PBA Galleries Fine Books – Fine Press – Fine Bindings
Thursday, October 22, 2020
11:00 a.m. Pacific Time
Absentee bids accepted by phone, fax,
email or online.
Live bidding by phone or online
at www.pbagalleries.com
605 Addison Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

Over 350 lots including works on Alchemy and the Occult, classics in Greek and Latin, works in quantum physics, a wealth of books from the fine press movement, a large collection of posters from David Lance Goines, and an array of fine bindings. Featured are the Kelmscott Press Poems of William Shakespeare, the Trianon Press Blake, and Edward Gibbons’ magisterial History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Other highlights include two lovely examples of Cosway-style bindings, Jasper Johns’ work with Arion Press on the Poems of Wallace Stevens, and the first printing of Tolstoy’s War and Peace in English translation.
SPECIALISTS IN EXCEPTIONAL BOOKS & PRIVATE LIBRARIES AT AUCTION
BOOKS – MANUSCRIPTS – MAPS – PHOTOGRAPHS – WORKS ON PAPER
New Year’s Greetings poster,
signed by artist David Lance Goines
Estimate: $300-$500
Illustrations to the Book of Job
William Blake
Estimate: $6,000-$9,000
The Poems of William Shakespeare
Kelmscott Press
Estimate: $6,000-$9,000
Cosway Style Fine Binding
The Story of Neil Gwyn
Estimate: $5,000-$8,000
Consignments always welcome!
pba@pbagalleries.com : 415.989.2665 : www.pbagalleries.com