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39

The Brave Bulls

Author
Lea, Tom
Headline
The Brave Bulls, signed by Tom Lea
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
1949

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

75

The Islands of the Pacific. From the Old to the New.

Author
Alexander, James M.
Headline
Two Editions, one inscribed by the author
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
American Tract Society
Date Published
1895; 1908

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

86

Autograph of Washington Bartlett

Author
Bartlett, Washington
Headline
Signature of Washington Bartlett, 1876
Date Published
1876

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

92

Don't Call it Frisco

Author
Caen, Herb
Headline
Herb Caen Don't Call it Frisco, signed
Publisher
Doubleday & Co.
Date Published
1953

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

93

Bishop's Oakland Directory 1877-78. Containing a Business Directory Street Guide,... Also a Directory of the town of Alameda

Heading
(California - Alameda)
Author
Bishop, D.M. and Co., compilers
Headline
Oakland & Alameda Business Directory, 1877-78
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
B.C. Vandall, Publisher
Date Published
1877

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

94

State Water Project, Oroville Division. Major Construction Features and Recreation Areas

Heading
(California - Butte County)
Headline
Oroville Dam map, 1965
Date Published
1965

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

95

Telephone Directory. Contra Costa County

Heading
(California - Contra Costa County)
Headline
Contra Costa County Directory
Publisher
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Date Published
1935

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

96

Stock certificate for Eureka Quartz Mining Company, 1853

Heading
(California - Eldorado County)
Headline
20 shares in Eureka Quarts Mining Co. 1853
Date Published
1853

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

97

The Famous Mormon Way-Bill to the Gold Fields of California

Heading
(California - Gold Rush)
Author
Joseph Cain and Arieh C. Brower
Headline
Mormon route to California gold fields
Publisher
Daughters of Utah Pioneers
Date Published
1968

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

99

Monrovia "Gem of the Foothills" California

Heading
(California - Monrovia)
Headline
Monrovia, CA promotional 1907
Publisher
Press of the Monrovia News
Date Published
[c.1907]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

100

Two plans for protecting the city of Petaluma from overflow water and for improving navigation of Petaluma Creek

Heading
(California - Petaluma)
Author
Price, J.R. & M.A. Nurse
Headline
Protecting Petaluma Cal. from overflow water 1896
Publisher
A.J. Johnston
Date Published
1896

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

101

Placer County, California: The Land of Sunshine, Fruit & Flowers

Heading
(California - Placer County)
Headline
Promotional for Placer County, CA 1913
Publisher
Auburn Chamber of Commerce
Date Published
1913

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

102

The May Flower...Prepared by E.A. Bethurun & Co.

Heading
(California - Redlands)
Headline
Ad for stomach and blood remedy
Date Published
[c.1916]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

103

The Stricken City

Heading
(California - San Francisco Earthquake)
Author
Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
Headline
Sheet music commemorating the San Francisco Earthquake
Publisher
Chicago Sunday American
Date Published
May 20, 1906

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

105

A New Automobile Road Map: California, Nevada, San Francisco Vicinity

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
Map of CA, NV, and San Francisco 1922
Publisher
Union Trust Company
Date Published
[1922]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(13 bids)

106

Land Titles in San Francisco, and the Laws Affecting the Same: With a Synopsis of all Grants and Sales of Land Within the Limits Claimed by the City

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Author
Wheeler, Alfred
Headline
Land Titles in San Francisco by Alfred Wheeler
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Alta California Steam Printing Establishment
Date Published
1852

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

107

Wigwam Theatre. Meyer Bros, Proprietors. Monday, March 11, 1889. Read, Reflect and Remember! An Extraordinary Array of Talent!

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Headline
Rare SF theater broadside
Publisher
Theatrical Publishing Co.
Date Published
1889

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

108

Central California: The Glamorous San Joaquin Valley

Heading
(California - San Joaquin)
Headline
Central California tourist guide, c.1950
Publisher
Central California Tourist Association
Date Published
c.1950

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

109

Have You Been to Santa Cruz County?

Heading
(California - Santa Cruz)
Headline
Santa Cruz, CA promotional 1915
Publisher
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Date Published
1915

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

110

Weber's Map of Sierra County California

Heading
(California - Sierra County)
Headline
Map of Sierra County, CA 1914
Publisher
C.F. Weber & Co.
Date Published
[1914]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

111

San Francisco and Oakland Chinese Telephone Directory March 1940

Heading
(California - Telephone Directory)
Headline
Chinese Telephone Directory 1940
Publisher
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Date Published
1940

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

112

San Francisco and Oakland Chinese Telephone Directory, March 1938

Heading
(California - Telephone Directory)
Headline
Chinese Telephone Directory 1938
Publisher
The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company
Date Published
1938

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

113

Porterville: Tulare County, California. Metropolis of Central California Citrus Belt, Center of a District of Diversified Resources

Heading
(California - Tulare County)
Headline
Porterville, CA promotional 1914
Publisher
Chamber of Commerce
Date Published
1914

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

114

Whittier California. Some of Its Advantages and Resources. City of Homes and Solid Prosperity

Heading
(California - Whittier)
Headline
Scarce promotional brochure for Whittier, California
Publisher
Whittier Board of Trade
Date Published
1906

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

115

Highway Map and Guide of California & Nevada

Heading
(California and Nevada)
Headline
Map of CA and NV 1930
Publisher
Mid-West Map Company, Inc.
Date Published
[c.1930]

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

116

Amendments to Constitution and Referendum Measures with Arguments Respecting the Same to be Submitted to the Electors of the State of California at the Special Election on Tuesday, October 26, 1915

Heading
(California)
Headline
1915 CA election informational pamphlet
Date Published
1915

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

117

A Compilation of the Laws Relating to Elections, Citizenship and Naturalization, Now in Force in the State of California...

Heading
(California)
Author
Clarke, Alfred
Headline
Election law in California
Publisher
Bunker & Hiester
Date Published
1877

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

118

History of the Sierra Nevada

Heading
(California)
Author
Farquhar, Francis P.
Headline
Farquhar's History of Sierra Nevada
Publisher
University of California Press
Date Published
1965

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

119

Four souvenir books for California Counties

Heading
(California)
Headline
4 souvenir books for CA counties, 1897-1904
Date Published
1897-1904

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$237.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(16 bids)

120

Captain Charles M. Weber: Pioneer fo the San Joaquin and founder of Stockton, California

Heading
(California)
Author
Hammond, George P. and Dale L. Morgan
Headline
California Pioneer
Publisher
The Friends of the Bancroft Library
Date Published
1966

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

121

A Little Journey to San Mateo County

Heading
(California)
Author
Hubbard, Elbert
Headline
Elbert Hubbard travels to San Mateo County
Publisher
Roycroft Shop
Date Published
1915

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

122

The City of the Plain, Sacramento in the Nineteenth Century

Heading
(California)
Author
Neasham, V. Aubrey and James E. Henley
Headline
Sacramento in the 19th century
Publisher
The Sacramento Pioneer Foundation
Date Published
1969

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

123

Six precinct registers for California counties, 1902-1914

Heading
(California)
Headline
6 California country registers, 1902-1914
Date Published
1902-1914

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

124

Twelve handbills defending legislative expenditures in California before the 1890 election

Heading
(California)
Headline
Handbills for 1890 CA elections
Date Published
[1890]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

168

History of the Donner Party. A Tragedy of the Sierra

Author
McGlashan, C.F.
Headline
McGlashan's History of the Donner Party
Publisher
A.L. Bancroft & Company
Date Published
1881

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

191

Catalogue de Luxe of the Department of Fine Arts Panama-Pacific International Exposition

Heading
(Panama Pacific International Exposition)
Author
Trask, John E. D. & J. Nilsen Laurvik, editors
Headline
P.P.I.E. Dept. of Fine Arts Catalogue De Luxe
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Paul Elder
Date Published
[1915]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

192

Panama-Pacific International Exposition: San Francisco, 1915

Heading
(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)
Headline
The P.P.I.E. in color
Publisher
Pacific Novelty Co.
Date Published
[1915]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

193

Travel and Comment

Author
Phelan, James D.
Headline
Travels of CA U.S. Senator, signed inscribed
Publisher
A.M. Robertson
Date Published
1923

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

195

Clipped signature of Benjamin Harrison

Heading
(Presidents, 1889)
Author
Harrison, Benjamin
Headline
Signature of Benjamin Harrison
Date Published
c.1890

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

196

The Challenge to Liberty

Heading
(Presidents, 1929)
Author
Hoover, Herbert
Headline
With card signed by Herbert Hoover
Provenance
The Jim Hier Collection
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1934

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

197

Signed Autograph Request Card

Heading
(Presidents, 1945)
Author
Truman, Harry S.
Headline
President Truman Autograph

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

198

The Real War

Heading
(Presidents, 1969)
Author
Nixon, Richard
Headline
The Real War signed 1/2500
Provenance
The Jim Hier Collection
Publisher
Warner Books
Date Published
[1980]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

199

Two foreign editions of Looking Forward: An Autobiography

Heading
(Presidents, 1989)
Author
Bush, George H.W. with Victor Gold
Headline
Bush, Looking Forward, Signed
Provenance
The Jim Hier Collection
Date Published
1988-1989

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

200

My Life

Heading
(Presidents, 1993)
Author
Clinton, Bill
Headline
First Edition signed by Bill Clinton
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
2004

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

201

Out of Many, One: Portraits of America's Immigrants

Heading
(Presidents, 2001)
Author
Bush, George W.
Headline
1st w/ dj, signed by George W. Bush
Provenance
The Jim Hier Collection
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Date Published
[2021]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

202

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

Heading
(Presidents, 2001)
Author
Bush, George W.
Headline
Portraits of Courage Signed 1st Edition
Provenance
The Jim Hier Collection
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Date Published
[2017]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(7 bids)

208

Margo St. James San Francisco Masquerade Ball Original Poster Lobby Card/Poster

Heading
(San Francisco)
Headline
San Francisco Masquerade Ball 1984
Date Published
[1984]

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

212

Carrying the Fire: An Astronaut's Journeys

Heading
(Space)
Author
Collins, Michael
Headline
Signed by Michael Collins
Publisher
Farrar Straus and Giroux
Date Published
[1974]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

215

Ten pieces of printed Stanford football memorabilia

Heading
(Stanford University)
Headline
10 pieces of Stanford football books & pamphlets
Date Published
1905-1952

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

225

Three Volumes Signed by Vice Presidents

Heading
(Vice Presidents)
Headline
Signed by Humphrey, Mondale, and Quayle
Provenance
The Jim Hier Collection
Date Published
1968-1999

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

226

Clipped signature of Vice President John C. Calhoun

Heading
(Vice Presidents, 1825)
Author
Calhoun, John C.
Headline
Signature of John Calhoun
Date Published
c.1825

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

227

Pioneer Visitors to Death Valley after the Forty-Niners

Author
Wheat, Carl I.
Headline
Visitors to Death Valley by Carl Wheat
Publisher
Printed by Lawton Kennedy
Date Published
1939

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

228

Trailing the Forty-Niners Through Death Valley

Author
Wheat, Carl I.
Headline
Through Death Valley by Carl Wheat
Publisher
Printed by Taylor & Taylor
Date Published
1939

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

229

Wonderland '98. Read It then profit by your reading and go as See It. Reached by the Northern Pacific Railway

Author
Wheeler, Olin
Headline
Wonderland with topless goddess, 1898
Publisher
Chas S. Fee / Northern Pacific Railway
Date Published
[1898]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

233

Road and Trail Map: The Grove, Bohemian Club, Sonoma County, California

Heading
(Bohemian Grove)
Author
Harvey, J.H.
Headline
Trail map of Bohemian Grove, 1960
Publisher
[Bohemian Club]
Date Published
1960

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

235

Map of Goering Brothers' Mining Claims in Sierra and Plumas Counties, Cal.

Heading
(California - Manuscript Mining Map)
Author
Symington, R.B.
Headline
Ms. mining map Sierra foothills 1905
Date Published
21st Sept. 1905

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

236

Three signed Maritime warfare prints by Richard G. Endsor

Author
Endsor, Richard G.
Headline
Three naval battle prints by Richard G. Endsor
Date Published
nd

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

237

Preliminary sketches and notes for "Conquistadores landing" aquarelle with TLS

Author
Gilkerson, William
Headline
William Gilkerson drafting process
Date Published
[c.1994]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

246

The "Abner Coburn" leaving the East River for San Francisco in 1886

Author
Stobart, John
Headline
Stobard, The Abner Coburn leaving San Francisco
Publisher
Maritime Heritage Prints
Date Published
1986

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

247

Decks Awash [with] New Orleans: The Robt. E. Lee Leaving the Crescent City in 1880

Author
Stobart, John
Headline
Decks Awash & New Orleans, Signed artist copies
Publisher
Maritime Heritage Press
Date Published
1978

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

248

Dreadnought [with] St. Louis: The Gateway to the West in 1878

Author
Stobart, John
Headline
Dreadnought and St. Louis, Signed artist copies
Publisher
Maritime Heritage Press
Date Published
1978

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

249

Harbourtown by Moonlight [with] Hong Kong [and] Hartford

Author
Stobart, John
Headline
Three signed maritime prints
Publisher
Maritime Heritage Prints
Date Published
1984-1998

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

250

Seattle [with] Victoria [and] The Liberty Ship

Author
Stobart, John
Headline
Three signed maritime prints
Publisher
Maritime Heritage Prints
Date Published
1991-1994

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

252

Looking Down the Yo-Semite

Heading
(Yosemite)
Author
Currier & Ives
Headline
Currier & Ives litho of Yosemite
Publisher
Currier & Ives

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

253

The Washington Columns. Yo-Semite Valley

Heading
(Yosemite)
Author
Currier & Ives
Headline
Currier & Ives litho of Yosemite
Publisher
Currier & Ives
Date Published
c.1860's

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

254

Yo-Semite Falls, California

Heading
(Yosemite)
Author
Currier & Ives
Headline
Currier & Ives litho of Yosemite Falls
Publisher
Published by Currier & Ives
Date Published
c.1860

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

255

Three Brothers

Heading
(Yosemite)
Author
Fiske, George
Headline
Three Brothers,, large George Fiske photograph
Publisher
George Fiske
Date Published
No date [but later than 1885?]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

256

The Vernal and Nevada Falls, from Glacier Point, Yosemite, Cal.

Heading
(Yosemite)
Author
Watkins, Carleton E.
Headline
Carleton Watkins view of Vernal and Nevada Falls
Publisher
Isaiah Taber
Date Published
Negative 1865-66; print date unknown

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

257

Cap of Liberty, Yosemite Valley

Heading
(Yosemite)
Author
Watkins, Carleton, attr.
Headline
Carlteton Watkins, Cap of Liberty
Publisher
Isaiah Taber
Date Published
Negative: c. 1872, print date unknown

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

266

So Here Then are the Preachments Entitled The City of Tagaste, and a Dream and a Prophecy

Heading
(Roycroft)
Author
Fra Elbertus [Hubbard, Elbert]
Headline
Signed by Hubbard and Paine
Publisher
[Roycroft Shop]
Date Published
[1900]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

272

Antiquités Celtiques et Antédiluviennes : Mémoire Sur L'industrie Primitive et Les Arts à Leur Origine

Author
Boucher de Perthes, Jacques
Headline
Antiquités Celtiques, inscribed and signed
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Treuttel & Wurtz; Dumoulin; Derache; Didron
Date Published
1847

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

299

Exlibris und Signete

Author
Preetorius, Emil
Headline
Collection of German bookplates
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Drei Masken Verlag
Date Published
[1924]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

303

Large collection of musical scores from the collection of Philip Whalen

Heading
(Whalen, Philip)
Headline
musical scores from the library of Philip Whalen
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

307

Introspective 1972-1982

Author
Arth, Michael E.
Headline
Signed twice by the artist
Publisher
Linnaea Graphics
Date Published
[1983]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

319

Goddess: Breath in Stone

Author
Joy, Gloria
Headline
Gloria Joy, Goddess 1/5000 signed
Publisher
The Gateway Group
Date Published
[1994]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold