PBA Galleries: Rare & Antiquarian Books, 851, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 20, 2025 - November 20, 2025
Page Size: 383 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
351

The Kid from Cleveland

[1949] USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 150.00
352

King Kong

[1976] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
353

Kiss Me Deadly

1955 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
354

Son of Frankenstein

[1953] USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 375.00
355

Tarzan the Ape Man

1954 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
356

Texas Carnival

1950 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
357

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Los Angeles 1986 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
358

Unknown Island

[1948] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
359

Ten film pressbooks

1951-1968 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 212.50
360

Nine yearly pocket book almanacs

Warren, Pa [1883-1914] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
361 Morgan, Dale, editor

The West of William H. Ashley: The international struggle for the fur trade of the Missouri, the Rocky Mountains, and the Columbia... 1822-1838

Denver 1964 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
362

Three works relating to biology

1886-1909 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
363 Civiale, Jean

Dr. Civiale's chirurgische Therapeutik der Steinkrankheit

Berlin 1837 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
364 Clock, Emma Graham

Wild Flowers From the Mountains, Canons and Valleys of California: A Selection of Favorite Blossoms...

San Francisco [1915] USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
365 Darwin, Charles

The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Including an Autobiographical Chapter

London 1887 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
366 Darwin, Charles

The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication

London 1868 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
367 Douglas, Norman

Birds and Beasts of the Green Anthology

Florence 1927 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
368

Seven volumes on evolution and Christianity

1753-1960 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
369 Freud, Sigmund

Die Zukunft einer Illusion / The Future of an Illusion

Leipzig/Vienna/Zurich 1927 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
370 Gray, Andrew

The Experienced Millwright; or, A Treatise on the Construction of Some of the Most Useful Machines, with the Latest Improvements. To Which is Prefixed, a Short Account of the General Principles of Mechanics, and the Mechanical Powers

Edinburgh 1804 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
371

Four volumes on heredity and genetics

1909-1996 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
372 Hutcheson, Frances

An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections. With Illustrations on the Moral Sense

London 1728 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
373 Huxley, Leonard

Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley. By His Son

New York 1901 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
374 Lyell, Charles

The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man [with] Elements of Geology

1841-1863 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
375 Mason, W.

Crumbs From The Master's Table: Or, Select Sentences, Doctrinal, Practical, and Experimental

New York 1831 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
  • Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
  • 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.
  • 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.