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PBA Galleries is one of the largest and most successful specialty auction houses world-over. Devoted to works on paper and related arts, PBA conducts approximately twenty-five gallery auctions in a calendar year and continuous live auctions of rare books, manuscripts, autographs, maps, atlases, prints and photographs. It is PBA Galleries' primary goal to maintain our high level of standards in the fine arts field and provide the best service to all who are interested in buying and selling at PBA Galleries.
Why Consign to PBA Galleries? We can help turn the books you have into the books or cash that you want. As the preferred auction house for those who are looking for:
* The opportunity to sell items in a traditional auction where extra-special attention is given to your property
* Experienced cataloguers to accurately and thoroughly describe your items for a discerning audience of buyers
* Contact with the community of collectors of rare and antiquarian books, manuscripts, maps & atlases, and photographs
* A wide range of bidding options: live participation, telephone bidding, advance absentee bidding, and real-time bidding via the Internet
* Fully illustrated online versions of the printed catalogues accessible to all visitors to the PBA Galleries website
* Quick payment
* A staff that shares your enthusiasm for your collection!
We'd love to hear from you and be your auction partner!
Upcoming Auctions from PBA Galleries
Steinbeck, Ricketts & the Western Flyer
Ed Ricketts is known to most readers of modern literature in the mock-heroic, as the character ?Doc Ricketts? in John Steinbeck?s comic novel Cannery Row. Maybe mock-heroic carries a misleadingly negative connotation since Steinbeck was a close friend and collaborator, but Ed Ricketts was no medical doctor?even though he was often asked for medical advice by the bums, prostitutes, and other downwardly mobile residents of the Row. Neither was Ed a PhD, since like Steinbeck, he was a college drop-out. Despite the lack of official credentials, however, Ed built a formidable and lasting body of work including the 1939 classic of marine biology Between Pacific Tides (now in its 5th edition) and the genre-defying 1941 Sea of Cortez co-authored with John Steinbeck. After Ed?s tragic death in a 1948 train accident, it would take decades for his work to come out from Steinbeck?s shadow. In the early 1970?s, at Ricketts? colleague Joel Hedgpeth?s suggestion, Richard Astro would write John Steinbeck and Edward F. Ricketts: The Shaping of a Novelist, an important work of literary criticism which would lead to a rebirth of interest in Ricketts on his own merits. In 1978, Hedgpeth would publish Ricketts? papers in two paperback volumes titled The Outer Shores. In 1979, The Cannery Row foundation would erect a memorial bronze bust of Ricketts at the site of the accident. The turn of the 21st century would bring major advances. Eric Enno Tamm would publish a critical biography of Ricketts? last years while Katharine A. Rodger would publish Ricketts? essays and his letters, the latter with the apt title Renaissance Man of Cannery Row. Wave upon wave, the generations have discovered and re-discovering one of the 20th Century?s great citizen-scientists?all held together by the torsion of Ed Ricketts? personality and thought. The essays and letters in this auction are from the collection of Ed Ricketts Jr. and are accompanied by a significant collection of artifacts from the historic WLit - Mystery & SciFi - Beats, Bukowski
Over 500 lots of fine literature with important works by Charles Dickens, John Steinbeck, and many others. With sections of science fiction, fantasy, and detective fiction, featuring many scarce and key titles, including a number of volumes inscribed by Ray Bradbury. Also present is a section dedicated to rare titles from d.a. levy and the mimeo revolution of the 1960s. The Counterculture section features works by the Beats, including many scarce works by Lawrence Ferlinghetti, as well as an assortment of original letters, manuscripts and artwork by Charles Bukowski. Also featured are posters and ephemera from San Francisco's golden age of rock.Bidder Reviews for PBA Galleries (382)
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Oct 27, 2024
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Aug 29, 2024
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Aug 12, 2024
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![Illuminated Koran in Arabic c.1780: Heading: (Koran) Author: Title: The Koran (Qu'ran) Place Published: No Place Publisher: Date Published: [c.1780] Description: Approximately 290 leaves (approx. 575 pages) o](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/642/107761/55252005_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1502744348)


![Cased pair of Niagara Falls Daguerreotypes: Heading: (Niagara Falls) Author: Title: Cased pair of daguerreotype images of Niagara Falls Place Published: New York Publisher: Date Published: [c.1840s-50s] Description:](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/642/94475/48188420_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1475775363)

![Etching/aquatint signed by David Hockney: Heading: Author: Hockney, David Title: [Two Boys Aged 23 or 24] Place Published: [London] Publisher:[Editions Alecto] Date Published: 1966 Description: Etching and aquatint](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/642/138386/70182708_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1552948788)




![Lot of approx. 250 fountain pens: Heading: Author: [Misc. Vintage] Title: Lot of Approx. 250 Fountain Pens Place Published: Various Places Publisher: Date Published: 1920s-1990s Description: Lot of approx. 250](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/642/123861/63022469_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1530554137)

![Incunable edition of the Summa Angelica: Title: Summa angelica de casibus conscientiae Author: Angelus de Clavasio Description: [8 (incl. blank)], 458 leaves. Text in 2 columns. Title-page printed in red, with woodcut portrait of St. Peter i](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/642/23903/8555380_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70)

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