Sale 858: Rare Books & Manuscripts - A PBA Platinum Auction (#858) 02/26/2026 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/26/2026 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-16 of 16. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Collection of Ansel Adams Yosemite winter sport and recreation photographs for Donald Tresidder View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorAdams, AnselHeadlineCollection of Ansel Adams Yosemite photographs and negatives for Donald Tresidder (with additions)Date Publishedc.1928-30 Lot #3 Telephone Buildings: Bell System View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(American Telephone and Telegraph Company)HeadlineTelephone Buildings: Bell System, 1930 with 50 orig. architectural photosDate Published[1930] Lot #15 Scrapbook of 1860s California ephemera View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(California)HeadlineScrapbook of 1860s San Franciscan politicsDate Publishedc.1860s Lot #38 Map of San Francisco - Great Park Homestead Association View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorFennell, Charles E.HeadlineGreat Park Homestead Assn. map of SF 1869PublisherW.P. HumphreysDate Published1869 Lot #49 Solid train load of Hickmott's Bouldin Island Asparagus Shipped August 1900 to fill partly the orders from one of the eastern markets View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Hickmott Canning Co.)HeadlinePhotograph of Hickmott's Asparagus train bound for parts eastDate Published1900 Lot #54 Archive of documents relating to the War Relocation Authority and Japanese internment during World War II View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$11,250StatusSold Heading(Japanese Internment)HeadlineArchive on Japanese-American internmentDate Published1942-1946 Lot #69 The Contest in America Between Great Britain and France, with its Consequences and Importance...By an Impartial Hand. View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Author[Mitchell, John]HeadlineMitchell's Contest in America 1757PublisherPrinted for A. MillarDate Published1757 Lot #72 Annual Report of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department of the City of New York View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(New York - Draft Riots)HeadlineSigned by John Decker, Chief Engineer of NYFD during Draft RiotsPublisherEdmund Jones & Co.Date Published1862 Lot #78 Sheriff's Mugshot book from Contra Costa County, 1916-17 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Heading(Photography - Mug Shot Book)HeadlineMugshot book from Contra Costa County Sheriff's office, 1916-17ProvenanceFrom the collection of John E. MurdockDate PublishedApril, 1916-March, 1917 Lot #88 The San Francisco Directory for the Year 1852-53: Embracing a general directory of citizens; a street directory; a new and complete map of the city; and an appendix of general information, an almanac, etc. First Publication View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(San Francisco Directory 1852-53)HeadlineRare San Francisco Directory 1852 with early map of SFPublisherPublished by James M. Parker... Monson, Haswell & Co., PrintersDate Published1852 Lot #89 Illuminated broadside for Theurkauf's model of San Francisco with plans, photographs, and sketches for the miniature portable exhibit View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(San Francisco)AuthorTheurkauf, Rudolph G.HeadlineIlluminated broadside, plans, sketches, and photos of Theurkauf's 1927 model of SFDate Published1927 Lot #92 American Cookery, or, The Art of Dressing Viands, Fish, Poultry, and Vegetables and the Best Mode of Making Puff Pastes, Pies, Tarts, Puddings, Custards, and Preserves...Together with the rules of Carving at Dinner parties. Exemplified With Cuts. View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Author[Simmons, Ameila] An OrphanHeadlineOnly illustrated edition of first cookbook authored by an AmericanPublisherA. ColtonDate Published1831 Lot #97 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn in original sheep binding, 1st editionPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #99 Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorWolfe, ThomasHeadlineWolfe's Look Homeward, Angel signed 1st in DJPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1929 Lot #101 Collection of blueprints and photographs documenting the production of The Right Stuff film, with Chuck Yeager autographs and correspondence View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Heading(Yeager, Chuck)HeadlineChuck Yeager & The Right Stuff collectionDate Published1982-1983 Lot #111 The Evidences Against Christianity View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHittell, John S.HeadlinePresentation copy of Hittell on ChristianityPublisherCalvin BlanchardDate Published1857 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next