Source : Norris

Source Title A Descriptive & Priced catalogue of Books, Pamphlets, and Maps Relating...to California & the Far West
Description In 1948, Harold C. Holmes, the Oakland, California dealer issued what Donald C. Dickinson, in his Dictionary of American Antiquarian Bookdealers, describes as "one of the great western Americana catalogs, California and the Far West." This is a dealer's priced catalogue of a single owner's collection. The collector was Thomas Wayne Norris of Livermore, California.
Scope of Text There are 4,311 items. Five hundred copies of the catalogue were printed by the Grabhorn Press.
Total Records in AED 4311
  • Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Reaffirms the US Treaty of Friendship and Peace with Morocco, the Longest Unbroken Treaty in US History. $50,000 – 80,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Weeks After Victory at Yorktown, Benjamin Franklin Promises Repayment of a French Loan that Funded the American Revolution. $200,000 – 300,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. Rare First Edition of the Foundational Text of the Mormon Church. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. President Washington Sends the First Major Law Passed by Congress, the Tariff Act of 1789. $100,000 – 150,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. A Scarce Example of Audubon's Depiction of a Brown Pelican, Plate CCLI from his Birds of America. $30,000 – 50,000.
    Freeman’s, August 20. The Official and First Obtainable Broadside Printing of the Lincoln's Final Emancipation Proclamation. $30,000 – 50,000.