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
176	Black Hawk	Life of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak or Black Hawk,...with an Account of the Cause and General History of the Late War, his Surrender and Confinement at Jefferson Barracks, and Travels through the United States	Boston	1834	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
177	Bonaparte, Prince Roland	Two albumen prints from Prince Roland Bonaparte's Collection anthropologique		c. 1883-1889	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
178	Catlin, George	Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, & Condition of the North American Indians. With Letters and Notes, Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing	London	1876	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 937.50
179	Catlin, George	Illustrations of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians: In a Series of Letters and Notes Written During Eight Years of Travel and Adventure Among the Wildest and Most Remarkable Tribes Now Existing	London	1851	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
180	Chief Standing Bear	My People the Sioux	Boston and New York	1928	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 593.75
181	Dunn, J[acob] P., Jr.	Massacres of the Mountains: A History of the Indian Wars of the Far West	New York	1886	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
182	Harmon, Byron Hill and others	Fifteen Photo Postcards of Nakoda Native People	Banff	1920s	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
183	Irving, John T., Jr.	Indian Sketches, Taken During an Expedition to the Pawnee and Other Tribes of American Indians	London	1835	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 687.50
184	Irving, John T., Jr.	Indian Sketches, Taken During an Expedition to the Pawnee and Other Tribes of American Indians	London	1835	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 237.50
185	Johnston, Joseph E., et al	Reports from the Secretary Of War, with Reconnaissances of Routes from San Antonio to El Paso...Also, the Report of Capt. R. B. Marcy's Route from Fort Smith to Santa Fe; and the Report of Lieut. J. H. Simpson of an Expedition into the Navajo Country	Washington, D.C.	1850	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 687.50
186	Neihardt, John G.	Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Ogalala Sioux.	New York	1932	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
187	Victor, Frances Fuller	The Early Indian Wars of Oregon Compiled from the Oregon Archives and Other Original Sources with Muster Rolls	Salem, OR	1894	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
188	Wall, Oscar Garrett	Recollections of the Sioux Massacre: An Authentic History of the Yellow Medicine Incident, of the Fate of Marshand His Men, of the Siege and Battles of Fort Ridgley, and Other Important Battles and Experiences	[Lake City, MN]	1909	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
189	Wilson, Elijah N.	Among the Shoshones	Salt Lake City, UT	[1910]	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 875.00
190		Complete Directory of Phelps County Nebraska 1909	Kearney	1909	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
191	Graham, Mrs. J. C.	The Nebraska Drill: A System of Floor Work for D. of H. Lodges	Omaha	1903	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
192		New England Bills, not fully printed		c. 1850	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
193		Cohen reprint sheet of colonial currency		[c. 1850's]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
194		34th and 6th	[New York]	[c.1920]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
195		Three Port of New York notary documents		1803-1807	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
196	Nicollet, Joseph North	Report Intended to Illustrate a Map of the Hydrographical Basin of the Upper Mississippi River	Washington	1845	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 750.00
197		Chas. Gad. Harvesting. 1915. Flaxton, N.D.		1915	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
198		Polk's Muskogee City Directory 1925	Dallas, Texas	1924	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
199	Chevalier, Haakon.	The Ironic Temper [with] Days of Wrath		1932-1936	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 406.25
200	Strauss, Lewis and Colonel Boris Pash	Men and Decisions [with] The Alsos Mission		1962-1969	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 406.25

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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.