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)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-10 of 39. Previous|1234|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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next