Sale 831: Steinbeck, Ricketts & the Western Flyer: The Ed Ricketts Jr. & Dennis Fry Collections (with additions) (#831) 02/13/2025 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 02/13/2025 11:00 AM PST Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate PublishedConditionCode Filter By Categories Category match ANY of the aboveALL of the above ConditionCodeConditionCode-Select-finenear finevery goodgoodfairpoor sold as is Featured Exclude closed lots Price Lot Number Results: Viewing items 1-64 of 64. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 Four typescript letters related to the publishing of the second edition of Between Pacific Tides Heading(Between Pacific Tides - Stanford University Press)HeadlineStanford Press delays Between Pacific TidesProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1942-48 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #2 Between Pacific Tides: An account of the habits and habitats of some five hundred of the common, conspicuous seashore invertebrates of the Pacific Coast between Sitka, Alaska, and northern Mexico Heading(Between Pacific Tides)AuthorRicketts, Edward F. & Jack CalvinHeadlineWith Steinbeck's Foreword, in sharp jacketPublisherStanford University PressDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #3 Between Pacific Tides: An account of the habits and habitats of some five hundred of the common, conspicuous seashore invertebrates of the Pacific Coast between Sitka, Alaska, and northern Mexico Heading(Between Pacific Tides)AuthorRicketts, Edward F. & Jack CalvinHeadlineInscribed by Ritch Lovejoy with photo of Ricketts and ToniPublisherStanford University PressDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #4 Between Pacific Tides - six variants Heading(Between Pacific Tides)AuthorRicketts, Edward F. and Jack CalvinHeadlineSix variants of Between Pacific TidesPublisherStanford University PressDate Published1948-1978 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #5 Manuscript note on non-teleological thinking on verso of letter to Atlantic Monthly Heading(Essays)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineEd comments on his use of "teleology"ProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Publishedc.1930's View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #6 Non-Teleological Thinking - 3 variants Heading(Essays)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineThree versions of Non-Teleological Thinking essayProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1939-1941 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #7 The Philosophy of "Breaking Through": A personal interpretation of some modern tendencies, approached from an inductive standpoint Heading(Essays)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineThe Philosophy of Breaking Through - several variantsProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1938-40 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$22,500StatusSold Lot #8 A Spiritual Morphology of Poetry with some manuscript notes by Ricketts Heading(Essays)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineTypescript of A Spiritual Morphology of PoetryProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1938 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #9 Archive of typescripts and notes for the proposed book on the Japanese “Mandated Islands” and the letter correspondence between Steinbeck and Ricketts and the U.S. War Department Heading(Mandated Islands)AuthorRicketts, Edward F. and John SteinbeckHeadlineMandated Islands, Ricketts aids the war effortProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1942-1944 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #10 Letter to Secretary of the Navy Hon. Frank Knox regarding Ricketts' Mandated Islands research Heading(Mandated Islands)AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineLetter from Steinbeck to Secretary of Navy, 1942ProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date PublishedMay 5, 1942 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #11 Six letters from Mexico City addressed to Ritchie and Tal Lovejoy, et al. Heading(Mexico)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineRicketts' 1940 letters from Mexico CityProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1940 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #12 Thesis and Materials for a Script on Mexico which shall be motivated oppositely to John's "Forgotten Village" Heading(Mexico)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineEd Ricketts' "anti-script" to Steinbeck's Forgotten VillageProvenanceFrom the collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published[1941] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold Lot #13 Contents of Pacific Biological Laboratories destroyed [by fire] Nov '36 Heading(Pacific Biological Laboratories)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineRicketts' meticulous list of lossesProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1936 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #14 E.F. Ricketts Statement of Assets and Liabilities Heading(Pacific Biological Laboratories)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineLab assets and liabilities, 1946ProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1946 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #15 Ed Ricketts' post-fire inventory of new books and records Heading(Pacific Biological Laboratories)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineEd Ricketts rebuilds his record and book collectionProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1937-39 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #16 File of invoices, business correspondence, bills of lading, and packing memos from Pacific Biological Laboratories Heading(Pacific Biological Laboratories)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineCollection of business letters, invoices, etc. from PBLProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date PublishedLate 1930's View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #17 Ricketts shares ownership of Lab with Steinbeck Heading(Pacific Biological Laboratories)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineRicketts sells Steinbeck shares in the LabProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1936-39 View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #18 [Ed Ricketts holding jar of specimens at Pacific Biological Laboratories] Heading(Pacific Biological Laboratories)AuthorStackpole, PeterHeadlinePeter Stackpole captures an exotic specimenDate Published1945; later print View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #19 Recollections AuthorRicketts, AnnaHeadlineAnna Ricketts' Memoirs from Ed. Jr.'s collectionProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.PublisherEd Ricketts Jr.Date Published1984 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #20 Ed Ricketts' University of Chicago Undergraduate Course Book Heading(Ricketts, Edward F. - Course Book)HeadlineEd gets A's in Zoology, B's in EnglishProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.PublisherUniversity of ChicagoDate PublishedApril, 1919 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #21 [Portrait of Ed Ricketts] Heading(Ricketts, Edward F.)AuthorJames FitzgeraldHeadlinePortrait of Ed Ricketts by James FitzgeraldProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date PublishedNo date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #22 Detailed Outline of Book Plan - for intertidal guide to the San Francisco Bay Area AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineOutline for book with Steinbeck on SF Bay regionProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1939 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #23 EFR Letters AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineSigned by Ed Ricketts Jr.ProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.PublisherEd Ricketts Jr.Date Published1995 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #24 EFR Letters AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineEd Jr. compiles Ed Sr.'s lettersProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.PublisherEd Ricketts Jr.Date Published1995 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #25 The Outer Shores AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineSigned by Hedgpeth, inscribed to Pat HarrisPublisher[Mad River Press, Inc.]Date Published[1978] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #26 Note related to Sea of Cortez text and Carol Steinbeck Heading(Sea of Cortez - Carol Steinbeck)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineRicketts thinking in dialogue with Carol SteinbeckProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Publishedc.1940 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #27 Deck house main compass from the Western Flyer Heading(Sea of Cortez - Western Flyer)HeadlineWestern Flyer's original deck compassPublisherE.S. Richie & SonsDate Published1927 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #28 Flying bridge boxed compass from the Western Flyer Heading(Sea of Cortez - Western Flyer)HeadlineWestern Flyer's original main compassPublisherDirigo Compass and InstrumentDate Publishedc.1920's View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000StatusUnsold Lot #29 Flying Bridge Wheel from the original Western Flyer Heading(Sea of Cortez - Western Flyer)HeadlineWestern Flyer's original helm wheelDate Published1937 View details Estimate$40,000 - $60,000StatusUnsold Lot #30 Western Flyer control shifter Heading(Sea of Cortez - Western Flyer)HeadlineWestern Flyer's original control shifterDate Publishedc.1937 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #31 Mexican Ambassador writes to Steinbeck and Ricketts regarding Sea of Cortez voyage Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorCastillo Nájera, FranciscoHeadlineSigned by the Mexican Ambassador to the USAProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date PublishedSeptember 27, 1941 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #32 Ricketts' correspondence conducting research on species collected during Sea of Cortez voyage Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorRicketts, Edward F. et al.HeadlineScientific correspondence related to Sea of CortezProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1940-1942 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #33 Archive of correspondence on Sea of Cortez manuscript and book - letters between co-author, agent, and publisher Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorRicketts, Edward F., Pat Covici, Elizabeth Otis, et al.HeadlineSea of Cortez publishing correspondenceProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1941-1942 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$34,375StatusSold Lot #34 Letter to John Steinbeck celebrating the scientific significance of their Sea of Cortez expedition Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineRicketts celebrates scientific achievementProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date PublishedAug. 22, 1941 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Lot #35 Morphology of the Sea of Cortez Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineEd reflects on the organic structure of the bookProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Publishedc.1940 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #36 Notes for a proposition to Stanford University Press on second edition of scientific Appendix to Sea of Cortez Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineEd plans for Second edition of Sea of CortezProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1940's View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #37 Statement of collecting stations in the Spring 1940 Steinbeck-Ricketts Gulf of California trip Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineRicketts' list of collecting sites on Sea of Cortez tripProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1940 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #38 Verbatim transcription of notes of Gulf of California trip March April 1940 Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineTranscript of Ed's notes from Sea of Cortez voyageProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1940 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #39 Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorSteinbeck, John and Edward F. RickettsHeadlineSigned and inscribed by Ed RickettsPublisherViking PressDate Published1941 View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Lot #40 Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research...Advanced Proof Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorSteinbeck, John and Edward F. RickettsHeadlineUnrevised proof of Sea of CortezPublisherVikingDate Published1941 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #41 Letter from John Steinbeck to the Board of Conscription Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck asks for reprieve to complete Sea of CortezProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date PublishedApril 20, 1941 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #42 Unsent letter from John Steinbeck to the American Ambassador in Mexico City Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineUnsent letter from Steinbeck to US Ambassador in MexicoProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date PublishedJanuary 30, 1940 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #43 Three documents securing passage to Mexico for the Western Flyer Heading(Sea of Cortez)HeadlineDocuments assigning official roles to Western Flyer crewProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1940 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #44 The Green Lady: A Novel Heading(Steinbeck, John - To A God Unknown)AuthorSteinbeck, John and Webster StreetHeadlineThe Green Lady becomes To A God UnknownDate Published[1972] but later View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #45 Impressions of Bohemia Heading(Steinbeck, John)AuthorCoughlin, JackHeadlineJack Coughlin Impressions of BohemiaPublisherPacific Rim GalleriesDate Published1986 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #46 Steinbeck: A Life in Letters Heading(Steinbeck, John)AuthorSteinbeck, Elaine and Robert Wallsten, eds.HeadlineSigned by Elaine Steinbeck and R. WallstenPublisherViking PressDate Published[1975] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #47 Cannery Row AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFirst Edition in jacket, custom casePublisherViking PressDate Published1945 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #48 Clipped autograph by John Steinbeck with portrait AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck autograph and portraitDate PublishedNo dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #49 Cup of Gold: A Life of Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck, from Esther's collectionProvenanceEsther Steinbeck collectionPublisherRobert M. McBrideDate Published1929 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$13,750StatusSold Lot #50 East of Eden AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck, limited editionPublisherVikingDate Published1952 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #51 East of Eden AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineEast of Eden First Edition in first state jacketPublisherViking PressDate Published1952 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #52 Flight AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineYolla Bolly Flight, signed by Stegner & WikströmPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #53 The Grapes of Wrath AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineImmaculate first edition in jacketPublisherVikingDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$10,000StatusSold Lot #54 The Grapes of Wrath AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John SteinbeckPublisherViking PressDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #55 In Dubious Battle AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by John Steinbeck, Printer's Copy BPublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #56 The Moon is Down: Play in Two Parts AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineScarce copy of The Moon is Down playPublisherViking PressDate Published1943 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #57 The Red Pony AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineLimited edition signed by SteinbeckPublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published1937 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #58 The Red Pony AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by Steinbeck, inscribed to saloon keeperPublisherVikingDate Published1945 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #59 A Russian Journal AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck's Russian Journal, 1st edition in jacketPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1948 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #60 To A God Unknown AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck's mythopoeic third bookPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published[1935] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #61 Tortilla Flat AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFirst illustrated edition of Tortilla Flat, in jacketPublisherViking PressDate Published[1947] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #62 Zapata: A Narrative, in dramatic form, of the life of Emiliano Zapata AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by Karin WikströmPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1991] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #63 The Western Flyer at harbor Heading(Western Flyer)HeadlineThe Western Flyer at harborProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date PublishedNegative c.1940; print date unknown View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #64 THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S AUCTION HeadlineTHANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY'S AUCTION View details StatusCLOSED! 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