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71

Western America in 1846-1847: The Original Travel Diary of Lieutenant J. W. Abert

Author
Abert, Lieutenant J.W. ; John Galvin editor
Headline
Overland Journey Travel Diary
Publisher
John Howell-Books
Date Published
1966

Sold for$12.50

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73

The Negro in Chicago: A Study of Race Relations and a Race Riot

Heading
(African American, 1923)
Headline
Study of race riots in Chicago
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Date Published
[1923]

Estimate$10 - $100

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74

Twentieth Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior 1898-99. Part VII. Explorations in Alaska in 1898

Heading
(Alaska)
Author
Walcott, Charles D., editor
Headline
Alaska explored by the U.S.G.S.
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Date Published
1900

Estimate$10 - $100

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76

The Christian Calendar and New England Farmer’s Almanack, for the Year of our Lord 1826

Heading
(Almanacs)
Headline
Farmer's Almanack, 1826
Publisher
Christian Register Office
Date Published
1826

Estimate$10 - $100

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77

Seven reference works on the American Revolution

Heading
(American Revolution)
Headline
Seven volumes on the American Revolution
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

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78

Rough Notes of Journeys made in the Years 1868, '69, '70, '71, '72, and '73, in Syria, down the Tigris, India, Kashmir, Ceylon, Japan, Mongolia, Siberia, the United States, the Sandwich Islands, and Australasia

Author
[Anonymous]
Headline
Anonymous travel narrative 1860's
Publisher
Trübner & Co.
Date Published
1875

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

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80

Group of six letters written to "Aunt May" and her daughter Franc by her niece, Margarette

Heading
(Arizona)
Headline
Letters from women in Arizona
Date Published
1898-1906

Estimate$10 - $100

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81

Contempo. This American Tempo

Heading
(Art Deco)
Author
Vassos, John & Ruth
Headline
Art Deco illustrations by John Vassos, 1929
Publisher
E.P. Dutton & Company
Date Published
1929

Estimate$10 - $100

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87

American Scenery

Heading
(Bartlett, William Henry, illustrator)
Author
Willis, Nathaniel Parker
Headline
American Scenery, engravings after Bartlett
Publisher
George Virtue
Date Published
[1840]

Estimate$10 - $100

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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

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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

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98

Hydraulic Mining in California

Heading
(California - Mining)
Author
Bowie, Aug. J., Jr.
Headline
Hydraulic Mining in California 1878
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date Published
1878

Estimate$10 - $100

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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

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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

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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

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104

Report on a Plan for San Francisco...For the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco

Heading
(California - San Francisco)
Author
Burnham, Daniel H.
Headline
Report on a Plan for San Francisco 1905
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
The Association for the Improvement and Adornment of San Francisco
Date Published
1905

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$406.25

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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126

Caesar Chavez

Heading
(Chavez, Cesar)
Author
Hines, John
Headline
Play about Cesar Chavez w/signed card
Publisher
New Dimensions Publishing
Date Published
[1974]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

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133

The Soldier's Story of His Captivity at Andersonville, Belle Isle, and Other Rebel Prisons

Heading
(Civil War)
Author
Goss, Warren Lee
Headline
Account of Union POW at infamous Andersonville
Publisher
Lee & Shepard
Date Published
1867

Estimate$10 - $100

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138

The American Aboriginal Portfolio

Author
Eastman, Mary H.
Headline
Mrs Eastman's Aboriginal Portfolio & spouse's drawings
Publisher
Lippincott, Grambo & Co.
Date Published
[1853]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$162.50

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142

The History of the Rise and Progress of the United States of North America, Till the British Revolution in 1688

Author
Grahame, James
Headline
James Grahame's history of early America 1827
Publisher
Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green
Date Published
1827

Estimate$10 - $100

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149

A Catechism of Jewish Antiquities; Containing an Account of the Classes, Institutions, Rites, Ceremonies, Manners, Customs, &c. of the Ancient Jews

Author
Irving, Christopher
Headline
Irving's Catechisms, 6th part, 2nd edition
Publisher
F. & R. Lockwood
Date Published
1824

Estimate$10 - $100

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152

Auto Road Map of Kansas Issued by Floyd & Floyd Real Estate, Abstracts, Farm Loans Ness City, Kansas

Heading
(Kansas)
Headline
Ness City, Kansas map, 1915
Publisher
Kenyon Company
Date Published
1915

Estimate$10 - $100

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153

Telephone Directory for Clay Center, Kansas, March 1930

Heading
(Kansas)
Headline
Scarce Clay Center, KS 1930 phone directory
Publisher
United Telephone Company
Date Published
1930

Estimate$10 - $100

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154

Journal of Francis Anne Butler

Author
[Kemble, Fanny]
Headline
Fanny Kemble's Tour of America in 1832-1833
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
John Murray
Date Published
[1835]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

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156

A World Restored: Metternich, Castlereach and the Problems of Peace 1812-22

Author
Kissinger, Henry A.
Headline
Kissinger's A World Restored, first edition in jacket
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Date Published
1957

Estimate$10 - $100

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157

Kitchi-Gami. Wanderings Round Lake Superior

Author
Kohl, Johann Georg
Headline
Kitchi-Gami. Wanderings Round Lake Superior
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Date Published
1860

Estimate$10 - $100

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161

American State Papers. Documents, Legislative and Executive, of the Congress of the United States... Volume IV

Heading
(Lewis & Clark Expedition)
Author
Lowrie, Walter and Matthew St. Clair Clarke, editors
Headline
Extensive mention of Lewis & Clark in gov't docs
Publisher
Gales and Seaton
Date Published
1832

Estimate$10 - $100

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166

A Diary in America, with Remarks on Its Institutions

Author
Marryat, Frederick
Headline
Marryat's Diary in America, 1839
Publisher
D. Appleton and Co.
Date Published
1839

Estimate$10 - $100

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167

Metropolitan Park Report - Boston Massachusetts - 1893

Heading
(Massachusetts)
Headline
1893 Boston Metropolitan Park Commission Report
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Metropolitan Park Commission
Date Published
1893

Estimate$10 - $100

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169

Observacion Chirurgico-Medica de un Hidro-Sarcocele, o Tumor Scirroso en Testiculo con Kiste, o Saco, Lleno de Pus en el Escroto

Heading
(Mexico)
Author
Sanz, Jose
Headline
Testicular swelling in Mexico
Publisher
Oficina de Dona Maria Fernandez de Jauregui
Date Published
1814

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

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171

Capital Stock $1,000,000... Belshazzar Gold Mining Co. of Quartzburg, Idaho

Heading
(Mining)
Headline
Prospectus for Belshazzar Gold Mining Company
Publisher
Belshazzar Gold Mining Company
Date Published
1907?

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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172

Harrington's Opera House! Monday Evening Mar, 24th Harry Bloodgood's Minstrel and Burlesque Combination

Heading
(Minstrel Broadside)
Headline
Striking minstrel broadside
Date Published
[c.1873]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

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173

Considérations sur l'Ordre de Cincinnatus, ou Imitation d'un Pamphlet Anglo-Américain

Author
Mirabeau, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Count de
Headline
2nd Ed. of Mirabeau on Order of Cincinnatus, 1775
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
J. Johnson
Date Published
1775

Estimate$10 - $100

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174

Fruit Farming Along the Frisco

Heading
(Missouri)
Headline
Promotional for farming in Missouri 1899
Publisher
Woodward & Tiernan
Date Published
1899

Estimate$10 - $100

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175

The Western Farmer of America

Author
Mongredien, Augustus
Headline
Economics of Farming in U.S. West
Publisher
Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.
Date Published
1880

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

180

Aurora: Hamilton County, Nebraska. The Center of the Most Fertile County in the Western States...

Heading
(Nebraska)
Headline
Aurora, NE promotional 1910
Publisher
[Rogers and Company]
Date Published
[c.1910]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

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181

Fremont, Nebraska. Population, 12,006

Heading
(Nebraska)
Headline
Fremont, NE promotional 1926
Publisher
[Hammond Printing Co.]
Date Published
[1926]

Estimate$10 - $100

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182

Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die

Author
Nelson, Willie
Headline
Signed by Willie Nelson with sketch
Publisher
William Morrow
Date Published
[2012]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

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183

Golconda Telephone & Power Company

Heading
(Nevada)
Headline
Rural Nevada telephone directory
Publisher
Rincon Publishing Co.
Date Published
1918

Estimate$10 - $100

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184

A Vindication of President H.O. Ladd

Heading
(New Mexico)
Author
Ladd, Horatio O.
Headline
Horatio O. Ladd, A Vindication
Date Published
1889

Estimate$10 - $100

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185

New Mexico, 1898. Bulletin No. 2, Agriculture and Horticulture

Heading
(New Mexico)
Headline
New Mexico promotional 1898
Publisher
Territorial Bureau of Immigration
Date Published
1898

Estimate$10 - $100

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186

The Valley Ranch. Open the Year Round. A Sunny Place for Sunny People, Never Closed Never Idle

Heading
(New Mexico)
Headline
Valley Ranch, NM promotional 1920
Date Published
[1920]

Estimate$10 - $100

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188

Rambles in Yucatan Including a Visit to the Remarkable Ruins of Chi-Chen, Kabah, Zayi, Uxmal &c.

Author
Norman, B.M.
Headline
B.M. Norman Rambles in Yucatan, 1843
Publisher
J. & H.G. Langley
Date Published
1843

Estimate$10 - $100

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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

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197

Signed Autograph Request Card

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

Estimate$10 - $100

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204

Rules and Instructions for the Government of Employés of the Maintenance of Way Department Adopted by the Southern Pacific Company

Heading
(Railroads)
Headline
Southern Pacific maintenance handbook
Publisher
Southern Pacific Railroad
Date Published
1898

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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205

American Scenery, Illustrated

Author
Richards, T. Addison
Headline
With numerous engravings of American Landscapes
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Leavitt and Allen
Date Published
1854

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

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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

210

Real Estate Mortgages. Interest, 7% Semi-Annual Interest Guaranteed. Negotiated by Dakota Loan and Trust Company, of Pierre, Dakota

Heading
(South Dakota)
Headline
Cheap mortgages in South Dakota
Publisher
Pettibone, Wells & Co.
Date Published
[c.1886]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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211

A Souvenir of Aberdeen the Railroad Hub of the Dakotas

Heading
(South Dakota)
Headline
Aberdeen, SD promotional 1907
Date Published
1907

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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214

Aboriginal Monuments of the State of New York.

Author
Squier, E.G.
Headline
Aboriginal Monuments of New York, 1849
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
The Smithsonian Institute
Date Published
1849

Estimate$10 - $100

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218

A History of Three of the Judges of King Charles I; Major General Whalley, Major-General Goffe, and Colonel Dixwell; Who, at the Restoration, 1660, Fled to America; and were Secreted and Concealed, in Massachusetts and Connecticut, for Near Thirty Years

Author
Stiles, Ezra
Headline
Stiles' History of Three Judges, First Edition
Provenance
Professor George Starr Collection
Publisher
Elisha Babcock
Date Published
1794

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

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219

Telephone Almanac

Heading
(Telephone)
Headline
5 Bell Telephone almanacs, 1934-1942
Publisher
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Date Published
1934-1942

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

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220

St. Joseph's Ladies Bowling Club Organized April 3, 1919

Heading
(Texas)
Headline
Ladies Bowling Club in Texas
Date Published
1930-1937

Estimate$10 - $100

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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

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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

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230

The Vidette

Heading
(World War I)
Headline
Extra: End of World War I, Nov. 11, 1918
Date Published
1918

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

234

Bohemian Grove Roads and Hiking Trails, Sonoma County, California

Heading
(Bohemian Grove)
Author
Osterling, Ralph & A.L. Cotton
Headline
Hiking trails in the Bohemian Grove
Date Published
April, 1984

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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240

De Stadt Visiapoer

Heading
(India)
Author
Aa, Pieter van der
Headline
View of walled city on Malabar coast of India
Date Published
c.1673

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

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241

Ville de Pou-Eul

Heading
(Indochina)
Author
Delaporte, Louis, artist
Headline
Walled village in Indochina
Publisher
Imp. Lemercier et Cie
Date Published
1873

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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243

Thirty color prints from "Our Navy in Action" series

Heading
(Nautical Prints)
Headline
30 "Our Navy in Action" color prints
Publisher
[U.S. Government Printing Office]
Date Published
[c.1960s]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

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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

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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

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251

Pocket map of Wyoming

Heading
(Wyoming)
Headline
Sewing machine promotional and map
Publisher
The Singer Manufacturing Co.
Date Published
[c.1911]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

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