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 1-55 of 55. Previous|1|Next 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 #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 #16 The Book of Elizabethan Verse AuthorBraithwaite, William S., editorHeadlineWilliam Braithwaite, Elizabethan Verse 1908PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1908 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold 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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #80 A Book of Verses AuthorHenley, William ErnestHeadlineWilliam Ernest Henley's 1st book 1888PublisherDavid NuttDate Published1888 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold 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 #102 Sons and Lovers AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Sons and LoversPublisherMitchell KennerleyDate Published1913 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #105 Five court transcripts and legal briefs relating to a lawsuit brought by the Fidelity Loan and Mortgage Company of Oakland against Jack London for breach of contract Heading(London, Jack)HeadlineJack London sued for breach of contractPublisherR.B. Kitchener, printerDate Published1916 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #106 Before Adam AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Before Adam First EditionPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #107 The People of the Abyss AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineThe People of the Abyss 1st Ed.PublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #108 Scarce variant of Burning Daylight with 4 other works by Jack London AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFive works by Jack LondonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #109 The Sea-Wolf AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLondon's Sea Wolf 1st Ed.PublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #110 Tales of the Fish Patrol AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineTales of the Fish Patrol, First EditionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1905 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #111 Typed letter signed by Jack London answering charges of plagiarism AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London repudiates plagiarism accusationDate PublishedDecember 28, 1910 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #127 Greed - promotional broadside Heading(Norris, Frank)HeadlineRare 1924 promo poster for Greed (McTeague)PublisherMetro-Goldwyn-Meyer Inc.Date Published[1924] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #131 Tales of Mystery and Imagination AuthorPoe, Edgar AllanHeadlineThe Tales of Poe, illustrated by Harry ClarkePublisherTudor Publishing Co.Date Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #134 A Good Fight, and Other Tales AuthorReade, CharlesHeadlineCharles Reade, A Good Fight, 1stPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1859 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #137 Unto This Last: Four Essays on the First Principles of Political Economy AuthorRuskin, JohnHeadlineWith ALS by Ruskin to ChesterPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1862 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #160 The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineLynch edition of Tristram Shandy, 1760-1767PublisherD. LynchDate Published1760-1767 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #161 Treasure Island AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Treasure Island, [1884]PublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published1884 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #165 Enoch Arden AuthorTennyson, AlfredHeadlineTennyson, Enoch Arden, 1st U.S. editionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1864 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #166 The Virginians. A Tale of the Last Century. AuthorThackeray, William MakepeaceHeadlineThackeray's The Virginians, First Book EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1858-9 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #169 Eighteen volumes from Thornwillow Press Heading(Thornwillow Press)HeadlineEighteen Thornwillow VolumesPublisherThornwillow PressDate Published2019-2021 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #170 Barchester Towers AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineAnthony Trollope, Barchester Towers U.S. ed.PublisherDick & FitzgeraldDate Published[1859?] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #171 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn with original illustrations 1933PublisherThe Limited Editions ClubDate Published1933 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #172 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition Twain's Huckleberry FinnPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #173 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineAdventures of Huckleberry Finn 1st ed.PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1884 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #174 Life on the Mississippi AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineLife on the Mississippi, first editionPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1883 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #175 The Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson And the Comedy Those Extraordinary Twins AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlinePudd'nhead Wilson by Mark Twain 1st IssuePublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1894 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #186 Specimen Days & Collect AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineSpecimen Days, 1st ed., 1st issuePublisherRees Welsh & CoDate Published1882-83 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #187 De Profundis AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde De Profundis 1st EditionPublisherMethuen and Co.Date Published[1905] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #188 The Picture of Dorian Gray AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde The Picture of Dorian GrayPublisherWard Lock and Co.Date Published[1891] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$4,687.50StatusSold Lot #198 The Virginian AuthorWister, OwenHeadlineOwen Wister's The Virginian 1st EditionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #204 John Sherman, and Dhoya Heading(Yeats, William Butler)AuthorGanconagh [pseud. of W.B. Yeats]Headline1st U.S. ed. Yeats, John Sherman & DhoyaPublisherCassell Publishing CompanyDate Published[1891] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #267 The Master of the World: A Tale of Mystery and Marvel AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineOne of Jules Verne's last novelsPublisherSampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd.Date Published[1914] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #268 Texar's Revenge or North Against South; A Tale of the American Civil War AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineTexar's Revenge by Verne, with all 14 platesPublisherRand, McNally & CompanyDate Published1888 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #269 The First Men in the Moon AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineFirst Men in the Moon, First British editionProvenanceProfessor George Starr CollectionPublisherGeorge Newnes, LimitedDate Published1901 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #272 An African Millionaire AuthorAllen, GrantHeadlineAn African Millionaire 1st US editionPublisherEdward ArnoldDate Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #281 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [and] The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineHolmes' Adventures & Memoirs in first edition.PublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1892; 1894 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #282 The Hound of the Baskervilles AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle Hound of the Baskervilles 1st EditionPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #303 Two copies of Secrets and Sovereigns AuthorOppenheim, E. PhillipsHeadlineUncollected Stories of OppenheimPublisherStark House PressDate Published[2004] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #315 Memoirs of Vidocq. The Principal Agent of the French Police. Written by Himself AuthorVidocq, Eugène-FrançoisHeadlineMemoirs of Vidocq wi/ Cruikshank illustrationsPublisherT.B. Peterson and BrothersDate Published[1859] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #473 Salem Witchcraft; with an Account of Salem Village, and a History of Opinions on Witchcraft and Kindred Spirits. Volume II AuthorUpham, Charles W.HeadlineUpham on Salem Witchcraft 1867PublisherWiggin and LuntDate Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next