PBA Galleries: Rare and Antiquarian Books - The Occult, 867, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
July 09, 2026 - July 09, 2026
Page Size: 418 items in 17 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
202 Manutius Paulus

Epistolarum Libri XII

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
203 Marx

Capital

United States N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
204 Maupassant Guy de

The Works of Guy de Maupassant

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
205

The London Practice of Physic

London N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
206 Milton

The History of Britain

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 225.00
207

The History of Miss Katty N----

N/A USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 312.50
208 Montaigne Michael

The Essays of Michael Seigneur de Montaigne

France 1570-1592 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
209 Muratori

Relations des missions du Paraguai

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
210

The Smithsonian Series

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
211 Benard Robert

Histoire naturelle. Insectes.

N/A USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
212

Natural History of Birds, Fish, Insects, and Reptiles

N/A USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
213 Buffon Georges-Louis Leclerc

A Natural History, General and Particular

1815-1816 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
214 Cuvier Georges

Le regne animal distribue d'apres son organisation

N/A USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
215 Darwin Charles

Nature: A Weekly Illustrated Journal of Science

N/A USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
216 Darwin Charles

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

1871 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,750.00
217 Darwin Charles

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

N/A USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
218 Darwin Charles

The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species

1877 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
219 Darwin Charles

The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom

1887 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
220 Darwin Charles

The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals

1872 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 312.50
221 Darwin Charles

The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms

N/A USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
222 Darwin Charles

The Foundations of the Origin of Species

Cambridge 1909 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
223 Darwin Charles

Journal of Researches into Natural History and Geology of the Countries during the Voyage of H. M. S. Beagle

New York 1839 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,000.00
224 Darwin Charles

The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants

1875 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
225 Darwin Charles

On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

1872 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
226 Darwin Charles

On the Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects

1876 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
  • Sotheby’s Geek Week
    14-15 July
    Sotheby’s, July 14: Henry De La Beche. "Awful Changes," 1830. $6,000 to $9,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 11]. Flight Plan, Complete Original Printing Signed by Buzz Aldrin. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Thomas Alva Edison. Documents Establishing and Ending the Edison Electric Railway Company. $20,000 to $30,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: Richard P. Feynman. Feynman's Lectures on Gravitation 1-16, Including the Original Transcriptions of Lectures 12-16 by Morinigo and Wagner, With Richard Feynman's Manuscript Notations, 1971. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [Apollo 9]. A Group of Manuals and Mission Documents used by Stuart Roosa as a member of the Astronaut Support Crew. $5,000 to $8,000.
    Sotheby’s, July 15: [BYTE: The Small Systems Journal]. A collection of early foundational issues of Byte: The Small Systems Journal, with rare hardcover editions. $5,000 to $8,000.
  • Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Inundation papyrus. P.Michael 4, the ‘Inundation papyrus’, a geographical account of the Nile near Canopus, in Greek, remains of two columns from a manuscript scroll on papyrus, Egypt, second century CE. £12,000-18,000
    Forum, July 16: Book of Hours, use of Sarum, manuscript on vellum, 6 full-page miniatures, with famous Middle English inscriptions, Southern Netherlands for the English market, [c.1430]. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Qu'ran, Arabic manuscript on burnished, stencilled, and gold-flecked paper, 447ff., Sultanate Gujarat, Ahmadabad, [after 1411 but no later than 1442]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Turner (William). A New boke of the natures and properties of all wines that are commonly vsed here in England, rare first edition of the first English book on wine, By William Seres, 1568. £20,000-£30,000
    Forum, July 16: Spenser (Edmund). The Faerie Queene. first edition, Printed [by John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, 1590. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Shakespeare (William). The Comedie of Errors, extracted from the first folio, Isaac Jaggard and Edward Blount, 1623. £15,000-20,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Fleming (Ian). Casino Royale, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1953. £40,000-60,000
    Forum, July 16: d'Agoty (Jacques-Fabien Gautier). Anatomie de la Tête, first edition, Paris, chez le Sieur Gautier, 1748. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 16: Martial Arts.- Lee (Bruce). 'Praying Mantis style' Kung Fu book, containing numerous annotations, diagrams and graphs in Bruce Lee's hand, c. 1960. £50,000-70,000
    Forum Auctions
    The 10th Anniversary Sale
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    July 16, 2026
    Forum, July 16: Warre (Capt. Henry James). Sketches in North America and the Oregon Territory, first edition, rare hand-coloured issue, 1848. £30,000-40,000
    Forum, July 16: Norie (John William). The Marine Atlas, or Seaman's Complete Pilot for all the principal places in the known world..., 1826. £30,000-50,000
    Forum, July 16: Mao Tse-tung.- Kim Il-sung.-[Note book for visitors from China to Korea], signed by Mao and Kim, [Beijing, 1954]. £10,000-15,000