PBA Galleries: Americana - U.S. Presidents - Travel and Exploration - Maps, Prints and Views, 825, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 07, 2024 - November 07, 2024
Page Size: 539 items in 22 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
202

Progress Report: Goldstone Mining Company

Los Angeles 1917 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
203 Catlin, George

Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio

Chicago [1970] USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
204

State of California Cattle Protection Board. Cattle Brands and Licensed Slaughters 1918...

San Francisco 1918 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
205 Chauncy, Charles

Five Dissertations on the Scripture Account of the Fall; and Its Consequences

London 1785 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
206 Levy, Jacques

Cesar Chavez, Autobiography of La Causa

New York 1975 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
207

"Kealney Must Go"

San Francisco c.1877 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
208 Churchill, Caroline M.

"Little Sheaves" Gathered while Gleaning after Reapers. Being letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and ending in 1873

San Francisco 1874 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
209 Smith, Samuel

Letter from influential British banker opposing Secession

(New York?) c.1861 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
210

Oil painting of a Civil War battle

United States After 1864 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
211 Cobb, Howell

Letter from Howell Cobb, written as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, to the director of the Mint at San Francisco

Washington, D.C. 1859 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
212

Mixer's Guide: Over 300 World Famous Cocktails

Oakland, CA c.1920s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 406.25
213

Anno Regi Georgii II.... An Act for Restraining and Preventing Several Unwarrantable Schemes and Undertakings in His Majesties Colonies and Plantations in America

London 1741 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
214 Brumfield, Michael

Ten boudoir card tourist photographs of the area around Ouray, Colorado

Ouray, CO [c.1892] USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
215

General Laws, Joint Resolutions, Memorial, and Private Acts... of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado...

Central City & Denver, CO 1870-1879 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
216 Colton, Calvin

Tour of the American Lakes, and among the Indians of the North-West Territory, in 1830: Disclosing the Character and Prospects of the Indian Race

London 1833 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 312.50
217 Murguia, M., editor & publisher

Mamual del Cocinero, dedicado a las senoritas mexicanas, compuesto de recetas de esquisitas viandas, al estilo del pais y estranjero, escogidas y arregladas por personas de buen gusto e inteligencia

Mexico 1856 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 375.00
218 Farnsworth, O.M., Proprietor

Original Mexican Restaurant

San Antonio c. 1904 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
219 Baldwin, Anita

The Pantophagist

Hollywood, CA 1933 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
220

In the Supreme Court of the State of California. The People of the State of California, Plaintiff and Respondent, vs. Caryl Chessman, Defendant and Appellant

1958 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
221

"Death Ship" Manifest listing over 100 Chinese laborers bound for Cuba who died on the voyage

Habana, Cuba Julio 17 de 1861 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 437.50
222

Document detailing the status of Chinese workers in San Nicolas, Cuba

San Nicolas, Cuba 1867 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
223

Document detailing the terms of new contracts to be signed by Chinese laborers in Cuba

Cuba 1867 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
224

Expediente documenting and describing a voyage transporting Chinese indentured servants from Macao to Cuba, sewn together with a Manifest listing the passengers on the voyage

Macau, China and Havana, Cuba 1864 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
225

Identification document (Cedula) for a Chinese indentured servant/slave in Cuba

Cuba 1862 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 237.50
226

Manifest listing 444 Chinese laborers bound for Havana, 171 of whom died en route

Havana, Cuba Octobre 23, 1869 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 437.50
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
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    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD