On Thursday, November 15th, PBA Galleries will host a Fine & Rare Books with three important ancient sculptures from Gandhara. Up for auction will be over 200 lots of rare and significant material, ranging from second century sculptures from the Gandhara civilization to rarities of modern science fiction, important natural history works to original artwork … Ancient Sculptures from Gandhara
On Thursday, October 18th, PBA Galleries will be hosting a Modern Literature & Poetry with Books in All Fields Sale. This auction will include over 550 lots of modern literature, poetry, and other fine books, with science fiction, detective fiction, manuscript material, signed and limited editions, and more. The selection of poetry and verse ranges … Hart Crane’s “The Bridge. A Poem” along with other Modern Literature and Poetry
On Thursday, November 8th, PBA Galleries will host their first sale devoted exclusively to books about Food & Drink. Up for auction will be over 350 lots of rare and collectible works on the culinary and gastronomical arts, with fine wines and cocktails, recipe books, housekeeping manuals, and others. Included are early African American and … PBA Galleries’ Food and Drink Premiere
As the owner of one of the country’s few cookbook stores, it’s a question I get asked a lot. A simple answer would be that I love to cook. But a deeper response would be that, more than any other genre, cookbooks tell us everything about a culture, a time, a place, a people. Witness … Why collect cookbooks?
Craig Noble began collecting Oz and Baum books when he received the “white edition” of The Wizard of Oz for his fourth birthday. Oz is a family tradition, so it was only natural that the Oz stories would be among the first that his mother read to him as a child. After finishing the fourteen original Oz books … Craig Noble, Passionate Oz Collector
On Thursday, November 29th, PBA Galleries will host The Craig Noble Collection of L. Frank Baum & the Wizard of Oz. Up for auction will be over 250 lots revolving around the world created by L. Frank Baum, from the marvels of Oz to his pseudonymous books for young people, and all that is related. … The Wonderful World of Oz and More
On Thursday, December 13th, PBA Galleries will host an Americana – Travel & Exploration – Hunting & Sporting – World History – Cartography Sale. Up for auction will be over 550 lots of rare, interesting and uncommon material on the history, exploration, cartography, and culture of the four corners of the globe, ranging from travels … Interesting and Uncommon Material on the History, Exploration, Cartography, and Culture of the Four Corners of the Globe
On Thursday, March 21st, PBA Galleries will offer a sale of Fine Literature. In the auction will be over 350 lots of literary rarities and good reads, mostly from the 19th and 20th centuries. Included are high spots of fiction, groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy, compelling tales of mystery and detection, poetry, and more. Represented … Fine Literature on March 21st
On Thursday, February 7th, PBA Galleries will offer a very select assemblage of rare and collectible books, manuscripts, photographs, prints, and other items, ranging from the 16th to 21st centuries, and spanning a broad range of subject matter. The sale will be a prelude to the 52nd California International Antiquarian Book Fair with the sale … Vladimir Nabokov Lepidopterology Archive Highlights the Book Fair Sale
On Thursday, February 21st, PBA Galleries will offer a sale of Rare Americana, Travel & Exploration, Hawaiiana, World History and Cartography. On the auction block will be over 400 lots of rare, significant, and captivating material revealing the exploration, history, culture, ethnology, and geographic knowledge of the world, from the unknown western reaches of North … Early Anti-Mormon article in February 21st Americana sale