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
151		Two 1793 lottery tickets, one signed by Founding Father Daniel Carroll		[1793-1798]	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
152	Laval, Antoine Jean	Voyage de la Louisiane fait par ordre du Roy en l'annee mil sept cent vignt: Dans lequel sont traitees diverses matieres de Physique, Astronomie, Geographie & Marine...	Paris	1728	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,062.50
153	Livingston, Edward	System Of Penal Law for The State of Louisiana, Consisting of a Code of Crimes and Punishments, A Code of Procedures, A Code of Evidence, A Code of Reform and Prison Discipline; A Book of Definitions... To Which are Prefixed a Preliminary Report on the Pl	Philadelphia	[1833]	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
154	Lyell, Charles	A Second Visit to the United States of North America	New York	1849	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
155	Mackenzie, Alexander	Voyages From Montreal on the River St. Laurence, Through the Continent of North America, to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans; In the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade in that Country	London	1801	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,250.00
156	Marcou, Jules	A Geological Map of the United States and the British Provinces of North America; With an Explanatory Text, Geological Sections, and Plates of the Fossils Which Characterize the Formations	Boston	1853	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 937.50
157		Four Massachusetts Bay Promissory Notes		1777-1779	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 437.50
158		New England Loan Office Bond, 1739	Plymouth, MA	1739	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
159	Brackett, Albert G.	General Lane's Bridge in Central Mexico	Cincinnati	1854	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 500.00
160	[DuPont, Samuel F.]	Official Dispatches and Letters of Rear Admiral Du Pont, U.S. Navy 1846-48. 1861-63	Wilmington, DE	1883	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 625.00
161		Plaza de Toros del Paseo Nuevo. Gran Corrida Extraordinaria!! Para la Tarde del Domingo 22 de Febrero de 1891... Beneficio! del Inteligente y Aplaudio Antonio Escobar "El Boto" Quien Tiene la Honra de Dedicario a la Colonia Espanola y al Publico en Genera	[Mexico City]	1891	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
162		Decreto Expedido por el Gobierno Supremo para Organizar los Cuerpos de Infanteria y Caballeria de Milicia Activa del Ejercito Nacional Mexicano, con Sujecion a lo Prevenido en los de 30 Noviembre de 1836, 16 de Marzo de 1839, y en Uso de la Facultad Que l	Mexico City	1840	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
163		Arancel de Aduanas Maritimas y Fronterizas, y Coleccion de Todos las Disposiciones Concernientes a las Aduanas de Altura y de Cabotaje...	Mexico City	1850	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
164	Becher, H.C.R.	A Trip to Mexico, Being Notes of a Journey from Lake Erie to Lake Tezcuco and Back, with an appendix...	Toronto	1880	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 531.25
165		El mejor libro de cocina, o, Escelente coleccion de las mejores recetas...	Mexico City	1864	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
166	Farnham, Thomas J.	Mexico: Its Geography - Its People - and its Institutions: with a Map	New York	[1846]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 406.25
167	Gates, Charles H.	A Tour Through Mexico with a Camera	Toledo, Ohio	1904?	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
168	Greene, Graham	Another Mexico	New York	1939	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 200.00
169	Pope, John	Report of the Secretary of War, Communicating the report of an exploration of the Territory of Minnesota, by Brevet Captain Pope	Washington, D.C.	1850	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 531.25
170	Bagley, Will	Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows	Norman, OK	[2002]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
171	Beadle, John Hanson	Life in Utah; or, the Mysteries and Crimes of Mormonism. Being an Expose of the Secret Rites and Ceremonies of the Latter-Day Saints, With a Full and Authentic History of Polygamy and the Mormon Sect from its Origin to the Present Time	Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Atlanta	[1870]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 225.00
172		Three works on Mormon history		1882-1905	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
173	Mullan, John	Report on the Construction of a Military Road from Walla-Walla to Fort Benton	Washington	1863	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
174	Stillman, Jacob D.B.	The Horse in Motion as Shown by Instantaneous Photography, with a Study on Animal Mechanics Founded on Anatomy and the Revelations of the Camera, in Which Is Demonstrated the Theory of Quadrupedal Locomotion	Boston	1882	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 281.25
175		Results of the First United States Manned Orbital Space Flight, February 20, 1962	Washington. D.C.	1962	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00

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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.