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