Bonhams: Americana, Exploration, and Travel, 30826, New York

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Auction Date: October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025

Page Size: 234 items in 10 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
53	FERRY, HYPOLITE.	Description de la Nouvelle Californie geographique, politique et morale....	Paris	1850	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 2,176.00
54	FLEMING, G.A.	California: Its Past History; Its Present Position; Its Future Prospects: Containing a History of the Country from its Colonization by the Spaniards to the Present Time; a Sketch of its Geographical and Physical Features and a Minute and Authentic Account	London	1850	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 2,432.00
55	M'ILVAINE, WILLIAM, JR. 1813-1867.	Sketches of Scenery and Notes of Personal Adventure, in California and Mexico.	Philadelphia	1850	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	USD 10,880.00
56		Comprising 18 California Pictorial letter sheets. Britton & Rey and others			USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	USD 20,480.00
57	KELLY, WILLIAM. 1813?-1872.	An Excursion to California over the Prairie, Rocky Mountains, and Great Sierra Nevada. With a Stroll through the Diggings and Ranches of That Country.	London	1851	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
58	SLATER, NELSON, compiler.	Fruits of Mormonism; or, a Fair and Candid Statement of Facts Illustrative of Mormon Principals, Mormon Policy, and Mormon Character, by More Than Forty Eye-Witnesses.	Coloma, CA	1851	USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00	Not Sold
59	TYSON, PHILIP T. (1799-1877)	Geology and Industrial Resources of California.	Baltimore	1851	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,024.00
60	HORN, HOSEA B., 1820-1910.	Horn's Overland Guide, from the U.S. Indian Sub-Agency, Council Bluffs, on the Missouri River, to the City of Sacramento, in California....	New York	1852	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,096.00
61	[LETTS, JOHN M.]	California Illustrated: Including a Description of the Panama and Nicaragua Routes.	New York	1852	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,024.00
62	LYMAN, ALBERT.	Journal of a Voyage to California, and life in the Gold Diggings. And also of a Voyage from California to the Sandwich Islands.	Hartford	1852	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	USD 1,152.00
63	GOODWIN, F.	A Brief Description of California, from the Time of its First Occupation by the United States and Subsequent Growth...	New York	1855	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	USD 14,080.00
64	HUNTLEY, HENRY VEEL.	California: Its Gold and its Inhabitants.	London	1856	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,536.00
65	HUNTLEY, HENRY VEEL.	California: Its Gold and its Inhabitants.	London	1856	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,536.00
66	BORTHWICK, JOHN DAVID. 1824-1892.	Three Years in California. Edinburgh and	London	1857	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,664.00
67	SEYD, ERNEST.	California and Its Resources. A Work for the Merchant, the Capitalist, and the Emigrant.	London	1858	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 640.00
68	[DIRECTORY]. THOMAS FITCH & CO.	Directory of the City of Placerville and Towns of Upper Placerville, El Dorado, Georgetown, and Coloma, Containing a History of These Places, Names of Their Inhabitants, and Everything Appertaining to a Complete Directory. Together with a Business Directo	Placerville	1862	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 4,096.00
69		The Pacific Railroad. A Defense Against Its Enemies, With Report of the Supervisors of Placer County, and Report of Mr. Montanya, Made to the Supervisors of the City and County of San Francisco	[Sacramento]	December 1864.	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 4,352.00
70	STARR, JEREMIAH.	A California Adventure and Vision. Prose and Poetry. Cincinnati: n.p.		1864	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,816.00
71		Minute Book of the Congregational Meetings of the First Presbyterian Church, Placerville, Cal.	Placerville, California	April 3 1864-January 31 1869	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 704.00
72	BOWMAN, AMOS. 1839-1894.	Report on the Properties and Domain of the California Water Company Situated on Georgetown Divide.	San Francisco	1874	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,176.00
73		McKenney's District Directory, for 1879-80, of Sacramento, City and County, Amador, Eldorado, Placer and Yolo Counties.	Sacramento and San Francisco	1879	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 537.60
74		McKenney's Business Directory of the Principal Towns of California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska.	Sacramento	1882	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 588.80
75	SIOLI, PAOLO.	Historical Souvenir of Eldorado County, California with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men & Pioneers.	Oakland, CA	1883	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,536.00
76		City and County Directory including Sacramento City and County, and Amador, El Dorado, and Placer Counties.	San Francisco		USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 537.60
77	FELLOWS & SELKIRK.	Resources of El Dorado County California.	Placerville, CA	1887	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 10,240.00

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