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
26	Bancroft, A.L. & Company	Bancroft's guide for travelers by railway, stage, and steam navigation in the Pacific States. Comprising routes and modes of travel, distances, fares; concise descriptions of the principal towns, scenery, etc., tourist's guide to Yosemite, Tahoe, the Geys	San Francisco	1872	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
27	Bancroft, Hubert Howe	Chronicles of the Builders of the Commonwealth: Historical Character Study	San Francisco	1891-1892	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
28	Willis, Nathaniel Parker	Canadian Scenery Illustrated	London	1842	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
29	Bratt, John	Trails of Yesterday	Lincoln	1921	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
30	Browne, J. Ross	Adventures in the Apache Country: A Tour Through Arizona and Sonora, with Notes on the Silver Regions of Nevada	New York	1869	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
31	Browne, J. Ross	Indian War in Oregon and Washington Territories: Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting... the report of J. Ross Browne on the subject of the Indian War in Oregon and Washington Territories	Washington	1858	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
32		Official Historical Atlas Map of Alameda County	Oakland	1878	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
33		Picturesque Oakland - a Century Ago and Now	Oakland, CA	c. 1920	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
34	[Mason, J.D.]	History of Amador County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers	Oakland	1881	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
35		Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County, California, with illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men & Pioneers	Oakland; Los Angeles	1883	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
36		History of Fresno County, California, with Illustrations, Descriptive of Its Scenery, Farms, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches and Mines,...	San Francisco	1882	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	Unknown
37	Thompson, Thomas H.	Official Historical Atlas Map of Fresno County	Tulare, CA	1891	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
38	Becker, Robert H.	Designs on the Land: Disenos of California Ranchos and their Makers	San Francisco	1969	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
39	Leighly, John	California as an Island	San Francisco	1972	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
40	Wheat, Carl Irving	The Maps of the California Gold Region, 1848-1857: A Biblio-Cartography of an Important Decade	San Francisco	1942	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
41		History of Humboldt County, California 1882	[San Francisco]	[1881]	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
42	Burdette, Robert J., ed.	Two printings of Greater Los Angeles and Southern California	Chicago and Los Angeles	1906-1910	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
43		Extensive legal archive regarding land in San Fernando owned by George K. Porter, Pio Pico, and more	San Fernando, Los Angeles County, California	c.1874-1893	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
44	Harlow, Neal	Maps and Surveys of the Pueblo Lands of Los Angeles	Los Angeles	1976	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
45	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	Unknown
46	McPherson, William	Homes in Los Angeles city and County, and Description Thereof. With Sketches of Four Adjacent Counties	Los Angeles	1873	USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00	Unknown
47		Model and Modern Bungalow Plans: Outside and Inside	Los Angeles	[c.1911]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
48	[Warner, J.J., et al.]	An Historical Sketch of Los Angeles County, California	Los Angeles	1876	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
49	[Wilson, John Albert]	History of Los Angeles County, California, with Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Residences, Fine Blocks and Manufactories, from Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability	Oakland	1880	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
50		Original panoramic photograph of the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods passenger train		[c.1900]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	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.