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
176	Ferris, Benjamin G.	Utah and the Mormons. The History, Government, Doctrines, Customs, and Prospects of The Latter-Day Saints. From Personal Observations During a Six Months' Residence at Great Salt Lake City	New York	1854	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Not Sold
177		Four early 20th century anti-Mormon titles		1904-1926	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
178		The Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star, Volume XI	Liverpool, England	1849	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 150.00
179	Musser, Amos Milton and Joseph White	The Fruits of "Mormonism." By Non-"Mormon" Witnesses [with] An Open Letter to Heber J. Grant, April 15, 1935	Salt Lake City	1878-1935	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
180	Paddock, Mrs. A.G. [i.e. Cornelia Paddock]	Saved at Last from Among the Mormons	Springfield, Ohio	1881	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 1,250.00
181	Stenhouse, Fanny	Tyranny of Mormonism, or an Englishwoman in Utah: An Autobiography	London	1888	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
182		Ten pamphlets issued by or supportive of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints		1885-1906	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
183		Typed letter signed by Joseph Smith III, William W. Blair, Henry A. Stebbins, and R.A. Salyards	Lamoni, Iowa	1891	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 1,250.00
184	[Young, Brigham]	Accounts of Brigham Young, Superintendent of Indian Affairs in Utah Territory. Letter from the Secretary of the Interior, Transmitting Report of the Investigation of the acts of Governor Young, ex officio superintendent of Indian affairs in Utah Territory	Washington, DC.	1862	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
185		? ??????? ????? ??? [The Deseret First Book]	[Salt Lake City]	1868	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 281.25
186	Muir, John	Our National Parks	Boston	1909	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 312.50
187	Mullan, John	Report on the Construction of a Military Road from Walla-Walla to Fort Benton	Washington	1863	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 237.50
188	Myrick, Herbert	Cache la Poudre: The Romance of a Tenderfoot in the Days of Custer	New York	1905	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
189	[Angel, Myron, editor]	History of Nevada with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominent Men and Pioneers	Oakland	1881	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
190		The Crosley Zulch Map of the Seven Troughs Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada		1909	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Not Sold
191		Map of Tonopah Mining Claims, Nevada		c. 1905	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
192	[Ogden, Peter Skene]	Traits of American-Indian Life and Character. By a Fur Trader	London	1853	USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00	USD 2,000.00
193	Brown, J[ames] Henry	Political History of Oregon. Provisional Government. Treaties, Conventions, and Diplomatic Correspondence on the Boundary Question; Historical Introduction of the Explorations on the Pacific Coast; History of the Provisional Government from Year to Year,	Portland, OR	1892	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 625.00
194	Carey, Charles Henry	History of Oregon	Chicago	1922	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
195	Clark, Robert Carlton	History of the Willamette Valley, Oregon	Chicago	1927	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
196	Cross, Joseph	New Map of North America	London	1846	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	USD 1,375.00
197	Cross, Osborne	A Report, in the form of a journal, to the Quartermaster General, of the march of the regiment of mounted riflemen to Oregon, from May 10 to October 5, 1849, by Major O. Cross, quartermaster United States army	Washington	1850	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
198	Cross, Osborne	A Report, in the form of a journal, to the Quartermaster General, of the march of the regiment of mounted riflemen to Oregon, from May 10 to October 5, 1849, by Major O. Cross, quartermaster United States army	Washington	[1850]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
199	Farnham, Thomas J.	History of Oregon Territory, It Being a Demonstration of the Title of these United States of North America to the Same	New York, Boston, Philadelphia, et al.	[1844]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
200	Gaston, Joseph	The Centennial History of Oregon 1811-1912	Chicago	1912	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold

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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.
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.