PBA Galleries: Rare and Antiquarian Books with Illustrated & Children's Books, and the Dr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of Oz , 855, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 22, 2026 - January 22, 2026
Page Size: 391 items in 16 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
226

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

[1956] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 593.75
227

Kiss Me Deadly

1955 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 137.50
228 Quetelet, Adolphe

Du Systeme social et des lois qui le regissent

Paris 1848 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
229 Wieland, Christoph Martin

Oberon. Ein romantisches Heldengedicht in 12 Gesangen

Munich 1920 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
230 Rakosi, Carl

The Beasts

Oakland, California 1994 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
231 Randolph, Mary

The Virginia Housewife: Or, Methodical Cook

Baltimore [1839] USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
232 Willoughby, Lady

So Much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby as Relates to her Domestic History & to the Eventful Period of the Reign of Charles the First

London 1844 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 343.75
233 Riepenhausen, Franz and Johannes.

Leben und Tod der heiligen Genoveva

Frankfurt 1806 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
234 Riva Palacio, Vicente and Juan de Dios Peza

Tradiciones y Leyendas Mexicanas: por Vicente Riva Palacio y Juan de Dios Peza

Mexico City c. 1885 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
235 Rothschild, Walter

The Avifauna of Laysan and the Neighbouring Islands: With a Complete History to date of the Birds of the Hawaiian Possessions

London 1893-1900 USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 Not Sold
236 Combe, William

The Tours of Doctor Syntax

London 1823 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 500.00
237 Gambado, Geoffrey [pseud. of Bunbury, Henry William]

An Academy for Grown Horsemen; Containing the Completest Instructions for Walking, Trotting, Cantering, Galloping, Stumbling and Tumbling...The Annals of Horsemanship

London 1808 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
238 'Quiz' [Combe, William, attributed]

The Grand Master; Or Adventures of Qui Hi? In Hindostan

London 1816 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 343.75
239 Sappho

Fragmenta Nova

Berkeley & Brookston 1981 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
240 Schanilec, Gaylord

YTWOK

1999 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
241 Schmidt, Friedrich von

Konig Wilhelm von Wurttemberg in seinen landlichen Beschaftigungen. Mit Illustrationen in Farblithographie und Holzschnitt nach Julius Schnorr und dem Tiermaler Anton Braith, unter technischer und kunstlerischer Leitung des Ersteren

Stuttgart 1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Not Sold
242 Schoenhaupt, Louis, illustrator

Gedenktafeln des Christlichen Glaubens [Album of the Christian Faith]

Strasburg [1867] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
243 Segur, Comtesse de

Nouveaux Contes de Fees Pour Les Petits Enfants

Paris 1859 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
244 Shaw, Vero

The Illustrated Book of the Dog...With an Appendix on Canine Medicine and Surgery

London [1881] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 281.25
245 Sinclair, Isabella

Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands: Forty-Four Plates Painted in Water-Colours and Described by Mrs. Francis Sinclair, Jr.

London 1885 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,500.00
246 Sleeman, W.H

The Thugs or Phansigars of India: Comprising a History of the Rise and Progress of that Extraordinary Fraternity of Assassins...

Philadelphia 1839 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
247 Smith, Charles Hamilton

The Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland, from the Seventh to the Sixteenth Century, Selected from Rare Specimens in the Possession of the Author, and Accompanied with Suitable Descriptions and Illustrations

London [1815] USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
248 Smythe, F. S.

The Kangchenjunga Adventure

London [1932] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
249 Stephens, Henry L.

The Comic Natural History of the Human Race

Philadelphia 1851 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 812.50
250 [McBride, James]

Symmes's Theory of Concentric Spheres; Demonstrating that the Earth is Hollow, Habitable Within, and Widely Open about the Poles

Cincinnati 1826 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,750.00
  • Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: HAMILTON, Sir William (1730-1803) - Campi Phlegraei. Napoli: [Pietro Fabris], 1776, 1779. € 30.000 - 50.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: [MORTIER] - BLAEU, Joannes (1596-1673) - Het Nieuw Stede Boek van Italie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704-1705. € 15.000 - 25.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: TULLIO D'ALBISOLA (1899-1971) - Bruno MUNARI (1907-1998) - L'Anguria lirica (lungo poema passionale). Roma e Savona: Edizioni Futuriste di Poesia, senza data [ma 1933?]. € 20.000 - 30.000
    Il Ponte, Feb. 25-26: IL MANOSCRITTO RITROVATO DI IPPOLITA MARIA SFORZA. TITO LIVIO - Ab Urbe Condita. Prima Decade. Manoscritto miniato su pergamena, metà XV secolo. € 280.000 - 350.000
  • Sotheby's Fine Books & Manuscripts
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Balthus, Emily Brontë. Wuthering Heights, New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1993. 6,600 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens. Complete Works, Philadelphia & London: J.B. Lippincott Company & Chapman & Hall, LD, 1850. Limited Edition set of 30 volumes. 7,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: John Lennon, Yoko Ono. Handwritten Letter from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to their Chauffer. 1971. 32,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Winston Churchill. First edition of War Speeches, Cassell and Company, Ltd., 1941. Set of 7 volumes. 5,500 USD.
    Sotheby’s: Andy Warhol, Julia Warhola. Holy Cats First Edition, Signed by Andy Warhol. 1954. 30,000 USD.
  • Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 40
    Ramasvami (Kavali Venkata). A Digest of the Different Castes of India, 83 charming hand-coloured lithographed plates, Madras, 1837. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 50
    Watson (John Forbes) & John William Kaye. The People of India: A Series of Photographic Illustrations...of the Races and Tribes of Hindustan, 8 vol., 480 mounted albumen prints, 1868-75. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 53
    Afghanistan.- Elphinstone (Hon. Mountstuart). An Account of the Kingdom of Caubul, first edition, hand-coloured aquatint plates, a fine copy, 1815. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 57
    [Album and Treatise on Hinduism], manuscript treatise on Hinduism in French, 31 watercolours of Hindu deities, Pondicherry, 1865. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 62 Allan (Capt. Alexander). Views in the Mysore Country, [1794]. £2,000-3,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 76
    Bird (James). Historical Researches on the Origin and Principles of the Bauddha and Jaina Religions..., first edition, lithographed plates, Bombay, American Mission Press, 1847. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 100
    Ceylon.- Daniell (Samuel). A Picturesque Illustration of the scenery, animals, and native inhabitants, of the Island of Ceylon: in twelve plates, 1808. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 123
    D'Oyly (Charles). Behar Amateur Lithographic Scrap Book, lithographed throughout with title and 55 plates mounted on 43 paper leaves, [Patna], [1828]. £3,000-5,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 139
    Gandhi (known as Mahatma Gandhi,) Fine Autograph Letter signed to Jawaharlal Nehru, Sevagram, Wardha, 1942, emphasising the importance of education in rural communities. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    Online: India
    Ends 19th February 2026
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 140
    Gantz (John). Indian Microcosm, first edition, Madras, John Gantz & Son, 1827. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 146
    Grierson (Sir George Abraham). Linguistic Survey of India, 11 vol. in 20, folding maps, original cloth, Calcutta, Superintendent Government Printing, 1903-28. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 195
    Madras.- Fort St. George Gazette (The), No.276-331, pp.493-936 and Index to all of 1834 at end, modern half calf, Madras, 2nd July - 31st December 1834. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, Feb. 19: Lot 205
    Marshall (Sir John) and Alfred Foucher. The Monuments of Sanchi, 3 vol., first edition, 141 plates, most photogravure, [Calcutta], [1940]. £3,000-4,000