2024 May Timed Auction

Monarch Cycle Manufacturing Co., Chicago, Ill., letter with illustration of lion inside a bicycle wheel logo on both letterhead and cover, c1897. Plea

Indiana State Automobile Insurance Assn. member medallion. Issued to Harry A Davis, mounted on shield shaped walnut. 7.5x6.25". Indiana In...

Ford brochure advertising 50 years of progress in 1946, a 1957 edition of Popular Mechanics with the new Edsel on the cover. In good condition. Pleas

Document filed by The Franklin Automobile Company to do business in the state of Montana. In good condition. See photos for more details. Montana

Lot of 2. One is from the State of New York Department of Law and the other is a law firm in New York. Both are related to inquiries about the America

2 intact 1954 NYC bus passes for the blind booklets. New York Salvatore Falcone Collection

A collection of 24 vintage advertising postcards of automobiles, auto dealerships, c1930s-60s. Novelty machine. Please see photo(s) for more details.

About 20 state vintage window decals, 3x4", Mass., Virginia, Utah, Nevada etc.

(12) Books in Volume XX and XXI of "The Journal of the Society of Automotive Engineers" 1925-1927, Transportation Meeting Number.

International Speed Truck parts catalog-water mold spots and stains, dogears.International S24 operator manual-no cover, back has mold stain. 1950 Bui

Nicely illustrated factory catalogs for the Maserati buff.

A. Schrader's Son, Inc., Brooklyn, NY, manufactured tire pressure gauge, engraved, "PAT'D JULY 6:09-MARCH 28:16 OTHER PAT'S PENDING...

A 1908 brass Sireno Company, New York, operating switch with foot and mounting bracket, most likely was wired to a siren for a vehicle, which the comp

c. 1928-30 issues of Society of Automotive Engineers journals. If you own a car from this era this is a great addition to your library. 40 lbs.

1899 League of American Wheelman Report and Good Roads. Interesting ads and vintage bicycle photos. Light vertical crease.

Atlas of North America, History of Rectangular Survey System, Primer of Navigation and more. All are in very nice condition. Please see photos for mo

1987 Elko caricature map, 22x32". Fine condition. Elko Nevada

Maps-1959 76 Union, 1951 Nevada Highways. Books-1944 Seen About Town by Hymer's, 1921 Reno by Stratton, Reno Reveries by Curtis, Reno by Clifton...

6 older Nevada maps, sizes vary. 2x The Century Atlas, Nevada and Utah 1897-1 has bottom chip. 2x Unmarked maker. World Atlas and Gazetteer. Nevada

Early folding map of Monrovia, CA. Perhaps c. 1920's? 32x24.5". Monrovia California

About 30 old California topo maps mounted on canvas for field use. Bucks Lake, Forbestown, La Porte, Clipper Mills etc, see photo. California

1846 hand colored litho map of Iowa by Carey & Hart. 17x14". Iowa

Undated double truck map of Oklahoma and Indian Territories by George F Cram. 14.5x22".Lower left wrinkle. Oklahoma

A collection of 20 antique maps of different countries of the world, c1903-5. Published by The Americana Company and Rand McNally & Co. Please s...

About 20 c. 1930's maps of various sizes. US, Asia, Central America, Europe, Near East, world, Nevada etc. Nice condition overall.

(2) California State Series Advanced Geography school textbooks, Sacramento, California, 1893.

Mills College of Oakland California yearbook from 1929. Famous alumni include Academy Award winning actress Olivia de Havilland (Although she would at

Pasadena Junior College 1934 and 1935 yearbooks. From the estate of Tim Holabird who once held the record for situps and pushups. Blue 1935 has partia

Pasadena High School spirit badges and cloth pennants. Several to choose from. Show your school spirit (Even if you don't go to this particular ...

Whittier High School yearbook from 1927. Future president Richard Nixon was a student here as a member of the Class of 1930. The book is in nice condi

Marlborough School, Los Angeles girls private middle & high school, English course completion diploma, with Greek vignette, issued to Leila Eliz...

Graduation diplomas from three institutions, including the University of Montana, University of California and Yale University. Two are board mounted,

Hand written diploma from University of Rochester, New York on possibly parchment. For science, literature and modern languages. About 17x20", ...

1899 Hollister School report card, 1896 VC Grammar School commencement programme. Virginia City Nevada

2 1924 Nevada yearbooks, Churchill County HS, Re Wa Ne from Reno HS. Nevada

2 c. 1908 Montana School for the Deaf and Blind publications. The Rocky Mountain Leader, 14pp with detached cover, crease and stains. Thirteenth Annua

The Whales Story:Passages from the Life of a Leviathan with attractive binding. Undated but inscribed Xmas 74(1874). 6 whale engravings. Spine is spli

Hardcover, 1961 with jacket(small spine tear). Dooley was an American doctor who worked in Southeast Asia near the beginning the Vietnam War. 275pp.

1910 first edition, The Emerald City of Oz by L Frank Bloom. Binding has issues, several front inscriptions. Sold as is, please inspect.

1979 The Barbary Coast by Wolf, 1937 Burton of Arabia, The Life Story of Sir Richard Francis Burton by Dearden. Africa

Two excerpts from the book, The Rambler, a two-volume set which contains a series of short papers written by English writer Samuel Johnson. Pages incl

Lot of 2 German books that were published in the US for the German-American community. One was published in New York in 1880 and the other was publish

Lot of 6 different books related to Germany. There are two German history books written in English. They are A History of Modern Germany by Hajo Holbo

1942 Ziel Nanga Parbat by Hans Hartmann. Climbing a mountain next to Mt. Everest. 96pp in German. lower right water stain on binding and pages. Ger

Lot of 3 books written in 1863 and 1918, "Little Merchant" by Oliver Optic is a small hardcover book with collectable art on the cover co...

Undated Goldsmith's Poems and Prose Works with a beautiful dual level binding with some wear on corners. Flyleaf, 1 toc page and title page deta...

Lot of 6 famous works and authors mostly with attractive bindings, important works of the 1800's. The Princess by Tennyson, 1878, 170pp, some fo...

Rare 1894 Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, undated Conan Doyle's Best Works, Stories of Sherlock Holmes.

Not Peace But a Sword by Sheean, Flynn of the Inland by Idriess. The Marital Adventures of Henry and Me by White. Vicar of Wakefield and Rasselas by G

7 books from Lord John Press in Northridge. 1986 Rap Master Ronnie by Gary Trudeau. 1981 Apparitions, Poems by Various. 1990 Scenic Route by Bruce Fr

Book by Don Blanding "Vagabond's House" a 1943 edition of a poetry book first published in 1928. Book is in exceedingly good condition...

Rare California and Nevada based, Boys in the Mountains and on the Plains, or the Western Adventures of Tom Smart, Bod Edge and Peter Small by William

Two reports by J.S. Diller, one on the Topography of the Pacific Coast, the other, which is signed by the author Sandstone Dikes. Please see photos f

The Hookworm and Other Troubles, Three after Dinner Speeches by Caruthers Ewing. Page 11 asks what would happen if the owners of the world's wea...

Bus 9 to Paradise and Seven Stories of Christmas Love, both inscribed by author.

1949 The Track of the Cat by Walter T Clark and autographed. 2004 The Oxbow Man, A biography of Walter Van Tilburg Clark by Jackson Benson.

Lot opf 3 Books. A) Born a Foreigner: A Memoir of the American Presence in Asia by Charles T. Cross. Published by Roman and Littlefield, 1999. 280 pag

Sacred Mountains and Scenes by Reverend J T Headley. 1865, 441pp. Several mountain scene plates. Gilted spine.

This hardcover book Wild Animals of the World" by William Bridges with animal portraits is by Mary Baker. 272 pp. and beautifully illustrated ...

4 hardcovers. 2 with attractive bindings. 1) FIRST EDITION, 1887 Lights of Two Centuries: Artists and Sculptures by Edward Everett Hale. 603pp with

7 mostly US biographies. Unholy Alliance by Sekulow and signed by author. Dancing for Diaghilev, The Memoirs of Lydia Sokolova. American Pioneers and

Encyclopedia of American Biography Vol XXI-spine damaged and detached, 1925. Encyclopedia of American Biography Volume XIII 1941. Charles Kingsley Vo

Lot of 3 Books. Natalie Wood by Gavin Lambert 2004, Nothin' But Good Times Ahead by Molly Ivins 1992, The Way Things Ought to Be by Rush Limbaug...

Trow's Manhattan and Bronx Co-partnership and Corporation Directories for 1921, 1922, 1923, 1926, 1927. These comprise 16 shelf inches, and repr...

Three volumes of Whos Who. The first is Pacific Coast, hardbound, 1947, 1084 pages. The second book is 1936 to 1937 WhoÃs Who in America by th...

Hoover's Handbook of American Business, profiles of major US companies. 1997 and 1999 in 3 volumes.

1911 USGC Geology of the Berners Bay Region Alaska by Adolph Knopf. Several USGC bulletins on Alaska. Front board detached, spine detaching. Please i

1958 bound Geology and Ore Deposits of the Jerome Area by Anderson. Maps in back pocket. Jerome Arizona

Bound 1904 Geology and Ore Deposits of the Bisbee Quadrangle by Ransome. 2 maps in back flap. Arizona

Gypsum in California 1952, Geology of California by Reed, Fire in Sierra Nevada Forests by Gruell, Poag's Guide to Shopkeepers and Shootists of ...

17 California geology references by county. Mono 1888, Santa Clara 1954, Contra Costa 1958, Calaveras 1936, Sierra 1942, Stanislas 1947, San Luis Obis

1962 Geologic Guide to the Gas and Oil Fields of Northern California, 1954 Geology of Southern California. California

Hardcover California on Stone by Harry L Peters. 1935 first edition, #72/451. 227pp with index. A great illustrated historical California reference.

20 volumes of publications c. 1918-57 about the geology and production of mercury in California. New Almaden, Mayacamas, Parkfield, economic aspects,

Scarce, Natural Wealth of California by Cronise in excellent condition. 1868, 696pp with index. Info broken down by county, many mining plates, flora,

1885 The Orange: Its Culture in California by Spalding. This was the start of massive orange groves in Southern California. Binding has front wrinkles

Hardcover 1895 Annual Report of the USGS to the Secretary of the Interior, Part II, Papers of an Economic Character, 598pp with index. Softcover 1906

1891 USGS Flora of the Dakota Group by Leo Lesquereux. 400pp withindex and many flora plates. Binding has wear and spine is separating. Dakotas

1904 University Geological Survey of Kansas. 543pp with index, binding is worn. Kansas

"The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries 1606-1968," by John P. Snyder, first edition, Bureau of Geology and Topography, Trenton, N...

Geology of Chama Quadrangle, New Mexico by Muehlberger, Geology and Ore Deposits of Sierra County, New Mexico by Harley. New Mexico

4th edition of Oregon Geographic Names by McArthur. Dust jacket has issues. Oregon

2 USGS books. 27th Annual Report of the Director of the USGS, 1905-06.104pp with foldout maps. Report of the Superintendent of the US Coast and Geodet

1905 7th edition, Epping Forest by Edward North Buxton. Forest management geology, prehistoric man, ancient fauna etc. 179pp with index and foldout ma

A Haslett & Hackley Book of Reference & Field Book and a catalog from The Chapin-Stephens Company Union Factory. Both in nice condition. Ple...

The Genesis of Petroleum and Asphaltum in California by AS Cooper, 1899, 89pp. 2 volumes of Oil, gas and petroleum by WL Watts in Central Valley of Ca

14 small books. Los Angeles, Cabin Plan Book, Bridge, Old West, John Deere Farmers' Pocket Ledger, The Nature of the Beast etc. See photo.

(4) Field Guides: Two Editions of "A Field Guide to the Birds of Britain and Europe" Peterson Mountfort Hollom. "Animal Life in the S...

Seven vintage almanacs: 1) 1875 Hostetter's Illustrated (Pittsburgh, PA); 2) 1882 Ayer's American Almanac (Lowell, Mass.); 3) 1897 Hostetter...

Lot of two: 1) Wright's Pictorial Family Almanac 1893; 25 pages; 5 x 8 inches. 2) Green's Atlas and Diary Almanac for 1881; 34 pages, 7 x 9...

The Book Club of California booklet, Collecting the Works of MFK Fisher. 1988 By Horse, Stage & Packet, The Far West Letters of Joseph Pratt All...

Rare 1934 Grim Journey by Birney, 1950 Fatal Decision by Stookey. Tales of the ill fated Donner Prty. California

1955 Pasadena Community Book by Schoof, embossed boards detaching. 1937 The Golden Book of California. Both with gilted bindings. California

1974 Placer Gold of Colorado 2 volumes, 1975 Colorado on Glass by Mangan, Bibliography and Index of Colorado Geology 1875-1975. 1911 Geology and Ore D

4 hardcovers, The Palimpsest, 1926, 1931, 1957, 1958. First church in Iowa, Hobo Convention, The Fur Trade, The Sioux and more. Iowa Iowa

7 hardcovers with TOC. 1909, 1912-13, 1915-18, 1918-21, 1913-15 spine detached, 1916, 1923-24. Asa Whitney, Missouri earthquakes, Dutch in early Kentu

Gold Dust to Dollars, A History of Federal Tax Admin. in Montana 1864-1993 by IRS. Treasure State Treasury by Skidmore, #894. Montana

Bullhead City by Malach, 1889 Mining Operations in Nevada-no covers, Mark Twain in Virginia City by Twain, WW 2 Aircraft Training Crashes at Tonopah,

Hard & softcover editions of Stan Paher's Nevada Ghost Towns & Mining Camps. One has a 1999 copyright the other, 1970. The softcover has...

1879 Sage Brush Leaves by Mighels-binding separating, water stain on first few pages, 1940 Our State:Nevada by Mack, 1927 Nevada Poems. New Brunswic