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
151 Heap, Gwinn Harris

Central Route to the Pacific, from the Valley of the Mississippi to California: Journal of the Expedition of E.F. Beale, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California, and Gwinn Harris Heap, from Missouri to California, in 1853

Philadelphia 1854 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
152 Heller, Helen West

Migratory Urge: Wood-cut Poems

Chicago 1928 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 Unknown
153 Henry, Alexander and David Thompson

New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest. The Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry and David Thompson. 1799-1814

New York 1897 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
154

Ten engraved bank checks from the Banking House of L.H. Hershfield & Bro.

Helena, MT 1866-1874 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Unknown
155 Silveira de Braganza, Rondal Louis, editor

The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages

San Diego 1974-1983 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
156 Bolton, Herbert Eugene, editor

Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimeria Alta: A Contemporary Account of the Beginnings of California, Sonora, and Arizona, by Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, S.J., Pioneer Missionary, Explorer, Cartographer, and Ranchman, 1683-1711. Published for the first tim

Cleveland 1919 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
157 Lake, Stuart N.

Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal

Boston 1931 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Unknown
158 Lake, Stuart N.

Wyatt Earp, Frontier Marshal

Boston 1931 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
159 Lee, Samuel Phillips

Report and Charts of the Cruise of the U.S. Brig Dolphin...

Washington 1854 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
160 Brooks, Noah

First Across the Continent: The Story of the Exploring Edition of Lewis and Clark in 1803-4-5

New York 1901 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
161 Moulton, Gary E., editor

The Journals [with] Atlas of the Lewis & Clark Expedition

Lincoln [1986-2001] USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Unknown
162 MacKenzie, Sir Alexander

Voyages from Montreal on the River St. Laurence through the Continent of North America to the Frozen and Pacific Oceans in the Years 1789 and 1793. With a Preliminary Account of the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Fur Trade of That Country

Philadelphia 1802 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
163 Macomb, John Navarre and John Strong Newberry

Report of the Exploring Expedition from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to the Junction of the Grand and Green Rivers of the Great Colorado of the West, in 1859

Washington 1876 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Unknown
164 McKelvey, Susan Delano

Botanical Exploration of the Trans-Mississippi West, 1790-1850

Jamaica Plain, MA 1955 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
165 Michener, James A.

Ventures in Editing [with] The Quality of Life

Huntington Beach; 1995 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
166 Milner, Joe E., & Earle R. Forrest

California Joe, Noted Indian Fighter

Caldwell, Idaho 1935 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Unknown
167 Milner, Joe E., & Earle R. Forrest

California Joe, Noted Indian Fighter

Caldwell, Idaho 1935 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Unknown
168 Lock, C.G. Warnford

Practical Gold-Mining: A Comprehensive Treatise on the Origin and Occurence of Gold-Bearing Gravels, Rocks, and Ores, and the Methods by which the Gold is Extracted

London 1889 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
169 Mullan, John

Miners and Travelers' Guide to Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. Via the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. Accompanied by a General Map of the Mineral Region of the Northern Sections of the Rocky Mountains

New York 1865 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 Unknown
170 Raymond, Rossiter W.

Statistics of Mines and Mining in the States and Territories West of the Rocky Mountains

Washington 1870 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Unknown
171 Watkins, Carleton E.

North Bloomfield Hydraulic Mines, Nevada Co., Cal.

San Francisco c.1871 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Unknown
172 Dimsdale, Thomas Josiah

The Vigilantes of Montana, or Popular Justice in the Rocky Mountains

Virginia City, M.T. 1882 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Unknown
173

Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress, at the Commencement of the Second Session of The Thirty-Third Congress. Part II

Washington 1854 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Unknown
174 Bertrand, Louis A.

Memoires d'un Mormon

Paris c.1862 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Unknown
175 Cannon, George Q.

The Life of Nephi, The Son of Lehi

Salt Lake City 1888 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Unknown
  • 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.
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    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.
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    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.
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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