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

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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
76 Thompson, Thos. H.

Historical Atlas Map of Sonoma County, California

Oakland, CA 1877 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,062.50
77

History of Stanislaus County, California, with Illustrations Descriptive of its Scenery, Farms, Residences, Public Buildings, Factories, Hotels, Business Houses, Schools, Churches, and Mines

San Francisco 1881 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
78 [Chamberlain, Wm. H. & Harry L. Wells]

History of Sutter County California, With Illustrations Descriptive of Its Scenery, Residences, Public Buildings, Fine Blocks and Manufactories

Oakland 1879 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
79 Thompson, Thos. H.

Official Historical Atlas Map of Tulare County.... Compiled, Drawn and Published from Personal Examinations and Surveys by Thos. H. Thompson, Tulare, California.

Tulare 1892 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
80

The Illustrated Atlas and History of Yolo County, Cal. Containing a History of California from 1513 to 1850, a History of Yolo County from 1825 to 1880, with Statistics of Agriculture, Education, Churches, Elections, Lithographic Views of Farms, Residence

San Francisco 1879 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 Not Sold
81

Two early twentieth-century hand-colored photographs of Yosemite

c.1898 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 937.50
82

Vernal Falls, Yosemite

c. 1920s USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
83 Whitney, Josiah Dwight

The Yosemite Guide-Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada and of the Big Trees of California

[Sacramento] 1870 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
84 Whitney, Josiah Dwight

The Yosemite Guide-Book: A Description of the Yosemite Valley and the Adjacent Region of the Sierra Nevada, and of the Big Trees of California

[Sacramento] 1874 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
85

Yosemite Valley Through the Stereoscope

New York [1902] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
86 [Chamberlain, William H., et al.]

History of Yuba 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, CA 1879 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 625.00
87 Dana, James D. with Professors B. Silliman and B. Silliman, Jr.

The American Journal of Science and Arts - Collection of nine numbers in three volumes

New Haven 1848-1849 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 200.00
88 [Delano, Alonzo]

The Miner's Progress; or, Scenes in the Life of a California Miner. Being a Series of Humorous Illustrations of the "Ups and Downs" of a Gold Digger in pursuit of his "Pile"

Sacramento 1853 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
89 McIlhany, Edward

Recollections of a '49er. A Quaint and Thrilling Narrative of a Trip Across the Plains, and Life in the California Gold Fields During the Stirring Days following the Discovery of Gold in the Far West

Kansas City 1908 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
90

North Bloomfield, California Hotel Register

1883-1902 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 812.50
91 Patterson, Lawson B.

Twelve Years in the Mines of California; Embracing a General View of the Gold Region, with Practical Observations on Hill, Placer, and Quartz Diggings; and Notes on the Origin of Gold Deposits

Cambridge, MA 1862 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
92 Shaw, William

Golden Dreams and Waking Realities; Being the Adventures of a Gold-Seeker in California and the Pacific Islands

London 1851 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
93 Tyson, Philip T.

Report of the Secretary of War Communicating Information in relation to the geology and topography of California

[Washington] [1850] USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 312.50
94

All About California and the Inducements to Settle There [For Gratuitous Circulation.]

San Francisco 1870 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
95

All About California and the Inducements to Settle There [For Gratuitous Circulation.] Second Ten Thousand

San Francisco 1870 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 437.50
96

Annual Report of the Controller of State, for the Year 1860

Sacramento 1860 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
97 Apponyi, Flora Haines

The Libraries of California. Containing Descriptions of the Principal Private and Public Libraries Throughout the State

San Francisco 1878 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
98 Austin, Mary and Sutton Palmer

California: The Land of the Sun

London [1914] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 343.75
99 Austin, Mary

California: The Land of the Sun

New York [1914] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
100

Automobile Road Map from Mono Lake to Lake Tahoe and Feather River Region, Showing Resorts, Camp Sites, Fishing Streams, Lakes, Mountain Peaks, and Trails

Los Angeles c.1922 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
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