdwinHeadlineWhat I Saw in California, 1848, Bryant EdwinProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1849 Lot #57 Pioneer History of Custer County and Short Sketches of Early Days in Nebraska View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorButcher, Solomon D.HeadlinePioneer History of Custer County NebraskaPublisherSolomon D. Butcher and Ephraim S. FinchDate Published1901 Lot #60 Berkeley Cook Book; a Collection of Choice and Tested Recipes by the Ladies of Berkeley View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Berkeley)HeadlineScarce 1884 Berkeley Cook BookPublisherPacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1884 Lot #65 As Prescribed by Law: A Treatise on Folsom Prison View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Sacramento County)HeadlineWith 7 mounted photographs of Folsom PrisonProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherThe Represa PressDate Published1940 Lot #66 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Bay Area)AuthorLewis, OscarHeadlineWith pictorial bird's-eye view of Bay AreaPublisherSan Francisco Bay Area CouncilDate Published1945 Lot #74 History of Siskiyou County, California, Illustrated with Views of Residences, Business Buildings and Natural Scenery, and Containing Portraits and Biographies of its Leading Citizens and Pioneers. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(California - Siskiyou County)AuthorWells, Harry LaurenzHeadlineIllust. History of Siskiyou County CaliforniaProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherD.J. Stewart & Co.Date Published1881 Lot #83 California—Refund Money to State of, for Suppressing Indian Aggressions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineAftermath of Gold Rush conflict in CaliforniaPublisherCommittee on Military AffairsDate Published1854 Lot #84 Mining Debris in California Rivers. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting A Final Report upon the system to prevent further injury to the navigable waters of California from mining debris. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineWith 3 maps showing the damage of the Gold RushProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1882 Lot #85 The Pacific Coast First Reader View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineReading primer for California school childrenProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherA.L. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1874 Lot #88 Pioneer Days in California: Historical and Personal Sketches View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCarr, JohnHeadlineJohn Carr Pioneer Days in California 1891PublisherTimes PublishingDate Published1891 Lot #92 San Francisco and Oakland Chinese Telephone Directory, March 1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Chinese American)Headline1938 San Francisco Chinese Telephone DirectoryPublisherThe Pacific Telephone and Telegraph CompanyDate Published1938 Lot #98 Crofutts Grip-Sack Guide of Colorado. A Complete Encyclopedia of the State: Resources and Condensed Authentic Descriptions of Every City, Town, Village, Station, Post Office and Important Mining Camp... View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Colorado)HeadlineWith Topographical & Township Map of ColoradoPublisherThe Overland Publishing Co.Date Published1881 Lot #102 Adventures on the Columbia River, Including the Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorCox, RossHeadlineNarrative of the early fur tradePublisherJ. & J. HarperDate Published1832 Lot #126 New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coins, Counterfeit Coins, and Bullion, with Mint Values View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorEckfeldt, Jacob Reese & William E. Du BoisHeadlineFirst Edition Eckfeldt and Du Bois' 1850 CoinsProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherPublished by the AuthorsDate Published1850 Lot #133 Facts and Photos: Ocala, Florida, Marion County (wrapper title) View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Florida)HeadlineProfusely illustrated Florida promotional c.1910PublisherJ.P. Bell, Printers, Designers & EngineersDate Publishedc.1910 Lot #140 First Annual Report of the Chief Executive Viticultural Officer to the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners, for the Year 1881. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorFoëx, GustaveHeadline1881 Report on Viticulture in CaliforniaProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherState Office: J.D. Young, Supt. State PrintingDate Published1882 Lot #145 Old Chinatown: A Book of Pictures by Arnold Genthe View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGenthe, Arnold and Will IrwinHeadlineGenthe's pre-quake photographs of ChinatownProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1913 Lot #148 Commerce of the Prairies: or a Journal of a Santa Fe Trader, during Eight Expeditions across the Great Western Prairies, and a Residence of Nearly Nine Years in Northern New Mexico View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorGregg, JosiahHeadlineJosiah Gregg Commerce of the Prairies 1844PublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1844 Lot #151 Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans L'Amerique Centrale... Geologie. Description des Anciennes Possessions Mexicaines du Nord... (wrapper title) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorGuillemin-Tarayre, EdmondHeadlineMining & geology of California, 1871, w/ mapsPublisherImprimerie NationaleDate Published1871 Lot #158 The Official Manual of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, U.S.A. Vol. I A.D. 1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHills, Fred, compilerHeadlineMining holdings in Colorado Springs, 1900ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherFred Hills, E.M.Date Published1900 Lot #164 Cook Book for Kitchen Patriots View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Indiana)HeadlineWorld War I era cook book for rationed suppliesPublisherFood Conservation Committee of St. Joseph County IndianaDate Published1918 Lot #168 Sights in the Gold Regions and Scenes by the Way View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, Theodore T.HeadlineSights in the Gold Region 1849 First EditionProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherBaker and ScribnerDate Published1849 Lot #170 An Excursion to California over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great Sierra Nevada. With a Stroll Through the Diggings and Ranches of that Country View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorKelly, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Kelly's excursion to California in 1849ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1851 Lot #173 Scenery of the Plains, Mountains and Mines: or a Diary Kept upon the Overland Route to California...in the Years 1850, '51, '52 and '53 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLangworthy, FranklinHeadlineFranklin Langworthy's account of the Gold RushProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherJ. C. SpragueDate Published1855 Lot #186 Ten Years In Nevada or, Life on the Pacific Coast View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMathews, Mary MHeadlineTen Years in Nevada w/ 3 extra mounted portraitsProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherBaker, Jones & Co.Date Published1880 Lot #206 Special Report of New York State Survey of the Preservation of the Scenery of Niagara Falls and Fourth Annual Report on the Triangulation of the State for the year 1879. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(New York)AuthorGardner, James T.HeadlineWith 4 maps of the Niagara Falls area in 1879ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherCharles Van Benthuysen & SonsDate Published1880 Lot #211 Twelve Years in the Mines of California; Embracing a General View of the Gold Region, with Practical Observations on Hill, Placer, and Quartz Diggings; and Notes on the Origin of Gold Deposits View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorPatterson, Lawson B.HeadlinePatterson's 12 years in California mines, 1862ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherMiles and DillinghamDate Published1862 Lot #216 Thirty-two issues of the annual Report to the Directors of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, to the Stockholders View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Railroads)Headline32 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. reportsDate Published1874-1906; 1916 Lot #218 The Facts of Reconstruction View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Reconstruction)AuthorLynch, John R.HeadlineJohn Lynch's defence of Reconstruction policiesPublisherNeale Publishing CompanyDate Published1913 Lot #219 A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn... View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorRevere, Joseph WarrenHeadlineJoseph Revere A Tour of Duty in California 1849ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherC. S. Francis & Co.; J.H. FrancisDate Published1849 Lot #221 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlinePersonal Adventures in Upper and Lower CaliforniaProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherWilliam ShoberlDate Published1850 Lot #224 California and its Resources: A Work for the Merchant, the Capitalist, and the Emigrant View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorSeyd, ErnestHeadlineErnest Seyd California and its Resources 1858ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherTrübner & Co.Date Published1858 Lot #233 Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Including a Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorStansbury, HowardHeadlineStansbury Salt Lake survey, plates & maps, 1852ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherLippincott, Grambo & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #236 Prairie Trails & Cow Towns View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorStreeter, Floyd BenjaminHeadlineFirst Edition of Streeter's Prairie TrailsPublisherChapman & GrimesDate Published1936 Lot #258 Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorWoods, Daniel B.HeadlineSixteen Months at the Gold DiggingsProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherHarper & Brothers, PublishersDate Published1851 Lot #262 History of the Big Bonanza: An Authentic Account of the Discovery, History, and Working of the World Renowned Comstock Silver Lode of Nevada... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Wright, William)AuthorDe Quille, Dan, pseud.HeadlineWilliam Wright's History of the Big BonanzaProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1876 Lot #305 A History of Jewellery 1100-1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEvans, JoanHeadlineHistory of Jewellery 1100-1870, bound by AspreyPublisherFaber and FaberDate Published1970 Lot #309 Corn and Currency; in an Address to the Land Owners View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorGraham, James, SirHeadlineCorn and Currency, Sir James Graham, 1826PublisherJames RidgwayDate Published1826 Lot #313 The Constitution of Liberty View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorHayek, FriedrichHeadlineHayek Constitution of Liberty First U.K. editionPublisherRoutledge & Kegan PaulDate Published1960 Lot #323 The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorKeynes, John MaynardHeadlineKeynes General Theory Employment Money 1st U.S.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1936 Lot #333 Five volumes of the Landscape Annual View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorRoscoe, ThomasHeadlineThe Landscape Annual 1830, 31, 33, 34 and 39PublisherRobert Jennings & Jennings and ChaplinDate Published1830-1839 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next