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433 |
A New Map of the Whole Continent of America, Divided into North and South and West Indies. Wherein are Exactly Described the United States of North America, as well as the several European Possessions according to the Preliminaries of Peace signed at Versailles Jan. 20 1783. Compiled from Mr. d'Anville's Maps of that Continent... & Corrected in the several Parts belonging to Great Britain from the Original Materials of Governor Pownall... |
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Laurie & Whittle |
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Large map of the Americas 1794 |
1794 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $660 |
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458 |
Hand-Atlas über alle theile der erde nach dem neuesten Zustande und über das WeltgebŠude |
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Stieler, Adolph |
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First edition of Stieler's Handatlas 1823 |
1823 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $660 |
|
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471 |
A Plan of Japan's Proposed Military and Naval Conquest as Revealed in the Strategic Map (panel title) |
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(World War II) |
1933 Anti-Japanese propaganda map of Pacific |
[c. 1933] |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $660 |
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27 |
Over 200 miles per hour - International Air Races at St. Louis |
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Walter, Carl |
(Aviation) |
1920s Biplane Racing Poster |
[1923] |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $720 |
|
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81 |
Elaborate lithographed membership certificate of D. Hoffman Burroughs in the Society of California Pioneers |
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(California - Society of California Pioneers) |
Nahl litho for Society of CA Pioneers, 1859 |
1859 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $720 |
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162 |
Why Work Is Scarce, Wages Low, and Labor Restless. A Lecture, Delivered in Metropolitan Temple, San Francisco, March 26, 1878. Printed for the Land Reform League (caption title) |
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George, Henry |
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Henry George on poverty & class conflict, 1878 |
[1878] |
$1,200 - $1,800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $720 |
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346 |
Life with the Esquimaux: the Narrative of Captain Charles Francis Hall, of the Whaling Barque "George Henry," from the 29th May, 1860, to the 13th of September, 1862. |
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Hall, Charles Francis |
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Arctic Voyage w/ descriptions of Eskimo life |
1864 |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $720 |
|
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380 |
Lloyden Park Atherton, Calif. - Scale: 1"=100' - |
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(California - Atherton) |
Lloyden Park in Atherton, CA real estate map |
c.1925-30? |
$1,200 - $1,800 |
Unsold |
|
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307 |
Puget Sound Pilot Laws and Regulations |
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(Washington State) |
Broadside of Puget Sound Maritime Law |
[1878] |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $780 |
|
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328 |
Shanghai of To-day: A Souvenir Album of Thirty-Eight Vandyke Prints of 'the Model Settlement' |
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(China - Shanghai) |
Vandyke print album of Shanghai views |
1927 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $780 |
|
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389 |
Bird's Eye View, Placerville, Cal. Published by the "Weekly Observer" 1888 |
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Roethe, L. |
(California - Placerville) |
Birdseye view of Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal. |
1888 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $780 |
|
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447 |
City of Manila - Army Navy YMCA |
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(Philippines - Manila) |
Manila for U.S. servicemen in 1930s |
1934 |
$700 - $1,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $780 |
|
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448 |
A Series of Charts, with Sailing Directions embracing Surveys of the Farralones, Entrance to the Bay of San Francisco, Bays of San Francisco and San Pablo, Straits of Carquines and Suisun Bay, Confluence and Deltic Branches of the Sacramento... |
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Ringgold, Cadwalader |
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Ringgold's Series of Charts 1852, complete |
1852 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $780 |
|
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84 |
Letter from the San Francisco agent of Philadelphia booksellers Lea & Blanchard, about his attempts at selling their books during the height of the Gold Rush |
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Hardie, Robert |
(California Gold Rush Letter) |
Selling books in Gold Rush San Francisco |
October 14, 1850 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $840 |
|
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114 |
OSCEOLA |
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(Clipper Ship Sailing Card) |
Clipper Ship Card for Osceola by Nesbitt |
[c.1860] |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $840 |
|
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121 |
Summering in Colorado |
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[Harrington, Charles] |
(Colorado) |
With 10 original photographs of Colorado 1874 |
1874 |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $840 |
|
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320 |
Yosemite National Park Cyanotypes |
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Vail, Willis Willson |
(Yosemite) |
Striking cyanotypes of Yosemite National Park |
c. 1905 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $840 |
|
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89 |
Long Wharf, San Francisco, California |
|
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(California Letter Sheets) |
Pictorial Letter Sheet Long Wharf, San Francisco |
No date |
$800 - $1,200 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $900 |
|
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117 |
Reminiscences of Levi Coffin, The Reputed President of the Underground Railroad; Being a Brief History of the Labors of a Lifetime in Behalf of the Slave, with the Stories of Numerous Fugitives... |
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Coffin, Levi |
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Life of Underground Railroad founder, 1876 |
1876 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $900 |
|
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132 |
Oil painting on board, of sailboats racing, coast hills visible in the background |
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Cram, Allen Gilbert |
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Allen Cram painting of sailboat race |
Undated |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $900 |
|
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193 |
Archive of photographs, manuscripts, and other items relating to the life and career of Frank Alfred Johnson, master mariner, longtime captain for Matson lines, including command of a Matson liner converted to troop transport during World War II |
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(Maritime Archive) |
Archive of a Master Mariner |
c.1900-1953 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $900 |
|
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214 |
El Ecmo. Sr. Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos me ha dirigido el decreto que sigue... Sabed: que el Congreso general ha decretado lo siguiente... 1.o El gobierno hará públicar tanto en el pais como en las naciones... que se va a emprender la comunicacion de los dos occeanos por el istmo de Tehuantepec... |
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Victoria, Guadalupe |
(Mexico) |
Mexican plan to navigate the Isthmus, 1824 |
1824 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Unsold |
|
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232 |
Real estate promotional piece with two panoramic views of Searchlight, Nevada, a map of the town, testimonials & laudatory newspaper clippings, etc. |
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(Nevada - Searchlight) |
Real estate promo for Searchlight Nevada 1906 |
1906 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $900 |
|
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241 |
Archive of letters and other documents relating to the Wellsville Oil Company, and the ownership of oil claims and leases in Oklahoma, on lands held by the Five Civilized Tribes |
|
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(Oil Archive - Oklahoma) |
Oklahoma Oil Archive, 1909-19 |
c.1909-1919 |
$700 - $1,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $900 |
|
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347 |
Album of one hundred twenty-three photographs attributed to the family of Daigoro Yasukawa |
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(Japan) |
Album of 123 Japanese photographs |
[c. 1900-1943] |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Unsold |
|
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436 |
Original sepia ink drawing by Edward Lear - Egyptian vignette |
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Lear, Edward |
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Original drawing signed by Edward Lear |
[1848-49] |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Unsold |
|
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439 |
Profile Map of the Sutro Tunnel. Carefully compiled from official sources and drawn by Kirchhoff & Specht Civil Engineers |
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Kirchhoff & Specht |
(Nevada - Sutro Tunnel) |
Profile map of Sutro Tunnel in Comstock Lode |
[1878] |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $900 |
|
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350 |
The Principles of Geology: Being an Inquiry How Far the Former Changes of the Earth's Surface are Referable to Causes Now in Operation |
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Lyell, Charles |
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Principles of Geology 1834 Charles Lyell 4 vol |
1834 |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $960 |
|
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461 |
Map of Joiner Area, Rusk County, Texas |
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Milliken, Chester H. |
(Texas - Oil) |
Map showing largest oil strike to 1930 |
1930 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $960 |
|
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246 |
Album with 33 original photographs of construction and excavation in Panama, apparently the French attempts at a trans-isthmus canal in the 1880s |
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(Panama) |
Photos of French attempt at Panama Canal c.1885 |
c.1885 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,020 |
|
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306 |
Auction Sale of Saw Logs! We will sell at Public Auction, to the highest bidder for United States Currency, a lot of Mining Timbers... |
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(Washington State Lumber Sale Broadside) |
Sale of timber seized from miscreant loggers 1873 |
June 28, 1873 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,020 |
|
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309 |
Whitney's Railroad to the Pacific. |
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[Whitney, Asa] |
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Whitney's Railroad to the Pacific 1850 |
1850 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,020 |
|
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342 |
Journal de Madame Rose de Saulces de Freycinet d'après le manuscrit original, accompagné de notes par Charles Duplomb |
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Freycinet, Rose Marie Pinon de Saulces de |
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Rare female journal of French circumnavigation |
1927 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,020 |
|
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278 |
Ports of San Francisco, San Diego, Puget Sound, Portland and Honolulu. (Cover title) |
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Spreckels, J.D. and Frederick K. Samuels, compilers |
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1889 Guide to West Coast Ports, with 3 maps |
[1889] |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,080 |
|
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305 |
Letter from American military commander condemning bloodless U.S. surrender to the British at Detroit |
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Preston, James P. |
(War of 1812) |
Condemnation of U. S. surrender at Detroit |
|
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,080 |
|
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341 |
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22...With an Appendix on Various Subjects Relating to Science and Natural History |
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Franklin, John |
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First Voyage of John Franklin 1823 |
1823 |
$1,200 - $1,800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,080 |
|
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91 |
Sn. Fo. The Morning After the Great Fire of May 4th. View Taken From the Corner of Broadway & Sansome Sts. |
|
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(California Letter Sheets) |
San Francisco destroyed by fire, 1851 letter sheet |
[c.1851-52] |
$800 - $1,200 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,140 |
|
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115 |
SYREN |
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(Clipper Ship Sailing Card) |
Clipper Ship Card for Syren by Nesbitt |
c.1860 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,140 |
|
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227 |
Kiowa Indian Art: Watercolor Paintings in Color by the Indians of Oklahoma |
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Jacobson, Oscar Brousse, introduction |
(Native American) |
Pochoir plates of Kiowa Indian Art |
[1929] |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,140 |
|
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260 |
Bound volume of foundation documents of the New-York and Erie Rail-Road Company |
|
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(Railroads) |
Founding of New York & Erie Railroad 1835 |
1835-1836 |
$400 - $600 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,140 |
|
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388 |
William J. Dingee's Map of Oakland, showing the properties of the Mutual Investment Union. 1893 |
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Dingee, William J. |
(California - Oakland) |
Rare map of Oakland with ms. transit lines 1893 |
[1893] |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,140 |
|
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139 |
Hot Springs, Dakota Territory and Environs - twenty four boudoir views |
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Hull, Arundel C. |
(Dakota Territory) |
Scarce early views of Hot Springs, Dakota Terr. |
1880s |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Unsold |
|
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164 |
Mission Scientifique au Mexique et dans L'Amerique Centrale... Geologie. Description des Anciennes Possessions Mexicaines du Nord... (wrapper title) |
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Guillemin-Tarayre, Edmond |
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Mining & geology of California, 1871, w/ maps |
1871 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,200 |
|
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399 |
San Francisco - California |
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Hess, Frederick |
(California - San Francisco) |
Rare steel engraved map of San Francisco |
1874 |
$800 - $1,200 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,200 |
|
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415 |
China Postal Atlas Showing the Establishments and Postal Routes in Each Province |
|
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(China) |
China Postal Atlas 1933 |
1933 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Unsold |
|
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78 |
Cliff House, San Francisco |
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Watkins, Carleton E. |
(California - San Francisco) |
Watkins' mammoth plate photo of Cliff House, SF |
c.1871-1875 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,320 |
|
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301 |
Twenty-five volumes of the Annual Register, 1769-1798 |
|
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(United States - Declaration of Independence & Constitution) |
25 vols. of the Annual Register, 1769-1798 |
Various dates |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,320 |
|
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424 |
Report of the Commissioner of the General Land Office for the Year 1866. |
|
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(General Land Office) |
Land office report w/ large colored map 1867 |
1867 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,440 |
|
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186 |
The Spirit of St. Louis |
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Lindbergh, Charles A. |
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Spirit of Saint Louis, inscribed by Lindbergh |
1953 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,560 |
|
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252 |
Two appointments of Joseph R. Lewis as associate justice of the Supreme Courts of Idaho and Washington Territories, each signed by Ulysses S. Grant, plus four letters to Lewis relating to judicial appointments signed by attorneys general |
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Grant, Ulysses S., etc. |
(Presidents, 1869) |
U.S. Grant appoints Justice to 2 territories |
1869-1877 |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,560 |
|
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431 |
Jacksonville, O.T. |
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Kuchel & Dresel |
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Litho view of Jacksonville, Oregon Terr., 1859 |
1859 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,560 |
|
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463 |
Dallas Ry. Co's. Key & Guide to Dallas |
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Burch, J. H. |
(Texas) |
Transit map of Dallas in 1925 |
1925 |
$700 - $1,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,560 |
|
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86 |
Letter written from San Francisco, on letter sheet with printed page listing current prices for goods in San Francisco, which was produced by the writer of the letter |
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Sweetser, J,.E. |
(California Gold Rush Letter) |
Golf rush letter with printed prices current 1851 |
January 10, 1852 |
$700 - $1,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,680 |
|
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116 |
ZOUAVE |
|
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(Clipper Ship Sailing Card) |
Clipper Ship Card for Zouave by Nesbitt |
[c.1860] |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,680 |
|
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111 |
COMET |
|
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(Clipper Ship Sailing Card) |
Clipper Ship Card for Comet by Nesbitt |
[c.1860] |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,800 |
|
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113 |
ORPHEUS |
|
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(Clipper Ship Sailing Card) |
Sailing Card for Ship Orpheus by Nesbitt |
[c.1860] |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,800 |
|
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87 |
Three original documents relating to the California Gold Rush |
|
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(California Gold Rush) |
Documents of the California Gold Rush 1849 |
1849 |
$600 - $900 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,920 |
|
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167 |
Indenture agreement between Japanese laborer Akazana Guntan the Union Mill Company, for the former's services as a worker in the sugar fields |
|
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(Hawaii) |
Indentured Japanese sugar worker in Hawaii |
1899 |
$300 - $500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,920 |
|
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206 |
Collection of 44 b&w Polaroid photographs of Lacandon Indians, plus related material |
|
Muses, Charles |
(Mexico) |
Rare photos of Lacandon natives in Mayan Mexico |
1956 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,920 |
|
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405 |
Denny's Pocket Map of San Mateo County, California. Compiled from latest official and private data |
|
Denny, Edward, & Co. |
(California - San Mateo County) |
Large map of San Mateo County Cal. 1913 |
1913 |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $1,920 |
|
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325 |
The Last of the Arctic Voyages; Being a Narrative of the Expedition in H.M.S. Assistance, Under the Command of Captain Sir Edward Belcher, C.B., in Search of Sir John Franklin... |
|
Belcher, Edward |
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Belcher's Last of the Arctic Voyages w/ maps |
1855 |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,040 |
|
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112 |
KATE HAYES |
|
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(Clipper Ship Sailing Card) |
Sailing Card featuring Gold Rush singer |
[c.1855] |
$1,500 - $2,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,160 |
|
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404 |
Birdseye View of San Leandro, Cal. 1892. Showing Subdivisions on the Electric R.R. between San Leandro and Oakland |
|
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(California - San Leandro) |
Rare birdseye view of San Leandro, Cal. 1892 |
1892 |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,160 |
|
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372 |
Map of America |
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Arrowsmith, Aaron |
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Arrowsmith's large map of America 1804 |
1804 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,280 |
|
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443 |
The Nevada Counties General Highway Maps Atlas [supplied cover title] |
|
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(Nevada) |
Rare highway maps of Nevada counties |
1937-1940 |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Unsold |
|
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2 |
Letter from Issac Jarratt to Robert S. Gracy, about the prospects for purchasing slaves and the prices one must pay |
|
Jarratt, Isaac |
(African American, 1830) |
Letter on the price of slaves 1830 |
July 24, 1830 |
$500 - $800 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,700 |
|
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363 |
The Imperial Palaces of Peking |
|
Sirén, Osvald |
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Profusely illustrated from photos by Sirén |
1926 |
$2,500 - $3,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,700 |
|
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387 |
U.S. Navy-Yard Mare Island, and City of Vallejo, Solano Co. Cal. |
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Gifford, C.B., del. et lith. |
(California - Mare Island) |
Bird's-eye view of Mare Is. & Vallejo, Cal. |
[c.1860] |
$1,000 - $1,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $2,700 |
|
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423 |
Panama and the Canal from an Aeroplane - linen-backed six sheet film poster |
|
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(Fowler, Robert G., aviator) |
Panama Canal from the air - rare six-sheeter |
[1914] |
$5,000 - $8,000 |
Unsold |
|
 |
243 |
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... |
|
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(Pacific Railroad Reports) |
Full set of Pacific Railroad Reports |
1855-1860 |
$3,000 - $5,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,300 |
|
 |
392 |
Sacramento. Bird's Eye View Published by the Daily Record-Union and Weekly Union |
|
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(California - Sacramento) |
Bird's-eye view of Sacramento Cal. in 1890s |
[1890s] |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,600 |
|
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412 |
Mt. Tamalpais in Distance, Point Bonita in Middle Distance, Looking North from Lands End, S.F., Cal |
|
Stuart, James Everett |
(California) |
Signed by artist James Everett Stuart |
[1914] |
$4,000 - $6,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $3,900 |
|
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330 |
Approximately 420 gelatin silver print photographs of China |
|
|
(China) |
Album of Chinese photographs, early 20th century |
[Early Showa Era] |
$2,500 - $3,500 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $4,200 |
|
 |
329 |
Album of approx. 390 gelatin silver print photographs of travel through China by foot, boat and rail |
|
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(China) |
Approx. 390 travel photos of China |
[Early 20th Century] |
$2,000 - $3,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $6,600 |
|
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335 |
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. Undertaken, by the Command of His Majesty, for Making Discoveries in the Northern Hemisphere. Performed under the Direction of Captains Cook, Clerke, and Gore, in His Majesty's Ships the Resolution and Discovery; in the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780 |
|
Cook, James and James King |
|
Cook's 3rd Voyage with atlas plates bound in |
1785 |
$6,000 - $9,000 |
Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium): $7,800 |
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