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 1-23 of 23. 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #47 Cannery Row AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFirst Edition in jacket, custom casePublisherViking PressDate Published1945 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold 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 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next