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2
  • Author
    Angelou, Maya
  • Headline
    Why the Caged Bird Sings signed by Angelou
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    1969
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
3
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Abbott, Edwin A.
  • Headline
    Signed by Ray Bradbury
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    1980
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Sold for$4,062.50
StatusSold
4
  • Heading
    (Arion Press)
  • Author
    Fitzgerald, F. Scott
  • Headline
    Arion Press edition signed by Graves
  • Publisher
    Arion Press
  • Date Published
    1984
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,500
StatusSold
5
  • Author
    Austen, Jane
  • Headline
    Hugh Thomson's Mansfield Park
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Company
  • Date Published
    1897
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$500
StatusSold
6
  • Author
    Austen, Jane
  • Headline
    Hugh Thomson's Peacock Edition
  • Publisher
    Macmillan & Co.; George Allen
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$1,500
StatusSold
7
  • Heading
    (Autographs)
  • Headline
    9 literary autographs - Huxley, Hardy, etc.
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
9
  • Author
    Barthelme, Donald
  • Headline
    Donald Barthelme The Emerald Signed Limited
  • Publisher
    Sylvester & Orphanos
  • Date Published
    1980
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
10
  • Author
    Beckett, Samuel
  • Headline
    Beckett's Ill Seen Ill Said, one copy signed
  • Publisher
    Lord John Press
  • Date Published
    1982
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
11
  • Author
    Bourdain, Anthony
  • Headline
    Signed by Anthony Bourdain
  • Publisher
    Bloomsbury
  • Date Published
    [2006]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
14
  • Author
    Buck, Pearl S.
  • Headline
    Signed by Pearl S. Buck
  • Publisher
    The John Day Company
  • Date Published
    [1939]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
16
  • Author
    [Burgess, Gelett, et al.]
  • Headline
    The Lark complete, fin-de-siècle magazine
  • Publisher
    William Doxey
  • Date Published
    1896-97
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
18
  • Author
    Campbell, Joseph
  • Headline
    Signed by Joseph Campbell
  • Publisher
    Viking Press
  • Date Published
    [1968]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
20
  • Author
    Capote, Truman
  • Headline
    Truman Capote signed A Christmas Memory
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    1956
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
22
  • Author
    Carver, Raymond
  • Headline
    Raymond Carver signed 1/200
  • Publisher
    Lord John Press
  • Date Published
    1984
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$175
StatusSold
24
  • Author
    Cheever, John
  • Headline
    3 copies: John Cheever Expelled mini book
  • Publisher
    Sylvester & Orphanos
  • Date Published
    [1987]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
25
  • Author
    Clarke, Susanna
  • Headline
    Jonathan Strange, signed by Susanna Clarke
  • Publisher
    Bloomsbury
  • Date Published
    [2004]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
26
  • Author
    Conrad, Joseph
  • Headline
    The Secret Agent, signed by Joseph Conrad
  • Publisher
    T. Werner Laurie Ltd.
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
29
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    First issue of the first edition
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1842
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$750
StatusSold
30
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Dickens Tale of Two Cities 1st issue
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1859
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$1,250
StatusSold
32
  • Author
    Dove, Rita
  • Headline
    Inscribed and signed by Rita Dove
  • Publisher
    Carnegie-Mellon University Press; Feffer and Simons, Inc.
  • Date Published
    1983
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
33
  • Author
    Dove, Rita
  • Headline
    Dove's First poetry book, inscribed and signed
  • Publisher
    The Penumbra Press
  • Date Published
    1977
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$2,125
StatusSold
34
  • Author
    Dove, Rita
  • Headline
    Inscribed and signed by poet Rita Dove
  • Publisher
    Carnegie-Mellon University Press
  • Date Published
    1980
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Sold for$1,625
StatusSold
35
  • Author
    Drabble, Margaret
  • Headline
    Hassan's Tower, signed by Margaret Drabble
  • Publisher
    Sylvester & Orphanos
  • Date Published
    1980
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
36
  • Author
    Dumas, Alexander and Edmund Flagg
  • Headline
    Count of Monte-Cristo w/ spurious sequel
  • Publisher
    T.B. Peterson and Brothers
  • Date Published
    1869-1878
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
37
  • Author
    Dunbar, Paul Laurence
  • Headline
    Two works by Paul Laurence Dunbar
  • Publisher
    Dodd, Mead & Co.; J.L. Nichols & Co.
  • Date Published
    [1900]; [1907]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
39
  • Author
    Eliot, George
  • Headline
    George Eliot's Silas Marner, bound by Morrell
  • Publisher
    William Blackwood and Sons
  • Date Published
    [1861]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
40
  • Author
    Eliot, T.S.
  • Headline
    Signed by E. McKnight Kauffer
  • Publisher
    Harcourt, Brace and Company
  • Date Published
    [1948]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
41
  • Heading
    (England - Comedies)
  • Headline
    4 early 18th c. English comedies
  • Date Published
    1703-1713
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
53
  • Author
    Forester, C.S.
  • Headline
    C.S. Forester biography of Empress Josephine
  • Publisher
    Methuen & Co. Ltd.
  • Date Published
    [1925]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
61
  • Author
    Gardner, John
  • Headline
    Grendel, signed by John Gardner
  • Publisher
    Andre Deutsch
  • Date Published
    [1972]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
62
  • Author
    Gay, John
  • Headline
    Thomas Gay, Distress'd Wife 1st edition
  • Publisher
    Printed for Thomas Astley
  • Date Published
    1743
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
63
  • Author
    Glück, Louise
  • Headline
    Louise Glück's 1st book inscribed
  • Publisher
    The New American Library
  • Date Published
    [1968]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$1,125
StatusSold
64
  • Author
    Glück, Louise
  • Headline
    Louise Glück's 1st book inscribed
  • Publisher
    Anvil Press Poetry
  • Date Published
    1969
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
65
  • Heading
    (Gorey, Edward, illustrator)
  • Author
    Moss, Howard
  • Headline
    Instant Lives signed by Gorey plus ephemera
  • Publisher
    Saturday Review Press / E.P. Dutton
  • Date Published
    [1974]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
66
  • Heading
    (Grabhorn Press)
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    Illustrated by Mary Grabhorn
  • Publisher
    [Grabhorn Press]
  • Date Published
    1951
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
69
  • Author
    Hass, Robert
  • Headline
    Hass Field Guide inscribed
  • Publisher
    Yale University Press
  • Date Published
    1973
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
70
  • Author
    Hawthorne, Nathaniel
  • Headline
    Nathaniel Hawthorne, Blithedale Romance
  • Publisher
    Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
  • Date Published
    1952
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
71
  • Author
    Hawthorne, Nathaniel
  • Headline
    Hawthorne Marble Faun 1st Ed.
  • Publisher
    Ticknor and Fields
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
78
  • Author
    Heyerdahl, Thor
  • Headline
    Signed by Thor Heyerdahl
  • Publisher
    Theodore Brun; Rand McNally
  • Date Published
    [1950]; [1958]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$375
StatusSold
84
  • Author
    Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Sr.
  • Headline
    Writings of Oliver W. Holmes Large Paper Ed.
  • Provenance
    From the collection of Dr. Elmer Belt
  • Publisher
    Riverside Press
  • Date Published
    1891
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
StatusUnsold
89
  • Author
    Jeffers, Robinson
  • Headline
    Signed by Robinson Jeffers and Jean Kellogg
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    1956
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
91
  • Heading
    (Kent, Rockwell, illustrator)
  • Author
    Melville, Herman
  • Headline
    Moby Dick illus by Rockwell Kent 1930
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
96
  • Author
    Lewis, Sinclair
  • Headline
    Sinclair Lewis, Elmer Gantry 1st Ed.
  • Publisher
    Harcourt, Brace and Company
  • Date Published
    [1927]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
98
  • Author
    London, Jack
  • Headline
    Jack London typescript On the Japanese
  • Date Published
    1909
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
99
  • Author
    London, Jack
  • Headline
    John Barleycorn in scarce jacket
  • Publisher
    Century Co.
  • Date Published
    1913
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
100
  • Heading
    (Lord John Press)
  • Author
    Yellin, Herb, editor
  • Headline
    Lord John Film Festival 1/26 Lettered Copies
  • Publisher
    Lord John Press
  • Date Published
    2006
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
101
  • Author
    Machen, Arthur
  • Headline
    Anatomy of Tobacco - Vince Starrett's copy
  • Publisher
    George Redway
  • Date Published
    1884
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
104
  • Author
    Mandela, Nelson
  • Headline
    Mandela Long Walk to Freedom signed
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown and Company
  • Date Published
    1996
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$2,000
StatusSold
105
  • Author
    Maravich, Pete and Darrel Campbell
  • Headline
    Signed by "Pistol" Pete Maravich
  • Publisher
    Thomas Nelson Publishers
  • Date Published
    1987
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$500
StatusSold
109
  • Author
    Merrill, James
  • Headline
    Merrill Samos, Sylvester & Orphanos 1980
  • Publisher
    Sylvester & Orphanos
  • Date Published
    1980
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
113
  • Author
    O'Brien, Tim
  • Headline
    Inscribed and signed by Tim O'Brien
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence
  • Date Published
    1990
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$375
StatusSold
115
  • Author
    Ondaatje, Michael
  • Headline
    Billy the Kid - scarce cloth signed by Ondaatje
  • Publisher
    Anansi Press
  • Date Published
    1970
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
121
  • Author
    Perelman, S.J.
  • Headline
    Inscribed and signed by S.J. Perelman
  • Publisher
    Simon and Schuster
  • Date Published
    1958
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
124
  • Author
    Proust, Marcel
  • Headline
    Proust's unfinished novel, 1st ed.
  • Publisher
    Gallimard
  • Date Published
    1952
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
126
  • Heading
    (Pyle, Howard, illustrator)
  • Author
    Holmes, Oliver Wendell
  • Headline
    One Hoss Shay, ill. Pyle 1892
  • Publisher
    Houghton, Mifflin and Company
  • Date Published
    1892
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
128
  • Author
    Rilke, Rainer Maria
  • Headline
    Rilke's Orpheus Sonnets 1st w/jacket
  • Publisher
    Im Insel Verlag
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
129
  • Author
    Roberts, Kenneth
  • Headline
    Five by Kenneth Roberts, three signed
  • Publisher
    Various publishers
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
130
  • Author
    Robinson, Edwin Arlington
  • Headline
    3 by Edwin Arlington Robinson
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
131
  • Author
    Roy, Arundhati
  • Headline
    God of Small Things, signed 1st edition
  • Publisher
    IndiaInk
  • Date Published
    1997
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
132
  • Author
    Seton, Ernest Thompson
  • Headline
    Four works by Ernest Thompson Seton
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
133
  • Author
    Seton, Ernest Thompson
  • Headline
    Three by Ernest Thompson Seton and his wife
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
134
  • Author
    Seton, Ernest Thompson
  • Headline
    Three works by Ernest Seton Thompson
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
135
  • Author
    Shaw, Bernard
  • Headline
    Plays Pleasant and Unpleasant
  • Publisher
    Grant Richards
  • Date Published
    1898
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
136
  • Author
    Sinclair, Upton
  • Headline
    Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
  • Publisher
    The Jungle Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    [1906]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
141
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Elaine Steinbeck's copy of East of Eden
  • Publisher
    Viking Press
  • Date Published
    1952
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
151
  • Author
    Stevenson, Robert Louis
  • Headline
    Stevenson, Garden of Children's Verses
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    1895
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
152
  • Author
    Taylor, Elizabeth
  • Headline
    Signed by Elizabeth Taylor
  • Publisher
    Duell, Sloan and Pearce
  • Date Published
    [1946]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
154
  • Author
    Thackeray, William Makepeace
  • Headline
    Thackeray's Vanity Fair finely bound
  • Publisher
    Bradbury & Evans
  • Date Published
    1848
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
155
  • Author
    Thomas, Dylan
  • Headline
    Dylan Thomas 1st book inscribed by E.J. Pratt
  • Publisher
    Sunday Referee and the Parton Press
  • Date Published
    [1934]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
156
  • Author
    Thoreau, Henry David
  • Headline
    Thoreau's Week on the Concord, revised ed.
  • Publisher
    Ticknor and Fields
  • Date Published
    1868
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
157
  • Author
    Trollope, Anthony
  • Headline
    Eustace Diamonds, nicely bound by Bayntun
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1873
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
158
  • Author
    Trollope, Anthony
  • Headline
    In original parts
  • Publisher
    Smith, Elder & Co.
  • Date Published
    [1866]-1867
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
160
  • Author
    Twain, Mark and Charles Dudley Warner
  • Headline
    The novel which gave its era a name
  • Publisher
    American Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    1874
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$175
StatusSold
161
  • Author
    Twain, Mark and Charles Dudley Warner
  • Headline
    Twain Gilded Age 1873 first edition
  • Publisher
    American Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    1873
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
162
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Huckleberry Finn, 1st U.S. ed. early state
  • Publisher
    Charles L. Webster and Company
  • Date Published
    1885
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$4,062.50
StatusSold
163
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    In publisher's original sheepskin binding
  • Publisher
    American Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    1876
Estimate$7,000 - $10,000
Sold for$5,937.50
StatusSold
164
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Twain's comedy of mistaken identity
  • Publisher
    Charles L. Webster
  • Date Published
    1892
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
166
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Innocents Abroad with several 1st issue points
  • Publisher
    American Publishing Company & H.H. Bancroft
  • Date Published
    1869
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
167
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Mark Twain on Bacon & Shakespeare
  • Publisher
    Harper & Bros.
  • Date Published
    1909
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
168
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    First state of the first edition
  • Publisher
    The American Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    1875
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
169
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Twain's Prince and the Pauper First Edition
  • Publisher
    James R. Osgood & Co.
  • Date Published
    1882
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
170
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Roughing It, Mark Twain 1st American
  • Publisher
    American Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    1872
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
171
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Six works by Mark Twain
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
172
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Mark Twain's Tom Sawyer Abroad 1st Edition
  • Publisher
    Charles L. Webster and Company
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
173
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain 1st Issue
  • Publisher
    American Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
174
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    A Tramp Abroad 1st state
  • Publisher
    American Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    1880
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
177
  • Author
    Vidal, Gore
  • Headline
    Signed on jacket by Gore Vidal
  • Publisher
    E.P. Dutton
  • Date Published
    1946
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$200
StatusSold
180
  • Author
    Vonnegut, Kurt
  • Headline
    Slaughterhouse 5, 25th Anniversary ed., signed
  • Publisher
    Delacorte Press / Seymour Lawrence
  • Date Published
    [1994]
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$375
StatusSold
182
  • Author
    [Whitman, Walt]
  • Headline
    Leaves of Grass 3rd edition 3rd printing
  • Publisher
    Thayer and Eldridge
  • Date Published
    1860-61 [but c.1880]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
183
  • Author
    Wolfe, Thomas
  • Headline
    Look Homeward, Angel, 2 copies inscribed
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons/William Heinemann
  • Date Published
    1929-1930
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$1,062.50
StatusSold
188
  • Author
    Wright, C.D.
  • Headline
    C.D. Wright's 1st book inscribed
  • Publisher
    Mill Mountain Press
  • Date Published
    1976
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
189
  • Author
    Wright, C.D.
  • Headline
    CD Wright original manuscript poem
  • Date Published
    2 June 1996
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
192
  • Author
    Young, Dean
  • Headline
    Dean Young Beloved Infidel signed
  • Publisher
    Wesleyan University Press
  • Date Published
    1992
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
193
  • Author
    Young, Dean
  • Headline
    Dean Young's 1st book signed
  • Publisher
    Wesleyan University Press
  • Date Published
    [1988]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
198
  • Author
    Ballard, J.G.
  • Headline
    Three from J.G. Ballard, one signed
  • Publisher
    Various publishers
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$375
StatusSold
199
  • Author
    Banks, Iain M.
  • Headline
    One signed by Iain M, Banks
  • Publisher
    Orbit
  • Date Published
    [1998]; [2000]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
200
  • Author
    Banks, Iain
  • Headline
    4 fine Iain Banks signed firsts
  • Publisher
    Macmillan
  • Date Published
    1985-1989
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
201
  • Author
    Bell, Peter
  • Headline
    One signed by Peter Bell
  • Provenance
    .
  • Publisher
    Swan River Press; Sarob Press
  • Date Published
    2012
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$225
StatusSold
204
  • Heading
    (Borderlands Press)
  • Headline
    Two signed story collections from Borderlands
  • Publisher
    Borderlands Press
  • Date Published
    2003; 2006
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
205
  • Heading
    (Bradbury, Ray)
  • Author
    Skeeters, Paul W., compiler
  • Headline
    Signed by Ray Bradbury & Paul Skeeters
  • Publisher
    Ward Ritchie Press
  • Date Published
    [1978]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
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