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 805 675 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 1-73 of 73. Previous|1|Next 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 #5 Mansfield Park View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineHugh Thomson's Mansfield ParkPublisherMacmillan and CompanyDate Published1897 Lot #6 Pride and Prejudice View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineHugh Thomson's Peacock EditionPublisherMacmillan & Co.; George AllenDate Published1894 Lot #7 Nine literary autographs View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Autographs)Headline9 literary autographs - Huxley, Hardy, etc.Date 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 #16 The Lark. Book I & Book II, Numbers 1-24, plus the Epi-Lark View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Author[Burgess, Gelett, et al.]HeadlineThe Lark complete, fin-de-siècle magazinePublisherWilliam DoxeyDate Published1896-97 Lot #22 If It Please You View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Carver signed 1/200PublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #24 Expelled View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCheever, JohnHeadline3 copies: John Cheever Expelled mini bookPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published[1987] 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 #29 American Notes for General Circulation View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineFirst issue of the first editionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1842 Lot #30 A Tale of Two Cities View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Tale of Two Cities 1st issuePublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 Lot #36 The Count of Monte-Cristo [with] Edmond Dantes... A Sequel to the Count of Monte Cristo View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorDumas, Alexander and Edmund FlaggHeadlineCount of Monte-Cristo w/ spurious sequelPublisherT.B. Peterson and BrothersDate Published1869-1878 Lot #37 The Strength of Gideon [with] The Life and Works of Paul Laurence Dunbar View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDunbar, Paul LaurenceHeadlineTwo works by Paul Laurence DunbarPublisherDodd, Mead & Co.; J.L. Nichols & Co.Date Published[1900]; [1907] Lot #39 Silas Marner: The Weaver of Raveloe View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Silas Marner, bound by MorrellPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published[1861] Lot #41 Four early eighteenth-century English comedies View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(England - Comedies)Headline4 early 18th c. English comediesDate Published1703-1713 Lot #53 Josephine: Napoleon's Empress View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineC.S. Forester biography of Empress JosephinePublisherMethuen & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1925] Lot #62 The Distress'd Wife. A Comedy View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGay, JohnHeadlineThomas Gay, Distress'd Wife 1st editionPublisherPrinted for Thomas AstleyDate Published1743 Lot #66 The Tempest View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineIllustrated by Mary GrabhornPublisher[Grabhorn Press]Date Published1951 Lot #70 The Blithedale Romance View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineNathaniel Hawthorne, Blithedale RomancePublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1952 Lot #71 The Marble Faun, or, The Romance of Monte Beni View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne Marble Faun 1st Ed.PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 Lot #79 Broadsides - First Series View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold 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] Lot #80 Broadsides: Second Series View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Heading(hit & run press)AuthorRafferty, Larry, editorHeadlineBroadsides Second Series, Hit & Run PressPublisherhit & run pressDate Published1987-2021 Lot #81 Broadsides: Second Series View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(hit & run press)AuthorRafferty, Larry, editorHeadlineBroadsides 2nd Series, Hit & Run Press-signedPublisherhit & run pressDate Published1987-2021 Lot #82 Tales & Fables View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHjortsberg, WilliamHeadlineHjortsberg Tales & Fables, Sylvester & OrphanosPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1985 Lot #84 The Writings of Oliver Wendell Holmes View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorHolmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.HeadlineWritings of Oliver W. Holmes Large Paper Ed.ProvenanceFrom the collection of Dr. Elmer BeltPublisherRiverside PressDate Published1891 Lot #89 The Loving Shepherdess View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers and Jean KelloggPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1956 Lot #91 Moby Dick View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMoby Dick illus by Rockwell Kent 1930PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #96 Elmer Gantry View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineSinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry 1st Ed.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1927] Lot #99 John Barleycorn View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJohn Barleycorn in scarce jacketPublisherCentury Co.Date Published1913 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 #123 A Final Letter: Robinson Mayfield in Essex, North Carolina to Hutchins Mayfield in Oxford, England June 15 to November 27, 1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPrice, ReynoldsHeadlineReynolds Price A Final Letter Signe Ltd. EdnPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #124 Jean Santeil View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorProust, MarcelHeadlineProust's unfinished novel, 1st ed.PublisherGallimardDate Published1952 Lot #126 The One Hoss Shay View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Pyle, Howard, illustrator)AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineOne Hoss Shay, ill. Pyle 1892PublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1892 Lot #128 Die Sonette an Orpheus View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorRilke, Rainer MariaHeadlineRilke's Orpheus Sonnets 1st w/jacketPublisherIm Insel VerlagDate Published1923 Lot #130 Three titles by Edwin Arlington Robinson View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorRobinson, Edwin ArlingtonHeadline3 by Edwin Arlington RobinsonDate PublishedVarious dates 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 #135 Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorShaw, BernardHeadlinePlays Pleasant and UnpleasantPublisherGrant RichardsDate Published1898 Lot #136 The Jungle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorSinclair, UptonHeadlineUpton Sinclair's The JunglePublisherThe Jungle Publishing Co.Date Published[1906] Lot #151 A Child's Garden of Verses View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson, Garden of Children's VersesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1895 Lot #154 Vanity Fair. A Novel without a Hero View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's Vanity Fair finely boundPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #155 18 Poems View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorThomas, DylanHeadlineDylan Thomas 1st book inscribed by E.J. PrattPublisherSunday Referee and the Parton PressDate Published[1934] Lot #156 A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Week on the Concord, revised ed.PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1868 Lot #157 The Eustace Diamonds View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineEustace Diamonds, nicely bound by BayntunPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1873 Lot #158 The Last Chronicle of Barset View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineIn original partsPublisherSmith, Elder & Co.Date Published[1866]-1867 Lot #160 The Gilded Age. A Tale of Today View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorTwain, Mark and Charles Dudley WarnerHeadlineThe novel which gave its era a namePublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1874 Lot #161 The Gilded Age: A Tale of To-Day View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorTwain, Mark and Charles Dudley WarnerHeadlineTwain Gilded Age 1873 first editionPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1873 Lot #162 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn, 1st U.S. ed. early statePublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #163 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineIn publisher's original sheepskin bindingPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1876 Lot #164 The American Claimant View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's comedy of mistaken identityPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 Lot #166 The Innocents Abroad, or The New Pilgrims' Progress View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineInnocents Abroad with several 1st issue pointsPublisherAmerican Publishing Company & H.H. BancroftDate Published1869 Lot #167 Is Shakespeare Dead?: From My Autobiography View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain on Bacon & ShakespearePublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1909 Lot #168 Mark Twain's Sketches, New and Old View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst state of the first editionPublisherThe American Publishing Co.Date Published1875 Lot #169 The Prince and the Pauper. A Tale for Young People of All Ages View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's Prince and the Pauper First EditionPublisherJames R. Osgood & Co.Date Published1882 Lot #170 Roughing It View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineRoughing It, Mark Twain 1st AmericanPublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 Lot #171 Six works by Mark Twain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineSix works by Mark TwainDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #172 Tom Sawyer Abroad by Huck Finn. Edited by Mark Twain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Tom Sawyer Abroad 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1894 Lot #173 The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinePudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain 1st IssuePublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1894 Lot #174 A Tramp Abroad View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineA Tramp Abroad 1st statePublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1880 Lot #175 Impressions View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineJohn Updike's Impressions, 1/330PublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1985 Lot #182 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineLeaves of Grass 3rd edition 3rd printingPublisherThayer and EldridgeDate Published1860-61 [but c.1880] Lot #196 The Maltese Falcon View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Heading(Arion Press)AuthorHammett, DashiellHeadlineArion Press Maltese Falcon, 1983PublisherThe Arion PressDate Published1983 Lot #249 Direction of the Road View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold AuthorLe Guin, Ursula K.HeadlineUrsula K. Le Guin Direction of the RoadPublisherFoolscap PressDate Published2007 Lot #263 The Old Man in the Corner View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorOrczy, [Emmuska], BaronessHeadlineOld Man in the Corner by Baroness Orczy 1stPublisherGreening & Co.Date Published1909 Lot #270 Children of the Night View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorSimmons, DanHeadlineSigned by Dan Simmons - 2 variantsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1992 Lot #277 The Child of the Soul and Other Stories [with] A Secret Kept View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Tibet, David)AuthorStenbrock, Stanislaus EricHeadlineA Secret Kept is signed by David TibetPublisherDurtroDate Published1999; 2002 Lot #303 In the Closed Room View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Smith, Jessie Willcox, illustrator)AuthorBurnett, Frances HodgsonHeadlineIn the Closed Room, 1st edition in dust jacketPublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published[1904] Lot #315 Bottle 5: Broadsides View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Bottle of Smoke Press)AuthorRoberts, Bill, editorHeadlineBottle 5 broadsides w/Buk signaturePublisherBottle of Smoke PressDate Published[2007] Lot #388 Insomnia, or the Devil at Large View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorMiller, HenryHeadlineInsomnia, w/prints signed by Henry MillerPublisherLoujon PressDate Published1970 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next