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Previous|1|Next Lot #33 First Asian Stanford Professor defends Japanese immigration to California Heading(Asian-American - Japanese, 1913)AuthorIchihashi, YamatoHeadlineAsian Stanford professor defends Japanese immigration to CaliforniaPublisherJapanese Association of AmericaDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #34 Landmark federal court decision insuring the voting rights of interned Japanese-Americans during World War II Heading(Asian-American - Japanese, 1943)AuthorSukomoto, Walter T. (Tule Lake Relocation Center), Saburo Kido (Poston Relocation Center), et.al.HeadlineCourt protects voting rights of interned Japanese-Americans during World War IIDate PublishedFebruary 1943 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #36 Chinese in California Gold Rush country during the Civil War: Document Heading(Asian-American – Chinese, 1864)AuthorLyon, WilliamHeadlineChinese in California Gold Rush country during the Civil WarDate Published1864 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #39 Southern California. Goodrich Route Book, Best in the Long Run Heading(Automobile Route Book - Southern California)HeadlineAuto guide for Southern California 1916PublisherThe B.F. Goodrich CompanyDate Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #55 Memory Pictures. An Autobiography AuthorBraly, John HydeHeadlineAutobiography of a Forty-ninerPublisherNeuner CompanyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #62 Byron Jackson California Fruits Heading(Byron Jackson Co.)HeadlineByron Jackson California Fruits broadsidePublisherSchmidt Label & Lith. Co.Date Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #65 The Key to Huntington Beach: "Facts" You Should Know About Your City - What to See - and How to See It... California's Finest Bathing Beach... Heading(California - Huntington Beach)HeadlineWartime tourist brochure for Huntington BeachPublisherChamber of Commerce, City of Huntington BeachDate Publishedc.1943 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #67 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$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #68 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$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #69 Vistas de Los Angeles Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineVistas de Los Angeles 1909 with panoramaPublisherPublished and Printed by Geo. Rice & SonsDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #70 The Truth about Lynwood on Long Beach Boulevard: The New Half-Way City... Heading(California - Lynwood)HeadlinePromoting Lynwood, between L.A. & Long BeachPublisherLynwood CompanyDate Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #71 Notebook kept by Harold Gee, Machinist at the U.S. Navy Yard at Mare Island, California, describing repairs made from 1922 to 1930 on numerous naval ships, plus related papers Heading(California - Mare Island)AuthorGee, HaroldHeadlineRepair notebook of Mare Island naval machinist 1923-31Date Publishedc.1922-1935 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #72 Prospectus - Nonpareil Consolidated Oil Company Heading(California - Oil)HeadlineProspectus for California oil company 1900Date Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #73 The Raymond: Its Attractions and Advantages Heading(California - Pasadena)HeadlineBrochure for Raymond Hotel in PasadenaDate Published1920's View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #74 Five blueprints for a house in Petaluma, California Heading(California - Petaluma)AuthorJones, BrainerdHeadlineBlueprints by Petaluma architect Brainerd JonesDate Publishedc.1925 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #77 Homes in the Heart of California: Sacramento Valley Heading(California - Sacramento Valley)HeadlineFarmlands for sale in Northern California 1904PublisherHawk & CarlyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #78 San Diego County: General information for the resident and visitor within the County Heading(California - San Diego County)HeadlineInformation on San Diego County c.1925PublisherTouring Bureau, Automobile Club of Southern CaliforniaDate Published[1925?] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #79 $1000 Bond of the City and County of San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco $1000 Bond 1863PublisherBritton & Co.Date Published1863 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #80 Guide to San Francisco and Map 1909 (wrapper title) Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorCameron, James.HeadlineGuide to San Francisco with map, 1909PublisherJames CameronDate Published1909 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #81 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$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #82 Record of Gold Coin Certificates Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRecord of Gold Coin Certificates, SF Mint 1887-1924PublisherU.S. Mint, San FranciscoDate Published1887-1924 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #83 The San Francisco Block Book. Third Edition: Comprising Fifty Vara Survey, One Hundred Vara Survey, South Beach, Mission, Horner's Addition, Potrero, Western Addition, Richmond District, Sunset District, Flint Tract, etc....Size of Lots...Names of Owners Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco Block Book Jan 1906 pre-earthquakePublisherHicks-Judd Co.Date PublishedJanuary, 1906 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #84 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$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #85 Californian. Volume 1, Number 1 - Prospectus or proof-sheet for the first issue of the first California Newspaper Heading(California)HeadlineThe Californian newspaper August 15, 1846Date PublishedAugust 15, 1846 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,625StatusSold Lot #86 Chi Siamo Nella California del Sud Heading(California)HeadlineWho's Who among Italian-Americans in Southern CaliforniaPublisherl"Italo-AmericanoDate Published1932 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #130 Life, Adventures, and Travels in California. To which are Added the Conquest of California and Travels in Oregon. Pictorial Edition!!! AuthorFarnham, T[homas] J[efferson]HeadlineFarnham's California & Oregon pictorial ed. 1851PublisherCornish, Lamport & Co.Date Published1851 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #152 On the Trail of a Spanish Pioneer the Diary and Itinerary of Francisco Garcés (Missionary Priest) in His Travels Through Sonora, Arizona, and California 1775 - 1776 Author[Garcés, Francisco]HeadlineThe Diary and Itinerary of Francisco GarcésPublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #169 History of California AuthorHittell, Theodore H.HeadlineHittell's History of CaliforniaPublisherN.J. StoneDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #173 "Rambles in the Winter of 1930-31" - handmade travel memoir with newspaper articles written by Howe, photographs, postcards, etc. AuthorHowe, Irving H.HeadlineTravels in the Southwest with postcards & photosDate Published1930-31 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #195 Life and Apostolic Labors of the Venerable Father Junipero Serra, Founder of the Franciscan Missions of California Heading(James, George Wharton)AuthorPalóu, FranciscoHeadlineGeorge Wharton James Translation of PalouPublisherGeorge Wharton JamesDate Published1913 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #218 Assassination of James King of William Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineAssassination of James King of William letter sheet 1856Date Published1856 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #219 San Francisco Past and Present: San Francisco As It Was, 1849, San Francisco As It Is, 1854. Heading(Letter Sheets)AuthorBaker, G.H., illustratorHeadlineGold Rush letter sheet, map by Baker 1854PublisherBarber & BakerDate Published1849-54 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #220 The Celebration in San Francisco, in Commemoration of the Successful Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, Monday, September 27th, 1858. Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineAtlantic Telegraph Cable celebration letter sheet 1858PublisherSterett & ButlerDate Published1858 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #221 Constitution and Address of the Vigilance Committee Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineVigilance Committee pictorial letter sheet 1856PublisherBritton & ReyDate Published[c.1856] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #222 Stockton. June 15, 1852 Heading(Letter Sheets)AuthorCooke and LeCountHeadlineStockton letter sheet. 1852PublisherJ. Britton Del.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #223 Der Riesenbaum der Welt. Die Mammoth-Baume Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineMammoth Tree Grove letter sheet, 1850'sPublisherHutchings & RosenfieldDate Published[c.1850's] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #224 Do They Miss Me at Home. Heading(Letter Sheets)AuthorEastman, Harris, engraverHeadlinePictorial letter sheet with verse. 1856PublisherJames M. HutchingsDate Published[1856] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #225 Explosion of The American Eagle, Explosion of the Steamer Stockton Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineExplosion of The American Eagle and the Stockton lettersheet 1853PublisherBritton & ReyDate Published[c.1853] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #226 How The California Mines are Worked Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineHow The California Mines are Worked, lettersheet 1854PublisherWide West OfficeDate Published1854 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #227 Articles in a Miner's Creed Heading(Letter Sheets)AuthorHutchings, James M.HeadlineMiner's Creed letter sheet, 1855PublisherJames M. HutchingsDate Published1855 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #228 Hutching's [sic] California Scenes. The California Indians. Heading(Letter Sheets)AuthorHutchins, James, engraverHeadlinePictorial letter sheet, Hutchins' California Scenes 1854PublisherExcelsior PrintDate Published[1854] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #229 J Street, Sacramento, On New Year's Day, 1853 Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineSacramento pictorial letter sheet, 1850'sPublisherPublished at the Union OfficeDate Published[1853] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #230 Jonas G. Clark Furniture pictorial letter sheet Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineJonas Clark Furniture pictorial letter sheet 1858PublisherCommercial Steam PressesDate Published[1858] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #231 Miner's Life - Illustrated Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineMiner's Life - Illustrated letter sheet with manuscript letter, 1855PublisherBarber and BakerDate Published1855 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #232 Winter In The Mines Heading(Letter sheets)AuthorNahl, Charles, illustratorHeadlineCharles Nahl Gold Rush Letter SheetPublisher[Hutchings & Rosenfield]Date Published[c.1850's] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #233 The Pictorial News Letter for the Steamer John L. Stephens, April 5, 1858. Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlinePictorial News Letter for the Steamer John L. Stephens, 1858PublisherCharles F. RobbinsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #234 San Francisco Sugar Refining Company advertising circular letter sheet Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineSF Sugar Refining Co advertising circular w/blue 1 cent stampPublisherSan Francisco Sugar Refining CompanyDate Published1857 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #235 Sundry Amusements in the Mines Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlinePictorial Letter Sheet Amusements in the MinesPublisherLith. & Published by Britton & ReyDate Published[c.1853] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #236 Tremendous Excitement! Samuel Whittaker and Robert Mc Kenzie rescued from the authorities, and hung by the Vigilance Committee, On Sunday August 24th at 3 o'clock p.m. in the presence of Fifteen Thousand People. Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineVigilance Committee hanging letter sheet, 1850'sPublisherPrinted by Justh, Quirot & Co.Date Published[c.1850's] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #237 View from The West Side Of The Plaza, Marysville Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineMarysville, California letter sheet, 1850'sPublisherR.A EddyDate Published[c.1850's] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800StatusUnsold Lot #238 View of Agua Fria Town Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineView of Agua Fria Town, letter sheet, 1850'sPublisherPublished by Quirot & Co.Date Published[c.1850's] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #239 Wreck of the Steamer Independence on the Island Margarita, February 16th 1853. 150 lives Lost. Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineWreck of the Steamer Independence pictorial letter sheet 1853PublisherBritton & ReyDate Published[c.1853] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #240 Young Ladies' Seminary, M Street, Between Fifth and Sixth, Sacramento. Heading(Letter Sheets)HeadlineYoung Ladies' Seminary, Sacramento letter sheet, 1850's.Date Published[c.1850's] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #306 Historia Del Nayarit, Sonora, Sinaloa Y Ambas Californias. Que Con El Titulo De "Apostolicos Afanes De Compania De Jesus, En La America Septentrional" Se Publico Anonima En Barcelona El Año De 1754 AuthorOrtega, JoseHeadlineDiscoveries of the Missionary Priests in Arizona and CaliforniaPublisherTipografia de E. AbadianoDate Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #311 First Banquet Celebration, San Francisco Victory of Panama Exposition, 1915 Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)Headline1911 photo of banquet in celebration of SF's selection for the 1915 ExhibitionPublisherTurrill & Miller.Date Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #335 The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California... AuthorSoulé, Frank, John H. Gihon and James NisbetHeadlineAnnals of San Francisco 1855PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #385 The Yosemite Guide-Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California AuthorWhitney, J.D.HeadlineYosemite Guide-Book pocket edition 1874PublisherPublished by Authority of the LegislatureDate Published1874 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #386 A Pamphlet Relating to the Claim of Senor Don Jose Y. Limantour, to Four Leagues of Land in the County Adjoining and near the City of San Francisco, California Author[Wilson, James]HeadlineSan Francisco land claim of Jose LimantourPublisherWhitton, Towne & Co.Date Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #388 Autobiography of Isaac Jones Wistar AuthorWistar, Isaac JHeadlineAutobiography of Isaac Jones WistarDate Published1914 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #397 Standard Code of Yosemite Valley Railroad Company: Rules and Regulations, Operating Department (wrapper title) Heading(Yosemite)HeadlineEmployee rules for Yosemite Valley Railroad c.1929Publisher[Merced Sun-Star Press]Date Published[c.1929] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #522 Mileage map of the best roads of California and Nevada, showing paved roads, road distances Heading(California & Nevada)HeadlineMileage map of California roadsPublisherClason Map Co.Date Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #523 Berkeley, California 1917: An absolutely accurate map of Berkeley Heading(California - Berkeley)AuthorMason-McDuffie Co.HeadlineMap of Berkeley highlighting Northbrae Properties, 1917PublisherMason-McDuffie Co.Date Published1917 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #524 Northbrae Properties: Northbrae, Northbrae Terrace, Grand View Terrace, Berkeley Heights, Berkeley Square Heading(California - Berkeley)AuthorMason-Mcduffie Co.HeadlineRare cadastral map of Berkeley neighborhoodPublisherYosemite Engraving Co.Date Publishedc.1907-1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #526 Land Value Maps: Bureau of Appraisal, City and County of San Francisco, James F. Stafford, Superintendent, 1926-1927 Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorStafford, James F.HeadlineLand Value Maps of San Francisco 1927Date Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #527 View of San Francisco. 1850. Taken from a High Point on the South Side. Published by the Author of "Sights in the Gold Region, &c" Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineLithograph View of San Francisco 1850PublisherHenry BillDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #528 Automobile Road Map of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino Counties Heading(California - Southern)AuthorParker, O.K.HeadlineAuto road map of greater Los Angeles, 1916PublisherSecurity Trust & Savings Bank,Date Published1916 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #591 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 AuthorPreuss, CharlesHeadlinePreuss/Fremont map of Upper California 1850Date Published1848 [but 1850] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #617 Explorations in Lower California, 1868 AuthorBrowne, J. RossHeadlineJ. Ross Browne in Baja California in 1868PublisherArizona SilhouettesDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #618 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$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #649 Life in California... & A Historical Account of the Origin, Customs, and Traditions of the Indians of Alta-California AuthorRobinson, AlfredHeadlineRobinson's Life in California, BiobooksPublisherBiobooksDate Published1947 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #654 The California Diary of General E.D. Townsend [1851-1856] AuthorTownsend, Edward DavisHeadlineDiary of U.S. Army captain in Gold Rush CaliforniaPublisherThe Ward Ritchie PressDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next