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2

Trumbull Park

Heading
(African American)
Author
Brown, Frank London
Headline
African Americans struggle to integrate Chicago housing developement
Publisher
Henry Regnery Co.
Date Published
1959

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

6

Two broadsides issued by The-Poem-of-the-Month-Club

Heading
(Auden, W.H.)
Headline
Scarce broadside signed by W.H. Auden
Publisher
The-Poem-of-the-Month-Club
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

8

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor

Author
Blackmore, R.D.
Headline
Lorna Doone inscribed, with ALS
Publisher
Sampson Low, Marston & Company Limited
Date Published
1893

Estimate$10 - $10

Sold for$25

StatusSold

9

Tales from Blackwood, First and New Series

Heading
(Blackwood's Magazine)
Headline
11 volumes from the Tales of Blackwood
Publisher
William Blackwood and Sons
Date Published
no date

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

11

Seven Bukowski titles in wrappers

Author
Bukowski, Charles
Headline
7 volumes of Bukowski in wrappers
Publisher
Black Sparrow Press
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

13

The Heiress. A Comedy in Five Acts

Author
Burgoyne, John
Headline
Burgoyne's The Heiress, A comedy in 5 acts
Publisher
Printed for J. Debrett
Date Published
1786

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

16

In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences

Author
Capote, Truman
Headline
Scorpion Press spec Rebind Cold Blood
Publisher
New York
Date Published
1965

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$212.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(17 bids)

18

Two titles by or about Louis Ferdinand Celine

Heading
(Celine, Louis Ferdinand)
Headline
2 titles by or about Louis Ferdinand Celine
Date Published
Various dates

Estimate$10 - $10

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

20

Lynch: A Gothik Western

Author
Collins, Nancy A.
Headline
Lynch by Nancy Collins, signed 1/26
Publisher
Cemetery Dance Publications
Date Published
1998

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

21

Charlie in the House of Rue

Author
Coover, Robert
Headline
Signed by Robert Coover and Jerome Kaplan
Publisher
Penmaen Press
Date Published
[1980]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

23

Three titles by James Gould Cozzens

Author
Cozzens, James Gould
Headline
3 by James Gould Cozzens
Date Published
1925-1936

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

24

The Great Train Robbery

Author
Crichton, Michael
Headline
Michael Crichton Great Train Robbery in dust jacket
Publisher
Knopf
Date Published
1975

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

26

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby

Author
Dickens, Charles
Headline
Dickens' Nicholas Nickleby
Publisher
Chapman and Hall
Date Published
[1840s?]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

27

The Library of the Lost: In Search of Forgotten Authors

Heading
(Dobson, Roger)
Author
Valentine, Mark, editor
Headline
Library of The Lost, Tartarus Press
Publisher
Caermaen Books/Tartarus Press
Date Published
2015

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

28

In Old Plantation Days

Author
Dunbar, Paul Laurence
Headline
Dunbar's In Old Plantation Days
Publisher
Dodd, Mead and Company
Date Published
1903

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

29

Gargantua and Pantagruel

Heading
(Dwiggins, W.A.)
Author
Rabelais, Francois
Headline
Gargantua & Pantagruel signed by W.A. Dwiggins
Publisher
Limited Editions Club
Date Published
1936

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

31

The Works of George Eliot

Author
Eliot, George
Headline
The Works of George Eliot
Publisher
William Blackwood and Sons
Date Published
[1878-1879]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(14 bids)

33

As I Lay Dying

Author
Faulkner, William
Headline
As I Lay Dying 2nd printing fine binding
Publisher
Jonathan Cape: Harrison Smith
Date Published
[1930]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$312.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(19 bids)

34

Mosquitoes

Author
Faulkner, William
Headline
Faulkner's Mosquitoes, 1955 New Edition
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Company
Date Published
[1955]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

35

The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling

Author
Fielding, Henry
Headline
Fielding's Tom Jones, nicely bound
Publisher
Printed for J. Hunt, C. Reynell, and C. Chapple by C. Reynell
Date Published
1807

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

Bidding history(13 bids)

36

The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith

Heading
(Fine Bindings)
Author
Goldsmith, Oliver
Headline
The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith 1806
Publisher
J. Johnson, et al.
Date Published
1806

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

37

The Complete Works of Gustave Flaubert

Author
Flaubert, Gustave
Headline
Salammbo edition of Gustave Flaubert's Works
Publisher
M. Walter Dunne
Date Published
[1904]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

38

Nine book club editions of James Bond stories

Author
Fleming, Ian
Headline
9 book club editions of James Bond

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

39

You Only Live Twice

Author
Fleming, Ian
Headline
Ian Fleming You Only Live Twice
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Date Published
[1964]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

40

Ah So! The Misadventures of a Foreigner in Japan

Author
Gluck, Jay
Headline
Ah So! Misadventures Foreigner in Japan '53
Publisher
Phoenix Books
Date Published
1954

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

41

The House of Breath

Author
Goyen, William
Headline
Poss. pre-pub. issue Goyen House Breath
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
1950

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

42

Jack Hall, or The School Days of an American Boy

Author
Grant, Robert
Headline
Jack Hall by Robert Grant First Edition
Provenance
Donald E. Stralem; Walter S. Ely
Publisher
Jordan, Marsh and Company
Date Published
1888

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

44

Christmas Spirits

Author
Haining, Peter, editor
Headline
Christmas Ghost Stories
Publisher
William Kimber
Date Published
[1983]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

45

Kaldar: World of Antares [with] The Vampire Master

Author
Hamilton, Edmond
Headline
Two horror collections from Edmond Hamilton
Publisher
Haffner Press
Date Published
1998; 2000

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

46

A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys

Author
Hawthorne, Nathaniel
Headline
Hawthorne's Wonder-Book
Publisher
Ticknor, Reed, and Fields
Date Published
1852

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

47

Two titles by Ben Hecht

Author
Hecht, Ben
Headline
2 titles by Academy Award winner Ben Hecht
Date Published
1924 & 1931

Sold for$75

StatusSold

48

Miss Mary's Lion

Author
Hemingway, Ernest
Headline
Hemingway Miss Mary's Lion SI 3 pts
Publisher
Sports Illustrated
Date Published
1971-1972

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

49

A Moveable Feast

Author
Hemingway, Ernest
Headline
Hemingway's A Moveable Feast
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
[1964]

Estimate$10 - $10

Sold for$50

StatusSold

50

A New Song: [A Collection of Poems]

Author
Hughes, Langston
Headline
Langston Hughes poems published by IWO
Publisher
International Workers Order
Date Published
1938

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

53

Works by Henrik Ibsen

Author
Ibsen, Henrik
Headline
4 works by Ibsen in 2 volumes
Date Published
1890-1900

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

57

Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks With a Circus

Author
[Kaler], James Otis
Headline
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks With a Circus
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
1881

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

58

In Delirium

Author
Keene, Brian, editor
Headline
Short story coll. signed by all, In Delirium
Publisher
Delirium Books
Date Published
2006

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$200

StatusSold

Bidding history(11 bids)

59

The Exit at Toledo Blade Boulevard

Author
Ketchum, Jack [pseudonym of Dallas William Mayr]
Headline
13 stories by Jack Ketchum, signed ed.
Publisher
Obsidian Books
Date Published
1998

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

60

Two Worlds and In Between

Author
Kiernan, Caitlín R.
Headline
The Best of Caitlín R. Kiernan, volume 1
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Date Published
2011

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

61

A Fantasy Medley Vols. 1 and 2

Author
Kuznia, Yanni, editor
Headline
Both signed by editor and contributing authors
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Date Published
2009-2012

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

62

Darkness, Tell Us [with] Quake

Author
Laymon, Richard
Headline
2 books signed by Richard Laymon
Publisher
Headline
Date Published
1991-1995

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

63

The Birthday of the World and Other Stories

Author
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Headline
First U.K. Edition, signed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher
Victor Gollancz
Date Published
[2003]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$137.50

StatusSold

64

Findings

Author
Le Guin, Ursula K.
Headline
Ursula Le Guin signed ltd Findings mini book
Publisher
Ox Head Press
Date Published
1992

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

65

Free Air

Author
Lewis, Sinclair
Headline
Free Air by Sinclair Lewis
Publisher
Harcourt, Brace and Howe
Date Published
1919

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

66

In that Quiet Earth

Author
Lockley, Steve, editor
Headline
In that Quiet Earth, Limited First edition
Publisher
Imaginary Worlds
Date Published
[2000]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

67

The People of the Abyss

Author
London, Jack
Headline
London, People of the Abyss 1904
Publisher
Macmillan
Date Published
1904

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

68

The Spanish Student: A Play, in Three Acts

Author
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
Headline
Longfellow's Play, The Spanish Student
Publisher
Published by John Owens
Date Published
1843

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

69

Earth-Bound & Other Supernatural Tales

Author
Macardle, Dorothy
Headline
One of 100 copies with promotional post-card
Publisher
The Swan River Press
Date Published
[2016]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

70

Fantastic Tales or The Way to Attain - A Book Full of Pantagruelism

Author
Machen, Arthur
Headline
Arthur Machen Fantastic Tales Limited Edition
Publisher
Privately Printed
Date Published
1923

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

71

Thursdays and Every Other Sunday Off: A Domestic Rap

Author
Mae, Verta
Headline
Verta Mae, Thursdays & Every Other Sunday Off
Publisher
Doubleday & Company, Inc.
Date Published
1972

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

72

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Author
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia
Headline
One Hundred Years of Solitude w/DJ
Publisher
Harper & Row
Date Published
[1970]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$125

StatusSold

Bidding history(12 bids)

73

Shelf of titles by W. Somerset Maugham

Author
Maugham, W. Somerset
Headline
Shelf of W. Somerset Maugham

Sold for$237.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(18 bids)

74

The Crossing

Author
McCarthy, Cormac
Headline
Cormac McCarthy The Crossing
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1994

Sold for$50

StatusSold

75

Renascence and Other Poems

Author
Millay, Edna St. Vincent
Headline
St. Vincent Millay's Renascence
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
Date Published
[1917]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

76

The Waters Reglitterized

Author
Miller, Henry
Publisher
Capra Press
Date Published
1973

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

77

A Flag on the Island

Author
Naipaul, V.S.
Headline
Proof copy Naipaul, Flag on the Island
Publisher
Penguin Books
Date Published
1968

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

78

Merlin's Mirror

Author
Norton, Andre
Headline
Andre Norton Merlin's Mirror 1st ed. near fine
Publisher
DAW Books, Inc.
Date Published
1975

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

79

Shadow Plays

Author
Oliver, Reggie
Headline
Supernatural tales from Reggie Oliver
Publisher
Egaeus Press
Date Published
2012

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

80

The Boat Club; Or, The Bunkers of Rippleton

Author
Optic, Oliver [pseud. William Taylor Adams]
Headline
Oliver Optic The Boat Club 1855
Publisher
Brown, Bazin, and Company
Date Published
1855

Sold for$281.25

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

82

The Message in the Bottle

Author
Percy, Walker
Headline
Walker Percy Message in Bottle 1st ed.
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Date Published
[1975]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

83

Five Plays

Heading
(Plays)
Headline
Five Plays

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

84

Five Random House Plays

Heading
(Plays)
Headline
5 Random House plays
Publisher
Random House
Date Published
1950-1055

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

85

Group of Plays

Heading
(Plays)
Headline
Group of plays, one signed by Noel Coward
Date Published
1930-1954

Sold for$25

StatusSold

86

Three broadsides issued by The-Poem-of-the-Month-Club

Heading
(Poem-of-the-Month-Club)
Headline
3 signed broadsides - Irish poets
Publisher
The-Poem-of-the-Month-Club
Date Published
1972-73

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

87

A Christmas Story

Author
Porter, Katherine Anne
Headline
Katherine A. Porter Christmas Story inscribed
Publisher
Seymour Lawrence/Delacorte
Date Published
1967

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

89

My Own Private Spectres

Author
Ray, Jean
Headline
Sixteen horror stories from Jean Ray
Publisher
Midnight House
Date Published
1999

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

90

The Missing Two [with] Trouble at Glaye

Author
Reynolds, Baillie Mrs.
Headline
Two Crime Club novels by Mrs. Baillie Reynolds
Publisher
Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
Date Published
1932; 1936

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

91

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an Introduction

Author
Salinger, J. D.
Headline
Salinger's Raise High the Roof Beam
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
[1959]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

97

Shelf of Literature, Authors A-B

Heading
(Shelf)
Headline
Shelf of literature from authors A-B
Date Published
1928-1937

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

98

Shelf of Literature, Authors B-F

Heading
(Shelf)
Headline
Shelf of literature from authors B-F
Date Published
1936-1977

Sold for$162.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

99

Shelf of Literature, Authors G-M

Heading
(Shelf)
Headline
Shelf of literature from authors G-M
Date Published
1941-1965

Sold for$75

StatusSold

100

Shelf of Literature, Authors O-W

Heading
(Shelf)
Headline
Shelf of literature from authors O-W
Date Published
1918-1992

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

102

A Child's Garden of Verses

Author
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Headline
Stevenson, Garden of Children's Verses
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1895

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

103

Rudder Grange

Author
Stockton, Frank R.
Headline
Rudder Grange 1st ed., Estelle Doheny copy
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1879

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

104

Floating Dragon

Author
Straub, Peter
Headline
2 signed copies Floating Dragon, Peter Straub
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons/Collins
Date Published
1983

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$175

StatusSold

105

Marriages

Author
Straub, Peter
Headline
Peter Straub's 1st novel, signed
Publisher
Coward, McCann & Geoghegan
Date Published
[1973]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

106

Hillingdon Hall: Or, The Cockney Squire, A Tale of Country Life

Author
Surtees, Robert Smith
Headline
With 12 hand-colored plates bound by Bayntun
Publisher
John C. Nimmo
Date Published
1888

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

107

Penrod [with] Penrod and Sam

Author
Tarkington, Booth
Headline
2 Penrod titles, 1 signed by Tarkington
Publisher
Doubleday, Page & Company
Date Published
1914-1916

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$100

StatusSold

109

The Mosquito Coast

Author
Theroux, Paul
Headline
Theroux's Mosquito Coast signed
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Company
Date Published
1982

Sold for$75

StatusSold

111

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Author
Twain, Mark
Headline
Huckleberry Finn illustrated by Moser
Publisher
American Heritage Press
Date Published
1985

Estimate$10 - $10

Sold for$100

StatusSold

112

The £1,000,000 Bank-Note and Other New Stories

Author
Twain, Mark
Headline
£1,000,000 Bank-Note by Twain, first edition
Publisher
Charles L. Webster
Date Published
1893

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$187.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(16 bids)

113

The "Canary" Murder Case

Author
Van Dine, S.S.
Headline
Signed Philo Vance mystery
Publisher
Charles Scribners Sons
Date Published
1927

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$87.50

StatusSold

114

Three novels by Carl van Vechten

Author
Vechten, Carl van
Headline
Three First editions by Carl van Vechten
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Date Published
1922-1930

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

115

Why Not You and I?

Author
Wagner, Karl Edward
Headline
Horror stories from Karl Edward Wagner
Publisher
Dark Harvest
Date Published
1987

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$37.50

StatusSold

116

The Unfortunate Fursey [and] The Return of Fursey

Author
Wall, Mervyn
Headline
The Unfortunate Fursey & his return 1/100
Publisher
The Swan River Press
Date Published
2015

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

117

The Loved One: An Anglo-American Tragedy

Author
Waugh, Evelyn
Headline
Waugh Loved One, 1st U.S. - Zam. select title
Publisher
Little, Brown
Date Published
1948

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$112.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(8 bids)

118

Two titles by Evelyn Waugh

Author
Waugh, Evelyn
Headline
2 titles by Evelyn Waugh
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Date Published
1950-1954

Sold for$62.50

StatusSold

119

Italian Backgrounds

Author
Wharton, Edith
Headline
Edith Wharton's Italian Backgrounds, 1905
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Date Published
1905

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$225

StatusSold

Bidding history(18 bids)

120

Loved Helen and Other Poems

Author
White, T.H.
Headline
Poetry by the author of the Sword in the Stone
Publisher
Chatto & Windus
Date Published
[1929]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$12.50

StatusSold

122

In Our Town

Author
White, William Allen
Headline
Presentation copy of White's In Our Town
Provenance
Bessie White
Publisher
McClure, Phillips & Co.
Date Published
1906

Sold for$200

StatusSold

Bidding history(13 bids)

123

The Sweets of Pimlico

Author
Wilson, A.N.
Headline
Wilson Sweets of Pimlico 1st ed.
Publisher
Secker & Warburg
Date Published
1977

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

124

As If,,,A Personal View of Tennessee Williams

Author
Windham, Donald
Headline
Inscribed by Don Windham to Kirby Congdon
Provenance
From the collection of Kirby Congdon.
Publisher
[Stamperia Valdonegra]
Date Published
1985

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold

125

The Virginian [with] autograph letter signed by Owen Wister

Author
Wister, Owen
Headline
Owen Wister The Virginian with ALS on play
Publisher
Macmillan
Date Published
1904

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$200

StatusSold

Bidding history(15 bids)

126

The Years

Author
Woolf, Virginia
Headline
Virginia Woolf The Years First Edition
Publisher
Published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press
Date Published
1937

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$75

StatusSold

171

The House of Sun-Goes-Down

Author
De Voto, Bernard
Headline
De Voto novel of American West
Publisher
The Macmillan Company
Date Published
1928

Sold for$50

StatusSold

182

Zane Grey's Book of Camps and Trails

Author
Grey, Zane
Headline
Grey's Book of Camps and Trails
Publisher
Harper & Bros.
Date Published
1931

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$50

StatusSold

184

"All's not Gold that Glitters;" or The Young Californian. By Cousin Alice

Author
Haven, Alice Bradley
Headline
The Fourth of Alice Haven's "Home Books"
Provenance
Ron Lerch Collection
Publisher
D. Appleton & Company
Date Published
1856

Estimate$10 - $100

StatusUnsold

189

Ancient Tales & Folk-Lore of Japan

Heading
(Japan)
Author
Smith, R. Gordon
Headline
Japanese Folk-Lore, illust. w/ 60 color plates
Publisher
A. & C. Black
Date Published
[1908]

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$187.50

StatusSold

Bidding history(15 bids)

197

The Golden Book of Springfield

Author
Lindsay, Vachel
Headline
Inscribed by Rachel Lindsay
Provenance
From the collection of Kirby Congdon.
Publisher
Macmillan Company
Date Published
1920

Estimate$10 - $100

Sold for$25

StatusSold