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Fine Literature of the 19th & 20th Centuries
1:00 PM PT - Sep 27th, 2007

offered by
PBA Galleries

133 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA 94108
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431 Items

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2001 Lot 2001

Nelson Algren two first editions Golden Arm Sgd.
Title: Lot of 2 first editions
Author: Algr...

200
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300
2 Bids
2002 Lot 2002

W.H. Auden Another Time - signed w/ corrections
Title: Another Time, Poems – signed with a few hologr...

300
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500
6 Bids
2003 Lot 2003

Bibliography American Literature Reference Blanck
Title: Bibliography of American Literature...for the ...

700
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1,000
8 Bids
2004 Lot 2004

Two volumes by James Baldwin, each signed
Title: Two volumes by Baldwin, each signed
Auth...

300
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500
8 Bids
2005 Lot 2005

Djuna Barnes A Book first edition in jacket
Title: A Book
Author: Barnes, Djuna
D...

600
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900
3 Bids
2006 Lot 2006

Plays of J.M. Barrie: Peter Pan 1928 Ed. in dj
Title: The Plays of J. M. Barrie. Peter Pan or the Bo...

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2 Bids
2007 Lot 2007

Boyle Descent of Man first edition signed in dj
Title: Descent of Man
Author: Boyle, T. Cor...

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300
7 Bids
2008 Lot 2008

Brautigan Rommel Drives Deep Egypt 1st Ed. in dj
Title: Rommel Drives on Deep Into Egypt
Author:...

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6 Bids
2009 Lot 2009

Elizabeth Browning Poetical Works - 5 volumes
Title: Browning's Poetical Works
Author: Br...

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300
17 Bids
2010 Lot 2010

James Burke Two for Texas signed LTD 1st Ed.
Title: Two for Texas
Author: Burke, James L...

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1 Bid
2011 Lot 2011

Edgar R. Burroughs Lost on Venus first edition dj
Title: Lost on Venus
Author: Burroughs, Edg...

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16 Bids
2012 Lot 2012

Burroughs Tarzan the Untamed 1st Ed. 1920
Title: Tarzan the Untamed
Author: Burroughs...

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2013 Lot 2013

Caldwell Sacrilege of Alan Kent Sgd Ltd. Ed.
Title: The Sacrilege of Alan Kent
Author: C...

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2014 Lot 2014

Lot of 11 Erskine Caldwell volumes 1st Eds. 3 sgd
Title: Lot of 11 volumes
Author: Caldwell, ...

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350
2 Bids
2015 Lot 2015

Capote Breakfast at Tiffany's first edition in dj
Title: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Author: Capot...

600
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900
4 Bids
2016 Lot 2016

Truman Capote Christmas Memory sgd ltd. book
Title: A Christmas Memory
Author: Capote, T...

1,000
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1,500
5 Bids
2017 Lot 2017

Truman Capote In Cold Blood inscribed & signed
Title: In Cold Blood
Author: Capote, Truman...

800
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1,200
15 Bids
2018 Lot 2018

Lewis Carroll ALS to Macmillan publisher 1872
Title: Autograph letter signed by Lewis Carroll to hi...

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6,000
3 Bids
2019 Lot 2019

Willa Cather Alexander's Bridge 1st Ed. 2nd issue
Title: Alexander's Bridge
Author: Cather, W...

200
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1 Bid
2020 Lot 2020

Lot of 7 Willa Cather volumes books
Title: Lot of 7 volumes
Author: Cather, Wil...

200
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1 Bid
2021 Lot 2021

Chandler The Big Sleep ltd Arion Press 1 of 425
Title: The Big Sleep
Author: Chandler, Raym...

500
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800
7 Bids
2022 Lot 2022

Lot of 6 first edition John Cheever volumes
Title: Lot of 6 first editions
Author: Chee...

200
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1 Bid
2023 Lot 2023

Cobb Good Old Silly Season - original typescript
Title: Good Old Silly Season - Original typescript, w...

400
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700
2024 Lot 2024

Doyle Hound of the Baskervilles Arion Press ltd
Title: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Author:

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6 Bids
2025 Lot 2025

Conrad - Four Fictions Allen Press Ltd Ed.
Title: Four Fictions. A Concise Presentation of Liter...

400
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700
11 Bids
2026 Lot 2026

The Wept of Wish Ton-Wish: A Tale 1st Edition
Title: The Wept of Wish Ton-Wish: A Tale
Author...

300
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1 Bid
2027 Lot 2027

Underground Comix
Title: Lot of Underground Comix
Author: (Cr...

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20 Bids
2028 Lot 2028

Cullen Copper Sun signed limited first edition
Title: Copper Sun
Author: Cullen, Countee

300
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500
8 Bids
2029 Lot 2029

Clive Cussler Dirk Pitt Mayday! 2 - signed firsts
Title: Mayday! - 2 signed copies
Author: Cu...

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3 Bids
2030 Lot 2030

Grazia Deledda Nostalgia first U.K. Ed. inscribed
Title: Nostalgia
Author: Deledda, Grazia

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800
1 Bid
2031 Lot 2031

Dinesen - Out of Africa - 1st U.S. Ed. in jacket
Title: Out of Africa
Author: Dinesen, Isak<...

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11 Bids
2032 Lot 2032

Maynard Dixon letter regarding illustration fee
Title: Autograph Letter Signed, from Maynard Dixon to...

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2033 Lot 2033

Signed first edition of Dreiser's "Genius"
Title: The "Genius"
Author: Dreiser, Theodo...

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16 Bids
2034 Lot 2034

John Dunning 2 O'Clock Eastern "Presentation" Ed.
Title: Two O'Clock, Eastern Wartime
Author:

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1,000
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2035 Lot 2035

Group of 6 books by Umberto Eco - 1 signed
Title: Lot of 6 books
Author: Eco, Umberto<...

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6 Bids
2036 Lot 2036

Eliot Dante first edition in jacket
Title: Dante
Author: Eliot, T.S.
Desc...

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1 Bid
2037 Lot 2037

T.S. Eliot John Dryden title first edition in dj
Title: John Dryden: Three Essays
Author: El...

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2 Bids
2038 Lot 2038

Ralph Ellison Invisible Man first edition jacket
Title: Invisible Man
Author: Ellison, Ralph...

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2039 Lot 2039

Carlyle's Sartor Resartus First Edition 1836
Title: Sartor Resartus
Author: [Carlyle, Th...

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11 Bids
2040 Lot 2040

Ralph Waldo Emerson The Conduct of Life 1st Edn
Title: The Conduct of Life
Author: Emerson,...

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11 Bids
2041 Lot 2041

Ralph Waldo Emerson English Traits 1st Edition
Title: English Traits
Author: Emerson, R[al...

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1 Bid
2042 Lot 2042

Ralph Waldo Emerson Essays First Edition 1841
Title: Essays
Author: Emerson, R[alph] W[al...

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1 Bid
2043 Lot 2043

Ralph Waldo Emerson Letters and Social Aims
Title: Letters and Social Aims
Author: Emer...

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1 Bid
2044 Lot 2044

Ralph Waldo Emerson Nature 1849 1st Edition
Title: Nature: Addresses, and Lectures
Author: ...

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3 Bids
2045 Lot 2045

Ralph Waldo Emerson Representative Men 1850
Title: Representative Men: Seven Lectures
Autho...

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2046 Lot 2046

Faulkner Big Woods first edition in jacket
Title: Big Woods
Author: Faulkner, William<...

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2 Bids
2047 Lot 2047

Collected Stories of William Faulkner 1st Ed dj
Title: Collected Stories of William Faulkner
Au...

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6 Bids
2048 Lot 2048

Faulkner Intruder in the Dust 1st Ed. in jacket
Title: Intruder in the Dust
Author: Faulkne...

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4 Bids
2049 Lot 2049

Faulkner Knight's Gambit first edition in jacket
Title: Knight's Gambit
Author: Faulkner, Wi...

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1 Bid
2050 Lot 2050

William Faulkner Sartoris first edition 1929
Title: Sartoris
Author: Faulkner, William

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16 Bids
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