Sale 783: Fine Literature and Poetry with Beats, Bukowski & the Counterculture (#783) 03/09/2023 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 03/09/2023 11:00 AM PST 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)RelevanceAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-81 of 81. Previous|1|Next Lot #6 The Future of the American Negro View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(African American)AuthorWashington, Booker T.HeadlineFuture of the American Negro 1899PublisherSmall, Maynard & CompanyDate Published1899 Lot #10 Little Ann and Other Poems. By Jane and Anne Taylor View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Heading(Alcott, Louisa May)AuthorGreenaway, Kate, illustratorHeadlineInscribed & signed by Louisa May AlcottPublisherGeorge Routledge & SonsDate Published[1882] Lot #24 The Letters of Ambrose Bierce View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorBierce, AmbroseHeadlineThe Letters of Ambrose BiercePublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1922 Lot #27 The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Including a Journal of his Tour to the Herbides... With Numerous Additions and Notes... To Which are Added, Two Supplementary Volumes of Johnsoniana... View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorBoswell, JamesHeadlineRiviere & Son binding, Boswell's Life of Johnson 1844PublisherJohn Murray, Albemarle StreetDate Published1844 Lot #38 A New Library of Poetry and Song View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBryant, William Cullen, editorHeadlineBryant's New Library of Poetry and Song 1876PublisherJ.B. Ford and Company; Crocker & StickneyDate Published[1876] Lot #47 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [and] Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadline1st Newell illustrated editions of Alice storiesPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1901-1902 Lot #49 The Life and Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote illustrated by Richard WestallPublisherHurst, Robinson & Co.Date Published1820 Lot #54 Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineNostromo, first American editionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1904 Lot #57 Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineIncludes first book version of Heart of DarknessPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1902 Lot #58 The Little Regiment and Other Episodes of the American Civil War View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineFirst Printing of Crane's Little RegimentPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1896 Lot #68 Household Words: A Weekly Journal: Volumes VI, XV, and XVII View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, Charles, ed.HeadlineHousehold Words: A Weekly Journal, Vols. 6, 15, 17PublisherOffice, 16, Wellington Street NorthDate Published1852-1858 Lot #69 The Pic Nic Papers. By Various Hands View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, Charles, ed.HeadlineDickens Pic Nic Papers First EditionPublisherHenry ColburnDate Published1841 Lot #70 American Notes for General Circulation View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst issue of American Notes by DickensPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1842 Lot #71 Bleak House View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineBleak House in publisher's clothPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 Lot #72 Dombey and Son View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, Domeby & Sons 1st ed.PublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #74 Little Dorrit View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, Little Dorrit 1st Ed. 1857PublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1857 Lot #75 Master Humphrey's Clock View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, Master Humphrey's Clock 1840-41PublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1840-41] Lot #76 Master Humphrey's Clock View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMaster Humphrey's Clock 1st ed in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1840-41 Lot #77 The Mystery of Edwin Drood View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870PublisherChapman & HallDate Published1870 Lot #78 The Mystery of Edwin Drood View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870PublisherChapman & HallDate Published1870 Lot #79 Our Mutual Friend View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineOur Mutual Friend, 1st Ed. book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 Lot #80 The Personal History of David Copperfield View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens David CopperfieldPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1850 Lot #81 Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineWell-illustrated set of the Pickwick Papers 6 vols.PublisherGeorge D. SproulDate Published1902 Lot #82 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineBound Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick ClubPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 Lot #83 The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club [with] signed Dickens envelope View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineW/ Dickens to his sister: signed envelopePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1837 Lot #84 A Tale of Two Cities View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, Tale of Two Cities 1st Ed. 3rd issuePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1860 Lot #85 Three Dickens Christmas books View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadline3 Christmas books by Charles DickensPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1846-1848 Lot #86 Memoirs of Joseph Grimaldi. Edited by "Boz." With Illustrations by George Cruikshank View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Dickens, Charles]HeadlineDickens' Grimaldi, 1st issue in original clothPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 Lot #91 Crime and Punishment: A Russian Realistic Novel View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$5,000StatusSold AuthorDostoevsky, FyodorHeadlineFirst in English. of Crime & PunishmentPublisherThomas Y. CrowellDate Published1886 Lot #96 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineFirst edition of Eliot's Silas MarnerPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1861 Lot #150 Mon Grand-Pere View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorHugo, Georges-VictorHeadlineWith a sketch by Georges-Victor HugoPublisherCallman-LevyDate Published1902 Lot #156 Prose-Poems and Selections from the Writings and Sayings of Robert G. Ingersoll. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorIngersoll, Robert G.HeadlineProse-Poems by Robert G. IngersollPublisherC.P. FarrellDate Published1884 Lot #165 Medea: Freely Adapted from the Medea of Euripides View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Jeffers with poetic inscriptionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1946] Lot #172 Moby Dick View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineInscribed and signed by Rockwell KentPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #176 Songs of the Sea from Rudyard Kipling's Verse View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineOne of 150 copies signed by Rudyard KiplingPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1927 Lot #187 Before Adam View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London's first science fiction storyPublisherThe Macmillan Company of Canada, Ltd.Date Published1907 Lot #188 The Cruise of the Dazzler View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst British edition of Jack London's DazzlerPublisherHodder and Stoughton, PublishersDate Published1906 Lot #189 The Cruise of the Snark View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineInscribed and signed by Bess "Becky" LondonPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1918 Lot #190 The God of His Fathers & Other Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's second bookPublisherMcClure, Phillips & CompanyDate Published[1901] Lot #191 Jerry of the Islands [with] Michael, Brother of Jerry View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineInscribed and signed by Charmian and Becky LondonPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1917 Lot #192 John Barleycorn View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineWell-preserved copy of John BarleycornPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published[1913] Lot #193 The Mutiny of the Elsinore View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineMutiny of the Elsinore in dust jacketPublisherGrosset & Dunlap, PublishersDate Published1914 Lot #194 The People of the Abyss View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineInscribed and signed by Bess "Becky" LondonPublisherIsbister and Company LimitedDate Published1904 Lot #195 The Sea-Wolf View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Canadian edition of the Sea-WolfPublisherMorang & Co., LimitedDate Published1904 Lot #196 Smoke Bellew View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineInscribed and signed by Bess "Becky" LondonPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1912 Lot #198 The Turtles of Tasman View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst edition of London's Turtles of TasmanPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1916 Lot #199 The Valley of the Moon with Jack London By Himself View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst edition of Valley of the MoonPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1913 Lot #200 War of the Classes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineInscribed and signed by Bess "Becky" LondonPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1905 Lot #201 White Fang View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineWhite Fang rare First IssuePublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1906 Lot #202 White Fang View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's White FangPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #215 Mardi: And A Voyage Thither View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMelville's Mardi, first U.S. editionPublisherHarper & Brothers, PublishersDate Published1849 Lot #219 Anne of Green Gables View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorMontgomery, L.M.HeadlinePopular Edition of Anne of Green GablesPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[1914] Lot #248 The Vampyre; A Tale View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Author[Polidori, John W.]HeadlineFirst Edition of the first Vampire storyPublisherSherwood, Neely, and JonesDate Published1819 Lot #262 Lady of the Lake; a Poem View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorScott, WalterHeadlineWalter Scott's Lady of the Lake, first editionPublisherJohn Ballantyne and Co. / Longman, Hurst, et. al.Date Published1810 Lot #265 Widowers' Houses. A Comedy by G. Bernard Shaw. First Acted at the Independent Theatre in London. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorShaw, George BernardHeadlineBernard Shaw's first full-length playPublisherHenry and Co.Date Published1893 Lot #267 Profile by Gaslight - Basil Rathbone's copy View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Heading(Sherlockiana)AuthorSmith, E. W., editorHeadlineBasil Rathbone's copyPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1944 Lot #271 The Doctor, &c. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSouthey, RobertHeadlinePresentation copy of Southey's only prose fictionPublisherLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and LongmanDate Published1834-1847 Lot #272 Heidi View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorSpyri, JohannaHeadlineFirst American edition of Spyri's classicPublisherCupples, Uphram, & CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #280 The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gent. Complete in Three Volumes with A Life of the Author Written by Himself View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Author[Sterne, Laurence]HeadlineA handy and handsome set of Tristram ShandyPublisherPrinted by J. Turnbull...for Gray, Maver & Co.Date Published1803 Lot #284 Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineWith Handwritten Note from H.B. StowePublisherJohn P. Jewett & CompanyDate Published1852 Lot #285 Uncle Toms Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineUncle Tom's Cabin 1852PublisherJohn P. JewettDate Published1852 Lot #289 She Stoops to Conquer, or The Mistakes of a Night View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Thomson, Hugh, illustrator)AuthorGoldsmith, OliverHeadlineSigned by Hugh Thomson, 1/350PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1912] Lot #290 The Silmarillion View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineTolkien's The Silmarillion, mythology of LOTRPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1977 Lot #291 What I Believe View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorTolstoy, LeoHeadlineTolstoy's banned spiritual treatise, early English trans.PublisherWilliam S. GottsbergerDate Published1886 Lot #292 Can You Forgive Her? View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineTrollope's Can You Forgive Her? 1st book editionPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1864-65 Lot #294 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuck Finn 1st American Edition in sheepPublisherCharles L. Webster & CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #295 The American Claimant View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's American Claimant, first editionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 Lot #296 The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadline£1,000,000 Bank-Note by Twain, first editionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 Lot #298 Life on the Mississippi View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineWith vignette of Mark Twain in flamesPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 Lot #299 Life on the Mississippi View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's Mississippi in sheep skinPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 Lot #300 The Prince and the Pauper View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Prince and the Pauper First EditionPublisherJames R. Osgood & CompanyDate Published1882 Lot #301 A Tramp Abroad View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's, A Tramp Abroad, 1st Ed. in clothPublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1880 Lot #302 The Writings of Mark Twain View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineWorks of Twain Stormfield Edition 37 vols.PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1929 Lot #304 From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineTo the Moon and around it by Jules Verne, 1874PublisherScribner, Armstrong & CompanyDate Published1874 Lot #307 The First Men in the Moon View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineFirst Men in the Moon, First British EditionPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1901 Lot #308 The Custom of the Country View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineFirst Edition of Wharton's Custom of the CountryPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1913] Lot #309 The House of Mirth View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineWharton's House of MirthPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1905 Lot #310 Drum-Taps View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineSecond issue with Sequel to Drum-TapsPublisher[Peter Eckler]Date Published1865 Lot #311 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineLeaves of Grass, Large Paper Ed. 1/90PublisherSmall, Maynard & CompanyDate Published1898 Lot #312 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWiggin, Kate DouglasHeadlineWith card signed by Kate Douglas WigginPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1903 Lot #315 The Happy Prince and Other Tales View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineWilde's Happy Prince, 1st US Ed.PublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1888 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next