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April 25, 2024 PBA Galleries

EC, Mad, Pre-Code Horror & R. Crumb
Sale #3034

The auction features over 400 lots of comic books, original art, signed books and limited edition prints. Our focus is on the scandalous horror comics of the 1950s; the early MAD comics of Harvey Kurtzman; and R. Crumb and the Underground comix revolution. A handful of treasures from other categories rounds out the sale.

Comics sold referencing a third-party grading service are sold "as is" without PBA's grading opinion and without any express or implied warranty. No returns of CGC-certified material will be accepted for any reason. Even with careful shipping, CGC holders occasionally incur minor chipping and cracking during shipment; therefore, PBA cannot guarantee the condition of these holders. If they are damaged during transit, PBA will have them reholdered on the buyer's behalf, but will not accept returns due to holder damage that does not affect the grade or condition of the item itself.

11am

PBA Galleries
605 Addison Street

Berkeley, CA

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May 1, 2024 Doyle - New York

Rare Books, Autographs & Maps

The selection of Americana features important autograph letter from Thomas Jefferson on the arrest of Toussant Louverture and a prisoner discharge signed by Abraham Lincoln. Among the maps are a rare example of Matthew Dripps’ Map of the City of New-York,  Moses Greenleaf’s Map of the State of Maine, and Joseph Bouchette’s monumental ten sheet Topographical map of the Province of Lower Canada.

Literature includes a fine collection of books by F. Scott Fitzgerald, including a rare signed copy of his novel of the French Riviera, Tender is the Night. William Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury and Mosquitoes are offered in dust jacket and a great rarity is Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray, one of 250 signed deluxe copies. In children’s literature, signed first limited editions in dust jacket of A.A. Milne and E.H. Shepard’s Winnie-the-Pooh and House at Pooh Corner are included as is an inscribed 1869 edition of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Fine printing includes the magnificent Cranach Hamlet in the deluxe binding by Dõrfner and early books include Van Dyck's Icones Principum Virorum Doctorum.

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EXHIBITION
Sat, April 27th Noon - 5pm
Sun, April 28th Noon - 5pm
Mon, April 29th Noon - 5pm

SPECIAL PREVIEW
View a selection of highlights at Doyle during the ABAA New York Antiquarian Book Fair:
Fri, April 5th - Mon, April 8th Noon - 5pm

Doyle - New York
175 East 87th Street

New York, NY

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May 2, 2024 Swann Auction Galleries

Modern & Post-War Art
Sale #2667

Our May Second auction of Modern and Post War Art has a strong contingent of Surrealist work. A Max Ernst collage as well as drawings by André Masson and Francis Picabia start off the section, followed by several works by American surrealist artists from the collection of Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller. The Schiller collection focuses on Social Commentary by American artists. In 1995 an exhibition and accompanying catalog of the collection titled, “In the Eye of the Storm: An Art of Conscience 1930 – 1970: Selections from the Collection of Philip J. & Suzanne Schiller,” opened at the Terra Museum Of Art in Chicago then travelled to several other venues. The majority of the Schiller collection was acquired by the Columbus Museum of Art in 2005.

Gallerists Dorothy and Eugene J. Prakapas opened their New York Photography gallery in 1976. Their interests extended well beyond photography. Swann is pleased to offer works from their collection by Japanese sculptors, Minoru Niizuma and Tomihisa Handa, and painter Yoshio Sekine as well as works by German artists Walter Dexel and Karl Peter Röhl, and  American modernist artists Paul Kelpe and John Sennhauser.

One example of a particularly influential American painter is Janice Biala. Our museums and galleries have begun focusing on so many important artists that were overlooked along racial or gender discriminatory lines. Biala is now celebrated with a Retrospective in 2013 held at Godwin-Ternbach Museum, Queens College, CUNY, Flushing, NY, followed by shows at Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NY, 2018, McCormick, Chicago, 2020, and at Berry Campbell Gallery, NY closing this month, April 2024. A few other women artists in this auction are Irene Rice Pereira, Judith Rothschild, Sonia Sekula, and Edith Schloss.

12pm

EXHIBITION HOURS:
Apr 27th 12pm - 5pm
Apr 29th 12pm - 5pm
Apr 30th 12pm - 5pm
May 1st 12pm - 5pm

Swann Auction Galleries
104 East 25th Street

New York, NY

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May 2, 2024 PBA Galleries

Americana - Travel & Exploration - Maps, Prints, & Views
Sale #812

11am

PBA Galleries
605 Addison Street

Berkeley, CA

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May 3, 2024 - May 5, 2024 Capital Rare Book Fair

The Capital Rare Book Fair will bring 38 antiquarian booksellers from across the country to Washington DC between May 3rd and 5th, 2024. Building on the success of the Georgetown Rare Book Fair, Fine Book Fairs has moved the fair to a prestigious downtown location, the historic University Club, just steps from the White House.

Sat 11am - 6pm
Sun 11am - 5pm

Preview Night
Fri 5pm - 8:30pm

University Club
1135 16th St NW

Washington, DC

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Book Fairs Mid-Atlantic