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Previous|123|Next Lot #219 Wise Blood AuthorO'Connor, FlanneryHeadlineFlannery O'Connor Wise Blood 1st EditionPublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #220 Hope of Heaven AuthorO'Hara, JohnHeadlineFirst Edition O'Hara's Hope of HeavenPublisherHarcourt BraceDate Published[1938] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #221 Queen of the Night AuthorOates, Joyce CarolHeadlineJoyce Carol Oates Queen of the Night Signed LtdPublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #222 Paradise Lost AuthorOdets, CliffordHeadlineClifford Odets Paradise Lost Inscribed 1st EditioPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #223 Silences AuthorOlsen, TillieHeadlineTillie Olsen Silences Signed First Edition in DJPublisherDelacorte Press/Seymour LawrenceDate Published[1978] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #224 Questions They Never Asked Me AuthorPercy, WalkerHeadlineWalker Percy Questions They Never Asked MePublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #225 The Suicide Room AuthorPerkoff, Stuart Z.HeadlineStuart Perkoff The Suicide Room 1st EditionPublisherJonathan WilliamsDate Published1956 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #226 The Cater Street Hangman AuthorPerry, AnneHeadlineAnne Perry Cater Street Hangman 1st EditionPublisherSt. Martin's PressDate Published[1979] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #227 Journey to Venus: The Primeval World, Its Wonderful Creations and Gigantic Monsters AuthorPope, Gustavus W.HeadlineGustavus Pope Journey to Venus 1895PublisherArena Publishing CompanyDate Published1895 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #228 Flowering Judas AuthorPorter, Katherine AnneHeadlineKatherine Anne Porter's Flowering Judas, 1/600PublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #229 A Final Letter: Robinson Mayfield in Essex, North Carolina to Hutchins Mayfield in Oxford, England June 15 to November 27, 1955 AuthorPrice, ReynoldsHeadlineReynolds Price A Final Letter Signe Ltd. EdnPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #230 Storm and Echo AuthorProkosch, FredericHeadlineFrederic Prokosch Storm and Echo Limited EditionPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1948 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #231 Close Range: Wyoming Stories [With Brokeback Mountain] AuthorProulx, AnnieHeadlineAnnie Proulx Close Range (Brokeback Mountain)PublisherScribnerDate Published[1999] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #232 A la Recherche du Temps Perdu AuthorProust, MarcelHeadlineProust Recherche Du Temps Perdu complete 1stPublisherBernard Grasset/ Nouvelle Revue FrançaiseDate Published1914-1927 View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$18,750StatusSold Lot #233 Pastiches et Mélanges AuthorProust, MarcelHeadlineProust's Pastiches et Mélanges 1st ed in wrappersPublisherEditions de la Nouvelle Revue FrançaiseDate Published[1919] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #234 Scrap of Paper & The Berry-Picker: Two Plays by James Purdy AuthorPurdy, JamesHeadlineJames Purdy Scrap of Paper Signed Limited EditionPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1981 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #235 Gravity's Rainbow AuthorPynchon, ThomasHeadlinePynchon, Gravity's Rainbow 1st Ed 1st issue in djPublisherVikingDate Published[1973] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #236 Roads AuthorQuinn, SeaburyHeadlineRoads by Seabury Quinn Signed Arkham HousePublisherArkham HouseDate Published1948 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #237 Atlas Shrugged AuthorRand, AynHeadlineAyn Rand Atlas Shrugged Signed Anniversary EdnPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #238 The Fountainhead AuthorRand, AynHeadlineAyn Rand The FountainheadPublisherBobbs-MerrillDate Published[1943] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #239 The Yearling AuthorRawlings, Marjorie KinnanHeadlineMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings The Yearling 1st EditionPublisherScribner'sDate Published1938 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #240 Novotny's Pain AuthorRoth, PhilipHeadlinePhilip Roth Novotny's Pain Signed Limited EditionPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #241 Portnoy's Complaint AuthorRoth, PhilipHeadlinePhilip Roth Portnoy's Complain Limited EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #242 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineHarry Potter Chamber of Secrets 1st US w/djPublisherArthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic PressDate Published[1999] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #243 Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineHarry Potter & the Philosopher’s Stone Deluxe Ed.PublisherBloomsburyDate Published[1999] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #244 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban SignedPublisherBloomsburyDate Published[1999] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #245 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineHarry Potter Prisoner of Azkaban 1st issue in djPublisherBloomsburyDate Published[1999] View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #246 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban SIGNEDPublisherArthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic PressDate Published[1999] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #247 The God of Small Things AuthorRoy, ArundhatiHeadlineArundhati Roy The God of Small Things 1st EditionPublisherIndiainkDate Published[1997] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #248 Flight To Arras AuthorSaint-Exupery, Antoine deHeadlineAntoine de Saint-Exupery Flight to Arras SIGNEDPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1942] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #249 The Catcher in the Rye AuthorSalinger, J.D.HeadlineJ.D. Salinger Catcher in the Rye First EditionPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1951 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #250 Samson and Delilah AuthorSalten, Felix [Siegmund Salzmann]HeadlineSamson and Delilah Felix Salten 1st Ed. 1931PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #253 The Killer Angels AuthorShaara, MichaelHeadlineMichael Shaara The Killer Angels First EditionPublisherDavid McKayDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #254 Bernard Shaw: His Life, Work and Friends Heading(Shaw, George Bernard)AuthorErvine, St. JohnHeadlineErvine, Bernard Shaw His Life..w/ signed postcardPublisherConstable & Co.Date Published[1956] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #255 Children of the Night AuthorSimmons, DanHeadlineDan Simmons Children of the Night Limited EditionPublisherLord John PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #256 Entropy's Bed at Midnight AuthorSimmons, DanHeadlineDan Simmons Entropy's Bed at Midnight Ltd EdnPublisherLord John PressDate Published1990 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #257 The Jungle AuthorSinclair, UptonHeadlineAdvance Copy of Sinclair's The JunglePublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$400 - $700StatusUnsold Lot #258 The Hundred and One Harlequins AuthorSitwell, SacheverellHeadlineSitwell's 101 Harlequins Signed to Aldous & MariaPublisherGrant RichardsDate Published1922 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #259 Forbidden Childhood AuthorSlenczynska, Ruth and Louis BiancolliHeadlineForbidden Childhood Jacket Design by Andy WarholPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1957 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #260 No Shadow AuthorSnyder, GaryHeadlineSgd, Ltd. Gary Snyder Broadside, Ill. by KillionPublisherFor the Yuba Watershed InstituteDate Published2007 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #261 Turtle Island AuthorSnyder, GaryHeadlineGary Snyder's Turtle Island, First Ed. in JacketPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #262 The City of the Living AuthorStegner, WallaceHeadlineWallace Stegner City of the Living 1st EditionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1956 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #263 Burning Bright AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck's Burning Bright, Signed First EditionPublisherVikingDate Published1950 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000StatusUnsold Lot #264 Cup of Gold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck Cup of Gold 1st Edition in JacketPublisherRobert M. McBrideDate Published1929 View details Estimate$12,000 - $18,000StatusUnsold Lot #265 Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck, Cup of Gold, 2nd Ed. 1936 in jacketPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #266 East of Eden AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck East of Eden 1st EditionPublisherVikingDate Published1952 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #267 The Grapes of Wrath AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck, Grapes of Wrath 1st Ed. in jacketPublisherVikingDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #268 The Grapes of Wrath AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck The Grapes of Wrath 1st EditionPublisherVikingDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #269 The Grapes of Wrath AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFirst British Edition of Grapes of WrathPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #270 The Long Valley AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck's Long Valley, Signed First EditionPublisherVikingDate Published1938 View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000StatusUnsold Lot #271 The Long Valley AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck The Long Valley 1st EditionPublisherVikingDate Published1938 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #272 Of Mice and Men AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck Of Mice and Men first edition in jacketPublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #273 A Russian Journal AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck, A Russian Journal 1st Ed. in jacketPublisherVikingDate Published1948 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #274 Sea of Cortez: A Leisurely Journal of Travel and Research AuthorSteinbeck, John & Edward F. RickettsHeadlineSteinbeck & Ricketts Sea of Cortez 1st Ed. in djPublisherVikingDate Published1941 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #275 The Short Reign of Pippin IV AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineShort Reign of Pippin IV, Signed by SteinbeckPublisherVikingDate Published1957 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #276 To a God Unknown AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck's To a God Unknown first edition djPublisherRobert O. BallouDate Published[1933] View details Estimate$6,000 - $9,000StatusUnsold Lot #277 To a God Unknown AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck To a God Unknown 1st Ed 2nd issue in djPublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published[1933] View details Estimate$1,200 - $2,000Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #278 The Winter of Our Discontent AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck The Winter of Our Discontent SignedPublisherViking PressDate Published1961 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #279 Dracula AuthorStoker, BramHeadline1920 G&D Dracula with Dust JacketPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[c.1927] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #280 Lie Down in Darkness AuthorStyron, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Styron Lie Down in Darkness 1st EditionPublisherBobbs-Merrill Co.Date Published[1951] View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #281 Shadrach AuthorStyron, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Styron Shadrach Signed Limited EditionPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #282 Monsieur Beaucaire AuthorTarkington, BoothHeadlineBook with Original Signed Drawing by TarkingtonPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #283 Into the Light AuthorTaylor, Edward RobesonHeadlineEdward Robeson Taylor Into The LightPublisherD.P. Elder and Morgan ShepardDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #285 Spies, Thumbsuckers, etc. AuthorThomas, RossHeadlineRoss Thomas Spies, Thumbsuckers, etc.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1989 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #286 Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72 AuthorThompson, Hunter S.HeadlineFear & Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72PublisherStraight Arrow BooksDate Published[1973] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #287 Screwjack AuthorThompson, Hunter S.HeadlineHunter S. Thompson Screwjack 1 of 300 signedPublisherNevilleDate Published1991 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #289 A Confederacy of Dunces AuthorToole, John KennedyHeadlineJ.K. Toole A Confederacy of Dunces 1st EditionPublisherLouisiana State University PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,250StatusSold Lot #290 Collection of works by B. Traven in English AuthorTraven, B.HeadlineCollection of works by B. Traven in EnglishDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #291 Collection of 20 works by B. Traven in German, most are first editions AuthorTraven, B.HeadlineWorks by B. Traven in German, most first editionsPublisherBuchergilde Gutenberg, etcDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #292 Johnny Got His Gun AuthorTrumbo, DaltonHeadlineDalton Trumbo Johnny Got His Gun 1st EditionPublisherLippincottDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #296 King Leopold's Soliloquy AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain King Leopold's Soliloquy 1905PublisherP.R. Warren Co.Date Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #297 Mark Twain's (Burlesque) Autobiography and First Romance AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's (Burlesque) AutobiographyPublisherSheldon & Co.Date Published[1871] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #301 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe £1,000,000 Bank-Note 1st Edition 1893PublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #302 The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Prince and the Pauper 1st EditionPublisherJames R. Osgood & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #306 Four limited editions by John Updike AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineFour limited editions by John UpdikePublisherLord John PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #307 Le Tour Du Monde en Quatre-Vignts Jours AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineJules Verne Tour du Monde en Quatre-Vignts JoursPublisherJ. Hetzel et Ce.Date Published[1873] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #308 Sex Is Politics and Vice Versa AuthorVidal, GoreHeadlineGore Vidal Sex Is Politics Signed Limited EditionPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #309 Cat's Cradle AuthorVonnegut, Jr., KurtHeadlineKurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle 1st EditionPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #310 All the King's Men AuthorWarren, Robert PennHeadlineWarren All the King's Men first edition in jacketPublisherHarcourt BraceDate Published[1946] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #311 Brideshead Revisited AuthorWaugh, EvelynHeadlineEvelyn Waugh Brideshead Revisted 1st EditionPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1945 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #312 Officers and Gentlemen [and] Men at War AuthorWaugh, EvelynHeadlineTwo Waugh Firsts, One in JacketPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1952-55 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #313 The Outsider, Nos. 1-5, complete AuthorWebb, Jon Edgar and Louise “Gypsy Lou” Webb, editorsHeadlineThe Outsider, Nos. 1-5, complete, Jon & Lou WebbPublisherLoujon PressDate Published1961-69 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #314 The Song Mt Tamalpais Sings AuthorWelch, LewHeadlineRare First Printing of Welch's Mt TamalpaisPublisherMaya Quarto FiveDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #315 3 Early Works by Lew Welch AuthorWelch, LewHeadline3 Early Works by Lew Welch, Limited EditionsDate Published1965-1970 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #316 Experiment in Autobiography AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineWells' Autobiography in DustjacketPublisherVictor Gollancz Ltd. and The Cresset Press Ltd.Date Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #317 The Time Machine: An Invention AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineH.G. Wells The Time Machine 1895PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1895 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #318 Acrobats in a Park AuthorWelty, EudoraHeadlineEudora Welty Acrobats in a Park Signed Ltd. Edn.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #319 De Profundis AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde De Profundis 1905PublisherMethuen and Co.Date Published[1905] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #321 4 Titles by Oscar Wilde AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineBeardsley Salome and 3 Limited Editions by WildeDate Published1906-1921 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #322 It Happened the Day the Sun Rose AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineT. Williams It Happened the Day the Sun RosePublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1981 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #323 Moise and the World of Reason AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineInscribed by Tennessee WilliamsPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1975] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #324 Out Cry AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineTennessee Williams Out Cry Signed BOMC editionPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1973] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #325 Selected Plays AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineTennessee Williams Selected Plays SignedPublisherFranklin LibraryDate Published1980 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #326 Sour Grapes: A Book of Poems Author[Williams, William Carlos]HeadlineWilliam Carlos Williams Sour Grapes 1st EditionPublisherFour Seas CompanyDate Published1921 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #327 Bertie Wooster Sees It Through AuthorWodehouse, P.G.HeadlineP.G. Woodhouse Bertie Wooster Sees It ThroughPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next