PBA Galleries: Rare Books, Manuscripts and More! A PBA Platinum Sale, 850, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: November 06, 2025 - November 06, 2025

Page Size: 100 items in 4 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
76	Saint-Simon, Henri [de]	Du systeme industriel	Paris	1821	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
77	Sanson, Nicolas	Orbis Vetus, et Orbis Veteris Utraque Continens, Terrarum Tractus Arcticus, et Antarcticus ex Platone, Theopompom, sive AEliano, Manilio &c. Autore N. Sanson, Abbavillaeo, et Christianiss Galliar Regis Geographo. Lutetiae Parisiorum, Apud P. Mariette, Via	Paris	1657 [1658]	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
78	Sauer, Martin	An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia, for Ascertaining the Degrees of Latitude and Longitude of the Mouth of the River Kovima; of the Whole Coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; and of the Islands in the	London	1802	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
79	Schenk, Pieter	Petri Schenkii Hecatompolis, sive Totius orbis Terrarum Oppida Nobiliora Centum; Exquisite Collecta atque Eleganter Depicta	[Holland and West Frisia]	1702	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Not Sold
80	Schile, Henry Jerome	Across the Continent	New York	[c.1870]	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	Not Sold
81	Davidson, Thomas and John Forbes	Cantus, songs and fancies: To thre, foure, or five partes, both apt for voices and viols. With a briefe introduction of musick, as is taught in the musick-schoule of Aberdene by T. D. Mr. of Musick	Aberdene [i.e. Aberdeen, Scotland]	1662	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 3,125.00
82	Anonymous	Bifolium from the Nuremberg Chronicle comprising folios XII and XIII	Nuremberg	1493	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	USD 9,375.00
83	Serbaroli, Ettore	Landscape	null	No date	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
84	Shakespeare, William	Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A New Bibliophile Edition Printed on Sheets of Pure Cork With the Spanish Version and With Illustrations in colour By Anthony Salo	Barcelona	[1930]	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
85	Smith, Jessie Willcox	She Lufs Me -- She Lufs Me Not	null	c.1907-1930s	USD 25,000.00 - 35,000.00	Not Sold
86	Sparrman, Andrew	A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, Towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World...	London	1786	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 937.50
87	Stanley, Henry M.	In Darkest Africa: or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria	New York	1890	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 3,125.00
88	Stow, John	A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. Written at first in the Year MDXCVIII. By John Stow...Since Reprinted and Augmented by the Author...and Others...	London	[1720]	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
89	Turrell, James	Emblemata [with] James Turrell: A Retrospective	Tempe, AZ; Los Angeles	2000; [2016]	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
90	Vesalius	Three original printed leaves from the first edition of De humani corporis fabrica, with full-page anatomical woodcut	Basel	1543	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Not Sold
91	Virgil	[The thirteene bookes of Aeneidos. The first twelue being the worke of the diuine poet Virgil Maro, and the thirteenth, the supplement of Maphaeus Vegius...]	[London]; [Cambridge]	[1596]	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Not Sold
92	Walton, Izaak	The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert	London	1670	USD 6,000.00 - 9,000.00	Not Sold
93	Warhol, Andy	Original drawing of a soup can by Andy Warhol on Factory stationery	New York	No date	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,500.00
94	Watts, Alan	In My Own Way: An Autobiography	New York	[1972]	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 3,750.00
95	West, Paul	Extensive archive of manuscript letters and drawings by Paul West	null	c.1860s	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	Not Sold
96	Blake, William	Songs of Innocence and Experience	[South Dennis, MA]	[2003]; [2002]	USD 12,000.00 - 18,000.00	USD 8,750.00
97	Wordsworth, William	Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems	London	1800	USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00	Not Sold
98	Beechey, Frederick W.	Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom Under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey, R.N. in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28 . . . A New Edition	London	1831	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,125.00
99	Vancouver, George	A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of	London	1798	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	USD 3,125.00
100	Zichy, Mihaly	Etudes de Femmes. 12 facsimiles. Imprimes a l'Expedition pour la Confection des Papiers de l'Etat, par le procede Photohyalotypique	St. Petersbourg	1885	USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00	Not Sold

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.

Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.

Sotheby’s
Book Week
December 9-17, 2025

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.

Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
Heritage Auctions
Rare Books Signature Auction
December 15, 2025

Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.

Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.

Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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