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Previous|12|Next Lot #5 Letters by a Tennessee Slave Trader to his Virginia partner Heading(African American - Slave Trading)AuthorMeek, JosephHeadline1835 Four Letters by a Tennessee Slave TraderDate Published1835 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #6 North Carolina slave permitted to carry a gun - 1 day before the Nat Turner slave revolt began in Virginia - Document Signed Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorGay, William and Samuel ReeveHeadline1831 No.Carolina slave permitted to carry a gun, Document SignedDate Published1831 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #7 Legal battle over a Virginia slave mother and her children - Document Signed Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorJohn M. Perkins.Headline1843 Legal battle over a Virginia slave and her childrenDate PublishedOct. 17, 1843 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #14 Virginia slave auction proceeds Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorTrabue, MaconHeadlineAntebellum Virginia slave auction proceeds, Document SignedDate PublishedNov. 17, 1855 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #15 Manumission [Emancipation] of slave Peter Harris, Document Signed. Heading(African American - Slavery)AuthorTurpin, Philip O.Headline1850 Slave emancipation document, KentuckyDate PublishedFeb. 11, 1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #17 Fugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812 - Autograph Letter Signed Heading(African American - War of 1812)AuthorParker, Daniel, Chief Clerk, US War DepartmentHeadlineFugitive slave as New York soldier in the War of 1812Date PublishedJuly 19, 1813 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #29 Art Work of Seattle and Alaska Heading(Alaska and Seattle)Author[Harney, W. D.]HeadlineArt Work of Seattle and AlaskaPublisherThe W. D. Harney Photogravure Co.Date Published1907 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #33 Letter Ledger for the Anaconda Mining Company Heading(Anaconda Mining Company - Colorado)HeadlineLetter ledger for the Anaconda Mining Company, Colorado, 1899-1906PublisherAnaconda Mining CompanyDate Published1899-1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #37 Camps in the Rockies. Being a narrative of life on the frontier, and sport in the Rocky Mountains... AuthorBaillie-Grohman, W.A.HeadlineCamps in the Rockies, 1883PublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low, Searle & RivingtonDate Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #39 The Life and Adventures of James P. Beckwourth, Mountaineer, Scout, and Pioneer, and Chief of the Crow Nation of Indians Heading(Beckwourth, James P.)AuthorBonner, T.D.HeadlineLife of James P. Beckwourth 1st ed 1856PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1856 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #40 An Account of a Visit to California 1826-'27 AuthorBeechey, Frederick WilliamHeadlineBeechey's Visit to California in 1826-27PublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published[1941] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #41 Life of David Belden Heading(Belden, David)Author[Berry, John J.]HeadlineLife of David Belden, 1891PublisherBelden BrothersDate Published1891 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #46 Letters from Illinois AuthorBirkbeck, MorrisHeadlineLetters from Illinois, Morris Birkbeck 1818PublisherM. Carey and SonDate Published1818 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #51 Across the Continent: A Summer's Journey to the Rocky Mountains, the Mormons, and the Pacific States, with Speaker Colfax AuthorBowles, SamuelHeadlineSamuel Bowles Across the Continent, 1865PublisherSamuel Bowles & Co.Date Published1865 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #60 The City of the Saints, and Across the Rocky Mountains to California AuthorBurton, Richard F.HeadlineCity of the Saints by Richard Burton 1862PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #71 Lake County, California, the Switzerland of America. Climate, attractions and resources and a descriptive account of Lower Lake and the lands embraced in the Lower Lake District Heading(California - Lake County)HeadlinePromotional booklet for Lake County, Cal.Publisher[The Neuner Co.]Date Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #111 Have You Been To Santa Cruz County? Much To See In Little Time At Little Expense In California's Greatest County [cover title] Heading(California - Santa Cruz County)HeadlineHave You Been To Santa Cruz County? 1915Publisher[Santa Cruz Sentinel Print]Date Published[c.1915] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #117 Sonoma & Marin Rail-Road Map, May 1875 Scale 400 ft. to the inch Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlineMS. map of Sonoma-Marin Railroad line, 1875Date Published1875 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #123 California Miner's Letter Heading(California Gold Rush)HeadlineMurder, poppies, and property management during the California Gold RushDate Published1853 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #124 Boston Letter about a disappeared Forty-Niner Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorFullerton & RaymondHeadline1849 Boston letter about a disappeared Forty-NinerDate PublishedMarch 6, 1849 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #139 The Diary of a Forty-Niner AuthorCanfield, Chauncey L., editorHeadlineInscribed to Willis PolkPublisherMorgan Shepard Co.Date Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #145 Splendide Californie! Impressions of the Golden State by French Artists, 1786 to 1900 AuthorChalmers, ClaudineHeadlineSplendide Californie! Signed by the authorPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published2001 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #148 Manuscript Civil War era map, likely of Confederate origin, depicting portions of West Tennessee, Northern Alabama, and Mississippi Heading(Civil War - manuscript map)HeadlineCivil war ms. map of Shiloh regionDate Publishedc.1862 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #151 Letter from Y.D. Patterson to his sister Lydia, presenting a "brief history" of the 15th Illinois Regiment from May 1861 to November 1862, his period of enlistment Heading(Civil War)AuthorPatterson, Y.D.HeadlineCivil War letter of Illinois soldier 1862Date PublishedNov. 14, 1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #152 Signature of Civil War General Ambrose Burnside, as Governor of Rhode Island Heading(Civil War)HeadlineSignature of Ambrose BurnsideDate Publishedc.1866-1869 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #153 Manuscript letter archive of Lt. Col. Joseph Steadman, 6th and 42nd Regiments Massachusetts Volunteers Heading(Civil War)AuthorSteadman, JosephHeadline9 letter Civil War archiveDate Published[1861-64] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #159 Two Colonial-era documents detailing land near present-day Hackensack, New Jersey Heading(Colonial New Jersey – land documents)Headline1765 Colonial documents about land in Hackensack, New JerseyDate Published1765 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #163 Manuscript cookbook in Spanish, with numerous recipes Heading(Cookery - Manuscript Mexican Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript Mexican Cookbook c.1920Date Publishedc.1920? View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #170 Cattle Clatter: A History of Cattle from the Creation to the Texas Centennial in 1936. AuthorCross, JoeHeadlineHistory of the Texas cattle industryPublisher[Walker Publications, Inc.]Date Published[1938] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #171 The Flute of the Gods Heading(Curtis, Edward S.)AuthorRyan, Marah EllisHeadlineThe Flute of the Gods Edward Curtis Photos 1/500PublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #173 Eighth Annual Session. Third Annual Message of Governor A. J. Faulk, to the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Dakota. Delivered, December 1868 Heading(Dakota Territory)AuthorFaulk, A. J.HeadlineDakota Territory 1868PublisherGeo. W. Kingsbury, Public Printer, Union and Dakotaian OfficeDate Published1868-9 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #178 Description of a Rail Road Route, from St. Louis to San Francisco, in Letters to P.P.F. Degrand, from W.L. Dearborn, Civil Engineer. 1849. AuthorDearborn. W. L.HeadlineRail Road Route from St. Louis to San Francisco 1850PublisherDutton and Wentworth, PrintersDate Published1850 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #179 Cynthia Ann Parker: The Story of Her Capture at the Massacre of the Inmates of Parker's Fort; of her Quarter Century Spent Among the Comanches, as the Wife of the War Chief, Peta Nocona; and of her Recapture at the Battle of Pease River, by Captain L.S. Ross, of the Texas Rangers AuthorDeShields, James T.HeadlineCynthia Ann Parker: The Story of Her CapturePublisherPrinted for the AuthorDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #181 Apache Gold & Yaqui Silver AuthorDobie, J. FrankHeadlineJ. Frank Dobie Apache Gold & Yaqui Silver Ltd EdnPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1939 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #182 Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America AuthorDomenech, EmmanuelHeadlineGreat Deserts of North America, 1st Ed.PublisherLongman, Green, Longman & RobertsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #183 Hunting for Gold: Reminiscences of Personal Experience and Researches in the Early Days of the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Panama AuthorDownie, Major WilliamHeadlineDownie: Hunting for Gold. 1893.PublisherCalifornia Publishing Co.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #190 Letter Signed as Commissioner of the US Patent Office, about patent of the first electric motor in America Heading(Electric Motor, 1838 - 1st US Patent)AuthorEllsworth, Henry L.Headline1st patented electric motor in America 1838PublisherPatent OfficeDate PublishedJune 16, 1838 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #192 Notes of a Military Reconnoissance, from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, Including Part of the Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers AuthorEmory, William H.HeadlineNotes of a Military Reconnoissance by EmoryPublisherWendell and Van Benthuysen, PrintersDate Published1848 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #195 Letters and Notes on the Texan Santa Fe Expedition, 1841-1842 AuthorFalconer, ThomasHeadlineThe Texan Santa Fe Expedition 1930PublisherDauber & Pine Bookshops, Inc.Date Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #198 The States and Territories of The Great West; Including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minesota (sic), Kansas, and Nebraska AuthorFerris, JacobHeadlineThe States of the Great West, 1856PublisherMiller, Orton, and MulliganDate Published1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #202 Mexico in 1842: A Description of the Country, Its Natural and Political Features; with a Sketch of Its History, Brought down to the Present Year. To Which is Added, an Account of Texas and Yucatan; and of the Santa Fe Expedition. Author[Folsom, George]HeadlineTexas and Mexico in 1848PublisherCharles J. FolsomDate Published1842 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #205 Autograph letter signed to "My Dear Johnson Price" AuthorFrémont, John C.Headlineletter, signed by John C. Fremont 1883Date PublishedAugust 16, 1883 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #206 The Expeditions of John Charles Frémont Heading(Frémont, John Charles)AuthorJackson, Donald & Mary Lee Spence, editorsHeadlineThe Expeditions of John Charles FrémontPublisherUniversity of Illinois PressDate Published[1970-84] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #208 Autograph letter signed by J.C. Frémont as governor of Arizona Territory to Major Stephens concerning mining projects in Arizona AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineJohn C. Fremont autograph letter 1879Date Published1879 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #209 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 CharlesHeadlineFremont's Exploring Expedition 1845 with large mapPublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #210 Ben Holladay, the Stagecoach King. A chapter in the development of Transcontinental Transportation AuthorFrederick, J. V.HeadlineBen Holladay, the Stagecoach King 1st editionPublisherArthur H. ClarkDate Published1940 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #217 Living My Life AuthorGoldman, EmmaHeadlineSigned by Emma Goldman from Henry Miller's libraryPublisherAlfred A.. KnopfDate Published1931 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #220 The Kanzas Region: Forest, Prairie, Desert, Mountain, Vale, and River. Descriptions of Scenery, Climate, Wild Productions, Capabilities of Soil, and Commercial Resources; Interspersed with Incidents of Travel. AuthorGreene, MaxHeadlineThe Kanzas Region w/2 maps 1856PublisherFowler and WellsDate Published1856 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #221 The Western Motion Picture AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey The Western Motion-Picture 1/25PublisherArundel PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #222 The Fighting Cheyenne AuthorGrinnell, George BirdHeadlineSigned by G. Bird GrinnellPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #225 The XIT Ranch of Texas and the Early Days of the Llano Estacado AuthorHaley, J. EvettsHeadlineThe XIT Ranch of Texas First EditionPublisherLakeside PressDate Published1929 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #227 The Argonauts of California: Being the Reminiscences of Scenes and Incidents that Occurred in California in Early Mining Days, by a Pioneer AuthorHaskins, C.W.HeadlineHaskins: The Argonauts of CaliforniaPublisherFords, Howard & HulbertDate Published1890 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #232 The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate AuthorHoughton, Eliza P. DonnerHeadlineExpedition of the Donner Party & Its Tragic FatePublisherA.C. McClurg & Co.Date Published1911 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #233 The History of Virgil A. Stewart, and His Adventure in Capturing and Exposing the Great "Western Land Pirate" and His Gang, in Connexion with the Evidence; also of the Trials, Confessions, and Execution of a Number of Murrell's Associates in the State of Mississippi During the Summer of 1835.... AuthorHoward, H.R., editorHeadlineEarly detective account, apprehending "land pirate"PublisherHarperDate Published1836 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #234 Letter from three Mexican men to three sisters in Ukiah, California, in response to an article about the latter's prowess at hunting Heading(Hunting)HeadlineUkiah sisters are expert huntersDate Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #238 Eleven photochrom prints from photographs by William Henry Jackson, of the Grand Canyon and Native Americans of the Southwest AuthorJackson, William HenryHeadlinePhotochroms by William Henry JacksonPublisherDetroit Photographic Co.Date Published1899-1905 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #240 In the Senate of the United States... Mr. Ramsey submitted the following Memorial, &c. Northern Pacific Railroad. Memorial of the board of direction of the company, communications from Lieutenant General Grant, Brevet Major General Meigs, Q.M.G, and Brevet Major General Ingalls, A.Q.M., and report of the engineer-in-chief, November, 1867 (caption title) AuthorJohnson, Edwin F., Alexander Ramsay, et al.HeadlineMemorial Northern Pacific Railroad with mapPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1868 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #241 Salt Desert Trails: A History of the Hastings Cutoff, and other early trails which crossed the Great Salt Desert seeking a shorter road to California AuthorKelly, CharlesHeadlineLooking for a shortcut to CaliforniaPublisherWestern Printing Co.Date Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #244 Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior, in Response to Senate resolution of December 13, 1894, transmitting information concerning the survey of the Klamath Indian Reservation, in Oregon, etc. 53rd Congress, 3d Session. Ex. Doc. 62 Heading(Klamath Indians)HeadlineKlamath Indian Reservation mapsDate Published[1895] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #246 WITHDRAWN - The Wonders of the Yosemite Valley, and of California AuthorKneeland, SamuelHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Kneeland's Wonders of Yosemite with 10 mounted photosPublisherAlexander MooreDate Published1871 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #255 Personal accounting ledger, 1843-1844, of merchant captain and California pioneer William A. Leidesdorff AuthorLeidesdorff, William AlexanderHeadlineAccounting ledger of W.A. Leidesdorff 1843-44Date Published1843-1844 View details Estimate$30,000 - $50,000StatusUnsold Lot #256 Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806. Printed from the Original Manuscripts in the Library of the American Philosophical Society and by Direction of its committee on Historical Documents. Together with Manuscript material of Lewis and Clark from other Sources including Notebooks, Letters, Maps, etc. and the Journals of Charles Floyd and Joseph Whitehouse Heading(Lewis & Clark Expedition)AuthorThwaites, Reuben Gold, editorHeadlineOriginal Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1959PublisherAntiquarian Press LtdDate Published1959 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #260 Samuel F.B.Morse’s 11 year-old niece sees “Signor Blitz” - Letter Heading(Magician - Morse family)AuthorRebecca MorseHeadlineSamuel Morse's young niece describes Signor Blitz's 1855 magic actPublisherNew Haven, Conn.Date PublishedNov. 9, 1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #261 Colton Company proposal for an Iowa County map Heading(Map-making – Colton, 1857 letter)Headline1857 Colton Co. map-making letter and decorative envelopeDate PublishedJan. 12, 1857 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #266 Recollections of the Rickreall AuthorMcArthur, Harriet NesmithHeadlineRecollections of early Oregon inscribedDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #267 Pioneer Days in the Black Hills: Accurate History and Facts related by one of the Early Day Pioneers AuthorMcClintock, John S.HeadlinePioneer Days in the Black Hills by McClintockPublisherJohn S. McClintockDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #268 Personal Experiences on the Oregon Trail Sixty Years Ago (cover title) AuthorMeeker, EzraHeadlineSigned by Ezra MeekerDate Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #270 Document relating to payment of extortion money to insurgents fighting for Mexican independence in 1817 Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMoney paid to Mexican insurgents 1817Date Published1817 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #271 Document relating to the case of two brothers, one of whom stole the wealth of the other - signed by the Viceroy of New Spain Heading(Mexico)HeadlineSibling theft case signed by Viceroy of New Spain 1790Date Published1790 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #272 Letter from Agustin Medrano, a father of the parish of Itztacalco, to the Archbishop of Mexico, bemoaning the fact that the graveyards are full Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMexico graveyards are full, 1797Date Published1797 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #273 Letter regarding a descendant of Emperor Moctezuma II (Montezuma) of Mexico Heading(Mexico)HeadlineMoctezuma's descendants in Spain, 1679 documentDate PublishedJanuary 24, 1679 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #274 Manuscript list of announcements that were gave by Nicolas de la Cruz, “indio ladino pregonero” (an Indian who gave public announcements in the streets). Heading(Mexico)HeadlinePublic announcements in Puebla town square, 1711Date Published1711 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #275 Manuscript testament ("testamento y bienes") of Jose Sanchez Isquierdo, who died in 1790 Heading(Mexico)HeadlineColonial Mexican testament, 1791Date Published1790-1791 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #276 "Muerte de Indio Borracho" (Death of a drunk Indian) - court document Heading(Mexico)HeadlineGrandfather dies of drink in 1791 MexicoDate Published1791 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #278 Document from the Viceroy of New Spain, regarding the occupation by bandits of cattle lands belonging to a helpless widow Heading(Mexico)AuthorToledo y Salazar, Antonio de, Viceroy of New SpainHeadlineBandits invade Mexican widow's cattle lands, 1670Date Published1670 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #280 Ranch Life in Southern Kansas and the Indian Territory, as Told by a Novice. How a Fortune was Made in Cattle. AuthorMiller, Benjamin SHeadlineRanch Life in Indian Territory 1896PublisherFless & Ridge Printing CompanyDate Published1896 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #281 Photo archive of Joaquin Miller and the Steamer Queen Heading(Miller, Joaquin - Klondike Gold Rush)HeadlineJoaquin Miller, photographs and poem fragment, c.1897Date Publishedc.1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #283 Fifty sheets of 1916-17 miners' payroll Heading(Miners' payroll sheets)HeadlineMiners' payroll sheets 1916-17PublisherAlpha MineDate Published1916-17 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #284 Reports of the Smuggler-Union Mining Company Heading(Mining - Colorado)HeadlineReports of the Smuggler-Union Mining Company, 1896-1899PublisherC.J. Kelly, PrinterDate Published1896-1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #285 Brand Book of the Montana Stock Growers' Association for 1894 Heading(Montana - Brand Book)AuthorMontana Stock Growers' AssociationHeadlineBrand Book of the Montana Stock Growers' Association, 1894PublisherIndependent Publishing Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #290 The Mountains of California AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineJohn Muir's Mountains of CaliforniaPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1894 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #299 Original manuscript for the New York Aquarium with front cover Art Deco illustration by German emigre artist Christoph Heading(New York Aquarium – original illustrated ms.)AuthorChristoph, HajoHeadlineOriginal 1930 illustrated manuscript Guide for New York AquariumPublisherHajo and Matilda CompanyDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #304 Leasing of Grazing Lands in the Ponca, Otoe, and Missouria Indian Reservations, Okla. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting, in Response to Resolution of the Senate of December 19, 1899, Copies of Documents, Correspondence, Reports and Papers Relating to the Leasing of Grazing Lands . . . Since the Commencement of the Year 1897. 56th Congress, 1st Session. Document No. 217 Heading(Oklahoma)AuthorHitchcock, E. A.HeadlineLeasing of Grazing Lands in Oklahoma Indian ReservationsDate Published1900 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #307 The Construction of the Panama Canal by the United States Heading(Panama Canal)AuthorHaberkorn, Christian Henry Jr.HeadlineManuscript Economics thesis for Harvard grad, 1910Date Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #314 Memorial Against Mr. Asa Whitney's Railroad Scheme AuthorPlumbe, JohnHeadlineAgainst Mr. Asa Whitney's Railroad Scheme 1851PublisherBuell & BlanchardDate Published[1851] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #316 Payment note signed by Admiral David Dixon Porter AuthorPorter, David DixonHeadlinePayment note signed by Admiral David Dixon PorterDate Published1821 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #317 Voices from the Southwest: A Gathering in Honor of Lawrence Clark Powell Heading(Powell, Lawrence Clark)AuthorDickinson, Donald C., et. al.HeadlineSigned by 20 contributors 1 of 75 honoring Lawrence PowellPublisherNorthland PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #318 Letter from N.H. Swayne Heading(Presidents - Abraham Lincoln)AuthorSwayne, N.H.HeadlineLetter from N.H. Swayne, 1st Republican Supreme Court JusticeDate Published1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #321 Letter by U.S. Grant as 1st Lt., 4th Inf. to brevet Brigadier General George Talcott, Chief of Ordinance Heading(Presidents)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineSigned letter by U.S. Grant, 1849Date Published1849 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #323 WITHDRAWN - The Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson - signed by Herbert Hoover Heading(Presidents)AuthorHoover, Herbert ClarkHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Herbert Hoover Ordeal of Woodrow Wilson Signed 1/500PublisherMcGraw-Hill Book Co.Date Published[1958] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #324 International law: Lectures delivered at Naval War College - from the library of President Grover Cleveland - Heading(Presidents)AuthorSnow, FreemanHeadlineFrom the library of President Grover Cleveland, international law bookPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1895 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #327 Complete set of Quivira Society Publications Heading(Quivira Society Publications)HeadlineQuivira Society Publications on Spanish SouthwestPublisherQuivira SocietyDate Published1929-1958 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #328 The Spanish Southwest, 1542-1794 Heading(Quivira Society Publications)AuthorWagner, Henry R.HeadlineThe Spanish Southwest, 1542-1794PublisherQuivira SocietyDate Published1937 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #334 Reid's Tramp; Or, a Journal of the Incidents of Ten Months Travel Through Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Sonora, and California. Including Topography, Climate, Soil, Minerals, Metals, and Inhabitants; With a Notice of the Great Inter-Oceanic Rail Road AuthorReid, John C.HeadlineReid's classic Southwest rarityPublisherJohn Hardy & Co.Date Published1858 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #336 Signed loan document, Pennslvania 1785 Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineSigned loan document, Pennsylvania 1785Date Published1785 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #338 The Overland Stage to California: Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean AuthorRoot, Frank A. and William Elsey ConnelleyHeadlineRoot, Overland Stage to California, 1901PublisherPublished by the AuthorsDate Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #339 Across America: or, The Great West and The Pacific Coast AuthorRusling, James F.HeadlineAcross America, 1st Ed. with folding mapPublisherSheldon & CompanyDate Published1874 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #345 Mining Camps: A Study in American Frontier Government AuthorShinn, Charles HowardHeadlineMining Camps: A Study in American Frontier Govt, 1st Ed.PublisherScribner'sDate Published1885 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #349 Collection of Sierra Club bulletins, 1907-1958 Heading(Sierra Club)HeadlineCollection of Sierra Club bulletins, 1907-1958PublisherThe Sierra ClubDate Published1907-1959 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #352 Report from the Secretary of War, Communicating, in Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate, the Report and Map of the Route from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico, Made by Lieutenant Simpson AuthorSimpson, James H.HeadlineRoute from Fort Smith, Arkansas, to Santa Fe, New Mexico 1850PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next