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CALL TO CONSIGN! now taking consignments for our Rare and Antiquarian sale April 16th. Do you have any rare or antique treasures at home waiting to see the light of day? Email us at [email protected] with a brief description and a picture or two, your item may be the gem of our next sale!

Platinum is upon us! Just Two days before the 57th California International Antiquarian Book Fair at Pier 27, San Fransisco. PBA is hosting our PLATINUM book Auction. Featuring rare books and manuscripts.

Ever wish that you could get your hands on some 1960s q***r s**t? Well, we have GREAT news for you! In next weeks literature and counter culture sale we are debuting our Q***r lit section! Head over to [email protected] to check out our catalogue!
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Happy Birthday to last weeks Literary Icons

Langston Hughes- Feb 1st 1902
“There is no color line in death”
Poet, social activist, novelist playwright and prominent figure of the Harlem Renaissance.
James Joyce- Feb 2nd 1882
“When I die, Dublin will be written in my heart”
Famed Irish novelist, poet, and one the most influential writers of the early 20th century.
Gertrude Stein- Feb 3rd 1874
“If you can’t say anything nice about someone else, come sit next to me”
American author, poet, playwright, and the infamous host of the Parisian literary and artistic salons of the 1920s.
Charles Dickens-Feb 7th 1812
“What greater gift than the love of a cat”
Famed English author, known as the greatest Victorian novelist, responsible for bringing to life some of the most famous literary characters of all time.

We at PBA salute you and celebrate your amazing contributions to the world of books!

Coming up this month!
Starting tomorrow with the Klaus Werner collection, followed by our fine literature (featuring q***r lit and art) on Feb 19, and of course our PBA Platinum sale coming up Feb 26! Just in time for the ABAA🫡

See more at PBAgalleries.com

Literary birthdays of the week!

Virginia Woolf- 25 January 1882- “I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual”

Lewis Carroll- 27 January 1832- “ one of the deep secrets of life is that all that is really worth the doing is what we do for others”

Zane Grey- 31 January 1872- “I love my work but do not know how I write it”

Norman Mailer- 31 January 1923- “Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing”

Happy Birthday to these giants of the literary world, we thank you for your art and honor your on going legacy.

Literary birthdays of the week:
W.E.D Du bois
Anais Nin
Edward Gorey
Edgar Allen Poe

From sociology and civil rights, to erotica, macabre children’s books, and infamous gothic poetry. We at PBA celebrate and salute the literary birthdays of the week!



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Tomorrow! Join us for sale 855: Antiquarian books, illustrated and children’s books, and of course the Dr. Richard R. Ritter collection of OZ!
11 am pst, place your bids at galleries.com

“A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.”-Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag was an American writer, professor, literary icon, and political activist. After the publication of her 1964 essay, Notes on ‘Camp’, Sontag became a cultural and intellectual celebrity. Her books include four novels, The Benefactor, Death Kit, The Volcano Lover, and In America; a collection of short stories, I, etcetera; several plays; and nine works of nonfiction, starting with Against Interpretation and including On Photography, Illness as Metaphor, Where the Stress Falls, Regarding the Pain of Others, and At the Same Time. We salute her for her contributions to the worlds of art, literature, and philosophy.
Happy Birthday Ms. Sontag!

Auction about to start! Go ahead and press that big red button, you know you want to!

Happy Birthday to Jack London
“Life is not always a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well”- JL
Jack London was one of the single most successful writers of the early 20th century. A pioneer in commercial fiction, he earned a fortune from his stories of adventure, men and beasts, and survival against the hardships of the natural world.
Here in the San Francisco Bay Area, he is remembered everywhere, from street names, to his old local haunts. Here at PBA, we are no stranger to his iconic works. Having sold first, second, third, and signed versions of his classics.
Mr. London, we wish you a happy birthday.