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
26	Byrnes, Thomas	Professional Criminals of America	New York	[1886]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
27	Husted, F.M.	Husted's Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley and Alameda County Directory, Giving Name, Occupation and Residence of all Adult Persons in the County, Cities, Associations, City and County Governments, Etc...	Oakland, CA	1894	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
28	Trask, Stella G.	Alameda Marsh and Fishing Village	Oakland	c.1900	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
29		Correspondence related to Catalina Island purse seine fishing and game laws		1918-1921	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
30		Huntington Beach, Orange County, California: The Most Attractively Located City on the Pacific Coast		c.1900	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
31	Holder, Charles Frederick	All About Pasadena and Its Vicinity: Its Climate, Missions, Trails and Canons, Fruits, Flowers and Game	Boston	1889	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
32		Pocket Guide of Los Angeles, California...	Los Angeles	August 1886	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,750.00
33		Account of the Gold Region--The Apoplexy of Gold. California Fever in England [wrapper title]		1849	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
34	Morrow, W. C.	Souvenir of the Hotel del Monte, Monterey, California	Monterey, CA	[c. 1889]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
35		San Francisco & North Pacific Railway / All Aboard! Why	San Francisco	c.1890's	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 312.50
36		Market Street---Looking Toward Ferry---At 9 A.M., April 18	San Francisco	1906	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
37		No. 1 - The Stretch of Ruin from Nob Hill to Russian Hill. July 8, 1906	San Francisco	1906	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
38		Architectural and Landscape Drawings for the Rehabilitation of The Palace of Fine Arts	San Francisco	1963	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
39		Best's Special Report upon the San Francisco Losses and Settlements of the Two Hundred and Forty-three Institutions involved in the Conflagration of April 18-21, 1906	New York	1907	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
40	Chesse, Ralph	Quatr'z Arts Ball program	San Francisco	1929	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
41		Cost of Telephone Service: San Francisco-East Bay Exchange		1927	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
42	Eddy, A. J.	Report of Structural Design Proposed Standard Oil Company Building	[San Francisco]	1921	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
43		The Golden Gate Bridge...Main Bridge Plan and Elevation - plate from Project Report of Chief Engineer	San Francisco	1937 [i.e. 1938]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
44		Petition for Relief [with] Statement of Facts Concerning a Fraud on the United States Government		[1867]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
45		Portola's Festival Official Souvenir Program	San Francisco	1909	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
46	R.J. Waters and Company	Series of eight photographs of the Gunn, Carle & Co. works in San Francisco	San Francisco	c,1920s-1930s	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
47		San Francisco, Cal.	San Francisco	1894	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 150.00
48	Soule, Frank, John H. Gihon and James Nisbet	The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California, and a Complete History of all the Important Events Connected with Its Great City: To Which Are Added, Biogr	New York	1855	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 200.00
49	Sunderland, Clyde	Twenty-two negatives of photographs of a flying boat over San Francisco Bay	Oakland	1938-1939	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
50		Two Certificates of the Consignee, San Francisco maritime documents	San Francisco	1864	USD 300.00 - 500.00	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.