PBA Galleries: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views , 808, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
March 07, 2024 - March 07, 2024
Page Size: 489 items in 20 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
251 Swasey, William F.

The Early Days and Men of California

Oakland, CA 1891 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
252 Taylor, Bayard

Eldorado, or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel

New York; London 1850 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
253

Abstract of Title to Magnolia Park Subdivision of the City of Houston, Harris County, Texas

Houston, TX 1909-[1911] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
254 Arnold, J. Barto and Robert Weddle

The Nautical Archeology of Padre Island. The Spanish Shipwrecks of 1554.

New York, San Francisco, London [1978] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
255

Galveston, "The Oleander City": Galveston in a Nutshell (wrapper title)

Galveston, Tex. 1904 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
256

Life of Lone Star Harry, American Representative Scout, Known as the Revolver King

New York [1894] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
257 Ruby, John H., Manager

Printed Copy of an Abstract of Title to the Property Owned by the Minor Heirs of Wm. B. Gregg, in the D. Gregg First and Second Additions on the North Side Buffalo Bayou, City of Houston, Harris County, Texas

Houston, TX [1899] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
258 Sowell, Andrew Jackson

Early Settlers and Indian Fighters of Southwest Texas

Austin, Texas 1900 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 750.00
259 Wilson, Maurine T.

Philip Nolan and his activities in Texas

Austin, Texas May, 1932 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 312.50
260

Message of the President of the United States in relation to the boundary between the United States and Texas

Washington, D.C. 1842 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
261 Thompson, Robert A.

The Russian Settlement in California Known as Fort Ross... Why the Russians Came and Why They Left

Santa Rosa, California 1896 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 312.50
262

California Perfume Company

New York, Kansas City, Montreal [1926] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
263

Supreme Court portrait signed by all nine judges

Washington, D.C. c. 1983 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
264 Lambe, William

Water and Vegetable Diet in Consumption, Scrofula, Cancer, Asthma and other Chronic Diseases

New York 1850 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 406.25
265 Stratz, Walter

Fifteen letters from Vietnam War soldier Sgt. Walter Stratz to Edward Byrne

Vietnam 1969-1970 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 500.00
266

Two publications urging the freedom of Billy Dean Smith

[San Diego and Los Angeles] c.1972 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 312.50
267 Von Neumann, John

The Computer and the Brain

New Haven, Connecticut 1958 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 812.50
268 Walsh, Lewis Paxton

Notes on Artillery

1854 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
269

Collection of late 19th and early 20th century Western photographs and ephemera

California, Oregon, Washington, Alberta c.1880-1920 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,000.00
270 Whitney, Josiah Dwight

The Metallic Wealth of The United States

Philadelphia 1854 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
271 Wilkinson, John

The Narrative of Blockade-Runner

New York 1877 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 468.75
272 Wislizenus, F. Adolph

Journey to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1839

St. Louis 1912 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
273 Wister, Owen

The Virginian [with] autograph letter signed by Owen Wister

New York 1904 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
274

Three ephemeral items relating to the struggle for women's suffrage in Oregon

Oregon 1906 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
275 Wood, J.G. and Joseph B. Holder

Animate Creation; Popular Edition of "Our Living World," A Natural History

New York [1898] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
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