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Previous|1|Next Lot #3 Two ground-breaking histories of African-American pioneers in California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(African-American - California)HeadlineAfrican-American pioneers in California, 2 classic historical studies Lot #4 Black immigrant 'stumps' California for Democrats - Autograph Letter Signed View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(African-American - Los Angeles)AuthorJacobs, Louis T.Headline1888 Black immigrant 'stumps' California for DemocratsDate PublishedAug. 7, 1888 Lot #25 Tourist Courts and Cabins in California and Adjacent States. Compiled by the California State Automobile Association View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(Automobile Tour Book - California)HeadlineTrailer courts and cabins along western highwaysPublisherCalifornia State Automobile AssociationDate Published[1937] Lot #38 Mountmorres: Where the Salt-laden Ozone of the Sea Mingles with the Vitalizing Air of the Mountains View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Santa Monica)HeadlineMountmorres Resort, Santa Monica 1911Date Published[c.1911] Lot #39 Framed photograph of Donner Lake View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - Donner Lake)HeadlinePhotograph of Donner LakeDate Published[n.d.] Lot #40 First Biennial Report of the California State Board of Forestry, for the years 1885-86, to Governor George Stoneman View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Forestry)HeadlineCalifornia forestry 1886PublisherJames J. Ayers, Supt. State PrintingDate Published1886 Lot #41 Resources of the Southern San Joaquin Valley, California. Fresno, Tulare and Kern Counties. Topography, Soil, Climate, Productions, Railroads and General Advantages. 1,000,000 Acres of Government Land Subject to Homestead and Pre-emption. Large Tracts of Cheap Private and Railroad Land. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(California - Fresno, Tulare & Kern Counties)HeadlineEarly promotional book for CA immigrationPublisherImmigration Association of CaliforniaDate Published1885 Lot #42 Broadside advertisement for "Lathrop's Iron Hay Press. (Patented 1880)" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Hollister)AuthorLathrop, L.B.HeadlineBroadside advertising California hay press, 1881Date Published1881 Lot #43 Lake Tahoe View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(California - Lake Tahoe)AuthorParker, Harold A.HeadlineHand-colored prints of Lake TahoePublisherHarold A. ParkerDate Published[1911] Lot #44 Souvenir of Long Beach View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - Long Beach)HeadlineRare pictorial souvenir of Long Beach California 1900PublisherPublished for Long Beach Board of Trade by A. StertDate Published1900 Lot #45 Free Directory of Long Beach, California: April issue, 1914 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Long Beach)AuthorTaylor, J.P.HeadlineDirectory of Long Beach, Cal., 1914PublisherJ.P. Taylor, Prop.Date Published1914 Lot #46 An Illustrated History of Los Angeles County California. Containing a History of Los Angeles County from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineIllustrated History of Los Angeles County 1889PublisherLewis Publishing CompanyDate Published1889 Lot #47 Martinez, California: a home city - strategic location for factories View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Martinez)HeadlineMartinez & its oil refinery 1915PublisherMartinez Board of TradeDate Published1915 Lot #48 The Romance of El Camino Real. With Authentic Kaloprints Attesting to the Period of Construction (1769-1830), The Period of Depletion (1835-) and Partial Preservation of the Historic California Missions View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Missions)HeadlineRomance of El Camino Real Kaloprint illustrationsPublisherKaloprint CorporationDate Published1933 Lot #49 The Resources of Napa County, California, illustrated and described View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - Napa County)HeadlinePromoting Napa & Wine Industry 1887PublisherPublished by authority of the Board of SupervisorsDate Published1887 Lot #50 Five blueprints for a house in Petaluma, California View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California - Petaluma)AuthorJones, BrainerdHeadlineBlueprints by Petaluma architect Brainerd JonesDate Publishedc.1925 Lot #51 Placer County, California (wrapper title) View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Placer County)HeadlineScarce Placer County promotional, 1887PublisherPlacer County Board of TradeDate Published1887 Lot #52 Two booklet relating to California prisons View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - Prisons)HeadlineTwo booklets on California prisons, 1930'sDate Published1932 & 1937 Lot #53 Plumas House Hotel View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - Quincy)AuthorBrince, H.HeadlinePlumas House Hotel photograph c. 1880Date Published[c.1880] Lot #54 Trails & Tales of San Antonio Canyon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - San Antonio Canyon )AuthorAlexander, Dan P., publisherHeadlineSan Antonio Canyon in Angeles National ForestPublisherAlexander's StudioDate Published1924 Lot #55 Arrowhead Springs, California's Ideal Spa View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Bernardino County)AuthorBailey, Gilbert EllisHeadlineThe spa at Arrowhead Springs, San Bernardino Co., Ca.PublisherUnion Lithograph Co.Date Published1917 Lot #56 Upland, California: The biggest little city in San Bernardino County View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Bernardino County)HeadlinePromoting Upland California c.1910Publisher[Upland Chamber of Commerce?]Date Publishedc.1910 Lot #57 Building Ordinances City and County of San Francisco 1907 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBuilding ordinances of San Francisco 1907Date Published1907 Lot #58 Rolling Stock, Municipal Railway of San Francisco. Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 1946-[1951] (cover titles) View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRolling stock of San Francisco Municipal Railway 1946-51Date Published1946-51 Lot #59 [Photographs - Two Views of Sausalito, CA and Tiburon] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(California - Sausalito)HeadlineTwo c.1900 photographs of Sausalito, CA and Tiburon, CADate Publishedc.1900 Lot #60 Index to Precinct Registers of Sierra County, California, Printed for the September Primary Election, to be held on Tuesday, September 3d, 1912. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - Sierra County)HeadlineSierra County CA index to precinct registers 1912PublisherMountain Messenger Print.Date Published1912 Lot #61 Beautiful Camp Meeker. Surrendered to the Veterans' Association of Northern California June 19, 1907 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sonoma County)AuthorMeeker, Melvin CyrusHeadlineCamp Meeker in Sonoma County, Cal.Publisher[Camp Meeker'Date Published1907 Lot #62 Art Work on Southern California View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(California - Southern)HeadlineViews of SoCal from CA Photogravure Co., 1900PublisherCalifornia Photogravure Co.Date Published1900 Lot #63 [Collection of Yosemite and California postcards] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineYosemite and California post card collectionDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #69 California 1902. Souvenir programme of biennial gathering, Knights of Pythias, at San Francisco, California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$100StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorAikin, Charles S., compilerHeadlineKnights of Pythias in California, 1902PublisherCommercial Publishing CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #70 Under Golden Skies View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California)AuthorCalifornia BankHeadlinePictorial California c.1925PublisherCalifornia BankDate Published[c.1925] Lot #71 Crocker's guide for election officers; containing the constitutional provisions defining the right of suffrage; manner of appointing and organizing Boards of Election; laws relating to tickets and ballots... to be used in connection with Crocker's election blanks View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlineGuide for election officers, 1890PublisherH.S. Crocker & Co.,Date Published1890 Lot #72 Travel diary with 32 captioned original snapshot photographs of ocean voyage from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and sojourns at various tourist destinations View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(California)HeadlinePhoto Diary of trip from S.F. to L.A. and S.D., 1915Date Published1915 Lot #78 The California Brand Book 1919 [and] Copy of the Brand of Frank Roach of Phelps Farm View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Cattle Ranching in California)AuthorCattle Board of Protection of CaliforniaHeadlineThe California Brand Book 1919 and sample cattle brandPublisherCattle Protection BoardDate Published[1918] Lot #82 Ephemera by and about Chingwah Lee View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Chinese-American, San Francisco, 1937-1981)HeadlineChingwah Lee, San Francisco Chinatown actor and community leader Lot #103 Three Years in California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorColton, WalterHeadlineThree Years in California by ColtonPublisherA.S. Barnes & Co.Date Published1852 Lot #108 Identification of Sir Francis Drake's Anchorage on the Coast of California in the Year 1579 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDavidson, GeorgeHeadlineDrake's Anchorage, 1890PublisherCalifornia Historical SocietyDate Published1890 Lot #117 Two Items related to John C. and Jessie Benton Frémont] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Frémont, John C. & Jessie Benton)HeadlineTwo Items Related to John C. and Jessie Benton FremontDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #119 Narrative of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California, in the Years 1843-44 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Exploring Expedition to the Rocky MountainsPublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1846 Lot #124 Two collections of photographs by Time-Life photographer George Grau, on the Golden Gate International Exposition & Chinese-Americans View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorGrau, GeorgeHeadlineTime-Life photographer George Grau's images of the Golden Gate International ExpositionDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #126 The History of San José and Surroundings with Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHall, FredericHeadlineThe History of San José, 1871PublisherA. L. BancroftDate Published1871 Lot #128 The Life and Personality of Phoebe Apperson Hearst View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Hearst, Phoebe Apperson)AuthorBonfils, Winifred BlackHeadlineLife and Personality of Phoebe Apperson HearstPublisherPrinted for William Randolph Hearst by John Henry NashDate Published1928 Lot #131 Political Essay on the Kingdom of New Spain containing researches relative to the geography of Mexico, the extent of its surface and its political division into Intendancies... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorHumboldt, Alexander VonHeadlineHumboldt on New Spain 1st Am. Ed. 1811PublisherI. RileyDate Published1811 Lot #140 Mounted photograph of Lake Tahoe View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Lake Tahoe)HeadlineLake Tahoe mounted photographDate Published[n.d.] Lot #153 The Yosemite View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir The Yosemite First EditionPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1912 Lot #155 Eight original lantern slides of Christian Mono and Yosemite Indians View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Heading(Native Americans - Mono & Yosemite Indians)HeadlineLantern slides of Mono & Yosemite IndiansDate Publishedc.1919-1920 Lot #162 The Story of the Exposition; Being the Official History of the International Celebration Held at San Francisco in 1915 to Commemorate the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the Construction of the Panama Canal View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Panama Pacific International Exposition)AuthorTodd, Frank MortonHeadlineStory of the Panama Pacific Exposition 5 vols.PublisherPutnam's / Knickerbocker PressDate Published1921 Lot #167 Cornelius Cole: California Pioneer and United States Senator View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorPhillips, Catherine CoffinHeadlineCornelius Cole: California Pioneer limited edition in fine, full vellumPublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1929 Lot #174 The Golden State and its Resources View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPowell, John J.HeadlineGold, Bears, and OrangesPublisherBacon & Co.Date Published1874 Lot #180 Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Presidents, 1850)AuthorBrowne, J. RossHeadlineReport of the Debates in the Convention of CaliforniaPublisherJohn T. TowersDate Published1850 Lot #196 Beyond the Mississippi: From the Great River to the Great Ocean. Life and Adventure on the Prairies, Mountains, and Pacific Coast.... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorRichardson, Albert D.HeadlineRichardson's Beyond the Mississippi 1867PublisherAmerican PublishingDate Published[1867] Lot #199 Archive of 17 original photographs of the construction of the Marshall Square Building, which was to house the Orpheum Theater, plus several original designs & plans View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco - Marshall Square Building)HeadlineConstruction of Orpheum Theater in San FranciscoDate Publishedc.1925 Lot #200 Handwritten letter dated Tuesday, April 24, 1906, Palo Alto, CA View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)AuthorMonteath, Sadie L.HeadlineLetter written days after the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and describing the sceneDate Published1906 Lot #201 Employees of Mission System, Division "C" Market Street Railway Company, 1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco)HeadlineMarket St. Railway Co. employee portraits, 1897PublisherMarket Street Railway CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #202 Invoice book for Santa Clara Alms House 1896-1898 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Heading(Santa Clara Alms House)HeadlineSanta Clara Alms House Invoice BookDate Published1896-1898 Lot #237 Receipt for express order for $113.85 to be forwarded by Mrs. F.A. Towle in Towles, California, to a Mrs. L. Brown in San Francisco View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Wells, Fargo & Co.)HeadlineWells, Fargo receipt from Towles, CADate PublishedDec. 12, 1892 Lot #247 Yosemite Valley Through the Stereoscope View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineYosemite through the Stereoscope with 24 viewsPublisherUnderwood & UnderwoodDate Published1902 Lot #248 Story of the Earthquake and Fire View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorZeigler, Wilbur GleasonHeadlineScarce SF Earthquake Viewbook, 1906PublisherLeon C. OsteyeeDate Published1906 Lot #444 Weber's map of Colusa County, California View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - Colusa County)AuthorPunnett BrothersHeadlineFolding map of Colusa County, Cal.PublisherC.F. Weber & Co.Date Published1914 Lot #446 Mammoth Lakes, Mono County, Cal. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Heading(California - Mammoth Lakes)HeadlineRare map of Mammoth Lakes, CaliforniaPublisherHayden Map Co.Date Published1934 Lot #447 Thomas Bros. Block Book of Oakland Allendale District Vol. 10 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlineOakland Block Book - Allendale Dist, 1924PublisherThomas BrothersDate Published[1924] Lot #448 Thomas Bros. Block Book of Oakland East Oakland District Vol. 6 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlineOakland Block Book - East Oakland Dist, 1923PublisherThomas BrothersDate Published[1923] Lot #449 Thomas Bros. Block Book of Oakland Elmhurst District Vol. 12 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlineOakland Block Book - Elmhurst Dist, 1924PublisherThomas BrothersDate Published[1924] Lot #450 Thomas Bros. Block Book of Oakland Lake District Vol. 2 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlineOakland Block Book - Lake Dist, 1924PublisherThomas BrothersDate Published[1922] Lot #451 Thomas Bros. Block Book of Oakland Melrose District Vol. 11 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlineOakland Block Book - Melrose Dist, 1924PublisherThomas BrothersDate Published[1924] Lot #452 Thomas Bros. Block Book of Oakland Montclair Dist. Vol. 17 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlineOakland Block Book - Montclair Dist, 1924PublisherThomas BrothersDate Published[c. 1925] Lot #453 Thomas Bros. Block Book of Oakland Stonehurst Dist. Vol. 13 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlineOakland Bock Book - Stonehurst Dist, 1924PublisherThomas BrothersDate Published[1924] Lot #455 Aerial Photomap of Pasadena View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - Pasadena)HeadlineAerial photo map of Pasadena 1922PublisherFirst National Trust and Savings Bank of PasadenaDate Published1922 Lot #456 Map of Petaluma, Sonoma County, Calif., and vicinity Showing Rural Free Delivery Routes Nos. 1--5 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Heading(California - Petaluma)HeadlinePetaluma postal map c.1920Date Publishedc.1920 Lot #458 Plans for Pier 3 Substructure View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBoard of State Harbor Commissioner's State Department of EngineeringHeadlinePlans for Pier 3 Substructure 1916Date Published1916 Lot #460 Merry-makers Map of San Francisco View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorSchenkofsky, MiltHeadlinePictorial map of ribald San Francisco 1940PublisherWilliams Lithograph Co.Date Published1940 Lot #461 Hymans & Blatteis Map of the Major Part of the San Francisco Buisness [sic] District View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorThomas, Geo. C.HeadlineEarly map of the San Francisco Business District 1920PublisherThomas Bros.Date Published[c.1920] Lot #462 Thomas Bros. Block Book of San Leandro View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(California - San Leandro)HeadlineSan Leandro Block Book, c. 1925PublisherThomas BrothersDate Published[c. 1925] Lot #464 Road Map of Sutter County, California View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(California - Sutter County)AuthorLanzendorf, Oscar W.HeadlineRoad Map of Sutter County, California 1928PublisherHart Printing Co.Date Published1928 Lot #465 Map of Tulare County, California View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(California - Tulare County)AuthorLovelace, B.O..HeadlineMap of Tulare County, California 1918PublisherTulare County Board of TradeDate Published1918 Lot #466 Mileage Map of the Best Roads of California and Nevada: Showing Principal Cities, Paved Roads, Road Distances View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(California and Nevada)AuthorClason Map Co.HeadlineMileage Map of California and NevadaPublisherClason Map Co.Date Published[1923?] Lot #474 The Maps of San Francisco Bay From the Spanish Discovery in 1769 to the American Occupation. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorHarlow, NealHeadlineHarlow's Maps of the San Francisco BayPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1950 Lot #492 Collection of 22 volumes of the BCC Quarterly Newsletter (1946-1970) housed in 11 slipcases, plus 5 additional slipcases of "Book Club of California Miscellany" View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineNewsletters & Miscellanea from the BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #493 Ten sets of keepsakes from the Book Club of California View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Book Club of California)HeadlineKeepsakes from the BCCPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #518 Vintage menus of famed Los Angeles restaurants Romanoff's and S.S.Tango gambling ship View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(Los Angeles – famed restaurants, menus)HeadlineFamed Los Angeles restaurant menusDate Published1935-1955 Lot #532 Cornelius Cole: California Pioneer and United States Senator View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold AuthorPhillips, Catherine CoffinHeadlineBiography of Cornelius Cole John Henry Nash 1929PublisherJohn Henry NashDate Published1929 Lot #538 San Francisco: A History of the Pacific Coast Metropolis View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Heading(San Francisco)AuthorYoung, John P.HeadlineSF History of Pacific Coast Metropolis 1st edPublisherS.J. Clarke Publishing Co.Date Published[1912] Lot #549 2 boxes of 3 different Santa Barbara periodicals/journals View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold HeadlineSanta Barbara periodicals/journals Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next