Sale 839: Modern Literature – Mysteries, Thrillers, Sci-fi & Fantasy (#839) 05/29/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 05/29/2025 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)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 449. Previous|12345|Next Lot #1 The Brave Cowboy. An Old Tale in a New Time AuthorAbbey, EdwardHeadlineThe Brave Cowboy, signed by Kirk DouglasPublisherDream Garden Press; Santa Teresa PressDate Published1993 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #2 A Death in the Family AuthorAgee, JamesHeadlineAdvance reading copy of the Pulitzer-Prize winnerPublisherMcDowell, ObolenskyDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #3 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf or Edward Albee AuthorAlbee, Edward, and e.e. cummingsHeadlineBroadside signed by Edward Albee 1/100PublisherThe Parchment GalleryDate Published1980 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #4 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? A Play AuthorAlbee, EdwardHeadlineAlbee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in jacketPublisherAtheneumDate Published1962 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #5 Don't Drink the Water AuthorAllen, WoodyHeadlineWoody Allen's First BookPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1967 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #6 Typed letter signed by Woody Allen AuthorAllen, WoodyHeadlineSigned, typed letter by Woody AllenDate Published1976 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #7 Lucky Jim AuthorAmis, KingsleyHeadlineKingsley Amis' 1st book, Lucky JimPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1954 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #8 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$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #9 A Story Teller's Story AuthorAnderson, SherwoodHeadlineAnderson's A Story Teller's Story, inscribedPublisherB.W. HuebschDate Published1924 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #10 The Fire Next Time AuthorBaldwin, James and Steve SchapiroHeadlineWith original print signed by SchapiroPublisherTaschenDate Published[2019] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #11 The Philadelphia Story AuthorBarry, PhilipHeadline1st Edition of Philadelphia Story in unclipped djPublisherCoward-McCann, Inc.Date Published[1939] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #12 Confessions of an Actor AuthorBarrymore, JohnHeadline1st Edition signed by John BarrymorePublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1926] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #13 Eh Joe and Other Writings AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineBeckett's Eh Joe, 1st Ed. signedPublisherFaber and FaberDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #14 En attendant Godot AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineFirst Edition of Beckett's most famous workPublisherLes Éditions de MinuitDate Published1952 View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #15 Ends and Odds, Plays and Sketches AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineBeckett's Edns and Odds,1st Ed. signedPublisherFaber and FaberDate Published[1977] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #16 Waiting for Godot AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineWaiting for Godot 1st ed in jacketPublisherFaber and FaberDate Published[1956] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #17 Waiting for Godot AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineBeckett's GODOT First Edition in EnglishPublisherGrove PressDate Published[1954] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #18 Dangling Man AuthorBellow, SaulHeadlineFirst edition of Bellow's Dangling Man in djPublisherThe Vanguard PressDate Published[1944] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #19 There is a Happy Land AuthorBezzerides, A.I.Headline1st Edition, inscribed and signed by the authorPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1942] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #20 Let It Come Down AuthorBowles, PaulHeadlineFirst edition in an unclipped dust jacketPublisherJohn LehmannDate Published[1952] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #21 The Sheltering Sky AuthorBowles, PaulHeadlinePaul Bowles The Sheltering Sky 1st US EditionPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1949] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #22 Room At The Top AuthorBraine, JohnHeadlineWith card inscribed and signed by John BrainePublisherEyre & SpottiswoodeDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #23 The Great Escape AuthorBrickhill, PaulHeadlineFirst edition of The Great Escape in djPublisherW.W. Norton & Company, Inc.Date Published[1950] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #24 The Master and Margarita AuthorBulgakov, MikhailHeadlineBulgakov's Master and Margarita, 1st U.S. edPublisherHarper & Row, PublishersDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #25 The Dark Command [with] High Sierra AuthorBurnett, W. R.Headline2 Burnett books that were the basis for filmsPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1938-1940 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #26 Three titles by W.R. Burnett AuthorBurnett, W. R.Headline3 titles by author of LIttle CaesarDate Published1932-1942 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #27 Saint Johnson AuthorBurnett, W.R.HeadlineW.R. Burnett Saint JohnsonPublisherThe Dial PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #28 Such Is My Beloved AuthorCallaghan, MorleyHeadlineSuch Is My Beloved 1stPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1934 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #29 House of Flowers AuthorCapote, Truman and Harold ArlenHeadlineCapote's House of Flowers review copyPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #30 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 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #31 Other Voices Other Rooms AuthorCapote, TrumanHeadlineCapote's first book, U.K. ed.PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1948 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #32 Dostoevsky: A Screenplay [and] King Dog: A Screenplay AuthorCarver, Raymond, Tess Gallagher & Ursula K. LeGuinHeadlineDostoevsky and King Dog signed 1/200PublisherCapra PressDate Published1985 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #33 Cathedral: Stories AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineCathedral signed by Raymond CarverPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1983 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #34 Elephant: A Story AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineElephant signed by Raymond Carver 1/200PublisherJungle Garden PressDate Published1988 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #35 If It Please You AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Carver signed 1/200PublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #36 Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineCarver's Where I'm Calling From signedPublisherThe Franklin LibraryDate Published1988 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #37 Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineCarver's Where I'm Calling From signed 1/250PublisherThe Atlantic Monthly PressDate Published[1988] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #38 Winter Insomnia AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Carver Winter Insomnia signedPublisher[Kayak Books]Date Published[1970] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #39 The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge AuthorCastaneda, CarlosHeadlineCastaneda's Teachings of Don Juan 1stPublisherUniversity of CaliforniaDate Published1968 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #40 Dusklands AuthorCoetzee, J.M.Headline1st Edition of J.M. Coetzee's 1st book signedPublisherRavan PressDate Published1974 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #41 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$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #42 The Works of Joseph Conrad AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineSigned Sun-Dial edition of Joseph Conrad's worksPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1920-1926 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #43 The Boo AuthorConroy, PatHeadlinePat Conroy, The Boo, First Edition, in djPublisherMcClure PressDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #44 The Great Santini AuthorConroy, PatHeadlineThe Great Santini 1st ed in djPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1976 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #45 Blithe Spirit: An Improbably Farce in Three Acts AuthorCoward, NoelHeadlineFirst U.K. edition of Coward's Blithe SpiritPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1942] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #46 Maggie, A Girl of the Streets - 2 editions AuthorCrane, StephenHeadline2 editions of Crane's MaggieDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #47 Puella Mea [with] One Times One AuthorCummings, E. E.HeadlineTwo works by E.E. CummingsDate Published1923; 1944 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #48 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadlineFirst issue Charlie & Chocolate Factory in djPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published[1964] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #49 Great Jones Street AuthorDeLillo, DonHeadlineGreat Jones Street 1st. InscribedPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1973 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #50 Welcome to Hard Times AuthorDoctorow, E.L.HeadlineSigned copy of Doctorow's first book, inscribedPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1960 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #51 1919 AuthorDos Passos, JohnHeadline1919 inscribed by Dos PassosPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1932] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #52 The Commitments AuthorDoyle, RoddyHeadlineDoyle's The Commitments, First Ed. signedPublisherKing FaroukDate Published1987 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #53 The Financier AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlineTheodore Dreiser The Financier in rare DJPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1912 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #54 Free and Other Stories AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlineTheodore Dreiser Free 1918 1st ed. in DJPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published1918 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #55 Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlinePlays, inscribed and signed by Theodore DreiserPublisherJohn Lane Company; John Lane, the Bodley HeadDate Published[1919] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #56 The Years Between: A Play in Two Acts AuthorDu Maurier, DaphneHeadlineYears Between signed by du MaurierPublisherVictor Gollancz LtdDate Published1945 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #57 Broadway: A Play AuthorDunning, Philip and George AbbottHeadlineSigned by the authors and Jed HarrisPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1927] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #58 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineEliot's Practical Cats, 1st edition in jacketPublisherFaber and Faber LimitedDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #59 Absalom, Absalom! AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner, Absalom, Absalom! 1stPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1936 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #60 Doctor Martino and Other Stories AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Faulkner Doctor Martino & Other StoriesPublisherHarrison Smith and Robert HaasDate Published1934 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold Lot #61 Go Down, Moses AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner's Go Down, Moses 1st Ed. in DJPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1942] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #62 A Green Bough AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineA Green Bough signed by Faulkner 1/360PublisherHarrison Smith and Robert HaasDate Published1933 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #63 The Hamlet AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineThe Hamlet in DJ, 1st UK editionPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1940 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #64 The Hamlet AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineThe Hamlet by Faulkner in 1st issue jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1940 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #65 Idyll in the Desert AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner Idyll in the Desert signed 1/400PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1931 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #66 Intruder in the Dust AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFirst Edition of Faulkner's Nobel Prize winnerPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1948 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #67 Light in August AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineSharp copy in jacket of Faulkner's Light in AugustPublisherHarrison Smith & Robert HaasDate Published[1932] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #68 The Mansion AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineThe Mansion signed by Faulkner, limited editionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1959] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #69 Pylon AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner's Pylon signed limited editionPublisherHarrison Smith & Robert HaasDate Published1935 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #70 Requiem for a Nun AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineSigned by Faulkner, limited editionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1951] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #71 Sanctuary AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineSharp copy of Faulkner's Sanctuary in jacketPublisherJonathan Cape and Harrison SmithDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold Lot #72 Sanctuary AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWm. Faulkner Sanctuary, 1st Modern Library ed.PublisherThe Modern LibraryDate Published[1932] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #73 Sartoris AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner's Sartoris - H.G. Well's copyPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1932 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #74 These 13 AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner signed limited These Thirteen, 1931PublisherJonathan Cape & Harrison SmithDate Published[1931] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #75 The Wild Palms AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner's Wild Palms, 1st in jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1939] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #76 A Book of Princeton Verse II 1919 Heading(Fitzgerald, F. Scott)HeadlineFeaturing early poems by F. Scott FitzgeraldPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1919 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #77 All the Sad Young Men AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineFitzgerald All the Sad Young Men in jacketPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1926 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #78 The Great Gatsby AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineHandsome first issue copy of The Great GatsbyPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1925 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$7,500StatusSold Lot #79 The Last Tycoon. An Unfinished Novel...Together with the Great Gatsby and Selected Stories AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineFitzgerald's Last Tycoon 1st ed. in jacketPublisherScribner'sDate Published1941 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #80 Taps at Reveille AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineFitzgerald's Taps at Reveille, 1st Ed. in djPublisherScribner'sDate Published1935 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #81 Tender is the Night: A Romance AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineFitzgerald's Tender is the Night 1st w/1st issue jacketPublisherScribner'sDate Published1934 View details Estimate$7,000 - $10,000Sold for$5,937.50StatusSold Lot #82 The Vegetable AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineFitzgerald's Vegetable, 1st Ed. in djPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1923 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #83 Save Me the Waltz AuthorFitzgerald, ZeldaHeadlineFitzgerald's scarce Jazz Age tale, first editionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1932 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #84 The African Queen AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineC.S. Forester The African Queen 1st U.S. ed.PublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1935 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #85 A Witness Tree AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineA Witness Tree, Signed by Robert Frost 1/735PublisherHenry Holt & CompanyDate Published1942 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #86 Grantley Manor: A Tale AuthorFullerton, GeorgianaHeadlineFullerton's Grantley Manor, first editionPublisherEdward MoxonDate Published1847 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #87 The Recognitions AuthorGaddis, WilliamHeadlineThe Recognitions William Gaddis 1st statePublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1955 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #88 A Day in the Life of Henry the Second AuthorGoldman, JamesHeadlineEarly Version of Goldman's The Lion in WinterDate Published1964 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #89 Le Mélange Funeste (cover title) AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineFlipbook Signed by Edward Gorey, 1/500Publisher[Gotham Book Mart]Date Published[1981] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #90 Good-Bye to All That AuthorGraves, RobertHeadlineUncorrected first issue of Good-Bye to All ThatPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1929] View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #91 I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Emperor of the Romans... AuthorGraves, RobertHeadlineGraves' I Claudius, 1st U.S.PublisherHarrison Smith & Robert HaasDate Published1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #92 The Night of the Hunter AuthorGrubb, DavisHeadlineNight of the Hunter signed by Davis GrubbPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1953] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #93 Tommy Thatcher Goes to Sea AuthorHader, Berta & ElmerHeadlineW/ painting inscribed and signed by the HadersPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1937 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #94 The Countess and Gertrude; or, Modes of Discipline AuthorHawkins, Laetitia-MatildaHeadlineHawkins' The Countess and GertrudePublisherF.C. and J. RivingtonDate Published1812 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #95 The Marble Faun, or, The Romance of Monte Beni AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Marble Faun, first editionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #96 The Professional AuthorHeinz, W. C.HeadlineW.C. Heinz The Professional 1stPublisherHarper and BrothersDate Published[1958] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #97 The Children's Hour AuthorHellman, LillianHeadlineFirst edition of Lillian Hellman's first playPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1934 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #98 The Little Foxes AuthorHellman, LillianHeadlineHellman's most successful play, signedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1939 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #99 Typed letter and postcard signed by Lillian Hellman AuthorHellman, LillianHeadlineLetter and postcard signed by Lillian HellmanDate Published1951 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #100 Death in the Afternoon AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFirst U.K. edition of Death in the AfternoonPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1935] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12345|Next Previous 12345 Next Previous 12345 Next