PBA Galleries: Rare Books & Manuscripts - A PBA Platinum Auction, 847, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: September 25, 2025 - September 25, 2025

Page Size: 371 items in 15 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
301	[Robinson, Alfred], An American	Life in California: During a Residence of Several Years in That Territory, Comprising a Description of the Country and the Missionary Establishments, with Incidents, Observations, Etc., Etc. Illustrated with Numerous Engravings. By an American. To Which i	New York	1846	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
302	Royce, Josiah	California from the Conquest in 1846 to the Second Vigilance Committee in San Francisco: A Study of American Character	Boston	1888	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
303	Shirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]	California in 1851-[1852]: The Letters of Dame Shirley	San Francisco	1933	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
304	Shirley, Dame [Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith]	The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52	San Francisco	1922	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
305	Soule, Frank, John H. Gihon & James Nisbet	The Annals of San Francisco; Containing a Summary of the History of the First Discovery, Settlement, Progress, and Present Condition of California...	New York	1855	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
306	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 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
307	Stevenson, Robert Louis	Two copies of The Silverado Squatters		1883-1952	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
308	Taylor, Bayard	Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire [with] Autograph letter signed by Bayard Taylor	New York	1855	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
309	Taylor, Bayard	Eldorado, Or, Adventures in the Path of Empire: Comprising a Voyage to California, Via Panama; Life in San Francisco and Monterey; Pictures of the Gold Region, and Experiences of Mexican Travel	New York	1850	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
310	Upham, Samuel C.	Notes of a Voyage to California Via Cape Horn, Together with Scenes in El Dorado, in the Years 1849-1850...	Philadelphia	1878	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
311	Vancouver, George	A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-west America has been carefully examined and accurately surveyed...	London	1801	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
312	Venegas, Miguel	Noticia de la California y de su Conquista Temporal y Espiritual hasta el Tiempo Presente	Mexico	1943-44	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
313	Woods, Daniel B.	Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings	New York	1851	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
314	Harte, Bret; Mary Austin	The Luck of Roaring Camp, and Other Sketches [with] The Land of Little Rain	Boston; Boston and New York	1873; [1903]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
315	Bruff, J. Goldsborough	Gold Rush: The Journals, Drawings and other Papers of J. Goldsborough Bruff, Captain, Washington City and California Mining Association, April 2, 1849 - July 20, 1851	New York	1944	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
316	Gunn, Douglas	Picturesque San Diego, With Historical and Descriptive Notes	Chicago	1887	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
317	Landacre, Paul	California Hills and Other Wood Engravings by Paul Landacre, from the Original Blocks	Los Angeles	1931	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
318	Grey, R.C.	Adventures of a Deep Sea Angler	New York	1930	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
319	Grey, Romer	The "Fisherman" Under the Southern Cross: A Story of Adventure in New Zealand	New York and London	1930	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
320	Grey, Romer	The Cruise of the ''Fisherman'': Adventures in Southern Seas	New York and London	1929	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
321	Heilner, Van Campen	Salt Water Fishing	Philadelphia	[1937]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
322	Grey, Zane	An American Angler in Australia	New York and London	1937	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
323	Grey, Zane	An American Angler in Australia	London	[1937]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
324	Grey, Zane	An American Angler in Australia - 2 copies	New York and London	1937	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
325	Grey, Zane	The Reef Girl [with] uncorrected proof and original photograph portrait of the girl who inspired the story	New York	[1977]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown

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Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.