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

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
27

Account of the Gold Region--The Apoplexy of Gold. California Fever in England [wrapper title]

1849 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
28

Illustrations of Napa County California with Historical Sketch

Oakland, CA 1878 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,375.00
29

Block book for the Western Addition district of San Francisco

San Francisco c.1900 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
30 Chesse, Ralph

Quatr'z Arts Ball program

San Francisco 1929 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
31

Collection of World's Fair ephemera

San Francisco 1939-40, mostly USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
32

Petition for Relief [with] Statement of Facts Concerning a Fraud on the United States Government

[1867] USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
33

Portola's Festival Official Souvenir Program

San Francisco 1909 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
34

San Francisco, Cal.

San Francisco 1894 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
35

State Board Harbor Commissioners [cover title]

San Francisco [1864-1873] USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 312.50
36 Sunderland, Clyde

Twenty-two negatives of photographs of a flying boat over San Francisco Bay

Oakland 1938-1939 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
37

Swimming Championships of the Pacific Coast: Sutro Baths, Friday, July 4, 1913

San Francisco 1913 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 1,625.00
38

Sutro Baths and Museum

San Francisco No date USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
39

Woodward's Gardens, San Francisco

San Francisco c.1870's-1880's USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
40

Woodward's Gardens: Illustrated Guide and Catalogue

San Francisco 1875 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 875.00
41 Whitney, J.D.

The Yosemite Guide-Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada and of the Big Trees of California

[Sacramento] 1869 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 531.25
42 Bruff, J. Goldsborough

Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings and other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association, April 2, 1849 - July 20, 1851

New York 1944 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
43 Ryan, William Redmond

Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines

London 1850 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
44 Ryan, William Redmond

Personal Adventures in Upper and Lower California in 1848-9; with the Author's Experiences at the Mines

London 1850 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
45

All About California and the Inducements to Settle There [For Gratuitous Circulation.]

San Francisco 1870 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
46

Annual Report of the Controller of State, for the Year 1860

Sacramento 1860 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
47 Beerz, Geo. A.

Vasquez; or, The Hunted Bandits of the San Joaquin. Containing Thrilling Scenes and Incidents Among the Outlaws and Desperadoes of Southern California. With a Full and Accurate Account of the Capture, Trial, and Execution of the Noted Bandit

[1875] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,375.00
48 Berger, Lawrence, editor

Archania: History and Register

1929 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
49 Evans, Taliesin

Illustrated Hand Book of California and San Francisco

San Francisco [1894] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
50 Holder, Charles Frederick, editor

The Californian Illustrated Magazine 1892-1894

San Francisco 1891-1894 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 562.50
51 McLaren, John

Gardening in California Landscape and Flower

San Francisco 1924 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Plato. [Apanta ta tou Platonos. Omnia Platonis opera], 2 parts in 2 vol., editio princeps of Plato's works in the original Greek, Venice, House of Aldus, 1513. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum, [Southern Netherlands (probably Bruges), c.1460]. £6,000-8,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Correspondence and documents by or addressed to the first four Viscounts Molesworth and members of their families, letters and manuscripts, 1690-1783. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Shakespeare (William). The Dramatic Works, 9 vol., John and Josiah Boydell, 1802. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Joyce (James). Ulysses, first edition, one of 750 copies on handmade paper, Paris, Shakespeare and Company, 1922 £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Powell (Anthony). [A Dance to the Music of Time], 12 vol., first editions, each with a signed presentation inscription from the author to Osbert Lancaster, 1951-75. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Chaucer (Geoffrey). Troilus and Criseyde, one of 225 copies on handmade paper, wood-engravings by Eric Gill, Waltham St.Lawrence, 1927. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Borges (Jorge Luis). Luna de Enfrente, first edition, one of 300 copies, presentation copy signed by the author to Leopoldo Marechal, Buenos Aires, Editorial Proa, 1925. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Nolli (Giovanni Battista). Nuova Pianta di Roma, Rome, 1748. £6,000-8,000
    Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    29th January 2026
    Forum, Jan. 29: Roberts (David). The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, & Nubia, 3 vol., first edition, 1842-49. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Blacker (William). Catechism of Fly Making, Angling and Dyeing, Published by the author, 1843. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Jan. 29: Herschel (Sir John F. W.) Collection of 69 offprints, extracts and separate publications by Herschel, bound for his son, William James Herschel, 3 vol., [1813-50]. £15,000-20,000
  • Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 26. Company School. An album of 85 Indian mica paintings, Madras, c. 1852. £700-1,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 28. Ross & Hooker. Notes on the Botany of the Antarctic Voyage, 1st edition, 1843. £4,000-6,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 44. Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 volumes, 1st edition, 1862-73. £30,000-40,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 72. Edwards (George). A Natural History of Uncommon Birds… [and] Gleanings of Natural History, 7 volumes, 1st edition, 1743-64. £7,000-10,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 87. Walcott (Charles D. et al.). Geologic Atlas of the United States, 227-volume set, U.S. Geological Survey, 1894-1945. £500-800
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 236. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew…, By B. E. Gent., 1st edition, [1699]. £3,000-4,000
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 245. Frost Fair Broadside. Upon the Frost in the Year 1739-40, Printed on the Ice upon the Thames at Queen-Hithe, 1739/40. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 270. Micheli (Antonino di). La Nuova Chitarra di Regole…, 1st edition, Palermo, 1680. £10,000-15,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 280. Elgar (Edward). Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, [1910], signed presentation copy. £500-800
    Dominic Winter
    Books, Maps, Documents & Autographs
    Ornithology, Music, Bookplates
    28th January 2026
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 286 - Walton (William, 1902-1983). Autograph manuscript full score for Belshazzar’s Feast, [1930-31]. £20,000-30,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 304. Churchill (Winston). A terracotta maquette of Churchill by Oscar Nemon, c. 1955. £1,500-2,000
    Dominic Winter, Jan. 28: Lot 364 - Russian Imperial Archaeological Commission. Mecheti Samarkanda..., Fascicule I Gour-Emir, St. Petersburg, 1905. £2,000-3,000
  • Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary pair of books from George Washington’s field library, marking the conjunction of Robert Rogers, George Washington, and Henry Knox. $1,200,000 to $1,800,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: An extraordinary letter marking the conjunction of George Washington, the Marquis de Lafayette, and Benjamin Franklin. $1,000,000 to $1,500,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: Virginia House of Delegates. The genesis of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. $350,000 to $500,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Fine Manuscript and Printed Americana
    27 January 2026
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: (Gettysburg). “Genl. Doubleday has taken charge of the battle”: Autograph witness to the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, illustrated by fourteen maps and plans. $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: President Lincoln thanks a schoolboy on behalf of "all the children of the nation for his efforts to ensure "that this war shall be successful, and the Union be maintained and perpetuated." $200,000 to $300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Jan. 27: [World War II]. An archive of maps and files documenting the allied campaign in Europe, from the early stages of planning for D-Day and Operation Overlord, to Germany’s surrender. $200,000 to $300,000.