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
303		Dictionnaire Historique, Politique, et Geographique de la Suisse...	Geneva	1788	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
304	Edwards, Bryan	The History, Civil and Commercial, of the British Colonies in the West Indies	Philadelphia	1805-06	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 687.50
305		Le Guide D'Amsterdam, avec la Description de tout ce qu'il y a de plus Interessant	Amsterdam	1793	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
306	Haslehurst, May A.	Days Forever Flown	New York	1892	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 137.50
307	Horneman, Frederick	The Journal of Frederick Horneman's Travels, From Cairo to Mourzouk, the Capital of the Kingdom of Fezzan, in Africa. In the Years 1797-8.	London	1802	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 343.75
308	Houghton, William	British Fresh-Water Fishes	London	[1879]	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 468.75
309	Hussein, Saddam	Two speeches from Saddam Hussein in French	[Baghdad]	1979; 1981	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
310	Ben Gurion, David	Statement by the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. David Ben Gurion, in a Broadcast over the Israel State Radio, on October 19, 1953, dealing with Recent Border Incidents	New York	1953	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
311		Bulletin issued by the Jewish Agency for Eretz Israel Rescue Committee	Jerusalem	1945	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
312		Poor relief by Mr. Provider	[Rochester, Kent]	1773	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
313		Comitiva Regia en el Casamiento de S.M. el Rey de Espana Don Alfonso XII con S.A.I. y R., la Archiduquesa Dona Maria Cristina de Austria...	Madrid	1883	USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00	Not Sold
314	Livingstone, David	Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa; Including a Sketch of Sixteen Years Residence in the Interior of Africa, and a Journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Loanda on the West Coast; Thence across the Continent, Down the River Zambesi, to the E	London	1857	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
315		Marine voyages manuscript		c. 1848	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 437.50
316	Coxe, William	Memoirs of John Duke of Marlborough; With his Original Correspondence: Collected from the Family Records at Blenheim, and Other Authentic Sources	London	1818-19	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
317	Murray, George, ed.	The Letters and Dispatches of John Churchill, First Duke of Marlborough, from 1702 to 1712	London	1845	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
318	Maughan, William Charles	The Alps of Arabia: Travels in Egypt, Sinai, Arabia and the Holy Land	London	1875	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
319	Atkins, Henry Martin	Ascent to the summit of Mont Blanc on the 22nd and 23rd of August 1837	London	1838	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 875.00
320	Auldjo, John	Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc on the Eighth and Ninth of August, 1827	London	1830	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 375.00
321	Conway, W. Martin	The Alps, Described by W. Martin Conway, Painted by A.D. McCormick	London	1904	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
322	Cunningham, C.D. and Captain W. de W. Abney	The Pioneers of the Alps	London	1887	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 281.25
323	Fellows, Charles	Narrative of an Ascent to the Summit of Mont Blanc, of the 25 July, 1827	London	1827	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	USD 4,687.50
324	George, Hereford Brooke, Leslie Stephen, & Douglas W. Freshfield, editors	The Alpine Journal: A Record of Mountain Adventure and Scientific Observations by Members of the Alpine Club	London	1863-1970	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,250.00
325	Gilbert, Josiah and G.C. Churchill	The Dolomite Mountains. Excursions Through Tyrol, Carinthia, Carniola, & Friuli in 1861, 1862, & 1863. With a Geological Chapter, and Pictorial Illustrations From Original Drawings on the Spot.	London	1864	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 312.50
326	Le Blond, Aubrey	Mountaineering in the Land of the Midnight Sun	Philadelphia	1908	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
327		Mountain Craft: The Journal of the Mountaineering Association, Issues No.1-16	London	1952	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold

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.