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PBA Galleries: Fine Literature with the Counterculture & the Residents

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Auction Name Fine Literature with the Counterculture & the Residents Total Sales (USD) 238,437.50
Auction Date December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 175,400.00
Sale Number #852 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 273,200.00
Total Lots 471
Sold Lots 319.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 258,900.00
% of Lots Sold 67.73% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 402,700.00
Unsold Lots 152 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 59.21%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
280 Lewis, C.S.

The Chronicles of Narnia

[1950-56] USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,500.00
270 Herbert, Frank

Dune

[1965] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 15,000.00
126 Melville, Herman

Moby Dick or the Whale

1930 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,750.00
80 Hemingway, Ernest

The Fifth Column - original working script

[c.1940] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,125.00
123 McCarthy, Cormac

Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West

1985 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,125.00
145 Orwell, George

Nineteen Eighty-Four

1949 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 6,250.00
310 Tolkien, J.R.R.

The Lord of the Rings

1955-1956 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,000.00
276 Jordan, Robert

The Eye of the World

[1990] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,062.50
172 Stoddard, Charles Warren

For the Pleasure of His Company: An Affair of the Misty City, Thrice Told

1903 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,812.50
102 Livermore, Elizabeth

Zoe; or the Quadroon's Triumph. A Tale for the Times

1855 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,375.00
139 Orwell, George

Down and Out in Paris and London

1933 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,375.00
241 Crichton, Michael

Jurassic Park

1990 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,375.00
197 Adams, Douglas

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[1980] USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,125.00
196 Adams, Douglas

Four signed titles from the Hitchhiker's Guide series

1980-1992 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,000.00
94 Johnson, Crockett

Harold and the Purple Crayon

1955 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,875.00
186 Walker, Alice

The Color Purple

[1982] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,875.00
8 Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice

[1895] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,750.00
83 Hemingway, Ernest

The Old Man and the Sea

1952 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,750.00
215 Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Tarzan of the Apes

1914 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
251 Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1902 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
43 Dickens, Charles

Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz"

1838 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
168 Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath

[1939] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,625.00
258 Goldman, William

The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure

[1973] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
369 Bukowski, Charles

Art

1977 [but December 1976] USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,625.00
101 Lewis, C.S.

Studies in Words

1960 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
  • Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T). The Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: DALVIMART, Octavien ou d’ALVIMAR(T)]. CLARK. The Military Costume of Turkey
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: HOMMAIRE DE HELL, Ignace-Xavier. LAURENS, Jules. Voyage en Turquie et en Perse
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: POSTEL, Guillaume. De la République des Turc
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PREZIOSI, Amadeo. Stamboul. Souvenir d’Orient.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES. EMPIRE OTTOMAN.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES, Achille Constant T. Emile. L'Art Arabe
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: PRISSE D'AVENNES. Histoire de l'art Egyptie
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: BESANCENOT, Jean. Costumes et types du Maroc.
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: COSTUMES OTTOMANS. Suite de figures ottomanes à l’aquarelle
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: LES MILLE ET UNE NUIT, contes arabes
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: SCHLEGEL, Hermann et A. H. VERSTER van WULVERHORST. Traité de Fauconnerie - Planches
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11: THEVENOT, Melchisédec. Relation de divers voyages curieux
    Gros & Delettrez, Feb. 11:
  • Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 11. Blaeu's Superb World Map on a Polar Projection (1695) Est. $5,500 - $7,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 36. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 49. One of the First Lunar Globes to Show the Far Side of the Moon (1963) Est. $1,000 - $1,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 5. The First World Map with Lavish Allegorical Vignettes of the Continents (1594) Est. $15,000 - $17,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 55. Anti-British Propaganda Map with Churchill as an Octopus (1942) Est. $2,000 - $2,300
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 197. One of the Most Influential Maps of Westward Expansion (1846) Est. $9,500 - $12,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 10. Scarce Pitt Edition of Carte-a-Figures Map of the World (1680) Est. $9,500 - $11,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 220. A Fine, Early Rendering of San Francisco (1874) Est. $2,200 - $2,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 707. Hand-Colored Image of the Presentation of Jesus with Gilt Highlights (1450) Est. $1,600 - $1,900
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 80. One of the Most Important Maps Perpetuating the Myth of the Island of California (1680) Est. $3,250 - $4,000
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 725. Homann's Atlas Featuring 26 Folio-Sized Maps in Original Color (1715) Est. $4,500 - $5,500
    Old World Auctions (Feb 11):
    Lot 169. One of the Earliest Maps to Show Philadelphia (1695) Est. $4,750 - $6,000