PBA Galleries: Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints & Views , 812, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: May 02, 2024 - May 02, 2024

Page Size: 391 items in 16 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
251	Warren, Gouverneur K.	Preliminary Report of Explorations in Nebraska and Dakota, in the Years 1855-'56-'57	Washington	1875	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
252	Watkins, Carleton E.	Landscape of Nevada Fall in Yosemite		Image c.1865; Print c.1876	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
253	Adams, Charles H., official reporter	The People of the State of California, plaintiff, V. Adolph Julius Weber, Defendant. Reporter's Transcript on Trial	[Auburn], Placer County, California	1905	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
254	Weld, Isaac, Junior	Travels Through the States of North America, and the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada, During the Years 1795, 1796, and 1797	London	1800	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 500.00
255	Wilkes, George	Project of a National Railroad From the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, for the Purpose of Obtaining a Short Route to Oregon and the Indies	New York	1845	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 312.50
256	Williams, Ellen	Three Years and a Half in the Army; or, History of the Second Colorados.	New York	1885	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 437.50
257	Wister, Owen	The Virginian [with] autograph letter signed by Owen Wister	New York	1904	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
258	Woods, Daniel B.	Sixteen Months at the Gold Diggings	New York; Toronto	1851	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 468.75
259		Unopened envelope sent, too late, to a U.S. Paratrooper who was killed in France a day after D-Day	Deshler, Ohio	1944	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 250.00
260	Lis, Frances M.	Diary kept by a WAC who served in North Africa and Italy during the Second World War, rising to the rank of Sergeant	Various places	1943-1944	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 500.00
261		Archive of original carbon typescript submissions by war correspondents during the first 6 months of the U.S. involvement in World War II in the Pacific, starting with the attack on Pearl Harbor	Hawaii	1941-1942	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
262	De Quille, Dan, pseud.	History of the Big Bonanza: An Authentic Account of the Discovery, History, and Working of the World Renowned Comstock Silver Lode of Nevada...	Hartford, Connecticut	1876	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
263	Haynes, F. Jay	Yellowstone Park: Haynes Photo	[St. Paul, MN]	[c.1910?]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
264	Vaughan, Charles	Autograph Letter Signed by a Boston merchant to the leading British wine-sellers of Madeira, months after revolutionary France declared war on England and Spain, with President Washington formally proclaiming strict American neutrality	Boston	1793	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
265	Jackson, Major William	Monuments of Washington's Patriotism Containing a Facsimile of his Public Accounts kept during The Revolutionary War and Some Of The Most Interesting Documents Connected With His Military Command and Civil Administration, Embracing Among others His Farewe	Washington, D C.	1838	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
266	Marshall, John	The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War Which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled under the inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington... To	Philadelphia	1804-1807	USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00	USD 2,500.00
267	(Washington George)	Collection of 14 engraved portraits and 1 lithograph of George Washington	Various places	Various dates	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,250.00
268	(Washington, George)	The Federal Spy	Springfield, Massachusetts	1800	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 375.00
269	Bradley, William C.	Autograph Letter Signed about President James Monroe and the impending election of Monroe's successor	Washington, D.C.	1824	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
270		Reception Dinner to the President of the United States, Furnished at Barnum's Hotel, June 8th, 1843	[Baltimore, MD?]	1843	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
271		Boston Daily Advertiser - Supplement	Boston	1865	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 531.25
272		Handbill for Ford's Theater, April 14, 1865	Washington, D. C.	1865	USD 1,500.00 - 2,000.00	USD 1,875.00
273	Lincoln, Abraham and Stephen A. Douglas	Political Debates Between Hon. Abraham Lincoln and Hon. Stephen A. Douglas, In the Celebrated Campaign of 1858, in Illinois...	Columbus; Boston; New York; Pittsburgh; Cincinnati	1860	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 250.00
274		Tintype portrait of Abram Lincoln in union case	Philadelphia]	c.1861-5	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Not Sold
275	Grant, Ulysses S.	Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant	New York	1885-86	USD 600.00 - 900.00	USD 812.50

Manuscript Masterpieces from the Schøyen Collection
London auction, 11 June
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Christie’s, Explore now: The Holkham Hebrew Bible. In Hebrew, decorated manuscript on vellum [Toledo, 2nd quarter 13th century]. £1,500,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Crosby-Schøyen Codex. In Coptic, manuscript on papyrus [Upper Egypt, middle 3rd century / 4th century]. £2,000,000–3,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The Geraardsbergen Bible. In Latin, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Southern Netherlands, late 12th century]. £700,000–1,000,000

Christie’s, Explore now : Jean de Courcy (fl. 1420). The Chronique de la Bouquechardiere. In French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1480]. £200,000–300,000

Christie’s, Explore now: The ‘Catherine de Medici’ Hours. In Latin and French, illuminated manuscript on vellum [Paris, c.1485]. £120,000–180,000
Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, The Whale. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, IN THE BAL FIRST BINDING. $12,000 - $18,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 6: PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. FIRST EDITION, PROOF COPY in wrappers. SIGNED BY PUZO. $3,000 - $5,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HUGHES, Langston. Scottsboro Limited. 1932. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED ISSUE. INSCRIBED BY HUGHES TO NOEL SULLIVAN. $6,000 - $8,000.

Freeman’s | Hindman, June 7: HOMANN, Johann Baptist, HOMANN HEIRS, and Georg Matthäus SEUTTER. [Composite Atlas]. [maps dated between 1728-1765]. $30,000 - $40,000.
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Bid on iGavelAuctions.com: Heller, Joseph, Catch-22, New York: Simon & Schuster, 1961, first edition, first printing, first issue dust jacket, inscribed on the front end paper by Heller

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