PBA Galleries: Miniature Books Offered for the Benefit of the Miniature Book Society, 4001, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
October 26, 2025 - October 26, 2025
Page Size: 57 items in 3 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
1 Garfield, Simon and Doris Welsh

Two Books about Miniature Books

 New York, NY and Albany, NY 2019 and 1987 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 50.00
2

Three Miniature Books Bound by Bela Blau

 Los Angeles, CA 1965-1984 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 62.50
3

Two Miniature Books Bound by Bela Blau

 Los Angeles, CA 1965-1982 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 62.50
4 Bewick, Thomas

Vignettes from Birds, Quadrupeds and Fables

 Chicago, IL 1971 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 187.50
5 Dickens, Charles

Night Walks [with] Travelling Abroad [with] A Flight

 Skokie, IL 1982 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 125.00
6

Five Miniature Books from Black Cat Press

 Skokie and Chicago, IL 1961-1980 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 112.50
7

Selection of items from The Bronte Press

 Manteno, IL USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 343.75
8 Fromme, Carl

Wiener Porte-Monnaie Kalender 1874

 Vienna 1873 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 125.00
9 Fromme, Carl

Wiener Porte-Monnaie Kalender 1903

 Vienna 1902 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 100.00
10

Geldtaschen Kalender [Money or Wallet Calendar] Porte Monnaie

 1922 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 200.00
11 Hill, Rick

The Mystery of the Cuneiform Tablet

 Fairfax, VA 2018 USD 30.00 - 80.00 USD 187.50
12 Shelley, Percy Byssche

Ozymandias

 Fairfax, VA 2023 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 281.25
13

Fifteen Children's Miniature Books

 USD 30.00 - 80.00 USD 37.50
14

Two Miniature Books from Dawson's Book Shop

 1964 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 62.50
15

Two More Miniature Books from Dawson's Book Shop

 1964 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 50.00
16

Two Miniature Books by The Final Score

 Sorbie, Scotland 2021-2024 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 112.50
17

French Carnet de Bal (French Dance Card)

 c 1850-1870 USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 162.50
18 Thomas, Peter [and] Donna Thomas

Two Miniature Books from The Good Book Press

 Santa Cruz, CA 1981-1987 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 87.50
19 Herrick, Robert

A Posy of Verse from Herrick

 London 1903 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 112.50
20 Huang, Jackie and Helen Yoon

Octobook

 [Los Angeles, CA] 2013 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 175.00
21

Eight Miniature Books by or about Janka Gyula

 1972-1987 USD 80.00 - 120.00 USD 50.00
22

Five Hungarian Microminiature Books

 1974-1980 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 87.50
23 Karoly, Andrusko

Seven Miniature Books by or about Andrusko Karoly

 Hungary 1973-1980 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 75.00
24

Sumatran Batak Pustaha

 [Indonesia] USD 150.00 - 250.00 USD 687.50
25 Washington, George

Washington, His Farewell Address

 Kingsport, TN 1932 USD 100.00 - 150.00 USD 281.25
  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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