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1
  • Author
    Adams, Leonie
  • Headline
    First Edition, signed by poet Leonie Adams
  • Publisher
    Robert M. McBride & Company
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
2
  • Heading
    (African American, 1953)
  • Author
    Du Bois, W.E.B.
  • Headline
    Du Bois, The Souls of Black Folk Signed 1953
  • Publisher
    The Blue Heron Press
  • Date Published
    1953
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$937.50
StatusSold
4
  • Author
    Appleton, Victor
  • Headline
    1st five Motion Picture Chums books
  • Publisher
    Grossett & Dunlap
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
7
  • Author
    Atwood, Margaret
  • Headline
    Inscribed and signed by Margaret Atwood
  • Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  • Date Published
    1970
Estimate$400 - $600
StatusUnsold
9
  • Heading
    (Autographs)
  • Headline
    9 literary autographs - Huxley, Hardy, etc.
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$375
StatusSold
11
  • Author
    Baldwin, James
  • Headline
    Signed by James Baldwin, one of 250 copies
  • Publisher
    The Dial Press
  • Date Published
    1974
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
13
  • Heading
    (Baraka, Amiri)
  • Author
    Jones, LeRoi
  • Headline
    With bookplate signed A. Baraka
  • Publisher
    William Morrow & Co.
  • Date Published
    1966
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
15
  • Author
    Beckett, Samuel
  • Headline
    Lost Ones, signed by Beckett; Arthur Miller's copy
  • Publisher
    Calder & Boyars
  • Date Published
    1972
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
16
  • Author
    Bogan, Louise
  • Headline
    Inscribed and signed by Louise Bogan, 1st ed
  • Publisher
    Robert M. McBride & Company
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
18
  • Heading
    (Bowles, Paul)
  • Author
    Vetsch, Florian
  • Headline
    Paul Bowles on G. Stein - 1/15 signed copies
  • Publisher
    Memory/Cage Editions
  • Date Published
    [1997]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$237.50
StatusSold
21
  • Author
    Boyle, T. Coraghessan
  • Headline
    Two by T.C. Boyle, one of which is signed
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown and Company
  • Date Published
    1979; [1981]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
25
  • Author
    Coover, Robert
  • Headline
    Signed by Robert Coover and Jerome Kaplan
  • Publisher
    Penmaen Press
  • Date Published
    [1980]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
27
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Charles Dickens Little Dorritt original parts
  • Publisher
    Bradbury & Evans
  • Date Published
    1855-1857
Estimate$800 - $1,200
StatusUnsold
28
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Onwhyn's plates for the Pickwick Papers 1897
  • Publisher
    George Allen
  • Date Published
    1897
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
29
  • Heading
    (Dickens, Charles)
  • Author
    Prest, Thomas Peckett
  • Headline
    WITHDRAWN - Sweeny Todd author rips off Dickens' Pickwick
  • Publisher
    Printed and published by E. Lloyd for J. Graves
  • Date Published
    1837-1839
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
StatusUnsold
30
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Posthumous Papers of Pickwick Club, extra illustrated
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1837
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
32
  • Heading
    (Dostoevsky, Fyodor)
  • Author
    Dostoieffsky, Fedor
  • Headline
    Crime & Punishment, 1st English ed, 1886 London
  • Publisher
    Vizetelly & Co.
  • Date Published
    1886
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Sold for$2,000
StatusSold
35
  • Author
    Eggers, Dave, editor
  • Headline
    Three vols McSweeney's, signed by Dave Eggers
  • Publisher
    [McSweeney's]
  • Date Published
    [2002]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
36
  • Author
    Eliot, George
  • Headline
    George Eliot, Daniel Deronda, 1876
  • Publisher
    William Blackwood and Sons
  • Date Published
    1876
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
37
  • Author
    Eliot, George
  • Headline
    George Eliot Mill on the Floss 1st edition
  • Publisher
    William Blackwood and Sons
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
40
  • Author
    Faulkner, William
  • Headline
    As I Lay Dying 2nd printing fine binding
  • Publisher
    Jonathan Cape: Harrison Smith
  • Date Published
    [1930]
Estimate$600 - $900
StatusUnsold
55
  • Author
    Flender, Harold
  • Headline
    Signed by Harold Flender
  • Publisher
    Ballantine Books
  • Date Published
    [1957]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
58
  • Author
    Frost, Robert
  • Headline
    Masque of Reason signed twice by Robert Frost
  • Publisher
    Henry Holt
  • Date Published
    [1945]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
60
  • Author
    Gorey, Edward
  • Headline
    Gorey's Bug Book 1/600
  • Publisher
    Looking Glass Library
  • Date Published
    1959
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
61
  • Heading
    (Grabhorn Press)
  • Author
    Shakespeare, William
  • Headline
    Illustrated by Mary Grabhorn
  • Publisher
    [Grabhorn Press]
  • Date Published
    1951
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
63
  • Author
    Greenlee, Sam
  • Headline
    Black Power spy novel signed by Sam Greenlee
  • Publisher
    Allison & Busby
  • Date Published
    [1969]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
65
  • Author
    Hardy, Thomas
  • Headline
    Hardy's Greenwood Tree, ill. Clare Leighton
  • Publisher
    Macmillan & Co. Ltd.
  • Date Published
    1949
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
66
  • Author
    Heaney, Seamus
  • Headline
    Seamus Heaney's Memoirs signed and inscribed
  • Publisher
    Limited Editions Club
  • Date Published
    1982
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$225
StatusSold
67
  • Author
    Hearn, Lafcadio
  • Headline
    Lafcadio Hearn's 1st book under his name
  • Publisher
    James R. Osgood
  • Date Published
    1884
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
80
  • Author
    Kaufman, George S. & Marc Connelly
  • Headline
    Signed by both authors and Winthrop Ames
  • Publisher
    Boni and Liveright
  • Date Published
    [1924]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$375
StatusSold
81
  • Author
    Kelly, George
  • Headline
    3 by George Kelly, 2 of which signed
  • Date Published
    1923-1931
Estimate$500 - $800
StatusUnsold
87
  • Author
    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
  • Headline
    Longfellow's Play, The Spanish Student
  • Publisher
    Published by John Owens
  • Date Published
    1843
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
94
  • Author
    McCulley, Johnston
  • Headline
    Mark of Zorro, signed inscribed 1st edition
  • Publisher
    Grosset & Dunlap
  • Date Published
    [1924]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$750
StatusSold
95
  • Author
    McMurtry, Larry
  • Headline
    Signed by Larry McMurtry, 1/250
  • Publisher
    Simon and Schuster
  • Date Published
    [1982]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
98
  • Heading
    (Modern Literature)
  • Headline
    Three volumes of literature, one signed
  • Date Published
    1951-1970
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
99
  • Author
    Morrell, David
  • Headline
    First Blood, signed by the author, 1st edition
  • Publisher
    M. Evans & Co. with J.B. Lippincott
  • Date Published
    [1972]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
102
  • Heading
    (Palaemon Press Limited)
  • Author
    Garrett, George
  • Headline
    Signed by George Garrett, First Edition
  • Publisher
    Palaemon Press Limited
  • Date Published
    [1978]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
103
  • Heading
    (Palaemon Press Limited)
  • Author
    Goyen, William
  • Headline
    Two signed limited editions by William Goyen
  • Publisher
    Palaemon Press Limited
  • Date Published
    1979-1980
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
105
  • Author
    Poe, Edgar Allan
  • Headline
    Poe on Conchology, 1840
  • Publisher
    Haswell, Barrington, and Haswell
  • Date Published
    1840
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
106
  • Heading
    (Poem-of-the-Month-Club)
  • Headline
    Broadsides signed by Stevie Smith, Stephen Spender, et al.
  • Publisher
    The-Poem-of-the-Month-Club
  • Date Published
    1970-74
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
109
  • Heading
    (Popol Vuh)
  • Author
    Weatherwax, John M. and Clara F., translators
  • Headline
    Typescript of 1st English language Popol Vuh
  • Date Published
    [1931]
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
110
  • Author
    Porter, Katherine Anne
  • Headline
    Katherine A. Porter Christmas Story inscribed
  • Publisher
    Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte
  • Date Published
    1967
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
111
  • Author
    Powell, Dawn
  • Headline
    One of 300 copies signed by the author
  • Publisher
    Brentano's
  • Date Published
    [1929]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$250
StatusSold
112
  • Author
    Proust, Marcel
  • Headline
    Proust set in wooden publisher's slipcase 1934
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    1934
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
113
  • Author
    Radcliffe, Ann
  • Headline
    Ann Radcliffe's second Gothic novel, 1796
  • Publisher
    Printed for Hookham and Carpenter
  • Date Published
    1796
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
121
  • Author
    Saroyan, William
  • Headline
    Saroyan's I Used to Believe I Had Forever - inscribed
  • Publisher
    Cassell
  • Date Published
    [1969]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
123
  • Author
    Schaefer, Jack
  • Headline
    Shane 1st ed. proof jacket, film studio copy
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Date Published
    1949
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
125
  • Author
    Schulz, Charles
  • Headline
    Letter signed by Charles Schulz with offset printing plate
  • Date Published
    1965
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
127
  • Heading
    (Sendak, Maurice)
  • Headline
    3 titles signed by Maurice Sendak
  • Publisher
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
128
  • Heading
    (Sendak, Maurice)
  • Headline
    3 First Editions by Maurice Sendak, 2 signed
  • Publisher
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Date Published
    1967-1985
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
129
  • Author
    Shaw, George Bernard
  • Headline
    Inscribed and signed copy w/ photo portrait
  • Publisher
    Constable & Co., Ltd.
  • Date Published
    [1924]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$281.25
StatusSold
130
  • Heading
    (Smith, Jessie Willcox, illustrator)
  • Author
    Burnett, Frances Hodgson
  • Headline
    In the Closed Room, 1st edition in dust jacket
  • Publisher
    McClure, Phillips & Co.
  • Date Published
    [1904]
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
131
  • Author
    Spender, Stephen, Sir
  • Headline
    MS of essay on Edward Upward by Stephen Spender
  • Date Published
    January 1987
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
133
  • Author
    Stacpoole, Henry De Vere
  • Headline
    Stacpoole, The Blue Lagoon, 1st edition
  • Publisher
    T. Fisher Unwin
  • Date Published
    1908
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
137
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    Elaine Steinbeck's copy of East of Eden
  • Publisher
    Viking Press
  • Date Published
    1952
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
140
  • Author
    Steinbeck, John
  • Headline
    The Pearl first edition with first issue jacket
  • Publisher
    Viking Press
  • Date Published
    1947
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$212.50
StatusSold
141
  • Author
    Stockton, Frank R.
  • Headline
    Rudder Grange 1st ed., Estelle Doheny copy
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    1879
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
142
  • Heading
    (Stratemeyer Syndicate)
  • Author
    Appleton, Victor
  • Headline
    11 Moving Picture Boys titles
  • Publisher
    Grosset & Dunlap Pulbishers
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
143
  • Author
    Stratemeyer, Edward
  • Headline
    1st appearance of Tom Swift
  • Publisher
    W. L. Allison Co., Publishers
  • Date Published
    [1897]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Sold for$625
StatusSold
144
  • Heading
    (Tartarus Press)
  • Author
    Irving, Washington
  • Headline
    Tartarus Edition of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow
  • Publisher
    Tartarus Press
  • Date Published
    [2009]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
147
  • Author
    Thackeray, William Makepeace
  • Headline
    Thackeray's Henry Esmond
  • Publisher
    Smith, Elder & Company
  • Date Published
    1852
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
148
  • Author
    Thomas, Dylan
  • Headline
    Dylan Thomas 1st book inscribed by E.J. Pratt
  • Publisher
    Sunday Referee and the Parton Press
  • Date Published
    [1934]
Estimate$600 - $900
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
149
  • Author
    Thompson, Kay
  • Headline
    Eloise in Moscow First Edition
  • Publisher
    Simon and Schuster
  • Date Published
    1959
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
151
  • Author
    Trelawny, Edward John
  • Headline
    Colorful Memoirs of Shelley and Byron
  • Publisher
    Basil Montagu Pickering
  • Date Published
    1878
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
152
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Huckleberry Finn, 1st U.S. ed. later state
  • Publisher
    Charles L. Webster and Company
  • Date Published
    1885
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
154
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Twain's Life on the Mississippi, 1st Ed., 2nd State
  • Publisher
    James R. Osgood
  • Date Published
    1883
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
155
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Sketches by Mark Twain, 1st ed. 1st state
  • Publisher
    The American Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    1875
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$593.75
StatusSold
156
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Mark Twain Prince & the Pauper 1st in sheep
  • Publisher
    James R. Osgood & Company
  • Date Published
    1882
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$250
StatusSold
157
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Roughing It, Mark Twain 1st American
  • Publisher
    American Publishing Co.
  • Date Published
    1872
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$687.50
StatusSold
158
  • Author
    Twain, Mark
  • Headline
    Pudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain 1st Issue
  • Publisher
    American Publishing Company
  • Date Published
    1894
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$750
StatusSold
160
  • Author
    Walker, Margaret
  • Headline
    Inscribed and signed by poet Margaret Walker
  • Publisher
    Yale University Press
  • Date Published
    1942
Estimate$300 - $500
StatusUnsold
164
  • Author
    Welty, Eudora
  • Headline
    Inscribed and signed by Eudora Welty
  • Publisher
    Harvard University Press
  • Date Published
    1984
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
165
  • Author
    Wharton, Edith
  • Headline
    Edith Wharton's First Book
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    1902
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
167
  • Author
    White, T.H.
  • Headline
    Signed by author T.H. White
  • Publisher
    Chatto & Windus
  • Date Published
    [1929]
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
StatusUnsold
168
  • Author
    White, T.H.
  • Headline
    One of 100 numbered signed copies
  • Date Published
    1962
Estimate$500 - $800
Sold for$312.50
StatusSold
170
  • Author
    Whitman, Walt
  • Headline
    Whitman's Leaves of Grass, 1891 edition
  • Publisher
    David McKay, Publisher
  • Date Published
    1891-1892
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$531.25
StatusSold
171
  • Author
    Wilde, Oscar
  • Headline
    14 volumes of Oscar Wilde's Works 1/1000 copies
  • Publisher
    Methuen
  • Date Published
    [1908]
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Sold for$2,125
StatusSold
178
  • Author
    Appleton, Victor
  • Headline
    7 early reprints of Tom Swift 1st series
  • Publisher
    Grosset & Dunlap Publishers
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
179
  • Author
    Appleton, Victor
  • Headline
    39 of 40 Tom Swift series w/jackets
  • Publisher
    Grosset & Dunlap
  • Date Published
    [c.1924-1941]
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
StatusUnsold
180
  • Author
    Armstrong, Kelley
  • Headline
    Signed by Armstrong, Daumarie and Angilram
  • Publisher
    Subterranean Press
  • Date Published
    2011-2014
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
188
  • Author
    Bloch, Robert
  • Headline
    The Selected Stories of Robert Bloch, signed
  • Publisher
    Underwood-Miller
  • Date Published
    1987
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
191
  • Author
    Bradbury, Ray
  • Headline
    Fahrenheit 451 in 3 languages, 1 signed
  • Date Published
    1955-1966
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
194
  • Author
    Bruen, Ken
  • Headline
    Two signed limited editions from Ken Bruen
  • Date Published
    2005-2011
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$250
StatusSold
196
  • Author
    Card, Orson Scott
  • Headline
    Ender's Game signed ltd. hors commerce 1/25
  • Publisher
    Tor / A Tom Doherty Associates Book
  • Date Published
    [1985]
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Sold for$1,750
StatusSold
197
  • Author
    Card, Orson Scott
  • Headline
    Xenocide, Orson Scott Card signed ltd. 1/25
  • Publisher
    Tor / A Tom Doherty Associates Book
  • Date Published
    1991
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$225
StatusSold
198
  • Heading
    (Cemetery Dance Publications)
  • Author
    Chizmar, Richard and Robert Morrish
  • Headline
    October Dreams: Halloween, signed by many
  • Publisher
    Cemetery Dance Publications
  • Date Published
    2000
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$137.50
StatusSold
201
  • Author
    Claudy, Carl H.
  • Headline
    Claudy's 4 science fiction novels
  • Publisher
    Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers
  • Date Published
    1933-1934
Estimate$700 - $1,000
StatusUnsold
202
  • Author
    Clute, John
  • Headline
    One of 500 copies signed by John Clute
  • Publisher
    Payseur & Schmidt
  • Date Published
    [2006]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$150
StatusSold
203
  • Author
    Collins, Nancy A.
  • Headline
    Lynch by Nancy Collins, signed 1/26
  • Publisher
    Cemetery Dance Publications
  • Date Published
    1998
Estimate$200 - $300
StatusUnsold
204
  • Author
    Cornwell, Patricia Daniels
  • Headline
    Inscribed and signed by Patricia Cornwell
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    [1990]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$200
StatusSold
211
  • Author
    Derleth, August
  • Headline
    August Delrleth's Cthulhu mythos stories
  • Publisher
    Mycroft & Moran
  • Date Published
    1998
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
214
  • Author
    Ewers, Hanns Heinz
  • Headline
    Strange tales by Hanns Heinz Ewers
  • Publisher
    Side Real Press
  • Date Published
    [2009]
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$162.50
StatusSold
216
  • Author
    Falkner, John Meade
  • Headline
    Two limited editions by John Meade Falkner
  • Date Published
    2000-2004
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$125
StatusSold
224
  • Author
    Gaiman, Neil
  • Headline
    Signed by Neil Gaiman
  • Publisher
    William Morrow
  • Date Published
    [2009]
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$343.75
StatusSold
225
  • Author
    Gaiman, Neil and Al Sarrantonio, editors
  • Headline
    Signed by Neil Gaiman and many others
  • Publisher
    The Mysterious Bookshop
  • Date Published
    [2010]
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$562.50
StatusSold
226
  • Author
    Gaskin, John
  • Headline
    3 by John Gaskin, 2 of which signed
  • Date Published
    2003-2014
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
228
  • Author
    Gibson, William
  • Headline
    2 signed Mona Lisa Overdrive, 1st U.K. eds.
  • Publisher
    Victor Gollancz
  • Date Published
    1988
Estimate$200 - $300
Sold for$175
StatusSold
233
  • Heading
    (Gregg Press)
  • Headline
    3 from Gregg Press, 1 signed by Fritz Lieber
  • Publisher
    Gregg Press: A Division of G.K. Hall & Co.
  • Date Published
    1979-1980
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$437.50
StatusSold
239
  • Author
    Herbert, Frank
  • Headline
    Signed & Inscribed God Emperor of Dune wrappers
  • Publisher
    Berkley Books
  • Date Published
    1982
Estimate$300 - $500
Sold for$187.50
StatusSold
240
  • Author
    Hill, Joe
  • Headline
    Both signed by Joe Hill and the cover artists
  • Publisher
    PS Publishing
  • Date Published
    2005-2008
Estimate$400 - $600
Sold for$406.25
StatusSold
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