Sale 653: Rare Books & Manuscripts from the Library of James "Ted" Watkins (#653) 09/20/2018 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/20/2018 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-89 of 89. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Go Tell it On the Mountain AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadlineJames Baldwin's first bookPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1953 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #3 The Parrot Who Met Papa [and] The Parrot Who Met Papa (Concluded) AuthorBradbury, Ray and David AronovitzHeadlineBradbury's The Parrot Who Met Papa 1/26PublisherPretentious PressDate Published1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #5 Ray Bradbury Companion - signed by Ray Bradbury Heading(Bradbury, Ray)AuthorNolan, William F.HeadlineRay Bradbury Companion - signed by BradburyPublisherGale ResearchDate Published1975 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #6 Two anthologies signed by Ray Bradbury and others Heading(Bradbury, Ray)HeadlineTwo anthologies signed by Ray Bradbury and othersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #7 Two contracts from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer signed by Ray Bradbury Heading(Bradbury, Ray)HeadlineTwo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contracts signed by Ray BradburyPublisherMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.Date Published1960-61 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #9 Two volumes on Ray Bradbury - signed by Bradbury and others Heading(Bradbury, Ray)AuthorWeller, SamHeadlineRay Bradbury biography and interviews signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #10 Four volumes of The Ray Bradbury Chronicles - signed by Bradbury and others AuthorBradbury, Ray, et al.Headline4 volumes of The Ray Bradbury Chronicles - signed by Bradbury and othersPublisherNBM: Mantier, Beal, MinoustchineDate Published1992-93 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #11 About Norman Corwin AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineAbout Norman Corwin by Ray Bradbury 1/60PublisherSanta Susana PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #12 The Climate of Palettes AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury The Climate of Palettes miniature bookPublisherLord John PressDate Published1989 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #14 Dandelion Wine - signed in year of publication AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury's Dandelion Wine signed w/drawingPublisherDoubledayDate Published1957 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #15 Dark Carnival AuthorBradbury, RayHeadline1st English edition of Bradbury's Dark CarnivalPublisherHamish HamiltonDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #16 Dark Carnival AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury's first book Dark CarnivalPublisherArkham HouseDate Published1947 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #17 Dark Carnival AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury's Dark Carnival Signed Limited EditionPublisherGauntlet PublicationsDate Published2001 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #20 Death is a Lonely Business - Presentation Copy AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlinePresentation Copy with Uncorrected ProofPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1985 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #21 Death is a Lonely Business - with signed typed letter AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's death is a Lonely Business w/signed letterPublisher[Alfred A. Knopf]Date Published[1985] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #22 Eight titles by or about Ray Bradbury, seven signed. AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineEight titles by or about Bradbury, seven signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #23 Eight volumes signed or inscribed by Ray Bradbury AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineEight volumes signed or inscribed by Ray BradburyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #24 Fahrenheit 451 AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's Fahrenheit 451 signed LEC editionPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1982 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #25 Fahrenheit 451 - inscribed AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineFahrenheit 451 1st ed- inscribedPublisherRupert Hart-DavisDate Published1954 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #26 Five limited editions signed by Ray Bradbury AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineFive Ray Bradbury signed limited editionsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #27 Five screenplays by Ray Bradbury - four signed or inscribed AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineFive screenplays by Ray Bradbury - four signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #28 Five signed works by Ray Bradbury AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineFive titles signed by Ray BradburyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #29 Five works by Ray Bradbury - four signed AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineFive works by Ray Bradbury - four signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #30 Five works signed or inscribed by Ray Bradbury AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineFive works signed or inscribed by Ray BradburyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #31 Four signed limited editions by Ray Bradbury AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineFour signed limited editions by Ray BradburyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #32 The Golden Apples of the Sun AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineGolden Apples of the Sun, 1st signed with djPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #33 Graveyard for Lunatics - inscribed presentation copy AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury's Graveyard for Lunatics - inscribed presentation copyPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1990 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #34 Green Shadows, White Whale AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's Green Shadows, White Whale signed 1/50PublisherUltramarine / Alfred A. KnopfDate Published1992 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #35 The Illustrated Man AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's Illustrated Man 1st signedPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1951 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #36 The Illustrated Man AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's The Illustrated Man 1st UK signedPublisherRupert Hart-DavisDate Published1952 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #38 It Came From Outer Space AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury It Came From Outer Space signedPublisherGauntlet PublicationsDate Published2004 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #39 It Came From Outer Space AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned limited 1/52 Bradbury It Came from Outer SpacePublisherGauntlet PublicationsDate Published2004 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #41 The Martian Chronicles AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's Martian Chronicles 1st w/jacketPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1950 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #43 A Medicine for Melancholy - signed by two AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's Medicine for Melancholy signed by 2PublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1959 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #44 The October Country AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's October Country signed 1stPublisherBallantine BooksDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #45 The October Country AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's October Country 1st UK signedPublisherRupert Hart-DavisDate Published1956 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #46 The October Country AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury The October Country 1/500 signedPublisherGauntlet PublicationsDate Published1997 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #47 The Poet Considers His Resources AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury broadside poem 1/200PublisherLord John PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #48 Quicker Than the Eye - three signed editions AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's Quicker Than the Eye - 3 signed editionsDate Published1996 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #49 The R.B., G.K.C., and G.B.S. Forever Orient Express AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineScarce inscribed BradburyPublisherJoshua Odell EditionsDate Published[1994] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #50 S is for Space AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineBradbury's S is for Space 1st UK ed signedPublisherRupert Hart-DavisDate Published1968 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #52 A selection of Ray Bradbury booklets and ephemera AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineA selection of Ray Bradbury booklets and ephemeraDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #53 Seven illustrated volumes by Ray Bradbury - all signed or inscribed by him AuthorBradbury, RayHeadline7 illustrated volumes by Ray Bradbury - all signed or inscribedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #55 Something Wicked This Way Comes - inscribed to Herb Yellin AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSomething Wicked This Way Comes - inscribed 1/75PublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1983 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #56 The Stories of Ray Bradbury AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineStories of Ray Bradbury signed 1/60PublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1980 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #57 The Stories of Ray Bradbury - two editions, one inscribed AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineThe Stories of Ray Bradbury - 2 editions, one inscribedPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #58 Storyboard from the film version of Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineStoryboard for Something Wicked This Way ComesDate Published[c.1983] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #59 Switch on the Night AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSwitch on the Night signed by BradburyPublisherPantheon BooksDate Published1955 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #60 The Toynbee Convector AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineToynbee Convector 1/350 in shrinkwrapPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1988 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #62 Twin Hieroglyphs That Swim the River Dust AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury Twin Hieroglyphs 1/300 copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published1978 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #63 Twin Hieroglyphs That Swim the River Dust AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineRay Bradbury Twin Hieroglyphs 1/26, letter A.PublisherLord John PressDate Published1978 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #65 Collected Essays 1917-1932 AuthorEliot, T. S.HeadlineCollected Essays of T.S. Eliot, 1/115 signedPublisherFaber and Faber LimitedDate Published[1932] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #67 Collection of Zane Grey Ephemera Heading(Grey, Zane)HeadlineCollection of Zane Grey EphemeraDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #68 Four page description of Tahiti with holograph corrections and a personal note [and] The Reef Girl AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey four page description of Tahiti with holograph correctionsDate Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #69 Holograph letter from Zane Grey to his son Romer AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineHolograph letter from Zane Grey to his son Romer 1935Date Published[1935] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #70 Holograph letter from Zane Grey to his son Romer AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineHolograph letter from Zane Grey to his son RomerDate Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #71 Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing - author's copy AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey Tales of Fresh-Water Fishing - author's copyPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1928 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #72 Death in the Afternoon AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineErnest Hemingway Death in the Afternoon 1st EditionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,875StatusSold Lot #73 Winner Take Nothing AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineErnest Hemingway Winner Take NothingPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1933 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #74 Excerpts from Visions of Cody AuthorKerouac, JackHeadlineLimited edition signed by Jack KerouacPublisher[Printed for New Directions]Date Published[1960] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #75 Summer of Love AuthorKilmer, JoyceHeadlineInscribed association copy of Joyce Kilmer's 1st bookPublisherThe Baker & Taylor CompanyDate Published1911 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #76 The Seventh World Fantasy Convention - signed by Stephen King and others Heading(King, Stephen)AuthorFrane, Jeff & Rems, Jack, editorsHeadlineSigned by Stephen King and others.PublisherSeventh World Fantasy ConventionDate Published1981 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #77 Lonesome Dove AuthorMcMurtry, LarryHeadlineLarry McMurtry Lonesome Dove 1st ed.PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #78 Death of a Child - two editions Heading(O'Connor, Flannery)HeadlineTwo editions of Death of a ChildPublisherBurns & OatesDate Published1961 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #79 The Artificial Nigger and Other Tales AuthorO'Connor, FlanneryHeadlineO'Connor's Artificial Nigger 1st edPublisherNeville SpearmanDate Published1957 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #80 Everything That Rises Must Converge - review copy AuthorO'Connor, FlanneryHeadlineO'Conner: Everything that rises must converge - review copyPublisherFarrar, Straus & GirouxDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #81 Four first French editions of the works of Flannery O'Connor AuthorO'Connor, FlanneryHeadline4 first French editions of the works of Flannery O'ConnorPublisherGallimardDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #82 A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories - review copy AuthorO'Connor, FlanneryHeadlineA Good Man is Hard to Find - review copyPublisherHarcourt, Brace & CompanyDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #83 A Good Man is Hard to Find and Other Stories - signed copy AuthorO'Connor, FlanneryHeadlineFlannery O'Connor's A Good Man is Hard to Find - signed copyPublisherHarcourt, Brace & CompanyDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #84 The Habit of Being: Letters of Flannery O'Connor - inscribed by Walker Percy AuthorO'Connor, FlanneryHeadlineLetters of Flannery O'Connor - inscribed by Walker PercyPublisherFarrar, Straus, and GirouxDate Published[1979] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #85 Two British First Editions AuthorO'Connor, FlanneryHeadlineTwo British First Editions by Flannery O'ConnorDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #86 Two First Editions by Flannery O'Connor AuthorO'Connor, FlanneryHeadlineTwo First Editions by Flannery O'ConnorPublisherFarrar Straus & GirouxDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #87 Wise Blood AuthorO'Connor, FlanneryHeadlineFlannery O'Connor's Wise Blood 1st UK edPublisherNeville SpearmanDate Published1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #88 Wise Blood AuthorO'Connor, FlanneryHeadlineFlannery O'Connor Wise Blood 1st edPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #89 Wise Blood - inscribed AuthorO'Connor, FlanneryHeadlineFlannery O'Connor's Wise Blood - inscribedPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #90 "Anna Christie" AuthorO'Neill, EugeneHeadlineSigned by Eugene O'NeillPublisherHorace LiverightDate Published1930 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #95 The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas - inscribed by Gertrude Stein Author[Stein, Gertrude]HeadlineThe Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas - InscribedPublisherHarcourt, Brace & CompanyDate Published[1933] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #96 The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas - Inscribed by Stein and Toklas Author[Stein, Gertrude]HeadlineAutobiography of Alice B. Toklas - Inscribed by Stein and ToklasPublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1933] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$9,375StatusSold Lot #97 Les Prix Nobel en 1962 Heading(Steinbeck, John)HeadlineLes Prix Nobel en 1962PublisherImprimerie Royale P.A. Norstedt & SonerDate Published1963 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #98 The Novels of John Steinbeck: A First Critical Study Heading(Steinbeck, John)AuthorMoore, Harry ThorntonHeadlineWith a laid in postcard by John SteinbeckPublisherNormandie HouseDate Published1939 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #99 Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck Cup of Gold, lovely djPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #100 East of Eden - First Edition with First UK Edition. AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineEast of Eden - two editionsPublisherVarious publishersDate Published1952 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #101 A Letter from John Steinbeck AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineA Letter from John Steinbeck - 1 of 150 - 1964PublisherRoxburghe and Zamorano ClubsDate Published1964 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #102 The Moon is Down - Advance Reading Copy AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck The Moon is Down Advance Reading CopyPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1942 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #103 Of Mice and Men AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineLon Cheney Jr.'s copy of Of Mice and MenPublisherCovici FreideDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #104 Positano AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck's PositanoPublisherEnte Provinciale per il TurismoDate Published[1959] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #105 Steinbeck's Nobel acceptance speech and eleven other titles. AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck's Nobel Acceptance and 11 other titlesPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$140StatusSold Lot #117 Two first editions by Rachel Carson AuthorCarson, RachelHeadlineTwo first editions by Rachel CarsonPublisherHoughton, Mifflin Co.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #211 Ninety-one volumes of the Dublin Review Heading(Dublin Review)HeadlineThe Dublin Review 1836-1930PublisherWilliam Spooner, et al.Date Published1836-1930 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next