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Americana - Cartography Travel & Exploration
1:00 PM PT - Nov 5th, 2009

offered by
PBA Galleries

133 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
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326 Items

Lot Description Estimates
(USD)
1 Lot 1

Ansel Adams - Taos Pueblo - 1 of 950 copies-sgnd
Title: Taos Pueblo
Author: Austin, Mary and...

1,500
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2,500
2 Lot 2

John Quincy Adams clipped signature
Title: Clipped signature
Author: Adams, Joh...

150
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250
3 Lot 3

Memory book signed by Jane Addams of Hull House
Title: Her Garden of Thoughts
Author: Field...

200
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300
4 Lot 4

promissory note/loan agreement filled out in ink
Title: Printed promissory note/loan agreement filled ...

150
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250
5 Lot 5

Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society
Title: Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Societ...

100
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150
6 Lot 6

26 vols from the WPA American Guide series, djs
Title: Twenty-six volumes from the WPA American Guide...

300
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500
7 Lot 7

Barclay's Apology Philadelphia 1789
Title: An Apology for the True Christian Divinity: Be...

150
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250
8 Lot 8

8 titles from The American Trails Series
Title: Eight titles from The American Trails Series

150
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250
9 Lot 9

Arizona convention for statehood 1910
Title: Minutes of The Constitutional Convention of th...

100
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150
10 Lot 10

MS. of Harold Arlen's Over the Rainbow score
Title: "Over the Rainbow" - signed manuscript of musi...

6,000
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9,000
11 Lot 11

Poster for autor race at L.A. Coliseum 1946
Title: Poster for the first post-WWII auto race at th...

300
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500
12 Lot 12

Album of political autographs
Title: Autograph album containing signatures of Rober...

500
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800
13 Lot 13

Four autographs - Helen Keller and Others
Title: Autographs of Helen Keller, Ely Culbertson, Ma...

300
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500
14 Lot 14

Baldwin's Black Hills 1904
Title: The Black Hills Illustrated: A Terse Descripti...

700
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1,000
15 Lot 15

Censor Echoes, Or Words That Burned 1882
Title: Censor Echoes, Or Words That Burned
Auth...

200
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300
16 Lot 16

J.H. Beadle Life in Utah 1870
Title: Life in Utah; or, the Mysteries and Crimes of ...

150
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250
17 Lot 17

Western Wilds, and the Men Who Redeem Them
Title: Western Wilds, and the Men Who Redeem Them. An...

150
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250
18 Lot 18

F.W. Beechey's California Voyage Grabhorn Press
Title: An Account of a Visit to California 1826-'27

200
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300
19 Lot 19

A Notable Libel Case
Title: A Notable Libel Case: The Criminal Prosecution...

150
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250
20 Lot 20

Signature "W.H. Bonney" with salutation and date
Title: Signature "W.H. Bonney" with salutation and da...

10,000
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15,000
21 Lot 21

Souvenir of Amelia Bingham Stock Co. 1901-02
Title: Souvenir of the Amelia Bingham Stock Company i...

200
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300
22 Lot 22

26 limited editions published by Biobooks
Title: Twenty-six volumes of Western Americana publis...

700
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1,000
23 Lot 23

photos of the office Blue Lake Advocate newspaper
Title: Four mounted photographs of the Blue Lake Advo...

400
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600
24 Lot 24

Anza's California Expeditions
Title: Anza's California Expeditions
Author:

300
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500
25 Lot 25

Three copies of 1766 Boston Gazette in folder
Title: Three Original Copies of the Newspaper that Fa...

500
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800
26 Lot 26

Braman's Information about Texas 1858
Title: Braman's Information about Texas. Carefully Pr...

300
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500
27 Lot 27

Brayton captive of Indians
Title: The Indian Captive. A Narrative of the Adventu...

1,500
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2,500
28 Lot 28

New America & the Far East 73 issues, photos, etc
Title: The New America and the Far East: A Picturesqu...

200
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300
29 Lot 29

Pearl Buck comencement address with ms. notes
Title: Typed commencement address at Howard Universit...

3,000
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5,000
30 Lot 30

History of San Luis Obispo County, California
Title: History of San Luis Obispo County, California,...

1,000
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1,500
31 Lot 31

Photos of Construction of Carquinez Bridge 1927
Title: Twenty-two silver photographs of the construct...

200
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300
32 Lot 32

Fireman's Fund County Atlas of California
Title: County Atlas of California, Showing All Towns,...

200
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300
33 Lot 33

"Monarch" Souvenir of Midwinter Fair 15 parts
Title: The "Monarch" Souvenir: Sunset City and Sunset...

800
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1,200
34 Lot 34

2 books on art of the California Missions
Title: Two volumes on the artwork of California Missi...

150
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250
35 Lot 35

18 books about Monterey, California
Title: Eighteen titles about Monterey, California
...

150
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250
36 Lot 36

Atlas Map of Alameda County
Title: Official and Historical Atlas Map of Alameda C...

400
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700
37 Lot 37

Real estate auction of land in Oakland
Title: Broadside advertising a real estate auction of...

800
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1,200
38 Lot 38

4th of July Celebration San Francisco 1895
Title: Official Programme 1776-1895: 4th of July Cele...

200
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300
39 Lot 39

16 titles on the Sierra Nevada
Title: Sixteen titles on the Sierra Nevada
Auth...

150
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250
40 Lot 40

Trial of David S. Terry by Vigilance Committee SF
Title: Trial of David S. Terry by the Committee of Vi...

400
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700
41 Lot 41

The Vineyards and Wine Cellars of California
Title: The Vineyards and Wine Cellars of California

200
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300
42 Lot 42

2 volumes from the Talisman Press
Title: Two volumes of California History published by...

150
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250
43 Lot 43

Drawings of California in the 19th Century
Title: Five volumes on California in the 19th Century...

300
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500
44 Lot 44

8 fine press volumes on California's history
Title: Eight volumes of California's history from var...

150
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250
45 Lot 45

Book Club of California Travel Books
Title: Ten volumes on travel to and within California...

300
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500
46 Lot 46

14 fine press books on California & the West
Title: Fourteen volumes on California from various fi...

200
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300
47 Lot 47

29 books on California, history, etc.
Title: 29 titles about California
Author: *...

200
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300
48 Lot 48

42 cartes-de-visite, most of Confederate Generals
Title: Album containing 42 cartes-de-visite, of Confe...

1,000
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1,500
49 Lot 49

The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government
Title: The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Governmen...

300
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500
50 Lot 50

Jefferson Davis' message in the New York Herald
Title: Jefferson Davis comments on the Emancipation P...

100
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150
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