Sale 712: Fine Literature - Science Fiction

Author
Krylov, Ivan Andreyevich; Sumarokov, Alexander; Kheraskov, Mikhail, et al.
Headline
Russian fables and folktales in verse 1842 scarce
Publisher
Librairie D'Amyot
Date Published
1842

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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126

Pax No. 1

Author
Lax, Robert, editor
Headline
Robert Lax Pax No. 1 1956
Date Published
[1956]

Estimate$400 - $600

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127

Dear Jack: Heart Not Head - three copies

Author
Lax, Robert
Headline
Robert Lax Dear Jack - three copies
Publisher
Water Row Press
Date Published
Various dates.

Estimate$200 - $300

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128

Jubilee issues 1-8

Author
Lax, Robert
Headline
Robert Lax Jubilee 1-8 advance proofs 1958
Publisher
[Robert Lax]
Date Published
1958

Estimate$300 - $500

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129

The Juggler

Author
Lax, Robert
Headline
Robert Lax the Juggler 1956
Publisher
The Hand Press
Date Published
1956

Estimate$500 - $800

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130

Large archive of Robert Lax material

Author
Lax, Robert
Headline
Large archive of poet Robert Lax
Date Published
Various dates.

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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131

Oedipus

Author
Lax, Robert
Headline
Robert Lax Oedipus 1/50
Publisher
The Hand Press
Date Published
1958

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132

One Stone One Stone

Author
Lax, Robert
Headline
Robert Lax handmade book
Date Published
[n.d.]

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133

Tree - two editions

Author
Lax, Robert
Headline
Robert Lax Tree - 2 editions
Publisher
Journeyman Press
Date Published
1970

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134

Changing My Mind, Among Others: Lifetime writings, selected and introduced by author

Author
Leary, Timothy
Headline
Inscribed & signed by Timothy Leary
Publisher
Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Date Published
[1982]

Estimate$300 - $500

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135

The Mary-Jane Papers: a Poem & a Play

Heading
(Levy, D.A.)
Author
Montgomery, George
Headline
George Montgomery The Mary-Jane Papers prined by D.A. Levy 1/200
Publisher
7 Flowers Press
Date Published
1966

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136

Four titles by Sinclair Lewis

Author
Lewis, Sinclair
Headline
Four titles by Sinclair Lewis w/jackets
Date Published
Various dates.

Estimate$200 - $300

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137

Gift From The Sea

Author
Lindbergh, Anne Morrow
Headline
Gift From The Sea w/presentation inscription
Publisher
Pantheon
Date Published
1955

Estimate$500 - $800

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138

The Poetical Works & Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Illustrated

Author
Longfellow, Henry W.
Headline
Works of Henry Longfellow, illustrated
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Date Published
1881-[1883]

Estimate$200 - $300

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139

14 Titles, Two Copies Each from the Lord John Press

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(Lord John Press)
Author
Various
Headline
14 titles, Two Copies Each from Lord John Press
Publisher
Lord John Press
Date Published
Various

Estimate$200 - $300

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140

Lord John Film Festival

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(Lord John Press)
Author
Yellin, Herb, editor
Headline
Lord John Film Festival 1/26 Lettered Copies
Publisher
Lord John Press
Date Published
2006

Estimate$800 - $1,200

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141

Lord John Film Festival

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(Lord John Press)
Author
Yellin, Herb, editor
Headline
Lord John Film Festival 1 of 174 copies
Publisher
Lord John Press
Date Published
2006

Estimate$300 - $500

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142

The Chill

Author
Macdonald, Ross
Headline
Ross Macdonald The Chill 1st ed
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1964

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143

The Venture: An Annual of Art and Literature

Heading
(Maugham, W. Somerset)
Author
Housman, Laurence & W. Somerset Maugham, editors
Headline
Maugham & Housman The Venture 1903
Publisher
John Baillies
Date Published
1903

Estimate$200 - $300

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144

Autograph signed letter by W. Somerset Maugham

Author
Maugham, W. Somerset
Headline
ALS by W. Somerset Maugham, 1959
Date Published
1959

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145

A Writer's Notebook

Author
Maugham, W. Somerset
Headline
Somerset Maugham Writer's Notebook signed
Publisher
William Heinemann
Date Published
1949

Estimate$200 - $300

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146

Theatre

Author
Maugham, William Somerset
Headline
W. Somerset Maugham's Theatre, 1st Ed.
Publisher
William Heinemann
Date Published
[1937]

Estimate$200 - $300

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147

Lonesome Dove

Author
McMurtry, Larry
Headline
Lonesome Dove by McMurtry Signed 1st
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Date Published
[1985]

Estimate$500 - $800

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148

Luna

Author
Meltzer, David
Headline
Luna 1/200 signed by David Melzer
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
1970

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149

Moby-Dick; or, the Whale

Author
Melville, Herman
Headline
First U.S. edition of Moby Dick
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1851

Estimate$3,000 - $5,000

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150

The Bridges at Toko-ri

Author
Michener, James A.
Headline
James Michener The Bridges at Toko-Ri 1st Edition
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1953]

Estimate$200 - $300

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151

Sayonara - lobby cards for the film based on the novel by James Michener

Heading
(Michener, James)
Headline
Lobby cards, Marlon Brando in Michener's Sayonara
Publisher
National Screen Service Corp.
Date Published
1957

Estimate$200 - $300

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152

Signed author photograph of James Michener

Heading
[Michener, James]
Headline
Signed photograph of James Michener
Date Published
1988

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153

Trouble Follows Me

Author
Millar, Kenneth
Headline
Trouble Follows Me by Millar 1st in scarce jacket
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company
Date Published
1946

Estimate$400 - $600

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154

Original photograph of Henry Miller

Heading
(Miller, Henry)
Author
Webb, William photographer
Headline
Original photo of Henry Miller signed
Date Published
1968

Estimate$500 - $800

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155

Two page typed, signed letter by Henry Miller

Author
Miller, Henry
Headline
Two page typed, signed letter by Henry Miller 1961
Date Published
April 19, 1961

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156

Noruwei No Mori [Norwegian Wood]

Author
Murakami, Haruki
Headline
Haruki Murakami Norwegian Wood 1st ed in Japanese
Publisher
Kodansha
Date Published
1987

Estimate$500 - $800

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157

Lolita

Author
Nabokov, Vladimir
Headline
Nabokov Lolita 1st ed
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published
[1955]

Estimate$300 - $500

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158

Charles Olson & Robert Creeley: The Complete Correspondence - Volumes 1 through 9

Author
Olson, Charles, and Robert Creeley
Headline
Olson & Creeley Complete Correspondence Vols. 1-9
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
1980-1990

Estimate$300 - $500

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159

Seven signed first editions by Orhan Pamuk

Author
Pamuk, Orhan
Headline
Seven signed first editions by Orhan Pamuk
Date Published
Various dates.

Estimate$200 - $300

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160

English Notes: A Rare and Unknown Work Being a Reply to Charles Dickens's "American Notes"

Author
[Poe, Edgar Allan, attributed]
Headline
English Notes - Attributed to Edgar Allan Poe finely bound
Publisher
Lewis M. Thompson
Date Published
1920

Estimate$300 - $500

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161

The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope

Author
Pope, Alexander
Headline
Pope's Poetical Works, in English 4 vols finely bound
Publisher
Robert and Andrew Foulis
Date Published
1763

Estimate$200 - $300

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162

Poetry: A Magazine of Verse - Vol. 1, No. 1

Heading
(Pound, Ezra)
Headline
Poetry: A Magazine of Verse - No. 1 1912
Publisher
Harriet Monroe
Date Published
1912

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163

Cavalcanti Poems

Author
Pound, Ezra
Headline
Ezra Pound Cavalcanti Poems signed 1/190
Publisher
New Directions
Date Published
1966

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164

Culture

Author
Pound, Ezra
Headline
Ezra Pounds' Culture in dust jacket
Publisher
New Directions
Date Published
1938

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165

A Time to be Born

Author
Powell, Dawn
Headline
Dawn Powell A Time To Be Born inscribed
Publisher
Charles Scribner’s Sons
Date Published
1942

Estimate$1,000 - $1,500

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166

Atlas Shrugged

Author
Rand, Ayn
Headline
Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged 1st Edition 1st Print in DJ
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1957]

Estimate$600 - $900

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167

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

Author
Rowling, J.K.
Headline
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1st Ed
Publisher
Levine Books / Scholastic Press
Date Published
[1998]

Estimate$700 - $1,000

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168

Sandburg: Photographers View Carl Sandburg - with original signed photograph

Heading
(Sandberg, Carl)
Author
Steichen, Edward, editor
Headline
With original photo of Carl Sandberg signed
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace & World
Date Published
[1966]

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169

The Old Huntsman and other Poems

Author
Sassoon, Siegfried
Headline
Siegfried Sassoon The Old Huntsman signed
Publisher
William Heinemann
Date Published
1917

Estimate$1,000 - $1,500

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170

Wild Animals I Have Known

Author
Seton, Ernest Thompson,
Headline
Signed with sketch by E.S. Thompson
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1900

Estimate$200 - $300

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171

Four volumes by Ernest Thompson Seton

Author
Seton, Ernest Thompson
Headline
Four volumes by Ernest Thompson Seton
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$300 - $500

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172

Wild Animals I Have Known

Author
Seton, Ernest Thompson
Headline
Signed by Ernest Thompson Seton, in jacket
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published
1926

Estimate$200 - $300

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173

The Jungle

Author
Sinclair, Upton
Headline
Upton Sinclair, The Jungle, LEC Signed 1 of 1500
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1965

Estimate$200 - $300

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174

Patti Smith - Galerie Veith Turske

Heading
(Smith, Patti)
Headline
Patti Smith, Galerie Veith Turske, 1977
Publisher
Galerie Veith Turske
Date Published
[1977]

Estimate$500 - $800

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175

Al Este del Paraiso - film poster from the Spanish language version of the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's East of Eden

Heading
(Steinbeck, John)
Headline
Spanish language film poster, East of Eden
Date Published
1955

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176

Los Hombres Brutos - lobby card from the Mexican issue of the film based on John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men with eight publicity photographs and ten b&w lobby cards

Heading
(Steinbeck, John)
Headline
Of Mice and Men lobby card & promo material
Date Published
1939

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177

Naufragos - poster from the Spanish language version of the Alfred Hitchcock film Lifeboat written by John Steinbeck

Heading
(Steinbeck, John)
Headline
Spanish language film poster Hitchcock's Lifeboat
Date Published
1944

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178

The Red Pony - three color posters from the film

Heading
(Steinbeck, John)
Headline
Three posters, Steinbeck film the The Red Pony
Date Published
1949

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179

The Wayward Bus - three color posters from the film

Heading
(Steinbeck, John)
Headline
Three posters, Steinbeck film The Wayward Bus
Date Published
1957

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180

Cup of Gold: A Life of Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer, with Occasional Reference to History

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
Steinbeck's Cup of Gold, 1st U.K. Ed. in scarce jacket
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd.
Date Published
[1937]

Estimate$1,500 - $2,500

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181

East of Eden

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
John Steinbeck East of Eden 1st issue
Publisher
Viking Press
Date Published
1952

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182

East of Eden

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
East of Eden in sharp first issue jacket
Publisher
Viking Press
Date Published
1952

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183

The Grapes of Wrath

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
Steinbeck's Grapes of Wrath Ltd Editions Club
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1940

Estimate$500 - $800

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184

The Moon is Down: Play in Two Parts

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
One of only 250 copies
Publisher
Viking Press
Date Published
1942

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185

Of Mice and Men: A Play in Three Acts

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men, First Play Edition
Publisher
Covici-Friede
Date Published
[1937]

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186

To A God Unknown

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
Steinbeck To a God Unknown rare first issue
Publisher
Robert Ballou
Date Published
[1933]

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187

The Suicide Club

Author
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Headline
The Suicide Club, finely bound
Publisher
Pierre Beres
Date Published
[1941]

Estimate$200 - $300

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188

One Hundred Poems of Kabir

Author
Tagore, Rabindranath, translator
Headline
Songs of Kabir 1st Edition
Publisher
The India Society
Date Published
1914

Estimate$200 - $300

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189

The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman 1955-1967

Author
Thompson, Hunter S.
Headline
Hunter S. Thompson The Proud Highway Advance Reader's Edition signed 1/150
Publisher
Villard
Date Published
[1997]

Estimate$500 - $800

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190

A Book of Masks [and] To One in Heaven

Author
Underwood, Wilbur
Headline
Two signed works by Wilbur Underwood
Publisher
Elkin Matthews
Date Published
1907, 1928

Estimate$500 - $800

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191

Unicorn Folio Series One, Nos. 1, 2, and 4

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(Unicorn Folio Series)
Headline
Unicorn Folio Series One, Nos. 1, 2, and 4
Publisher
Unicorn Press
Date Published
1967

Estimate$200 - $300

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192

Unicorn Folio Series Two, Nos. 1-4

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(Unicorn Folio Series)
Headline
Unicorn Folio Series Two, Nos. 1-4 complete set
Publisher
Unicorn Press
Date Published
1968

Estimate$300 - $500

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193

The Texas Art Journal No. 1 - Patron's Edition

Author
Updike, John et all
Headline
Signed manuscript sheets from John Updike, Saroyan, and others
Publisher
Cameron Northouse
Date Published
1977

Estimate$300 - $500

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194

Bech: His Oeuvre

Author
Updike, John
Headline
John Updike Bech: His Oeuvre 1/16
Publisher
William B. Ewert
Date Published
2000

Estimate$1,500 - $2,500

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195

Original hand-corrected typescript of the introduction to Talk from the Fifties

Author
Updike, John
Headline
Original John Updike typescript 1979
Publisher
[Lord John Press]
Date Published
[1979]

Estimate$2,000 - $3,000

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196

Dee Goong An: Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee

Author
van Gulik, R.H.
Headline
R.H. van Gulik Judge Dee mystery
Publisher
Printed for the Author
Date Published
1949

Estimate$300 - $500

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197

In a Yellow Wood

Author
Vidal, Gore
Headline
In a Yellow Wood, Gore Vidal's 2nd novel
Publisher
E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
Date Published
1947

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198

The Philosophical Dictionary of M. de Voltaire with The Original Life of the Author

Author
Voltaire, [François Marie Arouté de]
Headline
Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary, 1819
Publisher
Sherwood, Neely, and Jones
Date Published
1819

Estimate$300 - $500

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199

Breakfast of Champions - uncorrected proof

Author
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.
Headline
Kurt Vonnegut Breakfast of Champions - uncorrected proof
Publisher
Delacorte Press/Seymour Lawrence
Date Published
[1973]

Estimate$300 - $500

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200

Slaughterhouse Five - proof copy

Author
Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.
Headline
Slaughterhouse Five - proof copy w/scarce jacket
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Date Published
1970

Estimate$1,000 - $1,500

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