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Previous|12|Next Lot #15 Two issues of "The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science" focused on African Americans 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #17 Proceedings of First Session of the Montana State Federation of Negro Women's Clubs... Heading(African American, 1922)AuthorArnold, Angie Mills, editorHeadlineMeetings of Montana Negro Women's Clubs, 1921-22PublisherMontana State Federation of Negro Women's ClubsDate Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #36 Mineral Springs and Health Resorts of California with a Complete Chemical Analysis of Every Important Mineral Water in the World AuthorAnderson, WinslowHeadlineImportant work of California BalneologyProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherThe Bancroft CompanyDate Published1892 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #43 Reports on the Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun of January 1, 1889 Heading(Astronomy)HeadlineWith mounted albumen print of Total EclipseProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherJ.D. Young, Supt. State PrintingDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #46 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 saloon-keepsProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherA.L. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1873 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #50 The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians AuthorBonner, T.D.HeadlineLife of James P. Beckwourth First EditionProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #51 Memoirs of Edward Bosqui AuthorBosqui, Edward and Harold C. HolmesHeadlineMemoirs of Edward BosquiProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherThe Holmes Book CompanyDate Published1952 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #53 The New West: or, California in 1867-1868 AuthorBrace, Charles LoringHeadlineHandsome Sangorski & Sutcliffe bindingPublisherG.P. Putnam & SonDate Published1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold 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 AuthorBryant, EdwinHeadlineWhat I Saw in California, 1848, Bryant EdwinProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #57 Pioneer History of Custer County and Short Sketches of Early Days in Nebraska AuthorButcher, Solomon D.HeadlinePioneer History of Custer County NebraskaPublisherSolomon D. Butcher and Ephraim S. FinchDate Published1901 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #58 Message of the President of the United States, Communicating information...in relation to California and New Mexico Heading(California & New Mexico)Author[Taylor, Zachary]HeadlineCalifornia & New Mexico, Do. 17, House Ed.Date Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #59 Great Register of the County of Alameda Heading(California - Alameda County)HeadlineGreat Register Alameda County 1884, 86, 88PublisherOakland Tribune PrintDate Published1884, 1886, 1888 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #60 Berkeley Cook Book; a Collection of Choice and Tested Recipes by the Ladies of Berkeley Heading(California - Berkeley)HeadlineScarce 1884 Berkeley Cook BookPublisherPacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #61 Four items relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps in California, and specifically Marin County Heading(California - Marin County)HeadlineRare Marin County CCC ephemeraDate Publishedc.1937 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #62 Three original photographs of the groundbreaking ceremony at the Japanese pavilion at the Panama Pacific International Exposition Heading(California - Panama Pacific International Exposition)AuthorSwadley, Wesley W.HeadlineJapanese P.P.I.E. pavilion groundbreaking photosDate Publishedc.1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #63 The Story of the Exposition; Being the Official History of the International Celebration Held at San Francisco in 1915 to Commemorate the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the Construction of the Panama Canal Heading(California - Panama Pacific International Exposition)AuthorTodd, Frank MortonHeadlineHistory of the Panama Pacific International ExpoPublisherPutnam's / Knickerbocker PressDate Published1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #65 As Prescribed by Law: A Treatise on Folsom Prison Heading(California - Sacramento County)HeadlineWith 7 mounted photographs of Folsom PrisonProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherThe Represa PressDate Published1940 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 Heading(California - San Francisco Bay Area)AuthorLewis, OscarHeadlineWith pictorial bird's-eye view of Bay AreaPublisherSan Francisco Bay Area CouncilDate Published1945 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #67 The Call-Chronicle-Examiner Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlineCombined San Francisco Earthquake newspaperDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #68 The Pacific Coast Pulpit containing Sermons by Prominent Preachers of San Francisco and Vicinity. Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineWith albumen portraits of S.F. Preachers, 1875ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherWestern Reporting and Publishing CompanyDate Published1875 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #69 Photograph album of early 20th century San Francisco Bay Area life Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBay Area photographs from early 20th centuryDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #70 The Annals of Hotel St. Francis Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorRowell, Guy S., editorHeadlineSigned and inscribed by Guy S. RowellPublisherJames WoodsDate Published1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #71 San Francisco Traffic Ordinances Regulating Moving Vehicles, Taxicabs, Jitneys, Street Cars, etc. Published by Authority of the Board of Supervisors Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineTraffic laws of San Francisco, 1924PublisherPress of John Kitchen Jr. Co.Date Published1924 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #72 The Past, Present and Future Water Supply of San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorSchussler, HermannHeadlineWater in S.F. 1908, early Hetch Hetchy dam talkDate Published1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #73 Advertising leaflet for Hastings Clothiers Heading(California - San Franciso)AuthorSchneider, Gus, U.S. Naval ReserveHeadlineRare wartime cartoon map for sailors in San FranciscoPublisher(US Navy Welfare Office, San Francisco)Date Publishedc.1943 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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. Heading(California - Siskiyou County)AuthorWells, Harry LaurenzHeadlineIllust. History of Siskiyou County CaliforniaProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherD.J. Stewart & Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #75 Two printed items relating to the claim by Benjamin S. Brooks & others to Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay Heading(California - Yerba Buena Island)HeadlineYerba Buena Island ownership dispute 1870-8Date Published1870 & 1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #76 Big Oak Flat Road and Historic Bret Harte-Mark Twain County, Scenic Sierra above Sonora: Fishing - Hunting - Scenery Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineRare brochure on Big Oak Flat Road to YosemiteDate Publishedc.1920-27 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #77 Letter from H.C. Bryant, Director of Nature Guide Service at Yosemite, regarding a trip through the Sierras planned by the recipient, with a sketch map by Bryant of a proposed route Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorBryant, Harold C.HeadlineYosemite ranger maps out summer trek, 1925Date Published1925 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #78 Deed of Trust. Yosemite Short Line Railway Company to Central Trust Company of California Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineFinancing Yosemite Short Line RailwayPublisherSolinsky & Wehe, CounselDate Published1905 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #80 Mariposa Grove of Big Trees: A short history of the Mariposa big trees and Yosemite Valley Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorLeitch, B.M.HeadlineScarce pamphlet on Big Trees 1906PublisherB.M. LeitchDate Published1906 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #81 Rules and regulations of the Yosemite National Park Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineRegulations for Yosemite, 1914PublisherDepartment of the InteriorDate Published1914 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #82 Yosemite National Park, Camp Curry: The gates of Camp Curry stand open for you Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineBrochure for Yosemite's Camp CurryPublisherCurry Camping CompanyDate Published[c.1920s] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #83 California—Refund Money to State of, for Suppressing Indian Aggressions Heading(California)HeadlineAftermath of Gold Rush conflict in CaliforniaPublisherCommittee on Military AffairsDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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. Heading(California)HeadlineWith 3 maps showing the damage of the Gold RushProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #85 The Pacific Coast First Reader Heading(California)HeadlineReading primer for California school childrenProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherA.L. Bancroft & CompanyDate Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #87 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. AuthorCapron, Elisha S.HeadlineCapron's History of California 1854ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherJohn P. Jewett & Co.; Jewett, Proctor and WorthingtonDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #88 Pioneer Days in California: Historical and Personal Sketches AuthorCarr, JohnHeadlineJohn Carr Pioneer Days in California 1891PublisherTimes PublishingDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #92 San Francisco and Oakland Chinese Telephone Directory, March 1938 Heading(Chinese American)Headline1938 San Francisco Chinese Telephone DirectoryPublisherThe Pacific Telephone and Telegraph CompanyDate Published1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #96 Travels in Mexico and California: Comprising a Journal of a Tour from Brazos Santiago, Through Central Mexico, by Way of Monterey, Chihuahua, the Country of the Apaches, and the River Gila, to the Mining Districts of California AuthorClarke, Asa BHeadlineTravels in Mexico and California 1852ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherWright & Hasty's Steam PressDate Published1852 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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... Heading(Colorado)HeadlineWith Topographical & Township Map of ColoradoPublisherThe Overland Publishing Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #102 Adventures on the Columbia River, Including the Narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side of the Rocky Mountains... AuthorCox, RossHeadlineNarrative of the early fur tradePublisherJ. & J. HarperDate Published1832 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #117 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea AuthorDana, Richard HenryHeadlineDana's Two Years Before the Mast 1840PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #121 Phoenixiana; or, Sketches and Burlesques AuthorDerby, George H.HeadlineSketches by legendary CA journalist in pub clothProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #123 Report of The Secretary of War, Communicating, In compliance with a resolution of the Senate, a report of the Tulare valley, made by Lieutenant Derby, August 24, 1852 AuthorDerby, George H.HeadlineWith Derby map of southern Central Valley Calif. 1852Date Published1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #126 New Varieties of Gold and Silver Coins, Counterfeit Coins, and Bullion, with Mint Values AuthorEckfeldt, Jacob Reese & William E. Du BoisHeadlineFirst Edition Eckfeldt and Du Bois' 1850 CoinsProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherPublished by the AuthorsDate Published1850 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #130 Across the Threshold AuthorFerris, Anita B.HeadlineScarce children's book for Missionary programsPublisherMissionary Education MovementDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #133 Facts and Photos: Ocala, Florida, Marion County (wrapper title) Heading(Florida)HeadlineProfusely illustrated Florida promotional c.1910PublisherJ.P. Bell, Printers, Designers & EngineersDate Publishedc.1910 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #140 First Annual Report of the Chief Executive Viticultural Officer to the Board of State Viticultural Commissioners, for the Year 1881. AuthorFoëx, GustaveHeadline1881 Report on Viticulture in CaliforniaProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherState Office: J.D. Young, Supt. State PrintingDate Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #143 La Californie: Histoire des Progrès de l'un des États-Unis d'Amérique et des Institutions qui font sa Prospérité AuthorFrignet, ErnestHeadlineFrignet's Californie with map 1867PublisherSchlesinger FrèresDate Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #144 On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer the Diary and Itinerary of Francisco Garcés (Missionary Priest) in His Travels Through Sonora, Arizona, and California 1775 - 1776 Author[Garcés, Francisco]HeadlineThe Diary and Itinerary of Francisco GarcésProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #145 Old Chinatown: A Book of Pictures by Arnold Genthe AuthorGenthe, Arnold and Will IrwinHeadlineGenthe's pre-quake photographs of ChinatownProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #146 The Story Of The Attempted Assassination Of Justice Field By A Former Associate On The Supreme Bench Of California AuthorGorham, George CongdonHeadlineAttempted Assassination of Justice Field, c.1893ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionDate Publishedc.1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 AuthorGregg, JosiahHeadlineJosiah Gregg Commerce of the Prairies 1844PublisherHenry G. LangleyDate Published1844 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold Lot #151 Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans L'Amerique Centrale... Geologie. Description des Anciennes Possessions Mexicaines du Nord... (wrapper title) AuthorGuillemin-Tarayre, EdmondHeadlineMining & geology of California, 1871, w/ mapsPublisherImprimerie NationaleDate Published1871 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #152 Berta and Elmer Hader's Picture Book of the States AuthorHader, Berta and ElmerHeadlineHader's Picture Book of the States rare w/jacketPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published[1932] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #158 The Official Manual of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado, U.S.A. Vol. I A.D. 1900 AuthorHills, Fred, compilerHeadlineMining holdings in Colorado Springs, 1900ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherFred Hills, E.M.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #159 A History of the City of San Francisco and incidentally of the State of California AuthorHittell, John S.HeadlineHittell's History of San FranciscoProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherA. L. BancroftDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #162 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. AuthorHutchings, J. M.HeadlineHutchings' In the Heart of the SierrasPublisherThe Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1886 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #164 Cook Book for Kitchen Patriots Heading(Indiana)HeadlineWorld War I era cook book for rationed suppliesPublisherFood Conservation Committee of St. Joseph County IndianaDate Published1918 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #167 Printed poster instructing persons of Japanese ancestry in San Francisco to report to the Civil Control Station at 2345 Channing Way in Berkeley, California Heading(Japanese-American Internment)AuthorDeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.LHeadlineJapanese exclusion in East Bay, 1942 posterPublisherU.S. ArmyDate PublishedApril 24, 1942 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #168 Sights in the Gold Regions and Scenes by the Way AuthorJohnson, Theodore T.HeadlineSights in the Gold Region 1849 First EditionProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherBaker and ScribnerDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 AuthorKelly, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Kelly's excursion to California in 1849ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1851 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #171 The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California AuthorKneeland, SamuelHeadlineKneeland's Yosemite with 20 mounted photosPublisherAlexander MooreDate Published1872 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #172 The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California AuthorKneeland, SamuelHeadlineKneeland's Wonders of Yosemite First EditionProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherAlexander MooreDate Published1871 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold 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 AuthorLangworthy, FranklinHeadlineFranklin Langworthy's account of the Gold RushProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherJ. C. SpragueDate Published1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #174 Scenery of the Plains, Mountains and Mines: or, A Diary Kept Upon the Overland Route to California... AuthorLangworthy, FranklinHeadlineFinely bound by RootPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1932 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #177 A Pictorial View of California; Including a Description of the Panama and Nicaragua Routes with Information and Advice Interesting to All, Particularly Those Who Intend to Visit the Golden Region by a Returned Californian Author[Letts, J. M.]HeadlineJ.M. Letts Pictorial View of California, 1853ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherHenry BillDate Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #183 Mountains and Molehills: or Recollections of a Burnt Journal AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMountains and Molehills by Frank MarryatProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate Published1855 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #186 Ten Years In Nevada or, Life on the Pacific Coast AuthorMathews, Mary MHeadlineTen Years in Nevada w/ 3 extra mounted portraitsProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherBaker, Jones & Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #191 Reglamento de la Dirección de Colonización Heading(Mexico & California)Author[Lafragua, José Maria]HeadlineMexican colonization as northern states slipped awayPublisherImprenta del AguilaDate Published1846 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #192 Anales Mexicanos de Ciencias, Literatura, Minería, Agricultura, Artes, Industria y Comercio en la República Mexicana Heading(Mexico - Big Trees)HeadlineAnales Mexicanos with Big Trees LithoPublisherImprenta de Andrade y EscalanteDate Published1860 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold 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. Heading(New York)AuthorGardner, James T.HeadlineWith 4 maps of the Niagara Falls area in 1879ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherCharles Van Benthuysen & SonsDate Published1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 AuthorPatterson, Lawson B.HeadlinePatterson's 12 years in California mines, 1862ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherMiles and DillinghamDate Published1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #216 Thirty-two issues of the annual Report to the Directors of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, to the Stockholders Heading(Railroads)Headline32 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R. reportsDate Published1874-1906; 1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #218 The Facts of Reconstruction Heading(Reconstruction)AuthorLynch, John R.HeadlineJohn Lynch's defence of Reconstruction policiesPublisherNeale Publishing CompanyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #219 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 1849ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherC. S. Francis & Co.; J.H. FrancisDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #221 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlinePersonal Adventures in Upper and Lower CaliforniaProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherWilliam ShoberlDate Published1850 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #224 California and its Resources: A Work for the Merchant, the Capitalist, and the Emigrant AuthorSeyd, ErnestHeadlineErnest Seyd California and its Resources 1858ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherTrübner & Co.Date Published1858 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #226 San Francisco Vigilance Committee of '56, with Some Interesting Sketches of Events Succeeding 1846 AuthorSmith, Frank Meriweather, editorHeadlineSmith: San Francisco Vigilance Committee - '56ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherBarry, Baird & Co.Date Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 AuthorStansbury, HowardHeadlineStansbury Salt Lake survey, plates & maps, 1852ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherLippincott, Grambo & Co.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #234 Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Guide to the Pacific Coast. Santa Fé Route. California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas AuthorSteele, James W.HeadlineSteele Overland Guide to California, 1889ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherRand, McNally & CompanyDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #236 Prairie Trails & Cow Towns AuthorStreeter, Floyd BenjaminHeadlineFirst Edition of Streeter's Prairie TrailsPublisherChapman & GrimesDate Published1936 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #237 Sutro Tunnel. [To accompany bill H.R. no. 1153] [with] collection of Adolph Sutro and Sutro Baths ephemera. Heading(Sutro Tunnel)HeadlineCollection of Sutro books, photos, and ephemeraPublisherPress of San Francisco Photo-Engraving Co.Date Published1895; 1890's View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #239 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 AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineBayard Taylor Eldorado 1850ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #240 California Life Illustrated AuthorTaylor, WilliamHeadlineTaylor's California Life Illustrated, 1859ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherPublished for the AuthorDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #247 Letter by Christian Socialist Minister to a prospective resident in his first Co-operative Heading(Utopian colony)AuthorLittlefield, George ElmerHeadlineGuru of Santa Barbara Socialist communePublisherAriel /The Co-Operative Fellowship and Ariel PressDate Published1906 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #252 Landscape of Nevada Fall in Yosemite AuthorWatkins, Carleton E.HeadlineCarleton Watkins, Neveda Fall c.1865Date PublishedImage c.1865; Print c.1876 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #253 The People of the State of California, plaintiff, V. Adolph Julius Weber, Defendant. Reporter's Transcript on Trial Heading(Weber, Adolph Julius)AuthorAdams, Charles H., official reporterHeadlineMurder of mother in Placer CountyPublisherSuperior CourtDate Published1905 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #258 Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings AuthorWoods, Daniel B.HeadlineSixteen Months at the Gold DiggingsProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherHarper & Brothers, PublishersDate Published1851 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold 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... Heading(Wright, William)AuthorDe Quille, Dan, pseud.HeadlineWilliam Wright's History of the Big BonanzaProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #305 A History of Jewellery 1100-1870 AuthorEvans, JoanHeadlineHistory of Jewellery 1100-1870, bound by AspreyPublisherFaber and FaberDate Published1970 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #309 Corn and Currency; in an Address to the Land Owners AuthorGraham, James, SirHeadlineCorn and Currency, Sir James Graham, 1826PublisherJames RidgwayDate Published1826 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #313 The Constitution of Liberty AuthorHayek, FriedrichHeadlineHayek Constitution of Liberty First U.K. editionPublisherRoutledge & Kegan PaulDate Published1960 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #323 The General Theory of Employment Interest and Money AuthorKeynes, John MaynardHeadlineKeynes General Theory Employment Money 1st U.S.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1936 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #333 Five volumes of the Landscape Annual AuthorRoscoe, ThomasHeadlineThe Landscape Annual 1830, 31, 33, 34 and 39PublisherRobert Jennings & Jennings and ChaplinDate Published1830-1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #339 Model of a Locomotive AuthorVolkert, ChristophHeadlinePaper die-cut locomotive from 1898PublisherGeorge Philip & Son; Philip, Son & NephewDate Published[1898] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #349 Petroleum industry of California. Map Folio Accompanying Bulletin No. 69 (cover title) Heading(California - Oil)AuthorMcLaughlin, R. P. & Clarence Almon WaringHeadlineAtlas of California Oil Fields 1914PublisherCalifornia State Mining BureauDate Published1914 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #350 Amended map of Pebble Beach, Monterey County, California: A subdivision of a portion of Rancho el Pescadero, owned by Pacific Improvement Company Heading(California - Pebble Beach)AuthorHunter, T.B.HeadlineRare real estate map of Pebble Beach 1910ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionDate Published1910 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #351 Map of Sutro Heights. Lots for Sale... [with] Peremptory Sale at Auction...the Estate of Adolph Sutro Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineTwo pieces of Sutro ephemeraDate Publishedc.1895; 1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next