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
152		Photograph album of a trip through British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska		1927	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
153		Photograph album of Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Washington	Tacoma, WA	[1918]	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
154		Photograph album of German tourists traveling through Texas		1923-1925	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
155	Marshall, John	The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled under the inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington... To	Philadelphia	1804-1807	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	Unknown
156	Monroe, James	Land grant signed by James Monroe	Washington, D.C.	November 10, 1821	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
157	Polk, James K.	Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the First Session of the Thirtieth Congress. December 7, 1847	Washington	1847	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
158	Taylor, Zachary	Autograph note signed by Zachary Taylor as Major General		[c.1840s]	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
159	Sandburg, Carl	Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years	New York	[1926]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
160	Thayer, William M.	The Pioneer Boy, and How He Became President	Boston	1863	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
161	Garfield, James A.	The signature of President James A. Garfield [with] engraved portrait	Long Branch, NJ	1881	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
162	Andrews, Byron	The Facts About the Candidate	Chicago	1904	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
163		The White House Gallery of Official Portraits of the Presidents	New York and Washington	1906	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
164	Roosevelt, Franklin D.	Typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as President	Washington	1941	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
165	Kennedy, John F.	Letter from John F. Kennedy as President to John B. Connally	Washington	1961	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Unknown
166	Caro, Robert A.	The Years of Lyndon Johnson The Path to Power [with] Means of Ascent [and] Master of the Senate	New York	1982-2002	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
167	Johnson, Lyndon Baines	Typed Letter Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson as President to Texas Governor John B. Connally	Washington	1968	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
168	Johnson, Lyndon Baines	Typed Letter Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson as President to Texas Governor John B. Connally, regarding the Vietnam War	Washington	1966	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
169	Nixon, Richard and Pat	Photograph of the Nixon family, signed by Richard and Pat Nixon		[1969]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
170	Nixon, Richard	Three cards signed by Richard Nixon as President		[c.1970s]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
171	Reagan, Ronald	Presidential card signed by Ronald Reagan		[c.1980s]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
172	Rhoades, W.M.	Washee-Washee: Laundry Lists for a Year	Chicago	1905	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
173	Guild, William	New York and the White Mountains; With a Complete Map, and Numerous Wood-Cut Views of the Principal Objects of Interest Upon the Line	Boston	1852	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
174	Mahl, William, Controller, Southern Pacific Railroad	Typed Letter Signed to Henry E. Huntington regarding the 1896 Annual Report	New York	1897	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
175		Scenery of the Pacific Railways, and Colorado [with] The Great Northwest: A Guide-Book and Itinerary for the Use of Tourists and Travellers over the Lines of the Northern Pacific Railroad, the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, and the Oregon and Cali		1878-1883	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
176		Three publications from railroad companies, with one piece of dining car ephemera		1887-1937	USD 400.00 - 600.00	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.