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