Sale 812: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps, Prints & Views (#812) 05/02/2024 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/02/2024 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 812 691 PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 101-200 of 220. Previous|123|Next Lot #141 Ambrotype photograph portrait of John C. Frémont Heading(Frémont, John Charles)HeadlineAmbrotype of John C. FrémontDate Publishedc.1860 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold 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 #147 “Shall We Surrender? Is There any Danger! / Let Every National Be on Guard” Heading(Greenback Labor Party)AuthorBaker, E.D.HeadlinePolitical rhetoric of the first American PopulistsDate Published1883 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #149 A Two Months Trip with Zane Grey's Party Heading(Grey, Zane)HeadlineZane Grey photo album 1929, approx. 175 photosDate Published1929 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold 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 #160 Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to a Harvard professor transmitting a report on progress made by graduates of the FBI National Police Academy AuthorHoover, J. EdgarHeadlineJ. Edgar Hoover letter on Police AcademyDate Published1936 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #161 Life Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and Claims AuthorHopkins, Sarah WinnemuccaHeadlineLife Among the Piutes: Their Wrongs and ClaimsPublisherCupples, UphamDate Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold 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 #163 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.HeadlineSecond printing of In the Heart of the SierrasProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherThe Old Cabin; Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1886 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 #169 Memorial Calendar - Yohrzeit Tabelen Heading(Judaica)AuthorGelb, M.J., artistHeadlineJewish-American ms. memorial calendar 1926Date Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #176 Report and Charts of the Cruise of the U.S. Brig Dolphin... AuthorLee, Samuel PhillipsHeadlineLee's Cruise of the Dolphin, w/ atlasPublisherBeverley TuckerDate Published1854 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold 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 #178 "We" AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineCharles Lindbergh We one of 1000 signed copiesPublisherPutnamDate Published1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #179 Report of the Secretary of War... a report and map of Colonel Fuller's survey of Red river, in the region of the raft Heading(Louisiana)AuthorFuller, C.A.HeadlineSurvey & map of Red River raft regionPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #180 Tomas de Suria y su Viaje con Malaspina, 1791 Heading(Malaspina Expedition)AuthorFernandez, JustinoHeadlineExploring the west coast with Malaspina in 1791PublisherPorrua HermanosDate Published1939 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #181 The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. With Maps Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineEarly handbook for overland expedition 1859PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #182 Thirty Years of Army Life on the Border; Comprising Descriptions of the Indian Nomads of the Plains, Explorations of New Territories; A Trip Across the Rocky Mountains in the Winter; Descriptions of the Habits of Different Animals Found in the West, and the Methods of Hunting Them; With Incidents in the Life of Different Frontier Men, &c., &c. AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineCol. Marcy 30 Years of Army Life on the BorderPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold 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 #185 An Impartial Enquiry into the State and Utility of the Province of Georgia Author[Martyn, Benjamin]HeadlinePositive critique of Georgia in 1741PublisherPrinted for W. MeadowsDate Published1741 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #187 A Manual of North American Butterflies AuthorMaynard, Charles JHeadlineNice plates of North American butterfliesPublisherDe Wolfe, FiskeDate Published1891 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #190 Message from the President of the United States in answer to a resolution of the Senate, calling for the proceedings of the court of inquiry convened at Saltillo, Mexico, January 12, 1848, for the purpose of obtaining full information relative to an alleged mutiny at Buena Vista about the 15th August, 1847 Heading(Mexican American War)HeadlineMutiny during the U.S. invasion of MexicoDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #194 Manuscript in diary format, with diseases, maladies and traumatic injuries listed alphabetically with treatments Heading(Mexico - Manuscript medical dictionary)HeadlineManuscript Mexican medical dictionary 1894Date Published[1894] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #195 [Pamphlet issued by José Antonio Heredia, governor of Durango, printing a decree by Nicolas Bravo, interim president of Mexico, organizing the Superior Courts of Justice of the Departments] Heading(Mexico)AuthorBravo, NicolasHeadlineCourts in Mexico & Southwest organized, 1843Date Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #196 Cuadro Descriptivo y Comparativo de las Lenguas Indigenas de Mexico Heading(Mexico)AuthorPimentel, Francisco, Conde de HerasHeadlineIndigenous languages of Mexico, 1862-5PublisherImprenta de Andrade y EscalanteDate Published1862-1865 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #197 Broadside issued by Francisco Perez, Governor-General of Puebla, transmitting a decree build a presidio at La Paz, Baja California Heading(Mexico)AuthorSanta-Anna, Antonio Lopez deHeadlineSanta-Anna orders Baja presidio, 1854 broadsideDate PublishedFebruary 20, 1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #198 Bark Covered House, or Back in the Woods Again; Being a Graphic and Thrilling Description of Real Pioneer Life in the Wilderness of Michigan. Heading(Michigan)AuthorNowlin, WilliamHeadlineInscribed and signed by William NowlinPublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1876 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #201 A Compilation of all the Treaties between the United States and the Indian Tribes, now in force as laws Heading(Native American)HeadlineTreaties between native tribes & U.S. Govt.PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1873 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #204 Payroll sheet for the Virginia & Truckee Railroad Heading(Nevada)HeadlinePayroll for Virginia & Truckee R.R. 1877Date Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #205 Souvenir of the Comstock. Embracing the Principal Views of Virginia City, Gold Hill, Silver City and Sutro Heading(Nevada)HeadlineSouvenir of the Comstock Rare View BookProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherJas H. CrockwellDate Published1890 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold 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 #207 Reports on the Geology, Botany, and Zoology of Northern California and Oregon, Made to the War Department. AuthorNewberry, John S.HeadlineExcerpt from Vol. VI of Pac. Railroad SurveyPublisher[War Department]Date Published1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #208 History of South America and Mexico; Comprising Their Discovery, Geography, Politics, Commerce and Revolutions. To Which is Annexed a Geographical and Historical View of Texas, with a Detailed Account of the Texian Revolution and War, by Hon. L.T. Pease AuthorNiles, John M. and L.T. PeaseHeadlineHistory of South America and Mexico, 1837ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherH. HuntingtonDate Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #209 Archive of letters and postcards, most sent to Wm. E. Brown, some to his brother Geo. W. Brown or other family members, primarily relating to the Opera House they operated in Purcell, Indian Territory/Oklahoma Heading(Oklahoma)HeadlineArchive on Indian Territory Opera HouseDate Published1886-1927 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #210 Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains under the Supervision of the American Board of Commissions for Foreign Missions the Years 1835, '36, and '37... with a Map of Oregon Territory AuthorParker, SamuelHeadlineWith copper-engraved map of Oregon in 1838ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherPublished by the authorDate Published1840 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 #213 Survey of the Colorado River of the West: Letter from the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, transmitting report preliminary for continuing the survey of the Colorado of the West and its tributaries, by Professor Powell AuthorPowell, John WesleyHeadline1st report of Powell's Grand Canyon expedition 1872PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #214 A Handful of Monographs: Continental and English AuthorPreston, Margaret J.HeadlinePreston's European travelogue w/ albumen printsProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherAnson D. F. Randolph & CompanyDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #215 The New London Bee Heading(Quasi-War with France)HeadlineWashington becomes Lt. Gen. in Quasi-WarDate Published1798 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #217 Hunting the American West - Pursuit of Big Game for Life, Profit, and Sport 1800-1900 AuthorRattenbury, Richard C.HeadlineProfusely illustrated Hunting the American WestPublisherBoone and Crockett ClubDate Published2008 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 #220 California and its Gold Regions; With a Geographical and Topographical View of the Country, its Mineral and Agricultural Resources. Prepared from Official and other Authentic Documents... AuthorRobinson, FayetteHeadlineRobinson's Gold Regions, 1849PublisherStringer & TownsendDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold 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 #222 The Science of Mechanics As Applied to the Present Improvements in the Useful Arts Heading(Science and Technology)AuthorAllen, ZachariahHeadlineScientific guide to early 19th c. machineryPublisherHutchens & CoryDate Published1829 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 #227 The Western Tourist and Emigrants Guide through the States of Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, and Missouri, and the Territories of Wisconsin, and Iowa... Accompanied with a correct Map,... AuthorSmith, J. CalvinHeadlineColton/Smith Western Guide with map 1844PublisherJ.H. ColtonDate Published1844 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #228 Railroad to the Pacific Ocean: ...The Committee on roads and canals, to whom was referred the memorial of George Wilkes ... upon the subject of constructing a railroad... between... the Missouri and the Columbia rivers... AuthorSmith, RobertHeadlineRailroad to the Pacific planned 1846PublisherRitchie & HeissDate Published1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #229 Tales of Travels West of the Mississippi. By Solomon Bell Author[Snelliing, William]Headline1st US juvenile on trans-Mississippi west 1830PublisherGray & BowenDate Published1830 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #231 The Southwest Historical Series Heading(Southwest Historical Series)AuthorBieber, Ralph P. and LeRoy R. Hafen, editorsHeadlineThe Southwest Historical Series complete setPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1931-1943 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #235 The Resources and Attractions of Idaho Territory. Facts Regarding Climate, Soil, Minerals, Agricultural and Grazing Lands, Forests, Scenery, Game and Fish.. AuthorStrahorn, Robert E.HeadlineResources of Idaho w/folding map 1881ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisher[Omaha Republican Print]Date Published1881 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold 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 #238 The Mineral Resources of the United States, and the Importance and Necessity of Inaugurating a Rational System of Mining, with Special Reference to the Comstock Lode and the Sutro Tunnel in Nevada. Heading(Sutro Tunnel)AuthorSutro, AdolphHeadlineSutro Tunnel Book 1868, owned by his daughterProvenanceEmma Sutro, daughter of Adolph SutroPublisherJohn Murphy & Co.Date Published1868 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold 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 #242 Printed Copy of an Abstract of Title to the Property Owned by the Minor Heirs of Wm. B. Gregg, in the D. Gregg First and Second Additions on the North Side Buffalo Bayou, City of Houston, Harris County, Texas Heading(Texas)AuthorRuby, John H., ManagerHeadlineTitle abstract for Buffalo Bayou, Houston, TX 1899PublisherHouston Abstract CompanyDate Published[1899] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #243 Narrative of an Official Visit to Guatemala from Mexico AuthorThompson, George AlexanderHeadlineThompson's Guatemala 1829, inscribedPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1829 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #244 Investigation of Mexican Affairs / Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Foreign Relations Heading(U.S.-Mexico border conflict)Author[Fall, Senator Albert]HeadlineU.S. Senator's 'Mexican Murder' MapDate Published1919-1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #246 The Laws of the United States of America Heading(United States Congress)HeadlineLaws of the United States 1796PublisherRichard FolwellDate Published1796 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold 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 #248 Four Months Among the Gold Finders in Alta California: Being the Diary of an Expedition from San Francisco to the Gold Districts Heading(Vizetelley, Henry)AuthorBrooks, J. Tyrwhitt, pseudonymHeadlineVizetelley Gold Finders in Alta CaliforniaProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherDavid BogueDate Published1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #249 The Spanish Southwest, 1542-1794 AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineThe Spanish Southwest, 1542-1794PublisherQuivira SocietyDate Published1937 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #250 Memoir to Accompany the Map of the Territory of the United States from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean AuthorWarren, Gouverneur K.HeadlineMemoir to accompany Missip.-Pacific MapDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #254 Travels Through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, During the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797 AuthorWeld, Isaac, JuniorHeadlineWeld's Travels Through North America 1800PublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1800 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #255 Project of a National Railroad From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, for the Purpose of Obtaining a Short Route to Oregon and the Indies AuthorWilkes, GeorgeHeadlineWilkes' National Railroad, 1845ProvenanceRubbertstamps of Tennessee Historical SocietyPublisherPublished for the Author [by Burgess & Stringer]Date Published1845 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #259 Unopened envelope sent, too late, to a U.S. Paratrooper who was killed in France a day after D-Day Heading(World War II - D-Day)HeadlineLetter sent to dead D-Day paratrooperDate Published1944 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #260 Diary kept by a WAC who served in North Africa and Italy during the Second World War, rising to the rank of Sergeant Heading(World War II - Women's Army Corps diary)AuthorLis, Frances M.HeadlineDiary of WAC in North African & Italy, 1944Date Published1943-1944 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #261 Archive of original carbon typescript submissions by war correspondents during the first 6 months of the U.S. involvement in World War II in the Pacific, starting with the attack on Pearl Harbor Heading(World War II)HeadlineReports from WWII Pacific Theatre 1941-2Date Published1941-1942 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #263 Yellowstone Park: Haynes Photo Heading(Yellowstone National Park)AuthorHaynes, F. JayHeadlineOriginal photos of Yellowstone by HaynesDate Published[c.1910?] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #266 The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled under the inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington... To which is Prefixed an Introduction Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America Heading(1789)AuthorMarshall, JohnHeadlineMarshall's Life of Washington 1st Ed 1804-07 with atlasPublisherC.P. WayneDate Published1804-1807 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #267 Collection of 14 engraved portraits and 1 lithograph of George Washington Heading(1789)Author(Washington George)HeadlineRare engraved portraits of George WashingtonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #268 The Federal Spy Heading(1789)Author(Washington, George)HeadlinePeriod coverage of Washington's deathDate Published1800 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #270 Reception Dinner to the President of the United States, Furnished at Barnum's Hotel, June 8th, 1843 Heading(1841)HeadlineSilk menu for John Tyler dinnerDate Published1843 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #271 Boston Daily Advertiser - Supplement Heading(1861)HeadlineLincoln's Assassination in Boston Daily Adv.Date Published1865 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #272 Handbill for Ford's Theater, April 14, 1865 Heading(1861)HeadlineFord's Theater handbill, April 14, 1865Date Published1865 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #273 Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois... Heading(1861)AuthorLincoln, Abraham and Stephen A. DouglasHeadlineLincoln-Douglas Debates 1860ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherFollett, Foster and Company et al.Date Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #275 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Heading(1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineNicely bound set of Ulysses S. Grant's memoirsPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-86 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #276 Document signed by Governor Rutherford B. Hayes Heading(1877)AuthorHayes, Rutherford B.HeadlineSigned by U.S. President Rutherford B. HayesDate Published1875 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #284 The Private Journal of Aaron Burr: Reprinted in full from the Original Manuscript in the Library of Mr. William K. Bixby, of St. Louis, Mo. Heading(Burr, Aaron)AuthorBixby, William K., editorHeadlinePrivate Journal Aaron Burr, Bixby ed. 1903Date Published1903 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #285 Memoirs of Aaron Burr. With Miscellaneous Selections from His Correspondence Heading(Burr, Aaron)AuthorDavis, Matthew L.HeadlineMemoirs of Aaron Burr First EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1836-37 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #286 Letter from Howell Cobb, written as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to the director of the Mint at San Francisco AuthorCobb, HowellHeadlineFuture rebel leader writes as U.S. Treasury SecretaryDate Published1859 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #287 Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke's Attack on the French Revolution [bound with] Letters to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke AuthorPaine, Thomas and Joseph PriestleyHeadlinePaine Rights of Man w/ Priestley Letters to BurkePublisherPrinted by P. Byrne/Printed for J. Sheppard [et al.]Date Published1791 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #288 Supreme Court portrait signed by all nine judges Heading(U.S. Supreme Court)HeadlineBurger Court photo signed by all nine justicesDate Publishedc. 1983 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #290 An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. To Which is Prefixed, an Introduction, Exhibiting a View of the Ancient and Modern State of Europe; of the Importance of our Colonies; and of the Commerce, Shipping, Manufactures, Fisheries, &c. of Great Britain and Ireland: And Their Influence on the Landed Interest Author[Anderson, Adam]HeadlineOrigin of Commerce of the British EmpirePublisherA. 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