"Timeless Treasures" Auction July 2024

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...

This amazing document contains 24 maps from around the United States on "...progress of topographic surveying and primary control.

A very unique folded map of Scandinavia published by Germany pre-WWI. The countries of Sweden, Norway and Finland are shown. VERY detailed. Map measur

Copies of very old California maps, originally c. 1800's-1910. Grass Valley/Nevada City-printed backwards. 2x San Francisco and Adjoining Bays. ...

Map of Lincoln, IL, undated scale, 2" to 1 mile. 17x15". Upper right edge stain.

Undated linen backed Great Falls southeast section township blueprint style map. 15x15". [Great Falls]

1912 Nevada Rand McNally pocket map. Highways, rails Post Offices etc.

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

Published in 1986 for the Exhibition at the National Archives in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the Constitution. A reproduction of a 1783

1949 San Francisco traffic pattern study in binding. Many foldout maps of East Bay and San Francisco. 12.5x15". [San Francisco]

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

Early Rand-McNally Maps for Great Lakes Region (4)_x000D_ 1) Chicago - Railroad Terminal Map- 1895, with inset of downtown and index to railroads (15)

German travel and medieval personalities card books from the 1930s. One appears to be a cigarette insert card group with personalities like Shakespe

Great Los Angelas Swindle! Oil Scam Stocks - Issued 1930, 1931 and 1935 Julian Oil & Royalty stocks. Both browns have CC Julian signatures. Jul...

Adolph Sutro owned Cliff House and this is a rare Sutro and Cliff House tie in. 1893 check to Cliff House signed by Sutro. [San Francisco]

Autographed card, "Joaquin Miller/New York,/Oct 78.". "Cincinnatus Heine Miller, better known by his pen name Joaquin Miller, was an...

Lot of 2 c1902 letters, Scott J Miller and James B Hickman, brother of notorious Mormon Danite Bill Hickman. Scott Miller signature on 1. Utah

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

A softcover 38-page tour booklet of Alaska published in 1930. There is some minor damage. Please see photos for more details.

1980 History of Ballarat by W B Withers about the famous gold camp of Ballarat, 395pp with index, dustjacket and 2 foldout maps.

1963 Geology of the Cerro Gordo Mining District by USGS. Inyo county. Mines, pocket maps, petrography and more. Hardbound. [Inyo county]

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1906 Complete Story of the San Francisco Earthquake by Everett-binding in poor condition. 2006 History Magazine, The Complete History of the San Franc

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...

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

Hardcovers. Minerals of California Bulletin 113 by State Division of Mines, Minerals of California Centennial Volume 1866-1966 Bulletin 189 by Divisio

1981 The Little Mule Story by Arata-signed by author, 1969 Greenwater by Weight, 1952 Calico Ghost Town, 1976 Mines of the Mojave by Miller, From this

1944 Richmond Shipyards-production during WW 2, and also the beginning of the Kaiser Health Plan, 38pp. 1954 Mare Island Centennial souvenir program,

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

Group of a dozen Colorado history books, in good condition: "Place Names in Colorado," by J. Frank Dawson, paperback booklet, self publis...

Among the Rockies by W H Jackson. 95pp, c. 1905. Towns, people, rivers etc. Detached from cover, some lower right staining on the first few pages. Ple

Two publications, include Impressed In Time, (Hardcover tattered dust jacket) a compilation of antique bottle collecting in Colorado. Also included is

Bound 1926 Mining in Colorado by Charles Henderson, USGS. Large foldout map in back flap. 263pp with index. History of mining, production and developm

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

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

Boston Directory for the Year 1855, Boston, published by George Adams, 1855. 412 pages plus abs very good to fine condition, re-binding is fine, chipp

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

Collection of 13 auction catalogs from Montana, one from 1974, others dated 1994-2013, mostly from C.M. Russell, Great Falls, MT auctions.

1915 rebound Some Mining Districts in Northeastern California and Northwestern Nevada by USGS, 1964 Geology and Deposits of Humboldt County, Nevada by

3 ex Nevada library books.Ex Miners' Union Library 1881, Oldbury by Annie Keary-pencil writing on title page, cover has wear, broken lower spine...

7 volumes of Nevada Historical Society Papers. 1907-08, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1913-16, 1917-20, 1921-22, 1923-24, 1925-26.

Nevada Historical Society Reports, 1909-10, 1911-12, 1913-16.

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,

Placer Mining in Nevada, Nevada's Metal and Mineral Production, Placer Gold Deposits of Nevada, 1964 Mineral and Water Resources of Nevada, Neva...

1984 The Newspapers of Nevada, A History and Bibliography 1854-1979. 1981 Nevada Printing History by Robert Armstrong.

"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]

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

Doggett’s New York City Directory for 1849-1850, John Doggett, Jr. & Co. New York 468 pages plus advertisements. Rear cover board is loos...

This is Volume I, Number I of the quarterly publication, DAIS/Drugs and Toiletries, published by Weil, McGinniss & Sloan, Inc., in New York, New...

Converting the Sharia Desert into a Sea! French engineers plan to flood the Sahara with water from the Mediterranean! [New York]

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

Gopsill’s Philadelphia Business Directory for 1877, published by James Gopsill, Philadelphia, 1877. Reinforced binding. 457 pages.

The Record 1956-66, 1967-70, Columbia River Power for the People-dams, wartime production and river photos. The Dam by Morgan-great construction photo

"South Pass 1868, James Chisholm's Journal of the Wyoming Gold Rush." Introduced and edited by Lola M. Homsher, director, Wyoming Stat...

Lot of 6 hardcover collector series book by The Smithsonian, Oriental Rugs, Furniture, Needlework, Pottery. Clocks. Miniatures. 1981 edition with lots

Nice group of 23 collectibles books. Art of the Old West. Collectible Advertising. Persuasive Images. Fountain Pens. Oak Furniture. 2xAmericana. Flapp

2 Volumes King's Daughters and Founding Mothers: The Filles du Roi, 1663-1673. Published 2001.Colonization of the Americas was exploding but Fr...

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.

Published in the U.S. 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

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

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...

3 hardcovers. Asia Vol II 1884, illustrations, color map, the Tea Trade etc., 492pp with index. Europe Vol II, illustrations and color maps of major c

5 Hardcovers with attractive bindings. While not a complete set has classics Great Expectations, Nicholas Nickleby, A Tale of Two Cities, The Pickwick

1854 Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins by R. S. who is actually Robert Paltock, 1697-1767. Boards separating, some foxing, matching tape over spine

F. Thompson Smith Library, 6 Volumes, 1911. The Veiled Lady, The Tides of Barnegat, Colonel Carter's Christmas, The Fortunes of Oliver Horn, Pet...

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

Novels by Will James (2), "Smoky", copywrite 1926, illustrations by Will James, hardcover, 310 pages. "Uncle Bill A Tale of Two Kids ...

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

1860 The Voyage of the "Fox" in the Arctic Seas. A Narrative of the Discovery of the Fate of Sir John Franklin and His Companions by Capta...

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

A pair of books on exploration of the American West. Includes: "Army Exploration in the American West - 1803-1863." William H. Goetzmann. ...

Lot of 2 books about the old west. They include "Come aní Get It!" By Ramon F. Adams. 1952. First edition. Wonderful story of the co...

Both in slipcase. 1976 The Adams One-Fifty, a checklist of the 150 most important books on Western outlaws and lawmen by Adams. Six Score the 120, be

A first edition series of books printed in 1894 by Selmar Hess and edited by Charles Horne. An eight volume set with one book missing. Volumes 1 &am...

1858 Hardcovers Vols 1 and 2. Sheridan was an Irish satirist, a politician, a playwright, poet.

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

Business at the Speed of Thought by Gates, Memoirs of Dan Rice by Brown 1901 501pp. The Robber Barons by Josephson -The Great American Capitalists 18

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...

Incomplete set of volumes of the Encyclopedia of American Biography. This set includes volumes I, II, XI, XIV, and XVI. These encyclopedias were compl

Lot of 19 Encyclopedia Britannica includes Micropedia & Macropedia, includes both indexes. 20 Books in all. Dedicated by permission to Jimmy Car...

6 volumes, 1909. From Columbus discovering America forward, and many biographical references. Bindings have condition issues, please inspect.

28 volumes, 1947. Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Encyclopedia Small format books measuring 5 x 7 inches

Hardcover Behind the Times by Diamond, softcover John Profumo & Christine Keeler 1963.

About 25 US history books. Missouri, Vermont, New York City, Statue of Liberty, American Commonwealths, Virginia, Rhode Island, Boston Wool Fire, Buri

Milestones of History, 1974. 4 volumes mostly about European history. The Pen and the Sword. Ancient Empires. Reform and Revolt. Dawn of a New Era.

Lot of 7 miscellaneous books related to United State history. A) Thirty Years' View; Or, A History of the Working of the American Government for...

A set of six random U.S. history books, includes: Herbert Asbury. The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld, c1933, 318 p

The Ford Foundation in India, Iraq Before and After The Revolution, The Near East and the Foundations for Civilization, art print booklet. The Histori

Lot of about 25 books and magazines related to world history and literature. Includes two editions of Life Magazine, reference books related to world

Lot of 5 different books related to world history. A) From Pillar to Post by Lieut.-Colonel H.C. Lowther. Published in 1911. 307 pages. B) Strange La

Three books containing Agricultural statistics from East Coast states. The trio includes: Tenth Annual Report of the Illinois Farmers' Institute...

1956 Timely Topic on Poultry Management-poultry keeping in New England, 135pp and 1956 edition, 224pp. 1937 Vermont agriculture pamphlet. 1932 Modern

Lot of 5 Fire Protection Publications. A) Agents' and Inspectors' Pocket-Book of Fire Protection, Second Edition, by George Velten Seeb. P...

1936-37 Wisconsin Fishing Laws, 1865 Superior Fishing; striped bass, trout and black bass of the Northern states by Roosevelt, 1963 Complete Book of F

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

"Cacti of the Southwest - Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana," Del Weniger, 1970. 64 pages of color photographs, 242 pp....

Two modern hardback catalogs -scientific/medical and criminal investigation, c1990-2000. Includes: "The Fisher Catalog," 91/92 edition, co...