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1
  • Author
    Akenside, Mark
  • Headline
    The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem
  • Publisher
    R. Dodsley
  • Date Published
    1754
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
14
  • Author
    Anderson, Maxwell
  • Headline
    Eve of St. Mark signed by the cast
  • Publisher
    Anderson House
  • Date Published
    1942
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
15
  • Author
    Asimov, Isaac
  • Headline
    Signed by Isaac Asimov
  • Publisher
    Doubleday & Company
  • Date Published
    1972
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
17
  • Heading
    (Athanor Journal)
  • Headline
    Collection of poetry chapbooks and journals 1960s-70s
  • Date Published
    1960s-70s
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
20
  • Author
    Baldwin, James
  • Headline
    Inscribed & signed by James Baldwin
  • Publisher
    The Dial Press
  • Date Published
    1968
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$875
StatusSold
34
  • Author
    Bradbury, Ray
  • Headline
    Signed by Ray Bradbury, 1st Trade Ed.
  • Publisher
    [Alfred A. Knopf]
  • Date Published
    [1985]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
48
  • Heading
    (Bukowski, Charles)
  • Author
    Malone, Marvin, editor
  • Headline
    Sixteen issues of the Wormwood Review
  • Publisher
    The Wormwood Review Press
  • Date Published
    1965-1976
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
61
  • Author
    Bukowski, Charles
  • Headline
    Bukowski's Play the Piano Drunk - inscribed
  • Publisher
    Black Sparrow Press
  • Date Published
    1979
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
62
  • Author
    Bukowski, Charles
  • Headline
    WITHDRWN - Charles Bukowski Three Poems 1/26 copies
  • Publisher
    Black Sparrow Press
  • Date Published
    1992
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
66
  • Author
    Burroughs, John
  • Headline
    Signed holograph poem by John Burroughs
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
67
  • Author
    Burroughs, William S.
  • Headline
    Queer, inscribed by William Burroughs
  • Publisher
    Viking
  • Date Published
    [1985]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$250
StatusSold
71
  • Author
    Camoens, Luis de
  • Headline
    Handbound Love Poems by Luis de Camoens
  • Publisher
    Privately Reprinted
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
75
  • Author
    Carroll, Jim and Lewis MacAdams, Jr.
  • Headline
    Jim Carroll A Window in Cherry Valley signed
  • Publisher
    [Adventures in Poetry]
  • Date Published
    [1973]
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
87
  • Author
    Carver, Raymond
  • Headline
    Carver's Where Water Comes Together - Advance Proofs, signed
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    1985
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
96
  • Author
    Cohen, Leonard
  • Headline
    Cashed check signed by Leonard Cohen 1999
  • Publisher
    City National Bank
  • Date Published
    4/26/1999
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
97
  • Author
    Collins, Nancy
  • Headline
    Dead Roses for a Blue Lady, signed, 1/26
  • Publisher
    Crossroads Press
  • Date Published
    2002
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
101
  • Author
    Cornwell, Patricia D.
  • Headline
    Three early first editions by Patricia Cornwell
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$375
StatusSold
103
  • Author
    Davids, Betsy and Carol Peel
  • Headline
    Davids and Peel, Her Her...1/150
  • Publisher
    Rebis Press
  • Date Published
    1974.
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
108
  • Heading
    (Dickens, Charles)
  • Author
    Howard, George [Lord Morpeth, 7th Earl of Carlisle]
  • Headline
    Note to Charles Dickens through intermediary
  • Date Published
    Feb. 12, 1842
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
119
  • Author
    Divakaruni, Chitra Banerjee
  • Headline
    Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's 1st book signed
  • Publisher
    Writer's Workshop
  • Date Published
    [1987]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
134
  • Author
    Duncan, Robert
  • Headline
    Duncan's first book with 2 holograph poems
  • Publisher
    [Bern Porter]
  • Date Published
    1947
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
135
  • Author
    Eggers, Dave
  • Headline
    Signed by Dave Eggers
  • Publisher
    [McSweeney's Books]
  • Date Published
    [2009]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
136
  • Author
    Eliot, T.S.
  • Headline
    Signed by T.S. Eliot, 1/300
  • Publisher
    Faber & Faber
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
139
  • Heading
    (Everson, William)
  • Author
    Brother Antoninus
  • Headline
    Who is She that Looketh Forth as the Morning
  • Publisher
    Capricorn Press
  • Date Published
    1972
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
142
  • Author
    Everson, William
  • Headline
    Signed by Everson with holograph poem 1/50
  • Publisher
    Black Sparrow Press
  • Date Published
    1978
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
148
  • Author
    Ferlinghetti, Lawrence, et al.
  • Headline
    25 miniature volumes of Poems-for-All plus 10 author trading cards
  • Publisher
    24th Street Irregular Press
  • Date Published
    2001-2014
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
150
  • Author
    Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
  • Headline
    Ferlinghetti's Illustrated Wilfred Funk - inscribed
  • Publisher
    City Lights
  • Date Published
    1971
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
161

Why

  • Author
    Franklin, Jean Dwight
  • Headline
    Why by Jean Dwight Franklin, inscribed to Herbert Hoover
  • Publisher
    [New York]
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
163
  • Author
    Frost, Robert
  • Headline
    Robert Frost A Further Range signed limited edition.
  • Publisher
    Henry Holt and Company
  • Date Published
    [1936]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$500
StatusSold
165
  • Author
    Frost, Robert
  • Headline
    Mountain Interval by Robert Frost First Issue
  • Publisher
    Henry Holt and Company
  • Date Published
    [1916]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
166
  • Author
    Frost, Robert
  • Headline
    Mountain Interval by Robert Frost Second Issue
  • Publisher
    Henry Holt and Company
  • Date Published
    [1916]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
167
  • Author
    Gardner, Erle Stanley
  • Headline
    WITHDRAWN - Signed by Erle Stanley Gardner
  • Publisher
    William Morrow and Company
  • Date Published
    [1956]
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
168
  • Author
    Gardner, Erle Stanley
  • Headline
    WITHDRAWN - Inscribed by Erle Stanley Gardner
  • Publisher
    William Morrow
  • Date Published
    [1959]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
175
  • Heading
    (Grabhorn Press)
  • Author
    Zeitlin, Jake
  • Headline
    Signed with an inscription by the author
  • Publisher
    The Lantern Press
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
184
  • Author
    Hass, Robert
  • Headline
    Six signed volumes by Robert Hass
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
187
  • Author
    Heaney, Seamus
  • Headline
    Signed by Seamus Heaney
  • Publisher
    Limited Editions Club
  • Date Published
    1982
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
189
  • Author
    Hecht, Ben
  • Headline
    Ben Hecht, Christmas Eve 1/111
  • Publisher
    [Covici-Friede]
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
191
  • Author
    Hellman, Lillian
  • Headline
    Hellman's most successful play, inscribed
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    1939
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$500
StatusSold
198
  • Author
    Hillerman, Tony
  • Headline
    Lot of 4 mysteries by Tony Hillerman
  • Publisher
    mostly Harper & Row
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$175
StatusSold
206
  • Author
    Irving, John
  • Headline
    Signed by John Irving
  • Publisher
    William Morrow and Company
  • Date Published
    1985
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
208
  • Author
    Jeffers, Robinson
  • Headline
    Jeffers Signed by William Everson
  • Publisher
    Cayucos Books
  • Date Published
    1974
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
210
  • Author
    Jeffers, Robinson
  • Headline
    Signed by Robinson Jeffers & Ansel Adams
  • Publisher
    Book Club of California
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
211
  • Author
    Jeffers, Robinson
  • Headline
    Signed by Robinson Jeffers, Everson's copy
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    [1937]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$375
StatusSold
214
  • Author
    Jones, Edward P.
  • Headline
    Signed by Edward P. Jones
  • Publisher
    Amistad
  • Date Published
    [2003]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
217
  • Author
    Keneally, Thomas
  • Headline
    Signed by Thomas Keneally
  • Publisher
    Hodder and Stoughton
  • Date Published
    [1982]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$375
StatusSold
223
  • Author
    Kinnell, Galway
  • Headline
    Galway Kinnell Selected Poems signed 1/200
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Date Published
    1982
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
227
  • Author
    Kosinski, Jerzy
  • Headline
    Being There, signed First Edition
  • Publisher
    Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
  • Date Published
    [1970]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
232
  • Author
    Levin, Ira
  • Headline
    Two signed novels by Ira Levin
  • Publisher
    Random House; Bantam Books
  • Date Published
    1976; 1991
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$250
StatusSold
256
  • Author
    Lowry, Lois
  • Headline
    Signed by Lois Lowry, Newbery medal winner
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Date Published
    1989
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
273
  • Author
    McMurtry, Larry
  • Headline
    Signed by McMurtry, author's 2nd book
  • Publisher
    Harper & Row
  • Date Published
    1963
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$375
StatusSold
288
  • Author
    Montalbano, William D. and Carl Hiaasen
  • Headline
    Three by Montalbano and Hiaasen
  • Publisher
    Atheneum
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$225
StatusSold
289
  • Author
    Montgomery, L.M.
  • Headline
    A reply to fan mail, L.M. Montgomery 1919
  • Date Published
    1919
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$750
StatusSold
290
  • Author
    Morris, Wright
  • Headline
    1st book by Wright Morris, inscribed 1st ed.
  • Publisher
    Harcourt, Brace and Company
  • Date Published
    1942
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
293
  • Author
    Norse, Harold
  • Headline
    Harold Norse, Beat Hotel 1/100 signed
  • Publisher
    Atticus Press
  • Date Published
    [1983]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
301
  • Author
    Palahniuk, Chuck
  • Headline
    Signed by Chuck Palahniuk
  • Publisher
    W.W. Norton
  • Date Published
    [1996]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
302
  • Author
    Parker, Dorothy
  • Headline
    Dorothy Parker Sunset Gun signed limited 1/250
  • Publisher
    Boni & Liveright
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
307
  • Author
    Ponsot, Marie
  • Headline
    Pocket Poets True Minds - scarce
  • Publisher
    City Lights Pocket Bookshop
  • Date Published
    [1956]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
309
  • Author
    [Prior, Matthew and Charles Montagu]
  • Headline
    Satirical poem on Dryden's The Hind and the Panther
  • Publisher
    Printed for W. Davis
  • Date Published
    1687
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
314
  • Author
    Rexroth, Kenneth
  • Headline
    Kenneth Rexroth The Love Poems of Marichiko - 2 copies
  • Publisher
    Christopher's Books
  • Date Published
    1978
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
320
  • Author
    Sachar, Louis
  • Headline
    Signed by Louis Sachar
  • Publisher
    Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux
  • Date Published
    [1998]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
324
  • Author
    Scott, Jonathan M.
  • Headline
    Jonathan M. Scott, Blue Lights, or The Convention
  • Publisher
    Charles N. Baldwin
  • Date Published
    1817
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
325
  • Author
    Sebald, W.G.
  • Headline
    Signed by W.G. Sebald
  • Publisher
    Hamish Hamilton
  • Date Published
    [2001]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
327
  • Heading
    (Signed Limited Editions)
  • Headline
    Six Volumes of Fiction & Poetry Signed Limited Editions
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
328
  • Author
    Simms, W. Gilmore
  • Headline
    Important literary letter by famed novelist W. Gilmore Simms
  • Date Published
    Aug. 30, 1856
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
340
  • Heading
    (Sore Dove Press)
  • Author
    Dahi, Soheyl
  • Headline
    12 photographs of writers/artists, some signed 1/30 Sore Dove Press
  • Publisher
    Sore Dove Press
  • Date Published
    2011
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
346
  • Author
    Stein, Gertrude
  • Headline
    Signed by Gertrude Stein
  • Publisher
    Imprimerie Union
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
347
  • Author
    Stein, Gertrude
  • Headline
    Signed by Gertrude Stein
  • Publisher
    Harcourt, Brace and Company
  • Date Published
    [1934]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
348
  • Author
    Stein, Gertrude
  • Headline
    Gertrude Stein - Three Lives inscribed
  • Publisher
    Modern Library
  • Date Published
    1933
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
363
  • Author
    Sterling, George
  • Headline
    25 typed poems most signed by George Sterling
  • Date Published
    [n.d.]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
383
  • Author
    Vonnegut, Kurt
  • Headline
    Signed by Kurt Vonnegut
  • Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Date Published
    [1990]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
432
  • Author
    [Whitman, Walt]
  • Headline
    Whitman's Leaves of Grass, 1882
  • Publisher
    Rees Welsh & Co.
  • Date Published
    1882
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
435
  • Author
    Williams, Tennessee
  • Headline
    Signed by Tennessee Williams, 1/350
  • Publisher
    Simon and Schuster
  • Date Published
    [1975]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
441
  • Author
    Wouk, Herman
  • Headline
    Inscribed by Herman Wouk to Walter A. Haas
  • Publisher
    Doubleday & Company
  • Date Published
    1959
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
443
  • Author
    Yeats, William Butler
  • Headline
    Yeats' A Packet for Ezra Pound, Cuala Press
  • Publisher
    The Cuala Press
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
444
  • Author
    Yellin, Herb, editor
  • Headline
    Lord John Film Festival 1 of 174 copies
  • Publisher
    Lord John Press
  • Date Published
    2006
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$250
StatusSold
446
  • Heading
    (20th century literature)
  • Headline
    Works by prominent male authors of the 20th century, some signed
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$87.50
StatusSold
448
  • Author
    Anstey, Christopher
  • Headline
    Poetical Works of Christopher Anstey
  • Publisher
    W. Bulmer and Co.
  • Date Published
    1808
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$12.50
StatusSold
458
  • Author
    Bukowski, Charles
  • Headline
    WITHDRAWN - Bukowski Another Academy 1/250 signed
  • Publisher
    [Black Sparrow Press]
  • Date Published
    [1970]
Estimate$10 - $100
StatusUnsold
462
  • Author
    Carson, Anne
  • Headline
    Two signed works by Anne Carson
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$87.50
StatusSold
471
  • Author
    Dos Passos, John
  • Headline
    John Dos Passos, A Pushcart at the Curb, 1st Ed.
  • Publisher
    George H. Doran Company
  • Date Published
    [1922]
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$62.50
StatusSold
475
  • Author
    Duncan, Robert
  • Headline
    Four works by Robert Duncan
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$87.50
StatusSold
478
  • Heading
    (Everson, William)
  • Author
    Butler, Bill
  • Headline
    Introduction by Brother Antoninus
  • Publisher
    Haunted Bookshop & Private Press
  • Date Published
    1961
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$12.50
StatusSold
485
  • Author
    Heaney, Seamus
  • Headline
    Signed by Seamus Heaney
  • Publisher
    Farrar, Strauss, and Giroux
  • Date Published
    2006
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$100
StatusSold
501
  • Author
    March, Joseph Moncure
  • Headline
    J.M. March - The Set-Up - presentation copy
  • Publisher
    Covici Friede
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$75
StatusSold
502
  • Author
    Markham, Edwin, compiler
  • Headline
    Edwin Markham's Book of Poetry 10 vols. inscribed 1/750
  • Publisher
    Wm. H. Wise and Co.
  • Date Published
    1932
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$100
StatusSold
504
  • Author
    Merwin, W. S.
  • Headline
    Two signed works by W.S. Merwin
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$100
StatusSold
507
  • Author
    Moore, T. Sturge
  • Headline
    Moore's Gazelles and Other Poems
  • Publisher
    Duckworth
  • Date Published
    1904
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$12.50
StatusSold
512
  • Author
    Rexroth, Kenneth
  • Headline
    First Trade of Rexroth's Sky Sea Birds Trees Earth House Beasts Flowers
  • Publisher
    Unicorn Press
  • Date Published
    1973
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$12.50
StatusSold
513
  • Author
    Sitwell, Edith
  • Headline
    Autograph Letter from Edith Sitwell
  • Date Published
    25 August 1948
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$12.50
StatusSold
514
  • Author
    Snyder, Gary
  • Headline
    3 signed works by Gary Snyder
  • Publisher
    Counterpoint Press
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$125
StatusSold
515
  • Author
    Spender, Stephen
  • Headline
    Bancroft Library keepsake The Year of the Young Rebels
  • Publisher
    The Friends of the Bancroft Library
  • Date Published
    1984
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$12.50
StatusSold
530
  • Author
    Yevtushenko, Yevgeny
  • Headline
    Yevtushenko poetry broadside 1/150
  • Publisher
    Parchment Gallery Graphics
  • Date Published
    1996
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$25
StatusSold
531
  • Heading
    (Beat Literature)
  • Headline
    Seven works signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Diane Di Prima
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$75
StatusSold
546
  • Heading
    (Poetry)
  • Headline
    Forty signed volumes of poetry
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$150
StatusSold
547
  • Heading
    (Poetry)
  • Headline
    35 signed volumes of poetry
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
548
  • Heading
    (Poetry)
  • Headline
    Thirty-one signed volumes of poetry
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
549
  • Heading
    (Poetry)
  • Headline
    Thirty-two signed volumes of poetry
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$10 - $100
Sold for$150
StatusSold
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