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AuthorAbert, James W.HeadlineAbert's Examination of New Mexico 1848Date Published[1848] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold 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 #28 The Silver Country or the Great Southwest. A Review of the Mineral and Other Wealth, the Attractions and Material Development of the Former Kingdom of New Spain... AuthorAnderson, Alex D.HeadlineWith folding map of New Spain circa 1877PublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1877 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #37 Official publication National Air Races: Los Angeles Municipal Airport, Los Angeles, September 4, 5, 6, 7. 16th Annual World's Premier Air Classic Heading(Aviation)HeadlineRare program for National Air Races 1936PublisherLos Angeles Chamber of CommerceDate Published1936 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #39 America's National Game: Historical Facts...Evolution, Development and Popularity of Base Ball with Personal Reminiscences of its Vicissitudes, its Victories and its Votaries Heading(Baseball)AuthorSpalding, Albert G.HeadlineSpalding, America's National Game 1911PublisherAmerican Sports PublishingDate Published1911 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold 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 #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 #68 Three albumen photographs of views around San Francisco Cliff House Heading(California - San Francisco)AuthorTaber, Isaiah WestHeadline3 c.1880s Photos of San Fran Cliff HousePublisherTaber Photo.Date Publishedc.1880-90 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #82 Geological Survey of California. Geology. Volume I. Report of Progress and Synopsis of the Field-Work, From 1860 to 1864. Heading(California)AuthorWhitney, J. D.HeadlineWhitney's landmark survey of California, 1865PublisherPublished by the Authority of the Legislature of CaliforniaDate Published1865 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #91 The Rocky Mountain Directory and Colorado Gazetteer for 1871 Heading(Colorado)AuthorWallihan, S. S. , & Company, compilersHeadlineRare Rocky Mountain Directory, 1871PublisherS.S. Wallihan & CompanyDate Published[1870] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #92 Silver Mining Regions of Colorado: With Some Account of the Different Processes Now Being Introduced for Working the Gold Ores of that Territory. Heading(Colorado)AuthorWhitney, Joel ParkerHeadlineWhitney's Silver Mining Regions of ColoradoPublisherD. Van NostrandDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #97 Crofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide, Containing a Full and Authentic Description of Over Five Hundred Cities, Towns, Villages... passing over the Union Pacific Railroad... AuthorCrofutt, George A., & Co.HeadlineCrofutt's Trans-Continental Tourist's Guide 1873PublisherGeo. A CrofuttDate Published1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #101 Tenting on the Plains AuthorCuster, Elizabeth B.HeadlineElizabeth Custer Tenting on the PlainsPublisherCharles L. Webster & Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #106 Seven Years' Residence in the Great Deserts of North America AuthorDomenech, EmmanuelHeadline7 Years in the Great Deserts of North AmericaPublisherLongman, Green, Longman & RobertsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #108 Hunting for Gold: Reminiscences of Personal Experience and Researches in the Early Days of the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Panama AuthorDownie, Major WilliamHeadlineOne of the best Gold Rush reminiscencesPublisherCalifornia Publishing Co.Date Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #111 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, Lieut. Col. W[illiam] H.HeadlineMilitary Reconnoissance Missouri to CaliforniaPublisherWendell & Van BenthuysenDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #124 Memoirs of My Life, by John Charles Frémont. Including in the Narrative Five Journeys of Western Exploration, During the Years 1842, 1843-4, 1845-6-7, 1848-9, 1853-4. Together with a Sketch of the Life of Senator Benton... AuthorFrémont, John CharlesHeadlineFremont's Memoirs in original partsPublisherBelford, Clarke & Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #125 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 CharlesHeadlineFrémont's Expedition, House issue w/ 4 mapsPublisherBlair and RivesDate Published1845 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold 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 #130 Tables of the Value of Gold and Silver per Ounce Troy, at Different Degrees of Fineness. with other Tables, which will be found useful to Bankers, Assayers, Chemists, Merchants, Dealers in Bullion and Ores Heading(Gold & Silver)AuthorPrice, ThomasHeadlineTable of Gold and Silver Values, 1881PublisherA.J. LearyDate Published1881 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #131 Journal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier; Subsequent Imprisonment of the Author; His Sufferings, and Final Escape from the Castle of Perote. With Reflections Upon the Present Political and Probable Future Relations of Texas, Mexico, and the United States...Illustrated by Drawings Taken from Life by Charles M'Laughlin, a Fellow-Prisoner AuthorGreen, Thomas J.HeadlineJournal of the Texian Expedition Against Mier, 1845PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1845 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold 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 #152 Flags Along the Coast. Charting the Gulf of Mexico, 1519-1759: A Reappraisal AuthorJackson, JackHeadlineJack Jackson Flags Along the CoastPublisherBook Club of TexasDate Published[1995] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold 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 #155 For the Love of the Game AuthorJordan, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Michael JordanPublisherCrown Publishers, Inc. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #163 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 AuthorLewis, Meriwether & William Clark.HeadlineJournals of Lewis and Clark 1904 EditionPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1904-5 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #170 The Prairie Traveler. A Hand-Book for Overland Expeditions. With Maps Illustrations, and Itineraries of the Principal Routes Between the Mississippi and the Pacific AuthorMarcy, Randolph B.HeadlineEarly handbook for overland expeditionPublisherSampson Low, Son, and Co.Date Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #177 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. Heading(Mexico)Author[Folsom, George]HeadlineMap of Mexico and Texas in 1842PublisherCharles J. FolsomDate Published1842 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #187 Rambles in the Rocky Mountains: With a Visit to the Gold Fields of Colorado AuthorMorris, Maurice O'ConnorHeadlineMorris, Rambles in the Rocky Mountains 1864PublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published1864 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #199 Sells Brothers' World-Conquering and All-Overshadowing 3-Ring Circus, Real Roman Hippodrome, Grand Firemen's Tournament, Indian Village and Museum, 5-Continent Menagerie, and Pawnee Bill's Famous-Original "Wild West!" Heading(Ohio - Cincinnati)HeadlineWild West Circus c.1887, Blood-Sweating HipposPublisherThe Russell & Morgan Printing Co.Date Published[c.1887] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #203 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 1853-56. Heading(Pacific Railroad Reports)HeadlineComplete set of Pacific Railroad SurveysPublisherA.O.P. Nicholson, Senate PrinterDate Published1855-60 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #208 The Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery Pike, to Headwaters of the Mississippi River, Through Louisiana Territory, and in New Spain, During the Years 1805-6-7 AuthorPike, Zebulon MontgomeryHeadlineThe Expeditions of Zebulon Montgomery PikePublisherFrancis P. HarperDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #214 Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant Heading(Presidents, 1869)AuthorGrant, Ulysses S.HeadlineGrant's Memoirs in half morocco bindingPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1885-86 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #215 Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail Heading(Presidents, 1901)AuthorRoosevelt, TheodoreHeadlineRoosevelt’s Ranch Life and the Hunting TrailPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #224 The Coaching Club, Its History, Records and Activities AuthorRives, Reginald W.HeadlineThe Coaching Club, Its History Derrydale PressPublisherPrivately Printed [Derrydale Press]Date Published1935 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #226 The Fur Hunters of the Far West: A Narrative of Adventure in the Oregon and Rocky Mountains AuthorRoss, AlexanderHeadlineRoss's Fur Hunters of the West, 1855PublisherSmith, Elder, & Co.Date Published1855 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #232 Report of an Expedition Down the Zuni and Colorado Rivers AuthorSitgreaves, LorenzoHeadlineWith folding map of Zuni and Colorado RiversPublisherPrinted by Robert ArmstrongDate Published1853 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #234 Exploration and Survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, Including a Reconnoissance of a New Route Through the Rocky Mountains AuthorStansbury, HowardHeadlineStansbury's Great Sale Lake with map volumePublisherLippincott, Grambo & Co.Date Published1852 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #241 Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel AuthorTaylor, BayardHeadlineBayard's El Dorado, 1st British EditionPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1850 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #249 Oregon and California: The Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains, Oregon and California...to which is added a Description of the Physical Geography of California, with recent notices of the Gold Region from the Latest and Most Authentic Sources AuthorThornton, J. QuinnHeadlineThornton in the Gold Rush 1849, with MapPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1849 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #252 Annual Report Upon the Geographical Explorations and Surveys West of the 100th Meridian... Being Appendix NN of the Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers for 1878 Heading(U.S. Geological Survey)AuthorWheeler, George M.HeadlineWheeler Survey, Appendix NN, 1878 w/ two mapsPublisherGovernment Printing OfficeDate Published1878 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #256 A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed... AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineVancouver's Voyages 1801, finely boundPublisherJohn StockdaleDate Published1801 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #265 Narrative of the United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842 AuthorWilkes, CharlesHeadlineWilkes' Exploring Expedition with AtlasPublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1845 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #267 Through the Yellowstone Park on Horseback AuthorWingate, George W.HeadlineThrough the Yellowstone Park on HorsebackPublisherO. Judd Co.Date Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #272 The Call of the Bush Heading(Africa)HeadlineLuxury safaris in the outback of AfricaPublisherSafari (Africa) LimitedDate Publishedc.1920s View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #273 Hunting Big Game in Africa (wrapper title) Heading(Africa)AuthorSnow, H.A.HeadlinePictorial record of African hunting trip 1922Publisher[Sunset Press]Date Published[c. 1922] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #341 The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and other African Adventures AuthorPatterson, J.H.HeadlineMan-Eaters of Tsavo by Col. Patterson, 1927PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #369 Narrative of a Journey Across the Rocky Mountains, to the Columbia River, and a Visit to the Sandwich Islands, Chile, &c. With a Scientific Appendix AuthorTownsend, John KirkHeadlineTownsend's Journey Across the Rockies, 1st edPublisherHenry PerkinsDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #396 County Atlas of California and Nevada, showing all county seats, towns, postoffices, railroads, county roads, stage lines... drawn expressly for the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company Heading(California & Nevada)HeadlineFireman's Fund Atlas of California and NevadaPublisherFireman's Fund Insurance CompanyDate Published1909 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #417 Tourist Motor Map of California: A Paradise for Motorists... Northern Section Heading(California)HeadlineTourist motor map of Northern California 1923PublisherPacific Map Co.Date Published1923 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #422 Colton's Traveler and Tourist's Guide-Book through the Western States and Territories, Containing Brief Descriptions of Each, with the Routes and Distances on the Great Lines of Travel.... AuthorColton, J.H.HeadlineColton's guide with hand-colored map, 1857PublisherJ.H. Colton and CompanyDate Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #443 Map of Rocky Mountain Vacation Regions: Montana, Idaho and Northern Wyoming. Heading(Northern Pacific Railway)HeadlineRocky Mountain map for Northern Pacific Ry.PublisherMcGill-Warner Co.Date Published[c. 1905] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #444 Airplane map of the State of Oregon Heading(Oregon)HeadlineAirplane map of the State of Oregon, 1930PublisherPortland Chamber of CommerceDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #445 Touring Scout. Strip Maps... Principal Highways Canada to Mexico. Heading(Pacific Coast)HeadlinePacific Coast automobile strip maps, 1928PublisherTouring League of AmericaDate Published1928 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #459 Salt Lake City: Map of Salt Lake City, Principal Places of Interest, the Mormon Pioneers, Story of Trip Crossing the Plains and the Dates. Mormon Church History and Organization. Heading(Utah)HeadlineWilson Hotel guide to Salt Lake City, 1926PublisherThe Wilson HotelDate Published[c. 1926] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next