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 1-10 of 17. Previous|12|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... AuthorAnson, GeorgeHeadlineSharp copy of Anson's voyage - subscriber's copyProvenancePacific Coast BooksPublisherPrinted for the Author by John and Paul KnaptonDate Published1748 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #11 A Chronological History of North-Eastern Voyages of Discovery; and of the Early Eastern Navigations of the Russians AuthorBurney, JamesHeadlineBurney on Russians in the Arctic 1819PublisherPayne and Foss, and John MurrayDate Published1819 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #12 Desert Set [with] autograph letter signed by George Elbert Burr AuthorBurr, George ElbertHeadlineMrs. Burr's complete collection of her husband's Desert portfolioDate Published1921 [date from Seeber p.42] View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold 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. AuthorEllis, W[illiam]HeadlineNarrative of Cook's Third Voyage by Ellis 1782PublisherG. RobinsonDate Published1782 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #36 Tales of Coral Reefs AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey's Tales of Coral Reefs - unpublished manuscriptDate Published[1930s?] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #37 Tuna AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey's Tuna - original manuscriptDate Published[c.1918?] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #38 Le Transvaal: Afrique Australe AuthorGros, Henri FerdinandHeadlineH.F. Gros' Le Transvaal: Afrique Australe, c.1888-90PublisherH.F. GrosDate Publishedc.1888-90 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #65 National Geographic archive from the collection of Dr. Allen B. "Buck" Catlin largely purchased from Edwin C. Buxbaum Heading(National Geographic Magazine)HeadlineSignificant National Geographic collection of Buck Catlin amassed with help from Edwin C. BuxbaumPublisherNational Geographic SocietyDate Published1888-2010's View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold 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 AuthorPortlock, NathanielHeadlinePortlock's Voyage Round the World 1789PublisherPrinted for John Stockdale and George GouldingDate Published1789 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold 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 AuthorSauer, MartinHeadlineSauer on the Billings expedition 1802PublisherPrinted by A. Strahan for T. Cadell, June. and W. DaviesDate Published1802 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next