PBA Galleries: Fine Literature with Beats & the Counterculture, 857, Berkeley

Auction Details

Auction Date: February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026

Page Size: 501 items in 21 pages

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Place Printed	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
252	Palmer, Stuart	Murder on Wheels	London	1932	USD 500.00 - 800.00	Not Sold
253	Pearce, Michael	The Mamur Zapt and the Return of the Carpet	London	1988	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
254	Peters, Ellis	Death and the Joyful Woman	London	1961	USD 500.00 - 800.00	USD 312.50
255	Peters, Ellis	The Sanctuary Sparrow [and] The Hermit of Eyton Forest	London	1983-1987	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 187.50
257	Rankin, Ian	Wolfman [and] Black & Blue	London	1992-1997	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
258	Rice, Craig	The Wrong Murder [and] The Fourth Postman	New York	1940-1948	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 137.50
259	Rohmer, Sax	Two Fu-Manchu titles	null	1916-1959	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
260	Sayers, Dorothy L.	Strong Poison	New York	[1930]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
261	Smith, Thorne	Did She Fall?	New York	1930	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 162.50
262	Stephenson, Neal	The Baroque Cycle [and] Zodiac	New York	Various dates	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 137.50
263	Stephenson, Neal	Cryptonomicon	New York	[1999]	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 406.25
264	Stephenson, Neal	The Diamond Age - two editions	New York	[1995]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 343.75
265	Stephenson, Neal	Snow Crash	New York	1992	USD 300.00 - 500.00	USD 200.00
266	Stoker, Bram	Dracula	New York	[c.1927]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
267	Stout, Rex	Too Many Cooks	[New York]	1938	USD 300.00 - 500.00	Not Sold
268	Thierry, James Francis	The Adventure of the Eleven Cuff-Buttons	New York	1918	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 281.25
269	Daniel, Charles	Ai, A Social Vision	Philadelphia	1892	USD 400.00 - 600.00	Not Sold
270	Devinne, Paul	The Day of Prosperity: A Vision of the Century to Come	New York	1902	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 281.25
271	null	Four novels of "technological utopia" modeled on Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward	null	1891-1902	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 250.00
272	Vogt, A.E. van	Masters of Time [with] Away and Beyond	null	1950-1952	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 212.50
273	Wallis, J.H.	Murder by Formula	New York	1931	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 212.50
274	Wells, H.G.	The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth	London	1904	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 162.50
275	Wells, H.G.	Thirty Strange Stories	New York	1897	USD 400.00 - 600.00	USD 437.50
276	[Woolrich, Cornell] Irish, William	The Best of William Irish [with] Deadline at Dawn [and] Eyes That Watch You	null	1942-1952	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00
277	[Woolrich, Cornell] Irish, William	Violence	New York	[1958]	USD 200.00 - 300.00	USD 125.00

ALDE, Apr. 8: GUEVARA (ANTONIO DE). Histoire de Marc-Aurèle, Empereur Romain, vray miroir et horloge des Princes. Paris, Pierre et Galliot du Pré, frères, 1565. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: HEURES DE LA VIERGE. Horæ in laudem beatissimæ virginis Mariæ ad usum Romanum. Paris, Charles L'Angelier, 1556. €4,000 to €5,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: MONTAIGNE (MICHEL DE). Les Essais. Édition nouvelle, trouvée après le deceds de l'autheur… Paris, Abel L'Angelier, 1595. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [ROJAS (FERNANDO DE)]. Celestina, tragicomedia di Calisto et Melibea, tradotta de lingua castigliana in italiano idioma… Venise, 1531. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CAMÕES (LUÍS DE). Os Lusiadas. Lisbonne, Pedro Crasbeeck, 1613. €2,000 to €3,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Bruxelles, Roger Velpius & Huberto Antonio, 1611. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: LA FONTAINE (JEAN DE). Fables choisies, mises en vers. Paris, Denys Thierry et Claude Barbin, 1678-1694. €6,000 to €8,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: CERVANTES (MIGUEL DE). El Ingenioso hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha. Madrid, Joaquin Ibarra, 1780. €3,000 to €4,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: DIDEROT (DENIS) ET JEAN LE ROND D'ALEMBERT. Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Paris, 1751-1765. €15,000 to €20,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. LAMARTINE (Alphonse de). Les Laboureurs. Poème tiré de Jocelyn… Lyon, J. A. Henry, 1883. €8,000 to €10,000.

ALDE, Apr. 8: [LIVRE TISSÉ]. Livre de prières tissé d'après les enluminures des manuscrits du XIVe au XVIe siècle. Lyon, [A. Roux], 1886. €5,000 to €6,000.
Sotheby’s
Books, Manuscripts & Objects from Three Important Collections
Open for Bidding 2-17 April

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: [Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun]. Le Roman de la Rose, [Geneva or Lyons, c.1481], first printed edition of the most important medieval French vernacular poem. £200,000 to £300,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Castiglione. Il libro del cortegiano. [Venice], April 1528, first edition, in a magnificent binding by Jean Picard for Jean Grolier. £100,000 to £150,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Jacobus de Cessolis. Schachzabelbuch, Strasbourg, 1483, von der Lasa copy. £50,000 to £70,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: World Championship, 1972. A collection of 84 press photographs of the famed match between Spassky and Fischer. £2,000 to £3,000.

Sotheby’s, Apr. 2-17: Ben Franklin. Autograph letter signed, to Lord Shelburne, British Prime Minister, during peace negotiations, November 1782. £15,000 to £20,000.