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$ 525.00
Original Watercolour of one of the Brazilian Islands of the Martin Vaz Archipelago, Dated and Titled: Ille de la Trinite, Vue le 1er Janvier 1821. January 1, 1821.
$ 2500.00
Interesting Collection of 123 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of French Congo, Showing a Mining Plant and Settlement of “Compagnie Minière du Congo Français” near Mindouli, the Loukouni River and Its Tributaries (Gorge, Waterfalls, Overhanging Cliffs), Native Villages, French Residents and Congolese Workers, the Interior of a Local Infirmary, &c. Ca. 1930s.
$ 750.00
Manuscript Agreement for the Transfer of Government Licenses for Six Coal Locations along Coldwater River in Nicola Valley, British Columbia. 19 December 1903.
$ 950.00
Large Original Photograph Panorama of the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of the Opening of the Buddhist School at the Los Angeles Branch of the Higashi Honganji Temple. Ca. 1940.
$ 1800.00
Ibn Khaldūn (1332-1406) Kitāb al-ʻibar wa-dīwān al-mubtada' wa-al-khabar : fī ayyām al-ʻArab wa-al-ʻAjam wa-al-barbar wa-man ʻāṣarahum min dhawī al-ṣulṭān al-akbar : al-Juz' 7. [i.e. The Book of Lessons and the Collection of Beginnings and Endings: Concerning the Days of the Arabs, the Persians, and the Berbers, and those who lived alongside them among the rulers of great power] Part 1 [and all published] Cairo: Bulaq Press, 1858.
$ 1500.00
Karaçelebizade, Abdülaziz Efendi (1591-1658). Ravzat ül-ebrar [The Garden of Piety]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1248 H. [1832].
$ 1500.00
Ahmed Vâsıf Efendi (1740-1806). Mehâsin ül-âsâr ve hakâyîk ül-ahbar. [i.e. The beauties of relics and the truths of narratives]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ. 1830.
$ 2250.00
Derviş Mehmed Zıllî , or Evliyâ Çelebi (1611-1681) Müntahabât-ı Evliya Çelebi [i. e. Selections from Evliya Çelebi]. Cairo: Bulaq Press, 1848.
Castéra, Jean Henri (1749-1838) & Argyropolous Iakovos [transl.] (1776-1850). İcmal-i eva'il-i ahval-i devlet-i Rusiya [or] Katerina Tarihi [General Overview of the History of the Russian Empire [or] The History of Catherine]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1246 H. [1830].
$ 3500.00
İbrahim Hakkı, Erzurumlu (1703–1780). Maʿrifetnâme [i.e. The Book of Gnosis]. Cairo: Bulaq Press, 1841.
$ 1500.00
Halid Al-Bagdadi, Mawlana Ziyaeddin (1779-1826). Tercüme-yi Risale-yi Halidiye [Translation of Halidi Order Letters]. Cairo: Bulaq Typ., 1262 H. [1846].
$ 2500.00
Besim, Rüstem (translator). Seyâhatnâme tercümesi; Tercüme-i Rufaa Bey seyâhatnâmesi [The travelogue of Rifa'a Bey]. Cairo: Bulaq Press, 1839.
$ 2500.00
Album with Eighty Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Bulgaria, Showing Sofia, Varna, Sts. Constantin and Helena Resort, Veliko Tarnovo, Tryavna, Plovdiv, Stanimaka (Asenovgrad), Peshtera, Karlovo, Shipka, the Monastery of St. John of Rila, Portraits of Bulgarian Peasants Reaping Wheat, Harvesting and Sorting Grapes and Tobacco, Plucking Rose Petals, &c., Titled: Aussehenen der bemerkenswerte Städte und Buhnen aus Bulgarien. Photos von Dim. W. Katzeff. Sofia. Ca. 1920s.
Colquhoun, Archibald Ross (1848-1914). Autograph Letter Signed "Archie Colquh[oun]" to Mrs MacGregor and Discussing Work on his Book "Across Chrysê: Being the Narrative of a Journey of Exploration through the South China Border Lands, from Canton to Mandalay" (London, 1883). Edinburgh: 11, St. Bernard Court, 19 November 1882.
$ 4500.00
[Baegert, Johann Jakob] (1717-1772). Nachrichten von der Amerikanischen Halbinsel Californien: mit einem zweyfachen Anhang falscher Nachrichten. Geschrieben von einem Priester der Gesellschaft Jesu, welcher lang darinn diese letztere Jahr gelebet hat. [News from the American Peninsula California..,] Mannheim: Churfürstl. Hof- und Academie-Buchdruckerey, 1773.
$ 4500.00
Vladimirov, Mikhail Mikhailovich. Russkiy Sriedi Amerikantsev. Moi Lichnye Vpechatlieniya kak Tokarya, Chernorabochego, Plotnika i Puteshestvennika [A Russian Amongst the Americans. My Personal Recollections as a Turner, Labourer, Carpenter and Traveller]. Saint Petersburg: Typ. of T-vo “Obshchestvennaya Polza,” 1877.
$ 1250.00
Collection of 96 Albumen Photographs of California, Showing Monterey (Hotel Del Monte, St. Junípero Serra Statue, Coasts), Santa Catalina Island (Catalina Harbour, Little Harbour, Hotel Metropole), Riverside (Magnolia Avenue, Orange Packers and Grove), San Leandro (“Hotel San Leandro,” “Central Grocery,” Street Scenes), etc. Ca. 1890s.
$ 525.00
Cook, Myra; Lamb, Herman Dwight (1823-1900). Original Autograph Letter Signed by Myra Cook and Herman Dwight Lamb of Big Oak Flat, Tuolumme County, California, Talking About Weather Conditions Over Christmas Holidays, Extended Family, and the Knowles & Maxim Publishing Company. Big Oak Flat, [Tuolumme County, CA], 26 January 1884.
Album with Eighty-Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs Taken by an American Tourist at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition, Showing the Now-Dismantled Palaces, International Pavilions, Arches, Towers, etc.; titled: Photographs. Ca. 1915.
$ 1500.00
Historically Interesting Extensive Collection of 167 Loose Original Gelatin Silver Photographs from the Archive of a California-based Black Family, Documenting Family Gatherings, Weddings, Holidays, Various Activities (Including Attending Football Games and Sulphur Springs), Exhibiting at Farmer’s Market, as well as Photos of their Relatives and Friends in Memphis, TN, and Chicago with Captions. Oakland, Los Angeles, San Francisco: ca. 1943-1953.
$ 750.00
Houten, Chas V. Two Original Private Letters Written by a Pioneer of Barker House (Modern-day Woodleaf, California) to His “Guiding Star” and “Dearest” Girlfriend Back Home in Sunbury (Ohio), Talking About His Failing Business, the Influx of Migrants From the East, and the Most Popular Trail to California via the Great Plains; Also Passionately Writing, “There Is Not One Hour, That Passes, but My Heart Is With You”. Barker House (California): 23 July & 10 October 1853.
Garabedian, Simon S. (1873–1931). Original Autograph Letter Signed by an Early Armenian Immigrant in Boston Simon S. Garabedian to His Armenian Friend Nazereth Chordigian in Fresno, California. Boston, 25 August 1911.
$ 950.00
Album with 142 Gelatin Silver Photographs of California, Showing Local Bridges (Including the Newly Built San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridges, the Original Fruitvale and the Bay Farm Island Bridges, the Diamond Canyon Bridge, etc.), Missions (Santa Barbara, San Gabriel, San Juan Capistrano, and Carmel), Schooners (Old Ironsides, Owl, Lottie Bennett), as well as the 1939-1940 Golden Gate International Exposition (“The Tower of the Sun,” the “Pacifica” Statue, the Chinese Village, Pool of the Nation, Court of the Moon, etc.); also with the Photographs of the Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks in Wyoming. Ca. 1930s-1940s.
Historically Significant Collection of Over Eighty Pieces of Ephemera from West Coast Asian American Businesses, Including Advertisements, Letterhead Invoices, Retail Receipts and Typescripts of Different Chinese and Japanese Entrepreneurs in San Francisco, Seattle and Marysville. 1913, ca. 1930s-1940s.
$ 750.00
Whiting, Jasper S.; [Ives, Joseph Christmas] (1829-1868). Autograph Note Signed by an American Engineer and Surveyor of Lower California and Sonora, Talking about Him Joining Lt. Ives’ Exploratory Expedition to the Colorado River. San Francisco: 22 October [1857].
$ 750.00
Collection of 44 Gelatin Silver Photographs of California, with Rare, Early Photos of the Del Monte Training Camp in Monterey, San Francisco, Oakland, and Grass Valley. Ca. 1927.
$ 2250.00
[Scamell, Joseph William] (1874-1955). Interesting Private Archive of Four Original Documents and Four Original Gelatin Silver Photographs from the Estate of a California Pharmacist and Doctor, Joseph William Scamell, Referring to his Practice in San Francisco, Santa Rosa and Marysville, Montana. Ca. 1890s-1900s.
Early Billhead of California Pioneer Bookseller, A. Roman & Co, Returning an “Imperfect” Copy of Webster’s Dictionary to G & C Merriam; With Merriam’s Note About Sending the Book to the Company’s Binder and Future Mayor of Cambridge MA, Henry Houghton. San Francisco, 29 October 1867.
$ 425.00
Crocker, Anna Louis (ca. 1867-1957). Historically Interesting Original Autograph Letter Written by a Wealthy Music Teacher from Maroa, Illinois, Describing her Vacation in Los Angeles, Redlands, and Oak Green, Including Staying at the “Hotel Lincoln” in LA, Singing in a Presbyterian Organ Recital, and Participating at a Local Thimble Party. Los Angeles: 8 April 1899.
$ 950.00
[Clark, S.M.?]. Original Autograph Letter Written by a Gold Miner in the Garden Valley (El Dorado County), Talking about His Sea Voyage, Being Fed with “Hard Bread & Stinking Meat,” Gold Mining in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Tree Cutting, Plans to Take a “Job of Fluming to Carry Water from one Hill to Another,” California Climate, Liberal Public Attitude to Sundays, and Mentioning: “I have never Found that Large Nuget of Gold you Told me to Send you, but I Expect to Soon”]. Garden Valley, 17 April 185[8 or 9?].
$ 525.00
Kolloch, M.H. Historically Important Original Autograph Manuscript Letter Written by M. H. Kolloch on His Way From Fairplay (Colorado Territory) To Paradise Valley (Arizona Territory), Bragging About His Discovery of the North Extension of the “Richest Mine” in the Now-abandoned Settlement of Brownsville (California), Enthusiastically Reporting on a Two-feet-Wide Ledge Stuffed With Free Gold, and Writing That He Needs To Build 200 Feet of Road Leading to the Mine. Fairplay, California: 14 October 1866.
$ 950.00
Original Autograph Letter Written by a San Jose Resident to His Brother, Professor of Music in Hamilton, Ontario (C.W.), Giving Detailed Advice for his Brothers’ “Quickest Route” to California, Suggesting to Cross the Isthmus of Central America at San Juan (Nicaragua) or Panama, the Best Place to Stay in San Francisco, as Well as Underlining the Importance of a Thorough Knowledge of English to Find a Job in California. San Jose (California), 12 April 1854.
$ 1250.00
Historically Important Content-Rich Letter by a Pioneer California Gold Miner, Writing to his “Dear Mother” about Reduced Wages for Miners, Increasing Emigration, Opportunities for Easy Money, and High Provision Costs; also Mentioning Yuba River Mining Expeditions and his Recent Profitable Sale. Sacramento: 21 August 1852.
$ 950.00
Historically Important Album with 104 Original Gelatin Silver Photos and Real Photo Postcards of California, Showing the Town of Hobart Mills (non-Existent since 1938), Prosser Creek, Independence Lake, Tahoe Lake, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Gabriel Mission, Life Savers at Long Beach, &c. Ca. 1900s.
$ 750.00
Langford, Benjamin (Ca. 1827-1904); Beatty, Addison (Ca. 1822-1903). Original Handwritten, Signed, and Notary Certified Deed of the Sale of Langford and Beatty Ranch Along the North Bank of the Mokelumne River (Now Ghosted Town of Elliot) from Benjamin Langford to Addison Beatty on 9 November 1853]. Moquellemne (Mokelumne) River: 9 November 1853.
$ 950.00
Collection of Twenty-Eight Original Gelatin Silver Photographs, Showing the Devastating Aftermath of the 1933 Earthquake in Long Beach, Compton, and San Pedro. Titled: Photographs. 1933.
$ 850.00
Collection of 19 Real Photo Postcards of the Aftermath of the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake, Showing Long Beach (First Presbyterian Church, Destroyed Storefronts, Sailors Assisting with Recovery, etc.) and Compton (Recovery Efforts, “Ruins of Ray’s Famous Dancing Hall,” Debris on Main Street, etc.). Ca. 1933.
$ 2250.00
Album with One Hundred Original Vernacular Gelatin Silver Photographs of California, Showing Los Angeles and Environs (Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, Pasadena, Cawston Ostrich Farm, Deadmans Island near San Pedro, Long Beach), San Francisco (Ferry Building, Market Street, Golden Gate Park, Lands End Park), Portland (Union Railway Station, Streets, Willamette River, Washington Park), Victoria (BC Parliament Buildings, Government Street), Railway Tracks, a Swing Bridge, Port, &c. Ca. 1900.
$ 950.00
Historically Interesting Album with 39 Original Gelatin Silver Photos of Los Angeles and its Environs, Showing the Early Annual Tournament of Roses Parade and Navajo Indians in Pasadena, Rubio Canyon in Altadena, Baldwin’s Ranch in Arcadia, etc.; also with the Photos of a Mexican Woman and Girl Doing Laundry, a Peasant Leading Donkeys Loaded with Wood, and Children Playing in Burro Alley in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Ca. 1902-1903.
$ 950.00
Original Autograph Manuscript Letter by a Fruit Seller in Marysville, CA., Talking about the Crowds of Chinese Immigrants & Native Americans, the General Buzz over Local Elections, High Rental Prices, Teacher Salaries, etc.; also Writing “Every Nation upon the Globe is Represented Here in Cal” and “California Produces all Kinds of Fruits and Nuts”. Marysville: 17 March 1859.
$ 525.00
Harris, William. Historically Interesting Original Letter by William Harris, a San Francisco Entrepreneur, Urging his Business Associate Harriett Stone to Immediately Foreclose and Divide the Former Mexican Land Grant Rancho Sisquoc in Santa Barbara County, California. San Francisco: 6 June 1891.
$ 1200.00
Avalos Susana, Elizalde (ca. 1821-1901). Historically Interesting Original Letter from a Mexican Woman Desperately Seeking Her Lost Family in California. Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico: 20 March 1877.
$ 950.00
Album with 63 Original Gelatin Silver Photographs of California Franciscan Missions, Titled: California’s Richest Heritage – Her Franciscan Missions. Ca. 1933-1935.
$ 950.00
Anthony, E. M. (ca. 1826-?). An 1856 Legal Order to Arrest "Sailor Jim," One of Yreka’s (Siskiyou Co., California) Earliest and Most Ill-Fated Murderers Doomed to Be Hanged Twice. Yreka, Siskiyou County, California: 24 December 1856.
$ 950.00
Historically Interesting Original Letter by Nevada City’s (California) Pioneer, Writing to His Sister Back Home and Talking about Limited Job Opportunities, Striking Disparity in Earnings, and the Widespread Practices of Gambling & Drinking. Nevada City: 12 June 1854.
Historically Interesting Letter by a Miner from Orleans Bar (Orleans), California, Talking about a Visiting Professor from the Smithsonian Society, Getting “One Buck” to a Rifle During a Hunting Trip with an Indian Pal, and Sharing His Recent Mining Accomplishments; Also Recounting the Latest Gossip about Miss Molly Camp Creek Spending Evening with “China Sam!” and Anticipating “To See the Fur Fly From the Celestials Cranium” Because of Another Suitor, Previously Entangled in Charges of Murder and Mayhem. Orleans Bar (Orleans), California: 28 March 1889.
$ 1250.00
Vanmarter, J. (ca. 1826-1908). Historically Significant Autograph Letter by One of the Earliest California Gold Miners Johnson VanMarter, Talking about Future Prospects from His New Land Claim, Miners’ Christmas Meal, the Best Bread in the Area, Purchase of New Rubber Boots, and his Recent Financial Losses; also Mentioning the Sacramento Flood, Water Shortages, and the Hard Work of Miners Compared to Others. California: December 1853.
$ 525.00
Ware, Joel (ca. 1833-1902). Historically Interesting Original Letter Signed by Joel Ware, a Young Sacramento Pioneer and Future Founder of Oregon’s “People’s Press” Newspaper, to His Brother in Damascus, Ohio, Crying over his Hopeless Love for “Sib” and Urging his Brother to Pursue his Chances with her. Sacramento: 1852-1857.
$ 1250.00
Murray, John Sutherland (1818-1882); Moore, Henry M. Original Autograph Letter Signed from Moores Flat (a Gold Mining Town Later Abandoned in the Early 20th Century), Written by a California Forty-Niner and Talking about the Construction of a “Store-Room” in the General Store or the Hotel of Town Founder H.M. Moore, Successful Gold Mining, When “an Ounce of Beautiful Gold” was Obtained after an Hour Washing “under Disadvantageous Circumstances,” Nevada County Pioneer and Gold Miner James Weaver, &c. Moores Flat (Nevada Co.): 1 January 1854.
$ 950.00
Henry, H.O. Early California Autograph Letter Signed by one H. O. Henry from Sacramento, Talking About the Failing Settlement of Sutterville, Real Estate in El Dorado County, etc. Sacramento, 9 June 1853.
