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  • liveMay 16, 2024 11:00 AM PDT
  • Berkeley, CA, US

Sale 813: Fine Literature - Science Fiction, Fantasy & Mysteries - Robinson Jeffers - Beats & the Counterculture

by PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers

468 lots

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        First Edition, signed by po... image

        1: First Edition, signed by poet Leonie Adams 1/10 copies

        Estimate: $300 - $500
        Passed
        Du Bois, Souls Black Folk '... image

        2: Du Bois, Souls Black Folk '53 presentation copy

        Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
        Sold:$550
        James Agee's debut collection, image

        3: James Agee's debut collection,

        Estimate: $300 - $500
        Sold:$150
        39 of 40 Tom Swift series w... image

        4: 39 of 40 Tom Swift series w/jackets

        Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
        Passed
        1st U.S. ed. of Atwood, Han... image

        5: 1st U.S. ed. of Atwood, Handmaid's Tale

        Estimate: $300 - $500
        Sold:$325
        True 1st ed. of Atwood, Han... image

        6: True 1st ed. of Atwood, Handmaid's Tale

        Estimate: $300 - $500
        Sold:$375
        Inscribed and signed by Mar... image

        7: Inscribed and signed by Margaret Atwood

        Estimate: $300 - $500
        Passed
        Signed by James Baldwin, on... image

        8: Signed by James Baldwin, one of 250 copies

        Estimate: $600 - $900
        Sold:$850
        Signed by James Baldwin, No... image

        9: Signed by James Baldwin, Nobody Knows My Name

        Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
        Sold:$1,600
        Decadent Poetry w/ afterwor... image

        10: Decadent Poetry w/ afterword by Thomas Ligotti

        Estimate: $200 - $300
        Sold:$100
        Collected poems Baudelaire ... image

        11: Collected poems Baudelaire in French 1922

        Estimate: $300 - $500
        Sold:$150
        Elizabeth Bishop's first book image

        12: Elizabeth Bishop's first book

        Estimate: $300 - $500
        Passed
        Borges/Casares work sdg. tr... image

        13: Borges/Casares work sdg. trans. Yates

        Estimate: $300 - $500
        Sold:$150
        Paul Bowles, The Sheltering... image

        14: Paul Bowles, The Sheltering Sky, first edition

        Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
        Sold:$1,200
        Three 1st eds. by Erskine C... image

        15: Three 1st eds. by Erskine Caldwell

        Estimate: $200 - $300
        Sold:$100
        Signed by Italo Calvino, on... image

        16: Signed by Italo Calvino, one of 250 produced

        Estimate: $800 - $1,200
        Sold:$550
        Joseph Campbell signed Hero... image

        17: Joseph Campbell signed Hero 1000 Faces

        Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
        Sold:$5,500
        In Cold Blood, 1st ed. w/ 1... image

        18: In Cold Blood, 1st ed. w/ 1st issue dj

        Estimate: $200 - $300
        Sold:$375
        Scorpion Press spec Rebind ... image

        19: Scorpion Press spec Rebind Cold Blood

        Estimate: $200 - $300
        Passed
        Rachel Carson Silent Spring... image

        20: Rachel Carson Silent Spring First Edition signed

        Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
        Sold:$3,000