Sale 728: California & the West. With Americana - Travel - Maps (#728) 04/29/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/29/2021 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 1-100 of 123. Previous|12|Next Lot #4 Autograph Letter Signed about Black sailors returned to America from England Heading(African American, 1817)AuthorStevens, Capt. JohnHeadlineAfrican-American sailors imprisoned as suspect slavesDate PublishedApril 10, 1817 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #10 Alaska Scenes Hand-Colored Heading(Alaska)HeadlineEarly 20th century Alaska Scenes Hand-ColoredPublisherPacific Coast Steamship Co.Date Publishedca. 1900 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #15 A Descriptive Hand-Book of the Great Overland Route Between Europe and Australia, China, Japan and India (cover title) Heading(American Overland Route)HeadlineHandbook of the Great American Overland Route, 1876PublisherErie Railway CompanyDate Published1876 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #19 Two photographs of Augusta C. Bainbridge, California State “Leader” of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Heading(Bainbridge, Mrs. Augusta C.)AuthorKnight, George. HHeadlineTwo photographs of Augusta C. Bainbridge 1906PublisherGeo. H. KnightDate Publishedc.1906 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #21 Bancroft's guide for travelers by railway, stage, and steam navigation in the Pacific States. Comprising routes and modes of travel, distances, fares; concise descriptions of the principal towns, scenery, etc., tourist's guide to Yosemite, Tahoe, the Geysers... AuthorBancroft, A.L. & CompanyHeadlineBancroft's Guide to Pacific States 1872PublisherA.L. Bancroft and CompanyDate Published1872 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #28 Rosier's Relation of Waymouth's Voyage to the Coast of Maine, 1605 AuthorBurrage, Henry S.HeadlineRosier's Relation of Waymouth's Voyage, 1/200PublisherGorges SocietyDate Published1887 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #29 California and New Mexico: Message of the President of the United States, Transmitting information... on the Subject of California and New Mexico (caption title) Heading(California & New Mexico)Author[Taylor, Zachary]HeadlineReport on California with maps 1850Date Published1850 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #30 Reports on the Spring Valley Hydraulic Gold Company comprising the Cherokee Flat Blue Gravel and Spring Valley Mining and Irrigating Company's property... Situated at Cherokee Flat, Butte County, California Heading(California - Butte County)AuthorStretch, Richard Henry & Charles WaldeyerHeadlineHydraulic mining in California gold regionPublisher[Baker & Goodwin, printers]Date Published1879 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #31 Hand Book of Calistoga Springs, or, Little Geysers, in Mineral Waters, Climate, Amusement, Baths, Drives, Scenery, the Celebrated Great Geysers and Petrified Forest, and the Clear Lake Country, with map and illustrations Heading(California - Calistoga SpringsHeadlineRare handbook to Calistoga Springs, Calif., 1871PublisherAlta California Book and Job Printing HouseDate Published1871 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #33 Souvenir Contra Costa County, California. As Reviewed under the Vitascope: A Pen Picture of Its Wonderfully Productive Valleys Heading(California - Contra Costa County)AuthorMetcalf, William L., compilerHeadlinePictorial promotional for Contra Costa CountyPublisherRichmond Record / Layman Naugle Editor and ProprietorDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #34 A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California. Heading(California - Fresno, Tulare, and Kern Counties)HeadlineHistory of Fresno, Tulare & Kern CountiesPublisherLewisDate Published[c.1892] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #35 The History of Mendocino County, California, Comprising Geography, Geology, Topography, Climatology, Springs and Timber...Also Extended Sketches of its Mills and Milling, Mines and Mining Interests...Also a Historical Sketch of the State of California... Heading(California - Mendocino County)HeadlineIllustrated history of Mendocino County, 1880PublisherAlley Brown and Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #36 Lot of 26 blank applications for patents on mining claims and assorted legal forms Heading(California - Mining)HeadlineLot of blank application forms for mining claims, 1870'sPublisherA.L. Bancroft & Co. and othersDate Published[1870's] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #37 Historic Monterey and Surroundings Illustrated (wrapper title) Heading(California - Monterey)HeadlineSouvenir of Monterey Cal. with many photographs 1899PublisherMonterey Cypress / Wallace Clarence Brown, Prop.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #39 Summary of Operations, California Oil Fields... Annual Report of the State Oil and Gas Supervisor issued by California State Mining Bureau Heading(California - Oil)HeadlineCalifornia oil industry, 1919-1920PublisherCalifornia State Mining BureauDate Published1919-1920 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #40 In the Supreme Court of the State of California. The People of California, Appellants, vs. Plumas Eureka Mining Company, Respondent Heading(California - Plumas Eureka Mining Company)HeadlineMining Company fails to pay taxes, the law abidesPublisherState Printing OfficeDate Published1876 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #41 Two letter copybooks for the California Central Railway Co., Yosemite Division, and Lyman Bridges Heading(California - Railroads)HeadlineCopybooks for California Central RailroadDate Publishedc.1880's View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #42 Redondo Beach: Saturday Sunday June 24-25 1916 - Annual Opening Heading(California - Redondo Beach)HeadlineRedondo Beach opens for the summer, 1916Date Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #43 Two manuscript documents pertaining to a bet between Samuel Brannan and H.C. Downing on the outcome of the 1868 Presidential election, one of them signed by Brannan Heading(California - Samuel Brannan)HeadlineSam Brannan bets on U.S. Grant, signed documentDate PublishedOct. 12 & Dec. 4, 1868 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #44 San Diego Pocket Guide: A compendium of general information of the city of San Diego, with latest map, carefully compiled from latest sources Heading(California - San Diego)HeadlineRare guide to San Diego with map 1911PublisherSan Diego Advertising AgencyDate Published1911 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #45 Photograph of the wreckage, 1906 Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlineSan Francisco Earthquake photograph, 1906Date Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #47 Bowman & Starks Show Company. A Marvelous and Bewildering Entertainment of Magic, Mirth, and Mystery… Performed by Bowman over 3,000 times… We Guarantee a High-Class Entertainment, So Come and Have a Good Time... Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineRare S.F. ad for early 20th century Magic showPublisherPrinted by Francis-Valentine Co.Date Publishedca. 1890-1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #48 Broadside notice that nighttime streetcar service in San Francisco will be interrupted due to work in progress Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineOngoing streetcar construction in San FranciscoDate PublishedJan. 5, 1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #50 Official Catalogue of the First Annual Dog Show given by the Golden Gate Kennel Cub of San Francisco at the Auditorium, Page and Fillmore Sts.... May 4, 5, 6 and 7, 1910 Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlinePremier dog show in San Francisco 1910PublisherGabriel-Meyerfeld Co., PrintersDate Published1910 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #51 San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineSan Francisco 1912 20 photographsPublisherH.S. Crocker CompanyDate Published1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #52 The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California... Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorSoulé, Frank, John H. Gihon & James NisbetHeadlineAnnals of San Francisco, 1855PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #53 Souvenir Programme, Semi-Centennial Admission Day Celebration Ball, Sept, 11, 1900, Mechanics' Pavilion, San Francisco, California Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineNative Sons' sesquicentennial celebration of CAPublisherNative Sons of the Golden West.Date Published[1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #54 Two items pertaining to the construction of the New Hall for the Society of California Pioneers Fourth Street, San Francisco Heading(California - San FranciscoHeadlineSociety of California Pioneers gets a new home, 1884Date Published1884 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #55 Santa Clara County, California. A Valley Which has Won the Title of the “Garden of the World.” Its Resources and Its Progress. Heading(California - San Jose)HeadlineSanta Clara County, Garden of the World, 1890PublisherSmith & WilcoxDate Published1890 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #56 Santa Barbara Cal. from the foot hills Looking South. Islands 60 miles in the distance Heading(California - Santa BarbaraAuthorMote, MarcusHeadlineEarly oil painting of Santa Barbara, CaliforniaDate Published1877 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$11,875StatusSold Lot #57 State Resources: An Illustrated Monthly Publication Heading(California - Tuolumne County)HeadlineResources of Tuolumne County, 1890PublisherT.C. HowellDate PublishedApril-May, 1890 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #58 Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Trees via Berenda, Raymond and Wawona. The Shortest and Best Equipped Route. Easy Stages Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineRare Yosemite Stage & Turnpike Co. brochurePublisherYosemite Stage & Turnpike CompanyDate Publishedc.1900 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #59 Yosemite via the Santa Fe and Yosemite Transportation Co. Season of 1904 Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineYosemite and how to get there, 1904Date Published1904 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #60 Collection of letters and ephemera related to Yuen Yeck Bow, cook for the W.T Ellis Family of Marysville, California Heading(California - Yuba County)AuthorYuen Yeck BowHeadlineLetters and ephemera related to Yuen Yeck BowDate Publishedc.1914 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #61 California Arts & Architecture, 7 issues Heading(California Arts, 1930s)Headline1930s California magazine of art and architecturePublisherWestern States Publishing Co.Date Published1934-1938 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #62 El Archivero, 1924 (Volume XXVII) Heading(California – Ojai)HeadlineEarly map of Ojai area in private school annualPublisherThacher SchoolDate Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #64 Letter from a St. Louis businessman to his partner F. W. Page in Sacramento, regarding a shortfall in a gold shipment Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorIsaac (?), H.D.HeadlineCalifornia gold shipment a bit short, 1852 letterDate PublishedAugust 28, 1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #66 California Heading(California Series)AuthorMcCarthy, John Russell, editorHeadlineCalifornia series signed by California pioneersPublisherPowell Publishing Co.Date Published[1928-1929] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #67 Stock certificate in the California Oaks Association, "For the Improvement of Thoroughbred Horses in this State" Heading(California)AuthorBaldwin, Elias Jackson, "Lucky"HeadlineLucky Baldwin improves life for thoroughbred horsesDate PublishedSept. 9th, 1876 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #68 Californie: Illustration pour l'Exposition de Paris, 1900 Heading(California)HeadlineCalifornia at 1900 Paris ExpositionPublisherDraeger FrèresDate Published1900 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #69 A Traitor Government by Judas Representatives. Representative legislation a fraud and delusion. Direct legislation, the right and only solution Heading(California)AuthorFones, John H.HeadlineRabble-rousing Oakland politician attacks the systemPublisherHowe Printing CompanyDate Publishedc.1895 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #70 Cold Facts About California Heading(California)AuthorHope, Owen O.HeadlineCold Facts About California rare 1895PublisherStar PublishingDate Published[1895] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #72 California, Land of Gold, or Stay Home and Work Hard: A Short Description of California and the Dangers which Threaten the Immigrant, along with the Story of the Sad Fate of a German Immigrant Heading(California)AuthorMuller, J.HeadlineSad story of a German immigrating to CaliforniaPublisherThe Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1971 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #73 California through Death Valley: A story of shadows, clouds, gloom and sunshine Heading(California)AuthorSmith, Sam W.HeadlineRare Mormon/Death Valley drama,1880PublisherFrancis, Valentine & Co., Printers and EngraversDate Published1880 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #74 The Descendants Of Lewis Hart And Anne Elliott; With Additional Genealogical And Historical Data; Concerning The Families Of Hart-warner, Hart-curtiss, Mart-mccolley, Curtiss-thompson, Curtiss-torrance, Curtiss-vosburgh. Heading(California)AuthorTorrance, Jared S.HeadlineDescendants Of Lewis Hart And Anne ElliottPublisherMrs. Jared Sydney TorranceDate Published1923 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #75 Manuscript volume of Charles P. Warren of Sacramento Heading(California)AuthorWarren, Charles P.HeadlineCalifornia manuscript diary 1880sDate Published[c.1878-91] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #76 History of California, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; Comprising also a Full Description of its Climate, Surface, Soil...with a Journal of the Voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and Back, via Panama. AuthorCapron, Elisha S.HeadlineCapron's History of California 1854 w/ mapPublisherJohn P. Jewett & Co.; Jewett, Proctor and WorthingtonDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #77 Carte de visite portrait photograph 1859 Heading(Carte de visite photograph)HeadlineCarte de visite portrait photograph 1859PublisherB.E. HaleDate Published1859 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #80 Our Pacific Possessions. Railway to the Pacific: Our Future Relations with the Pacific Islands and Mexico: a letter...to Hon. B.F. Wade, U.S. Senator... Author[A Cincinnatian]HeadlineOur Pacific Possessions, 1861PublisherHenry Polkinhorn, PrinterDate Published1861 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #82 Clipper Sailing Ship At Oakland Wharf Heading(Clipper Ships)AuthorHeller, L.HeadlineClipper Sailing Ship At Oakland Wharf 1873PublisherWatkins Yosemite Art GalleryDate Published1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #83 Jottings from Overland Trip to Arizona and California 1908 AuthorCole, M. ElizabethHeadlineOverland Trip to Arizona and California 1908Publisher[Hansman & Pralow]Date Published1908 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #86 The Journal of Jacob Fowler...1821-22 AuthorCoues, Elliot, editorHeadlineJacob Fowler's Journal 1898PublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #105 Two Years Before the Mast bound together with A Tour through Sicily and Malta and The Life and Travels of Mungo Park AuthorDana, Richard Henry, et al.Headline2 Years Before the Mast w/ 2 other TraveloguesPublisherEdward Moxon; William and Robert Chambers and others.Date Published1838-1841 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #112 State of the Union. Speech of Hon. Henry Edgerton, of Napa, on the Resolutions Upon the State of the Union, Delivered in the Senate of the State of California, Thursday, February 14th, 1861 in Reply to Hon. H.I. Thornton (Reported by W.M. Cutter) AuthorEdgerton, HenryHeadlineHon. Henry Edgerton on Californa's response to SecessionDate Published1861 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #115 Journal of a Tour in the State of New York, in the Year 1830; with Remarks on Agriculture in Those Parts Most Eligible for Settlers: and Return to England by the Western Islands, in Consequence of Shipwreck in the Robert Fulton. AuthorFowler, JohnHeadlineTour of State of New York, in the Year 1830PublisherWhittaker, Treacher, and ArnotDate Published1831 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #116 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineExploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains...Fremont, 1845PublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #118 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$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #119 In Pursuit of the Golden Dream: Reminiscences of San Francisco and the Northern and Southern Mines, 1849-1857 AuthorGardiner, Howard C.HeadlineIn Pursuit of the Golden Dream 1/100 signed copiesPublisherWestern Hemisphere, Inc.Date Published1970 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #122 Travel Letters AuthorGile, W. H.HeadlineW.H. Gile Travel Letters 1912PublisherW.B. RanneyDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #125 Extracts from the remark books of S.P. Griffin, Captain P.M.S.S. Co.,. concerning iron steamers, and the passage from New York, through the Straits of Magellan, to San Francisco AuthorGriffin, Samuel P.HeadlineThrough Strait of Magellan on iron steamer, 1875PublisherSlots & Janes, Stationers & PrintersDate Published1875 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #128 History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Oakland and Environs AuthorGuinn, J.M.HeadlineOakland and Environs 1907PublisherHistoric Record Co.Date Published[1907] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #133 Over the Sea and Far Away, Being a Narrative of Wanderings Round the World AuthorHinchliff, Thomas WoodbineHeadlineHinchliff's Wanderings Round the World, 1876PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #138 Californiens Gegenwart und Zukunft. Nebst Beiträgen von A. Erman: Ueber die Klimatologie von Californaiien und ueber die geographische Verbreitug des Goldes AuthorHoppe, Janus & Adolph ErmanHeadlineGerman account of Gold Rush California w/maps 1849PublisherG. ReimerDate Published1849 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #143 Astoria, or Anecdotes of an Enterprise Beyond the Rocky Mountains HeadingIrving, WashingtonAuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadlineClassic work on Astor's Pacific Coast fur tradingPublisherCarey, Lea & BlanchardDate Published1836 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #144 The H. M. M. B. A. In California AuthorJames, George WhartonHeadlineHotel Men's Mutual Benefit Association 1896PublisherG. Wharton JamesDate Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #162 The Naval Temple: Containing a Complete History of the Battles Fought by the Navy of the United States. From Its Establishment in 1794, to the Present Time... Author[Kimball, Horace, attrib.]HeadlineThe Naval Temple, 1816PublisherBarber BadgerDate Published1816 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #163 Travels Through the United States of America, the Country of the Iroquois, and Upper Canada, in the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797; with an Authentic Account of Lower Canada. AuthorLa Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François-Alexandre-Frédéric, duc deHeadlineTravels Through the United States, 1795PublisherPrinted for R. PhillipsDate Published1799 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #169 History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark to the Sources of the Missouri, Across the Rocky Mountains, Down the Columbia River to the Pacific in 1804-6. A Reprint of the Edition of 1814 to which all of the members of the expedition contributed AuthorLewis, Meriwether & William Clark.HeadlineNew Amsterdam edition of Lewis & Clark JournalsPublisherNew Amsterdam Book CompanyDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #175 A Long Life in Review AuthorMathews, LeonardHeadlineLeonard Mathews A Long Life in ReviewPublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #177 History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and Clark... AuthorMcMaster, John BachHeadlineHistory of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis and ClarkPublisherAllerton Book Co.Date Published1922 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #180 Para verte mejor, América latina Heading(Mexico & Latin America)AuthorGasparini, PaoloHeadlinePhotographic tour of Latin America 1972PublisherSiglo vientiuno editores saDate Published1972 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #188 Coleccion De La Leyes Y Decretos Expedidos Por El Congreso General De Los Estade-Unides Mejicanos En Los Anos De 1829 Y 1830 Heading(Mexico)HeadlineNew Mexico, Rio Grande del Norte, Texas, etc. 1831PublisherGalvanDate Published1831 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #214 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for A Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-4. Volume V Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)HeadlineReport of Explorations in California for Railroad RoutesPublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, PrinterDate Published1856 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #215 Reports of Explorations and Surveys, to Ascertain the Most Practicable and Economical Route for A Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean. Made Under the Direction of the Secretary of War, in 1853-54... Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)HeadlinePacific Railroad Reports, 1855-1860Publisher[Government Printing Office]Date Published1855-1860 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #220 Panoramic photograph of a chicken farm in Penngrove, California, likely owned and operated by Japanese-Americans Heading(Photographs)AuthorHanasono StudioHeadlineJapanese chicken farm in Penngrove, Cal - panorama photoDate Publishedc.1920s View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #226 Mt. Hood, from Sunset Hill, Oregon Heading(Photographs)AuthorWatkins, Carleton E.HeadlineC.E. Watkins mammoth plate of Mt. Hood, OregonPublisherTaber PhotoDate Publishedc.1865-66, printed later View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #228 Six Months In California AuthorPlayer-Frowd J.G.HeadlineSix Months In California 1872PublisherLongmans, Green and Co.Date Published1872 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #237 Viaje a los Estados Unidos por Fidel (Guillermo Prieto) AuthorPrieto, GuillermoHeadlineA Mexican tours the United States, 1877PublisherImprenta del Comercio, de Dublan y ChavezDate Published1877-1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #238 In Memoriam AuthorPurple, Edwin R.HeadlineEdwin R. Purple, In MemoriamPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1881 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #249 Extensive run of Sierra Club Bulletins, including complete run from 1893 to 1958 in bound volumes; nearly complete run from 1959 to 2021 in original wrappers, missing only 43 issues from that period Heading(Sierra Club Bulletin)HeadlineNearly 130 years of Sierra Club BulletinsPublisherSierra ClubDate Published1893-2021 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #261 Coup D’oeil Historique et Statistique sur Le Téxas Heading(Texas)AuthorFournel, HenriHeadlineEarly French account of Texas, 1841PublisherDelloyeDate Published1841 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #267 A History of Stockton from Its Organization up to the Present Time, Including a Sketch of San Joaquin County, Comprising a History of the Government, Politics, State of Society, Religion, Fire Department, Commerce, Secret Societies, Art, Science, Manufacturers, Agricuture [sic] and Miscellaneous Events within the Past 30 Years AuthorTinkham, George H.HeadlineTinkham's History of Stockton California 1880PublisherW.M. Hinton & Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #268 Victorian album containing numerous chromolithographed cards, many of them trade cards Heading(Trade Cards)HeadlineVictorian album with numerous trade cardsDate Published19th/early 20th centuries View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #277 Life of David S. Terry, Presenting an Authentic, Impartial, and Vivid History of His Eventful Life and Tragic Death AuthorWagstaff, A.E., editorHeadlineA.E. Wagstaff Life of David S. Terry 1892PublisherContinental Publishing Co.Date Published1892 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #279 Three Years’ Wanderings of A Connecticut Yankee, in South America, Africa, Australia, and California, with Descriptions of the Several Countries, Manners, Customs and Conditions of People, Including Miners, Natives, etc. . . . Also, Various Incidents of Life on Shipboard. AuthorWelles, C. M.HeadlineWanderings of a Connecticut Yankee, 1st Ed.PublisherAmerican Subscription Publishing HouseDate Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #281 Autobiography of Isaac Jones Wistar AuthorWistar, Isaac JHeadlineAutobiography of Isaac Jones WistarPublisherThe Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology.Date Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #293 Forty Days in the Desert, On the Track of the Israelites; or, A Journey from Cairo, by Wady Feiran, to Mount Sinai and Petra. Heading(Bartlett, William H., illustrator)AuthorFeiran, WadyHeadlineForty Days in the DesertPublisherArthur Hall & Co.Date Published[c. 1850] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #294 The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain AuthorBeattie, WilliamHeadlineEngravings of English Ports & HarboursPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #295 Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett, Esq. AuthorBeattie, WilliamHeadlineBeattie and Bartlett's SwitzerlandPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #296 The Cruise of the 'Antarctic' to the South Polar Regions AuthorBull, Henrik J.HeadlineBull's Cruise of the Antarctic,1896PublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1896 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #298 Decorated Wooden Ceilings in Spain: A Collection of Photographs and Measured Drawings with Descriptive Text AuthorByne, Arthur and Mildred StapleyHeadlineDecorated Wooden Ceilings in SpainPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1920] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #299 Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated AuthorCarne, JohnHeadlineSyria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. IllustratedPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c. 1838] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #301 An Account of the Empire of China, Historical, Political, Moral and Religious. A Short Description of that Empire, and Notable Examples of its Emperors and Ministers... Heading(China)AuthorFernandez Navarette, DomingoHeadlineFernandez Navarette's China 1752PublisherHenry Lintot & John OsbornDate Published[1752] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #304 Recollections of an Ill-Fated Expedition to the Headwaters of the Madeira River in Brazil AuthorCraig, Neville B.HeadlineAn attempt to build a railway through the Amazon junglePublisherJ. B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published1907 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #306 Travels Through Italy, in a Series of Letters; Written in the Year 1785, by The Abbe Dupaty. Translated from the French by an English Gentleman. Author[Dupaty, Charles-Marguerite-Jean-Baptiste Mercier]HeadlineAbbe Dupaty's Travels Through Italy in 1785PublisherPrinted by M. Mills for Messrs. C. Burnet, P. Byrne, and J. Moore.Date Published[1789] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #307 Our Journal in the Pacific by the Officers of H.M.S Zealous AuthorEardley-Wilmot, S.HeadlineBritish Navy in the Pacific 1873PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1873 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #308 Egypt: Descriptive, Historical, and Picturesque AuthorEbers, G.HeadlineEbers' Picturesque EgyptPublisherCassell, Petter, Galpin & Co.Date Published[1884] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #316 Histoire naturelle, civile, et ecclesiastique de l'empire du Japon Heading(Japan)AuthorKaempfer, EngelbertHeadlineKaempfer's folio history of Japan with maps & plates 1729PublisherChez P. Gosse & J. 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