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DodsleyDate Published1754 Lot #14 The Eve of St. Mark View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAnderson, MaxwellHeadlineEve of St. Mark signed by the castPublisherAnderson HouseDate Published1942 Lot #15 The Early Asimov View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorAsimov, IsaacHeadlineSigned by Isaac AsimovPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1972 Lot #17 Large collection of poetry chapbooks and journals from the collection of Douglas Calhoun View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(Athanor Journal)HeadlineCollection of poetry chapbooks and journals 1960s-70sDate Published1960s-70s Lot #20 Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadlineInscribed & signed by James BaldwinPublisherThe Dial PressDate Published1968 Lot #34 Death is a Lonely Business View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray Bradbury, 1st Trade Ed.Publisher[Alfred A. Knopf]Date Published[1985] Lot #48 Sixteen issues of the Wormwood Review View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles)AuthorMalone, Marvin, editorHeadlineSixteen issues of the Wormwood ReviewPublisherThe Wormwood Review PressDate Published1965-1976 Lot #61 Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit - inscribed View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski's Play the Piano Drunk - inscribedPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1979 Lot #62 WITHDRAWN - Three Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineWITHDRWN - Charles Bukowski Three Poems 1/26 copiesPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1992 Lot #66 Signed holograph poem View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineSigned holograph poem by John BurroughsDate PublishedNo date Lot #67 Queer View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, William S.HeadlineQueer, inscribed by William BurroughsPublisherVikingDate Published[1985] Lot #71 Love Poems View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorCamoens, Luis deHeadlineHandbound Love Poems by Luis de CamoensPublisherPrivately ReprintedDate Published1886 Lot #75 Cheered and Greeted [and] A Window in Cherry Valley View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorCarroll, Jim and Lewis MacAdams, Jr.HeadlineJim Carroll A Window in Cherry Valley signedPublisher[Adventures in Poetry]Date Published[1973] Lot #87 Where Water Comes Together With Other Water - Advance Uncorrected Proofs, signed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineCarver's Where Water Comes Together - Advance Proofs, signedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1985 Lot #96 Cashed check signed by Leonard Cohen View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCohen, LeonardHeadlineCashed check signed by Leonard Cohen 1999PublisherCity National BankDate Published4/26/1999 Lot #97 Dead Roses for a Blue Lady View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCollins, NancyHeadlineDead Roses for a Blue Lady, signed, 1/26PublisherCrossroads PressDate Published2002 Lot #101 Three early first editions by Patricia D. Cornwell View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCornwell, Patricia D.HeadlineThree early first editions by Patricia CornwellPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #103 Her Her, Her & Her, Her vs Her, Her-Her View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorDavids, Betsy and Carol PeelHeadlineDavids and Peel, Her Her...1/150PublisherRebis PressDate Published1974. Lot #108 British aristocrat in Virginia on US visit sends a light-hearted message to Charles Dickens in New York View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorHoward, George [Lord Morpeth, 7th Earl of Carlisle]HeadlineNote to Charles Dickens through intermediaryDate PublishedFeb. 12, 1842 Lot #119 Dark Like the River View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDivakaruni, Chitra BanerjeeHeadlineChitra Banerjee Divakaruni's 1st book signedPublisherWriter's WorkshopDate Published[1987] Lot #134 Heavenly City, Earthly City View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineDuncan's first book with 2 holograph poemsPublisher[Bern Porter]Date Published1947 Lot #135 The Wild Things View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorEggers, DaveHeadlineSigned by Dave EggersPublisher[McSweeney's Books]Date Published[2009] Lot #136 Triumphal March View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineSigned by T.S. Eliot, 1/300PublisherFaber & FaberDate Published1931 Lot #139 Who is She that Looketh Forth as the Morning View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Everson, William)AuthorBrother AntoninusHeadlineWho is She that Looketh Forth as the MorningPublisherCapricorn PressDate Published1972 Lot #142 The Veritable Years, 1949-1966 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineSigned by Everson with holograph poem 1/50PublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1978 Lot #148 Twenty-five miniature volumes of Poems-for-All [and] ten author trading cards View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorFerlinghetti, Lawrence, et al.Headline25 miniature volumes of Poems-for-All plus 10 author trading cardsPublisher24th Street Irregular PressDate Published2001-2014 Lot #150 The Illustrated Wilfred Funk - inscribed View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineFerlinghetti's Illustrated Wilfred Funk - inscribedPublisherCity LightsDate Published1971 Lot #161 Why View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorFranklin, Jean DwightHeadlineWhy by Jean Dwight Franklin, inscribed to Herbert HooverPublisher[New York]Date Published1929 Lot #163 A Further Range View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineRobert Frost A Further Range signed limited edition.PublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1936] Lot #165 Mountain Interval View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineMountain Interval by Robert Frost First IssuePublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1916] Lot #166 Mountain Interval View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineMountain Interval by Robert Frost Second IssuePublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1916] Lot #167 WITHDRAWN - The Case of the Demure Defendant View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGardner, Erle StanleyHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Signed by Erle Stanley GardnerPublisherWilliam Morrow and CompanyDate Published[1956] Lot #168 WITHDRAWN - The Case of the Singing Skirt View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGardner, Erle StanleyHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Inscribed by Erle Stanley GardnerPublisherWilliam MorrowDate Published[1959] Lot #175 For Whispers & Chants View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorZeitlin, JakeHeadlineSigned with an inscription by the authorPublisherThe Lantern PressDate Published1927 Lot #184 Six signed volumes by Robert Hass View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHass, RobertHeadlineSix signed volumes by Robert HassDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #187 Poems and a Memoir View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSigned by Seamus HeaneyPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1982 Lot #189 Christmas Eve: A Morality Play View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHecht, BenHeadlineBen Hecht, Christmas Eve 1/111Publisher[Covici-Friede]Date Published1928 Lot #191 The Little Foxes View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHellman, LillianHeadlineHellman's most successful play, inscribedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1939 Lot #198 Four titles by Tony Hillerman View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorHillerman, TonyHeadlineLot of 4 mysteries by Tony HillermanPublishermostly Harper & RowDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #206 The Cider House Rules View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorIrving, JohnHeadlineSigned by John IrvingPublisherWilliam Morrow and CompanyDate Published1985 Lot #208 Brides of the South Wind: Poems 1917-1922 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineJeffers Signed by William EversonPublisherCayucos BooksDate Published1974 Lot #210 Poems View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers & Ansel AdamsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1928 Lot #211 Such Counsels You Gave To Me & Other Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers, Everson's copyPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1937] Lot #214 The Known World View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorJones, Edward P.HeadlineSigned by Edward P. JonesPublisherAmistadDate Published[2003] Lot #217 Schindler's Ark View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorKeneally, ThomasHeadlineSigned by Thomas KeneallyPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1982] Lot #223 Selected Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorKinnell, GalwayHeadlineGalway Kinnell Selected Poems signed 1/200PublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1982 Lot #227 Being There View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorKosinski, JerzyHeadlineBeing There, signed First EditionPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1970] Lot #232 The Boys from Brazil [with] Sliver View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLevin, IraHeadlineTwo signed novels by Ira LevinPublisherRandom House; Bantam BooksDate Published1976; 1991 Lot #256 Number the Stars View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorLowry, LoisHeadlineSigned by Lois Lowry, Newbery medal winnerPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1989 Lot #273 Leaving Cheyenne - signed View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorMcMurtry, LarryHeadlineSigned by McMurtry, author's 2nd bookPublisherHarper & RowDate Published1963 Lot #288 Three by Montalbano and Hiaasen View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorMontalbano, William D. and Carl HiaasenHeadlineThree by Montalbano and HiaasenPublisherAtheneumDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #289 Signed holograph letter from L.M. Montgomery to Miss June Jaquilt Johnson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMontgomery, L.M.HeadlineA reply to fan mail, L.M. Montgomery 1919Date Published1919 Lot #290 My Uncle Dudley View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMorris, WrightHeadline1st book by Wright Morris, inscribed 1st ed.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1942 Lot #293 Beat Hotel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorNorse, HaroldHeadlineHarold Norse, Beat Hotel 1/100 signedPublisherAtticus PressDate Published[1983] Lot #301 Fight Club View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorPalahniuk, ChuckHeadlineSigned by Chuck PalahniukPublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1996] Lot #302 Sunset Gun View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorParker, DorothyHeadlineDorothy Parker Sunset Gun signed limited 1/250PublisherBoni & LiverightDate Published1928 Lot #307 True Minds View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPonsot, MarieHeadlinePocket Poets True Minds - scarcePublisherCity Lights Pocket BookshopDate Published[1956] Lot #309 The Hind and the Panther ransvers'd to the Story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Prior, Matthew and Charles Montagu]HeadlineSatirical poem on Dryden's The Hind and the PantherPublisherPrinted for W. DavisDate Published1687 Lot #314 The Love Poems of Marichiko - two copies View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorRexroth, KennethHeadlineKenneth Rexroth The Love Poems of Marichiko - 2 copiesPublisherChristopher's BooksDate Published1978 Lot #320 Holes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSachar, LouisHeadlineSigned by Louis SacharPublisherFarrar, Strauss, and GirouxDate Published[1998] Lot #324 Blue Lights, or The Convention: A Poem in Four Cantos View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Jonathan M.HeadlineJonathan M. Scott, Blue Lights, or The ConventionPublisherCharles N. BaldwinDate Published1817 Lot #325 Austerlitz View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSebald, W.G.HeadlineSigned by W.G. SebaldPublisherHamish HamiltonDate Published[2001] Lot #327 Six volumes of fiction and poetry signed by the authors or artists View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Signed Limited Editions)HeadlineSix Volumes of Fiction & Poetry Signed Limited EditionsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #328 Letter to a notable New York historian View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorSimms, W. GilmoreHeadlineImportant literary letter by famed novelist W. Gilmore SimmsDate PublishedAug. 30, 1856 Lot #340 Soheyl Dahi: Photographs View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Sore Dove Press)AuthorDahi, SoheylHeadline12 photographs of writers/artists, some signed 1/30 Sore Dove PressPublisherSore Dove PressDate Published2011 Lot #346 Lucy Church Amiably View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineSigned by Gertrude SteinPublisherImprimerie UnionDate Published1930 Lot #347 The Making of Americans: The Hersland Family View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineSigned by Gertrude SteinPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1934] Lot #348 Three Lives View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineGertrude Stein - Three Lives inscribedPublisherModern LibraryDate Published1933 Lot #363 Twenty-five typed poems - most signed in ink by George Sterling View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadline25 typed poems most signed by George SterlingDate Published[n.d.] Lot #383 Hocus Pocus View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorVonnegut, KurtHeadlineSigned by Kurt VonnegutPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1990] Lot #432 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineWhitman's Leaves of Grass, 1882PublisherRees Welsh & Co.Date Published1882 Lot #435 Moise and the World of Reason View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineSigned by Tennessee Williams, 1/350PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1975] Lot #441 This is My God View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorWouk, HermanHeadlineInscribed by Herman Wouk to Walter A. HaasPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1959 Lot #443 A Packet for Ezra Pound View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineYeats' A Packet for Ezra Pound, Cuala PressPublisherThe Cuala PressDate Published1929 Lot #444 Lord John Film Festival View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorYellin, Herb, editorHeadlineLord John Film Festival 1 of 174 copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published2006 Lot #446 Four works by prominent male authors of the 20th century View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Heading(20th century literature)HeadlineWorks by prominent male authors of the 20th century, some signedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #448 The Poetical Works of the Late Christopher Anstey, Esq. with Some Account of the Life and Writings of The Author, by his Son, John Anstey, Esq. View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorAnstey, ChristopherHeadlinePoetical Works of Christopher AnsteyPublisherW. Bulmer and Co.Date Published1808 Lot #458 WITHDRAWN - Another Academy View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Bukowski Another Academy 1/250 signedPublisher[Black Sparrow Press]Date Published[1970] Lot #462 Two signed works by Anne Carson View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorCarson, AnneHeadlineTwo signed works by Anne CarsonDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #471 A Pushcart at the Curb View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold AuthorDos Passos, JohnHeadlineJohn Dos Passos, A Pushcart at the Curb, 1st Ed.PublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1922] Lot #475 Four works by Robert Duncan View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineFour works by Robert DuncanDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #478 In Progress: Alder Gulch and Other Poems View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Heading(Everson, William)AuthorButler, BillHeadlineIntroduction by Brother AntoninusPublisherHaunted Bookshop & Private PressDate Published1961 Lot #485 District and Circle View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSigned by Seamus HeaneyPublisherFarrar, Strauss, and GirouxDate Published2006 Lot #501 The Set-Up - presentation copy View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold AuthorMarch, Joseph MoncureHeadlineJ.M. March - The Set-Up - presentation copyPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1928 Lot #502 The Book of Poetry: Collected from the Whole Field of British and American Poetry. Also Translations of Important Poems from Foreign Languages View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorMarkham, Edwin, compilerHeadlineEdwin Markham's Book of Poetry 10 vols. inscribed 1/750PublisherWm. H. Wise and Co.Date Published1932 Lot #504 Two signed works by W.S. Merwin View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorMerwin, W. S.HeadlineTwo signed works by W.S. MerwinDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #507 The Gazelles and Other Poems View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorMoore, T. SturgeHeadlineMoore's Gazelles and Other PoemsPublisherDuckworthDate Published1904 Lot #512 Sky Sea Birds Trees Earth House Beasts Flowers View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorRexroth, KennethHeadlineFirst Trade of Rexroth's Sky Sea Birds Trees Earth House Beasts FlowersPublisherUnicorn PressDate Published1973 Lot #513 Autograph Letter, signed, to Miss Barber View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorSitwell, EdithHeadlineAutograph Letter from Edith SitwellDate Published25 August 1948 Lot #514 Three signed works by Gary Snyder View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorSnyder, GaryHeadline3 signed works by Gary SnyderPublisherCounterpoint PressDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #515 The Year of the Young Rebels Revisited View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold AuthorSpender, StephenHeadlineBancroft Library keepsake The Year of the Young RebelsPublisherThe Friends of the Bancroft LibraryDate Published1984 Lot #530 Twenty-first Century - a broadside View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold AuthorYevtushenko, YevgenyHeadlineYevtushenko poetry broadside 1/150PublisherParchment Gallery GraphicsDate Published1996 Lot #531 Seven works signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Diane Di Prima View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Heading(Beat Literature)HeadlineSeven works signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Diane Di PrimaDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #546 Forty signed volumes of poetry View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Poetry)HeadlineForty signed volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #547 Thirty-five signed volumes of poetry View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Heading(Poetry)Headline35 signed volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #548 Thirty-one signed volumes of poetry View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Poetry)HeadlineThirty-one signed volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #549 Thirty-two signed volumes of poetry View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Poetry)HeadlineThirty-two signed volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next