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$ 750.00
Henry, H. O. Original Autograph Letter Signed by one H. O. Henry from Sacramento, Talking about Selling Lots, Conditions of Sacramento Including High Water Levels After the Flooding in January and Mentioning the Re-Election of former Sacramento Mayor James Richmond Hardenburg and the Loss of Steamers Independence, S.S. Lewis, and Tennessee. Sacramento, 20 April 1853.
$ 650.00
Church, Edward W. (ca. 1814-1861). Original Autograph Letter Signed by San Francisco Banker Edward W. Church to His Friend in New York, Talking about the Health of His Child, Visiting New York, and Recent Weather and Earthquakes in San Francisco. San Francisco, 28 February & 20 March 1856.
$ 525.00
Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Signed by One “Claude” in San Francisco and Addressed to “Dear Uncle,” Talking about Being Depressed over Her Brother’s Failing Health and Sharing News about Financial & Family Matters. San Francisco: 26 December 1885.
$ 2250.00
Taber, Isaiah West (1830-1912); Baker, Walter T. & Cathcart, Walter, & others. Album with Nineteen Early Original Albumen Photographs from the Collection of Samuel Parsons - a San Francisco Resident and Employee of a Local Wall Paper Dealer “George W. Clark & Co,” Including a Series of Parson’s Portraits, Views of His Residences and a Street of San Francisco, the Storefront of “George W. Clark & Co” on Market Street with Staff Members, Most likely Including Parsons, Scenes from an Outing in the Redwood Forest, &c.; with a Later Gelatin Silver Portrait of a Young Girl at the Rear. Ca. 1880s.
$ 950.00
Historically Important Album with 227 Gelatin Silver Photos of California, Showing the Former Lumber Hub of Fort Bragg, the Newton J. Tharp Commercial School (1908–1952) in San Francisco, the Tanforan Racetrack in San Bruno, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, the Second Grammar School in Dixon, Panama Pacific International Exhibition, etc.; also, with Rare Photos of the Standard Oil Co. Explosion in Riverside and Pioneering Automobile Race & Airplane Flight in San Bruno. Ca. 1908-1915.
$ 750.00
Payne, George E. Original Autograph Letter Signed by a San Francisco Merchant George E. Payne to His New York Partner (Most Likely, a Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of New York, Charles P. Leverich), Talking about Early California Gold Rush Trade to San Francisco, the Voyage of the Barque Madonna, Cargo Prices, and the Sale of the Bark Hannah Sprague. San Francisco, 20 February 1850.
$ 1250.00
JAYNE, G. (ca. 1845-1870). Historically Important Collection of Two Autograph Letters by George Edwin Jayne, an Early California Resident, Addressed to His Relatives “Lottie” and “Sam” in New York, Describing the City’s Ongoing Renovation, the Cheapest Place to Live in San Francisco, the Popular Living Arrangements for Residents, Clerking Job Shortages, Dining Prices, etc.; also Mentioning the Lost Landmarks of Mercantile Library & Oriental Hotel and Comparing the Width of Kearny Street with Broadway. San Francisco: 10 September 1868.
$ 850.00
Original Photogravure Titled: Bird's-Eye-View of Ruins of San Francisco from Captive Airship 600 Feet Above Folsom Between Fifth And Sixth Sts. 1906.
$ 2250.00
[Browning, Frank Elisha] (1866-1917). Historically Significant Album with ca. 189 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs from the Estate of Alameda’ First City Clerk Frank E. Browning, Showing Alameda Officials, Destruction of San Francisco after the 1906 Earthquake, a Military Parade San Francisco, a Service of a “Masonic lodge, Hopi Point, Grand Canyon – 1913,” Browning, his Family and Friends during Car Trips around California and Arizona, Group Portraits from a Gathering in Truckee, &c.; With 10 Printed Postcards Showing the Exterior and Interior of the Elks’ Club in Alameda. Ca. 1900s - 1910s.
$ 1250.00
Collection of 75 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing the Destruction in Santa Barbara and Environs after the Earthquake on June 29, 1925.
Collection of Thirty-Eight Original Gelatin Silver Photos of California, Taken during a Honeymoon Trip by a Pharmacist from Orange City (Ca), Showing Los Angeles and its Environs (San Juan Capistrano Chapel, the County Jail, the Court House in Santa Ana; the Port of San Pedro; Busch’s Gardens in Pasadena, a Powerhouse & Mountain Cabin in San Gabriel Canyon, a Steamer Entering Avalon, etc.), the Former Mining Town of Placerville (Train Passing through the Tehachapi Loop & Early Logging Operations), Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara Mission & Santa Ynez Valley), San Diego (Horticultural Building & Children’s Swimming Pool), etc. Ca. 1913.
$ 750.00
A Historically Important Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by a Southern Pacific Railway Employee to the President of D. O. Mills & Co.’s Bank and One of the Wealthiest Ranchers in Colusa County Edgar Mills, Urging Him to Sign the Right of Way through His Lands as Soon as Possible as This Is “The Only Portion Which Has Not Already Been Obtained” for the Construction of the Now-Defunct West Side & Mendocino R. R., One of the First Railways in Colusa County. San Francisco, Cal., 10 November 1886.
$ 750.00
Youngs, Samuel (Ca. 1815 - ?). Original Autograph Letter Signed by a California Democrat Samuel Young to James Denver, a Democratic Congressman from CA, Sharing News on State Politics and Speculating about Candidates for the Upcoming California State Senate Elections; with Mentions of Henry Foote, Henry Crabb, David Douglass, Edward Marshall, Gov. Bigler, etc. Sacramento, California: 30 January 1856.
$ 650.00
Wood, A (Ca. 1812-1890). A Historically Interesting Original Autograph Letter by One of the Earliest Masons in California and the Founder of Lassen Commandery No. 13 of the Knights Templar at Susanville, Gen. Allen Wood, Informing a Sir Knight from Plumas County and a Pioneer California Lawyer about the “Cold Blooded Affair” of One of the Earliest Murders Investigated in Lassen County, Mentioning “A Considerable Feeling” Among the Inhabitants about the Prisoner’s Expected Arrival in Susanville, and Discussing the Commandery’s Decision to “Indefinitely Postpone” the Celebration of Ascension Day. Susanville [Lassen County], 20 April 1880.
$ 1250.00
Stroud, Robert (1890-1963). Historically Interesting Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by Robert Stroud, the Lonely “Birdman of Alcatraz,” During His Solitary Confinement, Addressed to His Long-time Friend and Fellow Bird-lover Fred E. Daw in Florida, Confessing To Suffering From an Unresolved Oedipus Complex, Revealing His Early Attempt To Assassinate His Father, and Explicitly Tracing His First Sexual Experiences From the Age of Five to Eleven; Also Including Never-before-Shared Excerpts From His Prohibited Multi-volume Autobiography, Eagerly Calculating Approximate Incomes From His Forthcoming Biopic, Challenging Darwin’s Theory on the Limited Olfactory Capability of Birds, and Recommending Effective Sulfa Medicine Usage for Birds. Alcatraz Prison, California: 24 May 1949.
$ 750.00
Gillespie, Edgar D (ca. 1822-1875). Historically Interesting Original Letter by One of the Earliest Residents of Suisun Valley, California, Talking about his Pioneering Farming Activities, the Scarce Demand for Hay in Sacramento City, and the High Cost of Ropes Reducing Profits. Mountain Valley Upper Suisun, California: 25 May 1852.
$ 275.00
Reconnaissance of the Western Coast of the United States From San Francisco to San Diego by the Hydrographic Party under the command of Lieut. James Alden U.S.N. Assistant / J. # 9. U.S. Coast Survey. A.D. Bache Superintendent. [Washington DC]: 1852.
$ 425.00
A Historically Interesting Original Autograph Letter by California’s Pioneer Real Estate Firm Bovee, Toy & Co, Offering a Lumber Dealer from Massachusetts “A Certain Timber Redwood Property” Amid Public Outcry Over the Excessive Logging of the Now-Endangered Redwoods. San Francisco: June 10, 1887.
$ 950.00
Collection of Twenty-Eight Rare Early Cyanotypes of the Yosemite National Park & Alaska. Ca. 1900s.
$ 750.00
White, [Thomas?]. Interesting Autograph Letter Written by a Northern California Pioneer to His Friend, Charles Delorimier, Living in Linda, Yuba County and Talking about the House in Their Mutual Possession, the Author’s Sea Voyage back to the East Coast and Mentioning Several Yuba County Residents - “Joe Carrick,” “Becker” and the “Muggins.”. At sea, March 21, 1853.
$ 750.00
Adkison, Lewis D. (1816-1903). Original Autograph Letter Signed by the Owner of the General Store in Oak Valley Lewis D. Adkison, Addressed to George R. Bearss from his Hometown of Peru (IN), Talking about the Latest News from the Oak Valley, His Sympathies to the Republican Party, and the Results of the California General Election and the US Presidential Election of 1856. Oak Valley [Yuba Co.]: 14 November 1856.
Gsell, Émile (1838-1879), Attributed to, & Others. Album with 72 Original Albumen Photos of French Colonial Cambodia, Cochinchina and Annam, Showing Angkor Wat (Western Entry Gate, Main Entrance, Central Tower, Library, Cruciform Terrace, Porticos, Inner Galleries), Angkor Thom (Entrance Gates, Bayon Temple, Phimeanakas Temple), Phnom Penh (Botanical Garden), Saigon (Chinese Firefighters in Cholon District, River Views, French Gunboats), Po Nagar Temple Tower, the Town of Rach Gia, Villages in Nha Trang and Khanh Hoa Provinces, French Explorers, Cyclists, Vietnamese Cham People, &c. Ca. 1860s-1880s-1890s.
$ 525.00
Collection of Three Watercolours of Simonstown, Cape of Good Hope, South Africa. Ca. 1908.
$ 1250.00
Historically Interesting Album of Sixty-Two Original Photographs (Including Five Large-Size Panoramas) Taken by an American Tourist during an Early Cruise through the Caribbean, Mostly Showing Local Landmarks and Street Scenes from Puerto Rico, Cuba, Colombia, Jamaica, Barbados, Martinique, Trinidad, and Panama; also, with Five Color Printed Postcards, Two Printed Ephemera, and a 1912 Photo of the Pier 54 – the Arrival Point for the Titanic Survivors; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1912.
$ 250.00
Iserts, Paul Erdmann. Bref Om Guinea Kusten Och Caribiske Oarn. [Letters on Danish Guinea and the Caribbean Islands]. Stockholm: Johan A. Carlbohm, 1795.
