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
202	Woyshner, Paul	He Did His Duty	San Francisco	1917	USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00	Not Sold
203		Five volumes on WWII aviation		1987-1995	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
204		Three view albums of the Chicago World's Fair in 1893	Chicago	1892-1893	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
205	Raynolds, Bvt. Brig. Gen. W[illiam] F.	Report on the Exploration of the Yellowstone River...Communicated by the Secretary of War, in Compliance with a Resolution of Senate, February 13, 1866	Washington DC	1868	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 200.00
206	Brewer, William H.	Up and Down California in 1860-1864: The Journal of William H. Brewer, Professor of Agriculture in the Sheffield Scientific School from 1864 to 1903	New Haven	1931	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
207	Brown, John Henry	Reminiscences and Incidents of Early Days of San Francisco (1845-50)	San Francisco	[1933]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
208	Davis, William Heath	Seventy-Five Years in California	San Francisco	1929	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
209	Muir, John	The Mountains of California	New York	1894	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 687.50
210	Robinson, Alfred	Life in California Before the Conquest: Hispano-Californians, Leperos, & Indians; Franciscan Misioneros & Misiones; American & English Comerciantes; Puertos, Presidios, Castillos; Sailors & Backwoodsmen; Revolutions & Strife	San Francisco	1925	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
211	Stevenson, Robert Louis	Two copies of The Silverado Squatters		1883-1952	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
212	Taylor, Bayard	Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire [with] Autograph letter signed by Bayard Taylor	New York	1855	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
213	Vancouver, George	A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of	London	1798	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
214	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 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
215	Gunn, Douglas	Picturesque San Diego, With Historical and Descriptive Notes	Chicago	1887	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 343.75
216	Alcott, Phebe Lewis, and Dr. William Andus Alcott	Letter by Mrs. Alcott and her husband about anti-slavery and vegetarian medicinal remedies	Hartford, CT	July 29-31, 1843	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 812.50
217	Bigler, William	Letter from the pro-Slavery Governor of Pennsylvania seeking reelection in the tumultuous antebellum year of political realignment	[Harrisburg, Pennsylvania]	May 20, 1854	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
218	Avalo y Elizalde, Maria Susan de	Letter written from Puebla, Mexico to the Elizalde and Erainqui families regarding family in California		1877	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
219	Breckinridge, Rev. John	Letter to New York philanthropists, on returning from a four-month trip of 4000 miles, across 9 states	New York	1838	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
220		Correspondence related to Catalina Island purse seine fishing and game laws		1918-1921	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
221		Two Certificates of the Consignee, San Francisco maritime documents	San Francisco	1864	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
222		11 letters and notices addressed to Guillermo Carrillo, 19th c. Santa Barbara Californio manuscripts		1857-1886	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,250.00
223	Halleck, Henry W.	Manuscript acknowledging receipt of land ownership documents, Santa Barbara, 1851	Santa Barbara, CA	1851	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
224		Manuscript detailing cattle brand of Thomas Robbins of Santa Barbara with bull and brand drawing	Santa Barbara, CA	1843	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 2,500.00
225		Manuscript document recording indentured servitude of Native American child, 1856	Santa Barbara, CA	1856	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,500.00
226		Manuscript indenture lease, Santa Barbara 1850	Santa Barbara, CA	1850	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.