Sale 638: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#638) 03/22/2018 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 03/22/2018 11:00 AM 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 1-75 of 75. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Recollections of a California Pioneer AuthorAbbott, Carlisle StewartHeadlineAbbott's Recollections of a California PioneerPublisherThe Neale Pub. Co.Date Published1917 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #4 Eight menus from the Ahwahnee Hotel in Yosemite, with illustrations from photographs by Ansel Adams AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineYosemite menus with Ansel Adams photographsDate Published1938 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #6 1835 Quaker Lease to First African Baptist Church, Philadelphia Heading(African-American, 1835)AuthorCollins, Isaac ; Joshua Bundick, William Stevens, David Norfleet, William ColeHeadlineFirst African Baptist Church, Philadelphia - 1835 Quaker LeaseDate Published1835 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #7 New Yorker admires slavery in Brazil, 1849 letter Heading(African-American, 1849)AuthorGreen, L. C.Headline1849 New Yorker admires slavery in BrazilDate PublishedApril 11, 1849. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #8 Letter written by a well-connected Virginian on the eve of Secession and Civil War, possibly by the sister of Virginia's former US Senator Heading(African-American, 1861)AuthorArcher, M[artha] J.Headline1861 Letter by a well-connected Virginian on the eve of SecessionDate Published1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #9 Personal Liberty Laws, (Statutes of Massachusetts,) and Slavery in the Territories, (Case of Dred Scott.) Heading(African-American, 1861)AuthorParker, JoelHeadlineSlavery in the Territories 1861PublisherWright & PotterDate Published1861 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #10 "Little Ethiopians" - photograph of the heads and some shoulders of 21 African American babies or toddlers Heading(African-American, 1881 - cabinet card photograph)HeadlineCabinet card of African-American babiesPublisherJoshua SmithDate Published1881 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #11 7 pieces of British sheet music - songs performed by the “Versatile Three”, American Black expatriate singers popular in England during and after World War I Heading(African-American, 1915-23 - Jazz trio)Headline1915-23 Black expatriate Jazz trio in World War I England View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #12 3 rare imprints exposing Lynching of southern Blacks during the Depression Heading(African-American, 1933-34)Headline1933-34 Lynching of southern Blacks during the Depression, 3 exposesDate Published1933-1934 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #13 Negro Who’s Who in California, 1948 Edition Heading(African-American, 1948 – California)AuthorCommodore Wynn, editor.Headline1948 Negro Who's Who in CaliforniaDate Published1948 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #14 Black Texas Minister's rare imprint: Origin and History of the Negroes and the Dark Races and Their Achievements Before and After Slavery Heading(African-American, 1950)AuthorMerriwether, Rev. W.G.HeadlineTexas Black Minister's rare view of African rootsPublisherSelf-publishedDate Published1950 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #15 Letter written by the famous Black professional boxer – for ten years, Light Heavyweight Champion of the World – just after he had retired from sports. Heading(African-American, 1963 – Sport, Boxing)AuthorMoore, ArchieHeadlineArchie Moore, famous world boxing champion, 1963 letterDate Published1963 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #22 Anti-Chinese prejudice of New York emigrant to Berkeley, California Heading(Asian-American, 1885 – Chinese, California)Headline1885 Anti-Chinese racism of NY emigrant to Berkeley, CaliforniaDate Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #25 Photograph of the mushroom cloud over Hiroshima, signed by Enola Gay pilot Paul Tibbets Heading(Atomic Bomb)AuthorTibbets, PaulHeadlineSigned by atomic bomb pilot Paul TibbetsDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #27 The Drawings of John Woodhouse Audubon: Illustrating his Adventures Through Mexico and California, 1849-1850 Heading(Audubon, John Woodhouse)AuthorDentzel, Carl SchaeferHeadlineAudubon's son in the California Gold RushPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1957 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #31 A Trip to the United States in 1887 - presentation copy Author[Beadle, Charles]HeadlineTrip to the United States in 1887 - presentation copyPublisher[J. S. Virtue & Co.]Date Published[1887] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #32 An Account of a Visit to California 1826-'27 AuthorBeechey, Frederick WilliamHeadlineBeechey's Visit to California in 1826-27PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1941] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #36 Six Months in the Gold Mines: from a Journal of Three Year's Residence in Upper and Lower California, 1847-8-9 AuthorBuffum, E. GouldHeadlineBuffum's Six Months in the Gold MinesPublisherRichard BentlyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #40 Beverly Hills, California (wrapper title) Heading(California - Beverly Hills)AuthorRuess, VelmaHeadlineRare Beverly Hills land promotional 1920sPublisherBeverly Hills Chamber of CommerceDate Published1920s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #44 Scotia: Home of Redwood (wrapper title) Heading(California - Humboldt County)HeadlineCompany town in Humboldt County redwoodsPublisherThe Pacific Lumber CompanyDate Published1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #45 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$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #46 Pen Sketches of Los Angeles Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlinePen Sketches of Los Angeles 1896PublisherA.G. Morehouse & C.E. ElstnerDate Published[1896] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #47 Souvenir Mail Card with photographic image of West Lake Park, Los Angeles, Calif., on front, with panel lifting up to reveal 12 images on accordion-style folding plate Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlinePostcard guide to Los Angeles with foldout platePublisherTom Jones Pub. for Los Angeles Post Card Co.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #48 Indian Lookout: A Camp for Girls in the Redwoods Heading(California - Mendocino County)HeadlineGirls' summer camp in California redwoods, 1921PublisherPress or the CourierDate Published1921 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #49 Report of a City Plan for the Municipalities of Oakland and Berkeley Heading(California - Oakland & Berkeley)AuthorHegemann, WernerHeadlineHegemann's city planning for Oakland and Berkeley, 1915PublisherMunicipal Governments of Berkeley and OaklandDate Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #50 Recreation, Pleasure, Health: Read the Inside, Follow Instructions, and You'll Recommend to Your Friends (wrapper title) Heading(California - Redlands)HeadlineDriving around Redlands California c.1910PublisherBoard of TradeDate Publishedc.1910? View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #51 Homes in the Heart of California: Sacramento Valley Heading(California - Sacramento Valley)HeadlineFarmlands for sale in Northern California 1904PublisherHawk & CarlyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #52 History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties Heading(California - San Bernardino & Riverside Counties)AuthorBrown, John, Jr. and James BoydHeadlineHistory of San Bernardino & Riverside Counties, CaliforniaPublisherWestern Historical AssociationDate Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #53 Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Beach, California... John J. Hernan, Manager Heading(California - San Diego)HeadlineRare brochure for Hotel del Coronado, San Diego, Cal.PublisherDesigned and executed by Denrich PressDate Publishedc.1910? View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #54 Hotel del Coronado: Open all the year. The ideal winter and summer resort... Heading(California - San Diego)HeadlineRare ad flier for Hotel del Coronado San DiegoDate Publishedc.1905 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #55 Hotel Del Coronado - Coronado Beach, California Heading(California - San Diego)AuthorJackson, William HenryHeadlinePanoramic photo of Hotel del CoronadoPublisherDetroit Publishing Co.Date PublishedEarly 20th century View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #56 Plat Book: Legal description of property in the San Fernando Valley, showing lot dimensions, metes and bounds, property cuts, house numbers, all tract and lot numbers. Compiled from official records Heading(California - San Fernando Valley)HeadlinePlat book of San Fernando ValleyPublisherBrewster MapsDate Published1967 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #57 Three photographs taken after the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBlumberg, A.HeadlineThree Blumberg photos of the San Francisco earthquakeDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #58 Handy Block Book of San Francisco. Showing Size of Lots and Blocks and Names of Property Owners. Comprising 50 Varas, 100 Varas, Western Addition and Mission. Compiled from Latest Official Records. Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco Handy Block Book 1894PublisherHicks-Judd Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #59 Archive of nine original architectural drawings for renovations to the building at Post and Mason streets in San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorHeiman, S., architectHeadlineArchitectural drawings for San Francisco buildingDate Publishedc.1920s View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #60 A Senator of the Fifties: David C. Broderick of California - Dedication Copy inscribed to Edward Robeson Taylor Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorLynch, JeremiahHeadlineInscribed to San Francisco Mayor Edward Robeson TaylorPublisherA.M. RobertsonDate Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #61 Marine Engineers Pocket Manual, Compiled by Marine Engineers' Beneficial Ass'n, No. 35, of San Francisco, Cal. Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSF Marine Engineers Souvenir ManualDate Published1892 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #62 Poster touting Sister Boom Boom, of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, for Supervisor, signed Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSister Boom Boom runs for S.F. supervisor, signed posterDate Published1982 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #63 Rates and Rules for the Exclusive Use and Guidance of the Agents of the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company of San Francisco March 1871 Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineManual for Fireman's Fund insurance agents 1871Date Published1871 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #64 San Francisco Illustrated Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco Illustrated 1899 Albertype CompanyPublisherCunningham, Curtiss & WelchDate Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #65 San Francisco Veterinary College 510 Golden Gate Ave. San Francisco, California... Prospectus 1902 Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineProspectus for San Francisco Veterinary School 1902PublisherBrunt PressDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #66 Ben Lomond: The Gem of the Santa Cruz Mountains, California (wrapper title) Heading(California - Santa Cruz)HeadlineBooklet promoting Ben Lomond, Santa CruzDate Published[c.1909] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #67 Sausalito, Marin County, California: The golden side of the gate Heading(California - Sausalito)HeadlineRare Sausalito promotional booklet, 1940PublisherSausalito Chamber of CommerceDate Published1940 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #68 Two items relating the Swedish Society of San Francisco Heading(California - Swedish Society)HeadlineSwedes in Old San FranciscoDate Published1925 & 1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #70 California Almanac 1867 Heading(California)HeadlineCalifornia Almanac for 1867Publisher[Truesdell, Dewey & Co., printers]Date Published[1866] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #71 Journal of the Senate of the State of California; At Their First Session, Begun and Held at Puebla de San Jose [bound with] Journal of the House Assembly of the State of California... Heading(California)HeadlineFirst sessions of the California Senate and HousePublisherJ. WinchesterDate Published1850 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #72 Southern California of Today: Illustrating its prominent points of interest, beautiful homes and public buildings Heading(California)AuthorNewman, T., compilerHeadlinePhoto book of Southern California c.1900PublisherT. NewmanDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #73 Souvenir of the Pacific Gas and Electric Company's Pit River Hydro-Electric Development... Heading(California)HeadlineHydroelectric power in northern California 1923Publisher[Pacific Gas & Electric Co.]Date Published[1923] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #74 A California Cook Book Heading(California)AuthorWilliamson, Sarah M.HeadlineJack London's recipe for cooking rice California Cook BookPublisherTown Talk PressDate Published1916 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #76 George Washington Carver: An American Biography Heading(Carver, George Washington)AuthorHolt, RackhamHeadlineSigned by George Washington CarverPublisherDoubleday, Doran and CompanyDate Published1943 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #108 Early Printing in California: From Its Beginning in the Mexican Territory to Statehood, September 9, 1850 AuthorFahey, HerbertHeadlineExcellent reference on early California printingPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1956 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #109 California, In-Doors and Out; or, How we Farm, Mine, and Live Generally in the Golden State AuthorFarnham, Eliza W.HeadlineCalifornia from early feminine perspective 1856PublisherDix, Edwards & Co.Date Published1856 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #110 The Invalidity of the “Queue Ordinance” of The City And County of San Francisco: Opinion of The Circuit Court of The United States...in Ho Ah Kow Vs. Matthew Nunan AuthorField, Stephen J.Headline1879 San Francisco anti-Chinese “Queue Ordinance”PublisherJ. L. Rice & Co.Date Published1879 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #111 Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California, with Other Sketches...to Which is Added the Story of His Attempted Assassination by a Former Associate on the Supreme Bench of the State by Hon. George C. Gorham AuthorField, Stephen J.HeadlineField's Reminiscences of Early Days in CaliforniaPublisherPrinted for a few friendsDate Published[1893] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #141 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive and Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. AuthorHutchings, J.M.HeadlineHutchings in Heart of SierrasPublisherPublished at the Old CabinDate Published1886 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #154 Two early letters from Martin Luther King, Jr. regarding his doctoral studies at Boston University AuthorKing, Martin Luther, Jr.HeadlineTwo letters from Martin Luther King Jr at Boston UniversityDate Published1951 & 1952 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #157 Handbook of the Indians of California AuthorKroeber, A.L.HeadlineHandbook of the Indians of CaliforniaPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1925 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #166 History of the Donner Party. A Tragedy of the Sierra AuthorMcGlashan, C.F.HeadlineHistory of the Donner Party Ninth Edition signedPublisherH.S. Crocker Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #174 Journal of a Cruise to California and the Sandwich Islands in the United States Sloop-of-War Cyane AuthorMeyers, William H.HeadlineJournal of a Western cruise, 1841-1844PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #188 The Blue Book: A Comprehensive Official Souvenir View Book Illustrating the Panama Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco 1915 Heading(Pan-Pacific International Exposition)HeadlineComprehensive view book of the PPIEPublisherRobert A. ReidDate Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #192 Sunday Morning [Upper] Log Cabin [Lower] Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)HeadlineSunday Morning / Log Cabin Pictorial Letter SheetPublisherBritton & ReyDate Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #193 Sundry Amusements in the Mines Heading(Pictorial Letter Sheets)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Amusements in the MinesPublisherLith. & Published by Britton & ReyDate Published[c.1853] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #202 Espantosisimos Terremotos y Formidable Incendio en San Francisco California! Heading(San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlinePosada broadside on S.F. earthquake 1906PublisherImprenta de Antonio Vanegas ArroyoDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #203 Archive of hundreds, or perhaps thousands, of blueprints & photostatic copies of designs for various features of the San Francisco East Bay Terminal, later renamed the Transbay Terminal Heading(San Francisco Transbay Terminal)HeadlineDesign archive for Transbay TerminalDate Published1937 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #204 The San Francisco Oracle: Facsimile Edition - inscribed Heading(San Francisco)AuthorCohen, Allen, editorHeadlineThe San Francisco Oracle: Facsimile EditionPublisherRegent PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #206 Bench and Bar in California: History, Anecdotes, Reminiscences AuthorShuck, Oscar T.HeadlineBench and Bar in California Part 1PublisherOccident Printing HouseDate Published1887 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #220 Archive of approximately 265 letters, documents, writings, and other items from and relating to the family and descendants of U.S. President John Tyler, including manuscripts, typed material, partially printed forms, and more, plus silver cups and spoons, an engraved gold watch, and other family memorabilia Heading(Tyler-Goodwyn Family Archive)HeadlineArchive of President John Tyler descendantsDate Publishedc.1832-1980 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #235 Aunt Sally; Or, The Cross the Way of Freedom AuthorWilliams, SallyHeadlineScarce 1859 Slavery NarrativePublisherAmerican Reform Tract and Book SocietyDate Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #330 Panoramic View of the Exposition Site from the North Shore Line of the Bay of San Francisco Heading(California - P.P.I.E)HeadlineProposed PPIE site panorama 1911PublisherSan Francisco ExaminerDate PublishedJuly 29, 1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #372 Scenic Map of the Pacific Coast - Southern Pacific Line Heading(United States - West Coast)AuthorBull, W.H.HeadlinePictorial map of West Coast from S.P.R.RDate Published1923 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #377 Norris Wright Cuney: A Tribute of the Black People Heading(African-American, 1913)AuthorHare, Maud CuneyHeadlineNorris Wright Cuney, A Tribune of the Black PeoplePublisherCrisis Publishing CompanyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #382 The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft, Volume XVIII-XXIV. History of California AuthorBancroft, Hubert HoweHeadlineHebberd Edition of Bancroft's History of CaliforniaPublisherWallace HebberdDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #383 Set of blueprints and typed building specifications for a "Concrete Store Building" in Los Altos, designed for future U.S. Senator Alan M. Cranston and his older sister Eleanor C. Fowle Heading(California - Alan M. Cranston)AuthorZekarian, Carl, draftsmanHeadlineBlueprints for Alan Cranston's concrete store building, 1949Date Published1947 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #384 Five items relating to Santa Cruz, California Heading(California - Santa Cruz)HeadlineSanta Cruz California ephemeraDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #385 Signed calling card of Stephen J. Field Heading(California)AuthorField, Stephen J.HeadlineJustice Stephen J. Field signed cardDate Published1877 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next