November 30, 2023 PBA Galleries Catalogue (2023)

San Francisco, California, US: PBA Galleries (auction catalogue, book, catalogue), 2023.
10.5" x 8.25" x 0.25", 112 pages, 525 listings, softcover

Fine Literature with Mysteries, Thrillers & Science Fiction, Beats & the Counterculture auction at PBA Galleries (San Francisco, California, US) on 30 November 2023, 11:00 AM Pacific Time.

This lists nearly twenty Burroughs-relevant items, including:

• a copy of the scarce Beatitude, issue 35, containing Burroughs [lot #322] [the unusual copy I have]
• a copy of the rare Semina, issue 4, 1959 by Wallace Berman, containing Burroughs' "Pantopon Rose" [lot #331, which is in the archive now, formerly Michael McClure's copy]
• a Burroughs-signed copy of The Third Mind [lot #366]
• a postcard of the Richard Avedon portrait of William S. Burroughs, signed by Burroughs [lot #367]
• a copy of Cobble Stone Gardens, signed by Burroughs, with the blind-stamp of Nicholas J. Sands, a friend of Burroughs [lot #369, which is in the archive now]
• a copy of the Seaver edition of The Last Words of Dutch Schultz, inscribed by Burroughs to friend Nicholas J. Sands [lot #370]
• a signed 1st edition Grove Press Naked Lunch, signed by Burroughs [lot #372]
• #126 of the 200 Blue Wind Press signed and numbered, slipcased copies of Port of Saints [lot #373]
• Michael McClure's copy of Gnaoua, issue 1, 1964, inscribed to him by Ira Cohen [lot #376]
• a copy of Christopher Felver's photo book Beat, signed by Felver, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Hirschman, and Joanna McClure [lot #393]

This copy was acquired from Soheyl Dahi, Sore Dove Press publisher, who listed a number of the items in this auction.

Contents: 

• Section I: Fine Literature
• Section II: Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Horror
• Section III: Mysteries & Thrillers
• Section III [sic, IV]: Beats & the Counterculture