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Previous|1|Next Lot #4 A Walk on the Wild Side AuthorAlgren, NelsonHeadlineA Walk on the Wild Side by Nelson AlgrenPublisherFarrar, Straus and CudahyDate Published[1956] View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #6 Clive Barker's Books of Blood - V and VI AuthorBarker, CliveHeadlineClive Barker's Books of Blood - V and VI signedPublisherScream PressDate Published1988 and 1991 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #9 Dandelion Wine AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury Dandelion Wine First EditionPublisherDoubledayDate Published1957 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #10 The Illustrated Man AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's Illustrated Man 1st ed w/djPublisherDoubledayDate Published1951 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #11 A Medicine for Melancholy AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury's Medicine for Melancholy signedPublisherDoubledayDate Published1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #12 At Terror Street and Agony Way AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski At Terror Street and Agony Way 1/75PublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1968 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$3,437.50StatusSold Lot #13 The Bukowski / Purdy Letters: 1964-1974, A Decade of Dialogue AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski Purdy Letters book pastel drawing signedPublisherThe Paget PressDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #14 It Catches My Heart in its Hands: New & Selected Poems 1955-1963 AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski It Catches My Heart in its Hands 1/777PublisherLoujon PressDate Published1963 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #15 A Clockwork Orange AuthorBurgess, AnthonyHeadlineAnthony Burgess A Clockwork OrangePublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #17 In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences AuthorCapote, TrumanHeadlineTruman Capote In Cold BloodPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #18 Not Under Forty AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineWilla Cather Not Under Forty Limited EditionPublisherKnopfDate Published1936 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #19 Sapphira and the Slave Girl AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineSapphira and the Slave Girl Signed Ltd EdnPublisherKnopfDate Published1940 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #20 Catching Fire AuthorCollins, SuzanneHeadlineSuzanne Collins Catching Fire Signed 1st EditionPublisherScholastic PressDate Published[2009] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #21 The Hunger Games AuthorCollins, SuzanneHeadlineFirst edition of Hunger Games by CollinsPublisherScholastic PressDate Published[2008] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #24 The Mask of Cthulhu AuthorDerleth, AugustHeadlineThe Mask of Cthulhu Arkham HousePublisherArkham HouseDate Published1958 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #33 The Year's Best Science Fiction. First [Second] Annual Collection AuthorDozois, Gardner, editorHeadlineThe Year's Best Science Fiction 1st & 2nd annualsPublisherBluejay BooksDate Published[1984-85] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #35 Copies of several William Everson typescripts, all inscribed AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineCopies of several William Everson typescriptsDate Published1970s-80s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #36 The Unvanquished AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Faulkner The Unvanquished Ltd EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1938] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #37 The Wild Palms AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner's Wild Palms in jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #41 The African Queen AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineThe African Queen 1st w/o dj 1935PublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1935 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #42 The Black Doll: A Silent Film by Edward Gorey AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineThe Black Doll: A Silent Film by Edward GoreyPublisherGotham Book MartDate Published1973 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #43 The Blue Aspic AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineEdward Gorey The Blue AspicPublisher[Meredith Press]Date Published[1968] View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #44 Categor Y AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineEdward Gorey Categor Y 1st Trade EditionPublisherGotham Book MartDate Published[1973] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #45 The Fatal Lozenge AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineEdward Gorey The Fatal Lozenge 2nd PrintingPublisherIvan ObolenskyDate Published[1960] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #46 The Gilded Bat AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineEdward Gorey The Gilded Bat 1st Edn.PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1966] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #47 The Hapless Child AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineEdward Gorey The Hapless Child 1st UK EditionPublisher[Anthony Blond]Date Published[1961] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #48 The Lavender Leotard; or, Going a lot to the New York City Ballet AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineLavender Leotard by Edward Gorey 1/1100PublisherGotham Book MartDate Published1973 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #49 The Object-Lesson AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineEdward Gorey The Object-Lesson 1st UK EditionPublisherAnthony BlondDate Published[1958] View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #50 The Remembered Visit: A Story Taken From Life AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineEdward Gorey The Remembered VisitPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #51 The Utter Zoo AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineEdward Gorey The Utter Zoo 1st EditionPublisherMeredith PressDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #52 The Wuggly Ump - 2 editions AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineEdward Gorey The Wuggly Ump 2 editionsPublisherJ.B. Lippincott Co.Date Published[1963] View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #53 Three Books From the Fantod Press: The Chinese Obelisks; The Osbick Bird; Donald has a Difficulty AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadline3 books from Fantod by Edward GoreyPublisherFantod PressDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #54 Ten volume by Edward Gorey AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineTen volume by Edward GoreyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #55 The King Who Saved Himself from Being Saved Heading(Gorey, Edward)AuthorCiardi, JohnHeadlineKing Who Saved Himself from Being Saved 1st/djPublisherJ.B. LippincottDate Published1965 View details Estimate$100 - $150StatusUnsold Lot #56 Six works with illustrations by Edward Gorey Heading(Gorey, Edward)Author**HeadlineSix works with illustrations by Edward GoreyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #60 Inscribed portrait of Ernest Hemingway AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineInscribed portrait of Ernest HemingwayDate PublishedOctober 1, 1929 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #61 For Whom the Bell Tolls AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFor Whom the Bell Tolls 1st in dust jacketPublisherScribner'sDate Published1940 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #62 Contango: A Novel AuthorHilton, JamesHeadlineJames Hilton Contango: A Novel - InscribedPublisherErnest Benn LimitedDate Published[1932] View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #63 Tamar and Other Poems AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineTamar and Other Poems by JeffersPublisherPeter G. BoyleDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #65 Sometimes a Great Notion AuthorKesey, KenHeadlineKesey, Sometimes A Great Notion 1st issue in djPublisherVikingDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #67 Lady Chatterley's Lover AuthorLawrence, D. H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's LoverPublisherPrivately Printed [by Lawton Kennedy of San Francisco]Date Published1928 View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #68 Letters to Thomas and Adele Seltzer AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Letters to Thomas and Adele SeltzerPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$80 - $120StatusUnsold Lot #69 Elmer Gantry AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineElmer Gantry by Sinclair Lewis 1st bindingPublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #70 Typed Letter Signed, from Jack London to a Mr. F.J. de Giers AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineTLs from Jack London to German publisher 1909Date PublishedNovember 28, 1909 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #71 Before Adam AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineBefore Adam by Jack London 1stPublisherMacmillanDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #72 The Call of the Wild AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Call of the Wild 1st edition Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1903 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #73 Children of the Frost AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineChildren of the Frost Jack London 1st clean copyPublisherMacmillanDate Published1902 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #74 A Daughter of the Snows AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineA Daughter of the Snows by Jack LondonPublisherJ.B. Lippincott & Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #75 The Game AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Game second issue by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #76 The God of His Fathers & Other Stories AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe God of His Fathers & Other Stories jack londoPublisherMcClure, PhillipsDate Published1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #77 The Human Drift AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Human Drift 1st Edn Variant BindingPublisherMacmillan Co.Date Published1917 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #78 The Iron Heel AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London The Iron Heel 1908PublisherAppeal to ReasonDate Published1908 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #79 John Barleycorn AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJohn Barleycorn 1st ed by Jack LondonPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #80 John Barleycorn AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJohn Barleycorn 2nd printing Jack LondonPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #81 The Little Lady of the Big House AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Little Lady of the Big House by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1916 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #82 Love of Life AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLove of Life by Jack London 1st edPublisherMacmillanDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #83 Moon-Face and Other Stories AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineMoon-Face and Other Stories 1st editionPublisherMacmillanDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #85 The People of the Abyss AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe People of the Abyss by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate Published1903 View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #86 Smoke Bellew AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineSmoke Bellew by Jack London, 1st edPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1912 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #87 The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far NorthPublisherHoughton Mifflin & Co.Date Published1900 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #88 The Strength of the Strong AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineStrength of the Strong Jack London 1stPublisherMacmillanDate Published1914 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #89 The Turtles of Tasman AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe Turtles of Tasman by Jack London 1916PublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1916 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #91 Seven volumes by Jack London AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineSeven volumes by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillanDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #92 My First Days in the White House AuthorLong, Huey PierceHeadlineHuey P. Long My First Days in the White HousePublisherTelegraph PressDate Published1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #94 Beyond the Wall of Sleep AuthorLovecraft, H.P.HeadlineH.P. Lovecraft Beyond the Wall of SleepPublisherArkham HouseDate Published1943 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #95 Joseph in Egypt AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineThomas Mann Joseph in Egypt signedPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1938 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #97 The Dream AuthorMasefield, JohnHeadlineJohn Masefield The Dream 1/750 signed copiesPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1922 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #98 Texas AuthorMichener, James A.HeadlineTexas by James Michener, 1/1000 signedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #99 "Blue Face" - lithograph HeadingzzcAuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineOriginal lithographn by Henry Miller "Blue Face"Date Published1974 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #100 Tropic of Cancer AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineHenry Miller Tropic of Cancer First Grove EditionPublisherGrove PressDate Published[1961 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #101 The World of Sex AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineHenry Miller The World of SexPublisherPrinted for J.H.N. for Friends of Henry MillerDate Published[1941] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #104 The Middle Passage AuthorNaipaul, V.S.HeadlineV.S. Naipaul The Middle PassagePublisherAndre DeutschDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #107 To Say If You Love Someone AuthorPatchen, KennethHeadlineKenneth Patchen To Say If You Love SomeonePublisherDecker PressDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #109 All Quiet on the Western Front AuthorRemarque, Erich MariaHeadlineAll Quiet on the Western Front 1st in djPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1929 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #112 Candy - Long Galley Proofs, Inscribed AuthorSouthern, Terry & Mason HoffenbergHeadlineGalley Proofs of Terry Southern's CandyPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #113 Flash and Filigree AuthorSouthern, TerryHeadlineTerry Southern Flash and Filigree Advance ProofPublisherAndre DeutschDate Published[1958] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #114 The Magic Christian - Uncorrected Proof AuthorSouthern, TerryHeadlineThe Magic Christian - Uncorrected ProofPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1960] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #115 Matisse, Picasso and Gertrude Stein with two shorter stories AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineMatisse, Picasso and Gertrude SteinPublisherPlain EditionDate Published[1933] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #116 Burning Bright: A Play in Story Form AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck Burning Bright first editionPublisherVikingDate Published1950 View details Estimate$150 - $250StatusUnsold Lot #117 East of Eden AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineEast of Eden by John Steinbeck 1st issue in djPublisherVikingDate Published1952 View details Estimate$400 - $700Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #118 Tortilla Flat AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck Tortilla Flat 1st English EditionPublisherHeinemannDate Published[1935] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #123 Now And On Earth AuthorThompson, JimHeadlineJim Thompson Now And On Earth 1st EditionPublisherModern Age BooksDate Published[1942] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #125 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 1885PublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #131 Mark Twain's Scrap Book Heading(Twain, Mark)Author**HeadlineMark Twain's Scrap Book 1880sPublisherDaniel Slote & Co.Date Published[After 1878] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #135 Cat's Cradle AuthorVonnegut, Kurt, Jr.HeadlineKurt Vonnegut Cat's Cradle 1st Edition in djPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #136 The Sirens of Titan AuthorVonnegut, Kurt, Jr.HeadlineKurt Vonnegut The Sirens of TitanPublisherHoughton Mifflin Co.Date Published1961 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #139 The Collected Later Poems of William Carlos Williams AuthorWilliams, William CarlosHeadlineColl Later Poems of William Carlos Williams 1/100PublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1950] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #140 Of Time and The River. A Legend of Man's Hunger in his Youth AuthorWolfe, ThomasHeadlineOf Time and The River. A Legend of Man's HungerPublisherScribnerDate Published1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #142 The Death of Synge, and Other Passages From an Old Diary AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineW.B. Yeats Death of Synge Cuala PressPublisherCuala PressDate Published1928 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #143 The Green Helmet and Other Poems AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineThe Green Helmet and Other Poems W.B. YeatsPublisherCuala PressDate Published1910 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #144 The Secret Rose AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineW.B. Yeats The Secret Rose 1st American EdnPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$250 - $350Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #145 The Speckled Birds AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineW.B. Yeats The Speckled BirdsPublisherCuala PressDate Published1973 View details Estimate$150 - $200Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #146 Three volumes by or about William Butler Yeats Heading[Yeats, William Butler]Author**HeadlineThree volumes by or about William Butler YeatsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$150 - $250Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #180 Squarings: A sequence of forty-eight poems...with forty-eight drawings by Sol Lewitt Headingzzf(Arion Press)AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSeamus Heaney Squarings Arion PressPublisherThe Arion PressDate Published2003 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #192 My First Publication: Eleven California Authors Describe Their Earliest Appearances in Print Headingzzf(Book Club of California)AuthorHart, James D., editorHeadlineMy First Publication: Eleven California AuthorsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1961 View details Estimate$100 - $150Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #236 A Broadside - Numbers 1 through 6 & 8 through 12 for 1935, and, Numbers 1 through 12 for 1937 Headingzzf(Cuala Press)AuthorYeats, W.B. and F.R. Higgins, editorsHeadlineCuala Press A Broadside New Series 1935-37PublisherCuala PressDate Published1935, 1937 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #238 Large collection of Cuala Press prints, broadsides, etc. Headingzzf(Cuala Press)Author**HeadlineLarge collection of Cuala Press prints broadsidesPublisherCuala PressDate Published1920s-30s View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #245 The Legend of Evil and Selected Verse [spine title] Headingzzf(Fine Binding)AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineFinely bound collection of verse by KiplingDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next