Sale 654: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Cartography (#654) 10/04/2018 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 10/04/2018 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 1-74 of 74. Previous|1|Next Lot #16 Official Standard Automobile Hand Book for Southern California Heading(Automobile Hand Book, Southern California)AuthorDresen, J. G.HeadlineAuto Hand Book for Southern California 1914-15PublisherJ.G. DresenDate Published[c.1915] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #18 Official program and log, thirteenth annual National Air Races: Los Angeles Airport, Los Angeles, California, July 1 to 4, 1933 Heading(Aviation)HeadlineAir Races in 1933 at LA official programPublisherNational Air RacesDate Published1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #20 Three Years in California AuthorBorthwick, John DavidHeadlineBorthwick's 3 Years in California First EditionPublisherWilliam BlackwoodDate Published1857 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #24 What I Saw in California... AuthorBryant, EdwinHeadlineWhat I saw in California, Edwin BryantPublisherD. Appleton & CompanyDate Published1849 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #25 Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer AuthorBurnett, Peter H.HeadlinePeter Burnett Recollections of an Old PioneerPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1880 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #26 Mountmorres: Where the Salt-laden Ozone of the Sea Mingles with the Vitalizing Air of the Mountains Heading(California - Santa Monica)HeadlineMountmorres Resort, Santa Monica 1911Date Published[c.1911] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #27 1859 Alameda Collegiate Institute Lettersheet Heading(California - Alameda)Headline1859 Alameda Collegiate Institute LettersheetPublisherAlameda Collegiate InstituteDate Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #28 Three letters from Mokuolumne Hill and Sonoma California, 1851-52 Heading(California - Calaveras County )AuthorHolmes, Henry B.HeadlineThree letters from California, 1851-52Date Published1851-1852 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #29 $500 bond from the American River Water and Mining Company Heading(California - Folsom)AuthorAmerican River Water and Mining CompanyHeadlineAmerican River Water and Mining Company bond 1862PublisherAmerican River Water and Mining CompanyDate Published1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #30 Pioneer William Fell on paving Montgomery Street – Letter Heading(California - Gold Rush – San Francisco, 1850)AuthorFell, William, AgentHeadlinePioneer William Fell on paving Montgomery StreetDate PublishedNov. 12, 1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #31 Huntington Beach: A City of Homes Heading(California - Huntington Beach)Author[Huntington Beach Board of Trade].HeadlineHuntington Beach: A City of HomesPublisherHuntington Beach Realty Co.Date Published[191-?] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #32 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$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #33 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$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #34 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #35 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$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #36 The Raymond: Its Attractions and Advantages Heading(California - Pasadena)HeadlineBrochure for Raymond Hotel in PasadenaDate Published1920's View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #37 Five blueprints for a house in Petaluma, California Heading(California - Petaluma)AuthorJones, BrainerdHeadlineBlueprints by Petaluma architect Brainerd JonesDate Publishedc.1925 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #38 Political themed letter from Sacramento City California to Washington D.C. 1857 Heading(California - Sacramento City)AuthorLeake, Charles A.HeadlinePolitical letter from California to Washington D.C. 1857Date Published1857 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #39 Pre-statehood Sacramento County California letter Heading(California - Sacramento County)HeadlinePre-statehood Sacramento County California letter 1850Date Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #40 Sheriff's Sale - November 4, 1850 Heading(California - Sacramento County)HeadlineSheriff's Sale - Sacramento 1850Date Published1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #41 Trails & Tales of San Antonio Canyon Heading(California - San Antonio Canyon )AuthorAlexander, Dan P., publisherHeadlineSan Antonio Canyon in Angeles National ForestPublisherAlexander's StudioDate Published1924 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #42 Solicitation from San Francisco seal engraver with sample of work and business card 1857 Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorFenn, F.C.M.Headline1857 Solicitation from San Francisco seal engraverPublisherFenn, F.C.M.Date Published1857 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #43 Historical Reminiscences of One Hundred Years Ago. The Mission of San Francisco de Assis (Mission Dolores). Maria de la Concepcion Arguello Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorGraham, Marry, editorHeadlineCentennial of Mission Dolores by Mary GrahamPublisherP.J. ThomasDate Published1876 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #44 Thirty-fifth Anniversary Banquet and Ball Bergez-Franks Restaurant Jan. 12 1913 Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline35th Anniversary of SF's Ball Bergez-Franks Restaurant 1913PublisherGolden State Printing Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #45 Certificate commissioning Henry Carnes as Captain of the Santa Barbara Mounted Riflemen Heading(California - Santa Barbara)HeadlineSanta Barbara Mounted Riflemen 1862Date Published1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #46 Index to Precinct Registers of Sierra County, California, Printed for the September Primary Election, to be held on Tuesday, September 3d, 1912. Heading(California - Sierra County)HeadlineSierra County CA index to precinct registers 1912PublisherMountain Messenger Print.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #48 San Francisco shipping pioneers send Scottish beer to Hawaii and Tahiti – Letter Heading(California – Gold Rush, San Francisco)AuthorCross & Co..HeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush pioneers ship Scottish beer to Hawaii and Tahiti – 1860 LetterDate PublishedDec. 20, 1860 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #49 Chinese Opium magnate’s Clipper ship to California, Autograph letter Signed Heading(California Gold Rush – Forbes Clipper ship)AuthorForbes, Paul SiemanHeadline1850 Chinese Opium magnate’s Clipper ship to Gold Rush California, LetterDate Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #50 Manuscript journal kept by James M. Goss during a trip to California via the Isthmus of Panama, with experiences in San Francisco and at the mines Heading(California Gold Rush Journal)AuthorGoss, James M.HeadlineCalifornia Gold Rush Diary 1852Date Published1852 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #51 1852 Gold Rush letter with original pencil drawing of two miners Heading(California Gold Rush)Headline1852 Gold Rush letter with original pencil drawingDate Published1852 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #52 Manuscript book of Gold Rush era songs Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorAshley, P.T., compilerHeadlineManuscript book of Gold Rush era songs 1854Date Published1854 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #53 Negbaur & Co. Miners Letter Book, 1853 Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorPitt, WilliamHeadlineNegbaur & Co. Miners Letter Book, 1853Date Published1853 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500StatusUnsold Lot #54 The Celebration in San Francisco, in Commemoration of the Successful Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable, Monday, September 27th, 1858. Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineAtlantic Telegraph Cable celebration letter sheet 1858PublisherSterett & ButlerDate Published1858 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #55 Do They Miss Me At Home? Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineDo They Miss Me At Home? Pictorial lettersheet 1859PublisherSold By J.W SullivanDate Published[c.1859] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #56 Gold Rush era letter from Shasta City, California 1858 Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineLetter from Shasta City, California 1858Date Published1858 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #57 Hutching's [sic] California Scenes. The California Indians. Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)AuthorHutchins, James, engraverHeadlinePictorial letter sheet, Hutchins' California Scenes 1854PublisherExcelsior PrintDate Published[1854] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #58 Life Among The Miners Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineLife Among The Miners - rare pictorial lettersheetPublisherHutchings and RosenfieldDate Published[1850s] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #59 Miner's Life - Illustrated Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineMiner's Life - Illustrated letter sheet with manuscript letter, 1855PublisherBarber and BakerDate Published1855 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #60 San Francisco Letter Sheet Price Current and Review of the Market. Vol. I, No. XII Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineSan Francisco Letter Sheet Price Current w/letters 1850PublisherWilliam W GallaerDate Published1850 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #61 Sonora from the North [and] Springfield, Tuolumne County Heading(California pictorial lettersheets)HeadlineSonora from the North [and] Springfield, Tuolumne lettersheet 1853PublisherG.S. WellsDate Published1853 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #63 Byron Jackson California Fruits Heading(California)HeadlineByron Jackson California Fruits broadsidePublisherSchmidt Label & Lith. Co.Date Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #64 Under Golden Skies Heading(California)AuthorCalifornia BankHeadlinePictorial California c.1925PublisherCalifornia BankDate Published[c.1925] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #70 Three Years in California AuthorColton, WalterHeadline1st Ed Walter Colton's Three Years in CaliforniaPublisherA.S. Barnes & Co.Date Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #80 A La California: Sketches of Life in the Golden State AuthorEvans, Albert S., Col.HeadlineEvans A La California 1873PublisherA.L. BancroftDate Published1873 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #85 Old Chinatown: A Book of Pictures by Arnold Genthe AuthorGenthe, Arnold and Will IrwinHeadlineOld Chinatown photographs of Arnold GenthePublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #90 The Overland Monthly, Devoted to the Development of the Country AuthorHarte, Bret, editorHeadlineThe Overland Monthly Vols. I-XI, 1868-73Date Published1868-1873 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #97 Langsdorff's Narrative of the Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806 AuthorLangsdorff, Georg Heinrich vonHeadlineThe Rezanov Voyage to Nueva California in 1806PublisherThomas C. RussellDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #98 Civil war era letter from Milton Latham with mention of Benjamin Holladay AuthorLatham, Milton S.HeadlineCivil war era letter from Milton S. Latham 1863Date Published1863 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #101 Vintage menus of famed Los Angeles restaurants Romanoff's and S.S.Tango gambling ship Heading(Los Angeles – famed restaurants, menus)HeadlineFamed Los Angeles restaurant menusDate Published1935-1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #121 Joaquin Miller autograph, 1896 AuthorMiller, JoaquinHeadlineJoaquin Miller autograph, 1896Date Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #124 The Story of My Boyhood and Youth - inscribed AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineInscribed with signature by John MuirPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #127 The Pacific Highway Heading(Pacific Highway)AuthorAutomobile Club of SeattleHeadlineThe Pacific Highway c.1923PublisherAutomobile Club of SeattleDate Published[c.1920] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #129 The Story of the Exposition; Being the Official History of the International Celebration Held at San Francisco in 1915 to Commemorate the Discovery of the Pacific Ocean and the Construction of the Panama Canal Heading(Panama Pacific International Exposition)AuthorTodd, Frank MortonHeadlineStory of the Panama Pacific Exposition 5 vols.PublisherPutnam's / Knickerbocker PressDate Published1921 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #166 California in 1851-[1852]: The Letters of Dame Shirley AuthorShirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]HeadlineGrabhorn Shirley LettersPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #170 Quarterly of the Society of California Pioneers - Volumes 1 through 10 Heading(Society of California Pioneers)HeadlineSociety of California Pioneers Quarterly Vols. 1-10PublisherSociety of California PioneersDate Published1924-1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #177 1851 letter detailing tour of duty on the USS St. Mary's Heading(USS St. Mary's)AuthorPhillips, D.B.Headline1851 letter tour of duty on the USS St. Mary'sDate Published1851 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #186 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #275 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$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #276 The Independent Gold Hunter on His Way to California: I Neither Borrow nor Lend Heading(California - Gold Rush)AuthorCurrier, NathanielHeadlineColor lithograph of California Gold HunterPublisherN. CurrierDate Publishedc.1849-50 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #277 Long Beach city map with street index Heading(California - Long Beach)AuthorNewman, T.HeadlineLong Beach city map 1912PublisherFirst National Bank, Long BeachDate Published1912 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #278 Plans for Pier 3 Substructure Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBoard of State Harbor Commissioner's State Department of EngineeringHeadlinePlans for Pier 3 Substructure 1916Date Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #280 WITHDRAWN - Atlas of Maps and Seismograms Accompanying the Report of the State Earthquake Investigation Commission Upon the California Earthquake of April 18, 1906 Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorLawson, Andrew C., et al.HeadlineMaps and Seismograms San Francisco 1906 QuakePublisherCarnegie Institution of WashingtonDate Published1908 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #281 Hymans & Blatteis Map of the Major Part of the San Francisco Buisness [sic] District Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorThomas, Geo. C.HeadlineEarly map of the San Francisco Business District 1920PublisherThomas Bros.Date Published[c.1920] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #282 Road Map of Sutter County, California Heading(California - Sutter County)AuthorLanzendorf, Oscar W.HeadlineRoad Map of Sutter County, California 1928PublisherHart Printing Co.Date Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #283 Map of Tulare County, California Heading(California - Tulare County)AuthorLovelace, B.O..HeadlineMap of Tulare County, California 1918PublisherTulare County Board of TradeDate Published1918 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #284 Map of Watsonville "The Apple City" California with a Map of the Monterey Bay District Heading(California - Watsonville)HeadlineRare maps of Watsonville and the Monterey Bay DistrictPublisherChamber of Commerce of the Pajaro ValleyDate Published[c.early 1900s] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #285 Mileage Map of the Best Roads of California and Nevada: Showing Principal Cities, Paved Roads, Road Distances Heading(California and Nevada)AuthorClason Map Co.HeadlineMileage Map of California and NevadaPublisherClason Map Co.Date Published[1923?] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #286 Geographical Map of the State of California: Compiled from Actual Surveys Heading(California)AuthorCrocker, H.S.HeadlineGeographical Map of California 1893PublisherH.S. Crocker Co.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #287 Highway Map of California Heading(California)HeadlineHighway Map of California 1920PublisherAssociated Oil Company, San FranciscoDate Published[c.1920s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #288 Map of California showing generalized classification of lands with regard to oil possibilities Heading(California)AuthorLeck, Lawrence VanderHeadlineCalifornia State Mining Bureau map 1912PublisherCalifornia State Print. Off. [for the] California State Mining BureauDate Published1921 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #377 The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians AuthorBonner, T.D.HeadlineLive of James P. Beckwourth 1st ed 1856PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1856 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #399 The History of San José and Surroundings with Biographical Sketches of Early Settlers...Illustrated with a Map and Engravings on Stone AuthorHall, FredericHeadlineA Complete History of San José, California through 1870PublisherPrinting House of A.L. Bancroft and CompanyDate Published1871 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #469 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$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #512 Autobiography of Isaac Jones Wistar AuthorWistar, Isaac JHeadlineAutobiography of Isaac Jones WistarDate Published1914 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next