Sale 642: Fine Literature: The Fred Bennett Collection (with additions) (#642) 05/03/2018 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/03/2018 11:00 AM PDT 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 1-100 of 310. Previous|1234|Next Lot #1 Six photographically illustrated works with textual contributions by Edward Abbey View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAbbey, EdwardHeadlineEdward Abbey books with photo illustrationsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #4 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Play View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAlbee, EdwardHeadlineFirst Edition of Famed Albee PlayPublisherAtheneumDate Published1963 Lot #5 The Man With the Golden Arm View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAlgren, NelsonHeadlineBy the Man with the Golden PenPublisherDoubledayDate Published1949 Lot #6 A Walk on the Wild Side View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorAlgren, NelsonHeadlineTake a Walk on the Wild SidePublisherFarrar, Straus & CudahyDate Published[1956] Lot #7 Dark Laughter View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAnderson, SherwoodHeadlineSherwood Anderson Dark Laughter One of 20 lettered copiesPublisherBoni & LiverightDate Published1925 Lot #9 Isidro View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorAustin, MaryHeadlineLengthily Inscribed by Austin to poet George SterlingPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1905 Lot #11 The Fire Next Time View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadlineJames Baldwin The Fire Next Time signedPublisherDial PressDate Published1963 Lot #12 Here in the Village - two copies View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBarthelme, DonaldHeadlineDonald Barthelme, Signed Limited EditionPublisherLord John PressDate Published1978 Lot #14 The Adventures of Augie March View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBellow, SaulHeadlineAdventures of Augie MarchPublisherVikingDate Published1953 Lot #15 Dangling Man View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBellow, SaulHeadlineFirst English Edition of Bellow's First BookPublisherJohn LehmannDate Published1946 Lot #16 Humboldt's Gift View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBellow, SaulHeadlineBellow’s Humboldt’s GiftPublisherViking PressDate Published[1975] Lot #17 Seize the Day View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBellow, SaulHeadlineBellow's Seize the DayPublisherVikingDate Published1956 Lot #18 A Silver Dish View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBellow, SaulHeadlineBellow's Silver DishPublisherAlbondocani PressDate Published1979 Lot #19 The Victim View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorBellow, SaulHeadlineBellows' Second BookPublisherThe Vanguard PressDate Published[1947] Lot #20 Can Such Things Be? View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineInscribed by Bierce to George SterlingPublisherNeale Publishing CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #21 Threesome View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBlock, Lawrence writing as Jill EmersonHeadlineThreesome by Lawrwnce Block deluxe 1/40PublisherASAP Publishing and Subterranean PressDate Published1999 Lot #22 Ariel - original typescript [with] the author's set of galley proofs View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadlineLawrence Block's Ariel - original typescript and of galley proofsPublisher[Arbor House]Date Published[1980] Lot #23 The Burglar in the Rye - original typewritten manuscript [and] partial handwritten manuscript View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000StatusUnsold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadlineLawrence Block's Burglar in the Rye - original manuscriptsPublisher[Dutton]Date Published[1995] Lot #25 Eighteen volumes signed by Lawrence Block View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadline18 volumes signed by Lawrence BlockDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #26 Five original manuscripts by Lawrence Block View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadlineFive original manuscripts by Lawrence BlockDate Published[n.d.] Lot #27 Forty-eight volumes by Lawrence Block in various languages - all signed View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadline48 volumes by Lawrence Block in various languages - signedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #28 Four works by Lawrence Block View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadlineFour works by Lawrence BlockDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #29 Fourteen first editions signed by Lawrence Block View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadline14 first editions signed by Lawrence BlockDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #30 Fourteen signed first editions by Lawrence Block View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadline14 signed first editions by Lawrence BlockDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #31 The Funhouse - original screenplay View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadlineLawrence Block Funhouse original screenplayPublisherBNB ProductionsDate Published[1981] Lot #32 Ronald Rabbit is a Dirty Old Man - five copies, various editions View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadlineLawrence Block Ronald Rabbit - 5 signed copiesPublisherSubterranean Press / ASAPDate Published1995 / 1999 Lot #33 Seventeen limited editions by Lawrence Block View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadline17 signed limited editions by Lawrence BlockDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #34 Seventy-three "mature" titles by Lawrence Block written under various pseudonyms View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadlineSeventy-three "mature" titles by Lawrence BlockDate Published1950's-1960's Lot #35 Ten limited editions by Lawrence Block View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadlineTen limited editions by Lawrence BlockDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #36 Thirty-seven mass market paperbacks signed by Lawrence Block View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadline37 mass market paperbacks signed by Lawrence BlockDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #37 Twenty signed first editions by Lawrence Block View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadlineTwenty signed first editions by Lawrence BlockDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #38 Twenty-one advance proof copies signed by Lawrence Block View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBlock, LawrenceHeadline21 advance proof copies signed by Lawrence BlockDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #40 The Long Tomorrow View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBrackett, LeighHeadlineLeigh Brackett The Long TomorrowPublisherDoubledayDate Published1955 Lot #41 Organic Morning Glory Message - three issues View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBrother Lee, brothers Joe and Larry, editorsHeadlineOrganic Morning Glory Message - 3 issuesPublisherR.J. Williams and D.L. GrayDate Published1971 Lot #46 Self portrait by Charles Bukowski View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineSelf portrait in oil by Charles BukowskiDate Published[1970's?] Lot #48 Saint Johnson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBurnett, W.R.HeadlineW.R. Burnett Saint JohnsonPublisherDial PressDate Published1930 Lot #49 Lot of 11 Canaveral Press books View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineERB in Canaveral Press editionsPublisherCanaveral PressDate Published1960s-1970s Lot #50 Lot of 17 Grosset & Dunlap Tarzan books in dust jackets View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadline17 Tarzan titles in jacketsPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #51 Lot of 6 Burroughs titles View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineIncludes 2 fine Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. vols.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #52 Lot of 7 Tarzan titles View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineLot of 7 Tarzan volumesPublisherEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.Date Published[1931-1939] Lot #53 Lot of 8 books View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineLot of late 20th c. Burroughs volumesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #54 Lot of Two Venus Novels View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineTwo ERB Venus books in jacketsPublisherEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.Date Published[1934-35] Lot #56 Thirteen Grosset & Dunlap science fiction novels View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineLot of ERB sci-fi novels in jacketsPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1917-1929] Lot #57 The War Chief [in] Argosy All-Story Weekly, April-May, 1927 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineEdgar Rice Burroughs The War Chief in Argosy magazinePublisherFrank A. MumseyDate Published1927 Lot #64 A Lost Lady View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineWilla Cather's A Lost LadyPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1923 Lot #65 Sapphira and the Slave Girl View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineFirst edition in dust jacket of Sapphira and the Slave GirlPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1940 Lot #66 Shadows on the Rock View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineSigned by Willa CatherPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1931 Lot #67 The Song of the Lark View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineCather's The Song of the LarkPublisherHoughton, MifflinDate Published1915 Lot #68 The Lady in the Lake View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorChandler, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Chandler The Lady in the LakePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1943 Lot #69 The Brigadier and the Golf Widow View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCheever, JohnHeadlineFirst Trade Edition of Cheever's Brigadier and the Golf WidowPublisherHarper & RowDate Published1964 Lot #70 The Brigadier and the Golf Widow. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCheever, JohnHeadlineCheever's Golf Widow signedPublisherHarper & RowDate Published1964 Lot #71 The Enormous Radio and Other Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCheever, JohnHeadlineEnormous Radio, John Cheever's second bookPublisherFunk & WagnallsDate Published1953 Lot #72 Expelled View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCheever, JohnHeadlineLeaving Eden the Hard WayPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published[1987] Lot #73 The Coloured Lands View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorChesterton, G.K.HeadlineG.K. Chesterton The Coloured Lands First American EditionPublisherSheed & WardDate Published1938 Lot #75 Lot of Two Titles View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorChristie, AgathaHeadlineTwo Agatha Christie titles Lot #77 Le Mystère Laïc (Giorgio de Chirico): Essai d’Étude Indirecte Avec Cinq Dessins de Giorgio de Chirico View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCocteau, JeanHeadlineFive plates after designs by de ChiricoPublisherÉditions des Quatre CheminsDate Published1928 Lot #78 The Hunger Games trilogy. The Hunger Games; Catching Fire; Mockingjay View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorCollins, SuzanneHeadlineThe Hunger Games trilogy 1st EditionsPublisherScholastic PressDate Published2008-2010 Lot #79 Notes on My Books View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadline1 of 250 Signed Copies by ConradPublisherHeinemannDate Published1921 Lot #80 The Point of Honor: A Military Tale View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineJoseph Conrad The Point of HonorPublisherMcClure CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #83 Suspense View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineConrad's Suspense, 1925PublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1925 Lot #92 Fig Tree John View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorCorle, EdwinHeadlineImportant Association Copy between two collaboratorsPublisherLiverightDate Published[1935] Lot #94 Present Indicative View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCoward, NoelHeadlineNoel Coward Present Indicative inscribedPublisherDoubleday, Doran and CompanyDate Published1937 Lot #96 Three author portraits by Robert Crumb View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCrumb, RobertHeadlineThree author portraits by R. CrumbPublisherWater Row PressDate Published1985-1988 Lot #97 Essays of Michel de Montaigne View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Dali, Salvador)AuthorDe Montaigne, MichelHeadlineSigned by Salvador DaliPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1947 Lot #101 The Testament of John Davidson View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorDavidson, JohnHeadlineFinal installment in Davidson's Testament seriesPublisherGrant RichardsDate Published1908 Lot #114 Ragtime View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDoctorow, E. L.HeadlineSigned limited edition of Doctorow's RagtimePublisherRandom HouseDate Published1975 Lot #115 Welcome to Hard Times View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDoctorow, E.L.HeadlineBeautiful Copy of Doctorow's First BookPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1960 Lot #116 Welcome to Hard Times View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorDoctorow, E.L.HeadlineDoctorow's first book, signedPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1960 Lot #119 Heavenly City, Earthly City View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineInscribed to Dorothy Lupher (Whitnah) author of trail guidesPublisherBern PorterDate Published1947 Lot #120 Lot of four novels View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDunning, JohnHeadlineIncludes 3 signed books by DunningPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1992-2004] Lot #121 The Alexandria Quartet View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorDurrell, LawrenceHeadlineDurrell's Alexandria Quartet first editionsPublisherFaber and FaberDate Published[1957-1960] Lot #122 Four works by Lawrence Durrell View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDurrell, LawrenceHeadlineFour works by Lawrence DurrellDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #124 The Brown Wasps: A Collection of Three Essays in Autobiography View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorEiseley, LorenHeadlineBrown Wasp Meets Perishable PressPublisherPerishable PressDate Published[1969] Lot #125 Savonarola: A Dramatic Poem View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEliot, CharlotteHeadlineDramatic poem by T. S. Eliot's motherPublisherR. Cobden-SandersonDate Published1926 Lot #126 Anabasis: A Poem by St. J. Perse (pseud) View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorEliot, T.S., translatorHeadlineT. S. Eliot's translation of French epic poemPublisherFaber & FaberDate Published1930 Lot #127 Murder in the Cathedral View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineT. S. Eliot's Murder in the CathedralPublisherFaber & FaberDate Published1935 Lot #128 Religious Drama: Mediaeval and Modern View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineSigned by T.S. EliotPublisherHouse of Books, Ltd.Date Published1954 Lot #129 The Sacred Wood View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineFirst Issue of Eliot's Sacred WoodPublisherMethuen & Co., Ltd.Date Published[1920] Lot #130 What is a Classic? An Address delivered before the Virgil Society View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineAn address by T.S. Eliot delivered to the Virgil SocietyPublisherFaber & FaberDate Published1945 Lot #131 Ten Tales View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorEllison, Harlan, Roger Zelazny et alHeadlineTen Tales signed by Ellison, Block and others 1/26PublisherJames CahillDate Published1994 Lot #132 Ten Tales - three copies View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorEllison, Harlan, Roger Zelazny et alHeadlineTen Tales signed by Ellison, Block and others - 3 copiesPublisherJames CahillDate Published1994 Lot #133 The Name Encanyoned River - four copies View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorEshleman, ClaytonHeadlineClayton Eshelman The Name Encanyoned RiverPublisherWoodbine PressDate Published1977 Lot #134 Intruder in the Dust View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Faulkner Intruder in the DustPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1948] Lot #135 Ten volumes by William Faulker published by the Easton Press View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadline10 volumes by William Faulkner from the Easton PressPublisherThe Easton PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #137 All the Sad Young Men View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineF. Scott Fitzgerald All the Sad Young MenPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1926 Lot #138 All the Sad Young Men View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineAll the Sad Young Men, First PrintingPublisherScribner'sDate Published1926 Lot #139 The Spy Who Loved Me View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorFleming, IanHeadlineIan Fleming, The Spy Who Loved Me 1st edPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1962] Lot #140 A Passage to India View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorForster, E. M.HeadlineFirst Edition of A Passage to IndiaPublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1924 Lot #143 Nobody Lives For Ever View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGardner, JohnHeadlineJohn Gardner's Nobody Lives For Ever 1st edPublisherJonathan Cape and Hodder & StoughtonDate Published1986 Lot #144 The Prophet View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorGibran, KahlilHeadlineKahlil Gibran's The Prophet Second PrintingPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1924 Lot #145 "C" is for Corpse View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorGrafton, SueHeadlineGrafton's Third MysteryPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1986] Lot #146 Brighton Rock View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineEarly Graham Greene NovelPublisherVikingDate Published1938 Lot #147 Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineOne of 500 copies.PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1980] Lot #148 The End of the Affair View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineThe End of the Affair is Rarely This PrettyPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1951] Lot #149 May We Borrow Your Husband? And Other Comedies of the Sexual Life View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineLimited Edition Signed by GreenePublisherThe Bodley HeadDate Published[1967] Lot #150 The Name of Action View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineGreene's Second NovelPublisherHeinemannDate Published[1930] Lot #151 The Quiet American View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineNovel of Wartime Vietnam in JacketPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1955] Lot #152 Reflections on Travels with My Aunt View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadline1 of 250 copies Signed by GreenePublisherFirsts & CompanyDate Published1989 Lot #153 This Gun for Hire View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineThis Gun for Hire 1st Edition in jacketPublisherDoubleday, DoranDate Published1936 Lot #154 Why the Epigraph? View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineSigned, Limited GreenePublisherThe Nonesuch PressDate Published[1989] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next