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
127		Four early 20th century anti-Mormon titles		1904-1926	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
128	Musser, Amos Milton and Joseph White	The Fruits of "Mormonism." By Non-"Mormon" Witnesses [with] An Open Letter to Heber J. Grant, April 15, 1935	Salt Lake City	1878-1935	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
129	Muir, John	John of the Mountains: Unpublished Journals of John Muir	Boston	1938	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
130	Muir, John	Three volumes by John Muir	Boston and New York	1915-1917	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
131	Myrick, Herbert	Cache la Poudre: The Romance of a Tenderfoot in the Days of Custer	New York	1905	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
132	Cass, Lewis, et al	Letter From the Secretary of War Transmitting the Information...In Relation to the Hostile Disposition of Indian Tribes On The Northwestern Frontier	Washington	May 21, 1828	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
133	Neihardt, John G.	Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Ogalala Sioux.	New York	1932	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
134	Tims, Rev. J.W.	Grammar and Dictionary of the Blackfoot Language in the Dominion of Canada. For the Use of Missionaries, Schoolteachers, and Others	London	1889	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
135		New York State Museum - 48th Annual Report of the Regents 1894	Albany	1895	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
136	Tiffin, Edward	Signed document ordering seizure of goods	Chillicothe, Ross County, Ohio, Northwest Territory	1802	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
137	Carey, Charles Henry	History of Oregon	Chicago	1922	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
138	Clark, Robert Carlton	History of the Willamette Valley, Oregon	Chicago	1927	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
139	Clayton, J.M.	[Gen. Riley's Civil Correspondence. California.]	[Washington, D.C.]	[1850]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
140	Cross, Osborne	A Report, in the form of a journal, to the Quartermaster General, of the march of the regiment of mounted riflemen to Oregon, from May 10 to October 5, 1849, by Major O. Cross, quartermaster United States army	Washington	[1850]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
141	Farnham, Thomas J.	History of Oregon Territory, It Being a Demonstration of the Title of these United States of North America to the Same	New York, Boston, Philadelphia, et al.	[1844]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
142	Gaston, Joseph	The Centennial History of Oregon 1811-1912	Chicago	1912	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
143	Rush, Richard	A Residence at the Court of London	London	1833	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
144	Twiss, Travers	The Oregon Question Examined, in Respect to Facts and the Law of Nations	London	1846	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
145	Wallace, Edward J.	The Oregon Question Determined by the Rules of International Law	Leeds	1846	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
146	Owen, John	The Journals and Letters of Major John Owen, Pioneer of the Northwest, 1850-1871, Embracing His Purchase of St. Mary's Mission; the Building of Fort Owen; His Travels; His Relation with the Indians; His Work for the Government; and His Activities as a Wes	New York	1927	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
147	Gilbert, Frank T.	Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon	Portland, OR	1882	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
148		Report of the Secretary of War Communicating The Several Pacific Railroad Explorations	Washington	1855	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
149		Archive of Photographs Documenting the Construction of the Lanpher Reservoir to Provide Water to Pittsburgh	Allegheny County	1913-1914	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
150		1920s-30s Annotated Travel Photograph Album - Yellowstone, Canada et.al.		c.1927-1934	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
151		Photograph album circa 1910's - Oklahoma and Montana		[c. 1910s-1920s]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown

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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.
SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.

SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
The Odfjell Collection
Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
Ending December 4th

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.

Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
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.