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
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
  • 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.