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1 Report of the Secretary of War, communicating...a report and map of the examination of New Mexico, made by Lieutenant J.W. Abert, of the topographical corps. Abert, James W. Abert's Examination of New Mexico 1848 1848 $500 - $800
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2 Original photograph taking at the testing of the "White Wing," with aviation pioneers Glenn Curtiss, Casey Baldwin, and Augustus Post (Aerial Experiment Association) Glenn Curtiss & others test the "White Wing" 1908 1908- $200 - $300
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3 Wanted poster offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the apprehension of unknown persons involved in a derailment of a Southern Pacific train for which the Black Panther Party was blamed if not implicated (African American - Black Panther Party) Black Panthers blamed for train derailment 1969 1969 $500 - $800
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4 Black Panther poster - 4 copies Stroud, Charles (African American - Black Panther Party) Poster of H. Rap Brown - 4 copies 1968 $300 - $500
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5 Two large press photographs of African American soldiers serving in the U.S. incursion into Mexico led by General John J. "Black Jack" Pershing (African American - Buffalo Soldiers) Buffalo Soldiers serving in Mexican incursion 1916 c.1916 $400 - $600
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6 Display mural featuring a portrait of Frederick Douglass, the Emancipation Proclamation, etc. Oshanna, Jon (African American - Frederick Douglass) Mural of Frederick Douglass 1948 $4,000 - $6,000
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7 Portrait photograph of James Baldwin Burch, Claire (African American - James Baldwin) Claire Burch portrait of James Baldwin No date $200 - $300
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8 Lot of six items related to Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. (African American - Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr.) Malcom and Martin Various dates $200 - $300
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9 Nine vintage photographs documenting a visit of Dr. Martin Luther King to the Prince Hall Masonic and O.E.S. Home in Rock Island, IL during the Great Mississippi River Flood and documenting Rock Island marchers on Memphis days after the assassination of Dr. King (African American - Martin Luther King, Jr) African-American masonry in support of Dr. King 1965; 1968 $3,000 - $5,000
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10 Five bigoted stereoview stereotypes of African Americans in the South (African American - Stereoviews) Down in Dixie, race-baiting stereoviews [c. 1900] $200 - $300
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11 Burdett's Negro Dialect, Recitations and Readings Burdett, James S. (editor) (African American) Rare guide to early AAVE [1884] $200 - $300
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12 Manuscript index log of letters and telegrams received by the U.S. Army Quartermaster for the Pacific Northwest & Alaska (Alaska & Pacific Northwest) Letters sent to quartermaster 1899 Pacific NW c.1899 $300 - $500
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13 Fourteen privately produced stereoviews of Nome, Alaska, and adjacent areas (Alaska) Hand-made stereoviews of Alaska c.1901 c.1901-1910 $800 - $1,200
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14 Nine original newspapers/leaflets produced aboard the SS Spokane during an Alaska trip (Alaska) Passage to Alaska, 1908 Aug. 16-Aug. 26, 1908 $400 - $600
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15 Putorius Negripes, Black Footed Ferret, Natural Size Audubon, John [Woodhouse]. (Audubon, John James) Audubon hand-colored litho, black footed ferret 1846 $1,000 - $1,500
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16 Mus Decumanus, Brown, or Norway Rat. Male, Female & Young. Natural Size Audubon, John James Audubon hand-colored litho, Norway Rat 1845 $1,000 - $1,500
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17 Automobile Blue Book, 1919, "Standard Road Guide of America"... Vol. 8: California, Nevada, Utah and Arizona with extension routes into Oregon and New Mexico... (Automobile Route Book) Scarce auto route guide to American West, 1919 1918 $700 - $1,000
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18 Abrégé de l’histoire des Indiens de l’Amérique septentrionale, par F. Baraga. Missionaire au lac Supérieur Baraga, Frédéric Rare account of Native Americans in Michigan, 1837 1837 $2,000 - $3,000
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19 Letter from P.T. Barnum about a biographical sketch that the recipient had requested Barnum, P.T. Two page autograph letter from P.T. Barnum August 29, 1890 $600 - $900
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20 A Trip to the United States in 1887 [Beadle, Charles] Trip to the United States in 1887 - presentation copy [1887] $300 - $500
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21 California Gold-field Scenes: Selections from Quien Sabe's Gold-field Manuscripts Bigham, Robert W. California Gold-field Scenes, 1866 1886 $200 - $300
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22 Berkeley Daily Gazette - bound volume, April-June, 1906 (California - 1906 Earthquake - Berkeley Gazette) Bound Berkeley newspaper for 1906 earthquake 1906 $500 - $800
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23 Shoshone: Where Death Valley Begins Brown, Charles and Paul B. Hubbard (California - Death Valley) Shoshone: Where Death Valley Begins - scarce [c.1956] $200 - $300
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24 Ornate certificate presented to a Fireman's Fund Insurance Company agent for 25 years of service (California - Fireman's Fund) 25 years a Fireman's Fund insurance agent January 25, 1934 $400 - $600
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25 Golden Gate Bridge in Building Blocks (California - Golden Gate Bridge) Golden Gate Bridge building block set 1933 $500 - $800
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26 Bridging "The Golden Gate" (wrapper title) Strauss, Joseph B. & M.M. O'Shaughnessy (California - Golden Gate Bridge) Early proposal for Golden Gate Bridge, 1921 1921 $800 - $1,200
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27 Archive relating to an imposter grandson of Johann Sutter, pioneer California landowner (California - Johann Sutter) "Imposter" grandson of J.A. Sutter 1927 $300 - $500
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28 History of Los Angeles County. With Selected Biography of Actors and Witnesses in a Period of the County's Greatest Growth and Achievement. McGroarty, John Steven (California - Los Angeles County) History of Los Angeles County 3 vols. 1923 1923 $200 - $300
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29 Whitlock's Guide to California December 1903 Horton, C. Ray & Laura L. Whitlock (California - Los Angeles) California Guide with notable Los Angeles map, 1903 1903 $1,000 - $1,500
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30 A Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to All (California - Los Angeles) Holiday greeting from Lorbeer Bros. & Co. - 1913 rare [1913] $200 - $300
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31 The Hite Mine Hague, James D. (California - Mariposa County) Hite gold mine on the South Merced River 1878 $700 - $1,000
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32 Map of the Mother Lode, showing connections from San Francisco (California - Mother Lode) Highways & distances through California's Mother Lode 1938 $500 - $800
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33 Gold Mines of Nevada County (California - Nevada County) Gold Mines of Nevada County - scarce [c.1900?] $300 - $500
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34 Realtor's album of photographs of Oakland buildings, c.1927, a number stating the rise in value over the preceding decade (California - Oakland) Photos of Oakland real estate in 1920s c.1927 $1,000 - $1,500
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35 Summary of Operations, California Oil Fields... Annual Report of the Sate Oil and Gas Supervisor issued by California State Mining Bureau (California - Oil) California oil industry, 1919-1936 1919-1936 $4,000 - $6,000
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36 History of Orange County California, with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present Armor, Samuel (California - Orange County) History of Orange County 1921 1921 $200 - $300
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37 Ordinances of the Board of Trustees of the City of Orange, California (California - Orange) Ordinances of Orange California 1905 1905 $400 - $600
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38 Poll Tax Roll 1907 Plumas County (cover title) (California - Plumas County) Ledger for Plumas County Poll Tax Roll, 1907 1907 $600 - $900
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39 California Redwood for the Engineer (California - Redwood) California Redwood for the Engineer, 1917 [1917] $300 - $500
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40 History of San Bernardino and Riverside Counties (California - San Bernardino County) History of San Bernardino 3 vol. 1922 1922 $300 - $500
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41 Three chromolithograph spreads from Judge magazine in the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake & Fire Flohri, Emil (California - San Francisco Earthquake & Fire) Three framed SF Earthquake political cartoons 1906 $300 - $500
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42 Collection of approximately 225 original stereoviews of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, and its aftermath (California - San Francisco Earthquake - Stereoviews) San Francisco Earthquake in stereo 1906 $2,000 - $3,000
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43 !Espantosisimos terremotos y formidable incendio en San Francisco California!: !La ciudad entre las llamas! Millares de victimas! !Catástrofe nunca vista! Posada, José Guadalupe, illustrator (California - San Francisco Earthquake) Posada illustrates report on San Francisco earthquake 1906 $500 - $800
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44 An act concerning the city of San Francisco and to ratify and confirm certain ordinances of the Common Council of said city (California - San Francisco) Settling land titles in San Francisco, 1858 1858 $400 - $600
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45 Log book kept by F. Anderson recorded his duties and activities while serving in the San Francisco Police Department Anderson, F. (California - San Francisco) San Francisco policeman's log book 1896 1896 $500 - $800
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46 Edwards Abstract from Records San Francisco 1891-1893 (California - San Francisco) Edwards Abstract from Records San Francisco 1891-1893 $300 - $500
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47 In Remembrance of the Midwinter International Exposition, San Francisco, Cal. 1894 - 2 copies variant cloth colors (California - San Francisco) Souvenir viewbooks of the Midwinter International Exposition [1894] $300 - $500
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48 "An Invitation from San Francisco California" (wrapper title) - proposal to hold the 1928 Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, with original signed letters and mounted photographs (California - San Francisco) S.F. bids for 1928 Democratic Convention 1927 $400 - $600
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49 Firemen's hand book: Practical Data for the Recruit Murray, George H. (California - San Francisco) S.F. Firemen's handbook c.1920 c.1920 $500 - $800
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50 Souvenir and Book of Information of San Francisco. Published by and compliments of Newman's New Russ House Montgomery, Bush and Pine Sts. Army and Navy Headquarters (wrapper title) (California - San Francisco) Russ House hotel in San Francisco, 1903 [1903] $800 - $1,200
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51 Manuscript sermon preached by the Rev. S.C. Thrall at Trinity Church in San Francisco in 1856 Thrall, Rev. S.C. (California - San Francisco) Ms. sermon preached in San Francisco 1856 1856 $400 - $600
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52 Agua Caliente Springs: Only 38 Miles from San Francisco in the Valley of the Moon (California - Sonoma County) Agua Caliente Springs c.1920 - scarce [c.1920] $200 - $300
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53 Historic Sonoma County in California's Redwood Empire Wonderland /Fascinating Sonoma County in California's Redwood Empire Wonderland (California - Sonoma County) Historic & Fascinating Sonoma County 1955 $200 - $300
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54 Motor Map of California... El Paso to Long Beach: Make Venetian Square Your California Home... (California - Southern) Rare route map Memphis to Long Beach 1932 1932 $500 - $800
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55 Constitution and By-Laws of the Stockton Board of Trade, Incorporated May 9, 1882 (California - Stockton) Rare constitution of Stockton board of trade 1882 1882 $400 - $600
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56 El Buscador De Oro En California Zamacois, Niceto de, translator (California Gold Rush) Mexican imprint of California gold rush novel 1855 1855 $300 - $500
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57 Amendments to constitution and referendum measures with arguments respecting the same to be submitted to the electors of the state of California at the special election on Tuesday Oct. 26, 1915 (California) Rare California special election booklet, 1915 1915 $300 - $500
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58 California Tourist: Hand Book for Yosemite, the Big Tree Groves, Geysers, Monterey and Other Popular Resorts of California (California) Rare California tourist handbook 1881 1881 $400 - $600
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59 The Director: A Pacific Coast Auto-Roads, Hotel & Amusement Guide Chase, J. Munsell, editor (California) Scarce 1918 California guidebook August, 1918 $400 - $600
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60 40 ways and more to California and the North Coast via Chicago and North Western Line: The best of everything in the Best of the West Chicago and North Western Railway Company (California) Getting to northern California by rail 1930 Summer, 1930 $300 - $500
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61 A History of California and an Extended History of Its Southern Coast Counties Also Containing Biographies of Well-Known Citizens of the Past and Present. Guinn, J. M. (California) History of California 2 vols. 1907 1907 $200 - $300
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62 Outdoor Life in the Sierra (California) Sierra guide with 30" long birdseye map 1923 $300 - $500
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63 Contemporary Biography of California's Representative Men. With Contributions from Distinguished Scholars and Scientists. Phelps, Alonzo (California) Biography of California's Representative Men 1882 1882 $200 - $300
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64 Winter Outings in Sunny California (California) Pacific Coast Steamship Co. California outings [n.d] $200 - $300
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65 The Diary of a Forty-Niner Canfield, Chauncey L., editor Diary of a Forty-Niner, 1906 1906 $200 - $300
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66 Hoxie Bros. Circus poster (Circus) Hoxie Bros. Circus poster [1940's] $300 - $500
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67 The Soldier's Memorial: 152nd Regiment, Company H, New York Volunteers (Civil War) Hand-colored Currier & Ives Civil War broadside 1862 $200 - $300
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68 Messages From the Spirit Planes Colburn, Arthur R. Colburn's Messages from Spirit Planes No. 1 1910 $400 - $600
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69 The Commonwealth Club of California. Organized in San Francisco, April, 1903 (Commonwealth Club) 1903 Constitution of CA Commonwealth Club 1903 $300 - $500
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70 Ensayo de bibliografía cubana de los siglos XVII y XVIII. Seguido de unos apuntes para la bibliografía dominicana y portorriqueña. Plus Supplement Trelles, Carlos M. (Cuba) Important bibliography of Cuba, 1907-8 1907 & 1908 $300 - $500
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71 Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Davidson, George Davidson's Pacific Coast Pilot 1889 1889 $300 - $500
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72 Seventy-Five Years in California. A History of Events and Life in California... - 2 editions Davis, William Heath Seventy-Five Years in California - two editions 1929; 1967 $300 - $500
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73 California, In-Doors and Out; or, How we Farm, Mine, and Live Generally in the Golden State Farnham, Eliza W. California from early feminine perspective 1856 1856 $300 - $500
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74 The Money Question: Contribution to the United States Monetary Commission Fitch, Henry S. The silver-gold monetary controversy, 1877 1877 $600 - $900
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75 Real estate brochure for property in Palm Beach County, Florida, with folding map Cole, Henry I., Broker (Florida) Florida real estate brochure c.1940 c.1940 $300 - $500
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76 Original caricature drawing for sports column illustration [Boumer?], Frank (Football) Original caricature drawing for a football illustration No date $200 - $300
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77 Sunday Lessons No. 1 [Early appearance of "Mary Had a Little Lamb"] Hale, Sarah Josepha Early appearance of Mary Had a Little Lamb c.1835 [c.1835] $1,000 - $1,500
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78 Ray Harryhausen: Master of the Majicks Hankin, Mike (Harryhausen, Ray) Ray Harryhausen: Master of the Majicks [2013] $500 - $800
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79 The Unlimited Coinage of Gold and Silver Essential to the Prosperity of the United States: Address Delivered by Hon. N.P. Hill, of Colorado, before the Sound Money Convention of Commercial Organizations at Washington, D.C., September 12, 1893 Hill, Nathaniel P. Unlimited gold and silver for the masses, 1893 1893 $600 - $900
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80 Fourteen Months in American Bastiles [Howard, Frank Key] F.K. Howard's Civil War Imprisonment 1863 $200 - $300
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81 Historic Highways of America Hulbert, Archer Butler Historic Highways of America 1902-1905 $1,200 - $1,800
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82 James Mason Hutchings of Yo Semite: A Biography and Bibliography Kruska, Dennis (Hutchings, James Mason) James Mason Hutchings of Yo Semite 2009 $200 - $300
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83 Three typescripts comprising Ide's account of the Bear Flag Revolt and supplemental material by his descendants Ide, William B. William Ide's account of Bear Flag Revolt various dates $500 - $800
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84 The Daily Tulean Dispatch (Japanese-American Internment) Newspaper from Tule Lake Japanese internment camp Feb. 18, 1943 $400 - $600
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85 Printed poster instructing persons of Japanese ancestry in San Francisco to report to the Civil Control Station at 1530 Buchanan Street DeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.L (Japanese-American Internment) Japanese Exclusion Act broadside May 5, 1942 $800 - $1,200
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86 Wanderungen eines Künstlers unter den Indianern Nordamerika’s von Canada nach der Vancouver’s Insel und nach Oregon durch das Gebiet der Hudsons-Bay-Gesellschaft und Zurück Kane, Paul Kane's Wanderings of an Artist 1st German Ed. 1862 $300 - $500
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87 Narrative of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, comprising a Description of a Tour through Texas, and across the Great Southwestern Prairies, the Camanche and Caygua Hunting-grounds, with an Account of the Sufferings from Want of Food, Losses from Hostile Indians, and Final Capture of the Texans, and their March, as Prisoners, to the City of Mexico Kendall, George Wilkins Kendall's Santa Fe Expedition, 1844 1844 $300 - $500
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88 Coming: The American Traveler Curtis W. Lindley in a Thrilling Lecture on the Sioux Indians - broadside [Lindley, Curtis W.] Broadside from a 1908 Indian show [1908] $300 - $500
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89 A Sketch of the Destruction of the Willey Family by the White Mountain Slide of the Night of August 28, 1826 Melcher, Edward Account of aftermath of landslide in 1826 1883 $200 - $300
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90 Estracto de la noticia de Mons. de Forbin-Janson, Obispo de Nancy y de Toul, sobre la Obra de la Santa Infancia para el rescate de los niños infieles de la China y de los otros paises idolatras. Bajo la Especial Proteccion de los RR. Obispos (Mexican Imprint) Rescuing the infidel children of China c.1850 $600 - $900
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91 Historia Del Petróleo. Obsequio De La "Anon Oil Company" (Mexico - Oil) Rare booklet on Mexican oil industry c.1930 [c.1930] $400 - $600
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92 Broadside, in Spanish, ordering a national state of mourning in Mexico after Santa Anna's capture in Texas Corro, José Justo (Mexico - Texas Revolution) Santa Anna captured by Texans, rare broadside May 20, 1836 $1,200 - $1,800
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93 Case of the American, A.K. Cutting. Latest notes exchanged between the Legation of the United States of America and the Minister of Foreign Relations of the Republic of Mexico. (Mexico) U.S. publisher of Mexican newspaper sued, 1888 1888 $200 - $300
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94 Decree setting the boundaries of the State of Chihuahua, Mexico (Mexico) Setting boundaries for Chihuahua Mexico 1824 28 July 1824 $200 - $300
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95 Dictamen de la Comisión de Gobernación de la Cámara de Diputados del Congreso General. Sobre la declaración que varios de los señores diputados promovieron acerca de la incapacidad de adquirir bienes ó derechos en la república mexicana las corporaciones ó individuos pertenecientes á cualquier nación enemiga; y estracto de la discusión que precedió a su aprobación (Mexico) Inheritance & property rights in old Mexico 1828 $200 - $300
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96 Broadside proclamation (bando) regarding the incursion into Mexico of filibusters from the U.S. associated with José Maria Carbajal (or Carvajal) Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de (Mexico) Santa Anna decree against filibusters into Mexico 1853 1853 $400 - $600
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97 A Sixteenth Century Mexican Broadside from the collection of Emilio Valtn. Described, with a Checklist, by Edwin H. Carpenter. (Mexico) A Sixteenth Century Mexican Broadside leaf book 1965 $1,500 - $2,500
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98 Aventuras de un Bracero. Relato de seis meses en Estados Unidos Topete, Jesús (Mexico) Mexican Bracero in U.S. 1949 $300 - $500
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99 Western Mining Directory 1902 (cover title) (Mining) Mining directory of western U.S., 19902 1902 $500 - $800
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100 Fergus County, Montana (Montana) Railroad comes to Fergus County, Montana, 1908 [1908] $400 - $600
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