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Please come by for PBA Galleries' Sale 386, Illustrated Books – Fine Printing – Books in All Fields to be held on Thursday at 1pm Pacific Time.

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Sale 386 View Catalogue
Illustrated Books – Fine Printing
Books in All Fields
Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 1:00 pm

Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time, the first in the author's series of novels for children of the Murry and O'Keefe families. Extremely rare in the first edition with dust jacket.

Estimate: $5,000/8,000

Preview:

Tuesday, August 19, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, August 20, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Thursday, August 21, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Other showings by appointment

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Sale 387 View Catalogue
Americana – Travel & Exploration – Cartography
The Library of Ralph P. Bieber, with additions
Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 1:00 pm

Very large lithograph of the Sutro Baths in San Francisco, with bathers lined along the railings and spectators in the viewing gallery, produced around 1900.

Estimate: $12,000/18,000

Preview:

Tuesday, September 9, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, September 10, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Thursday, September 11, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

Other showings by appointment

Les Instruments a Archet
Les Instruments a Archet by Antoine Vidal, 2 volumes, 1876-77, considered one of the greatest works published on the violin. Part of a large and significant collection of works on the violin offered in Sale 386, Illustrated Books - Fine Printing - Books in All Fields, August 21, 2008. Estimate: $1,500/2,500.
 
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The Book of Mormon: An Account Written by the Hand of Mormon, Upon Plates Taken from the Plates of Nephi
First edition of The Book of Mormon, 1830, the foundation text of the LDS Church, an unrestored copy in the original sheep. Offered in Sale 387, Americana - Travel & Exploration - Cartography: The Library of Ralph P. Bieber, with additions, September 11, 2008. Estimate: $100,000/150,000.
 
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