Sale 847: Western Americana, with Gold Rushers, God-Fearers, Gunslingers, and Anglers (#847) 09/25/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/25/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 847 745 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 1-19 of 19. Previous|1|Next Lot #40 The Maps of the California Gold Region, 1848-1857: A Biblio-Cartography of an Important Decade View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(California - Grabhorn)AuthorWheat, Carl IrvingHeadlineWheat's Maps of the California Gold RegionPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1942 Lot #87 The American Journal of Science and Arts - Collection of nine numbers in three volumes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorDana, James D. with Professors B. Silliman and B. Silliman, Jr.Headline3 Issues Journal of Science and ArtsPublisherPrinted for the editors by B. L. HamlenDate Published1848-1849 Lot #88 The Miner's Progress; or, Scenes in the Life of a California Miner. Being a Series of Humorous Illustrations of the "Ups and Downs" of a Gold Digger in pursuit of his "Pile" View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)Author[Delano, Alonzo]HeadlineWell preserved copy of 1853 Gold Rush satirePublisherDaily Union OfficeDate Published1853 Lot #89 Recollections of a '49er. A Quaint and Thrilling Narrative of a Trip Across the Plains, and Life in the California Gold Fields During the Stirring Days following the Discovery of Gold in the Far West View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorMcIlhany, EdwardHeadlineMcIlhany's Recollections of a Forty-NinerPublisherHailman Printing CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #90 North Bloomfield, California Hotel Register View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)HeadlineNorth Bloomfield Gold Rush Hotel RegisterDate Published1883-1902 Lot #91 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 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorPatterson, Lawson B.HeadlinePatterson's 12 years in California mines, 1862PublisherMiles & DillinghamDate Published1862 Lot #92 Golden Dreams and Waking Realities; Being the Adventures of a Gold-Seeker in California and the Pacific Islands View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorShaw, WilliamHeadlineAustralian William Shaw's Golden Dreams and Waking RealitiesProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1851 Lot #93 Report of the Secretary of War Communicating Information in relation to the geology and topography of California View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorTyson, Philip T.HeadlineTyson's report on the Geology of California, 13 mapsDate Published[1850] Lot #118 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlinePersonal Adventures in Upper and Lower CaliforniaProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherWilliam ShoberlDate Published1850 Lot #119 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlineRyan's Adventures in CaliforniaProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherWilliam ShoberlDate Published1850 Lot #171 North Bloomfield Hydraulic Mines, Nevada Co., Cal. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Mining)AuthorWatkins, Carleton E.HeadlineWatkins Photo of Bloomfield Mine 1870sDate Publishedc.1871 Lot #294 Two editions of Mountains and Molehills: Or Recollections of a Burnt Journal View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 52)AuthorMarryat, FrankHeadlineMountains and Molehills London & NY editionsDate Published1855 Lot #298 A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 63)AuthorRevere, Joseph WarrenHeadlineA Tour of Duty in CA, LA Mayor's copyProvenanceStephen C. FosterPublisherC. S. Francis & Co.; J.H. FrancisDate Published1849 Lot #299 A Tour of Duty in California; Including a Description of the Gold Region: And an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn; with Notices of Lower California, the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, and the Principal Events Attending the Conquest of the Californias View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 63)AuthorRevere, Joseph WarrenHeadlineRevere's Tour of California 1840PublisherC. S. Francis & Co.Date Published1840 Lot #304 The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 69)AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineNice copy on California bond paper, Z80ProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1922 Lot #309 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 73)AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineTaylor's Gold Rush classic Eldorado, 1850PublisherGeorge P. PutnamDate Published1850 Lot #313 Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 80)AuthorWoods, Daniel B.HeadlinePresentation copy of Woods' Gold DiggingsPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1851 Lot #315 Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings and other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association, April 2, 1849 - July 20, 1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Zamorano Select - 09)AuthorBruff, J. GoldsboroughHeadlineZamorano Select Bruff's Gold Rush JournalsPublisherColumbia University PressDate Published1944 Lot #369 Selection of books on mining View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Ephemera)HeadlineCalifornia mining, including the Gold RushProvenanceGary KurutzDate Published1949-1978 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next