PBA Galleries – Antiquarian Books with Fine Press & Fine Bindings
August 25 at 11 am PT
605 Addison Street Berkeley, CA 94710
www.pbagalleries.com
pba@pbagalleries.com
415-9892665

BERKELEY, CALIF. — On August 25, PBA Galleries will host a sale of antiquarian books with fine press and fine bindings of more than 350 lots from the private press movement, fore-edge painted books, posters, graphic arts and antiquarian books. Featured are choice selections of chromolithography, pochoir and a collection of early color lithograph posters from the great poster craze of the late Nineteenth Century. Other highlights include a collection of rare medical books, an extensive collection of advertisements from Sunkist Growers and more.

The highlight of the auction is an advertising archive for Sunkist Growers, spanning 1917-1996. Eighty volumes of mounted and tipped-in advertisements, posters and labels comprise a virtual history of Twentieth Century color printing techniques and design ($10/15,000).

The Dramatic Works of Sir William D’Avenant, with prefatory memoir and notes, is another notable offering. Published by William Paterson, H. Sotheran & Co., it is a massive, 2,100-page work that is one of only four sets printed entirely on vellum. It is likely the largest work on full vellum of this period, taking two years to complete from 1872 to 1874 ($4/6,000).

One of the many lithograph poster offerings is Folies-Bergère Tous les Soirs Holtum l’Homme aux Boulets de Canon by Jules Chéret who is considered the father of posters. His work for Folies-Bergère set the standard for one of the most popular art forms of the Twentieth Century ($3/5,000). Also in the sale, Ludwig Hohlwein’s lithograph poster mounted on Japon, Marco-Polo-Tee from circa 1914, displays his innovative Sachplakat style of poster art ($4/6,000).

A collection of 1920s fashion designs by Louise Lamotte also graces the auction. The three volumes contain 190 illustrated designs in pen-and-ink, watercolors or gouache. Each design bears Lamotte’s ink stamp ($4/6,000). A complete run of the first two years of the influential Parisian fashion magazine Gazette du Bon Ton is profusely illustrated with pochoir. The 20 issues feature numerous articles and illustrations from numerous artists of the time, including George Barbier, Pierre Brissaud, Jacques Drésa, George Lepape, Maurice Taquoy, Guy Arnoux and many others ($3/5,000).

Degeneration & Regeneration of the Nervous System by S. Ramón y Cajal, published by Oxford University Press in 1928 is uncommon in the first edition; these volumes describe and illustrate early advances in Twentieth Century neuroscience ($1,5/2,500).

Other featured lots include the works of Robert Louis Stevenson in 34 volumes bound in full leather ruled in gilt ($3/5,000); an inscribed and signed copy of Shel Silverstein’s best-known work, The Giving Tree, ($2/3,000); and a few lots of books featuring chromolithography.

PBA is open by appointment only. Live auction participation is available via online or phone bidding. For more information about upcoming sales, to schedule a Zoom preview or phone bidding for a future auction, contact the galleries at 415-989-2665 or pba@pbagalleries.com. For additional information, www.pbagalleries.com.

Over 350 lots including works from the private press movement, fine bindings, fore-edge painted books, posters, graphic arts and antiquarian books. Featured are choice selections of chromolithography, pochoir, and lithograph posters.
80 volume archive of Sunkist Lithograph Folies-Bergères advertising 1917-1996 poster by Jules Chéret
Collection of books with botanical and floral chromolithographs
190 illustrated designs of Art Seguy’s Papillons portfolio of Deco Paris fashions pochoir illustration
The works of Robert Louis Stevenson finely bound