Sale 728: California & the West. With Americana - Travel - Maps (#728) 04/29/2021 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/29/2021 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-52 of 52. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 Autograph Letter Signed about Black sailors returned to America from England Heading(African American, 1817)AuthorStevens, Capt. JohnHeadlineAfrican-American sailors imprisoned as suspect slavesDate PublishedApril 10, 1817 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$354StatusSold Lot #5 Autograph Letter Signed by emancipated slave as missionary in Liberia Heading(African American, ex-slave letter)AuthorPriest, Rev. James M.HeadlineFreed slave’s letter from LiberiaDate PublishedAug. 8, 1853 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,618StatusSold Lot #6 Autograph Letter Signed by emancipated slave missionary in Liberia Heading(African American, ex-slave letter)AuthorPriest, Rev. James M.HeadlineFreed slave’s letter from LiberiaDate PublishedSeptember 22, 1843 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$939StatusSold Lot #27 Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In. A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes, Forests, Water-Falls, Shores, Cañons, Valleys, Cities, and other Picturesque Features of Our Country AuthorBryant, William Cullen, editorHeadlinePicturesque America, 1872PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1872-1874] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$190.20StatusSold Lot #32 Manuscript letter from Coloma California, May 1862 Heading(California - Coloma)HeadlineManuscript letter from Coloma California, May 1862Date PublishedMay, 1862 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #41 Two letter copybooks for the California Central Railway Co., Yosemite Division, and Lyman Bridges Heading(California - Railroads)HeadlineCopybooks for California Central RailroadDate Publishedc.1880's View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #43 Two manuscript documents pertaining to a bet between Samuel Brannan and H.C. Downing on the outcome of the 1868 Presidential election, one of them signed by Brannan Heading(California - Samuel Brannan)HeadlineSam Brannan bets on U.S. Grant, signed documentDate PublishedOct. 12 & Dec. 4, 1868 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,407StatusSold Lot #46 1852 letter to insurance company about San Francisco fire damage Heading(California - San Francisco)Headline1852 letter to insurance company about San Francisco fire damageDate PublishedMarch 19, 1852 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #64 Letter from a St. Louis businessman to his partner F. W. Page in Sacramento, regarding a shortfall in a gold shipment Heading(California Gold Rush)AuthorIsaac (?), H.D.HeadlineCalifornia gold shipment a bit short, 1852 letterDate PublishedAugust 28, 1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #66 California Heading(California Series)AuthorMcCarthy, John Russell, editorHeadlineCalifornia series signed by California pioneersPublisherPowell Publishing Co.Date Published[1928-1929] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$471StatusSold Lot #67 Stock certificate in the California Oaks Association, "For the Improvement of Thoroughbred Horses in this State" Heading(California)AuthorBaldwin, Elias Jackson, "Lucky"HeadlineLucky Baldwin improves life for thoroughbred horsesDate PublishedSept. 9th, 1876 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #75 Manuscript volume of Charles P. Warren of Sacramento Heading(California)AuthorWarren, Charles P.HeadlineCalifornia manuscript diary 1880sDate Published[c.1878-91] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #89 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese Heading(Cuba - Chinese Slavery)HeadlineChinese indentured slave contract for Cuba 1859Date Published1859 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$880.50StatusSold Lot #90 Contract of a Chinese slave/indentured servant in Cuba, in Spanish and Chinese, with his grant of freedom following completion of the contract Heading(Cuba - Chinese Slavery)HeadlineChinese slave in Cuba gets his freedomDate Published1854-[1863] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$705StatusSold Lot #91 Ship's manifest listing Chinese indentured servants transported to Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese Slavery)HeadlineChinese indentured servants transported to CubaDate Published1869 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #92 Ship's manifest listing Chinese indentured servants transported to Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese Slavery)HeadlineChinese indentured servants transported to CubaDate Published1869 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #93 Document regarding the interrogation of a Chinese indentures servant or slave from Macao Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese indentured servant under interrogation in CubaDate Published1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #94 Manuscript discussing a complaint against the owner of a plantation of "asiaticos" (Chinese indentured servants/slaves) in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineTreatment of Chinese on Cuban plantation lambasted, 1865Date Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #95 Manuscript document regarding the baptism of a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese indentured servant baptized in Cuba, 1864Date Published1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #96 Manuscript regarding the disappearance of a Chinese indentured servant from a plantation Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineChinese missing in fire in Cuban sugar cane fieldDate Published1879 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #97 A Cedula, or identification card, for an emancipated 15 year-old negro boy Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineID paper for young emancipated black slave in Cuba, 1860Date Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #99 Manuscript document discussing the property of a woman including a slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineCuban woman owns a slave, 1747 documentDate Publishedc.1747 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #100 Manuscript document discussing the sale of Luis, an African slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineSale of black slave in Cuba, 1747Date Publishedc.1747 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #102 Manuscript manumission document granting freedom to a female slave Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineFemale slave granted freedom in Cuba, 1747Date Published1747 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #103 Mid-18th century manuscript manumission document for a 3 year-old boy Heading(Cuba - Slavery)HeadlineChild slave freed in Cuba, c.1747Date Publishedc.1747 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #107 Letter to James W. Denver, 1857 Heading(Denver, James W.)AuthorDouglass, DavidHeadlineLetter to James W. Denver, 1857Date Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$383.25StatusSold Lot #123 Picturesque Canada; The Country As It Was and Is AuthorGrant, George MonroHeadlineGrant's Picturesque Canada, 1882, 2 volsPublisherBelden Bros.Date Published[1882] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$178.50StatusSold Lot #145 All in the Day's Riding AuthorJames, WillHeadlineDetailed cowboy lore by Will JamesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #146 Big-Enough AuthorJames, WillHeadlineWill James Big-Enough first editionPublisherScribnersDate Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #147 Cow Country AuthorJames, WillHeadlineWill James short storiesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1927 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$155.10StatusSold Lot #150 The Drifting Cowboy AuthorJames, WillHeadlineWill James' second book of short storiesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1925 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #152 Lone Cowboy. My Life Story AuthorJames, WillHeadlineWill James' AutobiographyPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #153 My First Horse AuthorJames, WillHeadlineWill James, My First Horse, 1st EditionPublisherScribner'sDate Published1940 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #155 Scorpion: A Good Bad Horse AuthorJames, WillHeadlineWill James Scorpion First Edition in djPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1936 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #157 Smoky: The Cow Horse AuthorJames, WillHeadlineFirst Will James book illustrated in colorPublisher[Charles Scribner's Sons]Date Published[1929] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #158 Sun Up: Tales of the Cow Camps AuthorJames, WillHeadlineSun Up by Will James Junior Literary Guild EditionPublisherJunior Literary Guild / [Scribner's]Date Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #159 The Three Mustangeers AuthorJames, WillHeadlineWill James The Three Mustangeers first edition in jacketPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #179 Pass for Prussian Minister Seiffart, Issued September 2, 1847 Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorSanta Anna, Antonio Lopez deHeadlinePass for Prussian Minister signed by Santa AnnaPublisherAntonio Lopez de Santa AnnaDate Published1847 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$295.50StatusSold Lot #197 Mexico: Landscapes and Popular Sketches... with Steel Engravings... from original Sketches by Moritz Rugendas Heading(Mexico)AuthorSartorius, Carl Christian WilhelmHeadlineSteel engravings of Mexican scenery, 1859PublisherTrübner & Co.Date Published1859 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #203 Picturesque California: The Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Slope AuthorMuir, John, editorHeadlinePicturesque California - 1894PublisherJ. Dewing Co.Date Published[1894] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$131.70StatusSold Lot #207 New York City Fire Department Battalion 15 ledger and fire record book May 29, 1926-April 12, 1927 Heading(New York - Fire Department)HeadlineNYC Fire Department Battalion 15 ledger and record book, 1926-7Date Published1926-27 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #240 Document signed by William James as Governor of the State of Rhode Island, commission an ensign in the infantry Heading(Rhode Island)AuthorJames, WilliamHeadlineGovernor of Rhode Island commissions an EnsignDate PublishedMay 10, 1813 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #293 Forty Days in the Desert, On the Track of the Israelites; or, A Journey from Cairo, by Wady Feiran, to Mount Sinai and Petra. Heading(Bartlett, William H., illustrator)AuthorFeiran, WadyHeadlineForty Days in the DesertPublisherArthur Hall & Co.Date Published[c. 1850] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #294 The Ports, Harbours, Watering-Places, and Coast Scenery of Great Britain AuthorBeattie, WilliamHeadlineEngravings of English Ports & HarboursPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1842 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #295 Switzerland. Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by W.H. Bartlett, Esq. AuthorBeattie, WilliamHeadlineBeattie and Bartlett's SwitzerlandPublisherGeorge VirtueDate Published1838 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$324.75StatusSold Lot #299 Syria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. Illustrated AuthorCarne, JohnHeadlineSyria, The Holy Land, Asia Minor, &c. IllustratedPublisherFisher, Son & Co.Date Published[c. 1838] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$646.50StatusSold Lot #300 Antiquities of York: Drawn and Etched by H. Cave AuthorCave, H.Headline40 etchings by Henry CavePublisherR. AckermannDate Published1813 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$412.50StatusSold Lot #303 Project Sage - A Tribute to Sir Arthur C. Clarke Heading(Clarke, Arthur C.)HeadlineProject Sage - A Tribute to Sir Arthur C. ClarkeDate Published2000 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #325 Switzerland Its Mountains and Valleys AuthorRaden, WoldemarHeadlineWoldemar's illustrated Switzerland, 1878PublisherBickers and SonDate Published1878 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$120StatusSold Lot #326 London and Its Environs in the Nineteenth Century Illustrated by a Series of Views AuthorShepherd, Thomas H.HeadlineThomas H. Shepherd's London, 1829PublisherJones & Co.Date Published1829 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #334 The Art Treasures of England: The Master-Pieces of the Best English, Irish, and Scottish Painters and Sculptors AuthorWhittaker, J. VernonHeadlineIllustrated Art Treasures of England, 1878PublisherGebbie & Barrie, PublishersDate Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #335 Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt AuthorWilson, Charles WilsonHeadlinePicturesque PalestinePublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1881] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next