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Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Virginia slave-trader's business letter on the eve of Civil War Heading(African-American – slave trade, 1860)AuthorTaylor, WilliamHeadlineVirginia slave-trader's letter on eve of Civil WarDate PublishedAug. 21, 1860 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #6 Liftoff: The Story of America's Adventure in Space Heading(Armstrong, Neil; Buzz Aldrin; Michael Collins)AuthorCollins, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin & Michael CollinsPublisherGrove PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #7 Auto Court Guide for Transcontinental Travel. Compiled by the Outing Bureau Heading(Automobile Guide Book)HeadlineAuto court guide from 1931PublisherAutomobile Club of Southern CaliforniaDate Published1931 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #9 Struggles and Triumphs: or, Forty Years' Recollections AuthorBarnum, P.T.HeadlineInscribed by P.T. Barnum to his niecePublisherThe Courier CompanyDate Published1882 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #18 Manuscript legal complaint filed against some 11 Chinese residents of Nevada County of illegal gambling Heading(California - Chinese Gambling)HeadlineChinese gambling in Nevada County, CaliforniaDate PublishedFebruary 25, 1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #24 Manuscript ledger for the First National Gold Bank of Petaluma, California Heading(California - Petaluma)HeadlineCash at Petaluma Bank, 1874-1891Date Published1874-1891 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #28 US Navy officer who officially "named" the city of San Francisco - letter as Coast Surveyor to a pioneering meteorologist Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorBartlett, Washington A.HeadlineLetter from US Navy Lieutenant who officially "named" San FranciscoDate PublishedOct. 13, 1851 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #36 Index to Assessment Rolls, Sonoma County, for 1885 Heading(California - Sonoma County)HeadlineCitizenry of Sonoma County assessed, 1885Date Published1885 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #37 Letter from H.H. McKinstry in Two Rock Valley, Sonoma County, California, to his brother back east, describing life in California, primarily the agricultural bounty Heading(California - Sonoma County)AuthorMcKinstry, Henry HarrisonHeadlineLetter from Sonoma County, 1862Date PublishedFE. 16, 1862 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #39 California Heading(California Series)AuthorMcCarthy, John Russell, editorHeadlineCalifornia series signed by California pioneersPublisherPowell Publishing Co.Date Published[1928-1929] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #45 Canadian Irish Catholic riots against anti-Vatican speeches by Italian ex-Priest – letter by American emigrant Heading(Canada - Gavazzi riots)AuthorBuck, M.A.Headline18532 Irish Catholic riots in Canada - letter by a Yankee emigrantDate PublishedOct. 24, 1853. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #46 1915 photograph of notorious inter-racial couple in San Francisco Chinatown Heading(Chinatown – Photograph)Headline1915 Photo of notorious Chinatown inter-racial coupleDate Published1910-1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #47 Hand-drawn Map by inventor of the Maynard Carbine Heading(Civil War inventor)AuthorMaynard, EdwardHeadlineHand-drawn NY map by Civil War gun inventorDate Publishedca. 1831-1833 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #54 Black Reconstruction: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880 AuthorDu Bois, W.E.B.HeadlineSigned by W.E.B. Du BoisPublisherS.A. RussellDate Published1956 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #67 Nouvelle Decouverte d'un tres Grand Pays Situe dans Amerique, entre le Nouveau Mexique, et La Mer Glaciele AuthorHennepin, LouisHeadlineHennepin's New Discoveries, Utrecht 1697PublisherChez Guillaume BroedeletDate Published1697 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #74 The Spirit of St. Louis - inscribed by the great aviator AuthorLindbergh, Charles A.HeadlineThe Spirit of Saint Louis inscribed by Charles LindberghPublisherScribner'sDate Published1954 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #77 Ending the Mexican-American War - letter by French merchant in Mexico Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorSescosse, N.[eree]HeadlineEnding the Mexican-American War - French observer's letterDate PublishedApril 4, 1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #78 Manuscript cookbook, in Spanish, from Mexico Heading(Mexico - Manuscript Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript Mexican Cookbook c.1920sDate Publishedc.1910-1920's View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #79 Two manuscript cookbooks in Spanish, from Mexico, created by a young girl Heading(Mexico - Manuscript Cookbook)HeadlineManuscript cookbooks of Mexican schoolgirl, c.1920Date Publishedc.1920 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #80 Letter on Mexican political chaos after Iturbide's abdication Heading(Mexico - post-Independence)Author[Manuel Huerta?]HeadlineLetter, Mexican political chaos after Independence from SpainDate PublishedAug. 26, 1823 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #86 Cruise Of The Revenue Steamer Corwin In Alaska And The N. W. Arctic Ocean In 1881 AuthorMuir, John, Irving C. Rosse, et al.HeadlineUSS Corwin searching for the lost JeanettePublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #91 The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life AuthorParkman, FrancisHeadlineOregon Trail with Remington IllustrationsPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1892 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #99 Life in The Far West AuthorRuxton, George F.HeadlineRuxton, Life in the Far West, 1849PublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1849 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #107 Ohio woman emigrant to Florida awaits her husband’s return from the Texas Revolution Heading(Texas, Florida – Slaves, Indians)AuthorMacomb, Mary WorthingtonHeadlineWife of a Texas Revolutionary hero in Indian-threatened FloridaDate PublishedDec. 15, 1835 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #129 Three volumes by C.F. Gordon Cumming AuthorCumming, C. F. GordonHeadlineThree volumes by C.F. Gordon CummingPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #164 Daybook and Ledger for the Mariposa Hotel Heading(Mariposa Hotel)HeadlineLedger & daybook for Mariposa Hotel 1890'sDate Published1890-1895 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #172 The Writings of John Muir, Manuscript Edition AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineManuscript edition of John Muir's WritingsPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1916-24 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #198 My Trip to Yosemite: From the Journal of Emilie Sussman, 1872 AuthorSussman, EmilieHeadlineMy Trip to Yosemite signed by Emilie SussmanPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1939 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #214 Collection of 19 glass lantern slides of South Africa and Zulus Heading(Africa - Lantern SlidesHeadlineLantern slides of South AfricaDate Publishedc.1890's? View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #215 La Guide Universelle de Tous les Pays Bas ou les Dix-Sept Provinces AuthorBoussingault, [Adam]HeadlineLa Guide Universelle de Tous les Pays BasPublisherFrançois ClouzierDate Published1673 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #216 Letters from Europe, Comprising the Journal of a Tour through Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Italy, and Switzerland, in the Years 1825,'26, and '27 AuthorCarter, N.H.HeadlineN.H. Carter, Letters from Europe, 1827PublisherG. & C. CarvillDate Published1827 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #217 Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey Through the Country From Pekin to Canton Heading(China)AuthorBarrow, JohnHeadlineBarrow's Travels in China with 8 platesPublisherPrinted for T. Cadell and W. DaviesDate Published1806 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #220 Comments of the White Paper: United States Relations with China Heading(China)AuthorYen, Hsi-shanHeadlineEnd of Nationalists in China, 1949PublisherThe Chinese Anti-aggression LeagueDate Published1949 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #223 Adventures of Don Juan de Ulloa, in a Voyage to Calecut, Soon After the Discovery of India AuthorDe Gama, VascoHeadlineAdventures of Don Juan de Ulloa, 1833PublisherPeter HillDate Published1833 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #224 Proceedings of the "Proteus" Court of Inquiry on the Greely Relief Expedition of 1883 Heading(Greely, A.W.)HeadlineProceedings of the Proteus Court of Inquiry 1884PublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #225 Notebook kept by an assistant duty officer of an aircraft carrier of the Japanese Navy during World War II Heading(Japan - World War II)HeadlineNotebook of Japanese officer on aircraft carrier during WWIIDate Published1943-1944 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #230 The Siberian Overland Route from Peking to Petersburg, Through the Deserts and Steppes of Mongolia, Tartary, &c. AuthorMichie, AlexanderHeadlineOverland from Peking to PetersburgPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1864 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #232 Ethnographisches Materialen aus den Neues Hebriden und den Banks Inseln - a manuscript English translation of what appears to be a partial text of Speiser's first book [with] an archive of albumen photographs of Samoan islanders Heading(New Hebrides and Banks Islands)AuthorSpeiser, FelixHeadlineArchive related to Felix Speiser's New HebridesDate Publishedc. 1980's? View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #234 The Life Of Frederic, Baron Trenck: Written by Himself AuthorTrenck, Baron FredericHeadlineThe Life Of Baron Frederic Trenck, 1788PublisherJ. MurrayDate Published1788 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #239 A New General Atlas, Constructed from the latest Authorities... AuthorArrowsmith, AaronHeadlineArrowsmith's New General Atlas 1817PublisherA. Constable & Co.Date Published1817 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #241 Tabularum Geographicarum Contractarum Libri Septem.In quibus Tabulae omnes gradibus distinctae, descriptiones accuratae, caetera supra priores editiones politiora, Auctioraque. ad Christianissimum Galliae & Navarrae Regem Ludovicum XIII AuthorBertius, PetrusHeadlineBertius' Geography with 220 maps 1618PublisherJodocus HondiusDate Published1618 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000StatusUnsold Lot #242 The Third Centenary Edition of Johan Blaeu Le Grand Atlas Ou Cosmographie Blaviane. Amsterdam, 1663 AuthorBlaeu, JohanHeadlineThird Centenary Edition of Johan Blaeu's Atlas 1/1000PublisherTheatrum Orbis TerrarumDate Published1967 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #335 Letter by James DeNoon Reymert's nephew and law partner Heading(Arizona mining - Los Angeles Judge)AuthorReymert, TheodorHeadlineExpose letter about Arizona silver baron and Los Angeles judgeDate PublishedSept. 28, 1891 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #336 The Big Book of Barris AuthorBarris, George and David FetherstonHeadlineSigned by George BarrisPublisherEaston PressDate Published2003 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #337 The Letters. of Gertrude Bell AuthorBell, GertrudeHeadlineWoman traveler in the Middle EastPublisherBoni & LiverighhtDate Published1927 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #342 WITHDRAWN - Boston Letter about a disappeared Forty-Niner Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorFullerton & RaymondHeadlineWITHDRAWN - 1849 Boston letter about a disappeared Forty-NinerDate PublishedMarch 6, 1849 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #343 Proclamation by His Excellency, James Douglas... governor and commander in chief of Vancouver Island and its dependecies... whereas, I have been empowered by Her Majesty's government to fix the upset price of country land within the colony of Vancouver Island and its dependencies at 4s, 2d per acre... British subjects may enter upon and occupy Land, not being otherwise reserved... Heading(Canada - British Columbia)AuthorDouglas, JamesHeadlineRegulations for purchasing land in British Columbia 1861Date Published1861 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #344 Proclamation by James Douglas as Governor of British Columbia regarding licenses and penalties for distilling spirits Heading(Canada - British Columbia)AuthorDouglas, JamesHeadlineDistillers licensed in 1861 British ColumbiaPublisher1861 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #345 Proclamation No. 12...By His Excellency James Douglas... to construct and complete a certain Wagon Road and Works... Heading(Canada - British Columbia)AuthorDouglas, JamesHeadlineConstructing a wagon road in British Columbia, 1861Date Published1861 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #346 "Captain James Cook Royal Navy F.R.S. By Nathaniel Dance" Heading(Cook, James)HeadlineFamous portrait of James CookPublisherNational Maritime MuseumDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #348 Struggles through Life, Exemplified in the Various Travels and Adventures in Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, of Lieut. John Harriott, Formerly of Rochford, in Essex; now Resident-Magistrate of the Thames Police. AuthorHarriott, JohnHeadlineJohn Harriet Struggles Through Life 1808PublisherPrinted for the Author by J. SkirvenDate Published1808 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #352 A Second Visit to North America AuthorLyell, CharlesHeadlineA Second Visit to North America 1855PublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1855 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #360 Letter by the West Point and Columbia Math Professor who “dominated mathematics textbook writing in the nineteenth century” Heading(Mathematics)AuthorDavies, CharlesHeadline1847 Letter from West Point Prof. writer of best-selling Math textbooksDate PublishedMarch 30, 1847 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #364 Land of Wonder and Fear AuthorMitchell-Hedges, F.A.HeadlineTravels in Central AmericaPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published[1931] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #365 Mogg's Handbook for Railway Travellers; or, Real Iron-road Book: Being an Entirely Original and Accurate Description of all the Travellable Railways Hitherto Completed... AuthorMogg, EdwardHeadlineMogg's Handbook for Railway Travellers, 1840PublisherPrinted for the Proprietor, Edward MoggDate Published1840 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #370 Ferdinand Magellan Master Mariner AuthorPond, Seymour GatesHeadlineChildren's books on MagellanPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #371 Signed loan document, Pennsylvania 1785 Heading(Revolutionary War)HeadlineSigned loan document, Pennsylvania 1785Date Published1785 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #372 The Voyages of Columbus AuthorRienits, Rex & TheaHeadlineProfusely illustrated Voyages of ColumbusPublisherHamlyn Publishing Group Ltd.Date Published[1970] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next