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Previous|12|Next Lot #2 Governor of British Barbados to anti-slavery London Bishop condemning corrupt slave-owners Heading(African American, 1788)AuthorParry, DavidHeadlineInhumane treatment of slaves on British BarbadosDate PublishedJuly 29, 1788 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #3 Receipt for a bond to cover the cost of private prosecution of John Powers Cailiff and Nancy Califf, accused of Negro Stealing Heading(African American, 1811)AuthorPowers, Roger; and Levi GlassHeadlineAccusation of Negro Stealing in early 19th century GeorgiaDate PublishedOct. 11, 1811 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #4 Letter to missionary’s wife in China describing mistreatment of a fugitive slave Heading(African American, 1852)AuthorDunlap, B.J. [Barbara Jarvis]HeadlineLetter sent to China about the torture of an American slaveDate PublishedNov. 1, 1852 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #5 Memoir of Pierre Toussaint, Born a Slave in St. Domingo. Heading(African American, 1854)HeadlinePierre Toussaint: Philanthropist, Hairdresser, Ex-SlavePublisherCrosby, Nichols, and CompanyDate Published1854 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #6 Letter mentioning a benefit Fair held by “the colored people” Heading(African American, 1856)Author[Wall, Eliza?]HeadlineColored People's Fair after Fremont's defeatDate PublishedNovember 20, 1856 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #7 Letter from Alabama slave-owner about trading inherited slaves Heading(African American, 1859)AuthorGarber, Dr. Alexander MenziesHeadlineSlave swapping on North Carolina plantationDate PublishedDec. 15, 1859 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #8 Official letter certifying the enlistment of Joseph D. Champion for one year’s service in the US Navy Heading(African American, 1864)AuthorHowe, William Greene, US Army Captain and Provost MarshalHeadlineBlack shoemaker enlists in the Union Navy during Civil WarPublisherProvost Marshal's recruiting officeDate PublishedAug. 30, 1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #9 Letter from Freedmen’s Bureau entrepreneur about South Carolina freed slaves celebrating war’s end and Emancipation Heading(African American, 1865)AuthorDodge, J. G.HeadlineCarpetbagger organized freed slaves' celebrationPublisherOffice of the Superintendent of FreedmenDate PublishedApril 12, 1865 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #10 Letter about the end of the Freedman's Bureau Heading(African American, 1868)AuthorMoore, Colonel StephenHeadlineLast days of the Freedmen’s Bureau in North CarolinaPublisherBureau of Refugees, Freedmen & Abandoned LandsDate PublishedDec. 11, 1868 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #11 The Colored Cadet at West Point: Autobiography of Lieut. Henry Ossian Flipper, U.S.A. First Graduate of Color from the U.S. Military Academy Heading(African American, 1878)AuthorFlipper, Henry OssianHeadlineFirst African-American at West PointPublisherHomer Lee & Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #12 Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs letter about progress in civilizing the American Indians Heading(African American, 1884)AuthorStevens, Ezra L.HeadlineIndian bureau clerk led DC Underground RRDate PublishedAugust 6, 1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #13 Free At Last Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorCollins, Mrs. Jane S.HeadlineEarly novel on Black civil rightsPublisherMurdoch, Kerr & Co.Date Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #14 The Higher Education of the Colored People of the South Heading(African American, 1896)AuthorWayland, H.L.HeadlineSigned by H.L. WaylandDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #15 The Autobiography of an Ex-Coloured Man Heading(African American, 1927)AuthorJohnson, James WeldonHeadlineJames Weldon Johnson's novel, un-anonymizedPublisherGarden City Publishing Co.Date Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #16 Native Son Heading(African American, 1940)AuthorWright, RichardHeadlineWright's Native Soon, 1st ed. and inscribedPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1940 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #17 The Need of Unity and Cooperation Among American Negroes Heading(African American, 1946)AuthorBarrett, SamuelHeadlineBarrett's Call for Black American UnityPublisherVoice Publishing CompanyDate Published1946 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #18 The Souls of Black Folk, Essays and Sketches Heading(African American, 1953)AuthorDu Bois, W. E. BurghardtHeadlineDu Bois, The Souls of Black Folk Signed 1953PublisherThe Blue Heron PressDate Published1953 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #19 Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? Heading(African American, 1967)AuthorKing, Martin Luther, Jr.HeadlineInscribed & signed by Martin Luther King, Jr.PublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #20 My Life with Martin Luther King, Jr. Heading(African American, 1969)AuthorKing, Coretta ScottHeadlineSigned by Coretta Scott KingPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #21 Walking with the Wind, A Memoir of the Movement Heading(African American, 1998)AuthorLewis, JohnHeadlineWalking with the Wind Inscribed by John LewisPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1998] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #22 Between the World and Me Heading(African American, 2015)AuthorCoates, Ta-NehisiHeadlineSigned by Ta-Nehisi CoatesPublisherSpiegel & GrauDate Published[2015] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #24 Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin AuthorAldrin, BuzzHeadlinePhotos of the Apollo 11 mission signed by Buzz AldrinPublisherJack Bacon & CompanyDate Published2009 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #25 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, Thomas with the Cooperation of Muhammad AliHeadlineSigned by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #26 Brown University manuscript history class notes Author[Almy, Herbert]Headline1870 History notebook of Brown University studentDate Published[1870] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #29 An Examination of the Mosaic Laws of Servitude Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorJay, WilliamHeadlineNoted Abolitionist on slavery among the ancient JewsPublisherM. W. DoddDate Published1854 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #30 Letter from Abolitionist Congressman hailing Universal Freedom Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorLovejoy, OwenHeadlineCongressman who championed Emancipation ProclamationDate PublishedDecember 8, 1862 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #31 Letter by Boston anti-slavery orator to passionate young Abolitionist Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorPhillips, WendellHeadlineRadical anti-slavery crusader’s advice to a young AbolitionistDate Published[c.1857] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #32 Early letter by America’s richest anti-slavery crusader and John Brown benefactor Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorSmith, GerritHeadlineAbolitionist Gerrit Smith praises pro-slavery politician?Date PublishedDecember 25, 1838 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #33 U.S. Senate documents political future of non-slave California and New Mexico territories Heading(Anti-Slavery)HeadlineCalifornia/New Mexico in national debate over slaveryDate Published1848-1849 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #34 Voices of the True-Hearted Heading(Anti-Slavery)AuthorWhittier, John G.; Henry Longfellow; William Lloyd Garrison et alHeadlineLiterary anthology with anti-slavery poetry and proseDate Published[1846] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #38 Letter from a Baptist preacher, famed advocate of religious liberty Heading(Baptist - Religious Freedom)AuthorMoore, JeremiahHeadlineVirginia Baptist preacher who championed religious libertyDate PublishedApril 6, 1805 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #40 Designs on the Land: Diseños of California Ranchos and their Makers AuthorBecker, Robert H.HeadlineDisenos of California Ranchos One of 500 copiesPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #41 Diseños of California Ranchos Maps of thirty-seven Land Grants [1822-1846], from the Records of the United States District Court, San Francisco AuthorBecker, Robert H.HeadlineDisenos of California Ranchos One of 400 copiesPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1964 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #42 Three Years in California AuthorBorthwick, John DavidHeadlineBorthwick's 3 Years in California First EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1857 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #43 Visitors Guide 1953: Carmel-by-the-Sea Heading(California - Carmel)HeadlineVisitors guide/directory to Carmel, CA 1953Date Published1953 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #44 The Nile Valley of America: Imperial Valley, California. Heading(California - Imperial Valley)HeadlineRare Imperial Valley real estate brochurePublisherPacific Folder Co.Date Publishedc.1910 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #45 History of Kern County California, with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present Heading(California - Kern County)AuthorMorgan, Wallace M.HeadlineIllustrated History of Kern County CaliforniaPublisherHistorical Record CompanyDate Published1914 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #46 Castaic Power Plant construction photo album Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineCastaic Power Plant, construction photo albumDate Published1969-1973 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #47 Eighteen aerial photographs of Los Angeles, by Fairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc., Los Angeles. Heading(California - Los Angeles)AuthorFairchild, ShermanHeadlineAerial photos of depression-era Los AngelesPublisherFairchild Aerial Surveys, Inc.Date PublishedFeb. 12, 1934 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #48 Vistas de Los Angeles. Views of City and Surroundings. Price, Ten Cents Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineVistas de Los Angeles 1901 with panoramaPublisherPress of Geo. Rice & SonsDate Published[c.1902] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #49 Who's Who in Wilmington (cover) Heading(California - Los Angeles)HeadlineWho's Who in Wilmington & San Pedro CaliforniaDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #50 History of Marin County, California; Including Its Geography, Geology, Topography and Climatography; Together with a Full and Particular Record of the Mexican Grants...Separate Histories of Bolinas, Nicasio, Novato, Point Reyes, San Antonio, San Rafael, Saucelito, and Tomales Townships... Heading(California - Marin County)HeadlineHistory of Marin County CaliforniaPublisherAlley, Bowen & Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #51 The Homer Mining Index Heading(California - Mono County)AuthorBaker, J.E.HeadlineLundy newspaper, Bodie's neighbor, 1880PublisherJ.E. Baker, Publisher & ProprietorDate Published1880 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #52 The Oakland Daily Times. Illustrated Annual 1885. Heading(California - Oakland)HeadlineOakland Daily Times, illustrated annual, 1885PublisherTimes Publishing CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #53 Oil and Gas Yielding Formations of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties, Part 1. Bulletin No. 11 Heading(California - Oil)AuthorWatts, W.L.HeadlineOil and Gas Formations of California, 1897PublisherA..J. JohnsonDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #54 Bank draft for settlement of the suit "The United States vs. 194 Boxes of Opium, &c." for $1,110.00 payable to Charles James, Collector Heading(California - Opium)AuthorHoffman, Ogden, District JudgeHeadlineOgden Hoffman settles opium lawsuit 1864Date PublishedAug. 18, 1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #55 Archive of approximately 340 snapshot photographs taken by a lineman on the massive infrastructure project laying power lines from southern California north into Oregon Heading(California - PG&E)AuthorSherman, TomHeadlinePhotos of massive post-war PG&E projectDate Publishedc.1946-1955 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #58 Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Beach California Heading(California - San Diego County)HeadlineScarce brochure for Hotel Del Coronado, 1915Date Published[1915] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #59 San Francisco Cable Co. original cable car rail Heading(California - San Francisco - Cable Cars)HeadlineOriginal cable car rail, one of an edition of 1000Date Published1982 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #60 The Call-Chronicle-Examiner Heading(California - San Francisco Earthquake)HeadlineCombined San Francisco Earthquake newspaperDate PublishedApril 19, 1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #62 Business Directory of San Francisco and Principal Towns of California and Nevada, 1877. Containing Names, Business and Address of Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional Men... Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineBusiness directory of San Francisco 1877PublisherL.M. McKenney PublisherDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #65 Large wooden door plane with blade crafted by San Francisco cutler Michael Price Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorPrice, MichaelHeadlineVintage door plane from SF cutler Michael PriceDate Published[c.1856-1889] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #66 San Francisco 1915: A pamphlet published by Wells Fargo & Company for its patrons who do not wish to be hampered with a guide book, but desire some brief general information to help them in their way about San Francisco Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineS.F. in 1915 with color map of P.P.I.E.PublisherWells, Fargo & Co.Date Published1915 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #67 Sutro Baths - Cliff House - Sutro Heights Heading(California - San Francisco)HeadlineTaber photos of Sutro Baths & Cliff HouseDate Published1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #69 Letter from Craven P. Hester, in San Jose, California, to George Grundy Dunn in Indiana, regarding Hester's financial affairs in Indiana, and events in California Heading(California - San Jose)AuthorHester, Craven P.HeadlineLetter from San Jose District Attorney 1850Date PublishedNov. 28, 1850 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #70 Santa Rosa California. Business Center of the North Bay Counties. (panel title) Heading(California - Santa Rosa)HeadlineEconomic advertisement for Santa Rosa, 1922PublisherSanta Rosa Chamber of CommerceDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #71 Motorists Guide Sequoia-Gen. Grant National Parks, California Heading(California - Sequoia National Park)HeadlineFlyer with maps of Sequoia-Grant National ParksPublisherNational Park ServiceDate Publishedc.1923 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #72 The Mail's Illustrated 1892 Almanac Heading(California - Stockton)HeadlineStockton CA almanac with illustrations 1892PublisherThe MailDate Published[1891] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #73 Motorists Guide Yosemite National Park California 1923 Heading(California - Yosemite)HeadlineMotor guide with road maps in Yosemite 1923PublisherNational Park ServiceDate Published1923 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #75 Admission Day Celebration: Souvenir and official program, September 4th-9th 1905, Sacramento, Cal. Heading(California)HeadlineNative Sons celebrate California statehood, 1905PublisherH.S. Crocker Co.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #76 Three letters from Alabama plantation agent who was a founder of Madera County Heading(California)AuthorBorden, Dr. Joseph, [Borden & Buck]HeadlineSlave agent, later a founding father of Madera CountyDate Published1860 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #77 Judge Terry Killed - Shot by a U.S. Marshal at Lathrop... [Evening Mail Extra.] Heading(California)HeadlineRare broadside on murder of Judge Terry 1889Date PublishedAugust 14, [1889] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #78 Pacific Coast Steamship Line. Speech of Hon. James McLachlan of California in the House of Representatives, June 16, 1910 Heading(California)AuthorMcLachlan, JamesHeadlinePlea for Pacific Coast Steamship Line by U.S. Rep.Date Published1910 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #79 Geological Survey of California. Palaeontology. Heading(California)AuthorMeek, F.B & W.M. GabbHeadlineGeological Survey of California. PaleontologyPublisher[Caxton Press of Sherman & Co.]Date Published1864; 1869 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #80 Reglamento Para el Gobierno de la Provincia de Californias, Aprobado por S.M. en Real Orden de 24 Octobre de 1781. Regulations for Governing the Province of the Californias approved by His Majesty by Royal Order, dated October 24, 1781 Heading(California)HeadlineRegulations governing California from GrabhornPublisherGrabhorn PressDate Published1929 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #81 Memorial of the People of California against Refunding Pacific Railroad Debt (wrapper title) Heading(California)AuthorSutro, Adolph, John T. Doyle, et al.HeadlinePlea against debt refunding for Railroads 1896Publisher[publisher not identified],Date Published1896 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #84 Ab-Sa-Ra-Ka Land of Massacre: Being the Experience of an Officer's Wife on the Plains. With an Outline of Indian Operations and Conferences From 1865-1878. AuthorCarrington, Henry B.HeadlineThe Experience of an Officer's Wife on the PlainsPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1878 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #85 Banking House certificate to Charles Porter for $500 deposit in the Gold Rush boom town bank of Chinese, California Heading(Chinese American)AuthorMiller, Solomon; and C. W. H. SolinskyHeadlineCertificate from gold rush bank in Chinese, CaliforniaPublisherMiller & Co.Date PublishedJune 17, 1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #86 Receipt for Faro Gambling House License Heading(Chinese American)HeadlineGambling license for a Chinese man in MontanaDate PublishedJuly 6, 1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #98 Letter from a Boston Brahmin’s illegitimate daughter, Longfellow intimate, fleeing Wagnerian German Revolution while planning the purchase of an Old Masters art collection to bring to America Heading(Crowninshield heiress)AuthorThies, Clara CrowninshieldHeadlineLetter from a Boston Brahmin fearful of German RevolutionDate PublishedMay 20, 1849 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #100 Identification document (Cedula) for a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba Heading(Cuba - Chinese)HeadlineRare Cedula for Chinese slave in Cuba 1861Date Published1861 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #103 Sixty Years in California. A History of Events and Life in California... AuthorDavis, William HeathHeadlineWilliam Heath Davis 60 Years in CaliforniaPublisherA.J. LearyDate Published1889 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #114 Description de la Nouvelle Californie: Geographique, Politique et Morale... Avec une grande carte de la Nouvelle Californie, des cartes particulières des Baies de Monterey et de San-Francisco, de L'Isthme de Panama, de Cap Horn et du Détroit de Magellan, et plusieurs vues intéressant de la Californie AuthorFerry, HypoliteHeadlineFerry's Nouvelle Californie 1850 with mapsPublisherL. MaisonDate Published1850 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #117 Letter about land claims after U.S. Supreme Court’s validation of the vast Spanish Arredondo land grant in the Florida Territory Heading(Florida)AuthorDrysdale, JohnHeadlineLetter by Arredondo grantee Florida Terr. landownerDate PublishedJune 27, 1832 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #122 Handwritten 19th-century dessert recipe book Heading(Food & Drink)Author[Sanford, C.F.]HeadlineHandwritten dessert recipe book from the 1830sDate Published[c. 1830s] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #123 California: A History of Upper and Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, Comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c... AuthorForbes, AlexanderHeadlineForbes' California in original cloth, 1839PublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1839 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #126 Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44 [with] signed letter and bond note. AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Expedition w/ map and signed ephemeraPublisherGales & SeatonDate Published1845 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #133 Records of a California Family: Journals and Letters of Lewis C. Gunn and Elizabeth LeBreton Gunn AuthorGunn, Lewis C. and Elizabeth LeBreton GunnHeadlineFamily life in the California Gold FieldsPublisherAnna Lee MarstonDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #135 My Road to Rotary AuthorHarris, Paul P.HeadlinePaul Harris, Road to Rotary with Signed CheckPublisherA. Kroch and SonDate Published1948 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #142 Letter from first American envoy to Hawaii after U.S. annexation Heading(Hawaii)AuthorSewall, Harold MarshHeadlineU. S. Diplomat hopes to be 1st governor of HawaiiDate PublishedNov. 30, 1899 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #144 History of California AuthorHittell, Theodore H.HeadlineHittell's History of California 1st EditionPublisherPacific Press & N.J. StoneDate Published1885-1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #145 Letter from J. Edgar Hoover to a Darrel Marken, about the true nature of communism, as espoused in his book AuthorHoover, J. EdgarHeadlineLetter signed by J. Edgar Hoover about communismDate PublishedJanuary 8, 1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #148 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive and Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of Sierras, 1st ed., 1st issuePublisherPublished at the Old CabinDate Published1886 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #149 In the Heart of the Sierras: The Yo Semite Valley, both Historical and Descriptive: And Scenes by the Way. Big Tree Groves. The High Sierra, with its Magnificent Scenery, Ancient and Modern Glaciers, and Other Objects of Interest; with Tables of Distances and Altitudes, Maps, etc. AuthorHutchings, James MasonHeadlineHutchings in Heart of Sierras, finely boundPublisherThe Old Cabin & Pacific Press Publishing HouseDate Published1886 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #153 Experiences of a Forty-Niner, by Wm. G. Johnston, a Member of the Wagon Train First to Enter California in the Memorable Year 1849 AuthorJohnston, William GrahamHeadlineExperiences of a '49er, signed w/ rare mapPublisher[Privately printed]Date Published1892 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #154 Understanding California Government and Politics Heading(Jonestown Massacre)AuthorRyan, Leo J.HeadlineSigned by Leo J. Ryan, victim at JonestownPublisherFearon PublishersDate Published[1966] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #155 For the Love of the Game AuthorJordan, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Michael JordanPublisherCrown Publishers, Inc. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #159 Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada AuthorKing, ClarenceHeadlineMountaineering in the Sierra NevadaPublisherSampson Low, Marston, Low, and SearleDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #173 Signed Engineer Order No. 2, reassigning a dozen Army Engineers to new posts, 3 of them to the Mexican War front to serve under then Captain Robert E. Lee Heading(Mexican-American War)AuthorTotten, Colonel JosephHeadlineRelating to Robert E. Lee in Mexican-American WarDate PublishedMarch 1, 1848 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #182 Letter from a pioneer woman in the Michigan wilderness Heading(Michigan)AuthorIngersoll, Mary A.HeadlineIndian traders and bears on the Lake Superior shoreDate PublishedJune 25, 1849 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #183 American statesman writes about military weaponry Heading(Military)AuthorRush, RichardHeadlineAmerican statesman denigrates French bayonetistsDate PublishedAugust 21, 1840 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #188 Motorland: The Pacific Coast Magazine of Motoring Heading(Motorland Magazine)HeadlineMotorland Magazine 1928-95PublisherCalifornia State Automobile AssociationDate Published1928-95 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #190 The Writings of John Muir - Manuscript Edition AuthorMuir, JohnHeadlineWritings of John Muir Manuscript Edition DeluxePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1916-24 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #192 Four letters by or regarding an Indian Agency physician, plus a photograph of dining at an agency Heading(Native American)AuthorDudley, H.W.HeadlinePhysician at Interior Dept. Indian AgenciesDate Publishedc.1896-1900 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #195 Political letter by Luman Reed’s son-in-law and overseer of his farsighted New York Picture Gallery Heading(New York)AuthorAllen, TheodoreHeadlinePolitical letter by son-in-law of great American art collectorDate Published[November 1838] View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #204 Location of Panama-Pacific Exposition: Letter from Senator Newlands of Nevada Heading(Panama-Pacific International Exposition)AuthorNewlands, Francis G.HeadlineSearch for P.P.I.E. location, 1910Date Published1910 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #206 Jamaica: Enslaved and Free AuthorPeck, GeorgeHeadlineJamaica as a model for Abolition, 1846PublisherPublished by Lane & TippettDate Published1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #223 Fifty Years of the Maidstone Club, 1891-1941 Author[Rattray, Jeannette Edwards and Julian Myrick]HeadlineSigned by Jeannette Edwards RattrayPublisher[Privately Printed]Date Published[1941] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #227 Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines AuthorRyan, William RedmondHeadlinePersonal Adventures in Upper and Lower CaliforniaPublisherWilliam ShoberlDate Published1850 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #231 Autograph letter from Lorenzo Sitgreaves, U.S. Army Engineer and future Colorado River explorer, to his cousin John Scott regarding a pessimistic outlook on promotion in the military AuthorSitgreaves, LorenzoHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Lorenzo SitgreavesDate PublishedMay 18, 1833 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next