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
201 Gaston, Joseph

Portland, Oregon, Its History and Builders in Connection With the Antecedent Explorations, Discoveries and Movements of the Pioneers That Selected the Site for the Great City of the Pacific

Chicago 1911 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
202 Gifford, Benjamin

Snap Shots on the Columbia

The Dalles, Oregon 1902 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 312.50
203 Lang, Herbert O., ed.

History of the Willamette Valley, Being a Description of the Valley and Its Resources, with an account of its Discovery and Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal Reminiscences of Its Early Pioneers

Portland 1885 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
204 Lee, Daniel and Joseph H. Frost

Ten Years in Oregon

New York 1844 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
205 McCormick, S. J., compiler

Portland Directory for 1869: Embracing a Business and General Directory of Residents, and a Directory of East Portland. Together with Other Statistical Information, Relative to the Progress and Present Condition of the City, and its Vicinity.

Portland, Oregon 1869 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 937.50
206 [Monroe, James]

Message from the President of the United States, Communicating the Letter from Mr. Prevost, and other Documents, Relating to an Establishment Made at the Mouth of the Columbia River

Washington 1823 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 812.50
207

The Oregon Territory, Consisting of a Brief Description of the Country and its Productions; and of the Habits and Manners of the Native Indian Tribes

London 1846 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
208

The Southern Quarterly Review, No. XV. July, 1845

Charleston 1845 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
209 Twiss, Travers

The Oregon Question Examined, in Respect to Facts and the Law of Nations

London 1846 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
210 Twiss, Travers

The Oregon Question Examined, in Respect to Facts and the Law of Nations

London 1846 USD 600.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
211 Wallace, Edward J.

The Oregon Question Determined by the Rules of International Law

Leeds 1846 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
212 Walling, A. G., ed.

History of Southern Oregon, Comprising Jackson, Josephine, Douglas, Curry and Coos Counties, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources

Portland, OR 1884 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 406.25
213 Dalton, Emmett

Beyond the Law

New York 1918 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
214 Fortune, Jan I., ed.

Fugitives: The Story of Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker, as Told by Bonnie's Mother, Mrs. Emma Parker, and Clyde's Sister, Nell Barrow Cowan

Dallas [1934] USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 687.50
215 Garrett, Pat F.

Pat F. Garrett's Authentic Life of Billy the Kid

New York 1927 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 1,375.00
216 Hardin, John Wesley

The Life of John Wesley Hardin, from the Original Manuscript, as Written by Himself

Seguin, TX 1896 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
217 Kelly, Charles

Outlaw Trail: A History of Butch Cassidy and His Wild Bunch, Hole-in-the-Wall, Brown's Hole, Robber's Roost

Salt Lake City 1938 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
218

All Over Oregon and Washington [with] The Pacific Northwest

1872-1882 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
219 [Evans, Elwood]

History of the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington. Embracing an Account of the Original Discoveries on the Pacific Coast of North America, and a Description of the Conquest, Settlement and Subjagation of the Vast Country included in the Original Ter

Portland 1889 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
220 Riley, W.C., publisher

The Northern Pacific Tour. From the Lakes & Mississippi River to the Pacific including Puget Sound & Alaska

St. Paul, MN [1888] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
221 Parker, Samuel

Journal of an Exploring Tour Beyond the Rocky Mountains, Under the Direction of the A.B.C.F.M. Performed in the Years 1835, '36 and '37...

Ithaca, NY 1838 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 562.50
222 Parkman, Francis

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

Boston 1874 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
223

1920s-30s Annotated Travel Photograph Album - Yellowstone, Canada et.al.

c.1927-1934 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
224 Pinkerton, William A.

Bound volume of six addresses by William A. Pinkerton of the International Association Chiefs of Police

New York 1904-1906 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
225

25 Volumes of Pony Express Courier and The Pony Express

Placerville and Sonora, CA 1934-1959 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
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    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.
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    Scandinavian Art & Rare Books Auctions, Dec. 4: AMUNDSEN & NANSEN: «Fram over Polhavet» [Farthest North] 1897. AMUNDSEN's COPY!
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