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 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Between Pacific Tides - Stanford University Press)HeadlineStanford Press delays Between Pacific TidesProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1942-48 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 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Between Pacific Tides)AuthorRicketts, Edward F. & Jack CalvinHeadlineWith Steinbeck's Foreword, in sharp jacketPublisherStanford University PressDate Published[1948] 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 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Heading(Between Pacific Tides)AuthorRicketts, Edward F. & Jack CalvinHeadlineInscribed by Ritch Lovejoy with photo of Ricketts and ToniPublisherStanford University PressDate Published[1948] Lot #4 Between Pacific Tides - six variants View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Between Pacific Tides)AuthorRicketts, Edward F. and Jack CalvinHeadlineSix variants of Between Pacific TidesPublisherStanford University PressDate Published1948-1978 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 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Heading(Mandated Islands)AuthorRicketts, Edward F. and John SteinbeckHeadlineMandated Islands, Ricketts aids the war effortProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1942-1944 Lot #14 E.F. Ricketts Statement of Assets and Liabilities View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Pacific Biological Laboratories)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineLab assets and liabilities, 1946ProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1946 Lot #16 File of invoices, business correspondence, bills of lading, and packing memos from Pacific Biological Laboratories View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Heading(Pacific Biological Laboratories)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineCollection of business letters, invoices, etc. from PBLProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date PublishedLate 1930's Lot #17 Ricketts shares ownership of Lab with Steinbeck View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Pacific Biological Laboratories)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineRicketts sells Steinbeck shares in the LabProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1936-39 Lot #18 [Ed Ricketts holding jar of specimens at Pacific Biological Laboratories] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Pacific Biological Laboratories)AuthorStackpole, PeterHeadlinePeter Stackpole captures an exotic specimenDate Published1945; later print Lot #19 Recollections View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorRicketts, AnnaHeadlineAnna Ricketts' Memoirs from Ed. Jr.'s collectionProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.PublisherEd Ricketts Jr.Date Published1984 Lot #20 Ed Ricketts' University of Chicago Undergraduate Course Book View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold 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 Lot #22 Detailed Outline of Book Plan - for intertidal guide to the San Francisco Bay Area View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineOutline for book with Steinbeck on SF Bay regionProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1939 Lot #23 EFR Letters View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineSigned by Ed Ricketts Jr.ProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.PublisherEd Ricketts Jr.Date Published1995 Lot #24 EFR Letters View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineEd Jr. compiles Ed Sr.'s lettersProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.PublisherEd Ricketts Jr.Date Published1995 Lot #25 The Outer Shores View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineSigned by Hedgpeth, inscribed to Pat HarrisPublisher[Mad River Press, Inc.]Date Published[1978] Lot #32 Ricketts' correspondence conducting research on species collected during Sea of Cortez voyage View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorRicketts, Edward F. et al.HeadlineScientific correspondence related to Sea of CortezProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1940-1942 Lot #34 Letter to John Steinbeck celebrating the scientific significance of their Sea of Cortez expedition View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineRicketts celebrates scientific achievementProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date PublishedAug. 22, 1941 Lot #35 Morphology of the Sea of Cortez View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineEd reflects on the organic structure of the bookProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Publishedc.1940 Lot #38 Verbatim transcription of notes of Gulf of California trip March April 1940 View details Estimate$15,000 - $25,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorRicketts, Edward F.HeadlineTranscript of Ed's notes from Sea of Cortez voyageProvenanceCollection of Ed Ricketts Jr.Date Published1940 Lot #39 Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000Sold for$4,375StatusSold Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorSteinbeck, John and Edward F. RickettsHeadlineSigned and inscribed by Ed RickettsPublisherViking PressDate Published1941 Lot #40 Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research...Advanced Proof View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Sea of Cortez)AuthorSteinbeck, John and Edward F. RickettsHeadlineUnrevised proof of Sea of CortezPublisherVikingDate Published1941 Lot #47 Cannery Row View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFirst Edition in jacket, custom casePublisherViking PressDate Published1945 Lot #51 East of Eden View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineEast of Eden First Edition in first state jacketPublisherViking PressDate Published1952 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next