PBA Galleries: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps & Views, 859, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: March 19, 2026 - March 19, 2026

Page Size: 433 items in 18 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
228	[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	Washington	1847	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 281.25
229	Grant, Ulysses S.	Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant	New York	1885-1886	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 375.00
230	Grant, Ulysses S.	Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant	New York	1885-86	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
231	Garfield, James A.	Signature of James A. Garfield [with] portrait plate		1881	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,750.00
232	Cleveland, Grover	Governmental appointment document, signed by Grover Cleveland	Washington, DC	1896	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
233	Harrison, Benjamin	Autograph letter signed by Benjamin Harrison		1896	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 500.00
234	Taft, William H.	Photograph signed by William H. Taft as President		1909	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 312.50
235	Taft, William Howard	Appointment document, signed by Taft	Washington, DC	1911	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
236	Taft, William Howard	Engraved military commission, signed by Taft and Secretary of War J.M. Dickenson	Washington, DC	1910	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 437.50
237	Harding, Warren G.	Autograph letter signed by Warren G. Harding		1911	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 468.75
238	Harding, Warren G.	Autograph postcard signed by Warren G. Harding to his father		1909	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 406.25
239	Coolidge, Calvin	Autograph letter initialed by Calvin Coolidge as President		1928	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 212.50
240	Coolidge, Calvin	Autograph letter signed by Calvin Coolidge as President		1923	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 1,625.00
241	Hoover, Herbert	Autograph letter signed by Herbert Hoover		1938	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 687.50
242	Roosevelt, Franklin D.	Typed letter signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt as President	Washington	1941	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 375.00
243	Roosevelt, Franklin Delano	Typed letter signed by FDR, framed with photograph	Warm Springs, GA	1928	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 375.00
244	Truman, Harry S.	Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions; Years of Trial and Hope	Garden City, NY	1955-1956	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 343.75
245	Kennedy, John F.	Autograph letter signed by John F. Kennedy as Senator		1955	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	USD 2,812.50
246	Kennedy, John F.	Profiles in Courage	New York	[1956]	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 3,125.00
247	Nixon, Richard and Pat	Photograph of the Nixon family, signed by Richard and Pat Nixon		[1969]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
248	Reagan, Ronald	Speaking My Mind: Selected Speeches	New York	[1989]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 343.75
249		California, Oregon, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico: Through Tourist Sleepers, Washington to Los Angeles and San Francisco without Change, via Sunset Route [wrapper title]	New York	1900	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
250		The Chief [with] The Navajo	Chicago	1929	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
251		Great Trans-Continental Railroad Guide	Chicago	1870	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
252		Judson & Co.'s Overland Excursions [with] Santa Fe Route		1894; 1898	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.