Sale 859: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History

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(Office of the Chief Signal Officer)
Author
Mallery, Garrick
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"Special Orders" letters from the Office of the Chief Signal Officer 1874
Publisher
War Department/Office of the Chief Signal Officer
Date Published
1874

Estimate$500 - $800

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201

Flood Photographs of Wilkes-Barre, PA

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of Wilkes-Barre 1936 flood
Date Published
1936

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203

Photograph album and travel diary of road trip

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album travel diary of road trip
Date Published
1925

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204

Photograph album assembled by students in British Columbia

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of a teacher in British Columbia
Date Published
1911-1919

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206

Photograph album of 1930s California and travels

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of LA and 1930's travels
Date Published
1932-1941

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207

Photograph album of 1939 steamer trip from New York to South America and the Caribbean

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of South American cruise
Date Published
1939

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208

Photograph album of a knapsack trip into the South Fork Basin of the Kings River

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(Photo Album)
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Knapsacking in California, 1933
Date Published
1933

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210

Photograph album of Raymond Cesena, logging and hunting in Alaska during World War II

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of WWII Alaskan logging
Date Published
1942-1943

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213

Photograph album of U.S. Navy life in the 1930's

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of Navy life in the 1930's
Date Published
1935-1938

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214

Photograph album of World War II pilot in Brazil and Africa

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(Photo Album)
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World War II photo album of Brazil and Africa
Date Published
1943-1944

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215

Photograph album of WWI shipbuilding in Oakland

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of WWI Oakland shipbuilding
Date Published
1918-1919

Estimate$800 - $1,200

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216

Photographs of a high school student in Alaska during the Great Depression

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of Alaskan high school life
Date Published
1931-1932

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218

Photographs of South Dakota

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(Photo Album)
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Photo album of South Dakota prairie life
Date Published
1904

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220

Scrapbook of Annelle Hutton, volunteer nurse in the Navy

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(Photo Album)
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Naval nurse scrapbook from WWII
Date Published
1944-1946

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221

Scrapbook of Berta Abrams, high school student in Oklahoma

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(Photo Album)
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Oklahoma scrapbook of the 1920's
Date Published
1926-1928

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222

Three signed works by American political figures

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(Politicians)
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3 signed works by American political figures
Date Published
Various dates

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223

Washington and His Generals: Or, Legends of the Revolution

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(Presidents, 1789)
Author
Lippard, George
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Washington and His Generals 1847
Publisher
G. B. Zieber and Company
Date Published
1847

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224

The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled under the inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington... To which is Prefixed an Introduction Containing a Compendious View of the Colonies Planted by the English on the Continent of North America

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(Presidents, 1789)
Author
Marshall, John
Headline
Marshall's Life of Washington 1st w/ atlas
Publisher
C.P. Wayne
Date Published
1804-1807

Estimate$3,000 - $5,000

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228

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirtieth Congress

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(Presidents, 1845)
Author
[Polk, James K]
Headline
First Session of the Thirtieth Congress, 1847
Publisher
Wendell & Van Benthuysen
Date Published
1847

Estimate$400 - $600

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229

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

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(Presidents, 1869)
Author
Grant, Ulysses S.
Headline
Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant
Publisher
Charles L. Webster
Date Published
1885-1886

Estimate$300 - $500

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230

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant

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(Presidents, 1869)
Author
Grant, Ulysses S.
Headline
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, 1885 morocco binding
Publisher
Charles L. Webster
Date Published
1885-86

Estimate$500 - $800

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246

Profiles in Courage

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(Presidents, 1961)
Author
Kennedy, John F.
Headline
Profiles in Courage signed by JFK
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
[1956]

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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249

California, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico: Through Tourist Sleepers, Washington to Los Angeles and San Francisco without Change, via Sunset Route [wrapper title]

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(Railways)
Headline
Sunset Route travel brochure
Publisher
Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co.
Date Published
1900

Estimate$400 - $600

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251

Great Trans-Continental Railroad Guide

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(Railways)
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1870 Guide to the Transcontinental Railroad
Publisher
Crofutt & Eaton
Date Published
1870

Estimate$300 - $500

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253

Olympic Games July 30 to August 14, 1932. Los Angeles, California. Vacation Fares, Deeply Cut [wrapper title]

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(Railways)
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Summer 1932 Santa Fe Rwy promotional
Date Published
1932

Estimate$300 - $500

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254

Statement of Way-Bills Received by United States Express Company

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(Railways)
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US Express Company ledger 1902-3
Date Published
1902-1903

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255

Three publications from railroad companies, with one piece of dining car ephemera

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(Railways)
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Railroad ephemera & publications early 20th c.
Date Published
1887-1937

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256

Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806

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(Russell, Thomas C.)
Author
Langsdorff, Georg Heinrich von
Headline
Langsdorff's Rezanov Voyage, Russell
Publisher
Thomas C. Russell
Date Published
1927

Estimate$300 - $500

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261

Spanish colonial manuscripts relating to Revolutionary-Era American public debt

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(Spanish America)
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Spanish manuscripts re: U.S. Revolutionary-era debt
Date Published
c. 1779-1784

Estimate$2,000 - $3,000

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262

The Birds of North America...Drawn and Colored from Nature

Author
Studer, Jacob H.
Headline
Studer's Birds with chromolithograph plates
Publisher
The Natural Science Association of America
Date Published
1897

Estimate$300 - $500

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266

Tobacco—Hand Culture & Treatment

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(Tobacco)
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Colored plate demonstrating stages in tobacco cultivation
Publisher
Government Printing Office
Date Published
1892

Estimate$300 - $500

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267

Utah, the inland empire, illustrated: The story of the pioneers, resources and industries of the state, attractions of Salt Lake City, leading men of the community

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(Utah)
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Illustrated history & description of Utah 1902
Publisher
The Deseret News
Date Published
1902

Estimate$500 - $800

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272

Across America in a Franklin, 1907

Author
Whitman, L.L.
Headline
From SF to NYC in a Franklin
Publisher
H.H. Franklin Manufacturing Company
Date Published
1906

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274

He Did His Duty

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(World War I)
Author
Woyshner, Paul
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World War I recruitment poster, Paul Woyshner, 1917
Publisher
U.S. Marine Corps
Date Published
1917

Estimate$1,000 - $1,500

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276

Three view albums of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893

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(World's Fair, 1893)
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Three view albums of the Chicago 1893 World's Fair
Date Published
1892-1893

Estimate$200 - $300

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292

A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon

Author
Dixon, George
Headline
Dixon's Voyage Round the World, 2nd Ed.
Publisher
Geo. Goulding
Date Published
1789

Estimate$1,000 - $1,500

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306

Days Forever Flown

Author
Haslehurst, May A.
Headline
A couple's 1891 Journey through the American West
Publisher
Privately Printed [Gilliss Brothers]
Date Published
1892

Estimate$200 - $300

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312

Poor relief by Mr. Provider

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(Kent)
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Mr. Provider slip for poor travellers 1773
Date Published
1773

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315

Marine voyages manuscript

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(Marine Voyages)
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Marine manuscript 1848, partial unbound
Date Published
c. 1848

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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326

Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun

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(Mountaineering)
Author
Le Blond, Aubrey
Headline
Le Blond's Scandinavian climbs
Publisher
J.B. Lippincott
Date Published
1908

Estimate$300 - $500

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327

Mountain Craft: The Journal of the Mountaineering Association, Issues No.1-16

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(Mountaineering)
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Mountain Craft issues 1-16 bound together
Publisher
The Mountaineering Association
Date Published
1952

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328

A Search for the Apex of America: How Mountain Climbing in Peru and Bolivia Including the Conquest of Huascaran with some Observations on the Country and People Below

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(Mountaineering)
Author
Speck, Annie S.
Headline
Peck's climbs in Bolivia & Peru
Publisher
Dodd, Mead and Company
Date Published
1911

Estimate$300 - $500

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329

The Ascent of Denali (Mount McKinley): A Narrative of the First Complete Ascent of the Highest Peak in North America

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(Mountaineering)
Author
Stuck, Hudson
Headline
Mountain Climbing in Alaska, Hudson Stuck
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1914

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A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon

Author
Portlock, Nathaniel
Headline
Portlock's Voyage Round the World, 1st edition
Publisher
John Stockdale
Date Published
1789

Estimate$2,000 - $3,000

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353

An owl's eye view of the Bohemian Grove: Camps - Facilities - Roads: Sonoma County, CA

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(Bohemian Club)
Author
Frank, Phil
Headline
Phil Frank bird's-eye of Bohemian Grove
Publisher
[Bohemian Club]
Date Published
1997

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354

Map "A" of portion of the Bohemian Grove, Sonoma County, California: Showing principal roads, trails and club structures, camps and camp locations

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(Bohemian Grove)
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Map of the Bohemian Grove, 1935
Publisher
[Bohemian Club]
Date Published
1935

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371

Mount Diablo, Historic Meridian Mountain, and Routes of Motor Highways to Summit

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(California - Alameda & Contra Costa Counties)
Author
Gates, Worthington
Headline
Bird's-eye view of Alameda & Contra Costa, Cal.
Publisher
R.N. Burgess Company
Date Published
1916

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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372

Three maps/plans for the San Francisco Bay Airdrome in Alameda County, California

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(California - Alameda County)
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Plans for SF Bay Airdrome in Alameda, 1929
Date Published
1920-1930

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373

Map of Grand View Terrace. Berkeley, Calif. May, 1907

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(California - Berkeley)
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Cadastral map of Grand View Terrace in Berkeley
Date Published
1907

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374

Five real estate maps of Greater Los Angeles

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(California - Los Angeles)
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Five early real estate maps LA area
Date Published
1902-1938

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375

Map of Napa, California Distributed by Napa Chamber of Commerce

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(California - Napa County)
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Map of Napa with personal photographs
Publisher
Thomas Bros.
Date Published
[c.1940]

Estimate$400 - $600

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376

Official Map of San Francisco Compiled from the Field Notes of the Official Re-Survey

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(California - San Francisco)
Author
Eddy, William Marston
Headline
Facsimile of Eddy's Map of San Francisco
Publisher
Clackamas County Courthouse
Date Published
1975

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377

Map of the City and County of San Francisco California

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(California - San Francisco)
Author
Faust, Henry W.
Headline
Faust's Map of San Francisco 1892
Publisher
Published by H.W. Faust
Date Published
1892

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378

Destruction of San Francisco by Earthquake and Fire, April 18th, 1906: Every building shown in the above picture was destroyed by the Great Fire

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(California - San Francisco)
Author
Ficke, Francis
Headline
Color print of post-quake San Francisco in flames
Publisher
Louis Roesch Co., Lith.
Date Published
1906

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379

The Maps of San Francisco Bay From the Spanish Discovery in 1769 to the American Occupation.

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(California - San Francisco)
Author
Harlow, Neal
Headline
Harlow's maps of San Francisco Bay from BCC
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
1950

Estimate$500 - $800

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380

Historical Atlas Map of Santa Clara County, California

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(California - Santa Clara County)
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Thompson & West Santa Clara Atlas, 1876
Publisher
Thompson & West
Date Published
1876

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381

Map of College Addition to Santa Rosa, California

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(California - Santa Rosa)
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Cadastral map of College Addition Santa Rosa CA, 1892
Date Published
[c.1892]

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382

Map of the town of Montpellier, Stanislaus County Cal... Surveyed Aug. 1890 by A.R. Gappy. Scale: 1 inch = 200 feet

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(California - Stanislaus County)
Author
Gappy, A.R.
Headline
Rare survey of Montpellier, Stanislaus County
Date Published
[c.1910]

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383

Map of Sutro Heights. Lots for Sale by Will E. Fisher & Co. Agents...

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(California - Sutro Heights)
Author
Bosqui, Edward
Headline
Edward Bosqui's map of Sutro Heights, c.1893
Publisher
Edward Bosqui for Will E. Fisher & Co.
Date Published
c.1893

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384

The Illustrated Atlas and History of Yolo County, Cal. Containing a History of California from 1513 to 1850, a History of Yolo County from 1825 to 1880, with Statistics of Agriculture, Education, Churches, Elections, Lithographic Views of Farms, Residences, Mills, &c. Portraits of well-known Citizens, and the Official County Map

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(California - Yolo County)
Headline
Yolo County California Illustrated Atlas 1879
Publisher
De Pue & Company
Date Published
1879

Estimate$2,000 - $3,000

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385

The Aero Relief Map of California, The Golden State

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(California)
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Relief map of California, 1955
Publisher
Aero Service Corporation
Date Published
1955

Estimate$300 - $500

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386

Complete Map of California, Showing Principal Automobile Roads, Electric Lines, Railroads, M.O. Postoffices, Banks, Rivers, Canals, and Last U.S. Census of all Towns

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(California)
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Large color map of California
Publisher
The Geographical Publishing Co.
Date Published
[c.1911]

Estimate$300 - $500

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387

Five Blueprints of Early Depression Era Weber Dam Modifications

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(California)
Headline
Improving the Weber Creek Dam
Date Published
1929

Estimate$300 - $500

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390

Gettysburg. Repulse of Longstreet's Assault

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(Civil War)
Author
Bachelder, John B.
Headline
Engraving of Pickett's Charge
Publisher
James Drummond Ball
Date Published
1876

Estimate$600 - $900

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401

Boston, with its Environs

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(Massachusetts - Boston)
Author
[Conder, Thomas]
Headline
Thomas Conder's map of Boston for William Gordon, 1788
Publisher
[William Gordon]
Date Published
[1788]

Estimate$300 - $500

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404

Collection de cartes géographiques, vues, marines, plans et portraits, relatifs aux voyages du Capitaine J. Meares...

Author
Meares, John
Headline
Atlas to French edition of Meares 1795
Publisher
F. Buisson
Date Published
An 3 de la République [1795]

Estimate$600 - $900

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405

Rand, McNally & Co.'s Indexed County and Township Map of Michigan: With a New and Original Compilation and Index...

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(Michigan)
Headline
Rand, McNally 1883 Michigan map & index
Publisher
Rand, McNally & Co.
Date Published
[c.1883]

Estimate$200 - $300

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408

U.S. Indian Service Maps of Flathead Reservation

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(Montana)
Headline
1920s Survey Maps of the Flathead Reservation in Montana
Publisher
U.S. Indian Service
Date Published
[c.1922]

Estimate$2,500 - $3,500

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