Sale 805: Fine Literature - with Science Fiction, Fantasy & Mysteries - Children's Books - Beats & the Counterculture (#805) 01/25/2024 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/25/2024 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-100 of 275. Previous|123|Next Lot #2 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAngelou, MayaHeadlineWhy the Caged Bird Sings signed by AngelouPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1969 Lot #3 Flatland. A Romance of Many Dimensions View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorAbbott, Edwin A.HeadlineSigned by Ray BradburyPublisherArion PressDate Published1980 Lot #4 The Great Gatsby View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,500StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineArion Press edition signed by GravesPublisherArion PressDate Published1984 Lot #7 Nine literary autographs View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Autographs)Headline9 literary autographs - Huxley, Hardy, etc.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #8 Seven works by James Baldwin View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadlineSeven works by James BaldwinDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #9 The Emerald View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBarthelme, DonaldHeadlineDonald Barthelme The Emerald Signed LimitedPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #10 Ill Seen, Ill Said View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineBeckett's Ill Seen Ill Said, one copy signedPublisherLord John PressDate Published1982 Lot #11 The Nasty Bits View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorBourdain, AnthonyHeadlineSigned by Anthony BourdainPublisherBloomsburyDate Published[2006] Lot #14 The Chinese Novel: Nobel Lecture Delivered before the Swedish Academy at Stockholm December 12, 1938 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBuck, Pearl S.HeadlineSigned by Pearl S. BuckPublisherThe John Day CompanyDate Published[1939] Lot #15 The Good Earth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBuck, Pearl S.HeadlineFirst Edition of Buck's Pulitzer Prize winnerPublisherThe John Day CompanyDate Published[1931] Lot #18 The Masks of God: Creative Mythology View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCampbell, JosephHeadlineSigned by Joseph CampbellPublisherViking PressDate Published[1968] Lot #19 The Plague View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorCamus, AlbertHeadlineFirst American Edition of The PlaguePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1948 Lot #20 A Christmas Memory View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCapote, TrumanHeadlineTruman Capote signed A Christmas MemoryPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1956 Lot #21 In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorCapote, TrumanHeadlineIn Cold Blood, 1st ed. w/ 1st issue djPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1965] Lot #22 If It Please You View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Carver signed 1/200PublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #23 Lucy Gayheart View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineSigned by Willa CatherPublisherKnopfDate Published1935 Lot #24 Expelled View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCheever, JohnHeadline3 copies: John Cheever Expelled mini bookPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published[1987] Lot #25 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorClarke, SusannaHeadlineJonathan Strange, signed by Susanna ClarkePublisherBloomsburyDate Published[2004] Lot #26 The Secret Agent: A Drama in Three Acts View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineThe Secret Agent, signed by Joseph ConradPublisherT. Werner Laurie Ltd.Date Published1923 Lot #27 2 By Crews View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorCrews, HarryHeadlineHarry Crews, Signed limited editionPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #28 Collection of fifteen titles of literary criticism and biography View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Criticism)Headline15 books on literary criticism and biographyDate Published1928-1978 Lot #31 Out of Africa View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDinesen, IsakHeadlineFirst American Edition, in dust jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1938] Lot #32 Museum View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDove, RitaHeadlineInscribed and signed by Rita DovePublisherCarnegie-Mellon University Press; Feffer and Simons, Inc.Date Published1983 Lot #33 Ten Poems View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorDove, RitaHeadlineDove's First poetry book, inscribed and signedPublisherThe Penumbra PressDate Published1977 Lot #34 The Yellow House on the Corner View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorDove, RitaHeadlineInscribed and signed by poet Rita DovePublisherCarnegie-Mellon University PressDate Published1980 Lot #35 Hassan's Tower View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDrabble, MargaretHeadlineHassan's Tower, signed by Margaret DrabblePublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #38 The Name of the Rose View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorEco, UmbertoHeadlineUmberto Eco, Name of the Rose 1st U.S. ed.PublisherHarcourt Brace Jovanovich, PublishersDate Published[1983] Lot #40 From Poe to Valery View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineSigned by E. McKnight KaufferPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1948] Lot #42 Collected Stories of William Faulkner View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadline1st Printing of Faulkner's Collected StoriesPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1950] Lot #43 Light in August View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner Light in August, 1st PrintingPublisherHarrison Smith & Robert HaasDate Published[1932] Lot #44 Pylon View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Faulkner PylonPublisherHarrison Smith and Robert HaasDate Published1935 Lot #45 The Conjure-Man Dies View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorFisher, RudolphHeadlineFirst black detective in literary historyPublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published[1932] Lot #48 The African Queen View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineForester African Queen, 1st U.K. ed.PublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published1935 Lot #49 C.S. Forester's Hornblower One More Time View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineTribute to C.S. Forester's Hornblower 1/350PublisherPublished for the Richard Bolitho AssociationDate Published[1976] Lot #50 Five Horatio Hornblower volumes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineFive volumes of Horatio HornblowerPublisherMichael JosephDate Published1946-1962 Lot #51 Five novels by C.S. Forester View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineFive maritime novels by C.S. ForesterPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1933- Lot #52 Flying Colours View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineTrue First Edition of third Hornblower novelPublisherMichael Joseph Ltd.Date Published[1938] Lot #54 Lord Nelson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineC.S. Forester Lord Nelson 1st U.S. Ed.PublisherBobbs-MerrillDate Published[1929] Lot #55 Marionettes at Home View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineC.S. Forester's Marionettes at Home, 1st ed.PublisherMichael JosephDate Published[1936] Lot #56 Payment Deferred View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineForester's Payment Deferred in jacketPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1942 Lot #57 Seven Horatio Hornblower novels View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorForester, C.S.Headline7 volumes from the Horatio Hornblower seriesPublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1945-67 Lot #58 U 97: A Play in Three Acts View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineC.S. Forester U 97 signed & inscribedPublisherJohn Lane, The Bodley HeadDate Published[1931] Lot #59 The Magus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorFowles, JohnHeadlineFowles' The Magus, First Edition in djPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1965 Lot #61 Grendel View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorGardner, JohnHeadlineGrendel, signed by John GardnerPublisherAndre DeutschDate Published[1972] Lot #63 Firstborn View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,125StatusSold AuthorGlück, LouiseHeadlineLouise Glück's 1st book inscribedPublisherThe New American LibraryDate Published[1968] Lot #64 Firstborn View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorGlück, LouiseHeadlineLouise Glück's 1st book inscribedPublisherAnvil Press PoetryDate Published1969 Lot #65 Instant Lives View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Gorey, Edward, illustrator)AuthorMoss, HowardHeadlineInstant Lives signed by Gorey plus ephemeraPublisherSaturday Review Press / E.P. DuttonDate Published[1974] Lot #68 Forrest Gump View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorGroom, WinstonHeadlineFirst Edition of Forrest GumpPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1986 Lot #69 Field Guide View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorHass, RobertHeadlineHass Field Guide inscribedPublisherYale University PressDate Published1973 Lot #72 Across the River and Into the Trees View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFirst edition in first issue jacketPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1950 Lot #73 Death in the Afternoon View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFirst Edition of Death in the AfternoonPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 Lot #74 A Farewell to Arms View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,500StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFarewell to Arms first edition in djPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1929 Lot #75 In Our Time View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFirst Printing of Hemingway's In Our TimePublisherBoni & LiverightDate Published1925 Lot #76 Twelve works by Ernest Hemingway from Easton Press "Collector's Edition". View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineEaston Press Works of Ernest HemingwayPublisherEaston PressDate Published[1990] Lot #77 Winner Take Nothing View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineErnest Hemingway Winner Take NothingPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1933 Lot #78 The Kon-Tiki Expedition View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHeyerdahl, ThorHeadlineSigned by Thor HeyerdahlPublisherTheodore Brun; Rand McNallyDate Published[1950]; [1958] Lot #83 Four volumes from the library of John Hollander View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Hollander, John)Headline4 volumes - two inscribed to John HollanderDate PublishedVarious dates. Lot #85 Seven works by Langston Hughes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineSeven works by Langston HughesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #86 The Weary Blues View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineLangston Hughes' 1st bookPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1926 Lot #89 The Loving Shepherdess View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers and Jean KelloggPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1956 Lot #90 The Literary World: A Monthly Survey of International Letters - No. 3 July 1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Kafka, Franz)AuthorFores, Angel, editorHeadlineKafka homage 1934PublisherThe Froben PressDate PublishedJuly 1934 Lot #93 Youngblood [with] And Then We Heard the Thunder [and] 'Sippi View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorKillens, John O.HeadlineThree first editions from John Oliver KillensPublisherThe Dial Press; Alfred A. Knopf; Trident PressDate Published1954; 1963; 1967 Lot #94 The Searchers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorLe May, AlanHeadlineFirst edition in jacket, The SearchersPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1954] Lot #95 Dodsworth View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlinePublished the year before his Nobel PrizePublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1929] Lot #96 Elmer Gantry View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineSinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry 1st Ed.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1927] Lot #97 It Can't Happen Here View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineSinclair Lewis on fascism in the USAPublisherDoubleday, Doran & CompanyDate Published1935 Lot #98 A Bit of Data on the Japanese Question - original carbon typescript View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London typescript On the JapaneseDate Published1909 Lot #100 Lord John Film Festival - One of 26 lettered copies View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Lord John Press)AuthorYellin, Herb, editorHeadlineLord John Film Festival 1/26 Lettered CopiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published2006 Lot #101 The Anatomy of Tobacco; or Smoking Methodised, Divided, and Considered After a New Fashion by Leolinus Siluriensis View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMachen, ArthurHeadlineAnatomy of Tobacco - Vince Starrett's copyPublisherGeorge RedwayDate Published1884 Lot #102 A River Runs Through It and Other Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorMaclean, NormanHeadlineA River Runs Through It, First EditionPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published[1976] Lot #103 Four typescript copies of work by Norman Mailer View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorMailer, NormanHeadlineRare typescripts by Norman MailerDate Published1984-1986 Lot #104 The Illustrated Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorMandela, NelsonHeadlineMandela Long Walk to Freedom signedPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1996 Lot #105 Heir to a Dream View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMaravich, Pete and Darrel CampbellHeadlineSigned by "Pistol" Pete MaravichPublisherThomas Nelson PublishersDate Published1987 Lot #106 The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineCormac McCarthy's complete Border TrilogyPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1992-1998 Lot #107 No Country for Old Men View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineFirst Edition of No Country for Old MenPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2005 Lot #108 Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)HeadlineComplete run of McSweeney's, 1998-2018PublisherMcSweeney'sDate Published1998-2015 Lot #109 Samos View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMerrill, JamesHeadlineMerrill Samos, Sylvester & Orphanos 1980PublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #110 Lamb in His Bosom View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold AuthorMiller, CarolineHeadlineFirst Edition of Miller's Pulitzer Prize winnerPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published1933 Lot #112 Seven books with nautical themes View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nautical)Headline7 nautical novels and storiesDate Published1925-1964 Lot #113 The Things They Carried View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorO'Brien, TimHeadlineInscribed and signed by Tim O'BrienPublisherHoughton Mifflin / Seymour LawrenceDate Published1990 Lot #114 Files on Parade View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorO'Hara, JohnHeadlineJohn O'Hara's fifth novelPublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1939] Lot #115 Collected Works of Billy the Kid View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorOndaatje, MichaelHeadlineBilly the Kid - scarce cloth signed by OndaatjePublisherAnansi PressDate Published1970 Lot #116 Coming through Slaughter View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorOndaatje, MichaelHeadlineMichael Ondaatje's 1st prose book signedPublisherAnansi PressDate Published1976 Lot #117 The Man with Seven Toes View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorOndaatje, MichaelHeadlineMichael Ondaatje's 2nd book 1/50Publisher[Coach House Press]Date Published[1969] Lot #118 Tin Roof View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorOndaatje, MichaelHeadlineMichael Ondaatje's scarcest book 1/50PublisherIsland Writing SeriesDate Published1982 Lot #119 Animal Farm View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Orwell Animal Farm 1st American Ed.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1946] Lot #120 Nineteen Eighty-Four View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineFirst American edition of Orwell's classicPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1949] Lot #121 The Most of S.J. Perelman View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorPerelman, S.J.HeadlineInscribed and signed by S.J. PerelmanPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1958 Lot #122 Culture View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPound, EzraHeadlineEzra Pounds' Culture in dust jacketPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published1938 Lot #125 Scrap of Paper & The Berry-Picker View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorPurdy, JamesHeadlineJames Purdy Scrap of Paper & The Berry-PickerPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1981 Lot #127 The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorRand, AynHeadlineAyn Rand, Virtue of Selfishness 1st ed.PublisherThe New American LibraryDate Published[1964] Lot #129 Five volumes by Kenneth Roberts View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorRoberts, KennethHeadlineFive by Kenneth Roberts, three signedPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #131 The God of Small Things View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorRoy, ArundhatiHeadlineGod of Small Things, signed 1st editionPublisherIndiaInkDate Published1997 Lot #132 Four works by Ernest Thompson Seton or Ernest Seton-Thompson (he had a hard time with names) View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineFour works by Ernest Thompson SetonDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #133 Three works by Ernest Thompson Seton or Grace Gallatin Seton View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineThree by Ernest Thompson Seton and his wifeDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #134 Three works by or illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineThree works by Ernest Seton ThompsonDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #137 A Man Divided View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorStapledon, OlafHeadlineA Man Divided, signed by StapledonPublisherMethuen & Co. LtdDate Published1950 Lot #138 The Preacher and the Slave View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorStegner, WallaceHeadlineFirst Printing, signed by Wallace StegnerPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1950 Lot #140 Cannery Row View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFirst edition in jacketPublisherViking PressDate Published1945 Lot #141 East of Eden View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineElaine Steinbeck's copy of East of EdenPublisherViking PressDate Published1952 Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next