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2

Two books by Sherwood Anderson

Author
Anderson, Sherwood
Headline
2 first editions of Sherwood Anderson
Date Published
1923-1926

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

3

Castle Roogna

Author
Anthony, Piers
Headline
Piers Anthon, Castle Roogna
Publisher
Macdonald & Co.
Date Published
[1979]

Estimate$200 - $300

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

5

Dr. Kildare's Search

Author
Brand, Max
Headline
First Edition in bright unclipped dust jacket
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company
Date Published
1943

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

6

Young Dr. Kildare

Author
Brand, Max
Headline
The third Dr. Kildare novel, in dust jacket
Publisher
Dodd, Mead & Company
Date Published
1941

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

7

Thin Air

Author
Browne, Howard
Headline
In illustrated dust jacket by Sam Fischer
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Date Published
1954

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

8

The Free Fishers

Author
Buchan, John
Headline
First U.S. Edition in dust jacket
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press
Date Published
1934

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

9

Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window

Author
Bukowski, Charles
Headline
Bukowski Poems Before Jumping 1/400
Publisher
[Poetry X/Change]
Date Published
[1968]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

11

House of Flowers

Author
Capote, Truman and Harold Arlen
Headline
Capote's House of Flowers in unclipped jacket
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1968]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$250

StatusSold

Bidding history(16 bids)

12

Elephant: A Story

Author
Carver, Raymond
Headline
Elephant signed by Raymond Carver limited ed.
Publisher
Jungle Garden Press
Date Published
1988

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$406.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(19 bids)

13

Gai-Jin [with] Noble House

Author
Clavell, James
Headline
James Clavell uncorrected proof and autograph
Date Published
1981-1993

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

14

Noble House

Author
Clavell, James
Headline
Noble House, 1st edition
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Date Published
1981

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

15

They Tell No Tales [with] Without Lawful Authority

Author
Coles, Manning [Adelaide Manning and Cyril Coles]
Headline
They Tell No Tales & Without Lawful Authority
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran and Co., Inc.
Date Published
1942-1943

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

16

The Last of Chéri

Author
Colette
Headline
Sequel to Chéri, by Colette
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Date Published
[1932]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

17

His Monkey Wife: Or, Married to a Chimp

Author
Collier, John
Headline
1930s interspecies romance: His Monkey Wife
Publisher
D. Appleton & Company
Date Published
1931

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

19

1914 Vaterländischer Frauenverein folding case gifted from Gregory Corso to Kirby Congdon

Heading
(Corso, Gregory)
Headline
German folding case gifted from Gregory Corso
Date Published
1914

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

20

Two signed works by Gregory Corso

Author
Corso, Gregory
Headline
Signed and inscribed by Gregory Corso
Publisher
New Directions
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$281.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)

21

Michael Scarlett

Author
Cozzens, James Gould
Headline
Cozzen's second novel set in Elizabethan London
Publisher
Robert Holden & Co. Ltd.
Date Published
1927

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

22

Leaven of Malice

Author
Davies, Robertson
Headline
With Saturday Review half-jacket intact
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1955

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

27

The Lieutenant

Author
Dubus, Andre
Headline
The Lieutenant by Andre Dubus 1st ed w/dj
Publisher
The Dial Press
Date Published
1967

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

28

The Black Book - 2 editions, each signed by the author

Author
Durrell, Lawrence
Headline
The Black Book, 2 editions signed by Durrell
Publisher
E.P. Dutton; Faber and Faber
Date Published
1960; [1973]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$187.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(14 bids)

30

The Town

Author
Faulkner, William
Headline
William Faulkner The Town, First Trade Edition
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
[1957]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

31

A Coney Island of the Mind

Author
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Headline
Coney Island Of The Mind 1st cloth signed
Publisher
New Directions
Date Published
1968

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

33

Eight Bantan Series Titles

Author
Gardner, Maurice B.
Headline
8 titles from Maurice Gardner's Bantan series
Date Published
1957-1977

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

34

Jargon 31: 14 Poets, 1 Artist. December 12-14, 1958, New York

Author
Ginsberg, Allen, Fielding Dawson, et al.
Headline
Jargon 31 signed by Fielding Dawson
Publisher
[The Jargon Society]
Date Published
1958

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(10 bids)

35

Three novels by Caroline Gordon

Author
Gordon, Caroline
Headline
Three novels by Caroline Gordon
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1941-1945

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

37

NO LOT

Headline
NO LOT

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

38

Random Harvest

Author
Hilton, James
Headline
James Hilton Random Harvest
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
1941

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

39

Gentleman's Agreement

Author
Hobson, Laura Z.
Headline
Hobson, Gentleman's Agreement 1st Ed. in jacket
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Date Published
1947

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

40

Meet My Folks! [with] Crow

Author
Hughes, Ted
Headline
First Editions in illustrated jackets
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Date Published
1961; 1970

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

46

Two works about D.H. Lawrence

Heading
(Lawrence, D.H.)
Headline
Two works about D.H. Lawrence
Publisher
Various publishers
Date Published
1933-1934

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

47

On the Edge

Author
Levine, Philip
Headline
Philip Levine's On the Edge, review copy signed
Publisher
Stone Wall Press
Date Published
1963

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$468.75

StatusSold

Bidding history(19 bids)

48

Tarr

Author
Lewis, Wyndham
Headline
Wyndham Lewis' Tarr, in publisher's jacket
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1926

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

50

Sailor on Horseback: The Biography of Jack London

Heading
(London, Jack)
Author
Stone, Irving
Headline
With 4-page facsimile letter from Jack London
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company; The Riverside Press Cambridge
Date Published
1938

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

51

The Deer Park Review Copy [with] Barbary Shore

Author
Mailer, Norman
Headline
Review copy of Deer Park with Barbary Shore
Publisher
Various publishers
Date Published
1951; 1955

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

53

In the Land of Cockaigne [with] The Hill of Lies

Author
Mann, Heinrich
Headline
Two novels from Heinrich Mann
Publisher
Various publishers
Date Published
1929; 1935

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

54

The Fifth Child [with] Pathetic Symphony

Author
Mann, Klaus
Headline
Two novels from the son of Thomas Mann
Publisher
Various publishers
Date Published
1927; 1938

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

57

Ah King

Author
Maugham, William Somerset
Headline
Ah King, Maugham 1st U.S. Edition in jacket
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Date Published
1933

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

59

The World of Sex

Author
Miller, Henry
Headline
John Henry Nash prints Miller's World of Sex
Publisher
John Henry Nash for the author
Date Published
[1940]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

60

The Hundred Days [with] The Thunder Dragon Gate

Author
Mundy, Talbot
Headline
Three novels in two from Talbot Mundy
Publisher
Various publishers
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

61

Waldo Frank: A Study

Author
Munson, Gorham B.
Headline
Munson, Waldo Frank: A Study Ltd 1st Ed. 1923
Publisher
Boni & Liveright
Date Published
1923

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

62

Six paperbacks from Andre Norton

Author
Norton, Andre
Headline
Five signed by Andre Norton
Publisher
Various publishers
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$300 - $500

Sold for$75

StatusSold

63

Files on Parade

Author
O'Hara, John
Headline
O'Hara Files of Parade, 1st Edition.
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Date Published
[1939]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

64

Group of 11 books by Joyce Carol Oates

Author
Oates, Joyce Carol
Headline
J.C. Oates Shelf Lot
Date Published
Various

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

65

Sentimental Education

Author
Oates, Joyce Carol
Headline
Signed by Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher
Sylvester & Orphanos
Date Published
1978

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

66

The Governor of Massachusetts

Author
Paul, Elliot
Headline
Presentation copy of Paul's Governor of Mass.
Publisher
Horace Liveright
Date Published
[1930]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

68

Three novels by David Plante

Author
Plante, David
Headline
Three First Editions from David Plante
Publisher
Various publishers
Date Published
1971-1976

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

69

Performing Objects [and] Found Poems

Author
Porter, Bern
Headline
Two from Bern Porter
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

70

A Long and Happy Life

Author
Price, Reynolds
Headline
Signed and inscribed by Reynolds Price
Publisher
Atheneum
Date Published
1962

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

72

La Prisonnière (Sodome et Gomorrhe III)

Author
Proust, Marcel
Headline
Vol. 6 of Proust's magnum opus, 1st ed.
Publisher
Nouvelle Revue Française
Date Published
1923

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

73

Two finely bound Proust volumes

Author
Proust, Marcel
Headline
2 Proust volumes bound by Semet & Plumelle
Publisher
Nouvelle Revue Française
Date Published
1924-1927

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$187.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(14 bids)

74

Three novels signed by Anne Rice

Author
Rice, Anne
Headline
Three novels signed by Anne Rice
Publisher
Simon & Schuster; Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1979; 1987; 1988

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

75

Carmina Anglica: Latene Reddidit - 4 copies

Author
Richardson, Leon Josia
Headline
Leon Josia Richardson's Latin translations
Publisher
Apud Carolum A. Murdock
Date Published
1899

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

76

Henry Gross and his Dowsing Rod

Author
Roberts, Kenneth
Headline
Dowsing for water, Henry Gross & Kenneth Roberts
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Date Published
1951

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

77

The Lively Lady: A Chronicle of Certain Men of Arundel in Main., of Privateering During the War of Impressments, and of the Circular Prison on Dartmoor

Author
Roberts, Kenneth
Headline
Lively Lady, Kenneth Roberts 1st ed.
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Date Published
1931

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

78

Oliver Wiswell

Author
Roberts, Kenneth
Headline
Roberts: Oliver Wiswell, 2 copies, 1 signed
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.
Date Published
1940

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

79

Check List for Use of Whisky Tenors and Backroom Quartets on Holidays, Week-ends, and All Occasions When Everyone With Any Sense Has Long Since Gone to Bed

Author
[Roberts, Kenneth]
Headline
Check List for Use of Whisky Tenors
Publisher
[Privately printed]
Date Published
[c. 1941]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

81

The Boy in the Sun

Author
Rosenfeld, Paul
Headline
Paul Rosenfeld, Boy in the Sun 1st ed.
Publisher
The Macaulay Company
Date Published
1928

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

83

The Old Man's Place

Author
Sanford, John B.
Headline
John Sanford signed, Old Man's Place
Publisher
Albert & Charles Boni
Date Published
[1935]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

84

Eleven volumes of Sir Walter Scott's Poetry from the library of Edward Smith-Stanley

Author
Scott, Sir Walter
Headline
Edward Smith-Stanley's copies of Scott's poetry
Publisher
Robert Cadell; Adam & Charles Black
Date Published
1851-1854

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

85

Two works by Sir Walter Scott

Author
Scott, Walter
Headline
Two works by Sir Walter Scott
Date Published
1808-1810

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

88

The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Percy Bysshe Shelley

Author
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Headline
Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley, nicely bound
Publisher
Chatto and Windus
Date Published
1888

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

91

The Elements of Style: With Revisions, an Introduction, and a New Chapter on Writing

Author
Strunk, William Jr. and E.B. White
Headline
Omit needless words: Strunk & White 1st printing
Publisher
The Macmillan Company
Date Published
1959

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$225

StatusSold

Bidding history(18 bids)

98

Concerts at Castle Hill

Author
Updike, John
Headline
Concerts at Castle Hill, John Updike, signed
Publisher
Lord John Press
Date Published
1993

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

99

Three First editions of 1960s adaptations for Warren Chappell's music series

Author
Updike, John
Headline
Updike's adaptations of operas for children
Publisher
Knopf
Date Published
1962-1969

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

100

The Mother's Recompense [with] Portrait of a Publisher

Author
Wharton, Edith
Headline
Special ed. Edith Wharton Mother's Recompense
Publisher
D. Appleton and Company
Date Published
1925

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

102

While Rome Burns

Author
Woollcott, Alexander
Headline
Two editions of While Rome Burns, one signed
Publisher
The Viking Press
Date Published
[1934]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

135

Sierra Sanctum: Written Reveries of a Cliff Man

Heading
(California - Sierra Nevada)
Author
Corlieu, Clifford
Headline
With the ink stamp of the author
Publisher
Crown Print & Engraving Co.
Date Published
1926

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

154

Sierra Sanctum: Written Reveries of a Cliff Man

Author
Corlieu, Clifford
Headline
Corlieu's poetry, Sierra Sanctum
Publisher
Crown Print & Engraving Co.
Date Published
1926

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

176

Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape.

Author
Foster, Birket & Tom Taylor
Headline
Birket Foster's Pictures of English Landscape
Publisher
Routledge, Warne, and Routledge
Date Published
[1863]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

244

Hourglass in the Mojave

Author
Sherry, Ruth Forbes
Headline
Hourglass in the Mojave by Ruth Forbes Sherry
Publisher
Wagon & Star
Date Published
[1941]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

285

Leonora

Heading
(Beauclerc, Diana, illustrator)
Author
Bürgher, Gottfried Augustus
Headline
Leonora, illustrated by Diana Beauclerc
Publisher
Printed by T. Bensley for J. Edwards, and E. and S. Harding
Date Published
1796

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

296

The Hesperides & Noble Numbers

Heading
(Fine Binding - Root & Son)
Author
Herrick, Robert
Headline
Works of Robert Herrick, bound by Root & Son
Publisher
Lawrence & Bullen
Date Published
1891

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

298

Sabbath Bells Chimed by the Poets

Heading
(Foster, Birket, illustrator)
Headline
Birket Foster colored illustrations, 1856
Publisher
D. Appleton and Co.
Date Published
1856

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

323

A Bag of Possibles

Heading
(Piece of Moon Press)
Author
Koss, Jim
Headline
Signed by Jim Koss, w/ additional illustration
Publisher
Piece of Moon Press
Date Published
1979

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

326

A Tree Sequence

Heading
(Sea Pen Press & Paper Mill)
Author
Norris, Leslie
Headline
Signed by Leslie Norris and Gretchen Daiber
Publisher
Sea Pen Press & Paper Mill
Date Published
1984

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

385

Bright Shiny Morning: Wives, Wheels, Weapons

Heading
(Richardson, Terry, photographer)
Author
Frey, James
Headline
Bright Shiny Morning signed by Richardson et al.
Publisher
JMc & GHB Editions
Date Published
2008

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

Bidding history(9 bids)