PBA Galleries: Americana - World History - Maps & Views, 863, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
May 14, 2026 - May 14, 2026
Page Size: 352 items in 15 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
113

Autograph letter signed by Lucy W. Hayes

Washington, D.C. 1880 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 531.25
114

Typed letter signed by Lou Henry Hoover

Washington, D.C. 1932 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
115

Autograph letter signed by Bess Truman

Washington, D.C. [1950] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 250.00
116 Eisenhower, Mamie D.

Typed letter signed by Mamie D. Eisenhower

Gettysburg, PA 1970 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
117 Kennedy, Jacqueline

Autograph letter signed by Jacqueline Kennedy [with] typed letter signed to Jacqueline Kennedy

Washington, D.C. 1955 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 875.00
118

White House family photograph inscribed by Betty Ford

c. 1974 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
119 Carter, Rosalynn

Autograph letter signed by Rosalynn Carter

Plains, GA 1975 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 225.00
120 Franklin, Benjamin

WITHDRAWN - The Works of Benjamin Franklin

New York 1904 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
121 Franklin, Benjamin

The Works of Benjamin Franklin; Containing Several Political and Historical Tracts Not Included in Any Former Edition, and Many Letters Official and Private Not Hitherto Published; With Notes and a Life of the Author, by Jared Sparks

Boston 1840 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
122 Lyell, Charles

Travels in North America: With Geological Observations on The United States, Canada, and Nova Scotia.

London 1845 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 531.25
123 Powell, J. W. and Charles D. Walcott, editors

Group of Annual Reports of the United States Geological Survey to the Secretary of the Interior - 22 volumes - 1880-1900

Washington D.C. 1882-1900 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 437.50
124 Hafen, LeRoy Reuben and Ann W. Hafen

The Far West and the Rockies Historical Series: 1820-1875

Glendale, CA 1954-1961 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 718.75
125 Hall, William Haines

Crossing Great Salt Lake on Southern Pacific

c.1930's USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 500.00
126 Damon, Ethel M.

Koamalu: A Story of Pioneers in Kauai and of What They Built in That Island Garden

Honolulu 1931 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
127

Labor Contract. Olelo Aelike. Signed with Chinese characters

Kohala, HI 1885 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
128

Solid train load of Hickmott's Bouldin Island Asparagus Shipped August 1900 to fill partly the orders from one of the eastern markets

San Francisco 1900 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
130 Houghton, Eliza P. Donner

The Expedition of the Donner Party and Its Tragic Fate

Glendale, California 1920 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
131

Photograph album circa 1900s - Illinois

[1900] USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
132

Constitution for the State of Iowa, Adopted in convention, May 18, 1846...

Washington 1846 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
133 DeWitt, Lt. Gen. J.L.

Civilian Exclusion Order No. 27 - Notice. Headquarters Western Defense Command and Fourth Army, Presidio of San Francisco, California

San Francisco 1942-04-30 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
134 Jewitt, John R.

Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt; Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston, During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound: With an Account of the Manners, Mode of Living, and Religious Opinions

New York [c.1815] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
136 Thwaites, Reuben Gold, Ed.

Original Journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806

New York 1969 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 750.00
137

Incredibly large group of printed writings by Oscar Lewis, all signed

Various dates USD 7,000.00 - 10,000.00 Not Sold
138

Royal decree abolishing forced indigenous labor in Spanish America

Madrid 1720 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,500.00
139 Marquez, Don Pietro

Esercitazione architettoniche sopra gli spettacoli degli antichi con appendice sul bello in generale

Rome 1808 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
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