Sale 836: Fine Literature – Mystery & Science Fiction – Bukowski, Beats & the Counterculture (#836) 04/17/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 04/17/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 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 1-100 of 505. Previous|123456|Next Lot #1 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Play AuthorAlbee, EdwardHeadlineFirst Edition in unclipped jacketPublisherAtheneumDate Published1962 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #2 The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha AuthorAlexander, LloydHeadlineInscribed and signed by Lloyd AlexanderPublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published1978 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #3 Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times Heading(Ali, Muhammad)AuthorHauser, ThomasHeadlineWith bookplate signed by Muhammad AliPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #4 The Life of John Buncle, Esq; Containing Various Observations and Reflections, Made in several Parts of the World; and Many extraordinary Relations Author[Amory, Thomas]HeadlineLife of John Buncle, Thomas Amory 1756PublisherPrinted for J. NoonDate Published1756 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #5 Two volumes by John Ashbery AuthorAshbery, JohnHeadline2 Ashbery volumes belonging to Anthony HechtDate Published1956-1984 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #6 The Handmaid's Tale AuthorAtwood, MargaretHeadline1st U.S. edition of The Handmaid's TalePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1986 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #7 The Fire Next Time AuthorBaldwin, James and Steve SchapiroHeadlineWith original print signed by SchapiroPublisherTaschenDate Published[2019] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #8 Go Tell It On the Mountain AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadlineGo Tell It Mountain James Baldwin Signed ltd edPublisherThe Franklin LibraryDate Published1979 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #9 Confessions of an Actor AuthorBarrymore, JohnHeadline1st Edition signed by John BarrymorePublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #10 The Sot-Weed Factor AuthorBarth, JohnHeadlineBarth's Sot-Weed Factor 1st editionPublisherDoubledayDate Published1960 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #11 The Red Cross: A History of This Remarkable Movement in the Interest of Humanity AuthorBarton, ClaraHeadlineFirst Edition of Barton's Red Cross historyPublisherAmerican National Red CrossDate Published1898 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #12 Six Oz titles published by the Easton Press AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineEaston Press editions of 6 Oz titlesPublisherEaston PressDate Published[1990s] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #13 Cobwebs from an Empty Skull Heading(Bierce, Ambrose)AuthorGrile, DodHeadlineCobwebs from an Empty Skull, 1stPublisherGeorge Routledge and SonsDate Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #14 Life of Willilam Blake with Selections from his Poems and Other Writings Heading(Blake, William)AuthorGilchrist, AlexanderHeadlineLife of William Blake by Gilchrist, illustratedPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #15 Friends and Relations [with] autograph letter signed by the author AuthorBowen, ElizabethHeadlineFriends and Relations, Elizabeth Bowen signedPublisherConstable & Co. Ltd.Date Published1931 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #16 The Book of Elizabethan Verse AuthorBraithwaite, William S., editorHeadlineWilliam Braithwaite, Elizabethan Verse 1908PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1908 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #17 Armed with Madness AuthorButts, MaryHeadlineDeluxe edition with Cocteau illustrationsPublisherWishart & CompanyDate Published1928 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #18 A Bestiary Heading(Calder, Alexander)AuthorWilbur, Richard, compilerHeadlineSigned and illustrated by Alexander CalderPublisherPantheon BooksDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #19 Breakfast at Tiffany's AuthorCapote, TrumanHeadlineBreakfast at Tiffany's 1st in djPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1958] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #20 In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences AuthorCapote, TrumanHeadlineIn Cold Blood, 1st ed. in jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #21 Silent Spring AuthorCarson, RachelHeadlineRachel Carson Silent Spring First EditionPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #22 The Ox-Bow Incident AuthorClark, Walter van TilburgHeadlineClark The Ox-Bow Incident 1st in djPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1940] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #23 The Secret Agent: A Drama in Three Acts AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineSigned by Joseph Conrad, limited editionPublisherPrivately Printed for Subscribers only by T. Werner LaurieDate Published1923 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #24 The Works of Joseph Conrad AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineWorks of Joseph Conrad 24 vols. signedPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1920-1928 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #25 The Red Badge of Courage AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineGrabhorn Press printing for Random HousePublisherGrabhorn Press for Random HouseDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #26 Poems 1923-1954 AuthorCummings, E. E.HeadlineInscribed by E.E. CummingsPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1954] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #27 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadlineCharlie & the Chocolate Factory, 2nd statePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #28 Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadlineCharlie and the Great Glass ElevatorPublisherKnopfDate Published[1972] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #29 The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living AuthorDalai Lama and Howard C. CutlerHeadlineThe 14th Dalai Lama on happinessPublisherRiverhead BooksDate Published1998 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #30 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineBleak House first edition in book formPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #31 A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineEarly edition of A Christmas CarolPublisherChapman & HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #32 The Mystery of Edwin Drood AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, 1870PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1870 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #33 The Mystery of Edwin Drood AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMystery of Edwin Drood in "A" cloth bindingPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #34 Slouching Towards Bethlehem AuthorDidion, JoanHeadlineSlouching Towards Bethlehem, 1st ed.PublisherFarrar, Straus & GirouxDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #35 Out of Africa AuthorDinesen, IsakHeadlineOut of Africa, 1st US edition w/ djPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1938] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #36 All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel AuthorDoerr, AnthonyHeadlineAll the Light We Cannot See, signed 1stPublisherScribnerDate Published[2014] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #37 Three Soldiers AuthorDos Passos, JohnHeadlineThree Soldiers, first ed. in jacketPublisherGeorge H. DoranDate Published[1921] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #38 Set of 12 first editions of works by George Eliot and one work about her AuthorEliot, George [pseud. of Mary Ann Evans]HeadlineSet of first editions of George EliotPublisherVarious publishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,500StatusSold Lot #39 American Literature and the American Language AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineSigned by T.S. Eliot and Arthur H. ComptonPublisher[Committee on Publications, Washington University]Date Published[1953] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #40 Poems 1909-1925 AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineSigned by T.S. Eliot, limited editionPublisherFaber & Gwyer LtdDate Published1925 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,312.50StatusSold Lot #41 Absalom, Absalom! AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner, Absalom, Absalom! 1stPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1936 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #42 Big Woods AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner Big Woods first edition in jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1955] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #43 Four books by William Faulkner AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadline4 Faulkner titles, 2 are first editionsPublisherRandom House/Modern LibraryDate Published1942-1959 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #44 Intruder in the Dust AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFirst Edition of Faulkner's Nobel Prize winnerPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1948 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #45 Sanctuary AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineSanctuary, first UK editionPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #46 Two Snopes Family novels - The Town [with] The Mansion AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineTwo from Faulkner's Snopes Family trilogyPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957]; [1959] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #47 The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, by the Late Henry Fielding, Esq. AuthorFielding, HenryHeadlineFielding's Voyage to Lisbon, 1755PublisherPrinted for A. Millar, in the StrandDate Published1755 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #48 Verses Written in Early Youth AuthorFletcher, J.S.HeadlineSigned by J.S. Fletcher, Bayntun binding, limited editionPublisherPrivately printedDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #49 The Magus AuthorFowles, JohnHeadlineFowles' The Magus, First Edition in djPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1965 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #50 Aforesaid AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Frost, limited editionPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1954] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #51 Collected Poems AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineRobert Frost Collected Poems Signed Limited EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #52 A Further Range AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned with inscription by Robert FrostPublisherHenry Hold and CompanyDate Published1936 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #53 A Further Range AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert FrostPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #54 Hard not to be King AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Frost, limited ed.PublisherHouse of BooksDate Published1951 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #55 In the Clearing AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Frost, limited editionPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1962] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #56 A Masque of Mercy AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Frost, limited editionPublisherHenry HoltDate Published[1947] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #57 Mountain Interval AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineMountain Interval by Robert Frost, First EditionPublisherHenry Hoult and CompanyDate Published[1916] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #58 North of Boston AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineNorth of Boston signed by FrostPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1924] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #59 West-Running Brook AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineFirst issue, in jacket, of first trade editionPublisherHenry HoltDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #60 West-Running Brook AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Frost and J.J. LankesPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #61 Grantley Manor: A Tale AuthorFullerton, GeorgianaHeadlineFullerton's Grantley Manor, first editionPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1847 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #62 Mandeville. A Tale of the Seventeenth Century in England AuthorGodwin, WilliamHeadlineGodwin's last novel, Mandeville 1st editionPublisherArchibald Constable and Co.Date Published1817 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #63 Eight works by Graham Greene AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineEight volumes by Graham GreeneDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #64 The Quiet American AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineGreene's Quiet American, first U.S. edition in jacketPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1956 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #65 The Third Man AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineThe Third Man First American EditionPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1950 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #66 Tommy Thatcher Goes to Sea AuthorHader, Berta & ElmerHeadlineW/ painting inscribed and signed by the HadersPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1937 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #67 Roots AuthorHaley, AlexHeadlineSigned by Alex HaleyPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1976 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #68 Jude the Obscure AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineThomas Hardy Jude the Obscure 1st EditionPublisherJames R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.Date Published[1896] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #69 The Countess and Gertrude; or, Modes of Discipline AuthorHawkins, Laetitia-MatildaHeadlineHawkins' The Countess and GertrudePublisherF.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1812 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #70 Rosanne; or, A Father’s Labour Lost AuthorHawkins, Laetitia-MatildaHeadlineLaetitia-Matilda Hawkins' RosannePublisherF. C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1814 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #71 The Marble Faun, or, The Romance of Monte Beni AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Marble Faun, first editionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #72 Free Grass AuthorHaycox, ErnestHeadlineFree Grass by Ernest Haycox, 1st ed. in DJPublisherDoubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.Date Published1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #73 Catch-22 AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineFirst printing in unclipped dust jacketPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1961 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #74 Hemingway's Spain Heading(Hemingway, Ernest)AuthorConrad, BarnabyHeadlineSigned with drawing and inscription by ConradPublisherChronicle BooksDate Published[1989] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #75 Across the River and Into the Trees AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway Across River 1st U.S. in djPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1950 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #76 For Whom the Bell Tolls AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls, 1st w/ djPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1940 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #77 A Moveable Feast: Sketches of the Author's Life in Paris in the Twenties AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway, A Moveable Feast, 1stPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #78 The Old Man and the Sea AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineThe Old Man and the Sea, 1st w/ djPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1952 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #79 The Old Man and the Sea AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineInscribed and signed by Ernest HemingwayPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$6,875StatusSold Lot #80 A Book of Verses AuthorHenley, William ErnestHeadlineWilliam Ernest Henley's 1st book 1888PublisherDavid NuttDate Published1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #81 The Temple. Sacred Poems, and Private Ejaculations...Together with his Life AuthorHerbert, GeorgeHeadlineHandsome modern binding of HerbertPublisherJohn WyatDate Published1709 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #82 The War Lover AuthorHersey, JohnHeadlinewar Lover signed by John HerseyPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1959 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #83 We Are Not Alone AuthorHilton, JamesHeadlineJames Hilton, We Are Not Alone, 1stPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #84 Tex AuthorHinton, S.E.HeadlineFourth of Hinton's OK novels, signed by HintonPublisherDelacorte PressDate Published[1979] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #85 The House on the Borderland and Other Novels AuthorHodgson, William HopeHeadlineThe House on the Borderland Arkham 1st Ed.PublisherArkham HouseDate Published1946 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #86 Elsie Venner: A Romance Of Destiny AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineOliver Wendell Holmes' 1st novel 1st EditionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1861 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #87 The Langston Hughes Reader AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineSigned by Langston HughesPublisherGeorge Braziller, Inc.Date Published1958 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #88 A New Song [with] Fields of Wonder AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineTwo first editions by Langston HughesPublisherInternational Workers Order; Alfred A. KnopfDate Published1938; 1947 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #89 One-Way Ticket AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineFirst edition, illustrated by LawrencePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1949 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #90 Shakespeare in Harlem AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineInscribed by Langston HughesPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1942 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #91 The Weary Blues AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineSigned by Langston HughesPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1931 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #92 Arabia Infelix and Other Poems AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineHuxley's Arabia Infelix and Other Poems signedPublisherThe Fountain Press / Chatto & WindusDate Published1929 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #93 The Cicadas and Other Poems AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineHuxley, The Cicadas, signed 1/160PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #94 Hangsaman AuthorJackson, ShirleyHeadlineShirley Jackson's third bookPublisherFarrar, Straus and Young, Inc.Date Published[1951] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #95 The Lottery; or, The Adventures of James Harris AuthorJackson, ShirleyHeadlineShirley Jackson The Lottery First EditionPublisherFarrar, Straus and CompanyDate Published1949 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #96 Five signed works by Robinson Jeffers AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineFive signed works by Robinson JeffersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #97 Themes in My Poems AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Mallette DeanPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1956 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #98 Biggles Scores a Bull AuthorJohns, W.E.HeadlineFirst Edition of Biggles Scores a BullPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1965] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #99 A Song of the English AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's Song of the English, W. Heath Robinson Illus.PublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #100 A Circle of Quiet [with] A House Like a Lotus AuthorL'Engle, MadeleineHeadlineTwo 1sts signed by Madeleine L'EnglePublisherFarrar, Straus and GirouxDate Published1972-1984 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|123456|Next Previous 123456 Next Previous 123456 Next