PBA Galleries: Rare and Antiquarian, 835, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: April 03, 2025 - April 03, 2025

Page Size: 288 items in 12 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
1	Abercromby, Patrick	The Martial Atchievements of the Scots Nation	Edinburgh	1711; 1715	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
2	Sindelar, Thomas	Dinner to George Ade by the Lotos Club. New York, December 18, 1920	New York	1920	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
3	Agee, James	A Death in the Family	New York	[1957]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	Unknown
4	Coke, Zachary	The Art of Logick; or the Entire Body of Logick in English. Unfolding to the Meanest Capacity the Way to Dispute Well, and to Refute all Fallacies Whatsoever	London	1654	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
5	[Allestree, Richard]	The Government of the Tongue [bound with] The Art of Contentment [and] The Lively Oracles	[Oxford]	1675-1678	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
6	Wright, G.N.	France Illustrated, Exhibiting its Landscape Scenery, Antiquities, Military and Ecclesiastical Architecture, &c.	London	[c.1850]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
7	Wright, George Newenham	China in a Series of Views, Displaying The Scenery, Architecture, and Social Habits of that Ancient Empire	London	[c.1843]	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
8	Sabin, Joseph	J. Sabin & Sons, Booksellers...Respectfully announce that they have received for sale a Very Valuable Collection of Books	New York	c.1869-75	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
9	Anderson, William	The Pictorial Arts of Japan. With a Brief Historical Sketch of the Associated Arts, and Some Remarks upon the Pictorial Art of the Chinese and Koreans	Boston	1886	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
10	Appianus of Alexandria	The History of Appian of Alexandria, in Two Parts	London	1696	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
11	Ashburton, Charles Alfred	A New and Complete History of England, from the First Settlement of Brutus, Upwards of One Thousand Years Before Julius Caesar, to the Year 1793...	London	c.1793	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
12	Auldjo, John	Sketches of Vesuvius, with Short Accounts of Its Principal Eruptions	Naples	1832	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
13	Austen, Jane	Emma	London	1816	USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00	Unknown
14	Austen, Jane	Northanger Abbey and Persuasion	London; Edinburgh; Dublin; Paris	1833	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
15		Mexican picture-chronicle of Cempoallan and other States of the Empire of Aculhuacan: Written on 16 leaves (31pp.) of paper manufactured from the maguey-fibre; about 1530	London	1890	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Unknown
16	Bacon, Francis	Of the Advancement and Proficience of Learning or the Partitions of Sciences IX Bookes. Written in Latin by the Most Eminent Illustrious & Famous Lord Francis Bacon Baron of Verulam Vicont St Alban Counsilour of Estate and Lord Chancellor of England. Inte	Oxford	1640	USD 700.00 - 1,000.00	Unknown
17	Bacon, Sir Francis	The Elements of the Common Lawes of England, Branched into a Double Tract...	London	1639	USD 600.00 - 900.00	Unknown
18	Fischer, J.G., editor	Schiller's Works Illustrated by the Great German Artists	Philadelphia	1883	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
19	Barry, Edward	A Treatise on the Three Different Digestions, and Discharges of the Human Body. And the Diseases of their Principal Organs	London	[1759]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
20		Seven French histories bound by Bayntun	London	1912-1914	USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00	Unknown
21	Boswell, James	The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.	London	1785	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown
22	Prescott, William Hickling	The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott...	London	No date	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Unknown
23	Parkman, Francis	The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life	Boston	1894	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Unknown
24	Picart, Bernard, et al., illustrators	Scenes from the Principal Histories of the Old and New Testaments [Taferelen der Voornaamste Geschiedenissen van het Oude en Nieuwe Testament]	In's Graavenhaage [The Hague]	1728-1729	USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00	Unknown
25		Biblj Czeska, to gest: Swate Pjsmo, podle Starozitneho, a Obecneho Latinskeho [with] Druhy djl Biblj totizto Nowy Zakon podle stareho obecneho latinskeho textu	W Starem Meste Prazskem [i.e. Prague]	1769-1771	USD 800.00 - 1,200.00	Unknown

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: Dürer (Albrecht) Hierin sind begriffen vier bücher von menschlicher Proportion, 4 parts in 1, first edition, Nuremberg, Hieronymus Andreae for Agnes Dürer, 1528. £30,000 to £40,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Book of Hours, Use of Rome, illuminated manuscript in Latin, on vellum, 26 fine hand-painted miniatures, 17th century dark brown morocco, [Lyon], [c. 1475 and later c. 1490-1500]. £25,000 to £35,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Brontë (Emily) The North Wind, watercolour, [1842]. £15,000 to £20,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Titanic.- Mudd (Thomas Cupper, one of the youngest victims of the sinking of the Titanic, 1895-1912) Autograph Letter signed on board RMS Titanic to his mother, April 11th 1912. £20,000 to £30,000.

Forum Auctions
Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
27th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 27: [Austen (Jane)] Emma: A Novel, 3 vol., first edition, for John Murray, 1816. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Picasso (Pablo).- Ovid. Les Metamorphoses, one of 95 copies, signed by the artist, Lausanne, Albert Skira, 1931. £10,000 to £15,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: America.- Ogilby (John) America: Being the Latest, and Most Accurate Description of the New World..., all maps with vibrant hand-colouring in outline, probably by an early hand, 1671. £15,000 to £25,000.

Forum, Mar. 27: Iceland.- Geological exploration.- Bright (Dr. Richard )and Edward Bird. Collection of twenty original drawings from travels in Iceland with Henry Holland and George Mackenzie, watercolours, [1810]. £20,000 to £30,000.
Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Beckford (William) [Vathek] An Arabian Tale, first (but unauthorised) edition, Lady Caroline Lamb's copy with her signature and notes, 1786. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Baudelaire (Charles) Les Fleurs du Mal, first edition containing the 6 suppressed poems, first issue, contemporary half black morocco, Paris, 1857. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Beardsley (Aubrey).- Pope (Alexander) The Rape of the Lock, one of 25 copies on Japanese vellum, Leonard Smithers, 1896. £4,000 to £6,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Douglas (Lord Alfred) Sonnets, first edition, the dedication copy, with signed presentation inscription from the author to his wife Olive Custance, The Academy, 1909. £2,000 to £3,000.

Forum Auctions
The Library of Barry Humphries
26th March 2025

Forum, Mar. 26: Crowley (Aleister) The Works..., 3 vol. in 1 (as issued)"Essay Competition" issue on India paper, signed presentation inscription from the author, 1905-07. £1,500 to £2,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Rodin (Auguste).- Mirbeau (Octave) Le Jardin des Supplices, one of 30 copies on chine with an additional suite, bound in dark purple goatskin, Paris, 1902. £3,000 to £4,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Pellar (Hans) Eight original book illustrations for 'Der verliebte Flamingo' [together with] a published copy of the first edition of the book, 1923. £6,000 to £8,000.

Forum, Mar. 26: Cretté (Georges, binder).- Louÿs (Pierre) Les Aventures du Roi Pausole, 2 vol., one of 99 copies, with 2 original drawings, superbly bound in blue goatskin, gilt, Paris, 1930. £3,000 to £4,000.
Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: The Shem Tov Bible, 1312 | A Masterpiece from the Golden Age of Spain. Sold: 6,960,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Ten Commandments Tablet, 300-800 CE | One of humanity's earliest and most enduring moral codes. Sold: 5,040,000 USD

Sotheby’s: William Blake | Songs of Innocence and of Experience. Sold: 4,320,000 USD

Sotheby’s: The Declaration of Independence | The Holt printing, the only copy in private hands. Sold: 3,360,000 USD

Sotheby's
Sell Your Fine Books & Manuscripts

Sotheby’s: Thomas Taylor | The original cover art for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Sold: 1,920,000 USD

Sotheby’s: Machiavelli | Il Principe, a previously unrecorded copy of the book where modern political thought began. Sold: 576,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Leonardo da Vinci | Trattato della pittura, ca. 1639, a very fine pre-publication manuscript. Sold: 381,000 GBP

Sotheby’s: Henri Matisse | Jazz, Paris 1947, the complete portfolio. Sold: 312,000 EUR
Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 7: Thomas Fisher, The Negro's Memorial or Abolitionist's Catechism, London, 1825. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 78: Victor H. Green, The Negro Travelers' Green Book, New York, 1958. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 99: Rosa Parks, Hand-written recollection of her first meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., autograph manuscript, Detroit, c. 1990s. $30,000 to $40,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 154: Frederick Douglass, Autograph statement on voting rights, signed manuscript, 1866. $20,000 to $30,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 164: W.E.B. Du Bois, What the Negro Has Done for the United States and Texas, Washington, circa 1936. $3,000 to $4,000.

Swann
Printed & Manuscript African Americana
March 20, 2025

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 263: Susan Paul, Memoir of James Jackson, Boston, 1835. $6,000 to $9,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 267: Langston Hughes, Gypsy Ballads, signed translation of García Lorca's poetry, Madrid, 1937. $1,500 to $2,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 274: Malcolm X, Collection from Alex Haley's estate, 38 items, 1963-1971. $4,000 to $6,000.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 367: Solomon Northup, Twelve Years a Slave, Auburn, NY, 1853. $2,500 to $3,500.

Swann, Mar. 20: Lot 402: Anna Julia Cooper, A Voice from the South, Xenia, OH, 1892. $2,000 to $3,000.
Koller, Mar. 26: Wit, Frederick de. Atlas. Amsterdam, de Wit, [1680]. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Merian, Maria Sibylla. Der Raupen wunderbare Verwandelung, und sonderbare Blumennahrung. Nürnberg, 1679; Frankfurt a. M. und Leipzig, 1683. CHF 20,000 to 30,000

Koller, Mar. 26: GOETHE, JOHANN WOLFGANG VON. Faust. Ein Fragment. Von Goethe. Ächte Ausgabe. Leipzig, G. J. Göschen, 1790. CHF 7,000 to 10,000

Koller, Mar. 26: Hieronymus. [Das hochwirdig leben der außerwoelten freünde gotes der heiligen altuaeter]. Augsburg, Johann Schönsperger d. Ä., 9. Juni 1497. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Mar. 26: BIBLIA GERMANICA - Neunte deutsche Bibel. Nürnberg, A. Koberger, 17. Feb. 1483. CHF 40,000 to 60,000

Koller, Mar. 26: HORAE B.M.V. - Stundenbuch. Lateinische Handschrift auf Pergament, Kalendarium französisch. Nordfrankreich (Rouen?). CHF 25,000 to 40,000

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