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

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    (Between Pacific Tides - Stanford University Press)
  • Headline
    Stanford Press delays Between Pacific Tides
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1942-48
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
3
  • Heading
    (Between Pacific Tides)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F. & Jack Calvin
  • Headline
    Inscribed by Ritch Lovejoy with photo of Ricketts and Toni
  • Publisher
    Stanford University Press
  • Date Published
    [1948]
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$2,375
StatusSold
5
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    (Essays)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Ed comments on his use of "teleology"
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    c.1930's
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
6
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    (Essays)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Three versions of Non-Teleological Thinking essay
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1939-1941
Estimate$15,000 - $25,000
Sold for$9,375
StatusSold
7
  • Heading
    (Essays)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    The Philosophy of Breaking Through - several variants
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1938-40
Estimate$15,000 - $25,000
Sold for$22,500
StatusSold
9
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    (Mandated Islands)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F. and John Steinbeck
  • Headline
    Mandated Islands, Ricketts aids the war effort
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1942-1944
Estimate$12,000 - $18,000
Sold for$7,500
StatusSold
10
  • Heading
    (Mandated Islands)
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Letter from Steinbeck to Secretary of Navy, 1942
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    May 5, 1942
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
11
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    (Mexico)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Ricketts' 1940 letters from Mexico City
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1940
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$1,875
StatusSold
13
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    (Pacific Biological Laboratories)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Ricketts' meticulous list of losses
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1936
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$4,062.50
StatusSold
15
  • Heading
    (Pacific Biological Laboratories)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Ed Ricketts rebuilds his record and book collection
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1937-39
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$3,437.50
StatusSold
16
  • Heading
    (Pacific Biological Laboratories)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Collection of business letters, invoices, etc. from PBL
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    Late 1930's
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$3,437.50
StatusSold
17
  • Heading
    (Pacific Biological Laboratories)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Ricketts sells Steinbeck shares in the Lab
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1936-39
Estimate$2,500 - $3,500
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
18
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    (Pacific Biological Laboratories)
  • Author
    Stackpole, Peter
  • Headline
    Peter Stackpole captures an exotic specimen
  • Date Published
    1945; later print
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
20
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    (Ricketts, Edward F. - Course Book)
  • Headline
    Ed gets A's in Zoology, B's in English
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Publisher
    University of Chicago
  • Date Published
    April, 1919
Estimate$1,200 - $1,800
Sold for$5,312.50
StatusSold
22
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Outline for book with Steinbeck on SF Bay region
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1939
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$5,312.50
StatusSold
23
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Signed by Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Publisher
    Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1995
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
24
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Ed Jr. compiles Ed Sr.'s letters
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Publisher
    Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1995
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
25
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Signed by Hedgpeth, inscribed to Pat Harris
  • Publisher
    [Mad River Press, Inc.]
  • Date Published
    [1978]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
26
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    (Sea of Cortez - Carol Steinbeck)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Ricketts thinking in dialogue with Carol Steinbeck
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    c.1940
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
31
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    (Sea of Cortez)
  • Author
    Castillo Nájera, Francisco
  • Headline
    Signed by the Mexican Ambassador to the USA
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    September 27, 1941
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$3,437.50
StatusSold
32
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    (Sea of Cortez)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F. et al.
  • Headline
    Scientific correspondence related to Sea of Cortez
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1940-1942
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$2,812.50
StatusSold
34
  • Heading
    (Sea of Cortez)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Ricketts celebrates scientific achievement
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    Aug. 22, 1941
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$3,750
StatusSold
35
  • Heading
    (Sea of Cortez)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Ed reflects on the organic structure of the book
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    c.1940
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
36
  • Heading
    (Sea of Cortez)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Ed plans for Second edition of Sea of Cortez
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1940's
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$1,375
StatusSold
37
  • Heading
    (Sea of Cortez)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Ricketts' list of collecting sites on Sea of Cortez trip
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1940
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$2,125
StatusSold
38
  • Heading
    (Sea of Cortez)
  • Author
    Ricketts, Edward F.
  • Headline
    Transcript of Ed's notes from Sea of Cortez voyage
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    1940
Estimate$15,000 - $25,000
Sold for$9,375
StatusSold
39
  • Heading
    (Sea of Cortez)
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John and Edward F. Ricketts
  • Headline
    Signed and inscribed by Ed Ricketts
  • Publisher
    Viking Press
  • Date Published
    1941
Estimate$6,000 - $9,000
Sold for$4,375
StatusSold
41
  • Heading
    (Sea of Cortez)
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Steinbeck asks for reprieve to complete Sea of Cortez
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    April 20, 1941
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$625
StatusSold
42
  • Heading
    (Sea of Cortez)
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Unsent letter from Steinbeck to US Ambassador in Mexico
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    January 30, 1940
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$625
StatusSold
46
  • Heading
    (Steinbeck, John)
  • Author
    Steinbeck, Elaine and Robert Wallsten, eds.
  • Headline
    Signed by Elaine Steinbeck and R. Wallsten
  • Publisher
    Viking Press
  • Date Published
    [1975]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
48
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    John Steinbeck autograph and portrait
  • Date Published
    No dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
49
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Signed by John Steinbeck, from Esther's collection
  • Provenance
    Esther Steinbeck collection
  • Publisher
    Robert M. McBride
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$20,000 - $30,000
Sold for$13,750
StatusSold
50
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Signed by John Steinbeck, limited edition
  • Publisher
    Viking
  • Date Published
    1952
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$4,687.50
StatusSold
52
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Yolla Bolly Flight, signed by Stegner & Wikström
  • Publisher
    Yolla Bolly Press
  • Date Published
    1984
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
54
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Signed by John Steinbeck
  • Publisher
    Viking Press
  • Date Published
    [1939]
Estimate$12,000 - $18,000
Sold for$15,000
StatusSold
55
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Signed by John Steinbeck, Printer's Copy B
  • Publisher
    Covici-Friede
  • Date Published
    [1936]
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
Sold for$7,500
StatusSold
58
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Signed by Steinbeck, inscribed to saloon keeper
  • Publisher
    Viking
  • Date Published
    1945
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
62
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Signed by Karin Wikström
  • Publisher
    Yolla Bolly Press
  • Date Published
    [1991]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
63
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    (Western Flyer)
  • Headline
    The Western Flyer at harbor
  • Provenance
    Collection of Ed Ricketts Jr.
  • Date Published
    Negative c.1940; print date unknown
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
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