Sale 548 - Rare Americana with the Jess Jones Collection of Californiana & Pictorial Letter Sheets (#548) 12/04/2014 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/04/2014 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 401-453 of 453. Previous|12345|Next Lot #401 Springfield, Tuolumne County Heading(Springfield...)HeadlineView of Springfield, CA in letter sheetPublisherLith. Britton & Rey, published by G.S. WellsDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #402 Stabbing of Officer Hopkins by Judge Terry. General Affray on Jackson Street, on Saturday, June 21st 1856 / Mounted Battalion in Motion, Corner of Montgomery and Washington Sts. Heading(Stabbing...)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF Vigilance CommitteePublisherPublished at the "Daily Town Talk Office"Date Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #403 Sundry Amusements in the Mines Heading(Sundry)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Amusements in the MinesPublisherLith. & Published by Britton & ReyDate Published[c.1853] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #404 Tremendous Excitement! Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie Rescued from the Authorities, and Hung by the Vigilance Committee, on Sunday August 24th at 3 O'Clock P.M. in the Presence of Fifteen Thousand People Heading(Tremendous...)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF Vigilance CommitteePublisherJusth, Quirot & Co.Date Published[before Sept. 1, 1851] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #405 Two Roads in California Heading(Two...)HeadlineLetter sheet depicting perils of Gold RushPublisherBritton & ReyDate Publishedc.1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #406 View of Downieville, Forks of the North Yuba River. Published and Sold by Samuel W. Langton of Langton's Express Downieville, California Heading(View...)HeadlineLetter Sheet with view of DownievillePublisherJusth Quirot & Co.Date Published[1851] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #407 View of San Francisco, from Telegraph Hill. Moody del. from a sketch by Swan. Lith. of Peirce & Pollard - with letter Heading(View...)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet SF in 1850 with letterPublisherCooke & LeCountDate Published1850 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #408 View of the Last Great Conflagration in San-Francisco on the 22d of June, 1851. Ten Squares burned. Loss $3,000,000. View Taken from the head of California Street During the Progress of the Fire Heading(View...)HeadlineLetter sheet with SF in flames 1851PublisherJusth Quirot & Co.Date Published[before July 14th, 1851] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #409 View of the Plaza of San-Francisco, On the 4th of July 1851 Heading(View...)HeadlineCelebrating California statehoodPublisherAtwill & Co.Date Published1851 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #410 The Winter of 1852 & 3 Heading(Winter...)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet with letter from GeorgetownPublisherBritton & ReyDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #411 From Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott Bond. The Rewards of Honesty, Industry, Economy and Perseverance Heading(African American entrepreneur)AuthorRudd, Dan. A. and Theo. BondHeadlineFrom Slavery to Wealth: The Life of Scott BondPublisherJournal Printing CompanyDate Published1917 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #412 Eight volumes of Americana, mostly being Diaries and Biographies Heading(Americana)HeadlineEight volumes of Americana, mostly being Diaries and BiographiesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #413 Abstract of Title & Certificate of Search to Part of 100 Vara Lot No 279 as shown by the various records in City & County of San Francisco Made at the Request of Patrick Gamble Sumner the 30th day of July 1883 by FA Rouleau, successor to Brooks & Rouleau, Searcher of Records for the Counties of San Francisco, Alameda & San Mateo [Cover title] Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline1883 San Francisco Abstract of TitleDate Published1883 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #414 1850 California constitutional convention proposes lands for a state capital and a university Heading(California Gold Rush, land for state capital and university 1850)HeadlineCalifornia, university, state capitalDate Published1850 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #415 1924 letter, Santa Cruz Airport and Miss California beauty queen Heading(California, 1924 Santa Cruz Airport)HeadlineCalifornia, aviation, Santa CruzDate Published1924 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #416 Official Souvenir and Manual of the Fifteenth General Assembly and State of Colorado Heading(Colorado)HeadlineFIfteenth General Assembly Of Colorado 1905PublisherE.J. MillerDate Published1905 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #417 Embarcadero: [Being a Chronicle of True Sea Adventures from the Port of San Francisco] AuthorDillon, RichardHeadlineRichard Dillon Embarcadero S.F. sea talesPublisherCoward-McCannDate Published[1959] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #418 The Last Days of the California Missions AuthorDillon, RichardHeadlineRichard Dillon on California MissionsDate Published1985 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #419 Wells, Fargo Detective: The Biography of James B. Hume AuthorDillon, RichardHeadlineRichard Dillon Wells Fargo DetectivePublisherCoward, McCannDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #420 Abstract of the Title to Rancho Laguna de Tache for Laguna Lands, Limited, Fresno County -- California Heading(Fresno County)HeadlineAbstract of the Title to Rancho Laguna de TachePublisherFresno County Abstract CompanyDate Published[c.1903] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #421 Californian Indian Nights Entertainments: Stories of the creation of the world, of man, of fire, of the sun, of thunder, etc.; of coyote, the land of the dead, the sky land, monsters, animal people, etc. AuthorGifford, Edward W. & Gwendoline Harris BlockHeadlineCalifornian Indian Nights EntertainmentsPublisherArthur H. Clark CompanyDate Published1930 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #422 Handbook of Yosemite National Park: A Compendium of Articles on the Yosemite Region by the Leading Scientific Authorities AuthorHall, Ansel F.HeadlineHandbook of Yosemite National Park, Ansel F. HallPublisherPutnamDate Published1921 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #423 Bartlett's West: Drawing the Mexican Boundary AuthorHine, Robert V.HeadlineDrawing the Mexican BoundaryPublisherYale University PressDate Published1968 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #424 Josiah Gregg and His Vision of the Early West AuthorHorgan, PaulHeadlineJosiah Gregg & opening of SouthwestPublisherFarrar Straus GirouxDate Published[1979] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #425 Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada AuthorKing, ClarenceHeadlineMountaineering in Sierra NevadaPublisherTicknorDate Published[1874 or later] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #426 Land of Giants: The Drive to the Pacific Northwest 1750-1950 AuthorLavender, DavidHeadlineDrive to Pacific Northwest 1750-1950PublisherDoubleday & Co.Date Published1958 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #427 The Journals of Lewis and Clark Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorDeVoto, Bernard, editorHeadlineJournals of Lewis & ClarkPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published[1953] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #428 Printing Arts in Texas AuthorLowman, AlHeadlinePrinting Arts in Texas by Al LowmanPublisherJenkins Publishing Co.Date Published[1981] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #429 The Dawn of the World: Myths and Weird Tales Told by the Mewan Indians of California AuthorMerriam, C. Hart, edHeadlineIndian Creation MythsPublisherArthur H. ClarkDate Published1910 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #430 California: For Health, Pleasure, and Residence. A Book for Travellers and Settlers AuthorNordhoff, CharlesHeadlineNordhoff's California bright copyPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1878 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #431 Peter Skene Ogden's Snake Country Journals, 1824-25 and 1825-26 AuthorOgden, Peter SkeneHeadlineOgden's Snake Country JournalsPublisherThe Hudson's Bay Record SocietyDate Published1950 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #432 Muskogee Indian Territory: The Industrial Prodigy of the New Southwest Heading(Oklahoma)Author**HeadlineMuskogee Indian TerritoryPublisherCompiled by John H. N. Tindall Co. Publishers under the Auspices of the Muskogee Chamber of CommerceDate Published[1904] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #433 On the Upper Missouri the Water Way to Iowa: Some River History AuthorPeterson, Willliam J.HeadlineSteamboating on Upper MissouriPublisherState Historical SocietyDate Published1937 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #434 Carte-de-visite photograph of Harper's Weekly editor, taken in Civil War era Heading(Photograph, Civil War era)HeadlinePhotography, Civil War, Matthew BradyPublisherE.A.AnthonyDate Published1859-60 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #435 Autograph letter Signed from the New York photographer of Harriet Tubman Heading(Photographer of Harriet Tubman, 1889)AuthorLindsley, H[arvey] B.HeadlinePhotography, African-American, Harriet TubmanPublisherSunbeam GalleryDate PublishedSeptember 24, 1889 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #436 Exploring with Fremont: The Private Diaries of Charles Preuss, Cartographer for John Charles Fremont on his First, Second, and Fourth Expeditions to the Far West AuthorPreuss, CharlesHeadlinePreuss maps for FremontPublisherUniversity of Oklahoma PressDate Published[1958] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #437 1906 letter, Vacaville farmer on earthquakes and cyclones Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlineSan Francisco, earthquake, California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #438 The "City Guard": A History of Company "B", First Regiment, N.G.C. During the Sacramento Campaign, July 2 to 26, 1894. Including a Brief History of the Company Since its Organization. Heading(San Francisco National Guard)HeadlineThe Railroad Strike in California 1894PublisherFilmer-RollinsDate Published[1895] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #439 He Opened the West, and Led the First White Explorers Through Northwest California May-June 1828 Heading(Smith, Jedediah Strong)AuthorChase, Don M.HeadlineJedediah Smith in California 1828PublisherThe AuthorDate Published1958 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #440 The March of Empire Through Three Decades. Embracing Sketches of California History... AuthorStafford, Mrs. MallieHeadlineThe March of Empire Through Three DecadesPublisherGeo. Spaulding & Co.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #441 Men to Match My Mountains: The Opening of the Far West, 1840-1900 AuthorStone, IrvingHeadlineOpening of the American WestPublisherDoubleday & Co.Date Published1956 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #442 Reply to the Charges Made by S.B. Buckley, State Geologist of Texas, in His Official Report of 1874 Against Dr. B.F. Shumard and A.R. Roessler Heading(Texas)AuthorRoessler, A.R.HeadlineRare Texas Geology controversy pamphletDate Published[1875] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #443 "Following the Drum:" A Glimpse of Frontier Life Heading(Texas)AuthorVielé, [Teresa] Mrs.Headline"Following the Drum:" A Glimpse of Frontier LifePublisherRudd & CarletonDate Published1858 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #444 Large photograph of Half Dome, Yosemite National Park AuthorWaters, R.J.HeadlineR.J. Waters photograph of Half Dome, YosemitePublisherR.J. Waters & Co.Date Published[c.1910] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #445 History of the Big Bonanza: An Authentic Account of the Discovery, History, and Working of the World Renowned Comstock Silver Lode of Nevada including the Present Condition of the Various Mines Situated thereon; Sketches of the Most Prominent Men Interested in Them; Incidents and Adventures Connected with Mining, the Indians and the Country; Amusing Stories, Experiences, Anecdotes, etc., etc., and a Full Exposition of the Production of Pure Silver Author[Wright, William] De Quille, Dan, pseud.HeadlineAccount of Comstock LodePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1947 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #446 Shelf of books about California Railroads Heading(Americana - Railroads)HeadlineShelf - California RailroadsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #447 Shelf of books about California Railroads Heading(Americana - Railroads)HeadlineShelf of books about California RailroadsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #448 Shelf of books about Railroads in Western States Heading(Americana - Railroads)HeadlineShelf of books about Railroads in Western StatesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #449 Shelf of books, all by Lucius Beebe Heading(Americana - Railroads)HeadlineShelf of books, all by Lucius BeebeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #450 Shelf of books about trains and railroads Heading(Americana - Railroads)HeadlineShelf of books about trains and railroadsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #451 Shelf of books about trains and railroads Heading(Americana - Railroads)HeadlineShelf of books about trains and railroadsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #452 Shelf of Americana, including travel and exploration Heading(Americana)HeadlineShelf of Americana, including travel and explorationDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #453 Shelf of Americana, including Grizzly Adams and Tom Horn Heading(Americana)HeadlineShelf of Americana, including Grizzly Adams and Tom HornDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next Previous 12345 Next