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1 Collection of 66 pieces of Black-themed decorative sheet music (African American music) 66 Black-themed sheet music pieces, 1843-1957 1843-1957 $700 - $1,000
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $570
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2 Lift Every Voice And Sing (National Negro Hymn) Johnson, James Weldon (words) and J. Rosamond Johnson (music). (African American music) Early printing of the Negro National Hymn c. 1921 $200 - $300
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3 Three works of African-American historical, literary and military reference (African American reference) African-American literary and military reference 1974-2011 $200 - $300
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4 Autograph Letter Signed from a wealthy Kentucky patrician to a freed slave about proving his emancipation Dallam, Will[iam] S[mith] (African American, 1830) 1830 Letter, Kentucky grandee to ex-slave June 15, 1830 $600 - $900
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $540
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5 Two Autograph Letters Signed by O. K. Canfield, white missionary teacher in Liberia Canfield, O.[ren] K. (African American, 1842) Letters from an ill-fated white missionary in Liberia January 9 and 13, 1842 $600 - $900
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $450
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6 Autograph Letter Signed from an African-American emigrant teacher in Liberia Wilson, Thomas (African American, 1846) Ill-fated Black American's letter from Liberia January 28, 1846 $700 - $1,000
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,200
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7 Autograph Letter Signed by the Wife of a Black Missionary Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Monrovia, Liberia Eden, Rachel [Mrs. James] (African American, 1848) Rare letter from Black missionary’s widow in Liberia May 19, 1848 $800 - $1,200
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,000
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8 Autograph Letter Signed from a freed slave who became a missionary emigrant to Liberia Ellis, H.W. [Harrison Walker] (African American, 1850) Rare letter from famed ex-slave missionary in Liberia March 19, 1850 $900 - $1,200
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,920
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9 Up From Slavery: An Autobiography Washington, Booker T. (African American, 1901) Booker T. Washington, First edition 1901 $300 - $500
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10 Without Consent or Contract: The Rise and Fall of American Slavery Fogel, Robert William (African American, 1989) Signed by Nobel winner Robert William Fogel [1989] $300 - $500
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11 The Measure of a Man / A Spiritual Autobiography Poitier, Sidney (African American, 2000) Black actor inscribed to New York real estate mogul 2000 $200 - $300
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12 The Haitian Revolution / 1791 to 1804 / Or Side Lights on the French Revolution Steward, T.G. (African American, Haiti) Early Black military scholar on Haiti’s Revolution c. 1914. $200 - $300
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $180
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13 Ten Stereoviews Depicting Scenes from the Alaska Gold Rush (Alaska Gold Rush) 10 stereoviews depicting the Alaska Gold Rush 1898-1902 $300 - $500
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14 Four government reports related to the Territory of Alaska (Alaska) Four government reports on the Territory of Alaska Various dates $200 - $300
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15 Gold Hunting in Alaska Grinnell, Joseph (Alaska) Gold Hunting in Alaska as told by Joe Grinnell [1901] $200 - $300
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16 Lot of Alaskan touring maps, tourist brochures, and promotional ephemera from 1955 (Alaska) Alaska at midcentury [1955] $300 - $500
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17 Six booklets and brochures related to the Alaska Railroad (Alaska) Six items related to the Alaska Railroad Various dates $200 - $300
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18 Endless Horizons Bush, Vannevar (Atomic Bomb - Computer history) US Science and Computer Technology landmark vision March 1946 $800 - $1,200
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $840
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19 Two histories of the World War II Office of Scientific Research and Development (Atomic Bomb) US Combat Scientists in World War II 1946-1948 $200 - $300
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20 Western Air Express: Travel by Air, Speed - Comfort - Dependability (Aviation - pictorial route maps) Color pictorial bird's-eye airline route maps 1929 1929 $1,000 - $1,500
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21 How I Made Millions; or The Secret of Success Barnum, P.T. A rare Barnum edition, 1884 1884 $600 - $900
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22 Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections Barnum, P.T. Signed with an inscription by P.T. Barnum 1882 $400 - $600
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $360
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23 Wild Beasts, Birds and Reptiles; The Story of Their Capture Barnum, P.T. Barnum's Wild Beasts, Birds and Reptiles, 1889 1889 $300 - $500
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24 Adventures in the Canyons of the Colorado by Two of the Earliest Explorers, James White and W.W. Hawkins Bass, William Wallace Scarce Grand Canyon history of early explorers 1920 $300 - $500
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $330
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25 State Leased Lands in North-Eastern Nebraska Bent, J. A. Plains land for sale in 1888 1888 $300 - $500
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26 Land Und Leute. Reisebilder und Skizzen. Berghold, Alexander A German's account of travels in Western U.S. 1891 $300 - $500
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27 Dix Ans Sur la Cote du Pacifique par un Missionaire Canadien en faveur d'une Oeuvre. [Blanchet, Francois X.] Canadian Missionary's 10 Years on Pacific Coast 1873 $400 - $600
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $570
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28 Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel in the Evening Land Boddam-Whetham, J.W. Western Wanderings: A Record of Travel 1874 $200 - $300
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29 My Playhouse was a Concord Coach: An Anthology of Newspaper Clippings and Documents Relating to Those Who Made California History During the Years 1822-1888 Boggs, Mae Helene Bacon, comp. Early California historical information [1942] $200 - $300
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $168
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30 Speech of D.C. Broderick of California, against the admission of Kansas, under the Lecompton Constitution. Delivered in the Senate of the United, March 22, 1858 Broderick, David C. Anti-slavery speech by California Senator Broderick 1858 1858 $300 - $500
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31 Relacion de Los Debates de la Convencion de California, Sobre la Formacion de la Constitucion de Estado, en Setiembre Y Octubre de 1849 Browne, J. Ross Browne's Debates inscribed to California governor 1851 $500 - $800
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $840
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32 Plan of Chicago Prepared under the Direction of the Commercial Club Burnham, Daniel H. and Edward H. Bennett With presentation bookplate to Mrs. Phoebe Hearst 1909 $1,000 - $1,500
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,280
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33 Rosier's Relation of Waymouth's Voyage to the Coast of Maine, 1605 Burrage, Henry S. Rosier's Relation of Waymouth's Voyage, 1/200 1887 $300 - $500
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34 San Francisco-Los Angeles Air Packet Company (To Be Incorporated); an invitation to participate in a new enterprise serving commerce and industry (California - Aviation) Early 1920's airline from S.F. to L.A. c.1920-25 $600 - $900
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35 "No Shooting. Beware of Arrest" (California - Contra Costa County) Gunpowder in Contra Costa Co. Cal. 1900 $500 - $800
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36 A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California (California - Fresno, Tulare, and Kern Counties) History of Fresno, Tulare & Kern Counties [c.1892] $200 - $300
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $120
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37 Manuscript ledger for a store in Sacramento in mid-1850s (California - Gold Rush Ledger) Ledger from Sacramento general store, 1856-58 1856-1858 $800 - $1,200
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $480
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38 Specifications No. 11901... Contract No. 7 for the Construction of the Hetch Hetchy Railroad O'Shaughnessy, M.M., City Engineer (California - Hetch Hetchy) Building a railroad for Hetch Hetchy 1915 $1,000 - $1,500
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $720
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39 Seventeenth Annual Announcement the Woman's City Club of Long Beach, California (California - Long Beach) 1928 Women's Club of Long Beach, CA Annuals [1928] $200 - $300
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40 Report to Harbor Commission of Los Angeles concerning the development and construction of an ocean harbor Goodrich, E.P. (California - Los Angeles) An ocean harbor for Los Angeles 1922 $300 - $500
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41 Lot of 26 blank applications for patents on mining claims and assorted legal forms (California - Mining) Blank application forms for mining claims, 1870's [1870's] $200 - $300
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42 Santa Ana the County Seat and Commercial Center Orange Co. (wrapper title) Sheats, C.W., compiler (California - Orange County) Orange county map in form of an orange c.1910 $500 - $800
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $300
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43 Émpaque de Naranjas en California Estados Unidos de America Ursúa, F. A. (California - Oranges) Mexican guide to packing Oranges in California, 1914 1914 $300 - $500
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44 A Peek at Paradise. Paradise Chamber of Commerce, Butte County, California (California - Paradise) Paradise, Calif., brochure with map, c.1955 c.1955 $200 - $300
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45 El Exmo. Sr. Presidente interino de la República Mexicana se ha servido dirigirme el decreto que sigue... sabed: Que el Congreso general ha decretado lo siguiente. Art. 1. El Gobierno, oyendo á los que por derecho toque, y á los demás que juzgue oportuno, formará un expediente instructivo de la necesidad que haya de erigir un obispado en las dos Californias... Iturbide, Joaquin de (California - Pious Fund) Managing the California Pious Fund, 1836 1836 $1,000 - $1,500
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $900
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46 Heather Glen Tract near Applegate, Placer County, California, the famous Bartlett pear section and health resort of Placer County, California (California - Placer County) Land for sale in Placer County, Cal., 1914 1914 $500 - $800
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47 In the Supreme Court of the State of California. The People of California, Appellants, vs. Plumas Eureka Mining Company, Respondent (California - Plumas Eureka Mining Company) Mining Company fails to pay taxes, the law abides 1876 $400 - $600
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48 The Monthly Bulletin... The Prohibition State Nominating Convention (California - Prohibition) Mrs. Bidwell's copy of Prohibitionist monthly August 1, 1904 $400 - $600
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49 Popular Questions: The Prohibition Reform. Its practicability by enactment of law. By a Clergyman (California - Prohibition) Prohibition plea by a clergyman, S.F. 1886 1886 $800 - $1,200
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50 Map of the Canal Sub-division of the Heart of Richmond [on sheet with bird's-eye view of the Canal subdivision] (California - Richmond) Richmond CA real estate map & view c1910 c.1910? $700 - $1,000
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51 Souvenir of San Diego and Coronado Beach Cal. (cover title) (California - San Diego) View book of San Diego & Coronado Beach c.1890 $200 - $300
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $156
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52 San Francisco The Imperishable (California - San Francisco Earthquake) San Francisco Imperishable 1906 map 1906 $200 - $300
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $600
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53 Three Salesman Dummies of books concerning the San Francisco Earthquake and Fire (California - San Francisco Earthquake) 3 'Dummies' about San Francisco Earthquake [1906] $300 - $500
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54 San Francisco, California's Metropolis: The City that Fronts the Orient Aiken, Charles Sedgwick (California - San Francisco) Pre-earthquake SF promotional brochure 1904 $200 - $300
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55 Beauty in Iron: Hotel Sir Francis Drake, San Francisco (California - San Francisco) Iron work of Sir Francis Drake Hotel, S.F. 1929 $400 - $600
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $510
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56 If you served in the World War - Join San Francisco Post No. 1, American Legion, 730 De Young Bldg. (California - San Francisco) Join the American Legion after WWI c.1920 $400 - $600
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57 In a large 4-pole tent in the principal part of town: Bowman the wizard in his marvelous entertainment of magic, mirth, mystery (California - San Francisco) Broadside for Bowman the Wizard, 1880 [1880] $400 - $600
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58 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 (California - San Francisco) Premier dog show in San Francisco 1910 1910 $300 - $500
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59 Preliminary Report in Regard to a Plan of Public Pleasure Grounds for the City of San Francisco by Olmsted, Vaux & Co., Landscape Architects Olmsted, Frederick Law (California - San Francisco) Frederick Law Olmsted has plan for S.F. park 1866 $800 - $1,200
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $540
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60 Palace Hotel. John Sedgwick, Manager (California - San Francisco) San Francisco's Palace Hotel [1883] $300 - $500
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61 Portals of the Past - Lloyd Lake (California - San Francisco) 1918 Photograph, Portals of the Past - Lloyd Lake ca. 1918 $200 - $300
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62 Report of Harbor and Shipping Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco upon utility of Panama route for freight transportation between San Francisco and the Atlantic states (California - San Francisco) S.F. freight across Panama via railroad, 1907 1907 $200 - $300
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63 Golden Gate International Exposition on San Francisco Bay Standish, Frank (California - San Francisco) Birds-eye view of Treasure Island & the Bridges 1936 $500 - $800
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64 Follows Camp: Just Near Enough (California - San Gabriel Mountains) c.1895 San Gabriel Mountains family rec camp c.1895 $700 - $1,000
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65 Guests' Guide and Shopping List: Where to go, what to see, where to shop in Santa Barbara, California. Compiled by California Directory Association (California - Santa Barbara) Scarce tourists' guide to Santa Barbara [1921] $200 - $300
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $120
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66 Santa Catalina Island Official Guide (wrapper title) (California - Santa Catalina Island) Rare guide to Santa Catalina Island c.1911 c.1911 $500 - $800
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67 Watsonville Santa Cruz County California: Live, Work and Play in The Beautiful Pajaro Valley Chamber of Commerce of the Pajaro Valley. (California - Santa Cruz County) Santa Cruz County cartoon map 1930s [c.1930s] $300 - $500
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68 Two promotional brochures for Tehama County, northern California (California - Tehama County) Scarce Tehama CA brochures, 1 with color relief map [1915 & 1919] $300 - $500
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69 California Snow Sports - Southern Pacific (California - Winter Sports) Rare brochure for Lake Tahoe winter sports, 1932 1932 $500 - $800
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70 Manuscript Ledger Recording an Abstract Title Search for a Property on Jackson Street in San Francisco (California Real Estate) The history of a San Francisco property [1892-1913] $800 - $1,200
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71 In the Senate of the United States. June 14, 1860... Mr. Hale made the following report. (To accompany Bill S. 507.) The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the memorial of the California Stage Company, asking compensation for extra services rendered on thirteen routes in California ... Hale, John P. (California Stage Company) California Stage Co. asks for govt. money, 1860 1860 $300 - $500
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72 100 Years: California State Fair Sept. 2-12 1954 Sacramento (California) 1954 California State Fair map 1954 $200 - $300
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73 1920s California State Automobile Association Pamphlets on Roadside Assistance and Other Services (California) Three 1927 pamphlets from the California Auto Club 1927 $200 - $300
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74 Bell's Land Register and Santa Clara County Index. San Jose, California, 1886. Vol. V, No. 1 (California) Scarce promotional newspaper promoting Santa Clara 1886 $200 - $300
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75 The California Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children... Twenty-Sixth Annual Report for the Year Ending December 31st, 1901 (California) Preventing cruelty to California children 1902 1902 $500 - $800
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76 Californie: Illustration pour l'Exposition de Paris, 1900 (California) California at 1900 Paris Exposition 1900 $400 - $600
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77 Chico, Butte County, California (California) Scarce promotional booklet for Chico, California [1903] $200 - $300
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78 Letters of Gov. Haight on the constitutional power of the legislature to authorize cities and counties to donate bonds to railroads corporations Haight, Henry Huntly (California) Calif. Gov. Haight on bailing out the railroads 1870 $500 - $800
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79 Inaugural address of Fred'k F. Low, Governor of the State of California, at the fifteenth session of the Legislature Low, Frederick F. (California) California Gov. Low inaugurated, 1862 address 1863 $800 - $1,200
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80 Mercantile Guide To Cities and Suburbs of the United States of America: California Edition, 1891 Marks, A., compiler (California) Guide to California businesses, 1891 [1890] $500 - $800
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81 Homographic Chart of the State Officers, Senators, Representatives & Offices of the Tenth Session of the California Legislature, Convened at Sacramento Jan. 3, 1859 Ransom, William A., compiler (California) Homographic Chart of CA State Officers 1859 [1859] $300 - $500
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82 Report of the Superintendent of State Printing, from July 1, 1882, to June 30, 1884 (California) Report of California state printing office 1884 1884 $500 - $800
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83 Two Sketchbooks by Lewis Carleton Ryan Ryan, Lewis Carleton (California) Wonderful original pen & ink drawings of California 1952 & 1957 $400 - $600
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84 The Statutes of California, passed at the fifth session of the Legislature, begun on the second day of January, 1854, and ended on the fifteenth day of May, 1854, at the cities of Benicia and Sacramento (California) California Statutes, 1854 1854 $700 - $1,000
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85 The Sunday Law: Reports of the Assembly Committee on Public Morals, in the thirteenth session of the Legislature of the State of California, February 26, 1862 (California) Repealing public morals in California, 1862 1862 $700 - $1,000
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86 Manuscript volume of Charles P. Warren of Sacramento Warren, Charles P. (California) California manuscript diary 1880s [c.1878-91] $200 - $300
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87 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. Capron, Elisha S. Capron's History of California 1854 w/ map 1854 $300 - $500
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88 Carte de visite portrait photograph 1859 (Carte de visite photograph) Carte de visite portrait photograph 1859 1859 $200 - $300
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89 Four bibliographical volumes about Confederate imprints, literature and poetry (Civil War) 4 volumes on Civil War Confederate printings 1964-1988 $200 - $300
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90 Military History of Kansas Regiments During the War for the Suppression of the Great Rebellion (Civil War) Scarce 1st edition of Kansas Civil War Regimental 1870 $500 - $800
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91 Tintype of General Lovell Rousseau, U.S. Army, later a Congressman from Kentucky (Civil War) Tintype photograph of a soldier c. 1860's $300 - $500
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92 Clipper Sailing Ship At Oakland Wharf Heller, L. (Clipper Ships) Clipper Sailing Ship At Oakland Wharf 1873 1873 $200 - $300
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93 Reminiscences of General William Larimer and of His Son William H. H. Larimer Two of the Founders of Denver City Compiled From Letters and From Notes Written by the Late William H. H. Larimer, of Kansas City, Missouri, by Herman S. Davis PH.D. Larimer, William H. H. (Colorado - Denver) Founders of Denver City 1918 1918 $200 - $300
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94 The laws and ordinances of the city of Denver, Colorado Comprising the Constitution of the United States, constitution of the state of Colorado, charter of the city, and all ordinances thereof, of a general character, in force and operation at the date of this publication White, Isham (Colorado - Denver) The laws and ordinances of the city of Denver 1886 1886 $400 - $600
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95 Colorado State Business Directory with Colorado Mining Directory and Colorado Livestock Directory Departments, 1879 (Colorado) Colorado State Directory for 1879 1879 $500 - $800
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96 Manuscript Notebook Containing the Household Expenses in Denver (Colorado) Early 20th c. household expense manuscript book 1913-1916 $200 - $300
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97 The Pueblo Colony of Southern Colorado (Colorado) Attracting settlers to Pueblo, Colorado 1874 $400 - $600
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98 The Tri-Weekly Telegraph. Vol. XXVIII -- No. 109 Houston. Wednesday, November 26, 1862. Whole No. 3604 (Confederate Imprint) Texas Confederate news - Nathan Bedford Forrest Nov. 26, 1862 $300 - $500
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99 The Tri-Weekly Telegraph. Vol. XXVIII -- No. 110 Houston. Friday, November 28, 1862. Whole No. 3605 (Confederate Imprint) Texas Confederate newspaper - disarray in the North Nov. 28, 1862 $300 - $500
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100 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese (Cuba - Chinese) Chinese slave arrives in Cuba by ship, 1860 1860 $1,000 - $1,500
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