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28 |
Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings and other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association, April 2, 1849 - July 20, 1851 |
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Bruff, J. Goldsborough |
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Bruff's Gold Rush Journals, Drawings, and Papers |
1944 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $180 |
|
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30 |
First Annual Report of the Audubon Society of California for the Protection of the Wild Birds, the Wild Game and Forests |
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(California - Audubon Society) |
1st annual report of Audubon Society of California 1907 |
1907 |
$400 - $600 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $270 |
|
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31 |
Beverly Hills, California: Midway between Los Angeles and the sea |
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[Reuss, Velma, compiler] |
(California - Beverly Hills) |
Beverly Hills promotional booklet 1920's |
[1920's] |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $180 |
|
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32 |
Packet of election matter mailed to voters in the 1922 general election |
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(California - Contra Costa County) |
Election material for 1922 |
1922 |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $300 |
|
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34 |
Bond prospectus for Warner Bros. Hollywood Theatre |
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(California - Hollywood) |
Warner Bros. build Hollywood Theatre, 1926 |
1926 |
$400 - $600 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $240 |
|
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35 |
Long Beach: The City by the Sea (caption title) |
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Kendall, Sidney C. |
(California - Long Beach) |
Long Beach promo booklet 1903 |
1903 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $180 |
|
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36 |
Legal summons relating to a restraining order sought against several Los Angeles Police officers who were harassing the owners and members of the Little Tokio Social Club of Los Angeles |
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(California - Los Angeles) |
Police harass Japanese social club in Los Angeles |
10 Oct. 1929 |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $360 |
|
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37 |
Los Angeles: The Great Seaport of the Southwest |
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(California - Los Angeles) |
LA, Seaport of the Southwest, 1922 |
[1922] |
$200 - $300 |
Unsold |
|
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38 |
Portion of Menalto Tract - San Mateo County |
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(California - Menlo Park) |
Land for sale in Menlo Park, 1910 |
c.1910 |
$400 - $600 |
Unsold |
|
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39 |
Report of Proposed Annexation of Parchester Village |
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(California - Richmond) |
Richmond's Parchester Village requests annexation |
November 1957 |
$800 - $1,200 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $720 |
|
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40 |
The Best Spot on Earth is in the Sacramento Valley, California: Great plant introduction garden established by the United States Department of Agriculture, where soil and climate are best suited to production of the widest possible variety of plant life (wrapper title) |
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(California - Sacramento Valley) |
Sacramento Valley, Best Spot on Earth, 1904 brochure |
1904 |
$400 - $600 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $390 |
|
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41 |
San Diego. Climate, Resources, Topography, Productions, etc. Illustrated |
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Gunn, Douglas Maxwell |
(California - San Diego) |
Illustrated guide to San Diego 1887 with map |
1887 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $204 |
|
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42 |
6 Day Bike Race: Third [Fourth & Seventh] International Race, Dreamland Auditorium, San Francisco... |
|
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(California - San Francisco - Bicycle Races) |
Rare bike race programs from 1930's |
1935-[1937?] |
$600 - $900 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $360 |
|
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43 |
US Navy officer who officially "named" the city of San Francisco - letter as Coast Surveyor to a pioneering meteorologist |
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Bartlett, Washington A. |
(California - San Francisco) |
Letter from US Navy Lieutenant who officially "named" San Francisco |
Oct. 13, 1851 |
$300 - $500 |
Unsold |
|
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45 |
Boulevard Lighting Standards... Design 16 |
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O'Shaughnessy, M.M., City Engineer |
(California - San Francisco) |
Blueprints for San Francisco Streetlight c.1930 |
c.1930 |
$400 - $600 |
Unsold |
|
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46 |
San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser - thirteen issues |
|
|
(California - San Francisco) |
San Francisco News Letter and California Advertiser - 13 issues |
1890 |
$200 - $300 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $120 |
|
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47 |
San Francisco Traffic Ordinances Regulating Moving Vehicles, Taxicabs, Jitneys, Street Cars, etc. Published by Authority of the Board of Supervisors |
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(California - San Francisco) |
Traffic laws of San Francisco, 1924 |
August 1, 1924 |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $660 |
|
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48 |
Society Events: Season 1901-1902 |
|
|
(California - San Francisco) |
High Society of San Francisco 1902 |
1902 |
$600 - $900 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $360 |
|
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49 |
Index to Assessment Rolls, Sonoma County, for 1885 |
|
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(California - Sonoma County) |
Citizenry of Sonoma County assessed, 1885 |
1885 |
$300 - $500 |
Unsold |
|
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50 |
Constitution and by-laws of the California Academy of Sciences. Founded April 4th, 1853. Academy Building - S.W. Corner of California and Dupont Sts., San Francisco, California |
|
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(California Academy of Sciences) |
Constitution of California Academy of Sciences |
1881 |
$200 - $300 |
Unsold |
|
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52 |
California |
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McCarthy, John Russell, editor |
(California Series) |
California series signed by California pioneers |
[1928-1929] |
$700 - $1,000 |
Unsold |
|
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53 |
California for the Home Maker: Some facts of interest to men who work for themselves |
|
|
(California) |
Guide for relocating to California 1908 |
1908 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $180 |
|
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54 |
"Come to California: the Land of Sunshine and Sights to See" - broadside page from a newspaper |
|
|
(California) |
The lure of California during WWI |
January 26, 1918 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $180 |
|
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55 |
The Currency Question. In the Supreme Court of the State of California. James Lick, appellant, vs. William Faulkner, et al., respondents. Argument for appellant, by H.H. Haight, of Counsel |
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Haight, Henry Huntly |
(California) |
Future Cal. governor argues against paper money |
1864 |
$700 - $1,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $420 |
|
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56 |
Californien Ueber Beffen Gevolkerung Und Gesellschaftliche Zustlande, Politische, Religiose Und Schul-verhaltffe, Handel, Industrie, Minen, Ackerbau U. F. W. |
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Ruhl, Karl |
(California) |
Karl Ruhl's Californien w/color maps 1867 |
1867 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $270 |
|
 |
57 |
Schedule of Rates for the Sale of Electric Energy and Rules, Regulations, Information Affecting Rates and Service of Northern California Power Company, Cons. In the Counties of Shasta, Tehama, Glenn, Colusa, Butte, Yolo and Trinity... |
|
|
(California) |
Electric power rates in Northern California 1917 |
c.1917 |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $450 |
|
 |
58 |
Californian |
|
|
(Californian Newspaper) |
Third issue of the Californian newspaper, 1846 |
Saturday, August 29, 1846 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $10,200 |
|
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59 |
The Californian. Vol. 2, No. 4. June 12, 1847 |
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Semple, Robert, editor |
(Californian Newspaper) |
The Californian newspaper, June 12, 1947. |
1847 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $570 |
|
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68 |
Three Years in California |
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Colton, Walter |
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Three Years in California, Walter Colton |
1852 |
$300 - $500 |
Unsold |
|
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73 |
Appreciation of loved ones who made life rich for many. My father, John Francis Cross; my mother, Sarah Jane Cross |
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Cross, Lilian A. |
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Family Account of California Pioneer Couple Signed |
1933 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $180 |
|
 |
75 |
Proceedings of the Friends of a Rail-Road to San Francisco, at Their Public Meeting, Held at the U.S. Hotel, in Boston, April 19, 1849. Including an Address to the People of the U. States; Showing that P. P. F. Degrand's Plan is the Only One, as yet Proposed, Which Will Secure Promptly...by a Single Act of Legislation, the Construction of a Railroad to California, in the Shortest Time Allowed by its Physical Obstacles |
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Degrand, P. P. F. |
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Pacific Railroad proposal SF 1849 |
1849 |
$200 - $300 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $510 |
|
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77 |
The Missions and Missionaries of California |
|
Englehardt, Zephyrin |
|
Englehardt's Missions and Missionaries of California |
1913-1930 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $180 |
|
 |
81 |
Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California...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 |
|
Field, Stephen J. |
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Reminiscences of Early Days in California - presentation copy |
[1893] |
$200 - $300 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $120 |
|
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83 |
California: A History of Upper and Lower California |
|
Forbes, Alexander |
|
Forbes History of Upper and Lower California |
1937 |
$200 - $300 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $120 |
|
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89 |
The Overland Monthly, Devoted to the Development of the Country |
|
Harte, Bret, editor |
|
The Overland Monthly Vols. I-XI, 1868-73 |
1868-1871 |
$600 - $900 |
Unsold |
|
 |
93 |
Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California...including the Mammoth Trees of Calaveras; Caves and Natural Bridges; the Yo-Semite Valley; the Mammoth Trees of Mariposa and Frezno; Mount Shasta... |
|
Hutchings, James Mason |
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Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in CA, 1st ed. |
[1860] |
$200 - $300 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $228 |
|
 |
95 |
Exposition Memories: Panama-California Exposition, San Diego, 1916 - inscribed |
|
James, George Wharton |
|
George Wharton James Exposition Memories inscribed |
1917 |
$200 - $300 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $390 |
|
 |
97 |
Civilian Exclusion Order No. 41 - Notice. Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, California |
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DeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.L. |
(Japanese-American internment poster) |
San Francisco 1942 Japanse Internment order poster |
May 5, 1942 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $390 |
|
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98 |
Rare imprints about the Japanese-American interment of World War II |
|
|
(Japanese-American Internment) |
Japanese-American interment of World War II - rare imprints |
1944-1949 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $180 |
|
 |
101 |
The Larkin Papers: Personal, Business, and Official Correspondence of Thomas Oliver Larkin, Merchant and United States Consul in California |
|
Larkin, Thomas Oliver |
|
All Eleven Volumes of Larkin papers, Inscribed & Signed |
1951-1968 |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $450 |
|
 |
102 |
Manuscript receipt signed by Thomas O. Larkin, for $1,209 from the Brig Eveline in repayment |
|
Larkin, Thomas Oliver |
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Receipt signed by Thomas O. Larkin |
Feb. 14, 1849 |
$400 - $600 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $510 |
|
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103 |
Bill of lading for shipment from Hong Kong to San Francisco signed by ship master John B.R. Cooper & Jacob P. Leese |
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Leese, Jacob P. & John B.R. Cooper |
|
Signed by Jacob P. Leese & John B.R. Cooper, 1849 |
1849 |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $1,200 |
|
 |
104 |
Important archive of material from the family and descendants of California pioneer Jacob P. Leese, with much source material on early California history |
|
|
(Leese, Jacob Primer) |
Jacob P. Leese Family Archive |
19th-20th centuries |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $1,920 |
|
 |
123 |
Album with 14 albumen photographs, of Yosemite, San Francisco etc., + one of the Columbia River |
|
Taber, Isaiah W. |
(Photographs - California) |
Albumen photos of Yosemite & San Francisco by Taber |
c.1880-90 |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $1,020 |
|
 |
133 |
Account of the Adventures of Mrs. Frank B. Sammis & Edna Allen Sammis - April 28, 1915 - July 7, 1915 - On Their journey to California |
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Sammis, Edna & Mrs. Frank B. |
|
Handwritten Travel Journal to California from 1915 |
1915 |
$400 - $600 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $2,700 |
|
 |
135 |
The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California... |
|
Soulé, Frank, John H. Gihon and James Nisbet |
|
Annals of San Francisco, 1855 |
1855 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $180 |
|
 |
153 |
Three reports by John B. Trask on the geology of California |
|
Trask, John B. |
|
Trask reports on California geology 1854-55 |
1854, 1855 |
$200 - $300 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $510 |
|
 |
163 |
A Picture of Pioneer Times in California, illustrated with Anecdotes and Stories taken from real life |
|
Grey, William, pseud. |
(White, William F.) |
White, William H. A Picture of Pioneer Times in California inscribed |
1881 |
$200 - $300 |
Unsold |
|
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166 |
Letter from the Secretary of War Communicating The Report of Lieutenant Gustavus C. Doane upon the so-called Yellowstone Expedition of 1870 |
|
Doane, Lieutenant Gustavus C[heney] |
(Yellowstone Expedition) |
Letter from the Secretary of War upon the Yellowstone Expedition of 1870 |
[1871] |
$200 - $300 |
Unsold |
|
 |
253 |
The Discovery of San Francisco Bay: The Rediscovery of the Port of Monterey; The Establishment of the Presidio, and the Founding of the Mission of San Francisco |
|
Davidson, George |
|
Davidson on discovery of San Francisco Bay 1907 |
1907 |
$200 - $300 |
Unsold |
|
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256 |
Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory |
|
Davidson, George |
|
Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington |
1869 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $192 |
|
 |
313 |
Thomas Bros. Block Book of Oakland Allendale District Vol. 10 |
|
|
(California - Oakland) |
Oakland Block Book - Allendale Dist, 1924 |
[1924] |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $180 |
|
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324 |
Sketches Accompanying the Annual Report of the Superintendent of the United States Coast Survey, 1851 (caption title) |
|
U.S. Coast Survey |
|
With early Coast Survey charts of west coast 1851 |
1851 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $390 |
|
 |
332 |
Mappe Monde |
|
Buffier, Claude |
|
Buffier, Mappe Monde 1764 |
[1764] |
$300 - $500 |
Unsold |
|
 |
336 |
Map of the Dutch Flat Blue Lead Placer County California |
|
Uren, Edward C. |
(California - Dutch Flat) |
Rare map of Duch Flat CA and its mines |
1911 |
$800 - $1,200 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $660 |
|
 |
338 |
Guide through the Old Mining Regions of Central California |
|
Ramsey, R. S. |
(California - Mother Lode) |
Guide to Mother Lode with map & text 1939 |
1939 |
$500 - $800 |
Unsold |
|
 |
341 |
Map of the City of Sacramento and Vicinity. Compiled from Plats of Record, Official and Private Surveys by the Department of Engineering, City of Sacramento. Scale 1 inch = 500 feet |
|
Miller, Frank G. |
(California - Sacramento) |
Large-scale cadastral map of Sacramento 1918 |
1918 |
$1,500 - $2,000 |
Unsold |
|
 |
343 |
Official Map of the City of Sacramento, California. Compiled from actual surveys by W.S. Watson, Civil Engineer |
|
Watson, W. S. |
(California - Sacramento) |
Rare wall map of Sacramento 1854 |
1854 |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Unsold |
|
 |
346 |
View of the Town and Harbour of San Francisco, California From The Signal Hill |
|
Collinson, Captn. [Richard?] |
(California - San Francisco) |
Bird's-eye view of San Francisco 1851 |
1851 |
$6,000 - $9,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $4,800 |
|
 |
350 |
Bird's-Eye View of the Key Route System, showing Oakland, Berkeley, Piedmont, Claremont, Alameda, Richmond and Intervening Territory, Served by the Key Route and its Affiliated Lines. The area covered by this map is approximately seventy-five square miles |
|
Green, Charles |
(California) |
Bird's-eye Oakland & adjacent area |
1911 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $1,440 |
|
 |
351 |
North Bay Horse Country |
|
|
(California) |
Horses north of San Fancisco |
1992 |
$700 - $1,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $420 |
|
 |
395 |
[Map of Monterey Peninsula] |
|
Mora, Jo |
|
Jo Mora, Map of Monterey, 1926 |
[1926] |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $960 |
|
 |
396 |
The Seventeen Mile Drive |
|
Mora, Jo |
|
Jo Mora, The Seventeen Mile Drive, 1927 |
[1927] |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $1,020 |
|
 |
417 |
History of San Luis Obispo County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers |
|
(Angel, Myron) |
|
Reprint of earliest history of San Luis Obispo County |
1966 |
$10 - $100 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $72 |
|
 |
422 |
Noticias del Puerto de Monterey |
|
|
(California - Monterey) |
50 years of Monterey, California history and art journal |
1957-2006 |
$10 - $100 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $192 |
|
 |
430 |
A Collection of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Pamphlets & Ephemera |
|
Kruska, Dennis and Stuart R. Robinson |
|
Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Ephemera Bibliography |
2003 |
$10 - $100 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $60 |
|
 |
445 |
Panorama of San Diego |
|
Unknown |
(Photographs) |
San Diego Panorama |
early 20th century |
$10 - $100 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $36 |
|
 |
448 |
History of Sacarmento County California with Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery |
|
|
(Sacramento County) |
Facsmilie of Thompson & West 1880 History of Sacramento County |
1960 |
$10 - $100 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $48 |
|
 |
449 |
History of San Bernardino and San Diego Counties |
|
|
(San Bernardino) |
Facsimilie of Wallace Elliott's History of San Bernardino and San Diego Counties |
1965 |
$10 - $100 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $72 |
|
 |
451 |
South from San Francisco: San Mateo County, California Its History and Heritage |
|
Stanger, Frank M. |
|
South from San Francisco is San Mateo County |
1963 |
$10 - $100 |
Sold For (Includes Buyer's Premium): $144 |
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