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2

Two mystery novels from Douglas Adams

Author
Adams, Douglas
Headline
Two humorous mysteries from Douglas Adams
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Date Published
1987-1988

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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3

Dark Laughter [with] The Untold Lie, and Other Stories

Author
Anderson, Sherwood
Headline
Dark Laughter and The Untold Lie by Anderson
Date Published
1919; 1925

Sold for$12.50

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6

Come Back, Dr. Caligari

Author
Barthelme, Donald
Headline
First American Edition, in unclipped dj
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
[1964]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

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7

The Early Worm

Author
Benchley, Robert
Headline
Benchley's The Early Worm, 1st Ed. in dj
Publisher
Henry Hold and Company
Date Published
[1927]

Sold for$87.50

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8

A Graveyard for Lunatics

Author
Bradbury, Ray
Headline
Signed by Ray Bradbury
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1990

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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14

We All Killed Grandma

Author
Brown, Fredric
Headline
We All Killed Grandma, first edition in dj
Publisher
E.P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
Date Published
1952

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

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16

Barfly promotional brochure signed by Charles Bukowski

Heading
(Bukowski, Charles)
Headline
Barfly promo brochure signed by Bukowski
Publisher
Cannon Films
Date Published
[1987]

Sold for$50

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17

Four Bukowski titles

Author
Bukowski, Charles
Headline
Four Bukowski titles
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

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18

Ten Charles Bukowski New Years' Greetings from Black Sparrow Press

Author
Bukowski, Charles
Headline
10 Bukowski New Years' Greetings
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
1994-2002

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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19

The Neon Rain

Author
Burke, James Lee
Headline
First Dave Robicheaux mystery, in unclipped dj
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Date Published
[1987]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$225

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21

Four Tarzan novels

Author
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Headline
Four Tarzan novels in jackets
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$212.50

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22

Twenty-six pulp titles from Edgar Rice Burroughs

Author
Burroughs, Edgar Rice
Headline
Shelf of Edgar Rice Burroughs pulp titles
Publisher
Ace Books Inc
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$687.50

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Bidding history(17 bids)

23

Playback

Author
Chandler, Raymond
Headline
Chandler's Playback, 1st British Edition
Publisher
Hamish Hamilton
Date Published
[1958]

Sold for$50

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26

Needle

Author
Clement, Hal
Headline
Hal Clement Needle 1st ed
Publisher
Doubleday
Date Published
1950

Sold for$25

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27

The Rocksburg Railroad Murders

Author
Constantine, K.C.
Headline
In first state unclipped dust jacket
Publisher
Saturday Review Press
Date Published
[1972]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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29

Seven Gothic Tales

Author
Dinesen, Isak
Headline
Dinesen's first English language book
Publisher
Harrison Smith and Robert Haas
Date Published
1934

Sold for$12.50

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30

Adventures of a Young Man

Author
Dos Passos, John
Headline
Dos Passos Adventures of a Young Man
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Date Published
[1939]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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32

The Velvet Fleece

Author
Eby, Louis and John C. Fleming
Headline
The Velvet Fleece by Eby and Fleming
Publisher
E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc.
Date Published
1947

Sold for$62.50

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33

Two signed fantasy titles

Heading
(Fantasy)
Headline
Two signed fantasy titles
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$50

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34

Routines

Author
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Headline
Routines, plays by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Publisher
New Directions
Date Published
[1964]

Sold for$12.50

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35

Single-Handed

Author
Forester, C.S.
Headline
Forester's Single-Handed 1st US Ed.
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's
Date Published
1929

Sold for$62.50

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36

The French Lieutenant's Woman - three editions, one signed

Author
Fowles, John
Headline
French Lieutenant's Woman - 3 editions
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

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37

The Diary of Anne Frank: The Revised Critical Edition

Author
Frank, Anne
Headline
Revised Critical Edition of Anne Frank's Diary
Publisher
Doubleday
Date Published
2003

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

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39

The End of the Affair

Author
Greene, Graham
Headline
The End of the Affair, First edition
Publisher
William Heinemann Ltd.
Date Published
[1951]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

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40

Four novels by Graham Greene

Author
Greene, Graham
Headline
Four thrillers from Graham Greene
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$37.50

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41

The 1947 Pean

Heading
(Hall, Donald)
Headline
Inscribed by poet Donald Hall
Date Published
1947

Sold for$25

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42

Double Star

Author
Heinlein, Robert A.
Headline
Heinlein's 1956 Hugo award winner
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Date Published
[1956]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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43

Four titles by Robert A. Heinlein

Author
Heinlein, Robert A.
Headline
Four titles by Robert A. Heinlein
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$100

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44

Stranger in a Strange Land

Author
Heinlein, Robert A.
Headline
Stranger in a Strange Land, Book Club Edition
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published
[1961]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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45

Cabbages and Kings

Author
Henry, O. [pseudonym of William Sydney Porter]
Headline
O. Henry Cabbages and Kings First Edition
Publisher
McClure, Phillips & Co.
Date Published
1904

Sold for$62.50

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48

English Hours

Author
James, Henry
Headline
Henry James English Hours 1905
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Date Published
1905

Sold for$50

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49

The Further Inquiry

Author
Kesey, Ken
Headline
Signed by Ken Kesey and Ken Babbs
Publisher
Viking Press
Date Published
[1990]

Estimate - $500

Sold for$75

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52

Surfing the Conscious Nets: A Graphic Novel by Huck Getty Mellon Von Schlebrugge

Author
Leary, Timothy
Headline
T. Leary's 1995 internet graphic novel, signed
Publisher
Last Gasp
Date Published
1995

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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59

Collected Sonnets of Edna St. Vincent Millay

Author
Millay, Edna St. Vincent
Publisher
Harper & Brothers Publishers
Date Published
1941

Estimate$10 - $10

Sold for$37.50

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61

Black God's Shadow

Author
Moore, Catherine Lucille
Headline
Jacket signed by the author and illustrator
Publisher
Donald M. Grant
Date Published
1977

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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64

Two first edition poetry titles

Heading
(Poetry)
Headline
Two first edition poetry titles
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$25

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65

Hacienda

Author
Porter, Katherine Anne
Headline
Inscribed by Katherine Anne Porter
Publisher
Harrison of Paris
Date Published
1934

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66

Three volumes from A Dance to the Music of Time

Author
Powell, Anthony
Headline
Three volumes from A Dance to the Music of Time
Publisher
Little, Brown; Heinemann
Date Published
1957; 1968; 1975

Sold for$12.50

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68

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction

Author
Salinger, J. D.
Headline
Salinger's Raise High the Roof Beam
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
[1959]

Sold for$37.50

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70

Four science fiction first editions

Heading
(Science Fiction)
Headline
Four science fiction first editions
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$87.50

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71

Six mass market science fiction titles - one signed

Heading
(Science Fiction)
Headline
Signed by Theodore Sturgeon
Date Published
Various dates

Sold for$25

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75

Cannery Row

Author
Steinbeck, John
Headline
Steinbeck's Cannery Row, in DJ
Publisher
Viking Press
Date Published
1945

Sold for$75

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82

The White Deer

Author
Thurber, James
Headline
Thurber's White Deer, First Edition
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Date Published
[1945]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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83

People One Knows

Author
Updike, John
Headline
Signed by John Updike
Publisher
Lord John Press
Date Published
1980

Sold for$87.50

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85

four volumes by P.G. Wodehouse

Author
Wodehouse, P.G.
Headline
Four works by P.G. Wodehouse
Date Published
Various dates

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86

Quick Service

Author
Wodehouse, P.G.
Headline
Quick Service, first American edition in jacket
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran & Co.
Date Published
1940

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87

Two works featuring the Drones Club

Author
Wodehouse, P.G.
Headline
Two Wodehouse works from the Drones Club
Publisher
Herbert Jenkins
Date Published
[1940]; 1958

Sold for$75

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88

Sam in the Suburbs

Author
Wodehouse, P.G
Headline
Sam in the Suburbs, First U.S. edition in jacket
Publisher
George H. Doran Company
Date Published
[1925]

Sold for$312.50

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89

Notes on Railroad Accidents

Author
Adams, Charles Francis
Headline
Early railroad accidents, 1879
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published
1879

Estimate$10 - $100

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92

The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1787

Heading
(Annual Register)
Headline
British views from the Age of Revolutions
Publisher
Printed for J. Dodsley
Date Published
1789

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

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97

The Ashanti War. A Narrative Prepared from the Official Documents by Permission of Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley

Author
Brackenbury, Henry
Headline
The Ashanti War, 1874 with four folding maps
Publisher
William Blackwood and Sons
Date Published
1874

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

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98

Celebrated Trials Connected with the Aristocracy in the Relations of Private Life.

Author
Burke, Peter
Headline
Handsomely bound by Zaehnsdorf
Publisher
William Benning & Co.
Date Published
1849

Estimate$10 - $100

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99

History of Kern County California, with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present

Heading
(California - Kern County)
Author
Morgan, Wallace M.
Headline
Illustrated History of Kern County California
Publisher
Historical Record Company
Date Published
1914

Estimate$10 - $100

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114

Life of Rosina, Lady Lytton with Numerous Extracts from Her Ms. Autobiography and Other Original Documents, Published in Vindication of Her Memory

Author
Devey, Louisa
Headline
Biography of Rosina Lytton, bound by Zaehnsdorf
Publisher
Swan Sonnenschein, Lowrey & Co.
Date Published
1887

Estimate$10 - $100

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115

Hunting for Gold: Reminiscences of Personal Experience and Researches in the Early Days of the Pacific Coast from Alaska to Panama

Author
Downie, Major William
Headline
One of the best Gold Rush reminiscences
Publisher
California Publishing Co.
Date Published
1893

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$150

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118

A Collection of the Parliamentary Debates in England from the year M,DC,LXVIII. To the Present Time. Vol III.

Heading
(Great Britain)
Headline
English Parliamentary Debates 1694-1703
Date Published
[1739]

Estimate$10 - $100

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120

Records of a California Family: Journals and Letters of Lewis C. Gunn and Elizabeth LeBreton Gunn

Author
Gunn, Lewis C. and Elizabeth LeBreton Gunn
Headline
Family life in the California Gold Fields
Publisher
Anna Lee Marston
Date Published
1928

Estimate$10 - $100

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123

The Autobiography of Gurdon Saltonstall Hubbard

Author
Hubbard, Gurdon Saltonstall
Headline
Autobiography of prominent Chicago land speculator
Publisher
The Lakeside Press; R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company
Date Published
[1911]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

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146

Recollections of a Minister to France 1869-1877

Author
Washburne, E.B.
Headline
Nicely bound set of Washburne's Recollections
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1887

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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150

Kashmir

Author
Younghusband, Francis
Headline
With color plates of Kashmir from paintings
Publisher
Adam and Charles Black
Date Published
1909

Estimate$10 - $100

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193

Notice sur deux fragments d'un Pentateuque hébreu-samaritain rapportés de la Palestine par M. le sénateur F. de Saulcy.

Author
Bargès, Jean Joseph Léandre, editor and translator
Headline
'Song of Moses' in Samaritan, Hebrew and Latin
Publisher
Imprimerie Polyglotte Édouard Blot
Date Published
1865

Estimate$10 - $100

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200

Stephani Curcellaei Opera Theologica, quorum pars praecipua institution religionis Christianae. Cum indicibus necessariis.

Author
De Courcelles, Étienne
Headline
Theological works of Étienne de Courcelles
Publisher
Apud Danielem Elservirium
Date Published
[1675]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

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202

The World's Great Classics

Author
Dwight, Timothy et al, editors
Headline
7 Vols of Classics in Modern History Writing
Publisher
The Colonial Press
Date Published
1899

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

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210

Orientalisch- und occidentalischer Sprachmeister, welcher nicht allein hundert Alphabete nebst ihrer Aussprache, so bey denen meisten europäisch- asiatisch- africanisch- und americanischen Völckern...

Author
Fritz, Johann Friedrich
Headline
German Enlightenment text on Linguistics, 1748
Publisher
Christian Friedrich Gessner
Date Published
1748

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

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223

Lays Of Ancient Rome

Author
Macaulay, Thomas Babington
Headline
Macaulay's Lays of Ancient Rome 1881
Publisher
Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
Date Published
1881

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224

Henry of Guise and Other Portraits

Author
Macdowall, H.C.
Headline
Nicely bound biography of Henry of Guise
Publisher
Macmillan and Co.; The Macmillan Company
Date Published
1898

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

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226

Joséphine Impératrice et Reine

Author
Masson, Frédéric
Headline
Empress Josephine with aquatint plates
Publisher
Goupil et Cie
Date Published
1899

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

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236

Scriptores Rerum Silesiacarum oder Sammlung Schlesischer Geschichtschreiber, Namens der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur

Author
Stenzel, Gustav Adolf
Headline
Uncommon Silesian History, 3 vols
Publisher
Josef Max & Komp
Date Published
1839

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

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240

American Buffalo

Heading
(Arion Press)
Author
Mamet, David
Headline
Signed by David Mamet and Michael McCurdy
Publisher
Arion Press
Date Published
1992

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

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272

A Book of Gaelic Airs for Una's Melodeon

Heading
(Book Club of California 191)
Author
Jeffers, Una
Headline
A Book of Gaelic Airs - Una Jeffers
Publisher
Book Club of California
Date Published
1989

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

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298

Todd Andrews to the Author: A Letter from Letters - six copies

Heading
(Lord John Press)
Author
Barth, John
Headline
Signed by John Barth
Publisher
Lord John Press
Date Published
1979

Sold for$50

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299

Queen of the Night

Heading
(Lord John Press)
Author
Oates, Joyce Carol
Headline
One of 50 copies signed by Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher
Lord John Press
Date Published
1979

Sold for$162.50

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330

Feuillets d'Art: Deuxième Année, Nos. 1-6

Heading
(Feuillets d'Art)
Headline
Feuillets d'Art: Deuxième Année
Publisher
Lucien Vogel
Date Published
1921-22

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

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