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