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Previous|1|Next Lot #5 Autograph letter from Sumdum Mining Company employee View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Alaska - Gold Rush)HeadlineSumdum Mining Co., ALS 1899Date Published1899 Lot #6 Autograph letter on Alaskan gold rush wintertime conditions View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Alaska - Gold Rush)AuthorKennedy, W.W.HeadlineGold mining winters in Alaska, 1899 letterDate Published1899 Lot #7 Two autograph letters from gold miner and surveyor Albert Lascy detailing his travels near Karluk, Uyak, and Uganik Bays View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Alaska - Gold Rush)AuthorLascy, AlbertHeadlineAlaskan gold mining letters, 1893Date Published1893 Lot #8 Autograph letters from W.D. Smith, owner of the Shumagin Packing Company View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Heading(Alaska - Salmon Canning)AuthorSmith, William D.HeadlineLetters from salmon canning owner, AlaskaDate Published1889-1890 Lot #16 Civil War letter signed by Union Army surgeon from anti-slavery family View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorBurrows, Dr. Sylvester S.HeadlineOhio abolitionist family fights to end slaveryDate PublishedSept. 24, 1862 Lot #19 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Astronauts)AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 Lot #24 Swinging the Censer View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBell, Katherine M.HeadlineBell's Reminiscences of Old Santa Barbara, signed by her sonPublisher[Katherine Bell Cheney]Date Published[1931] Lot #46 Manuscript letter from the Trustees of the San Francisco Orphan Asylum Society View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSF Orphan Asylum Society ms letterDate Published1860 Lot #58 Two Certificates of the Consignee, San Francisco maritime documents View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline2 Port of San Francisco certificates 1864Date Published1864 Lot #59 Journalism in California: Pacific Coast and Exposition Biographies View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorYoung, John P.HeadlineSigned by famed San Franciscan M.H. De YoungPublisherChronicle Publishing Co,Date Published1915 Lot #63 History of Sierra County View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Sierra County)AuthorSinnott, James J.HeadlineHistory of Sierra County complete, all signedPublisherMid-Cal PublishersDate Published1973-1978 Lot #76 Conflagration at Alcatraz View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(California Art)AuthorRogers, CharlesHeadlineConflagration at Alcatraz signed by Charles RogersDate Published1874 Lot #77 Cattle by the River View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California Art)AuthorSchafer, FrederickHeadlineCattle by the River signed by Frederick SchaferDate PublishedNo date Lot #78 Manuscript letter regarding licenses for gold-carriers View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorSunderland, LathamHeadlineGold Rush legal arguments, 1858Date Published1858 Lot #83 California Coast Trails: A Horseback Ride from Mexico to Oregon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorChase, J. SmeatonHeadlineCalifornia Coast Trails, signed in djPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1913 Lot #89 Historic Spots in California: The Southern Counties View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California)AuthorRensch, Hero Eugene and Ethel Grace RenschHeadlineHistoric Spots in California, copy of Juan AguilarPublisherStanford University Press; Humphrey Milford: Oxford University PressDate Published1932 Lot #95 The Future Wealth Of America, Being A Glance At The Resources Of The United States And The Commercial And Agricultural Advantages In Cultivating Tea, Coffee, And Indigo, The Date, Mango, Jack, Leechee, Guava And Orange Trees, Etc., With A Review Of The China Trade View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(China Trade)AuthorBonynge, FrancisHeadlineAntebellum American trade with ChinaPublisherBy The AuthorDate Published1851 Lot #96 Chinese Immigration, In its Social and Economical Aspects View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Chinese American)AuthorSeward, George F., Late United States Minister to ChinaHeadlineSigned defense of Chinese immigrantsPublisherEduard BosquiDate Published1881 Lot #97 Autobiography of John B. Weber, Limited, Signed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Civil War - Ellis Island)AuthorWeber, John B.HeadlineColonel of Colored Infantry & 1st Commissioner of Ellis IslandDate Published1924 Lot #100 Archive of approximately 300 handwritten letters from or to members of the extended Doolittle Family of Onarga, Illinois, some 80 of which are from Elkanah Doolittle during his military service from July 1862 to January 1864 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Civil War)AuthorDoolittle, Elkanah, et al.HeadlineImportant archive of Civil War lettersDate Published19th century Lot #111 The Stagecoach View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorEstes, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Estes The Stage Coach 1/1000 signedPublisherGeorge Estes PublishersDate Published[1925] Lot #112 Autograph letter signed by Abigail Fillmore View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(First Ladies, 1850)HeadlineALS First Lady Abigail Fillmore, 1841Date Published1841 Lot #113 Autograph letter signed by Lucy W. Hayes View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(First Ladies, 1877)HeadlineALS First Lady Lucy Hayes, 1880Date Published1880 Lot #114 Typed letter signed by Lou Henry Hoover View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(First Ladies, 1929)HeadlineTLS First Lady Lou Henry Hoover, 1932Date Published1932 Lot #115 Autograph letter signed by Bess Truman View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(First Ladies, 1945)HeadlineALS First Lady Bess Truman, 1950Date Published[1950] Lot #116 Typed letter signed by Mamie D. Eisenhower View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(First Ladies, 1953)AuthorEisenhower, Mamie D.HeadlineTLS Mamie D. Eisenhower, 1970Date Published1970 Lot #117 Autograph letter signed by Jacqueline Kennedy [with] typed letter signed to Jacqueline Kennedy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(First Ladies, 1961)AuthorKennedy, JacquelineHeadlineALS Jacqueline Kennedy to antiques dealerDate Published1955 Lot #118 White House family photograph inscribed by Betty Ford View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(First Ladies, 1974)HeadlineBetty Ford inscribed White House family photoDate Publishedc. 1974 Lot #119 Autograph letter signed by Rosalynn Carter View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Heading(First Ladies, 1977)AuthorCarter, RosalynnHeadlineALS Rosalynn Carter, 1975Date Published1975 Lot #133 Civilian Exclusion Order No. 27 - Notice. Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, California View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Japanese Exclusion Order)AuthorDeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.L.HeadlineJapanese exclusion in East Bay, 1942 posterPublisherU.S. ArmyDate PublishedApril 30, 1942 Lot #137 Incredibly large group of printed writings by Oscar Lewis, all signed View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000StatusUnsold Heading(Lewis, Oscar)HeadlineBushels of signed Oscar LewisDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #138 Royal decree abolishing forced indigenous labor in Spanish America View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Manuscripts)HeadlineSpanish ms ending forced Indigenous labor, 1720Date Published1720 Lot #141 Personal Recollections and Observations of General Nelson A. Miles Embracing a Brief View of the Civil War, or From New England to the Golden Gate and the Story of His Indian Campaigns.... View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMiles, Nelson A.HeadlineWith signature of Nelson A. MilesPublisherThe Werner CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #158 Eight dividend receipt forms of the Hudson River Railroad Company View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(New York)HeadlineSuper-rich New Yorkers in 1864Date PublishedSeptember 15, 1864 Lot #172 Autograph letter signed by Ulysses S. Grant to A.R. Corbin View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1867)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineALS Pres. Ulysses S. Grant to brother-in-lawDate Published1873 Lot #173 Autograph letter signed by James A. Garfield as President Elect View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1881)AuthorGarfield, James A.HeadlineALS James A. Garfield, Pres. Elect, 1880Date Published1880 Lot #174 Autograph note signed by William McKinley as President View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1897)HeadlineANS William McKinley as President, 1897Date Published1897 Lot #177 Appointment document, signed by Taft View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1909)AuthorTaft, William HowardHeadlineTaft signed appointment documentDate Published1911 Lot #178 Typed letter signed by Warren G. Harding as President View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1921)AuthorHarding, Warren G.HeadlineTLS Warren G. Harding as Pres., 1921Date Published1921 Lot #181 Crusade in Europe View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1953)AuthorEisenhower, Dwight D.HeadlineCrusade in Europe Signed twice by Eisenhower w/inscriptionPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1948 Lot #182 Typed letter to actress Ann Southern signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower with envelope View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1953)HeadlineTLS Pres. Eisenhower to actress Ann SouthernDate Published1958 Lot #183 The Years of Lyndon Johnson Master of the Senate View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1963)AuthorCaro, Robert A.HeadlineSigned The Years of Lyndon Johnson Book 3PublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2002 Lot #184 Typed letter signed by Lyndon B. Johnson as President View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1963)AuthorJohnson, Lyndon B.HeadlineTLS Lyndon B. Johnson as Pres., 1967Date Published1967 Lot #185 Six Crises View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1969)AuthorNixon, Richard M.HeadlineSix Crises inscribed by NixonPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1962 Lot #186 A Time to Heal: The Autobiography of Gerald R. Ford View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1974)AuthorFord, Gerald R.Headline1st edition signed by President FordPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1979] Lot #188 George Herbert Walker Bush: A Photographic Profile View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Presidents, 1989)AuthorValdez, David, compilerHeadlineA Photographic Profile of Bush, signed 1/1250PublisherTexas A&M University PressDate Published[1997] Lot #189 My Life [with] Giving View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1993)AuthorClinton, BillHeadlineBoth signed by U.S. President Bill ClintonPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2004; 2007 Lot #193 Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorReisner, MarcHeadlineCadillac Desert signed by Marc ReisnerPublisherVikingDate Published[1968] Lot #199 Correspondence between David Starr Jordan and Jane Stanford 1902-1904 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Stanford University)HeadlineCorrespondence between David Starr Jordan and Jane Stanford, 1902-1904Date Published1902-1904 Lot #201 Letter from David Starr Jordan to Jane Stanford, 1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Stanford University)AuthorJordan, David StarrHeadlineLetter from David Starr Jordan to Jane Stanford, 1902Date Published1902 Lot #209 Battle Cry View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorUris, Leon M.HeadlineBattle Cry inscribed and signed by Leon UrisPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1953] Lot #225 Nineteenth century botany manuscript with collection of specimens View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Botany)Headline19th century botany manuscript with collection of specimensDate Published[Early 19th century] Lot #229 Journal of the Proceedings of the Late Embassy to China; Comprising a Correct Narrative of the Public Transactions of the Embassy, of the Voyage to and from China, and of the Journey from the Mouth of the Pei-Ho to the Return to Canton... View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(China)AuthorEllis, HenryHeadlineEllis' Embassy to China 1817 with color platesPublisherPrinted for John MurrayDate Published1817 Lot #230 [Chairman Mao's Four Philosophical Papers] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(China)AuthorMao, Tse-TungHeadlineFirst printing of Mao's Four Philosophical Essays, 1964Publisher[People's Publishing House]Date Published[1964] Lot #253 Poor relief by Mr. Provider View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Kent)HeadlineMr. Provider slip for poor travellers 1773Date Published1773 Lot #265 Typed letter signed by Jules Romains to President of France, Albert Lebrun View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorRomains, JulesHeadlineTLS Romains to French President re Nazis 1938Date Published1938 Lot #284 The Caine Mutiny: A Novel of World War II View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(World War II)AuthorWouk, HermanHeadlineIllustrated edition, signed by Herman WoukPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1952 Lot #289 On the Heights View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBonatti, WalterHeadlineInscribed and signed by Italian mountaineer Walter BonattiProvenanceFrom the Michael Chessler Collection of MountaineeringPublisherRupert Hart-DavisDate Published1964 Lot #291 After Everest: An Autobiography of Tenzing Norgay Sherpa View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Everest)AuthorBarnes, MalcolmHeadlineTwo signed copies of Tenzing Norgay's autobiographyProvenanceFrom the Michael Chessler Collection of MountaineeringPublisherVikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.Date Published[1977] Lot #292 25th Mount Everest Anniversary Silver Medal View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(Everest)AuthorHillary, Edmund and Tenzing NorgayHeadlineCommemorative medal signed by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing NorgayProvenanceFrom the Michael Chessler Collection of MountaineeringPublisherThe Franklin MintDate Published[1978] Lot #293 Everest: The West Ridge View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Everest)AuthorHornbein, Thomas F.HeadlineHorbein's Everest, Sierra Club, inscribed 3xProvenanceFrom the Michael Chessler Collection of MountaineeringPublisherSierra ClubDate Published1965 Lot #294 The Ascent of Everest View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Heading(Everest)AuthorHunt, JohnHeadlineAscent of Everest signed by 30 mountaineersProvenanceFrom the Michael Chessler Collection of MountaineeringPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1953 Lot #295 The Ascent of Everest View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Everest)AuthorHunt, JohnHeadlineChessler's copy of Hunt's Everest, signed 15xProvenanceFrom the Michael Chessler Collection of MountaineeringPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published1953 Lot #296 Man of Everest: The Autobiography of Tenzing View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Everest)AuthorNorgay, Tenzing and James R. UllmanHeadlineTenzing's autobiography, signed 9xProvenanceFrom the Michael Chessler Collection of MountaineeringPublisherThe Reprint SocietyDate Published1956 Lot #297 The Mount Everest Reconnaissance Expedition 1951 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(Everest)AuthorShipton, EricHeadlineSigned by climbers Edmund Hillary, Eric Shipton, Ruth and John MendenhallProvenanceFrom the Michael Chessler Collection of MountaineeringPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1952] Lot #303 The White Spider: The Story of the North Face of the Eiger View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorHarrer, HeinrichHeadlineHeinrich Harrer's White Spider, signedProvenanceFrom the Michael Chessler Collection of MountaineeringPublisherE.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.Date Published1960 Lot #305 Eiger Dreams: Ventures Among Men and Mountains View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorKrakauer, JonHeadlineJon Krakauer's Eiger Dreams signedProvenanceFrom the Michael Chessler Collection of MountaineeringPublisherLyons & BurfordDate Published1990 Lot #314 Conquistadors of the Useless View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorTerray, LionelHeadlineTerray's Conquistadors, 1st UK signedProvenanceFrom the Michael Chessler Collection of MountaineeringPublisherVictor Gollancz LtdDate Published1963 Lot #316 Among the Alps with Bradford View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWashburn, BradfordHeadlineWashburn's early Alpine climbsProvenanceFrom the Michael Chessler Collection of MountaineeringPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1927 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next