PBA Galleries: Western Americana, with Gold Rushers, God-Fearers, Gunslingers, and Anglers., 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
51		History of Merced County, California, with Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Farms, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, and Mines. From Original Drawings by Artists of the Highest Ability. With Biog	San Francisco	1881	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,812.50
52	Newcomb, Rexford	The Old Mission Churches & Historic Houses of California: Their History, Architecture, Art and Lore	Philadelphia	1925	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
53	Thomas, P.J.	Our Centennial Memoir. Founding of the Missions. San Francisco de Assis in its Hundredth Year. The Celebration of its Foundation. Historical Reminiscences of the Missions of California	San Francisco	1877	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 137.50
54	Del Monte Properties Company	Map of the Pebble Beach Golf Course and the Monterey Peninsula Country Club	Monterey, CA	c.1925	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
55		Map showing Subdivisions of Property East of the City of Monterey, Monterey County, Cal.		c.1903	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
56		Illustrations of Napa County California with Historical Sketch	Oakland, CA	1878	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 4,062.50
57	Wells, Harry Laurenz	History of Nevada County, California, With Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Manufacturies. From Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability	Oakland, California	1880	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
58	Myron, Angel, editor	History of Placer County, California with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers.	Oakland	1882	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 687.50
59	Wooly, Toni	Large Placerville Artwalk banner with original art by Toni Wooly	Placerville, CA	No date	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
60		Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties, with California from 1513 to 1850	San Francisco	1882	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
61	[Wright, George F.]	History of Sacramento County California. With Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks, and Manufactories. From Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability	Oakland, California	1880	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
62		Three views of Sacramento, California		[c.1850]	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Not Sold
63		Andrews Real Property Directory: San Francisco County	San Francisco	1941	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
64	Hindes, Stetson George, photographer	The Broom Seller		[1941]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
65	McKenney, L.M., compiler	Business directory of the Pacific states and territories, for 1878, containing names, business, and address, of merchants, manufacturers, and professional men, county, city, state, territorial, and federal officers, and notaries public, of the principal t	San Francisco	1878	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
66		Seal Rocks, Cliff House, Sutro Heights and Golden Gate Park. Photo-gravures	San Francisco; Brooklyn	1900	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
67		History of San Joaquin County, California. With Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks and Manufactories. From Original Sketches by Artists of the Highest Ability	Oakland	1879	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
68		Illustrated Road Book of Automobile Tours in San Mateo County, California	San Mateo, CA	[1915]	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 406.25
69		Moore & De Pue's Illustrated History of San Mateo County, California	San Francisco	1878	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 2,125.00
70	Richards, Gilbert, ed.	The Illustrated History of San Mateo County: The Reduced Facsimile of a Volume Entitled The Illustrated History of San Mateo County Published in 1878 by Moore and DePue	Woodside, CA	[1974]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
71		History of Santa Barbara County, California, with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers	Oakland	1883	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 875.00
72		Historical Atlas Map of Santa Clara County, California	San Francisco	1876	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	USD 812.50
73		Santa Cruz County, California. Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Fine Residences, Public Buildings, Manufactories, Hotels, Farm Scenes, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, Mines, Mills, Etc....	San Francisco	1879	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	USD 1,125.00
74	Weber, C.F.	Weber's Map of Shasta County California, Showing Towns, Steam and Electric Railroads, Wagon and Automobile Roads, Township and Section Lines, Rivers, Creeks, Reclamation and Irrigation Districts, etc.	San Francisco	1914	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
75		Sonoma County and Russian River Valley Illustrated	San Francisco	May 1888	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 750.00

Rare Book Hub is now mobile-friendly!
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.
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.