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

Auction Details

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
26	Bartlett, John Russell	Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua, Connected with the United States and Mexican Boundary Commission, During the Years 1850, '51, '52, and '53	New York	1854	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
27	Bartram, William	Travels through North and South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, The Cherokee Country, The Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and Country of the Chactaws...	Dublin	1793	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,500.00
28	Brooks, Noah	The Fairport Nine	New York	1880	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 1,062.50
29	Bell, William A.	New Tracks in North America: A Journal of Travel and Adventure whilst Engaged in the Survey for a Southern Railroad to the Pacific Ocean	London	1870	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
30		Bohemian Grove Plays, Group of 37	San Francisco	1912-2003	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 437.50
31	Bolton, Herbert Eugene	Spanish Exploration in the Southwest, 1542-1706, editor	New York	[1916]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
32	Bourke, John G.	On the Border with Crook	New York	1891	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
33	Capron, Thaddeus H.	Diary of Thaddeus H. Capron, First Lieutenant Company C, 9th U.S. Infantry in the Sioux Campaign of 1876	[Los Angeles]	1926	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 562.50
34	Spotts, David L.	Journal of the Washita Campaign of 1868-'69 Detailing the Experiences of David L. Spotts As a Trooper in Company L, Nineteenth Kansas Volunteer Cavalry	[Los Angeles]	1926	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 1,125.00
35	Stanton, Edwin M.	Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating, In Compliance with a Resolution of the Senate of February 4, 1867, a copy of the Evidence Taken at Denver and Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory, by a Military Commission, Ordered to Inquire into the Sand Creek Ma	Washington D.C.	1867	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 500.00
36	Bristed, John, translator	Les Etats-Unis d'Amerique; ou, Tableau de l'agriculture, du commerce, des manufactures, des finances, de la politique, de la litterature, des arts, et du caractere moral et religieux du peuple anglo-americain	Paris	1826	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
37		Oakland and Surroundings Illustrated and Described, Showing its Advantages for Residence or Business.	Oakland	1885	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
38		Three early documents of Mexican Los Angeles		1836-1848	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 2,812.50
39	Decker, A.	A Story of Success	Los Molinos, CA	[c.1923]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
40		Prospectus of the Sierra Nevada Mines Development Corporation	[San Francisco]	[c.1900]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
41		Celebrate Days of '49, Sacramento Poster	Sacramento, CA	1922	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 812.50
42		Statistics of Fires in Sacramento, Calif. from January 1, 1921 to December 31st, 1921	Sacramento, CA	1921	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 200.00
43		Collection of World's Fair ephemera	San Francisco	1939-40, mostly	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
44	Hittell, John S.	A History of the City of San Francisco and incidentally of the State of California	San Francisco	1878	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 406.25
45		Italian-American Bank Lithographic Stone	San Francisco	c.1907-1927	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 225.00
46		The San Francisco Call, Sunday, January 23, 1898: Golden Jubilee Edition	San Francisco	1898	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
47	Sunderland, Clyde	Twenty-two negatives of photographs of a flying boat over San Francisco Bay	Oakland	1938-1939	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
48		Swimming Championships of the Pacific Coast: Sutro Baths, Friday, July 4, 1913	San Francisco	1913	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
49		Large die-cut advertising Elkhorn Creamery in Santa Barbara, California	Santa Barbara, CA	[c.1905]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
50	Whitney, Josiah Dwight	The Yosemite Guide-Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada and of the Big Trees of California	[Sacramento]	1869	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 500.00

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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.