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

Auction Details

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
101	Berger, Lawrence, editor	Archania: History and Register		1929	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
102		California Guide Book...: The Lands of the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad Companies...	San Francisco	[c.1882]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 312.50
103	Capron, Elisha S.	History of California, from Its Discovery to the Present Time; Comprising also a Full Description of its Climate, Surface, Soil... with a Journal of the Voyage from New York, via Nicaragua, to San Francisco, and Back, via Panama.	Boston; Cleveland, Ohio	1854	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
104		Five Blueprints of Early Depression Era Weber Dam Modifications	Placerville, CA	1929	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
105		Five items on fishing in California		1930-1938	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
106		Five volumes on maps of California		1942-1987	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,250.00
107	Hall, Ansel F.; Clarence King	Handbook of Yosemite National Park [with] Mountaineering in the Sierra Nevada	New York and London; New York	1921; 1926	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
108		Illustrated Hand-book of California: Her Climate, Trade, Exports, &c. &c., Agricultural and Mineral Wealth	London	1870	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
109	Letts, J. M.	A Pictorial View of California; Including a Description of the Panama and Nicaragua Routes	New York	1853	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
110	Letts, J. M.	A Pictorial View of California; Including a Description of the Panama and Nicaragua Routes with Information and Advice Interesting to All, Particularly Those Who Intend to Visit the Golden Region by a Returned Californian	New York	1853	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 312.50
111		Naval Sketches of the War in California [with] The California Star [and] Monterey: Adobe Capital of California		1939-1968	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
112		Pacific Bank Handbook of California	San Francisco	1888	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
113		Panoramic View of Lone Pine, California		c. 2000	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
114	Paulson, L. L., ed.	Hand-Book and Directory of Santa Clara, San Benito, Santa Cruz, Monterey and San Mateo Counties, Including a Map of each County	San Francisco	1875	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,375.00
115	[Pinney, G.W.]	The New Education. Objections to the System as Taught in the University of California, Together with the Memorial of the California State Grange and Mechanics' Deliberative Assembly	Oakland	1874	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
116	Porter, Bruce, et. al.	Art in California: A survey of American art with special reference to Californian painting, sculpture and architecture past and present particularly as those arts were represented at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition	San Francisco	1916	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
117	Putnam, Claude G.	Southern California's Sunshine Empire and Golden Coast [wrapper title]	San Bernardino, CA	1963	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
118	Ryan, William Redmond	Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines	London	1850	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
119	Ryan, William Redmond	Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines	London	1850	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Not Sold
120	Seyd, Ernest	California and its Resources: A Work for the Merchant, the Capitalist, and the Emigrant	London	1858	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
121		Three gelatin silver photographs of a power house and saw mills at Westwood, California	Westwood, CA	1914-05-01	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
122		Transients in California	San Francisco	1936	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
123	Trask, John B. with Dr. A. Kellogg and Robert E. C. Stearns	Three works on the Geology of California		1855-1908	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 468.75
124	Trask, John B.	Four reports by John B. Trask on the Geology of California	Sacramento	1853-1856	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 1,625.00
125	Truman, Ben C.	Tourists' Illustrated Guide to the Celebrated Summer and Winter Resorts of California Adjacent to and Upon the Lines of the Central and Southern Pacific Railroads	San Francisco	1883	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 200.00

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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.
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.