PBA Galleries: Americana - Travel & Exploration - World History - Maps & Views, 859, Berkeley
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- March 19, 2026 - March 19, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 278 | Stephens, John L. | Incidents of Travel in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan |
New York | 1841 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 279 | Bredon, Juliet | Peking: A Historical and Intimate Description of its Chief Places of Interest |
Shanghai | 1931 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 280 | Coltman, Robert Jr., M.D. | The Chinese, Their Present and Future: Medical, Political, and Social |
Philadelphia; Hamilton, IL | 1891 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 281 | Killie, Charles A. | 50 Views of the Siege of Peking |
Shanghai | c. 1900 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 1,500.00 |
| 282 | Russell, Bertrand | The Problem of China |
New York | 1922 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 283 | Snow, Edgar and S.J. Noumoff | Correspondence between Snow and Noumoff |
Vaud, Switzerland; Montreal | 1969-1970 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 812.50 |
| 284 | Wright, G[eorge] N[ewenham] and Thomas Allom | China, in a Series of Views, Displaying the Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire. |
London | [c1843] | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 687.50 |
| 285 | Churchill, Winston S. | Liberalism and the Social Problem |
London | 1909 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 286 | Churchill, Winston S. | Shall We Commit Suicide |
New York | 1924 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 287 | Churchill, Winston S. | A Speech by The Prime Minister in the House of Commons, August 20th, 1940 [cover title] |
[London] | 1940 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 288 | Churchill, Winston S. | The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War |
London, New York and Bombay | 1898 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | Not Sold |
| 289 | Poster advertising airline Civil Air Transport |
[c.1960] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 290 | Collie, J. Norman | Climbing On The Himalaya And Other Mountain Ranges |
Edinburgh | 1902 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 291 | Dicker, Herman | Wanderers and Settlers in the Far East: A Century of Jewish Life in China and Japan |
New York | [1962] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 292 | Dixon, George | A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in The King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon |
London | 1789 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 293 | Hayek, Friedrich | The Constitution of Liberty |
London | 1960 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 294 | Carter, Howard and A.C. Mace | The Tomb of Tut-Ankh-Amen: Discovered by the Late Earl of Carnarvon and Howard Carter |
London and elsewhere | 1923; 1927 | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 295 | Eyre, Vincent | The Military Operations At Cabul, Which Ended In The Retreat And Destruction Of The British Army, January 1842. With A Journal of Imprisonment In Afghanistan |
London | 1843 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 296 | Fairholt, Frederick W. | On a Grotesque Mask of Punishment, Obtained in the Castle of Nuremberg |
Liverpool | 1855 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 297 | O'Followell, [Verfasserin] | Le Corset histoire - Medicine - Hygiene : Etude Medicale |
Paris | 1905 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 298 | Saintsbury, George | Notes on a Cellar-Book |
London | 1921 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 299 | Forster, Charles | The Historical Geography of Arabia; The Patriarchal Evidences of Revealed Religion: A Memoir, with Illustrative maps; and an Appendix,... |
London | [1844] | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 300 | Huxley, Julian; Lord Dunsany; et al. | Six volumes from the "If I were Dictator..." series |
London | 1934-1935 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 301 | [Anderson, Adam] | An Historical and Chronological Deduction of the Origin of Commerce |
London | 1787 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 312.50 |
| 302 | Brookes, R. | The General Gazetteer; or, Compendious Geographical Dictionary... |
London | 1797 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.