Sale 264: Americana, including Manuscript Material & WWII Aviation (#264) 05/29/2003 1:00 PM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/29/2003 1:00 PM PDT 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 1-100 of 472. Previous|12345|Next Lot #1 Through the Country of the Comanche Indians in the Fall of the Year 1845: The Journal of a U.S. Army Expedition led by Lieutenant James W. Abert of the Topographical Engineers AuthorAbert, James W[illiam]PublisherJohn Howell BooksDate Published1970 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #2 Academy of the Pacific Coast History Heading(Academy of the Pacific Coast)AuthorTeggart, Frederick J., ed.PublisherUniversity of CaliforniaDate Published1911 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #3 The Log of a Cowboy: A Narrative of the Old Trail Days AuthorAdams, AndyPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1903 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #4 Manuscript Document Signed AuthorAdams, JohnDate PublishedMarch 19, 1798 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #5 Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, Relative to the Sale of a Part of the Capital Stock of the Bank of the United States, Belonging to the United States... AuthorAdams, John, Oliver Wolcott, et al.PublisherBy Order of the House of RepresentativesDate Published1797 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #6 Manuscript document signed Heading(African-American)Author**Date Published26 March 1825 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #7 Painting of Ethan Allen Heading(Allen, Ethan)Author**Date Published19th Century View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #8 California Gold Book: First Nugget. Its Discovery and Discoverers and Some of the Results Proceeding Therefrom. AuthorAllen, W.W. & R.B. Avery.PublisherDonohue & HenneberryDate Published1893 View details Estimate$120 - $180StatusUnsold Lot #9 Early Utah Journalism. A half century of forensic warfare, waged by the West's most militant Press AuthorAlter, J. CecilPublisherUtah State Historical SocietyDate Published1938 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #10 Manuscript ledger written during the American Revolution era. Heading(American Revolution)AuthorJonathan WarnerDate Published1771-1780 View details Estimate$500 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #11 The Libraries of California: Containing Descriptions of the Principal Private and Public Libraries Throughout the State AuthorApponyi, Flora HainesPublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1878 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #12 The Land of Little Rain AuthorAustin, MaryPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1903 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #13 River of No Return (The Great Salmon River of Idaho): A Century of Central Idaho and Eastern Washington History and Development, Together with the Wars, Customs, Myths, and Legends of the Nez Perce Indians AuthorBailey, Robert G.PublisherBailey-Blake Printing Co.Date Published1935 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #14 Forty Years a Pioneer: Business Life of Dorsey Syng Baker, 1848-1888 AuthorBaker, W. W.PublisherLowman & Hanford Co.Date Published1934 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #15 Works AuthorBancroft, Hubert HowePublisherThe History CompanyDate Published1886-1890 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #16 Life and Labour in the Far, Far West: Being Notes of a Tour in the Western States, British Columbia, Manitoba, and the North-West Territory AuthorBarneby, W. HenryPublisherCassellDate Published1884 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #17 Men and Memories of San Francisco in the "Spring of '50" AuthorBarry, T.A. & B.A. PattenPublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1873 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$68.75StatusSold Lot #18 Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, Connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, During the Years 1850, '51, '52, and '53 AuthorBartlett, John RussellPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1854 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #19 A Breeze from the Woods AuthorBartlett, W. C.Publisher[Published by author]Date Published1880 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #20 Incidents on Land and Water, or Four Years on the Pacific Coast. Being a Narrative of the Burning of the Ships Nonantum, Humayoon and Fanchon, Together with Many Startling and Interesting Adventures on Sea and Land AuthorBates, Mrs. D.B.PublisherJames FrenchDate Published1857 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$68.75StatusSold Lot #21 Polygamy or, the Mysteries and Crime of Mormonism... AuthorBeadle, J[ohn] H[anson]Date Published[1904] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #22 New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure whilst Engaged in the Survey for a Southern Railroad the Pacific Ocean AuthorBell, William A.PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1870 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #23 The California Pilgrim: A Series of Lectures AuthorBenton, J. A.PublisherSolomon AlterDate Published1853 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #24 Autograph Letter, signed by Benton AuthorBenton, Thomas HartDate PublishedJune 20, 1836 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #25 Reminiscences of a Ranchman AuthorBronson, Edgar BeecherPublisherMcClureDate Published1908 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$68.75StatusSold Lot #26 Crusoe's Island: A Ramble in the Footsteps of Alexander Selkirk. With Sketches of Adventure in California and Washoe AuthorBrowne, J. RossPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1864 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #27 Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849 AuthorBrowne, J. RossPublisherJohn T. TowersDate Published1850 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #28 What I Saw in California: Being a Journal of a Tour, by the Emigrant Route and South Pass of the Rocky Mountains, Across the Continent of North America, the Great Desert Basin, and Through California, in the Years 1846, 1847 AuthorBryant, EdwinPublisherD. AppletonDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #29 Scouting on Two Continents AuthorBurnham, Frederick RussellPublisherDoubleday, PageDate Published1926 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #30 Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting a copy of the proceedings, and of the evidence exhibited, on the Arraignment of Aaron Burr... Heading(Burr, Aaron)Author[Jefferson, Thomas]Publisher[Government Printing Office]Date Published1807 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #31 Record of the Services of the Seventh Regiment, U.S. Colored Troops, from September, 1863, to November, 1866 Author[Califf, Joseph Mark]PublisherE.L. FreemanDate Published1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #32 California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences Heading(California Farmer...)Author**PublisherJ.K. Phillips & Co.Date Published1863-64 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #33 The Land of Sunshine: A Southern California Magazine [and] Out West: A Magazine of the Old Pacific and the New Heading(California)AuthorLummis, Charles F., ed.PublisherLand of Sunshine Pub. Co. / Out West Co.Date Published1895-1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #34 Seven partially printed telegraph forms from the California State Telegraph Company, filled out in ink Heading(California)Author**Date Published1866-67 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #35 The Diary of a Forty-Niner AuthorCanfield, Chauncey L., ed.PublisherMorgan ShepardDate Published1906 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #36 History of California, From Its Discovery to the Present Time; Comprising also a Full Description of its Climate, Surface, Soil, Rivers, Towns, Beasts, Birds, Fishes, State of its Society, Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, Mining, &c. With a Journal of the Voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and Back, via Panama AuthorCapron, E.S.PublisherJohn P. JewettDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #37 Polly's Lion: A California Story for Children AuthorCarnahan, LouisePublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #38 Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians AuthorCatlin, GeorgePublisherWiley and PutnamDate Published1841 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #39 The American Fur Trade of the Far West: A History of the Pioneer Trading Posts and Early Fur Companies of the Missouri Valley and the Rocky Mountains and of the Overland Commerce with Santa Fé AuthorChittenden, Hiram MartinPublisherThe Press of the Pioneers, Inc.Date Published1935 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #40 The Yellowstone National Park, Historical and Descriptive AuthorChittenden, Hiram MartinPublisherRobert ClarkeDate Published1895 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #41 Health Seekers', Tourists' and Sportsmen's Guide to the Sea-Side, Lake-Side, Foothill, Mountain and Mineral Spring Health and Pleasure Resorts of the Pacific Coast AuthorChittenden, Newton H.PublisherC. A. MurdockDate Published1884 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #42 Harper's Weekly. A Journal of Civilization. * Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper Heading(Civil War)Author**Date Published1863-65 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #43 Civil War era photograph album Heading(Civil War Portraits)Author[Cartes de Visite]Date Published[c.1860-1865] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #44 Indians of Yosemite Valley and Vicinity. Their History, Customs and Traditions AuthorClark, GalenPublisherGalen ClarkDate Published1904 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #45 Appointment of Justice of Peace, partially printed, filled out in ink Heading(Clark, William)AuthorBates, FrederickDate PublishedAugust 2, 1819 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #46 White and Black Under the Old Regime AuthorClayton, VictoriaPublisherThe Young Churchman Co.Date Published[1899] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #47 Document signed AuthorClinton, De WittDate Published24 March 1819 View details Estimate$350 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #48 The Life of Hon. William F. Cody. Known as Buffalo Bill, the Famous Hunter, Scout and Guide AuthorCody, William F. (``Buffalo Bill'')PublisherFrank E. BlissDate Published[1879] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #49 Lot of two titles AuthorColburn, Frona Eunice WaitDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #50 Manuscript Document Signed Heading(Colonial America)AuthorBabcock, JamesDate PublishedJuly 30, 1721 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #51 Manuscript Document Signed Heading(Colonial America)AuthorBaekus, JohnDate PublishedJanuary 17, 1714 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #52 Manuscript Document Heading(Colonial America).AuthorWarner, IsaacDate PublishedMarch 6, 1710 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #53 [General Atlas] AuthorColton, G.W. and C.B.Date Published[c. 1858] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #54 Two Years in California AuthorCone, MaryPublisherS. C. GriggsDate Published1876 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #55 War With Mexico, 1846-1847: Doniphan's Expedition and the Conquest of New Mexico and California. AuthorConnelley, William E.PublisherPublished by the AuthorDate Published1907 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #56 America: Picturesque and Descriptive AuthorCook, JoelPublisherHenry T. CoatesDate Published1900 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #57 The Rain-Makers. Indians of Arizona and New Mexico AuthorCoolidge, Mary RobertsPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1929 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #58 Lot of two titles AuthorCrane, LeoPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1925; 1928 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #59 The Poet Scout: Being a Selection of Incidental and Illustrative Verses and Songs AuthorCrawford, JackPublisherH. KellerDate Published1879 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #60 Life Among the Apaches AuthorCremony, John C.PublisherA. RomanDate Published1868 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #61 Crofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide, Containing a Full and Authentic Description of Over Five Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages, Stations, Government Forts and Camps, Mountains, Lakes...passing over the Union Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific Railroad of Cal[ifornia].... AuthorCrofutt, Geo[rge] A.PublisherGeo. A CrofuttDate Published1871 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #62 Apache Days and After AuthorCruse, General ThomasPublisherCaxton PrintersDate Published1941 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #63 Zuñi Folk Tales AuthorCushing, Frank HamiltonPublisherPutnamDate Published1901 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #64 Ryan Sharpshooter Incident - Reno Hill. For John M. Carroll Heading(Custer Diorama)AuthorBookwalter, ThomasDate Published1977 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #65 Sitting Bull in Canada Heading(Custer Diorama)AuthorBookwalter, ThomasDate Published1979 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #66 A Popular Life of Gen. George A. Custer, Major-General of Volunteers, Brevet Major-General U.S. Army, and Lieutenant-Colonel Seventh U.S. Cavalry Heading(Custer, George A.)AuthorWhittaker, FrederickPublisherSheldonDate Published[1876] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$81.25StatusSold Lot #67 Horseshoe found on the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn Heading(Custer, George Armstrong)Author**Date Published1876 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #68 Mule shoe found on the site of the Battle of the Little Big Horn Heading(Custer, George Armstrong)Author**Date Published1876 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #69 Two Custer related video cassette tapes Heading(Custer, George Armstrong)Author**Date Published1978 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #70 Two spent slugs and two used cartridge casings Heading(Custer, George Armstrong)Author**Date PublishedLatter 19th century View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #71 An original nail from the Custer Battlefield with a photograph by L. A. Huffman Heading(Custeriana)AuthorCrittenden, J. J.Date Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #72 Lot of 10 miscellaneous items Heading(Custeriana and Americana)Author**Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$118.75StatusSold Lot #73 Sixty Years in California. A History of Events and Life in California... AuthorDavis, William HeathPublisherA.J. LearyDate Published1889 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #74 A Canyon Voyage: The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872. AuthorDellenbaugh, Frederick S.PublisherPutnamDate Published1908 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #75 The North-Americans of Yesterday. A Comparative Study of North-American Indian Life, Customs, and Products, on the Theory of the Ethnic Unity of the Race AuthorDellenbaugh, Frederick SPublisherKnickerbocker Press for G.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1901 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #76 The Romance of the Colorado River. The Story of its Discovery in 1540, with an Account of the Later Explorations, and with Special Reference to the Voyages of Powell through the Line of the Great Canyons AuthorDellenbaugh, Frederick S.PublisherKnickerbocker Press for G.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1906 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #77 Old New York from the Battery to Bloomingdale AuthorDespard, M.PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #78 Marcus Whitman, M.D.: Pioneer and Martyr AuthorDrury, Clifford MerrillPublisherThe Caxton PrintersDate Published1937 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #79 A History of California Labor Legislation, With an Introductory Sketch of the San Francisco Labor Movement AuthorEaves, LucilePublisherThe University PressDate Published1910 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #80 May-Day and Other Pieces AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #81 The Franciscans in California AuthorEngelhardt, Father ZephyrinPublisherHoly Childhood Indian SchoolDate Published1897 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #82 Touching Second: The Science of Baseball AuthorEvers, John J. and Hugh S. FullertonPublisherThe Reilly & BrittonDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$106.25StatusSold Lot #83 The History and Antiquities of the City of St. Augustine, Florida, Founded A.D. 1565. Comprising Some of the Most Interesting Portions of the Early History of Florida AuthorFairbanks, George R.PublisherCharles B. NortonDate Published1858 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #84 The Gold Hunters of California AuthorFarish, Thomas EdwinPublisherM.A. DonohueDate Published1904 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #85 Travels in the Great Western Prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory AuthorFarnham, Thomas J[efferson].Publisher[Greeley & McElrath]Date Published1843 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #86 Report of the Case of the Trustees of Dartmouth College Against William H. Woodward. Argued and Determined in the Superior Court of Judicature of the State of New-Hampshire, November 1817, and on Error in the Supreme Court of the United States, Feberuary 1819 AuthorFarrar, TimothyPublisherJohn W. FosterDate Published[1819] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #87 The Californians AuthorFisher, Walter M.PublisherMacmillanDate Published1876 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #88 The Works of Dr. Benjamin Franklin; Consisting of Essays, Humorous, Moral, and Literary: with His Life, Written by Himself AuthorFranklin, BenjaminPublisherT. BedlingtonDate Published1825 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #89 The Expeditions of John Charles Frémont Author(Fremont, John Charles)PublisherUniveristy of Illinois PressDate Published[1970-84] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #90 La Californie: Histoire des Progrès de l'un des États-Unis d'Amérique et des Institutions qui font sa Prospérité AuthorFrignet, ErnestPublisherSchlesinger FrèresDate Published1867 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #91 The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments Heading(Garfield, James A.)Author**PublisherAmerican Bible SocietyDate Published1873 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #92 Autographed Letter Signed by the Hon. Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts AuthorGerry, Hon. ElbridgeDate PublishedFebruary 18, 1811 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #93 The Road to Oregon: A Chronicle of the Great Emigrant Trail AuthorGhent, W. J.PublisherLongmans, GreenDate Published1929 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #94 A Memoir of James de Veaux, of Charleston, S.C. AuthorGibbes, Robert WPublisherI.C. MorganDate Published1846 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #95 Travels Over the Table Lands and Cordilleras of Mexico. During the Years 1843 and 44; Including a Description of California, the Principal Cities and Mining Districts of that Republic, and the Biographies of Iturbide and Santa Anna AuthorGilliam, Albert M.PublisherJohn W. MooreDate Published1846 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #96 Journal of Army Life AuthorGlisan, R[odney]PublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1874 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #97 Atlas Designed to Illustrate the Malte-Brun School Geography AuthorGoodrich, S[amuel] GriswoldPublisherF. J. HuntingtonDate Published1836 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$93.75StatusSold Lot #98 Under the Avalanche: A Tale of the Sierra Nevada AuthorGordon, W. J.PublisherFrederick Warne & Co.Date Published1889 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #99 Memoirs Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorBosqui, EdwardPublisherHolmes Book CompanyDate Published1952 View details Estimate$120 - $180Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #100 Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating, in compliance...the report of Lieutenant Colonel Graham on the subject of the boundary line between the United States and Mexico AuthorGraham, [James Duncan]Date Published1852 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$200StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next Previous 12345 Next