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Previous|12345|Next Lot #1 California Aeroscapes Heading(California)AuthorWestern Air Express Inc.HeadlineCalifornia Aeroscapes bookletPublisherWestern Air Express Inc.Date Published[c.1920s] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #2 Archive of material relating to Alameda County, primarily pertaining to land surveys, roads, and related subjects Heading(Alameda County)Author**HeadlineArchive relating to Alameda CountyDate Publishedc.1850-1875, a few later View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #3 Certified copy executed in 1872 of the Diseño of the Rancho Las Pocitas in present Alameda County, California Heading(Alameda County)Author**HeadlineDiseño of the Rancho Las Pocitas in Alameda Co.Date Published1872 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #4 Two manuscript petitions with maps regarding roads in Alameda County, and one work order for a road survey Heading(Alameda County)Author**HeadlineTwo manuscript petitions roads in Alameda CountyDate Published1853-1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #5 Four items relating to Alameda County Heading(Alameda County)Author**HeadlineFour items relating to Alameda CountyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #6 Great Register of the County of Alameda 1886 Heading(Alameda County)Author**HeadlineGreat Register of the County of Alameda 1886PublisherOakland Tribune PrintDate Published1886 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #7 The Centennial Year Book of Alameda County, California, Containing a Summary of the Discovery and Settlement of California; A Description of the Contra Costa Under Spanish, Mexican and American Rule...To Which are Added Biographical Sketches of Prominent Pioneers and Public Men Heading(Alameda County)AuthorHalley, WilliamHeadlineCentennial Year Book of Alameda County finely bouPublisherWilliam HalleyDate Published1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #8 Home Towns in Southern Alameda County California Heading(Alameda County)HeadlineHome Towns in Southern Alameda County CaliforniaDate Published1936 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #9 Official and Historical Atlas Map of Alameda County, California Heading(Alameda County)Author**HeadlineAtlas Map of Alameda CountyPublisherThompson & WestDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #10 Alameda County, California - illustrated brochure with large map Heading(Alameda County)AuthorRhea, J.J.HeadlineAlameda County illustrated brochure 1914PublisherKelley-Davis Co.Date Published1914 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #11 Monitor Gazette - Volume II, No. 41 Heading(Alpine County)HeadlineRare newspaper from Monitor CaliforniaDate PublishedMarch 10, 1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #12 The Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old California AuthorAtherton, GertrudeHeadlineThe Splendid Idle Forties: Stories of Old CaliforPublisherMacmillanDate Published1902 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #13 The Drawings of John Woodhouse Audubon: Illustrating his Adventures Through Mexico and California Heading(Audubon, John Woodhouse)AuthorDentzel, Carl SchaeferHeadlineDrawings of John Woodhouse Audubon 1/400PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1957 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #14 Designs on the Land: Diseños of California Ranchos and their Makers AuthorBecker, Robert H.HeadlineDesigns on the Land Diseños of California RanchosPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #15 Diseños of California Ranchos Maps of thirty-seven Land Grants [1822-1846], from the Records of the United States District Court, San Francisco AuthorBecker, Robert H.HeadlineDisenos of California Ranchos BCC 1964PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1964 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #16 Report of Explorations for the Pacific Railroad, on the Line of the Forty-First Parallel of North Latitude. AuthorBeckwith, E.G.HeadlineFromt Great Salt Lake to the SacramentoPublisher[Government Printing Office]Date Published1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #17 Two proof engravings by C. Schumann after F.W. Egloffstein, as published in the Pacific Railroad Reports Heading(Beckwith, E.G.)AuthorEgloffstein, F.W.HeadlineProof engravings from Pacific Railroad ReportsDate Published[c.1855] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #18 My Playhouse was a Concord Coach: An Anthology of Newspaper Clippings and Documents Relating to Those Who Made California History During the Years 1822-1888 AuthorBoggs, Mae Helene Bacon, comp.HeadlineMy Playhouse was a Concord CoachPublisher[Howell-North Press]Date Published[1942] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #19 Anza's California Expeditions AuthorBolton, Herbert EugeneHeadlineAnza's California Expeditions 1930PublisherUniversity of California PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #20 Font's Complete Diary: A Chronicle of the Founding of San Francisco AuthorBolton, Herbert EugeneHeadlineFont's Complete Diary: A Chronicle of the FoundinPublisherUniversity of CaliforniaDate Published1931 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #21 Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, Professor of Agriculture in the Sheffield Scientific School from 1864 to 1903 AuthorBrewer, William H.HeadlineUp and Down California in 1860-1864 1930PublisherYale University PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #22 Address to the Territorial Pioneers of California, On the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Admission of the State into the Union AuthorBrowne, J. RossHeadlineAddress to the Territorial Pioneers of CaliforniaDate PublishedSept. 11, 1875 View details Estimate$150 - $200StatusUnsold Lot #23 Report of the Debates in the Convention of California, on the Formation of the State Constitution, in September and October, 1849 AuthorBrowne, J. RossHeadlineDebates in the Convention of California 1950PublisherJohn T. TowersDate Published1850 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #24 Reports Upon Mineral Resources of the United States AuthorBrowne, J. Ross and James W. Taylor.HeadlineReports Upon Mineral Resources of the US 1867PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1867 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #25 What I Saw in California: Being the 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, EdwinHeadlineWhat I Saw in California by Bryant 7th edPublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #26 Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer AuthorBurnett, Peter H.HeadlineRecollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer 1880PublisherD. AppletonDate Published1880 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #27 Descriptive catalogue of fruit, shade and ornamental trees, roses, shrubs, plants, etc., cultivated at the Rancho Chico Nurseries, Chico, Butte County, California Heading(Butte County)AuthorBidwell, John, proprietorHeadlineJohn Bidwell's Nurseries in Chico, Butte CountyPublisherChico Enterprise Print.Date Published1889 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #28 United States district court, Northern district of California. The United States v. Henry Cambuston. No. 349. "Eleven leagues on the Sacramento River". Opinion of his honor Ogden Hoffman district judge, rejecting the claim Heading(Butte County)AuthorHoffman, OgdenHeadlineLand claim on Sacramento RiverPublisherPrinted for the United States - Daily National PrintDate Published1859 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #29 Oroville, Butte County, California. Oroville, the Gem of California Heading(Butte County)Author**HeadlineRare Oroville view bookPublisherE. Tucker & SonDate Published[c.1920?] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #30 Three legal documents relating to Michael Nye's grant of land in Butte County challenges to his ownership Heading(Butte County)HeadlineGrant of land in Butte CountyDate Published1850s View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #31 Two legal findings from the U.S. Supreme Court relating to land cases in Butte County, California Heading(Butte County)HeadlineAppeal of Cambuston land casePublisherG.S. Gideon, printerDate Published[1856] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #32 Copy of the Uncanceled Entries Existing on the Great Register of Butte County, California, On the First Day of August, A.D. 1877 Heading(Butte County)AuthorWood, Jesse, County ClerkHeadlineGreat Register of Butte County CA 1877PublisherButte Record Press, George H. CrosetteDate Published1877 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #33 Sale in all-sized subdivisions: The Rancho Del Arroyo Chico: The famous John Bidwell Rancho at Chico, Butte County, California Heading(Butte County - Chico)AuthorBidwell, Annie E. K., executrixHeadlineJohn Bidwell Rancho at ChicoPublisherA.E.K. BidwellDate Published1901 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #34 The Mammoth Trees of California (Calaveras County. Sequoia Gigantea) Heading(Calaveras County)AuthorStillman, G.K.HeadlineThe Mammoth Trees of California - Color PrintPublisherPrinted by the Times Steam Job-Color Press for the Cincinnati Weekly TimesDate Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #35 Academy of Pacific Coast History Publications, Volumes I-III Heading(California)Author**HeadlineAcademy of Pacific Coast History PublicationsPublisherUniversity of CaliforniaDate Published1910-1914 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #36 California, the Empire Beautiful: Her Great Bays, Harbors, Mines, Orchards and Vineyards; Olive, Lemon and Orange Groves; Her Men and Women, a Prophecy of the Coming Race Heading(California)Author**HeadlineCalifornia The Empire Beautiful 1899PublisherMrs. J.J. OwenDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #37 New Mexico and California. Message of the President of the United States, transmitting, in answer to resolutions of the House of Representatives of July 10, 1848, reports from the Secretaries of State, Treasury, War, and Navy Heading(California & New Mexico)Author[Polk, James K.]HeadlineNew Mexico and California. 1848Date Published1848 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #38 Art in California. A Survey of American Art with Special Reference to Californian Painting, Sculpture and Architecture...Represented at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Heading(California - Art)Author**HeadlineArt in California 1916 PPIEPublisherR.L. BernierDate Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #39 Nineteen volumes of biographies of California pioneers Heading(California Biographies)Author**Headline19 volumes of biographies of California pioneersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #40 Sketches Accompanying the Annual Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, 1851 Heading(California Coast)AuthorU.S. Coast SurveyHeadlineMaps of the United States Coast Survey, 1851Date Published1851 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #41 Texas Argonauts: Isaac H. Duval and the California Gold Rush Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorDillon, Richard H.HeadlineTexas Argonauts California Gold Rush 1/450PublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1987 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #42 N.C. Carnall & Co's California Guide for Tourists and Settlers 1889 Heading(California Guide)Author**HeadlineN.C. Carnall & Co's CA guide to tourists 1889PublisherA.C. Carnall & Co.Date Published1889 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #43 Phillips' California Guide, Issued Quarterly by A. Phillips & Co. Managers of Boston and California Excursions Heading(California Guide)Author**HeadlinePhillips' California Guide 1889PublisherH.S. Crocker & Co.Date Published1889 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #44 Seven fine press volumes about California history Heading(California History)Author**HeadlineSeven fine press volumes about California historyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #45 Small group of works on California history Heading(California History)Author**HeadlineSmall group of works on California historyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #46 Thirteen volumes on California History Heading(California History)Author**Headline13 volumes on California HistoryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #47 Twelve volumes on California History Heading(California History)Author**HeadlineTwelve volumes on California HistoryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #48 Finality of decrees of confirmation of Mexican and Spanish grants. Opinions of the judges of the Circuit court of the United States, for the District of California, delivered at San Francisco, September 4, 1876, in the cases of United States v. Benjamin Flint et al., United States v. Sam'l R. Throckmorton et al., United States v. Horace W. Carpentier et al. Heading(California - Land Cases)Author**HeadlineCalifornia Land Cases decidedPublisherSumner Whitney & CoDate Published1876 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #49 Commission for settling private land claims in California. Treaty stipulations between Mexico and the United States. Act of Congress of March 3, 1851. Instructions of the Department of the Interior to the commissioners. Regulations of the commissioners for the presentment and prosecution of claims Heading(California Land Claims)Author**HeadlineInstructions on prosecution of land claims 1852Date Published1852 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #50 Opinions delivered by Harry I. Thornton, as one of the commissioners of the Board to Ascertain and Settle Private Land Claims, in the State of California, under the Act of Congress of the 3d of March, 1851 Heading(California - Land Commissioners)AuthorThornton, Harry I.HeadlinePrivate Land Claims in California 1853PublisherPrinted and published by Francis A. BonnardDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #51 Eight volumes on land grants and ranchos in California Heading(California Land Grants)Author**HeadlineEight volumes on land grants and ranchos in CalifDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #52 History of the Bench and Bar of California Heading(California Law)AuthorBates, J.C., editorHeadlineHistory of the Bench and Bar of CaliforniaPublisherBench and Bar Publishing Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #53 Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California Heading(California Law)AuthorBennett, Nathaniel and H.P. HepburnHeadlineSupreme Court of the State of California 1886PublisherBancroft-Whitney CompanyDate Published1886 View details Estimate$80 - $120Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #54 Map of Oregon and Upper California from the Surveys of John Charles Frémont and other Authorities, Drawn by Charles Preuss Under the Order of the Senate of the United States, Washington City, 1848 Heading(California - Map)AuthorPreuss, CharlesHeadlinePreuss/Fremont map of Upper California 1850Date Published1848 [but 1850] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #55 Three maps of California Heading(California - Maps)Author**HeadlineThree maps of CaliforniaDate Published1856-1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #56 The Missions and Missionaries in California: New Series. Local History - 13 volumes Heading(California Missions)AuthorEngelhardt, ZephyrinHeadline13 vols missions of California by EngelhardtDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #57 Nine volumes on California missions Heading(California Missions)Author**HeadlineNine volumes on California missionsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #58 Two volumes of art and photography of California missions Heading(California Missions - Art)Author**Headline2 vols art and photography of California missionsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #59 Edward Vischer's Drawings of the California Missions, 1861-1878. With a Biography of the Artist by Jeanne Van Nostrand Heading(California Missions - Art)AuthorVan Nostrand, JeanneHeadlineVischer's Drawings of the California MissionsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1982 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #60 California Souvenir Playing Cards Heading(California - Playing Cards)AuthorRieder, M.HeadlineCalifornia Souvenir Playing CardsPublisherM. RiederDate Published1907-1909 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #61 Southern California Edition Souvenir Playing Cards Heading(California - Playing Cards)AuthorWaters, R.J.HeadlineSouthern California Edition Souvenir Playing CardPublisherR.J. WatersDate Published1898 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #62 Agri-Land: Property Ownership Maps, Plat Book & Guide - for five different counties, in 5 volumes Heading(California Property Ownership Maps)HeadlineAgri-Land: Property Ownership Maps, 5 CA countiesPublisherEchoe Map Publishing Co.Date Published1982-1984 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #63 Report of the Joint Committee to Inquire into and Report Upon the Condition of the Public and State Lands Lying within the Limits of the State Heading(Land - Public & State)HeadlinePublic and State Lands of CaliforniaPublisherT.A. Springer, state printerDate Published1872 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #64 Railroad Communication Across the Continent, With an Account of the Central Pacific Railroad of California: A Description of the Toute, the Progress and Character of the Work, Its Resources and Business Prospects, with the Foundation and Advantages of Its First Mortgage Bonds. Heading(California - Railroads)Author**HeadlineRare Central Pacific Pamphlet 1868PublisherBrown 7 HewittDate Published1868 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #65 Small group of works on California ranchos Heading(California Ranchos)Author**HeadlineSmall group of works on California ranchosDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #66 Thirteen volumes about California ranchos Heading(California Ranchos)Author**HeadlineThirteen volumes about California ranchosDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #67 Twelve volumes about California Ranchos Heading(California Ranchos)Author**HeadlineTwelve volumes about California RanchosDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #68 Report of the Committee on Public Lands, in relation to a New State Map. Submitted, March 21, 1855 Heading(California State Map)Author**HeadlineReport on New State Map of California 1855PublisherB.B. Redding, state printerDate Published1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #69 Report of the Surveyor-General of the State of California, from November 1, 1867, to November 1, 1869 Heading(California - Surveyor-General)AuthorBost, John W.HeadlineReport of the Surveyor-General of California 1869PublisherD.W. Gelwicks, state printerDate Published1869 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #70 Organization, acts, and regulations of the U.S. Land Commissioners for California; with the opinions of Commissioners Hall and Wilson on the regulation to allow adverse claimants to intervene in the original cases, and Commissioner Thornton's opinion dissenting from that regulation; also a list of land titles presented to date Heading(California - U.S. Land Commissioners)Author**HeadlineU.S. Land Commissioners for California 1852PublisherMonson, Whitton & Co.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #71 Map of the State of California showing the three principal factors in the water supply Heading(California - Water Supply)AuthorKelsey, Fletcher F. S., & Marsden MansonHeadlineWall map of California with water supply 1900PublisherCalifornia Water and Forest AssociationDate Published1900 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #72 History of California, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; Comprising also a Full Description of its Climate, Surface, Soil...with a Journal of the Voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and Back, via Panama AuthorCapron, E[lisha] S.HeadlineHistory of California by ES Capron 1854 w/mapPublisherJohn P. Jewett & Co.Date Published1854 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #73 Central Irrigation District, California: Its Physical, Engineering and Business Problems and Conditions...Its Legal Status, Wilson & Wilson Heading(Central Irrigation District)AuthorHall, Wm. Ham.HeadlineCentral Irrigation District, California 1891PublisherBacon & CompanyDate PublishedJuly, 1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #74 Map of the San Joaquin, Sacramento and Tulare Valleys, State of California Heading(Central Valley)AuthorU.S. GovernmentHeadlineMap of Califorina's Central ValleyDate Published1873 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #75 Les Petits Voyageurs en Californie AuthorChavannes de la Giraudière, H. deHeadlineFrench California Gold Rush FictionPublisherA. Mame et CieDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #76 The Chinese in America. A National Question Heading(Chinese in America)AuthorWheeler, O[sgood] C[hurch]HeadlineO.C. Wheeler The Chinese in AmericaPublisherTimes Publishing CompanyDate Published1880 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #77 Three Years in California AuthorColton, WalterHeadlineThree Years in California 1850 w/declarationPublisherA.S. Barnes & Co.Date Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #78 The Butterfield Overland Mail: 1857-1869 AuthorConkling, Roscoe P. and Margaret B.HeadlineThe Butterfield Overland Mail: 1857-1869PublisherArthur H. ClarkDate Published1947 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #79 Original pencil tracing made by Samuel D. King, Surveyor General of the United States for California, of the 1841 diseño of Rancho Laguna de los Palos Colorados in Contra Costa County, California Heading(Contra Costa County)AuthorKing, Samuel D.HeadlinePencil tracing of original diseño Contra Costa CoDate PublishedJan. 5, 1853 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #80 Manuscript map of several Ranchos in northwestern Contra Costa County, with much detail to a portion of Rancho Pinole Heading(California - Contra Costa County)HeadlineRanchos in northwestern Contra Costa CountyDate Publishedc.1860? View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #81 Contra Costa Co., California, and its offering for settlement: Geography, climate, soil and productions. Lecture by Wendell Easton, Esq. Maps and catalogues of desirable farms for sale compiled and published by the Pacific Coast Land Bureau... (wrapper title) Heading(Contra Costa County)AuthorEaston, WendellHeadlinePromo for Contra Costa Co., California 1884PublisherPacific Coast Land BureauDate Published1884 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #82 History of Contra Costa County California with Biographical Sketches Heading(Contra Costa County)Author**HeadlineHistory of Contra Costa County, CA 1926PublisherHistoric Record CompanyDate Published1926 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #83 In the Supreme Court of the state of California, Victor Castro, plaintiff and appellant, vs. Edson Adams, et als, defendants and respondents. Clinton C. Tripp, cross complainant, defendant and appellant. Transcript on appeal from the Superior Court of Contra Costa County... Heading(Contra Costa County)Author**HeadlineEl Sobrante Rancho Contra Costa CountyPublisherContra Costa Gazette PressDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #84 In the U. S. Land Department, before the Hon. Secretary of the Interior: Appeal of Edson Adams and Horace W. Carpentier, From the Decision of the Commissioner of the General Land Office in the Matter of the Survey of the Rancho El Sobrante, Juan Jose and Victor Castro, Confirmees. Closing Brief for Claimants (wrapper title) Heading(Contra Costa County)AuthorIrving, Henry P.HeadlineEl Sobrante Rancho Contra Costa CountyDate Published1881 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #85 In the Circuit Court of the United States, Ninth Circuit, District of California. Edson Adams vs. W.H. Brown, U.S. Surveyor General, State of California. Argument to show that the Secretary of the Interior has no Appellate Jurisdiction in cases relating to Spanish and Mexican Grants Heading(Contra Costa County)AuthorIrving, Henry P, attorneyHeadlineLand dispute in Contra Costa CountyDate Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #86 History of Contra Costa County, California, Including Its Geography, Geology, Topography, Climatography and Description...also, Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches.... Heading(Contra Costa County)Author[Munro-Fraser, J. P.]HeadlineHistory of Contra Costa County 1882PublisherW. A. Slocum & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #87 Complete search and abstract of the title to the Rancho de San Pablo, in Contra Costa County, Cal., down to the commencement of the action for the partition thereof; with official survey, maps, etc., carefully compiled from the official records of said county, and the files and records of the state and federal courts Heading(Contra Costa County)AuthorWittenmyer, L.C.HeadlineAbstract of title, Rancho San PabloPublisherM. D. Carr & CoDate Published1867 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #88 Joseph Emeric, Plaintiff, vs. Juan B. Alvarado et als. Defendants. Brief on Behalf of Plaintiff and the Avarado Title. John B. Felton and Theodore H. Hittell, Of Counsel for Plaintiff (wrapper title) Heading(Contra Costa County - Emeric vs. Alvarado)Author**HeadlineContra Costa County Land disputeDate Published[1875] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #89 Henry F. Emeric, plaintiff, vs. Henry V. Alvarado, administrator, etc., et al., defendants. Final decree of partition of San Pablo Rancho (wrapper title) Heading(Contra Costa County - Emeric vs. Alvarado)Author**HeadlinePartition of San Pablo RanchoPublisherH.S. CrockerDate Published[1894] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #90 Adventures on the Western Coast of South America, and the Interior of California: Including a Narrative of Incidents at the Kingsmill Islands, New Ireland, New Britain, New Guinea, and other Islands in the Pacific Ocean AuthorCoulter, JohnHeadlineJohn Coulter Adventures in So. Amer. & CaliforniaPublisherLongman, Brown, Green, and LongmansDate Published1847 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #91 The Liedesdorff-Folsom Estate: A Forgotten Chapter in the Romantic History of Early San Francisco AuthorCowan, Robert ErnestHeadlineLiedesdorff-Folsom Estate San FranciscoPublisherCalifornia Historical SocietyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #92 Observations on Some Points in the Physical Geography of Oregon and Upper California [in The American Journal of Science and Arts] AuthorDana, James DwightHeadlineJ.D. Dana on Upper CaliforniaPublisherPrinted for the editors by B.L. HamlenDate Published1849 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #93 A Frenchman in the Gold Rush: The Journal of Ernest De Massey, Argonaut of 1849 AuthorDe Massey, ErnestHeadlineA Frenchman in the Gold Rush 1849Publisher[California Historical Society]Date Published1927 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #94 Life on the Plains and among the Diggings; Being the Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California: with particular Incidents of the Route, Mistakes and Sufferings of the Emigrants, the Indian Tribes, the Present and the Future of the Great West AuthorDelano, A[lonzo]HeadlineLife on the Plains and among the DiggingsPublisherMiller, Orton & MulliganDate Published1854 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #95 Carte-de-visite photograph of Wyatt Earp Heading(Earp, Wyatt)Author**HeadlinePhotograph of Wyatt Earp at age 33Date Publishedc.1880 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #96 Eight volumes on the history of the East Bay Area Heading(East Bay Area)Author**Headline8 volumes on the history of the East Bay AreaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #97 The Missions and Missionaries of California AuthorEngelhardt, ZephyrinHeadlineThe Missions and Missionaries of CaliforniaPublisherMission Santa BarbaraDate Published1908-1916 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #98 Travels in the Californias, and Scenes in the Pacific Ocean AuthorFarnham, Thomas J.HeadlineFarnham's Travels in the Californias with mapPublisherSaxton & MilesDate Published1844 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #99 The Experiences of a Forty-niner During Thirty-four Years' Residence in California and Australia AuthorFerguson, Charles D.HeadlineThe Experiences of a Forty-niner by FergusonPublisherWilliams Pub. Co.Date Published1888 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #100 The Manifesto, Which the General of the Brigade, Don Jose Figueroa, Commandant-General and Political Chief of U. California, Makes to the Mexican Republic, in Regard to His Conduct and That of the Snrs. D. Jose Maria de Hijars and D. Jose Maria Padres as Directors of Colonization in 1833 and 1834 AuthorFigueroa, Don JoseHeadlineDon Jose Figueroa The Manfiesto 1855PublisherHerald OfficeDate Published1855 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next Previous 12345 Next