PBA Galleries: Fine Photography & Art, Fine Press, Fine Bindings, 860, Berkeley
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 02, 2026 - April 02, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 228 | Harlan, Robert D., editor | Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press 1957-1966 & Grabhorn-Hoyem 1966-1973 |
San Francisco | 1977 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 229 | Harlow, Neal | The Maps of San Francisco Bay From the Spanish Discovery in 1769 to the American Occupation. |
San Francisco | 1950 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 230 | Heller, Elinor Raas & Magee, David | Bibliography of The Grabhorn Press: 1915-1940 |
San Francisco | 1940 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 406.25 |
| 231 | Magee, David and Dorothy | Bibliography of the Grabhorn Press, 1940-1956 [With a Check-List 1916-1940] |
San Francisco | 1957 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 187.50 |
| 232 | Powell, H.M.T. | The Santa Fe Trail to California, 1849-1852: The Journal and Drawings of H.M.T. Powell |
San Francisco | [1931] | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 233 | Stevenson, Robert Louis | Robert Louis Stevenson To His Good Friend M. Donat |
San Francisco | 1925 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 234 | Holman, William R. | Library Publications |
San Francisco | 1965 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 235 | Ionesco, Eugene | Journeys Among the Dead |
[New York] | [1987] | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 236 | Jeffers, Robinson | Songs and Heroes |
Los Angeles | 1988 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
| 237 | Johnson, Samuel | The Vanity of Human Wishes |
Cambridge, UK | 1984 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 238 | Johnson, Samuel | The Vanity of Human Wishes |
Cambridge, UK | 1984 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 239 | Kafka, Franz | The Trial |
Avon, CT | 1975 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 137.50 |
| 240 | Butler, Samuel | Erewhon |
New York | 1934 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 281.25 |
| 241 | Wilder, Thornton | The Bridge of San Luis Rey |
New York | 1929 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 250.00 |
| 242 | Bowles, Paul and Ira Yeager | 2137 Tanger Socco |
Berkeley | 2011 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,125.00 |
| 243 | A Leaf from the 1611 King James Bible with "The Noblest Monument of English Prose" by John Livingston Lowes & "The Printing of the King James Bible" by Louis I. Newman |
San Francisco | 1937 | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 593.75 | |
| 244 | Aristophanes | Lysistrata: A New Version by Gilbert Seldes |
New York | 1934 | USD 5,000.00 - 8,000.00 | USD 4,375.00 |
| 245 | Walcott, Derek | The Caribbean Poetry of Derek Walcott & the Art of Romare Bearden |
[New York] | [1983] | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 531.25 |
| 246 | Bradbury, Ray | Fahrenheit 451 |
New York | 1982 | USD 500.00 - 800.00 | USD 625.00 |
| 247 | Camus, Albert | The Stranger |
[Brattleboro, Vermont] | 1971 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | Not Sold |
| 248 | De Quincey, Thomas | Confessions of an English Opium-Eater |
Oxford | 1930 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 200.00 |
| 249 | Eight works from the Limited Editions Club |
Various places | Various dates | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 375.00 | |
| 250 | Eight works from the Limited Editions Club |
Various places | Various dates | USD 300.00 - 500.00 | USD 212.50 | |
| 251 | The Evergreen Tales; or, Tales for the Ageless |
[New York] | 1949-52 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 406.25 | |
| 252 | Finney, Charles G. | The Circus of Dr. Lao |
New York | 1982 | USD 200.00 - 300.00 | USD 125.00 |
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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.