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 203. Previous|123|Next 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 #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 #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 #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 #25 Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell AuthorClarke, SusannaHeadlineJonathan Strange, signed by Susanna ClarkePublisherBloomsburyDate Published[2004] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold 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 #31 Out of Africa AuthorDinesen, IsakHeadlineFirst American Edition, in dust jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1938] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #35 Hassan's Tower AuthorDrabble, MargaretHeadlineHassan's Tower, signed by Margaret DrabblePublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #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 #61 Grendel AuthorGardner, JohnHeadlineGrendel, signed by John GardnerPublisherAndre DeutschDate Published[1972] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold 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 #68 Forrest Gump AuthorGroom, WinstonHeadlineFirst Edition of Forrest GumpPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1986 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 Lot #102 A River Runs Through It and Other Stories AuthorMaclean, NormanHeadlineA River Runs Through It, First EditionPublisherUniversity of Chicago PressDate Published[1976] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #103 Four typescript copies of work by Norman Mailer AuthorMailer, NormanHeadlineRare typescripts by Norman MailerDate Published1984-1986 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #106 The Border Trilogy: All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, Cities of the Plain AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineCormac McCarthy's complete Border TrilogyPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1992-1998 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #107 No Country for Old Men AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineFirst Edition of No Country for Old MenPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2005 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #108 Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Heading(McSweeney's Quarterly Concern)HeadlineComplete run of McSweeney's, 1998-2018PublisherMcSweeney'sDate Published1998-2015 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #109 Samos AuthorMerrill, JamesHeadlineMerrill Samos, Sylvester & Orphanos 1980PublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #110 Lamb in His Bosom AuthorMiller, CarolineHeadlineFirst Edition of Miller's Pulitzer Prize winnerPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published1933 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$15,000StatusSold Lot #112 Seven books with nautical themes Heading(Nautical)Headline7 nautical novels and storiesDate Published1925-1964 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #113 The Things They Carried AuthorO'Brien, TimHeadlineInscribed and signed by Tim O'BrienPublisherHoughton Mifflin / Seymour LawrenceDate Published1990 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #114 Files on Parade AuthorO'Hara, JohnHeadlineJohn O'Hara's fifth novelPublisherHarcourt, BraceDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #116 Coming through Slaughter AuthorOndaatje, MichaelHeadlineMichael Ondaatje's 1st prose book signedPublisherAnansi PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #117 The Man with Seven Toes AuthorOndaatje, MichaelHeadlineMichael Ondaatje's 2nd book 1/50Publisher[Coach House Press]Date Published[1969] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #118 Tin Roof AuthorOndaatje, MichaelHeadlineMichael Ondaatje's scarcest book 1/50PublisherIsland Writing SeriesDate Published1982 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #119 Animal Farm AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Orwell Animal Farm 1st American Ed.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1946] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #120 Nineteen Eighty-Four AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineFirst American edition of Orwell's classicPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1949] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #121 The Most of S.J. Perelman AuthorPerelman, S.J.HeadlineInscribed and signed by S.J. PerelmanPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1958 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #122 Culture AuthorPound, EzraHeadlineEzra Pounds' Culture in dust jacketPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published1938 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #123 A Final Letter: Robinson Mayfield in Essex, North Carolina to Hutchins Mayfield in Oxford, England June 15 to November 27, 1955 AuthorPrice, ReynoldsHeadlineReynolds Price A Final Letter Signe Ltd. EdnPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #125 Scrap of Paper & The Berry-Picker AuthorPurdy, JamesHeadlineJames Purdy Scrap of Paper & The Berry-PickerPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1981 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #127 The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism AuthorRand, AynHeadlineAyn Rand, Virtue of Selfishness 1st ed.PublisherThe New American LibraryDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #129 Five volumes by Kenneth Roberts AuthorRoberts, KennethHeadlineFive by Kenneth Roberts, three signedPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #131 The God of Small Things AuthorRoy, ArundhatiHeadlineGod of Small Things, signed 1st editionPublisherIndiaInkDate Published1997 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #132 Four works by Ernest Thompson Seton or Ernest Seton-Thompson (he had a hard time with names) AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineFour works by Ernest Thompson SetonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #133 Three works by Ernest Thompson Seton or Grace Gallatin Seton AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineThree by Ernest Thompson Seton and his wifeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #134 Three works by or illustrated by Ernest Thompson Seton AuthorSeton, Ernest ThompsonHeadlineThree works by Ernest Seton ThompsonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #137 A Man Divided AuthorStapledon, OlafHeadlineA Man Divided, signed by StapledonPublisherMethuen & Co. LtdDate Published1950 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #138 The Preacher and the Slave AuthorStegner, WallaceHeadlineFirst Printing, signed by Wallace StegnerPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1950 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #140 Cannery Row AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFirst edition in jacketPublisherViking PressDate Published1945 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #141 East of Eden AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineElaine Steinbeck's copy of East of EdenPublisherViking PressDate Published1952 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #142 East of Eden AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFirst edition in first state jacketPublisherViking PressDate Published1952 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #143 The Grapes of Wrath AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFirst Edition in jacketPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #144 In Dubious Battle AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineJohn Steinbeck In Dubious Battle First EditionPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #145 The Pearl [with] Letters to Elizabeth AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineTwo works by John SteinbeckPublisherViking Press; Book Club of CaliforniaDate Published1947; 1978 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #146 Sweet Thursday AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFirst Edition in first issue dust jacketPublisherViking PressDate Published1954 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #147 Travels with Charley AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFirst edition in jacketPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #148 The Winter of Our Discontent AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineFirst edition in jacketPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1961 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #153 The Queen's Gambit AuthorTevis, WalterHeadlineFirst Edition in unclipped dust jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1983 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #159 Johnny Got His Gun AuthorTrumbo, DaltonHeadlineTrumbo's classic anti-war novelPublisherLippincottDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #165 The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrim's Progress AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain: The Innocents Abroad. 1st. Ed.PublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #175 Impressions AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineJohn Updike's Impressions, 1/330PublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1985 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #176 Rabbit, Run AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineIn first state jacketPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1960 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #177 Williwaw: A Novel AuthorVidal, GoreHeadlineSigned on jacket by Gore VidalPublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published1946 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #178 Happy Birthday, Kurt Vonnegut. A Festschrift for Kurt Vonnegut on His Sixtieth Birthday Heading(Vonnegut, Kurt)AuthorKrementz, Jill, editorHeadlineHappy Birthday, Kurt Vonnegut ltd. ed.Publisher[Delacorte Press]Date Published[1982] View details Estimate$300 - $400Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #179 Slaughterhouse-Five; or, the Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death AuthorVonnegut, Kurt, Jr.HeadlineKurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse FivePublisherDelacorte Press / Seymour LawrenceDate Published[1969] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next