PBA Galleries: Fine Photography & Art, Fine Press, Fine Bindings, 860, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 02, 2026 - April 02, 2026

Page Size: 372 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
278	Mann, Thomas	Nocturnes with Lithographs by Lynd Ward	New York	1934	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 225.00
279	Ward, Lynd	Wild Pilgrimage	New York	1932	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
280	White, Mus	From the Mundane to the Magical: Photographically Illustrated Children's Books, 1854-1945 and Beyond	Los Angeles	1999	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
281	Whitman, Walt	Leaves of Grass. Comprising all the Poems written by Walt Whitman following the Arrangement of the Edition of 1891-'2	New York	1930	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Not Sold
282	Wilson, Joyce Lancaster, editor	The Work and Play of Adrian Wilson: A Bibliography with Commentary	Austin	1983	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 250.00
283	Barber, Giles	The James A. De Rothschild Bequest at Waddesdon Manor...Printed Books and Bookbindings	[Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire]	2013	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
284	Hardy, Thomas	The Return of the Native	London	1949	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
285	Shakespeare, William	The Works of Shakespeare	London	[1950]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
286	Churchill, Winston S.	A History of the English-Speaking Peoples	London	[1956-1958]	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
287	Cunningham, Allan	The Works of Robert Burns; With His Life	London	1834	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 562.50
288	Surtees, Robert Smith	Six Sporting Novels by Robert Surtees	London	N/A	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
289		Bell's British Theatre - 42 volumes	London	1776-1806	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 687.50
290	Bronte, Charlotte; Emily & Anne	The Works of Charlotte Emily and Anne Bronte	London	[1892-1893]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 343.75
291	Browning, Elizabeth Barrett	The Poems of Elizabeth Barrett Browning. A New Edition, Carefully Corrected by the Last London Edition.	New York; Boston	[1853]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
292	Burton, Richard F., translator	The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night [with] Supplemental Nights	[United States]	[c.1900-1903]	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 687.50
293	Churchill, Winston S.	The Second World War	London	[1948-1954]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,875.00
294	Phelps, William Lyon, editor	The Novels of Samuel Richardson	New York	[1901]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,875.00
295	Wheatley, Henry B., editor	The Diary of Samuel Pepys	New York; London	[1892]	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,062.50
296	Dickens, Charles	Works of Charles Dickens. Illustrated Library Edition.	London	1874	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 1,250.00
297	Emerson, Ralph Waldo	Emerson's Complete Works - Riverside Edition	Boston; New York; Cambridge	1897-1900	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 593.75
298	Hugo, Victor	The Works of Victor Hugo	New York	[c.1890]	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 687.50
299		Five handsomely bound volumes	Various places	1827-1964	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
300	Hughes, Thomas	The Scouring of the White Horse	Cambridge	1859	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
301	Heber, Reginald	Narrative of a Journey Through the Upper Provinces of India, From Calcutta to Bombay, 1824-1825. (With Notes Upon Ceylon,) An Account of a Journey to Madras and the Southern Provinces, 1826, and Letters Written in India	London	1828	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
302	Hugo, Victor	Les Miserables	New York; Boston	[c.1900]	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.