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
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

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.