PBA Galleries: Western Americana, with Gold Rushers, God-Fearers, Gunslingers, and Anglers., 847, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
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
251

Four pictorial tourist and souvenir books for Utah

Utah c.1889-1902 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
252

The Abbey Theatre Irish Players broadside and program

Walla Walla, WA 1932 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
253

An Illustrated History of Whitman County, State of Washington

1901 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
254 Lyman, W. D.

An Illustrated History of Walla Walla County State of Washington

1901 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
255 Lyman, W. D.

Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County Embracing Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin Counties

Chicago 1918 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
256

Plat Book of Whitman County Washington Compiled and Published from actual Surveys and the County Records

Seattle 1910 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
257

Puget Sound Business Directory, and Guide to Washington Territory, 1872, Comprising a correct history of Washington Territory, and a condensed but comprehensive account of her Agricultural, Commercial and Manufacturing Interests, Climatology, Mineralogy,

Olympia 1872 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 3,125.00
258 [Steele, Richard F.]

An Illustrated History of Southeastern Washington Including Walla Walla, Columbia, Garfield and Asotin Counties

1906 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
259 Swan, Joseph G.

The Northwest Coast; Or, Three Years' Residence in Washington Territory

New York 1857 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
260 Watkins, Carleton E.

Albumen print of Yosemite Bridal Veil Falls

San Francisco c.1861 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 937.50
261 Watkins, Carleton

Two volumes on the photography of Carleton Watkins

1999-2011 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
262

The West Shore: An Illustrated Western Magazine

Portland, OR 1887-1889 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 468.75
263

Auto Touring Road Map of Oregon, Washington, and California

Portland, OR [c.1923] USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
264

The Pacific Railroad - Open [with] To San Francisco and Back [and] Rand, McNally & Co.'s New Overland Guide to the Pacific Coast

1869-1888 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
265 Curtis, William Eleroy

A Summer Scamper: Along the Old Santa Fe Trail and Through the Gorges of Colorado to Zion

Chicago 1883 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
266 Delano, Alonzo

Life on the Plains and Among the Diggings; Being the Scenes and Adventures of an Overland Journey to California: with Particular Incidents of the Route, Mistakes and Sufferings of the Emigrants, the Indian Tribes, the Present and the Future of the Great W

Auburn & Buffalo 1854 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
267

Four volumes of travel to the West

Glendale, California and Spokane, Washington 1979-1990 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
268 Humason, W.L.

From the Atlantic Surf to the Golden Gate. First Trip on the Great Pacific Rail Road. Two Days and Nights Among the Mormons, With Scenes and Incidents

Hartford 1869 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
269 Parkman, Francis

The California and Oregon Trail: Being Sketches of Prairie and Rocky Mountain Life

New York 1849 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 312.50
270 Parkman, Francis

The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life

Boston 1892 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 212.50
271 Smedley, William

Across the Plains in '62

[Denver] [1916] USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
272 Wheat, Carl Irving

Mapping the Transmississippi West...1540-1861

San Francisco 1957-1963 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 937.50
273 Wheeler, George M.

Report upon United States Geographical Surveys, West of the One Hundredth Meridian... Vol. I - Geographical Report

Washington 1889 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
274 Whitney, Josiah Dwight

Names and Places: Studies in Geographical and Topographical Nomenclature

Cambridge 1888 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 500.00
275 Wister, Owen

The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains

New York 1902 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 237.50
  • SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ROALD AMUNDSEN: «Sydpolen» [ The South Pole] 1912. First edition in jackets and publisher's slip case.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON [ed.]: «Aurora Australis» 1908. First edition. The NORWAY COPY.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ERNEST SHACKLETON: «The heart of the Antarctic» + SUPPLEMENT «The Antarctic Book», 1909.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: SHACKLETON, BERNACCHI, CHERRY-GARRARD [ed.]: «The South Polar Times» I-III, 1902-1911.
    SD Scandinavian Art & Rare Book Auctions
    The Odfjell Collection
    Polar – History – Ornithology – Colour Plate Books
    Ending December 4th
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: [WILLEM BARENTSZ & HENRY HUDSON] - SAEGHMAN: «Verhael van de vier eerste schip-vaerden […]», 1663.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: TERRA NOVA EXPEDITION | LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS: «At the South Pole.», Gelatin Silver Print. [10¾ x 15in. (27.2 x 38.1cm.) ].
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: ELEAZAR ALBIN: «A natural History of Birds.» + «A Supplement», 1738-40. Wonderful coloured plates.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: PAUL GAIMARD: «Voyage de la Commision scientific du Nord, en Scandinavie, […]», c. 1842-46. ONLY HAND COLOURED COPY KNOWN WITH TWO ORIGINAL PAINTINGS BY BIARD.
    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: JAMES JOYCE: «Ulysses», 1922. FIRST EDITION IN ORIGINAL WRAPPERS.
  • Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Darwin and Wallace. On the Tendency of Species to form Varieties..., [in:] Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Vol. III, No. 9., 1858, Darwin announces the theory of natural selection. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, 1997, first edition, hardback issue, inscribed by the author pre-publication. £100,000 to £150,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 11: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Autograph sketchleaf including a probable draft for the E flat Piano Quartet, K.493, 1786. £150,000 to £200,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Hooke, Robert. Micrographia: or some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. London: James Allestry for the Royal Society, 1667. $12,000 to $15,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Chappuzeau, Samuel. The history of jewels, first edition in English. London: T.N. for Hobart Kemp, 1671. $12,000 to $18,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 12: Sowerby, James. Exotic Mineralogy, containing his most realistic mineral depictions, London: Benjamin Meredith, 1811, Arding and Merrett, 1817. $5,000 to $7,000.
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  • Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 156: Cornelis de Jode, Americae pars Borealis, double-page engraved map of North America, Antwerp, 1593.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 206: John and Alexander Walker, Map of the United States, London and Liverpool, 1827.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 223: Abraham Ortelius, Typus Orbis Terrarum, hand-colored double-page engraved world map, Antwerp, 1575.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 233: Aaron Arrowsmith, Chart of the World, oversize engraved map on 8 sheets, London, 1790 (circa 1800).
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 239: Fielding Lucas, A General Atlas, 81 engraved maps and diagrams, Baltimore, 1823.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 240: Anthony Finley, A New American Atlas, 15 maps engraved by james hamilton young on 14 double-page sheets, Philadelphia, 1826.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 263: John Bachmann, Panorama of the Seat of War, portfolio of 4 double-page chromolithographed panoramic maps, New York, 1861.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 265: Sebastian Münster, Cosmographei, Basel: Sebastian Henricpetri, 1558.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 271: Abraham Ortelius, Epitome Theatri Orteliani, Antwerp: Johann Baptist Vrients, 1601.
    Swann
    Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books
    December 9, 2025
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 283: Joris van Spilbergen, Speculum Orientalis Occidentalisque Indiae, Leiden: Nicolaus van Geelkercken for Jodocus Hondius, 1619.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 285: Levinus Hulsius, Achtzehender Theil der Newen Welt, 14 engraved folding maps, Frankfurt: Johann Frederick Weiss, 1623.
    Swann, Dec. 9: Lot 341: John James Audubon, Carolina Parrot, Plate 26, London, 1827.