PBA Galleries

Thursday, May 2nd, 2019

Auctions

Rare Americana, including California & the West
Sale #672

11am

PBA Galleries
1233 Sutter Street

San Francisco, CA

37.7875474, -122.4207644

PBA Galleries

https://www.pbagalleries.com/view-auctions

Book People

Exterior of Elizabeth Gaskell's House

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Desert Wind Rare Books' Christian Fassbender on the Occult Book Market, CABS, and Collecting King Arthur

Americana

Letters of Gold Rush miner Warren H. Porter, with the report of his fatal shooting by an outlaw, 17 items, 1850-55. Estimate $15,000 to $25,000.

Gold Rush Letters and Diaries Lead Swann's Americana Auction

'Over the Rainbow' Song Contract and Mervyn LeRoy's Script for 'The Wizard of Oz' to Auction

Gordon Lightfoot Set Lists and Writing Desks to Auction

Auctions

Watercolor view of a pyramid and the Nile

Cookery Manuscripts, Fishing Classics, Indian Miniatures: Auction Preview

'Dune Bible' and 'Jurassic Park' Cover Art Lead Christie's Science Fiction and Fantasy Auction

Comedian Eric Morecambe's Joke Books, Writing Desk, and Letters to Auction

Maps

Andreas Cellarius’ Harmonia macrocosmica after conservation

Rare 17th Century ‘Star Atlas’ from Golden Age of Dutch Mapmaking On Display For First Time

Bay of Pigs Map Signed and Annotated by Fidel Castro to Auction

Andreas Bureus' Rare Map of Nordic Countries Goes Under the Hammer

Exhibitions

Kings Library tower in the British Library

16th Century Gardening Manual, Secret War Maps, and Football Fanzines in British Library's 2025 Exhibitions

David King’s Small Press Publications and Zines Celebrated in New Exhibition

Bodleian Libraries’ Kafka Archive Debuts in the US

Rare Books

A sample of the Peter Harrington collection

200 Copies of Mao Zedong's 'Little Red Book': Rare Book of the Week

New Facsimile Edition of William Blake’s Notebook Published

London Rare Book School Announces Summer School 2025 Courses

Visual Art

Teamwork Builds Ships Color lithograph poster by William Dodge Stevens

Five Rare Books for Collectors: Vintage Posters

Earliest Engravings by William Blake Uncovered Using New Scanning Technology

Leslie Ragan Calendar Art for the New York Central Railway to Auction

Photographs

Cartier-Bresson's New Orleans, Louisiana, 1947

Cartier-Bresson and Chris Killip Lead Auction of Eric Franck’s Photography Collection

Asala Collection of Middle East Photographs: Rare Book of the Week

Photos of Truman Capote and Joan Didion in Major Irving Penn Retrospective

Book Arts

Blue-Green Abelard

Dr Seuss's Blue Green Abelard to Auction

Jane Austen's Elizabeth Bennet Becomes Interactive AI Avatar

Ptolemy’s 'Geographia': Rare Book of the Week

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Caveat Emptor: or some thoughts on ethics and online book buying

In Lincoln’s Own Words

Heritage Seeks Illustration Art for April Sale