Sale 850: Rare Books, Manuscripts and More! A PBA Platinum Sale (#850) 11/06/2025 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 11/06/2025 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-23 of 23. Previous|1|Next Lot #4 A Voyage Around the World, in the Years MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV. By George Anson, Esq.; Commander in Chief of a Squadron of His Majesty's Ships, sent upon an Expedition to the South-Seas... View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorAnson, GeorgeHeadlineSharp copy of Anson's voyage - subscriber's copyProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherPrinted for the Author by John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1748 Lot #11 A Chronological History of North-Eastern Voyages of Discovery; and of the Early Eastern Navigations of the Russians View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorBurney, JamesHeadlineBurney on Russians in the Arctic 1819PublisherPayne and Foss, and John MurrayDate Published1819 Lot #24 America Sive Novus Orbis Respectu Europaeorum View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorDe Bry, TheodoreHeadlineTheodore De Bry's America Sive Novus Orbis Respectu EuropaeorumDate Published1596 Lot #27 An Authentic Narrative of a Voyage Performed by Captain Cook and Captain Clerke, in His Majesty's Ships Resolution and Discovery, During the Years 1776, 1777, 1778, 1779, and 1780; in Search of a North-West Passage Between the Continents of Asia and America. Including a faithful Account of all their Discoveries, and the unfortunate Death of Captain Cook. Illustrated with a Chart and a Variety of Cuts. View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold AuthorEllis, W[illiam]HeadlineNarrative of Cook's Third Voyage by Ellis 1782PublisherG. RobinsonDate Published1782 Lot #28 Relacion del viage hecho por las goletas Sutil y Mexicana en el ano de 1792 para reconocer el estrecho de Fuca [with] Atlas para el Viage de las goletas Sutil y Mexicana... View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Author[Espinosa y Tello, José]HeadlineSutil y Mexicana Voyage with Atlas 1802PublisherImprenta RealDate Published1802 Lot #31 Map of the City and County of San Francisco California View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorFaust, Henry W.HeadlineFaust's Map of San Francisco 1892PublisherPublished by H.W. FaustDate Published1892 Lot #32 WITHDRAWN - Foxe's map of the Arctic View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorFoxe, LukeHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Foxe's map of the ArcticPublisherB. Alsop and Tho. FawsetDate Published[c.1635] Lot #36 Tales of Coral Reefs View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey's Tales of Coral Reefs - unpublished manuscriptDate Published[1930s?] Lot #37 Tuna View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey's Tuna - original manuscriptDate Published[c.1918?] Lot #38 Le Transvaal: Afrique Australe View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold AuthorGros, Henri FerdinandHeadlineH.F. Gros' Le Transvaal: Afrique Australe, c.1888-90PublisherH.F. GrosDate Publishedc.1888-90 Lot #61 Die Neuwen Inseln / so hinder Hispanien gegen Orient bey dem land India lingen. View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$12,500StatusSold AuthorMünster, SebastianHeadlineFirst map of the American ContinentDate Published1550 Lot #65 National Geographic archive from the collection of Dr. Allen B. "Buck" Catlin largely purchased from Edwin C. Buxbaum View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Heading(National Geographic Magazine)HeadlineSignificant National Geographic collection of Buck Catlin amassed with help from Edwin C. BuxbaumPublisherNational Geographic SocietyDate Published1888-2010's Lot #71 A Voyage Round the World; But More Particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorPortlock, NathanielHeadlinePortlock's Voyage Round the World 1789PublisherPrinted for John Stockdale and George GouldingDate Published1789 Lot #77 Orbis Vetus, et Orbis Veteris Utraque Continens, Terrarum Tractus Arcticus, et Antarcticus ex Platone, Theopompom, sive Æliano, Manilio &c. Autore N. Sanson, Abbavillæo, et Christianiss Galliar Regis Geographo. Lutetiæ Parisiorum, Apud P. Mariette, Via D. Jacobi, sub signo spei...Jean Somer Pruthenus, Sculpebat View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorSanson, NicolasHeadlineSanson map with California as an island, 1658PublisherPierre MarietteDate Published1657 [1658] Lot #78 An Account of a Geographical and Astronomical Expedition to the Northern Parts of Russia, for Ascertaining the Degrees of Latitude and Longitude of the Mouth of the River Kovima; of the Whole Coast of the Tshutski, to East Cape; and of the Islands in the Eastern Ocean, Stretching to the American Coast. Performed, by Command of Her Imperial Majesty Catherine the Second, Empress of All the Russias, by Commodore Joseph Billings, in the Years 1785, &c. to 1794 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorSauer, MartinHeadlineSauer on the Billings expedition 1802PublisherPrinted by A. Strahan for T. Cadell, June. and W. DaviesDate Published1802 Lot #79 Petri Schenkii Hecatompolis, sive Totius orbis Terrarum Oppida Nobiliora Centum; Exquisite Collecta atque Eleganter Depicta View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold AuthorSchenk, PieterHeadlineSpectacular and rare engravings of 17th c. citiesProvenanceWilliam Henry Crocker (1861-1937)Publisher[P. Schenk]Date Published1702 Lot #82 Bifolium from the Nuremberg Chronicle comprising folios XII and XIII View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(Secunda Etas Mundi)AuthorAnonymousHeadlineWorld map from the Nuremberg ChroniclePublisherHartmann SchedelDate Published1493 Lot #86 A Voyage to the Cape of Good Hope, Towards the Antarctic Polar Circle, and Round the World... View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorSparrman, AndrewHeadlineHandsome set of Sparrman's narrative, 1786ProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherG.G.J. and J. RobinsonDate Published1786 Lot #87 In Darkest Africa: or the Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of Equatoria View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorStanley, Henry M.HeadlineStanley's In Darkest Africa Deluxe Edition signedPublisherCharles Scribner's Sons; D. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1890 Lot #88 A Survey of the Cities of London and Westminster: Containing the Original, Antiquity, Increase, Modern Estate and Government of those Cities. Written at first in the Year MDXCVIII. By John Stow...Since Reprinted and Augmented by the Author...and Others...Now Lastly Corrected, Improved and very much Enlarged...to the Present Time; by John Strype View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorStow, JohnHeadlineA Survey of the Cities of London and WestminsterPublisherA. Churchill, J. Knapton, et alDate Published[1720] Lot #95 Extensive archive of manuscript letters and drawings by Paul West View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold AuthorWest, PaulHeadlineArchive of 19th century traveler Paul WestDate Publishedc.1860s Lot #98 Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific and Beering's Strait, to Co-operate with the Polar Expeditions: Performed in His Majesty's Ship Blossom Under the Command of Captain F.W. Beechey, R.N. in the Years 1825, 26, 27, 28 . . . A New Edition View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 04)AuthorBeechey, Frederick W.HeadlineSharp copies of Beechey's Voyages, 8vo editionProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherHenry Colburn & Richard BentleyDate Published1831 Lot #99 A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean, and Round the World; In Which the Coast of North-West America has been Carefully Examined and Accurately Surveyed. Undertaken by His Majesty's Command, Principally with a View to Ascertain the Existence of Any Navigable Communication Between the North Pacific and North Atlantic Oceans; and Performed in the Years 1790, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, and 1795, in the Discovery Sloop of War, and Armed Tender Chatham, under the Command of Captain George Van View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Zamorano Eighty - 77)AuthorVancouver, GeorgeHeadlineVancouver's Voyage, 1st edition, Zamorano #77ProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherG.G. & J. Robinson, & J. EdwardsDate Published1798 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next