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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 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 #43 Reports on the Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun of January 1, 1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Astronomy)HeadlineWith mounted albumen print of Total EclipseProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherJ.D. Young, Supt. State PrintingDate Published1889 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 #51 Memoirs of Edward Bosqui View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBosqui, Edward and Harold C. HolmesHeadlineMemoirs of Edward BosquiProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherThe Holmes Book CompanyDate Published1952 Lot #53 The New West: or, California in 1867-1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorBrace, Charles LoringHeadlineHandsome Sangorski & Sutcliffe bindingPublisherG.P. Putnam & SonDate Published1869 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 #58 Message of the President of the United States, Communicating information...in relation to California and New Mexico View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California & New Mexico)Author[Taylor, Zachary]HeadlineCalifornia & New Mexico, Do. 17, House Ed.Date Published1850 Lot #59 Great Register of the County of Alameda View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Alameda County)HeadlineGreat Register Alameda County 1884, 86, 88PublisherOakland Tribune PrintDate Published1884, 1886, 1888 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 #61 Four items relating to the Civilian Conservation Corps in California, and specifically Marin County View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Marin County)HeadlineRare Marin County CCC ephemeraDate Publishedc.1937 Lot #62 Three original photographs of the groundbreaking ceremony at the Japanese pavilion at the Panama Pacific International Exposition View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Panama Pacific International Exposition)AuthorSwadley, Wesley W.HeadlineJapanese P.P.I.E. pavilion groundbreaking photosDate Publishedc.1912 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Panama Pacific International Exposition)AuthorTodd, Frank MortonHeadlineHistory of the Panama Pacific International ExpoPublisherPutnam's / Knickerbocker PressDate Published1921 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 #67 The Call-Chronicle-Examiner View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlineCombined San Francisco Earthquake newspaperDate Published1906 Lot #68 The Pacific Coast Pulpit containing Sermons by Prominent Preachers of San Francisco and Vicinity. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineWith albumen portraits of S.F. Preachers, 1875ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherWestern Reporting and Publishing CompanyDate Published1875 Lot #69 Photograph album of early 20th century San Francisco Bay Area life View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBay Area photographs from early 20th centuryDate Publishedc.1900 Lot #70 The Annals of Hotel St. Francis View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorRowell, Guy S., editorHeadlineSigned and inscribed by Guy S. RowellPublisherJames WoodsDate Published1917 Lot #71 San Francisco Traffic Ordinances Regulating Moving Vehicles, Taxicabs, Jitneys, Street Cars, etc. Published by Authority of the Board of Supervisors View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineTraffic laws of San Francisco, 1924PublisherPress of John Kitchen Jr. Co.Date Published1924 Lot #72 The Past, Present and Future Water Supply of San Francisco View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorSchussler, HermannHeadlineWater in S.F. 1908, early Hetch Hetchy dam talkDate Published1908 Lot #73 Advertising leaflet for Hastings Clothiers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 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 #75 Two printed items relating to the claim by Benjamin S. Brooks & others to Yerba Buena Island in San Francisco Bay View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Yerba Buena Island)HeadlineYerba Buena Island ownership dispute 1870-8Date Published1870 & 1878 Lot #76 Big Oak Flat Road and Historic Bret Harte-Mark Twain County, Scenic Sierra above Sonora: Fishing - Hunting - Scenery View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineRare brochure on Big Oak Flat Road to YosemiteDate Publishedc.1920-27 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 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorBryant, Harold C.HeadlineYosemite ranger maps out summer trek, 1925Date Published1925 Lot #78 Deed of Trust. Yosemite Short Line Railway Company to Central Trust Company of California View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineFinancing Yosemite Short Line RailwayPublisherSolinsky & Wehe, CounselDate Published1905 Lot #80 Mariposa Grove of Big Trees: A short history of the Mariposa big trees and Yosemite Valley View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorLeitch, B.M.HeadlineScarce pamphlet on Big Trees 1906PublisherB.M. LeitchDate Published1906 Lot #81 Rules and regulations of the Yosemite National Park View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineRegulations for Yosemite, 1914PublisherDepartment of the InteriorDate Published1914 Lot #82 Yosemite National Park, Camp Curry: The gates of Camp Curry stand open for you View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineBrochure for Yosemite's Camp CurryPublisherCurry Camping CompanyDate Published[c.1920s] 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 #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. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorCapron, Elisha S.HeadlineCapron's History of California 1854ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherJohn P. Jewett & Co.; Jewett, Proctor and WorthingtonDate Published1854 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 #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 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorClarke, Asa BHeadlineTravels in Mexico and California 1852ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherWright & Hasty's Steam PressDate Published1852 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 #117 Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDana, Richard HenryHeadlineDana's Two Years Before the Mast 1840PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1840 Lot #121 Phoenixiana; or, Sketches and Burlesques View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDerby, George H.HeadlineSketches by legendary CA journalist in pub clothProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1856 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDerby, George H.HeadlineWith Derby map of southern Central Valley Calif. 1852Date Published1852 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 #130 Across the Threshold View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFerris, Anita B.HeadlineScarce children's book for Missionary programsPublisherMissionary Education MovementDate Published1914 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 #143 La Californie: Histoire des Progrès de l'un des États-Unis d'Amérique et des Institutions qui font sa Prospérité View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFrignet, ErnestHeadlineFrignet's Californie with map 1867PublisherSchlesinger FrèresDate Published1867 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Garcés, Francisco]HeadlineThe Diary and Itinerary of Francisco GarcésProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1900 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 #146 The Story Of The Attempted Assassination Of Justice Field By A Former Associate On The Supreme Bench Of California View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGorham, George CongdonHeadlineAttempted Assassination of Justice Field, c.1893ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionDate Publishedc.1893 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 #152 Berta and Elmer Hader's Picture Book of the States View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorHader, Berta and ElmerHeadlineHader's Picture Book of the States rare w/jacketPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published[1932] 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 #159 A History of the City of San Francisco and incidentally of the State of California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHittell, John S.HeadlineHittell's History of San FranciscoProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherA. L. BancroftDate Published1878 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. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHutchings, J. M.HeadlineHutchings' In the Heart of the SierrasPublisherThe Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1886 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 #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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Japanese-American Internment)AuthorDeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.LHeadlineJapanese exclusion in East Bay, 1942 posterPublisherU.S. ArmyDate PublishedApril 24, 1942 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 #171 The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorKneeland, SamuelHeadlineKneeland's Yosemite with 20 mounted photosPublisherAlexander MooreDate Published1872 Lot #172 The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorKneeland, SamuelHeadlineKneeland's Wonders of Yosemite First EditionProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherAlexander MooreDate Published1871 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 #174 Scenery of the Plains, Mountains and Mines: or, A Diary Kept Upon the Overland Route to California... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLangworthy, FranklinHeadlineFinely bound by RootPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1932 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Letts, J. M.]HeadlineJ.M. Letts Pictorial View of California, 1853ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherHenry BillDate Published1853 Lot #183 Mountains and Molehills: or Recollections of a Burnt Journal View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMountains and Molehills by Frank MarryatProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherLongman, Brown, Green & LongmansDate 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 #191 Reglamento de la Dirección de Colonización View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Mexico & California)Author[Lafragua, José Maria]HeadlineMexican colonization as northern states slipped awayPublisherImprenta del AguilaDate Published1846 Lot #192 Anales Mexicanos de Ciencias, Literatura, Minería, Agricultura, Artes, Industria y Comercio en la República Mexicana View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Mexico - Big Trees)HeadlineAnales Mexicanos with Big Trees LithoPublisherImprenta de Andrade y EscalanteDate Published1860 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 #226 San Francisco Vigilance Committee of '56, with Some Interesting Sketches of Events Succeeding 1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, Frank Meriweather, editorHeadlineSmith: San Francisco Vigilance Committee - '56ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherBarry, Baird & Co.Date Published1883 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 #234 Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Guide to the Pacific Coast. Santa Fé Route. California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Kansas View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSteele, James W.HeadlineSteele Overland Guide to California, 1889ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherRand, McNally & CompanyDate Published1889 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 #237 Sutro Tunnel. [To accompany bill H.R. no. 1153] [with] collection of Adolph Sutro and Sutro Baths ephemera. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Sutro Tunnel)HeadlineCollection of Sutro books, photos, and ephemeraPublisherPress of San Francisco Photo-Engraving Co.Date Published1895; 1890's 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineBayard Taylor Eldorado 1850ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 Lot #240 California Life Illustrated View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTaylor, WilliamHeadlineTaylor's California Life Illustrated, 1859ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherPublished for the AuthorDate Published1859 Lot #247 Letter by Christian Socialist Minister to a prospective resident in his first Co-operative View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Utopian colony)AuthorLittlefield, George ElmerHeadlineGuru of Santa Barbara Socialist communePublisherAriel /The Co-Operative Fellowship and Ariel PressDate Published1906 Lot #252 Landscape of Nevada Fall in Yosemite View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorWatkins, Carleton E.HeadlineCarleton Watkins, Neveda Fall c.1865Date PublishedImage c.1865; Print c.1876 Lot #253 The People of the State of California, plaintiff, V. Adolph Julius Weber, Defendant. Reporter's Transcript on Trial View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Weber, Adolph Julius)AuthorAdams, Charles H., official reporterHeadlineMurder of mother in Placer CountyPublisherSuperior CourtDate Published1905 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 Lot #339 Model of a Locomotive View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorVolkert, ChristophHeadlinePaper die-cut locomotive from 1898PublisherGeorge Philip & Son; Philip, Son & NephewDate Published[1898] Lot #349 Petroleum industry of California. Map Folio Accompanying Bulletin No. 69 (cover title) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Oil)AuthorMcLaughlin, R. P. & Clarence Almon WaringHeadlineAtlas of California Oil Fields 1914PublisherCalifornia State Mining BureauDate Published1914 Lot #350 Amended map of Pebble Beach, Monterey County, California: A subdivision of a portion of Rancho el Pescadero, owned by Pacific Improvement Company View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(California - Pebble Beach)AuthorHunter, T.B.HeadlineRare real estate map of Pebble Beach 1910ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionDate Published1910 Lot #351 Map of Sutro Heights. Lots for Sale... [with] Peremptory Sale at Auction...the Estate of Adolph Sutro View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineTwo pieces of Sutro ephemeraDate Publishedc.1895; 1904 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next