PBA Galleries: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views, 849, Berkeley

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Auction Report
Auction Date
October 23, 2025 - October 23, 2025
Page Size: 406 items in 17 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
301 Cuming, F[ortescue]

Sketches of a Tour to the Western Country, through the States of Ohio and Kentucky; a Voyage Down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, and a Trip through the Mississippi Territory, and Part of West Florida. Commenced at Philadelphia in the Winter of 1807, and

Pittsburgh 1810 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
302 Dickins, F.W.

Hyak Nin Is'shiu, or Stanzas by a Century of Poets, being Japanese Lyrical Odes

London 1866 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
303 Dixon, George

A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon

London 1789 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
304 Dixon, George

A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788 in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon

London 1789 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
305 Dixon, George

A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon

London 1789 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
306 Dow, Alexander

The History of Hindostan; Translated from the Persian

London 1770 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
307 Drake, Edward Cavendish

A New Universal Collection of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages and Travels, from the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time. Judiciously selected from the best Writers in the English, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, German, and other Languages...

London 1771 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
308 Dunn, Henry

Guatimala, or The United Provinces of Central America, in 1827-8; Being Sketches and Memorandums Made During a Twelve Months' Residence in that Republic

New York 1828 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
309 Franklin, John

Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, in the Years 1819, 20, 21, and 22...With an Appendix on Various Subjects Relating to Science and Natural History

London 1823 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
310 Franklin, John

Thirty Years in the Arctic Regions: Or, the Adventures of Sir John Franklin

New York 1859 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
311 Hearn, Lafcadio

Japan: An Attempt at Interpretation

New York 1904 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
312 Hearne, Samuel

A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay, to the Northern Ocean. Undertaken by Order of the Hudson's Bay Company, for the Discovery of Copper Mines, a North West Passage, &c. In the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, & 1772

Dublin 1796 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
313 Herndon, William Lewis & Lardner Gibbon

Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, Made Under Direction of the Navy Department

Washington 1854 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 468.75
314 Herndon, William Lewis & Lardner Gibbon

Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, Made Under Direction of the Navy Department

Washington, D.C. 1853-1854 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
315 Hussein, Saddam

Two speeches from Saddam Hussein in French

[Baghdad] 1979; 1981 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
316 Ben Gurion, David

Statement by the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. David Ben Gurion, in a Broadcast over the Israel State Radio, on October 19, 1953, dealing with Recent Border Incidents

New York 1953 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
317

L'Espagne et les Juifs

Madrid 1949 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
318 Brinkley, Capt. F.

Japan and China: Their History, Arts and Literature

London and Edinburgh 1903-1904 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
319

Posledniya Izvestiya ["Latest News"]. No. 170, March 9, 1940

Geneva 1904 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
320 Keate, George

An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean, Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson, and Some of His Officers, Who, in August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in the Antelope, a Packet Bel

Dublin 1788 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
321 Lyon, Capt. G[eorge] F[rancis]

A Brief Narrative of an Unsuccessful Attempt to Reach Repulse Bay, Through Sir Thomas Rowe's "Welcome," in His Majesty's Ship Griper in the Year MDCCCXXIV

London 1825 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
322 Markham, Clements R.

Travels in Peru and India While Superintending the Collection of Chinchona Plants and Seeds in South America, and Their Introduction Into India.

London 1862 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
323 Marryat, Frank S.

Borneo and the Indian Archipelago, with Drawings of Costume and Scenery

London 1848 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
324 Mills, John Stuart

The Subjection of Women

London 1869 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 937.50
325 Milton, Viscount and W. B. Cheadle

The North-West Passage by Land. Being the Narrative of an Expedition from the Atlantic to the Pacific, Undertaken with the View of Exploring a Route Across the Continent to British Columbia through British Territory, by One of the Northern Passes in the R

London [1865] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
  • 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.