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Previous|1|Next 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 #8 Seven works by James Baldwin AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadlineSeven works by James BaldwinDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #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 #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 #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 #40 From Poe to Valery AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineSigned by E. McKnight KaufferPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1948] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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 #60 New Hampshire AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineFrost's most significant bookPublisherHenry Holt & Co.Date Published1923 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold 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 #69 Field Guide AuthorHass, RobertHeadlineHass Field Guide inscribedPublisherYale University PressDate Published1973 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #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 #115 Collected Works of Billy the Kid AuthorOndaatje, MichaelHeadlineBilly the Kid - scarce cloth signed by OndaatjePublisherAnansi PressDate Published1970 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold 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 #128 Die Sonette an Orpheus AuthorRilke, Rainer MariaHeadlineRilke's Orpheus Sonnets 1st w/jacketPublisherIm Insel VerlagDate Published1923 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #149 Four first appearances of Wallace Stevens as published in Poetry: A Magazine of Verse Heading(Stevens, Wallace)HeadlineFour first appearances by Wallace StevensPublisherHarriet MonroeDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #155 18 Poems AuthorThomas, DylanHeadlineDylan Thomas 1st book inscribed by E.J. PrattPublisherSunday Referee and the Parton PressDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #181 The Color Purple AuthorWalker, AliceHeadlineThe Color Purple, First Edition in dust jacketPublisherHarcourt, Brace, JovanovichDate Published[1982] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #188 Alla Breve Loving AuthorWright, C.D.HeadlineC.D. Wright's 1st book inscribedPublisherMill Mountain PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #189 Oneness - original manuscript poem AuthorWright, C.D.HeadlineCD Wright original manuscript poemDate Published2 June 1996 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #190 Eight works by Richard Wright AuthorWright, RichardHeadlineEight works by Richard WrightDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #192 Beloved Infidel AuthorYoung, DeanHeadlineDean Young Beloved Infidel signedPublisherWesleyan University PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #193 Design With X AuthorYoung, DeanHeadlineDean Young's 1st book signedPublisherWesleyan University PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #232 The Autobiography of Chester Himes [comprising] The Quality of Hurt [and] My Life of Absurdity AuthorHimes, ChesterHeadlineSigned by Chester HimesPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1972;1976 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #233 Lonely Crusade [with] Cast the First Stone [and] Pinktoes AuthorHimes, ChesterHeadlineThree works by Chester HimesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #247 Selected Poems of Gabriela Mistral Heading(Le Guin, Ursula K., translator)AuthorMistral, GabrielaHeadlineSigned by Ursula K. Le GuinPublisherUniversity of New MexicoDate Published[2003] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #250 Finding My Elegy [with] Late in the Day AuthorLe Guin, Ursula K.HeadlineTwo titles signed by Ursula K. Le GuinPublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt; PM PressDate Published2012; 2016 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #307 Five volumes of Beat poetry Heading(Beat Literature)Headline5 Beat titlesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #308 Yugen: issues 1-8 Heading(Beat Literature)AuthorJones, LeRoi, Hettie Cohen, editorsHeadlineComplete run of Yugen feat. Kerouac et al.PublisherTotem PressDate Published1958-1963 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #314 Three signed limited editions from Black Sparrow Press Heading(Black Sparrow Press)HeadlineEach signed and numberedPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1979; 1980; 1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #315 Bottle 5: Broadsides Heading(Bottle of Smoke Press)AuthorRoberts, Bill, editorHeadlineBottle 5 broadsides w/Buk signaturePublisherBottle of Smoke PressDate Published[2007] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #316 The Edna Webster Collection of Undiscovered Writings AuthorBrautigan, RichardHeadlineBrautigan, Edna Webster Collection 1/75PublisherBurton Weiss & James MusserDate Published1999 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #324 Crucifix in a Deathhand AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski Crucifix 1/5 copies w/self-portraitPublisherA Loujon Press Award Book / Lyle Stuart Inc.Date Published[1965] View details Estimate$5,000 - $8,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #333 Collection of 5 spoken-word LP records, including readings by William S. Burroughs, and others AuthorBurroughs, William S., et al.HeadlineFive William S. Burroughs spoken LPsDate Published1974-1997 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #343 The Energy of Slaves AuthorCohen, LeonardHeadlineEnergy of Slaves Signed Leonard CohenPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published1972 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #344 The Spice-Box of Earth AuthorCohen, LeonardHeadlineSpice-Box of Earth signed by Leonard CohenPublisherBantamDate Published1970 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #357 Class Poem AuthorGinsberg, AllenHeadlineGinsberg's Class Poem 1/26PublisherSore Dove PressDate Published2023 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #358 Howl: Original Draft Facsimile, Transcript & Variant Versions, Fully Annotated by Author, with Contemporaneous Correspondence, Account of First Public Reading, Legal Skirmishes, Precursor Texts & Bibliography AuthorGinsberg, AllenHeadlineHowl Facsimile ed. signed by GinsbergPublisherHarper & RowDate Published[1986] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #361 Three by Jack Hirschman AuthorHirschman, JackHeadline3 by Jack Hirschman. orig. artPublisherSore Dove PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #363 Six volumes by Idell AuthorIdellHeadlineScarce inscribed works by Beat poet IdellDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #393 Bar Nicanor : Avec Portrait De Crotte De Bique Et De Couillandouille Par Eux-mêmes AuthorPansaers, ClémentHeadlineClément Pansaers' Bar Nicanor 1/300PublisherEditions AIODate Published1921 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #418 Gallery of Women AuthorWeiss, RuthHeadlineRuth Weiss Gallery of Women, inscribedPublisherAdler PressDate Published1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #419 T/O AuthorWhalen, PhilipHeadlineScarce Philip Whalen 1/80PublisherDave HaselwoodDate Published1967 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next