PBA Galleries: Fine Literature with Beats & the Counterculture, 857, Berkeley
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- February 19, 2026 - February 19, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202 | Zweig, Stefan | Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman |
London | [1933] | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold |
| 203 | null | Three early twentieth century anthologies of alternate history fantasy |
null | 1907-1921 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | Not Sold |
| 204 | Ambler, Eric | The Ability to Kill - Signed proofs |
London | [1962] | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 205 | Anderson, Poul, ed. | Smorgasbord |
Berkeley, CA | 1959 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 206 | Asimov, Isaac | Foundation's Edge |
Garden City, NY | 1982 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 207 | Benson, Godfrey R | Tracks in the Snow |
New York | 1906 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 208 | Bourdain, Anthony | Bone in the Throat |
New York | 1995 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,000.00 |
| 209 | Bradbury, Ray | Fahrenheit 451 |
Norwalk, CT | [1998] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 343.75 |
| 210 | Bradbury, Ray | Fahrenheit 451: 40th Anniversary Edition |
New York | [1993] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | Not Sold |
| 211 | Bradbury, Ray | Fahrenheit 451: 50th Anniversary Edition |
New York | [2003] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 212 | Bramah, Ernest | Two Max Carrados titles |
London | 1923-1927 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 213 | Burroughs, Edgar Rice | Tarzan in the Forbidden City - Authorized Abridged Edition Retold in 100 pages |
Los Angeles | 1940 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 214 | Butler, Octavia | Parable of the Sower [with] Parable of the Talents |
New York and elsewhere | 1993; 1998 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 500.00 |
| 215 | Cain, James M. | The Postman Always Rings Twice |
New York | 1934 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 162.50 |
| 216 | Card, Orson Scott | Ender's Game |
[New York] | [1985] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,625.00 |
| 217 | Chandler, Raymond | The Little Sister |
Boston | 1949 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 218 | Chesterton, Gilbert K. | Two titles by G.K. Chesterton |
New York | 1927 and 1937 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | Not Sold |
| 219 | Connelly, Michael | The Black Echo |
Boston | [1992] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 220 | Cozzens, James Gould | The Just and the Unjust |
New York | 1942 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 221 | Crichton, Michael | Congo |
New York | 1980 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 225.00 |
| 222 | null | Five volumes of detective fiction |
null | 1932-1985 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 137.50 |
| 223 | Doyle, Arthur Conan | Adventures of Sherlock Holmes |
New York | 1892 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 224 | Doyle, Arthur Conan | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
San Francisco | 1985 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 375.00 |
| 225 | Doyle, Arthur Conan | The Hound of the Baskervilles |
London | 1902 | USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 | Not Sold |
| 226 | Doyle, Arthur Conan | The Secret of Goresthorpe Grange, and A Case of Identity |
New York | [c.1907?] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 406.25 |
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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 AprilSotheby’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.