PBA Galleries: Rare and Antiquarian - with Fine Art, Fine Press, Fine Bindings, 826, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
November 21, 2024 - November 21, 2024
Page Size: 428 items in 18 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
251

Four volumes of literature by Austen and Wharton

USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 237.50
252 Miller, Arthur

Death of a Salesman: Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem

New York [1984] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 281.25
253 O'Neill, Eugene

The Iceman Cometh

New York 1982 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 125.00
254

Three volumes from The Limited Editions Club

1972-1981 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
255

Three volumes of memoirs from The Limited Editions Club

1972-1981 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
256

Three volumes with American topics from The Limited Editions Club

1973-1975 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
257

Two micro-miniature books from the Littlest Library

Tarzana, CA 1977 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 175.00
258 Bradbury, Ray

Death Has Lost Its Charm for Me

Northridge, CA 1987 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
259 Crews, Harry

Madonna at Ringside

Northridge, CA 1991 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
260 Moser, Barry

Two posters for books illustrated by Barry Moser

1984 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
261 Montaigne, Michel Eyquem de

Montaigne's Essays: John Florio's Translation

London 1931 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
262 White, Gilbert

The Writings of Gilbert White of Selborne

London 1938 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 812.50
263 Shelley, Percy Bysshe

EPIPSYCHIDION

Montagnola 1923 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 250.00
264

Two small fine press works

1979; 1993 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 187.50
265 Louys, Pierre and Alan James Robinson

Leda or In Praise of the Blessings of Darkness

Easthampton, MA 1985 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 937.50
266 Linden, James & Jennifer Larson, editors

Printers to the Club: A Portfolio

San Francisco 1986 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 200.00
267 Sobota, Jan and Jarmila

Decalogus

Loket, Czech Republic 1999 USD 500.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
268

Ten miniature books from Achille St. Onge

Worcester, MA 1959-1975 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
269 Bushe, Peter Kendal

Through the Troposcope: A Travers Le Troposcope

London and Paris 1966 USD 200.00 - 300.00 Not Sold
270 Shahn, Ben, artist

Ecclesiastes, or, the Preacher - Deluxe Edition

Paris 1967 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 687.50
271

Left to Their Own Devices

[New York] [1938] USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 212.50
272 Guerin, Maurice

Le Centaure

Saint-Etienne 1939 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 375.00
273 Maupassant, Henri Rene Guy de

The Life Work of Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant

London and New York 1903 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,250.00
274 Arber, Edward, editor

English Reprints

London 1868-1880 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 375.00
275 Gay, John

Fables by John Gay, with a Life of the Author and Embellished with Seventy Plates

London 1793 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 687.50
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
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    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
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    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
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    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
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    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
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    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
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    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD