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$ 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
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.
$ 525.00
Elegant Grisaille Watercolour Showing Columbus Landing in America with the Explorer Encouraging his Party to go Forward, and a Group of Native Americans and a Spanish Ship in the Background. Early 19th century.
$ 750.00
[Wetmore, William Shepard] (1801-1862). Four Autograph Signed Letters to William Wetmore from His Business Partners Regarding Market Conditions and Wetmore’s Business Affairs in South America and New York. Valparaiso, Cadiz and New York, 1832-1837.
$ 750.00
Historically Interesting Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by a Trailblazing Stockman of Bent County, Colorado, Offering a Prospective Buyer to Purchase his Ranch in West Las Animas for $35,000 and Urging Him To Consider the Acquisition with Haste “As Some Parties Are Negotiating for the Property.” West Las Animas, Colorado: 21 August 1878
$ 650.00
Barker, Leverett N. (1834-1930). Autograph Letter Signed by the Owner of a Jewellery Store in Eddyville, Iowa, to His Brother in Oriskany Falls, New York, Talking About his New Shop, the Construction of a Railroad Planned to Reach Eddyville, and a Description of the Recent Pike’s Peak Gold Rush.
Eddyville [Iowa]: 25 January 1859.
$ 375.00
Cancellieri, Girolamo Francesco (1751-1826). Dissertazioni Epistolari Bibliografiche di Francesco Cancellieri sopra Cristoforo Colombo di Cvccaro nel Monferrato Discopritore dell' America e Giovanni Gersen ... Al ... Cavaliere Gianfrancesco Galeani Napione. [Bibliographical Dissertations and Correspondence by Francesco Cancellieri About Christopher Columbus]. Roma: Francesco Bovrlie, 1809.
Historically Important Album with ca. 236 Gelatin Silver Photographs (Including One Real Photo Postcard), Illustrating an Early Trip from New York to the West Coast and Showing San Francisco Post-1906 Earthquake (City Hall, Golden Gate Park, the Ferry Building, Call Building, Market & Sutter Streets (with Signs (“O’Brien Company,” “Hotel,” “Dentist.”), Damaged Structures, etc.); also, with the Photos of Trains and Old Ashland Passenger Depot in Oregon, Travelers in Colorado Springs, etc. Ca. 1906-1911.
$ 1250.00
West, Isaac E., Attorney at Law (1838-1900) & “Laughing Sam” (Hartman, Samuel S.). Autograph Letter Signed Regarding the Defense of Dakota Outlaw “Laughing Sam” (Samuel S. Hartman), and Mentioning the New Governor of the Dakota Territory William A. Howard, the First State’s Attorney of the Lawrence County A.J. Flanner, and Yankton’s Store Owner and Public Figure A.W. Lavender. Yankton, D[akota]. T[erritory]: 25 April 1878.
$ 750.00
An Interesting Original Autograph Letter Written by a Pioneer Cowboy of Custer County (Dakota Territory) Working at the Short-Lived “Union Cattle Co.” to “Dear Mother” Back in the East, He Brags about the Company as the Largest Cattle Outfit (125,000 Head) in the American West, Urging His Hometown Friend to Immediately Move to Dakota Territory, and Talking about One of the Biggest Roundups Ever Conducted in the State; Also Delivering the Latest News about His Hard Work at the Newly-Established S&G Ranch (the Present-Day Town of Dewey) and Commenting on the Massive Wave of Migration to the West.
S.&G. Ranch [near Custer City, Dakota Territory], 12 May 1884.
$ 7500.00
Beecher Stowe, H. Khizhina diadi Toma, ili Zhizn’ negrov v nevol’nich’ikh shtatakh Severnoi Ameriki [i.e. Uncle Tom’s Cabin, or Black Life in Slave States of North America]. Moscow: V tipografii Katkova i Ko, 1857.
$ 1250.00
Album with 106 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of the USCGC Eastwind’s Annual Summer Cruise to Greenland (Thule Air Force Base, Cape Etoh, Grondal, and Godthab) Showing American & Canadian Vessels (USS Glynn, USCGC Westwind, and Labrador), Prominent Arctic Explorer Donald Macmillan, a Helicopter Crash Landing on the Ice, “Frog Men” Preparing for Underwater Dynamiting, Local Eskimos Posing with the Captain Rhanke, etc.; Also with the Images of Sailors Meeting Danish Admiral on the Fourth of July, Having a Beer Party, and Celebrating the Initiation Ceremony in Costumes. Ca. 1950s.
$ 750.00
Rice, Roger C.Album of 11 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Showing the Territory of Hawaii in 1915, Including ‘Iolani Palace, Ali‘iolani Hale, Kawaiaha‘o Church, St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Hawaii State Library, Waikiki Beach, Nu‘uanu Pali, Moanalua Gardens, a “Typical Native Home,” and “the University Club”. Ca. 1915.
$ 750.00
Album of Over 280 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Taken by an American Soldier During His Service in the US Army Hawaiian Division, with Interesting Photos of Schofield Barracks and Soldiers, Oahu Island and Hawaii Volcanos National Park. Hawaii: Ca. 1920-1930s.
$ 950.00
Vansant, K.L., U.S.S. “New Mexico”. Attractive Keepsake Album with Sixty-Seven Gelatin Silver Studio Photos and Real Photo Postcards, and One Piece of Printed Ephemera, Compiled by a Sailor from U.S.S. “New Mexico” during the US Fleet Exercise at Hawaii and its Good-will Tour to South Pacific, Australia and New Zealand in April-October 1925; the Album is Titled: U.S.S. New Mexico. In Remembrance of Maneuvres at Hawaii – Australia – New Zealand, 1925. Ca. 1925.
$ 1250.00
Album of ca. 117 Gelatin Silver Photographs of the Philippines (Leyte-Samar Naval Base, Manilla National Post Office, Guiuan Church, Manicani-Barrio School, and Portraits of Filipino Locals and US Sailors), Qingdao (St. Michael’s Cathedral, Zhanshan Temple, Kiautschou Governor’s Hall), Honolulu (Waikiki Beach, Royal Hawaiian Hotel, Waikiki Natatorium War Memorial), and US Naval Ships in the Pacific (USS Topeka, USS Logan, USS Leary). Ca. 1944-1949.
$ 5250.00
Vysheslavtsev, A.V. Ocherki Perom i Karandashom iz Krugosvetnogo Plavaniya v 1857, 1858, 1859 i 1860 godakh [i.e. Sketches in Pen and Pencil from the Circumnavigation in 1857, 1858, 1859 and 1860]. St. Petersburg-Moscow: M.O. Wolf, 1867.
$ 525.00
Rickards, Peter (ca. 1843-1918); Rickards, Ellen (ca. 1845-1909). Historically Interesting Letter Written by an Indiana Farmer and His Wife to “Dear Brother and Sister” in Starr’s Point, Oregon, Talking About Suffering from the Food Shortage and Seeking Provisions in Springfield, Illinois, Mentioning the Exceptional Promise of Wheat, Corn, Meadows, and Clover, and Indicating Early Prices of Various Agricultural Commodities, Including Butter, Fresh Beef, Chickens, Turkeys, Irish Potatoes, Bacon, etc. Indiana, 11 June 1876.
$ 750.00
Reiner, Samuel (ca. 1805-1862). Historically Interesting Original Pike’s Peak Gold Rush Letter by Samuel Reiner, a Farmer from Columbus City (Iowa) and State Senator, Talking about Local Folks Rushing to Gold Areas to Escape Economic Crisis, Describing Ox Teams as the Best Mode to Cross the Plains, and Outlining the Ideal Timing & Team Composition for the Journey. Columbus City, Iowa: 4 April 1859.
$ 3250.00
Collection of Two Albums with 248 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs and 144 Real Photo Postcards Showing Japan, Including Tokyo (Ōmori, Ueno Park, Tsukiji, Street Scenes, Portraits of Locals), Hakone Hot Springs, Karuizawa, Mt. Asama, Gotemba, Shrines and Temples, Countryside Views, Portraits of Geisha, etc. Ca. 1919-1920.
$ 950.00
Way, Richard Quarterman (1819-1895); Mitsukuri, Genpo (1799-1863). [Japanese Woodblock Printed Book, Titled:] Chikyu Setsuryaku. [An Account of the World]. Tokyo: Rokokan Zoshi, ca. Meiji 4 [1871].
$ 6500.00
[Stephens, George John Frederick] (1873-1966). Historically Significant Extensive Archive of an Early Klondike Gold Miner and Enthusiast Photographer, George Stephens; the Archive includes Over 220 Original Gelatin Silver Photos and Twenty-Six Amateur Real Photo Postcards, Showing the Site, Premises and Operations on the No. 11 Mining Camp on Eureka Creek (where Stephens was a Partner), His Business Partner and Klondike Pioneer Charles Fraser Hill and Fellow Miners (Martin Pekoe, John Martin, Geo. A. Philbrook, Albert McDonald, Ove Knudsen, Jonas Smith, Gus Wikstrom, Edward Lund and Many Others); Other Mining Camps in the Klondike Goldfields and Surrounding Scenery, Klondike Mines Railway, Dawson City, the Town of Grand Forks (Demolished in 1921), Indian River Bridge, Fishing and Hunting Scenes, &c.; With Two Business Cards of Charles Hill, Period Newspaper Clippings and Ephemera. Ca. 1900s. – early 1920s.
