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Previous|12345|Next Lot #1 Photographic portraits of six nineteenth-century American authors Heading(American Authors)HeadlineMemento of famous New England authorsDate Publishedc.1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #2 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings AuthorAngelou, MayaHeadlineWhy the Caged Bird Sings signed by AngelouPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1969 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #3 Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions Heading(Arion Press)AuthorAbbott, Edwin A.HeadlineSigned by Ray BradburyPublisherArion PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #4 The Great Gatsby Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineArion Press edition signed by GravesPublisherArion PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #5 Mansfield Park AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineHugh Thomson's Mansfield ParkPublisherMacmillan and CompanyDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #6 Pride and Prejudice AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineHugh Thomson's Peacock EditionPublisherMacmillan & Co.; George AllenDate Published1894 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #7 Nine literary autographs Heading(Autographs)Headline9 literary autographs - Huxley, Hardy, etc.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #8 Seven works by James Baldwin AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadlineSeven works by James BaldwinDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #9 The Emerald AuthorBarthelme, DonaldHeadlineDonald Barthelme The Emerald Signed LimitedPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #10 Ill Seen, Ill Said AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineBeckett's Ill Seen Ill Said, one copy signedPublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #11 The Nasty Bits AuthorBourdain, AnthonyHeadlineSigned by Anthony BourdainPublisherBloomsburyDate Published[2006] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #12 Seven titles by Gwendolyn Brooks AuthorBrooks, GwendolynHeadline7 by Gwendolyn Brooks, incl. Annie AllenDate Published1953-1991 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #13 The Lighted Match AuthorBuck, Charles NevilleHeadlineSigned with inscription by C.N. BuckPublisherW.J. Watt & CompanyDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #14 The Chinese Novel: Nobel Lecture Delivered before the Swedish Academy at Stockholm December 12, 1938 AuthorBuck, Pearl S.HeadlineSigned by Pearl S. BuckPublisherThe John Day CompanyDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #15 The Good Earth AuthorBuck, Pearl S.HeadlineFirst Edition of Buck's Pulitzer Prize winnerPublisherThe John Day CompanyDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #16 The Lark. Book I & Book II, Numbers 1-24, plus the Epi-Lark Author[Burgess, Gelett, et al.]HeadlineThe Lark complete, fin-de-siècle magazinePublisherWilliam DoxeyDate Published1896-97 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #17 Black and White AuthorByars, J.C. Jr., compilerHeadlineEarly 20th century African American poetryPublisherThe Crane PressDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #18 The Masks of God: Creative Mythology AuthorCampbell, JosephHeadlineSigned by Joseph CampbellPublisherViking PressDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #19 The Plague AuthorCamus, AlbertHeadlineFirst American Edition of The PlaguePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1948 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #20 A Christmas Memory AuthorCapote, TrumanHeadlineTruman Capote signed A Christmas MemoryPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1956 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #21 In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences AuthorCapote, TrumanHeadlineIn Cold Blood, 1st ed. w/ 1st issue djPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #22 If It Please You AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Carver signed 1/200PublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #23 Lucy Gayheart AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineSigned by Willa CatherPublisherKnopfDate Published1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #24 Expelled AuthorCheever, JohnHeadline3 copies: John Cheever Expelled mini bookPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #25 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell AuthorClarke, SusannaHeadlineJonathan Strange, signed by Susanna ClarkePublisherBloomsburyDate Published[2004] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #26 The Secret Agent: A Drama in Three Acts AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineThe Secret Agent, signed by Joseph ConradPublisherT. Werner Laurie Ltd.Date Published1923 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #27 2 By Crews AuthorCrews, HarryHeadlineHarry Crews, Signed limited editionPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #28 Collection of fifteen titles of literary criticism and biography Heading(Criticism)Headline15 books on literary criticism and biographyDate Published1928-1978 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #29 American Notes for General Circulation AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst issue of the first editionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1842 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #30 A Tale of Two Cities AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Tale of Two Cities 1st issuePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #31 Out of Africa AuthorDinesen, IsakHeadlineFirst American Edition, in dust jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1938] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #32 Museum AuthorDove, RitaHeadlineInscribed and signed by Rita DovePublisherCarnegie-Mellon University Press; Feffer and Simons, Inc.Date Published1983 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #33 Ten Poems AuthorDove, RitaHeadlineDove's First poetry book, inscribed and signedPublisherThe Penumbra PressDate Published1977 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold Lot #34 The Yellow House on the Corner AuthorDove, RitaHeadlineInscribed and signed by poet Rita DovePublisherCarnegie-Mellon University PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #35 Hassan's Tower AuthorDrabble, MargaretHeadlineHassan's Tower, signed by Margaret DrabblePublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #36 The Count of Monte-Cristo [with] Edmond Dantes... A Sequel to the Count of Monte Cristo AuthorDumas, Alexander and Edmund FlaggHeadlineCount of Monte-Cristo w/ spurious sequelPublisherT.B. Peterson and BrothersDate Published1869-1878 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #37 The Strength of Gideon [with] The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar AuthorDunbar, Paul LaurenceHeadlineTwo works by Paul Laurence DunbarPublisherDodd, Mead & Co.; J.L. Nichols & Co.Date Published[1900]; [1907] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #38 The Name of the Rose AuthorEco, UmbertoHeadlineUmberto Eco, Name of the Rose 1st U.S. ed.PublisherHarcourt Brace Jovanovich, PublishersDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #39 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Silas Marner, bound by MorrellPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published[1861] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #40 From Poe to Valery AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineSigned by E. McKnight KaufferPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #41 Four early eighteenth-century English comedies Heading(England - Comedies)Headline4 early 18th c. English comediesDate Published1703-1713 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #42 Collected Stories of William Faulkner AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadline1st Printing of Faulkner's Collected StoriesPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1950] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #43 Light in August AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner Light in August, 1st PrintingPublisherHarrison Smith & Robert HaasDate Published[1932] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #44 Pylon AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Faulkner PylonPublisherHarrison Smith and Robert HaasDate Published1935 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #45 The Conjure-Man Dies AuthorFisher, RudolphHeadlineFirst black detective in literary historyPublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published[1932] View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #46 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare. With Remarks on His Life and Writings, by Thomas Campbell Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)HeadlineLarge fore-edge paintingPublisherRoutledge, Warne, and RoutledgeDate Published1859 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #47 Waverley Novels Volume V Heading(Fore-edge Paintings)HeadlineFore-edge paintingPublisherRobert CadellDate Published1848 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #48 The African Queen AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineForester African Queen, 1st U.K. ed.PublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published1935 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #49 C.S. Forester's Hornblower One More Time AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineTribute to C.S. Forester's Hornblower 1/350PublisherPublished for the Richard Bolitho AssociationDate Published[1976] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #50 Five Horatio Hornblower volumes AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineFive volumes of Horatio HornblowerPublisherMichael JosephDate Published1946-1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #51 Five novels by C.S. Forester AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineFive maritime novels by C.S. ForesterPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1933- View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #52 Flying Colours AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineTrue First Edition of third Hornblower novelPublisherMichael Joseph Ltd.Date Published[1938] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #53 Josephine: Napoleon's Empress AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineC.S. Forester biography of Empress JosephinePublisherMethuen & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1925] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #54 Lord Nelson AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineC.S. Forester Lord Nelson 1st U.S. Ed.PublisherBobbs-MerrillDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #55 Marionettes at Home AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineC.S. Forester's Marionettes at Home, 1st ed.PublisherMichael JosephDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #56 Payment Deferred AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineForester's Payment Deferred in jacketPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1942 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #57 Seven Horatio Hornblower novels AuthorForester, C.S.Headline7 volumes from the Horatio Hornblower seriesPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1945-67 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #58 U 97: A Play in Three Acts AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineC.S. Forester U 97 signed & inscribedPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #59 The Magus AuthorFowles, JohnHeadlineFowles' The Magus, First Edition in djPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1965 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #60 New Hampshire AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineFrost's most significant bookPublisherHenry Holt & Co.Date Published1923 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #61 Grendel AuthorGardner, JohnHeadlineGrendel, signed by John GardnerPublisherAndre DeutschDate Published[1972] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #62 The Distress'd Wife. A Comedy AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineThomas Gay, Distress'd Wife 1st editionPublisherPrinted for Thomas AstleyDate Published1743 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #63 Firstborn AuthorGlück, LouiseHeadlineLouise Glück's 1st book inscribedPublisherThe New American LibraryDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #64 Firstborn AuthorGlück, LouiseHeadlineLouise Glück's 1st book inscribedPublisherAnvil Press PoetryDate Published1969 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #65 Instant Lives Heading(Gorey, Edward, illustrator)AuthorMoss, HowardHeadlineInstant Lives signed by Gorey plus ephemeraPublisherSaturday Review Press / E.P. DuttonDate Published[1974] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #66 The Tempest Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineIllustrated by Mary GrabhornPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1951 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #67 A Weed Among the Flowers AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineGraham Green A Weed Among the Flowers, 3 copiesPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1990 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #68 Forrest Gump AuthorGroom, WinstonHeadlineFirst Edition of Forrest GumpPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1986 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #69 Field Guide AuthorHass, RobertHeadlineHass Field Guide inscribedPublisherYale University PressDate Published1973 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #70 The Blithedale Romance AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineNathaniel Hawthorne, Blithedale RomancePublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1952 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #71 The Marble Faun, or, The Romance of Monte Beni AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne Marble Faun 1st Ed.PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #72 Across the River and Into the Trees AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFirst edition in first issue jacketPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1950 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #73 Death in the Afternoon AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFirst Edition of Death in the AfternoonPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #74 A Farewell to Arms AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFarewell to Arms first edition in djPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1929 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #75 In Our Time AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFirst Printing of Hemingway's In Our TimePublisherBoni & LiverightDate Published1925 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #76 Twelve works by Ernest Hemingway from Easton Press "Collector's Edition". AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineEaston Press Works of Ernest HemingwayPublisherEaston PressDate Published[1990] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #77 Winner Take Nothing AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineErnest Hemingway Winner Take NothingPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #78 The Kon-Tiki Expedition AuthorHeyerdahl, ThorHeadlineSigned by Thor HeyerdahlPublisherTheodore Brun; Rand McNallyDate Published[1950]; [1958] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #79 Broadsides - First Series Heading(hit & run press)AuthorPinsky, Robert, Robert Hass, Sharon Olds et al.Headline17 broadsides from hit & run press 1/10Publisherhit & run pressDate Published[1993-2017] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #80 Broadsides: Second Series Heading(hit & run press)AuthorRafferty, Larry, editorHeadlineBroadsides Second Series, Hit & Run PressPublisherhit & run pressDate Published1987-2021 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #81 Broadsides: Second Series Heading(hit & run press)AuthorRafferty, Larry, editorHeadlineBroadsides 2nd Series, Hit & Run Press-signedPublisherhit & run pressDate Published1987-2021 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #82 Tales & Fables AuthorHjortsberg, WilliamHeadlineHjortsberg Tales & Fables, Sylvester & OrphanosPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1985 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #83 Four volumes from the library of John Hollander Heading(Hollander, John)Headline4 volumes - two inscribed to John HollanderDate PublishedVarious dates. View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #84 The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes AuthorHolmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.HeadlineWritings of Oliver W. Holmes Large Paper Ed.ProvenanceFrom the collection of Dr. Elmer BeltPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1891 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #85 Seven works by Langston Hughes AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineSeven works by Langston HughesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #86 The Weary Blues AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineLangston Hughes' 1st bookPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1926 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #87 An Artist AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineLikely 1st printing of Jeffers' poem An ArtistPublisherJohn S. MayfieldDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #88 Californians AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineJeffers' Californians advance copy in jacketPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1916 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #89 The Loving Shepherdess AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers and Jean KelloggPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1956 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #90 The Literary World: A Monthly Survey of International Letters - No. 3 July 1934 Heading(Kafka, Franz)AuthorFores, Angel, editorHeadlineKafka homage 1934PublisherThe Froben PressDate PublishedJuly 1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #91 Moby Dick Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby Dick illus by Rockwell Kent 1930PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #92 Salamina AuthorKent, RockwellHeadlineFirst Edition, signed by Rockwell KentPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1935 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #93 Youngblood [with] And Then We Heard the Thunder [and] 'Sippi AuthorKillens, John O.HeadlineThree first editions from John Oliver KillensPublisherThe Dial Press; Alfred A. Knopf; Trident PressDate Published1954; 1963; 1967 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #94 The Searchers AuthorLe May, AlanHeadlineFirst edition in jacket, The SearchersPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1954] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #95 Dodsworth AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlinePublished the year before his Nobel PrizePublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #96 Elmer Gantry AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineSinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry 1st Ed.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #97 It Can't Happen Here AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineSinclair Lewis on fascism in the USAPublisherDoubleday, Doran & CompanyDate Published1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #98 A Bit of Data on the Japanese Question - original carbon typescript AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London typescript On the JapaneseDate Published1909 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #99 John Barleycorn AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJohn Barleycorn in scarce jacketPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1913 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #100 Lord John Film Festival - One of 26 lettered copies Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorYellin, Herb, editorHeadlineLord John Film Festival 1/26 Lettered CopiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next Previous 12345 Next