Western Prospects: Discovering Americana & Numismatics

By Gard, Leonard Jr., 1968. Softcover, 32 pages including illustrations and two large, color folding maps of the area. Geological Survey P.P. 388-B, U

By Iddings, J.P., 1885. Softcover, 3 pages. From The American Journal of Science, Vol. XXX, July, 1885. City: State: Wyoming, Date:

By Harrer, C.M., 1966. Softcover, including many tables, illustrations and maps. Bureau of Mines IC 8315. US Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, W

And Story of the “Desert Sign Post” by George W. Parsons. Los Angeles, CA. October 1918. Some wear, booklet is placed within a hardcover holder. Some

By Peter B. Kyne,1932, Grosset & Dunlop, 294 pages. Hardcover, no dust jacket, good condition. City: State: , Date: 1932 FH

Harper’s New Monthly Magazine. Volume LVIII. December, 1878 to May, 1879. New York: Harper & Brothers , Publishers, 327 to 335 Pearl Street, Fr...

Lot of 2 hardcover books. Mineral Resources of the United States 1926 and Report of the Director of the Mint upon Production of Precious Metals in th

Gilbert H. Grosvenor, editor. Front cover is torn off with tears at the top and bottom. Paper cover. 534 pages. City: State: , Date

By Bob and Jan Young. City: State: , Date: 1923 FHWAC#: 41521

Lot of three includes: 1) Wake of the Prairie Schooner by Paden, Irene. Hardcover, indexed, 514 pages, Paher # 1501.The Macmillan Company, New York, 1

Lot of 2 includes: 1) Oswald Jacoby on Poker, How To Play the Great American Game--and Win!, by Oswald Jacoby, with foreword by Grantland Rice. Publis

By Hopkins, A.E. Hardcover, indexed, 180 pages including many photographs and illustrations. Published by Robson Lowe Ltd, London. First edition publi

Dude Ranches Out West. Issued by Union Pacific Rail Road. Lists 139 dude ranches throughout the western United States. States included in the booklet

Group of small catalogs, many related to health/beauty. Three almanacs: 1945 and 1946 Old Farmer's, and a small 1874 Farmer's pamphlet from ...

All time classic book on Indian basket making by Charles Wharton James, 132pp. Water stains along bottom edge. City: State: , Date:

By Robert G. Ferris. City: State: , Date: 1967 FHWAC#: 41638

Explorations West of the Hundredth Meridian. By First Lieut. George M. Wheeler. Chapters II, IV and V, Vol. V, Zoology. Published by the Secretary of

SHOW: Volume 1, Number 1. October 1961. Inside mailing envelope. Features Helen Hayes, Mercury Theater, etc. Also includes Number 2. Five 1970 edition

On October 1990 Rupert Murdoch launched this new magazine. It was the premier and last issue. As Murdoch said in an interview, “It was decidedly prema

Volume 1, Number 2. Front page all on Rand mining. City: Randsburg State: California, Date: 1922 FHWAC#: 2850

Focus of entire newspaper is Nevada mining! City: San Francisco State: California, Date: 1903 FHWAC#: 2382

1911. Drawing of L. A. Thompson's Dragon Gorge Scenic Railway Evening Journal, Santa Monica City: Santa Monica State: California, Da

News of Austin and Belmont. List of the Nevada Central Railway (before it became the Nevada Central Railroad) destinations include Lewis, Kingston, Op

1876, Belmont Courier, Belmont. News of National Convention and an historic look at the Anti-Masonic Party. 2) 1914, Daily Independent, Elko. Sentaro

Lot of 20 newspapers. Eighteen are from the Morning Appeal, 1 from 1880 and 17 from 1883. Two date from 1915 from the Carson City News. All have te

Includes a reprint of an 1867 letter from a wife about her drunkard husband in Virginia City. Temperance movement! Key Pittman to visit. AND "R...

The News Reporter, Dayton, NV, Thursday edition, November 18, 1886, Vol. I, No. 36. The News Reporter was founded on March 4, 1886 and stopped publica

Includes: two newspapers (1874 Chicago Daily Tribunes) w/ Nevada content (fight between two Pitues in Virginia City) (and a detailed report on t

Lot of 4 newspapers. Two from The Tonopah Miner, one Millers Booster, and one from the Tonopah Bonanza. The two from the Tonopah Miner dated March

Vol. 111. No 49. September 15, 1900. Features “news of the wars and news of the week.” On the cover is Major-General J.B.B. Dickson commander of the

Include downtown Kingman, AZ and Yarnell, AZ. Two of each! One ripped in two. City: Kingman State: Arizona, Date: c 1940-1941

Stock certificates from two Arkansas companies. 1) Arkansas Valley Trust Company, seven certificates, four are issued in 1906 and three are unissued.

Atolia is a ghost town in the Mojave Desert near Randsburg. It was at the site of a tungsten mine that start...

Hall of Eureka Lodge (BADGE/RIBBON)- REBEKAH LODGE I.O.O.F./IN MEMORIAM DIAMOND REBEKAH LODGE/NO. 8 This lot also includes 9 receipts from the Treasu

Certificates, No. (332, 823, 848, 869, 877). Dated 1941 to 1972. First four were signed by Paul Jennings as President, while he most recent was signed

Two M. J. Colson billheads. Colson dealt in lumber. One Johannesburg Milling and Water Company billhead. All for the Yellow Aster Mine of Randsburg. P

Lot of about 14 articles on The Golden State, published in the Southern California Automobile Club Magazine, Touring Topics, forerunner of Westways Ma

Ledger for the IOOF chapter in Oroville, CA. Spine says "Ledger" and "Oro Encampment No. 22." Ledger begins with alphabetical li...

The Official Guide Book of the Panama-California exposition, San Diego, 1915, gives a detailed location and description of buildings, exhibits, and co

Lot of 5 ephemera pieces including two picture postcards from the Pan-Pacific International Exposition. One blank, the other addressed to Edward Robbi

People`s Ice House: stock certificate. Printed by famous African American Western artist Grafton Tyler Brown. Feb. 15, 1876 San Francisco, nice river

Certificate No. 200, issued 30 shares to L.G. Harvey, Trustee on July 1, 1878. Signed by Frank Williamsbise as President and J.H. Thompson as Secretar

Certificates No. (18, 20, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27), all dated April 3, 1909. Each issued to Henry Cailleaud Sr. for between 1 and 1,000 shares. Signed by

A group of seven issued stock certificates from the William Cluff Company (DE) issued between 1920 and 1925. The company was the largest wholesale gro

Large 12" x 18". Large pictures with descriptions include stage coach, explosion of the ship Jenny Lind, bicycle, wagon train, and railroa...

Santa Cruz poet portfolio" West to the Water. Only 200 copies all signed by author. Printed damp with an 1930 Acorn handpress on Tovil English ...

Five Odd Fellows’ Association Stock Certificates. 1)Four are from the Odd Fellows’ Hall Association of the City of Stockton, CA, No. 197-200, dated Ju

Group of two Stock Certificates, including: No. 1, issued for 10 shares to L.P. Stewart dated September 25, 1899. Incorporated under the laws of the S

Equitec Financial Group, Inc. (CA) Specimen stock certificate. 1972 printed on the corporate seal. The company was a real estate syndication firm that

Lot of over 100. New Haven County Bank, Second National Bank of New Haven, and First National Bank. All have revenue stamps. City: New Haven

Seven certificates from the Bank of Manitou. Three are issued between 1933 and 1945. Four are unissued. Issued certificates are cxled with stubs attac

One ledger starts with the Record & Minute Book of the Tribune Mining Company. Includes minutes for first meeting and articles of incorporation....

Group of 2 Stock Certificates, No. 27, issued for 5 shares to Nils A. Olson dated January 12, 1929; and No. 64 issued for 3 shares to Nils A. Olson on

Lehigh Industries & Investing Corporation stock certificates issued in 1962. Visually very attractive underprint vignette almost covers certific...

Nafco Financial Group, Inc. Specimen stock certificate (DE). Allegorical female at left. VF. Jefferies Banknote Company City: State: D

Ten certificates issued between 1968 and 1971. All are punch canceled. Seven are from Western Union Corporation and three are from Western Union Teleg

17 Unissued certificates from the Palmer Mattress Company, Inc. Incorporated in Florida. Would have been issued at Lakeland, Florida. 19XX. City:

Shows the catch for one hour of trout fishing on the Snake River. Cancel is strong. “Mr. White has been fishing and brought back six nice trout.”

Lot of 5: checks from the Banks of Idaho, from the Towns of Donnelly & Roseberry. 3 bear cancel stamps on the reverse. Very good condition. C...

Lot consists of a single 19” x 14” broadside showing prices of the many products offered by the mill. From a small woolen mill employing about 25 pers

Group of 3 Kansas real estate mortgage bonds. Two are from the State of Bank of Osborne, with No. 240 dated November 1, 1889 and No. 250 dated Februar

Coliseum, Incorporated stock certificate issued at New Orleans, LA. In 1927. Extensive research yielded nothing about this company's operations....

Thomas Laughlin Company stock certificate issued at Portland, Maine in 1899. The company was a manufacturer of marine hardware in iron and brass, and

A group of five certificates. Four are bond certificates in different denominations from State Street Boston Financial Corporation issued between 1975

Lot of two. 1). A cover signed by Daniel R. Pinkham, the second surviving child of the iconic concocter and marketer of women's remedies. The wo...

Bay State Slipper Company, Inc. stock certificates in unissued form. 19XX. Incorporated in Massachusetts. VF. City: State: Massachuse

Lot of 50 includes Vicksburg Exchange Bank, First National Bank (Detroit), and First National Bank (Ann Arbor). City: State: Michigan,

Forty eight certificates from Allstate Lawn Products issued in 1972. Vignette of a US map, with Allstate in black caps. All are punch canceled. C

Warrant / Bond lot (10) total. Water bond, sidewalk, refunding, special improvement, etc. Printed in green, orange and brown/detailed borders and moti

Agents monthly statement. June. Signed by C. H. Beck City: Virginia City State: Montana, Date: 1894 FHWAC#: 5777

1)   Official Untied States Commissioner Alfred Shannon signed document for George Crockett. Shannon was register of lands in Austin ...

T. H. Dalton, Treasurer, Lander Co., NV cast iron cancellation device. Broken handle. City: Austin State: Nevada, Date: 1894

April 29, 1864 territorial note from Austin, Nevada. $110 promissory note when the funds are on hand from the sale of Robinson & Hawes Hay. Sign...

Charles Witherell is selling 8 lots in Carson City. Two large blue United States revenue stamps and one 50c brown Nevada Revenue stamp. City:

Lot of 26 items from West Central Nevada. Items include 1) WWII mileage ration coupons from Silver City. 2) 1894 Agency of the Bank of California chec

Lot contains a collection of bank checks and statements from various financial institutions like The State Bank and Trust Company, of Carson City, Th

Sept. 2 1874 Carson City, Nevada J.M. Benton billhead to George B. Hill for $5.92. Benton was proprietor of J.M. Benton`s stage line Carson City to La

All pertaining to Don Dondero and his pursuit of disability from his service in the Navy. Letter is ripped at the middle fold. City: Carson Ci

UNLV was still called Nevada Southern University and it still was rebellious. This is an Independent Collegiate Publication. The President of the Stud

About 25 adhesive labels for bags or boxes of Tungsten concentrate from Western Scheelite at Lovelock. Rare metals Corp. City: Lovelock Sta

About 25 checks from this well known copper mine. Six different types City: Ludwig State: Nevada, Date: c1913 FHWAC#: 20

Lot of 12. 1) Gazette Publishing Company, 1897, signed by Allen Bragg editor. 2) Nevada State Insane Asylum, 1887, signed by James Bell. 3) W. L. Perk

Five embossed milk bottles plus one mineral water bottle that come in a Model Dairy Reno, Nevada, milk crate. Lot also includes five paperbacks about

Reno dominated assortment of ephemera, includes: UNR basketball program vs. UNLV dated 1986, booklet called “Reno, where the Gamblers Go!” by Raymond

Large metallic container from the Nevada Packing Co. For "Compound Composed of Choice Edible Beef Fats and Refined Cottonseed Oil." Meas...

Nice representation of banking of the period. Lot of several deposit slips, cashier credit notices, telegrams and correspondence. Letterheads include

Lot of 6: 1) Riverside Studio, Well dressed Man sitting in a chair, with Woman standing along side, with arm on mans shoulder, mated, 6 1/2" x ...

Issued for Donald W. Mackay for Felony Embezzlement by Office of A.A. Burke, Chief of Police, Reno. Dated April 22, 1911, with "Received/May 11...

Lot of 2. 1) Illustrated envelope of the Riverside Hotel. Reverse has H. J. Gosse as manager. Misprint "Riverside Hote [no 'l']. 2) Hot...

Southern Hotel blotter, c1908. Believe this to be from Rhyolite, one of the first buildings constructed in the town (ghosttowns.com). Located on the e

Lot of 2. 1) H. A. Comins billhead, dealer in lumber, shingles, doors, windows, moldings, hay, and grain. Letter to Tillmore asks forgiveness for late

About 30 checks from Virginia City, Eureka, Manhattan, Tonopah, Carson, etc. City: various State: Nevada, Date: various dates

Lot of 3. 1) Castle Hall of Nevada, Lodge No.1. Pay to the order of S Michelson for ice for June and July. 2) Knights of Pythias Lincoln Lodge #6 Offi

4 pieces, blank checks from Gold Hill, Consolidated Imperial Mining Company stock certificates dated 1876 & 189x. City: Virginia City State

19 post cards. Mostly B&W, white border c1940 cards. City: Virginia City State: Nevada, Date: c1910-30 FHWAC#: 20530

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Lot of 6. 1) County Auditor's Office, 1870 payment to McMilleu & Adams, signed by Charles Fish. 2) County Auditor's Office, 1887 payment...

Territorial deed from Thomas Riley to RP Manogue. Property begins at a Pine Stake marked "TR" and on the est. side of Wisconsin Ravine abo...

Billhead for "Savage Gold & Silver Mining Co Bought of White's Canon Mill, G Loomis, proprietor." White's Canon Mill is locate...

Weak Caliente cancel. "Panoramic view of Caliente, Nev., Salt Lake Route." City: State: Nevada, Date: 1910 FHWAC#: 274