Sale 834: Americana - Natural History - Travel - U.S. Presidents - Cartography (#834) 03/20/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 03/20/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 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 1-83 of 83. Previous|1|Next Lot #82 Catholic Prayers & Hymns in the Tinneh Language [with] Tinneh Indian Catechism of Christian Doctrine. Heading(Alaska)HeadlineCatholic Prayers & Hymns in the Tinneh LanguagePublisherIndian Boys' Press, Holy Cross MissionDate Published1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #85 Panoramic photograph of Buddhist worshippers in Fresno Heading(Asian-American - Photograph)HeadlineCA Buddhist Congregation 1931PublisherFrank KamiyamaDate Published1931 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #89 Nevada Tri-Weekly Herald Heading(Bass, Sam)HeadlineDeath of Sam Bass in CA newspaper, 1878PublisherNevada Tri-Weekly HeraldDate Published1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #91 Reminiscences of a Ranger; Or, Early Times in Southern California AuthorBell, Major HoraceHeadlineReminiscences of a Ranger, 1881 1st Ed.ProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherYarnell, Caystile & MathesDate Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #92 In the Senate of the United States, March 18, 1824: Mr. Benton, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, communicated the following documents [concerning developments on the upper Missouri River] AuthorBenton, Thomas HartHeadlineLocating a fort on the Missouri River 1824Date Published1824 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #94 Report on the capture of Billy the Kid [in] The Springfield Republican Heading(Billy the Kid)HeadlineNewspaper reporting capture of Billy The KidPublisherSpringfield RepublicanDate Published1880 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #95 A Bibliography of the History of California and the Pacific West, 1510-1906. Together with the Text of John W. Dwinelle's Address on the Acquisition of California by the United States of America Heading(Book Club of California)AuthorCowan, Robert ErnestHeadlineFirst Publication of the Book Club of CaliforniaPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1914 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #99 Obituary of Jim Bridger [in] The Times-Review Heading(Bridger, Jim)HeadlineReport on the death of frontiersman Jim BridgersPublisherThe Times-ReviewDate Published1881 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #100 Chinese Immigration: Its Social, Moral and Political Effect. Report of the California State Senate of its Special Committee on Chinese Immigration Heading(California - Chinese)HeadlineCal. State Senate rails against ChinesePublisherF.P. Thompson, State PrinterDate Published1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #101 Price list of liquor available from the Owl-Tavern in Grass Valley, California Heading(California - Grass Valley)HeadlineLiquor list for Grass Valley's Owl TavernDate Publishedc.1910-20 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #102 Five photographs of the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton, east of San Jose, California Heading(California - Lick Observatory)HeadlineOriginal photographs of Lick Observatory c.1890Date Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #103 Index to Registration Affidavits, County of Marin, State of California, November 1930 (cover title) Heading(California - Marin County)AuthorGraham, Rob. E., County ClerkHeadlineMarin County voters 1930 with "Black Precincts"PublisherMarin JournalDate Published1930 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #104 Original panorama photograph of Mendocino, California Heading(California - Mendocino)HeadlineEarly panorama photo of Mendocino, Cal.Date Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #105 Two large vintage photographs of Tassajara Hot Springs in Monterey County, California Heading(California - Monterey County)AuthorPollockHeadlineLarge photos of Tassajara Hot Springs c.1890PublisherPollock, PhotoDate Publishedc.1890 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #106 Album of Oakland, California, Comprising a Bird's Eye View of the City, Views of Prominent Business Blocks, Hotels, City and County Buildings, Public Schools, Colleges, Churches, Residences, Etc. and a Description of Oakland by the President of the Board of Trade Heading(California - Oakland)AuthorKeller, M.J.HeadlinePromotional brochure for Oakland, CA 1893PublisherPacific Press Publishing CompanyDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #107 Letter from W.N. Brainard in Dowagiac, Michigan, to his business partner Ransom Morehouse in Sacramento, California, describing the start of an overland trip to California with a herd of cattle, and other matters Heading(California - overland cattle drive)AuthorBrainard, William NewellHeadlineCattle drive to California, 1853Date PublishedApril 14,1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #108 Eleven Palo Alto stock farm pamphlets Heading(California - Palo Alto)Headline11 pamphlets related to horse breedingDate Published1894-1903 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #109 Truck Company No. 1, --Company Roll (running heading) Heading(California - Sacramento)HeadlineMS record of 5 yrs at Sacto fire stationDate Published1915-1921 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #110 Advertisement on silk for the New Abbott Hotel in Salinas, California Heading(California - Salinas)HeadlineAd on silk for hotel in Salinas Cal. c.1890Date Publishedc.1890-1900 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #111 Central Republican Club. Horace Davis President Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRepublicans in Old San FranciscoPublisherC. A. Murdock Co. PrintDate Publishedc.1880-1890 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #112 Four deeds transferring property to Alexander B. Grogan Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco land transfers to A.B. GroganDate Published1868-1871 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #113 Official List of the Original Little Louisiana of San Francisco, with 8 original tickets for the lottery Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineS.F. Co. sells Louisiana lottery ticketsDate PublishedJune 12, 1903 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #114 The Pacific News: Steamer "Columbus" Edition Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRare Steamer "Columbus" edition of Pacific News, 1850PublisherThe Pacific NewsDate Published1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #115 San Jose Blue Book: A Gentlewomen's Directory Heading(California - San Jose)Headline1904 Directory for San Jose CaliforniaPublisherSunrise PressDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #116 Eight issues of The Santa Cruz Local Item Heading(California - Santa Cruz)Headline8 issues of rare CA newspaperPublisherH. CoffinDate Published1879-1880 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #117 Archive of 12 deeds, indentures & related documents for land in Sonoma & Alameda counties, California Heading(California - Sonoma & Marin Counties)HeadlineDeeds for Sonoma & Alameda, CaliforniaPublisher1865 & 1881 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #118 Squaw Valley U.S.A. Heading(California - Squaw Valley)AuthorBerann, Heinrich CaesarHeadlineSquaw Valley poster, 1960PublisherSquaw ValleyDate Published[1960] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #119 San Francisco and Oakland Chinese Telephone Directory March 1940 Heading(California - Telephone Directory)HeadlineScarce 1940 SF Chinese phone directoryPublisherPacific Telephone and Telegraph Co.Date Published1940 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #120 Marysville Daily Appeal Heading(California - Tiburcio Vasquez)HeadlineCapture of Tiburcio Vasquez, 1874, newspaper coveragePublisherMarysville Daily AppealDate Published1874 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #121 Album of fifty-one photographs of Yosemite Valley and the railroad Heading(California - Yosemite)Headline51 photos of Yosemite & Yosemite Valley RailroadDate Publishedc.1907-1920s View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #122 Oversize "trade card" for Dr. Merriman's Kalliodont tooth product, featuring the Wawona tunnel tree and a crowd on the giant stump Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineColor view of Big Trees on trade cardPublisherLith. H.S. Crocker & Co.Date Published[c.1883] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #123 Yosemite Outing: California Camera Club Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineCalif. Camera Club trip to Yosemite 1926PublisherCalifornia Camera ClubDate Published1926 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #125 First Biennial Message of H.H. Haight, Governor of the State of California to the Legislature. Eighteenth Session, December, 1869 Heading(California)AuthorHaight, Henry H.HeadlineRacist gubernatorial messagePublisherD.W. Gelwicks, State PrinterDate Published1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #126 Harbor Rules, Regulations, and Rates Adopted by the Board of State Harbor Commissioners San Francisco, 1913 Heading(California)HeadlineWith map of forbidden areas of S.F. BayPublisherFriend Wm. Richardson, Superintendent of State PrintingDate Published1913 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #127 Regular Democratic Nominees 1877 Heading(California)HeadlineCandidates in S.F. Municipal elections 1877PublisherSan Francisco News LetterDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #128 Report of the Commissioner of the War Debt of California (cover title) Heading(California)AuthorSmith, Samuel B.HeadlineReport and letter on cost of Indian suppressionPublisherBenj. P. Avery, State PrinterDate Published1863 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #129 Pollice Verso! Gladiator Heading(Cigar color broadside advertisement)AuthorSanderson & Horn, ProprietorsHeadlineRare ad for S.F. cigar purveyor c.1875ProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionDate Publishedc.1875 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #146 COMMONWEALTH Heading(Clipper Ship Sailing Cards)HeadlineClipper ship card printed in black & goldProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherWatson's PressDate Publishedc.1860 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #147 CRITERION Heading(Clipper Ship Sailing Cards)HeadlineClipper Card for ship Criterions by Watson & ClarkProvenanceRon Lerch CollectionPublisherWatson & Clark, Prs., 21 Franklin St., BostonDate Published1868 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #162 Archive documenting activities of the 94 Tunnel Mining Company in Clear Creek, CO Heading(Colorado)HeadlineArchive of gold mining company in CODate Published1900-1908 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #163 Archive of over 110 documents, letters, and maps relating to ownership of mining claims in Leadville, CO Heading(Colorado)HeadlineArchive of Leadville, CO mining operationDate Published1879-1903 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #185 Andrés Cañon AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineAndrés Cañon photogravure, Edward S. CurtisPublisherSuffolk Engraving CompanyDate Published1927 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #186 Canoe of Tules – Pomo AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineTule Canoe – Pomo photogravure, Edward S. CurtisPublisherSuffolk Engraving CompanyDate Published1924 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #187 A Desert Cahuilla Woman AuthorCurtis, Edward S.HeadlineA Desert Cahuilla Woman photogravure, Edward S. CurtisPublisherSuffolk Engraving CompanyDate Published1924 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #190 Report on the shooting of the Dalton Gang [in] The Daily Pioneer Press Heading(Dalton Gang)HeadlineNewspaper with final robbery of the Dalton GangPublisherThe Daily Pioneer PressDate Published1892 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #192 Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District with Atlas AuthorDutton, Clarence E.HeadlineDutton's Grand Canyon with AtlasPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1882 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #200 Cook Book of San Diego Heading(Food & Drink)AuthorKrombach, Beatrix de Lack (Leslie Ray)HeadlineThe San Diego Cook Book, 1917Date Published1917 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #203 Report on the death of Geronimo [in] The Bellingham Herald Heading(Geronimo)HeadlineDisplay newspaper marking death of GeronimoPublisherBellingham HeraldDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #208 Two wild west newspapers on the execution of Tom Horn Heading(Horn, Tom)HeadlineTwo wild west newspapers on hanging of Tom HornPublisherDenver Times and Eagle County BladeDate Published1903 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #210 Idaho Tri-Weekly Statesman Heading(Idaho)HeadlineRare Idaho Territory newspaper, 1865PublisherIdaho Tri-Weekly StatesmanDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #211 Owayhee Avalanche Heading(Idaho)HeadlineEarly Black Hills Gold Rush newspaper, 1874PublisherOwayhee AvalancheDate Published1874 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #212 Three senior "yearbooks" for students at the Tri-State school at the Tule Lake Internment Center in California Heading(Japanese Internment)HeadlineYearbooks for interned Japanese teens, 1944Date Published1944 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #214 Report on the hanging of Tom "Black Jack" Ketchum [in] The Denver Examiner Heading(Ketchum, Tom)HeadlineHanging of "Black Jack" Ketchum in 1901PublisherThe Denver ExaminerDate Published1901 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #222 Seven nineteenth-century western mining documents Heading(Mining)HeadlineSeven 19th c. western U.S. mining documentsDate Publishedc.1860s View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #232 The Old Mission Churches & Historic Houses of California: Their History, Architecture, Art and Lore AuthorNewcomb, RexfordHeadlineOld Mission Churches & Historic Houses of CaliforniaPublisherJ.B. LippincottDate Published1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$160StatusSold Lot #233 The Voice of the Valley AuthorNoguchi, YoneHeadlineYone Noguchi on Yosemite, 1897PublisherWilliam DoxeyDate Published[1897] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #234 McTeague: A Story of San Francisco AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineMcTeague: A Story of San FranciscoProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #236 Three "Exposition Books" with original photographs on the Petroleum Exhibit at the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco Heading(Oil & Gas Industry)HeadlineFossil fuels at Golden Gate Exposition 1939Date Published1939-1940 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #238 California mining-related archive of E.B. Hawkins of Applegate, Oregon Heading(Oregon)AuthorHawkins, E.B.HeadlineMining archive early 20th c. southern OregonDate Publishedc.1910-1924 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #239 Directory for the Pacific Coast of the United States, Reported to the Superintendent of the U.S. Coast Survey Heading(Pacific Coast Survey)AuthorDavidson, GeorgeHeadlineDavidson's US Pacific Coast Directory 1862Date Published[1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #240 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Translated Out of the Original Tongues Heading(Pacific Mail Steamship Company)HeadlineBible from Pacific Mail S.S. Co.PublisherGeorge E. Eyre and William SpottiswoodeDate Publishedc.1870? View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #241 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the most Practicable and Economical Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean made under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-56. Vol. XI - Maps Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)HeadlinePacific Railroad Reports Vol. XI atlasPublisherGeorge W. BowmanDate Published1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #243 Report on the death of David L. Payne [in] The Oklahoma War-Chief Heading(Payne, David L.)HeadlineDeath of David L. Payne in the Oklahoma War-ChiefPublisherDavid L. PayneDate Published1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #250 Jinglebob AuthorRollins, Philip AshtonHeadlineJinglebob illustrated by N.C. Wyeth in djPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #253 The Celebrated Collection of Americana Formed by the Late Thomas Winthrop Streeter Heading(Streeter, Thomas W.)HeadlineStreeter Collection auction catalogue, 8 volumesPublisherParke-Bernet Galleries Inc.Date Published1966-1970 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #254 Sutro's Aeroplane Passenger Service in Daily Operation Exposition Grounds... AuthorSutro, Adolph G.HeadlineAdolph Sutro's grandson flies over PPIE grounds 1912PublisherThe James H. Barry CompanyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #260 1830 State of the Union Address [in] NY Evening Post Heading(Trail of Tears)AuthorJackson, AndrewHeadlineAndrew Jackson's Indian Removal SOU AddressPublisherNY Evening PostDate Published1830 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #261 Bridal Veil Falls, 900 feet, Yosemite Cal. AuthorWatkins, Carleton E.HeadlineTaber print of Watkins' Bridal Veil FallsPublisherIsaiah West Taber View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #264 Utazás Kalifornia déli részeiben AuthorXántus, JánosHeadlineScarce Hungarian travels in Southern CaliforniaProvenanceGeorge Starr collectionPublisherKiadják Lauffer és StolpDate Published1860 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #367 Between Pacific Tides - six variants AuthorRicketts, Edward F. and Jack CalvinHeadlineSix variants of Between Pacific TidesPublisherStanford University PressDate Published1948-1978 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #398 Map of Alaska and part of Northwest Territory including Klondike Region... Heading(Alaska)AuthorHabersham, Robert A.HeadlineMap of Alaska and Northwest Territory w/ KlondikePublisherRobert KraftDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #399 Two manuscript maps of gold dredging fields in Oroville, Butte County Heading(California - Butte County)HeadlineMs. maps of Oroville Gold Dredging FieldsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #401 Mono County Greets You - Fisherman's Paradise, reached via Bishop, Lee Vining, or Bridgeport Heading(California - Mono County)AuthorHayden Map Co.HeadlinePictorial map of Mono CountyDate Published1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #402 Wine Cellar and Residence of John C. Weinberger. St. Helena, Napa Valley, Cal. Heading(California - Napa County)AuthorDyer, Czar James, artistHeadlineLitho of Napa's Weinberger Wine CellarPublisherSmith & Elliott, Lith.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #403 San Francisco, 1862. From Russian Hill. Section 4. Looking East & South [and] ...Section 5. Looking South & West Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorGifford, Charles B., artistHeadlineGifford's S.F. panorama in albumen photosDate Published[After 1862] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #404 Untitled map of Sacramento and surrounding counties Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorPunnett BrothersHeadlineSacramento region from Punnett Bros. 1914PublisherPunnett BrothersDate Published1914 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #407 Jalama: Proposed Spur to Accommodate Sudden Estate Co... Scale 1"=50' Heading(California - Santa Barbara County)HeadlineS.P. Railroad Spur near Santa BarbaraPublisherSouthern Pacific Co.Date PublishedDec. 1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #409 Roadmap to Yosemite (panel title) Heading(California - Yosemite)AuthorParker Map Co.HeadlineYosemite and how to get there in 1922Publisherissued by Yosemite LodgeDate Published[c.1921-22] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #417 Approximately forty pieces of California ephemera Heading(California - Ephemera)HeadlineC.40 pieces late 19th-mid 20th c. CalifornianaProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzDate Publishedc.1880-1950 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #418 Approximately sixty pieces of California regional ephemera Heading(California - Ephemera)HeadlineCollection of Californiana brochuresProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzDate Publishedc.1880-1950 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #420 Sixty Years of California Song Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorAlverson, Margaret BlakeHeadlineSixty Years of CA Song, M.B. Alverson 1913ProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherM.B. Alverson/Sunset PublishingDate Published1913 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #437 With the Flowers and Trees in California Heading(Decorative Publisher's Bindings)AuthorSaunders, Charles FrancisHeadlineFlowers & Trees in CA, Saunders, decorative bindingProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherRobert M. McBride & CompanyDate Published1923 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #446 Twelve titles from The Western Frontier Library Heading(Western Americana)HeadlineTwelve titles from The Western Frontier LibraryProvenanceCollection of Gary KurutzPublisherUniversity of Oklahoma PressDate Published1954-1973 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next