PBA Galleries: Western Americana, with Gold Rushers, God-Fearers, Gunslingers, and Anglers., 847, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025
Page Size: 371 items in 15 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
276 Trenholm, Virginia Cole

Footprints on the Frontier: Saga of the La Ramie Region of Wyoming

[Douglas, Wyoming] [1945] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
277 Atherton, Gertrude

The Splendid Idle Forties

New York [1902] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 225.00
278 Austin, Mary

The Land of Little Rain

Boston and New York [1903] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
279 Austin, Mary

The Land of Little Rain - 2 editions

Boston and New York 1903 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
280 Bancroft, Hubert Howe

The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: History of California, 13 volumes total

San Francisco 1884-1890 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 812.50
281 Beechey, Captain Frederick W.

An Account of a Visit to California, 1826-'27: Reprinted from a Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom Under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey, in 1825, '26, '27, '28

San Francisco [1941] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
282 Bolton, Herbert Eugene

Anza's California Expeditions

Berkeley 1930 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 468.75
283 Borthwick, John David

Three Years in California

Edinburgh and London 1857 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
284 Brewer, William H.

Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, Professor of Agriculture in the Sheffield Scientific School from 1864 to 1903

New Haven 1930 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 212.50
285 Brown, John Henry

Reminiscences and Incidents of Early Days of San Francisco (1845-50)

San Francisco [1933] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
286 Burnett, Peter H.

Recollections and Opinions of an Old Pioneer

New York 1880 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
287 [Dana, Richard Henry]

Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea

New York 1840 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
288 Davis, William Heath

Seventy-Five Years in California

San Francisco 1929 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
289 Forbes, Alexander

California: A History of Upper & Lower California from their First Discovery to the Present Time, comprising an Account of the Climate, Soil, Natural Productions, Agriculture, Commerce, &c. A Full View of the Missionary Establishments and Condition of the

San Francisco 1919 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
290 Forbes, Alexander

California: A History of Upper and Lower California

San Francisco 1937 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
291 Fremont, John Charles

Report of the Exploring Expedition to the Rocky Mountains in the Year 1842, and to Oregon and North California in the Years 1843-'44

Washington 1845 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 812.50
292 Jackson, Helen Hunt

Ramona: A Story

Boston 1900 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
293 Manly, William Lewis

Death Valley in '49: Important Chapter of California Pioneer History

San Jose, CA 1894 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
294 Marryat, Frank

Two editions of Mountains and Molehills: Or Recollections of a Burnt Journal

1855 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
295 McGlashan, C.F.

History of the Donner Party. A Tragedy of the Sierra

Sacramento 1907 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
296 Muir, John

The Mountains of California

New York 1907 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
297 Palou, Francisco

Life of Ven. Padre Junipero Serra Written by Very Rev. Francis Palou, Guardian of the Convent of San Fernando, Mexico

San Francisco 1884 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
298 Revere, Joseph Warren

A Tour of Duty in California; including a Description of the Gold Region: and an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn...

New York; Boston 1849 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
299 Revere, Joseph Warren

A Tour of Duty in California; Including a Description of the Gold Region: And an Account of the Voyage around Cape Horn; with Notices of Lower California, the Gulf and Pacific Coasts, and the Principal Events Attending the Conquest of the Californias

New York; Boston 1840 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
300 Robinson, Alfred

Life in California Before the Conquest: Hispano-Californians, Leperos, & Indians; Franciscan Misioneros & Misiones; American & English Comerciantes; Puertos, Presidios, Castillos; Sailors & Backwoodsmen; Revolutions & Strife

San Francisco 1925 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.