Sale 853: Americana - Manuscripts - Baseball - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#853) 12/18/2025 11:00 AM PST Closed

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9
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    (The Argonaut)
  • Author
    Harte, Bret, Ina Coolbrith, Helen Hunt Jackson et al.
  • Headline
    WITHDRAWN - The Argonaut with Bret Harte's Snow-bound at Eagles, 1885-86
  • Date Published
    1885-86
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
23
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    (California - Catalina Island)
  • Headline
    Catalina ephemera collection
  • Date Published
    1912-1954
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
24
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    (California - Fresno County)
  • Headline
    Scarce Illustrated history of Fresno County California
  • Publisher
    Wallace W. Elliott & Co, Publishers
  • Date Published
    1882
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$1,000
StatusSold
26
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    (California - Marine Phycology)
  • Headline
    Sea Mosses from California with pressed specimens
  • Date Published
    Early 20th century
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$375
StatusSold
27
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    (California - Monterey)
  • Headline
    3 period articles on California gold
  • Publisher
    The Living Age
  • Date Published
    1849
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
28
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    (California - Napa County)
  • Headline
    Illustrated History of Napa County 1878
  • Publisher
    Smith & Elliot
  • Date Published
    1878
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$2,375
StatusSold
29
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    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    San Francisco Block Book c.1900
  • Date Published
    c.1900
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
30
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Chesse, Ralph
  • Headline
    Quatr'z Arts Ball program, cover art by Ralph Chesse
  • Publisher
    Printed by Duddy & Kibbee
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
32
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    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Policemen petition for compensation
  • Date Published
    [1867]
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
33
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    SF Portola's Festival 1909 souvenir program
  • Publisher
    Portola Festival Committee
  • Date Published
    1909
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
34
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    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Scarce San Francisco view book with Taber photos
  • Publisher
    Hartwell & Mitchell
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
35
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    From the collection of Robert E. Cowan
  • Provenance
    Robert Ernest Cowan (bookplate)
  • Date Published
    [1864-1873]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
36
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Sunderland, Clyde
  • Headline
    22 photograph negatives of plane over SF Bay
  • Date Published
    1938-1939
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
37
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Swim meet with Duke Kahanamoku in S.F. 1913
  • Publisher
    The James H. Barry Co.
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
38
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    (California - Sutro Baths)
  • Headline
    Vintage poster from Sutro Baths
  • Publisher
    Francis-Valentine Co. Show Printers
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
39
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    (California - Woodward's Gardens)
  • Headline
    View of Woodward's Gardens
  • Date Published
    c.1870's-1880's
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
40
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    (California - Woodward's Gardens)
  • Headline
    Illustrated guide to Woodward's Gardens, 1875
  • Publisher
    Alta California Book and Job Printing House
  • Date Published
    1875
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$875
StatusSold
42
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    (California Gold Rush)
  • Author
    Bruff, J. Goldsborough
  • Headline
    Bruff's Gold Rush Journals, Drawings, and Papers
  • Publisher
    Columbia University Press
  • Date Published
    1944
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
43
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    (California Gold Rush)
  • Author
    Ryan, William Redmond
  • Headline
    Ryan's Adventures in California
  • Provenance
    Pacific Coast Books
  • Publisher
    William Shoberl
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
44
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    (California Gold Rush)
  • Author
    Ryan, William Redmond
  • Headline
    Ryan's Adventures in California cloth 1st
  • Publisher
    William Shoberl
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
46
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Financial health of early California
  • Publisher
    Chas. T. Botts
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
48
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Author
    Berger, Lawrence, editor
  • Headline
    Diamond jubilee for one of earliest fraternities in California
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
49
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Author
    Evans, Taliesin
  • Headline
    Handbook of California & S.F., 1894
  • Publisher
    Hartwell, Mitchell & Willis
  • Date Published
    [1894]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1.25
StatusSold
50
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Author
    Holder, Charles Frederick, editor
  • Headline
    Complete run of Californian Illustrated Magazine in 5 volumes
  • Publisher
    The Californian Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    1891-1894
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
51
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Author
    McLaren, John
  • Headline
    McLaren on California gardening
  • Publisher
    A.M. Robertson
  • Date Published
    1924
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
52
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Three volumes on California history
  • Date Published
    1939-1968
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
53
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Panoramic photograph of Lone Pine
  • Date Published
    c. 2000
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
54
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Author
    Porter, Bruce, et. al.
  • Headline
    Fine art at Panama Pacific International Expo
  • Provenance
    Roger K. Larson
  • Publisher
    R. I. Bernier, Publisher
  • Date Published
    1916
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
55
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Early California Viticulture
  • Publisher
    James J. Ayers
  • Date Published
    1883
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
56
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    10 CDVs of gold mining family
  • Date Published
    c.1860s
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1.25
StatusSold
60
  • Heading
    (Chinese Emigration)
  • Headline
    Illustrating the Chinese emigration to California, 1876
  • Publisher
    Illustrated London News
  • Date Published
    1876
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
78
  • Author
    Duhaut-Cilly, Auguste Bernard
  • Headline
    Duhaut-Cilly, A Voyage to California
  • Publisher
    The Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1997
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
80
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    (Food & Drink)
  • Author
    Grazzi-Soncini, G.
  • Headline
    Scarce viticultural work
  • Publisher
    A.J. Johnstone, Supt. State Printing
  • Date Published
    1892
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
81
  • Heading
    (Food & Drink)
  • Author
    Keoleian, Ardashes H.
  • Headline
    1st Middle East and Armenian cookbook in America
  • Publisher
    Sully & Kleinteich
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
82
  • Heading
    (Food & Drink)
  • Author
    Townsend, Grace
  • Headline
    Imperial Cookbook, first edition and salesman's copy
  • Publisher
    L.P. Miller & Co.
  • Date Published
    [1890]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
94
  • Heading
    (Hills Bros. Coffee Company)
  • Headline
    Archive of Hills family, before coffee business
  • Date Published
    [c.1870s]
Estimate$4,000 - $6,000
StatusUnsold
96
  • Author
    [Hood] Young, Neva
  • Headline
    Landscape oil painting by Neva Young Hood
  • Date Published
    1880
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
105
  • Heading
    (Kent, Rockwell)
  • Author
    Norris, Charles G.
  • Headline
    Seed by Charles G. Norris, 1st ed inscribed
  • Publisher
    Doubleday, Doran & Company Inc.
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
174
  • Heading
    (Railroads)
  • Author
    Mahl, William, Controller, Southern Pacific Railroad
  • Headline
    Shadows of the Big Four railroad tycoons
  • Publisher
    Southern Pacific Company
  • Date Published
    1897
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
183
  • Author
    Stern, Alec
  • Headline
    With 56 sample greetings cards by Alec Stern
  • Publisher
    Studio of Alec Stern
  • Date Published
    1957
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
184
  • Author
    Stoddard, Charles Warren
  • Headline
    Charles Warren Stoddard's Poems 1867
  • Publisher
    A. Roman
  • Date Published
    1867
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
197
  • Heading
    (Westward Travel)
  • Headline
    4 Arthur H. Clarks vol. on travel to the West
  • Publisher
    Arthur H. Clark Company
  • Date Published
    1979-1990
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
200
  • Heading
    (World War I)
  • Author
    Falls, C.B.
  • Headline
    World War I Marines recruitment poster by C.B. Falls
  • Publisher
    U.S. Marine Corps
  • Date Published
    c.1918
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
202
  • Heading
    (World War I)
  • Author
    Woyshner, Paul
  • Headline
    World War I recruitment poster, Paul Woyshner, 1917
  • Publisher
    U.S. Marine Corps
  • Date Published
    1917
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
StatusUnsold
206
  • Heading
    (Zamorano Eighty - 09)
  • Author
    Brewer, William H.
  • Headline
    William Brewer Up & Down California
  • Publisher
    Yale University Press
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
207
  • Heading
    (Zamorano Eighty - 10)
  • Author
    Brown, John Henry
  • Headline
    Early Days of San Francisco, Grabhorn 1933
  • Publisher
    Grabhorn Press
  • Date Published
    [1933]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
209
  • Heading
    (Zamorano Eighty - 56)
  • Author
    Muir, John
  • Headline
    1st issue of Muir's Mountains of California
  • Publisher
    The Century Co.
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
211
  • Heading
    (Zamorano Eighty - 71)
  • Author
    Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • Headline
    First Edition w/ Grabhorn Press edition
  • Date Published
    1883-1952
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
212
  • Heading
    (Zamorano Eighty - 73)
  • Author
    Taylor, Bayard
  • Headline
    Eldorado with ALS
  • Publisher
    George P. Putnam & Co.
  • Date Published
    1855
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
214
  • Heading
    (Zamorano Select - 09)
  • Author
    Bruff, J. Goldsborough
  • Headline
    Zamorano Select Bruff's Gold Rush Journals
  • Publisher
    Columbia University Press
  • Date Published
    1944
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
216
  • Heading
    (African American, 1843)
  • Author
    Alcott, Phebe Lewis, and Dr. William Andus Alcott
  • Headline
    Personal correspondence against slavery
  • Date Published
    July 29-31, 1843
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$812.50
StatusSold
218
  • Author
    Avalo y Elizalde, María Susan de
  • Headline
    ALS re: Mexican families in California 1877
  • Date Published
    1877
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
220
  • Heading
    (California - Catalina Island)
  • Headline
    Catalina Island's "fishing situation" c. 1910s
  • Date Published
    1918-1921
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
221
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    2 Port of San Francisco certificates 1864
  • Date Published
    1864
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
222
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Barbara)
  • Headline
    11 Californio letters to Guillermo Carrillo
  • Date Published
    1857-1886
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
223
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Barbara)
  • Author
    Halleck, Henry W.
  • Headline
    ALS Henry Halleck on CA land claims
  • Date Published
    1851
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
224
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Barbara)
  • Headline
    Santa Barbara papel sellado w bull drawing 1843
  • Date Published
    1843
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$2,500
StatusSold
225
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Barbara)
  • Headline
    Santa Barbara indentured Native youth 1856
  • Date Published
    1856
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$1,500
StatusSold
226
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Barbara)
  • Headline
    Santa Barbara indenture lease document 1850
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
227
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Barbara)
  • Headline
    Santa Barbara letter of seized horses 1849
  • Date Published
    1849
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$625
StatusSold
228
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Barbara)
  • Headline
    Anastasio Carrillo Santa Barbara mortgage 1855
  • Date Published
    1855
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
229
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Barbara)
  • Headline
    3 Santa Barbara manuscripts, contracts 19th c.
  • Date Published
    1857-1867
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
230
  • Heading
    (California - Santa Barbara)
  • Headline
    3 Santa Barbara manuscripts, mortgages 19th c.
  • Date Published
    1874-1899
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$500
StatusSold
387
  • Heading
    (Bohemian Club)
  • Author
    Frank, Phil
  • Headline
    Phil Frank bird's-eye of Bohemian Grove
  • Publisher
    [Bohemian Club]
  • Date Published
    1997
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
389
  • Heading
    (Bohemian Club)
  • Author
    Osterling, Ralph & A.L. Cotton
  • Headline
    Map of Bohemian Grove Roads and Hiking Trails
  • Publisher
    [Bohemian Club]
  • Date Published
    April, 1984
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
390
  • Heading
    (Bohemian Grove)
  • Headline
    Map of the Bohemian Grove, 1935
  • Publisher
    [Bohemian Club]
  • Date Published
    1935
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
401
  • Heading
    (California - Sacramento)
  • Headline
    WITHDRAWN - 3 views of Sacramento
  • Date Published
    [c.1850]
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
402
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Eddy, William Marston
  • Headline
    Facsimile of Eddy's Map of San Francisco
  • Publisher
    Clackamas County Courthouse
  • Date Published
    1975
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
403
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Faust, Henry W.
  • Headline
    Faust's Map of San Francisco 1892
  • Publisher
    Published by H.W. Faust
  • Date Published
    1892
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
404
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Author
    Ficke, Francis
  • Headline
    Color print of post-quake San Francisco in flames
  • Publisher
    Louis Roesch Co., Lith.
  • Date Published
    1906
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
405
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    Miners Homestead Assoc., early map of San Francisco's Sunset district.
  • Publisher
    Steam Litho Britton & Rey
  • Date Published
    c.1860's
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
406
  • Heading
    (California - San Francisco)
  • Headline
    1850 view of San Francicso
  • Publisher
    Henry Bill
  • Date Published
    1850
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
408
  • Heading
    (California - Tehama County)
  • Headline
    Ms. map of Red Bluff, CA
  • Date Published
    c.1920
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
409
  • Heading
    (California - Tulare County)
  • Author
    Thompson, Thos. H.
  • Headline
    Historical Atlas Map of Tulare County California
  • Publisher
    Thos. H. Thompson
  • Date Published
    1892
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
411
  • Heading
    (California - Yolo County)
  • Headline
    3 Maps of Washington Township, Yolo County
  • Date Published
    c. 1900-1920
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
412
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Large color map of California
  • Publisher
    The Geographical Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    [c.1911]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
413
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Author
    Cundiff, Willard
  • Headline
    Aerial road maps of Southern California 1914-15
  • Publisher
    The Cadmus Press
  • Date Published
    1914
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
414
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Improving the Weber Creek Dam
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
415
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Map promoting California immigration, 1880's
  • Publisher
    Lith. Britton & Rey
  • Date Published
    [c.1884]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
416
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Author
    Putnam, Claude G.
  • Headline
    Pictorial bird's-eye map of Southern California
  • Publisher
    Southern California Tourist Ass'n., Inc.
  • Date Published
    1963
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
417
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Proposed rwy spur to serve Sacramento winery
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
462
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    California small press books from Gary Kurutz
  • Provenance
    Gary Kurutz Collection
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
463
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Gary Kurutz Californiana
  • Provenance
    Gary Kurutz Collection
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$75
StatusSold
464
  • Heading
    (California)
  • Headline
    Overland journeys w/ California focus
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$12.50
StatusSold
465
  • Heading
    (Miscellaneous)
  • Headline
    12 books from Gary Kurutz
  • Provenance
    Gary Kurutz Collection
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$25
StatusSold
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