PBA Galleries: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps & Views, 853, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: December 18, 2025 - December 18, 2025

Page Size: 467 items in 19 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Douglass, Frederick	"The Future of the Negro in this Country", Speech to the Emancipation League	Boston	1862	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
2	Smith, Caleb B.	Letter of the Secretary of the Interior...in relation to the slave vessel the "Bark Augusta"	Washington, DC	March 31, 1862	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
3		Extracts from Letters of Teachers and Superintendents of the New-England Educational Commission of Freedmen	Boston	1864	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
4	Washington, Booker T.	The Future of the American Negro	Boston	1902	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
5	Wesley, Charles H.	History of Sigma Pi Phi: First of the Negro-American Greek-Letter Fraternities	Washington DC	[1969]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 343.75
6		Panoramic View of Denali, Alaska		c. 2000	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
7	Rickard, T.A.	Through the Yukon and Alaska	San Francisco	1909	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
8	Turner, L. M. with Edward W. Nelson	Natural History of Alaska [with] Report Upon Natural History Collections Made in Alaska Between the Years 1877 and 1881	Washington	1886-1887	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
9	Harte, Bret, Ina Coolbrith, Helen Hunt Jackson et al.	The Argonaut - 5 issues comprising Vol. XVII Nos. 23-26 and Vol. XVIII No. 1	San Francisco; Monterey	1885-86	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
10	Dutton, Clarence E.	Tertiary History of the Grand Canon District with Atlas	Washington	1882	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,250.00
11	Arnold, R. Ross	Indian Wars of Idaho	Caldwell, Idaho	1932	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
12	Aldrin, Buzz	Magnificent Desolation: Images from the Apollo 11 Lunar Mission with the Words of Astronaut Buzz Aldrin	Reno, NV	2009	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 406.25
13		Oakland: The Sensible Six	Pontiac, MI	[c.1909]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
14	Vanaman, Elton W.	Manuscript diary of a transcontinental auto trip in 1921		1921	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 137.50
15	Badger, Mrs. C.M.	Wild Flowers Drawn and Colored From Nature	New York	1859	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 225.00
16	Bancroft, A.L. & Company	Bancroft's guide for travelers by railway, stage, and steam navigation in the Pacific States. Comprising routes and modes of travel, distances, fares; concise descriptions of the principal towns, scenery, etc., tourist's guide to Yosemite, Tahoe, the Geys	San Francisco	1872	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
17		The Bankers' Directory and List of Bank Attorneys	Chicago	1883	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
19	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 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
20	Bratt, John	Trails of Yesterday	Lincoln	1921	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
21	Browne, J. Ross	Indian War in Oregon and Washington Territories: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting... the report of J. Ross Browne on the subject of the Indian War in Oregon and Washington Territories	Washington	1858	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 312.50
22	Husted, F.M.	Husted's Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley and Alameda County Directory, Giving Name, Occupation and Residence of all Adult Persons in the County, Cities, Associations, City and County Governments, Etc...	Oakland, CA	1894	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
23		Collection of pamphlets and ephemera about Catalina Island		1912-1954	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
24		History of Fresno County, California, with Illustrations, Descriptive of Its Scenery, Farms, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches and Mines,...	San Francisco	1882	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,000.00
25		Extensive legal archive regarding land in San Fernando owned by George K. Porter, Pio Pico, and more	San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California	c.1874-1893	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
26		Sea Mosses from California		Early 20th century	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 375.00

Books & Autographs
Wednesday 25 March

Koller, Mar. 25: KAFKA, FRANZ, SCHRIFTSTELLER. Eigenh. Brief mit Unterschrift. Prag, 20. Oktober [19]15. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: EINSTEIN, ALBERT. Zwei eigenhändige Briefe an Ernst Gabor Straus, unterschrieben "A.E" bzw. "A. Einstein". [Princeton], [19]45. und [1950]. CHF 30,000-40,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: HORTENSE DE BEAUHARNAIS, MUTTER VON NAPOLEON III. Album aus ihrem Besitz mit 69 Aquarellen und Pinselzeichnungen in Sepia oder Grau… CHF 14,000-18,000.

Koller, Mar. 25: ZOOLOGIE - ORNITHOLOGIE - Seligmann, Johann Michael. Verzameling van uitlandsche en zeldzaame Vogelen. Teile 1-8 (von 9) in 2 Bänden. Mit 421 prächtig altkolorierten Kupfertafeln. CHF 14,000-20,000

Koller, Mar. 25: BOTANIK - Berlèse, Lorenzo und Johann Jakob Jung. Iconographie du genre camellia... 3 Bände. Mit 300 Farbstichtafeln "a la poupée.” Paris, [1839-]1841-1843. CHF 12,000-18,000.
Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum Auctions
Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
25 March 2026

Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.

Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.