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)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 109. Previous|12|Next Lot #1 The Brave Cowboy. An Old Tale in a New Time View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAbbey, EdwardHeadlineThe Brave Cowboy, signed by Kirk DouglasPublisherDream Garden Press; Santa Teresa PressDate Published1993 Lot #6 Typed letter signed by Woody Allen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorAllen, WoodyHeadlineSigned, typed letter by Woody AllenDate Published1976 Lot #9 A Story Teller's Story View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAnderson, SherwoodHeadlineAnderson's A Story Teller's Story, inscribedPublisherB.W. HuebschDate Published1924 Lot #10 The Fire Next Time View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorBaldwin, James and Steve SchapiroHeadlineWith original print signed by SchapiroPublisherTaschenDate Published[2019] Lot #12 Confessions of an Actor View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBarrymore, JohnHeadline1st Edition signed by John BarrymorePublisherThe Bobbs-Merrill CompanyDate Published[1926] Lot #19 There is a Happy Land View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorBezzerides, A.I.Headline1st Edition, inscribed and signed by the authorPublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1942] Lot #22 Room At The Top View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBraine, JohnHeadlineWith card inscribed and signed by John BrainePublisherEyre & SpottiswoodeDate Published[1957] Lot #32 Dostoevsky: A Screenplay [and] King Dog: A Screenplay View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCarver, Raymond, Tess Gallagher & Ursula K. LeGuinHeadlineDostoevsky and King Dog signed 1/200PublisherCapra PressDate Published1985 Lot #33 Cathedral: Stories View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineCathedral signed by Raymond CarverPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1983 Lot #34 Elephant: A Story View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineElephant signed by Raymond Carver 1/200PublisherJungle Garden PressDate Published1988 Lot #35 If It Please You View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Carver signed 1/200PublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #36 Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineCarver's Where I'm Calling From signedPublisherThe Franklin LibraryDate Published1988 Lot #37 Where I'm Calling From: New and Selected Stories View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineCarver's Where I'm Calling From signed 1/250PublisherThe Atlantic Monthly PressDate Published[1988] Lot #38 Winter Insomnia View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Carver Winter Insomnia signedPublisher[Kayak Books]Date Published[1970] Lot #41 The Secret Agent: A Drama in Three Acts View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineSigned by Joseph Conrad, limited editionPublisherPrivately Printed for Subscribers only by T. Werner LaurieDate Published1923 Lot #42 The Works of Joseph Conrad View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineSigned Sun-Dial edition of Joseph Conrad's worksPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1920-1926 Lot #43 The Boo View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorConroy, PatHeadlinePat Conroy, The Boo, First Edition, in djPublisherMcClure PressDate Published[1970] Lot #50 Welcome to Hard Times View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDoctorow, E.L.HeadlineSigned copy of Doctorow's first book, inscribedPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1960 Lot #51 1919 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorDos Passos, JohnHeadline1919 inscribed by Dos PassosPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1932] Lot #55 Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlinePlays, inscribed and signed by Theodore DreiserPublisherJohn Lane Company; John Lane, the Bodley HeadDate Published[1919] Lot #56 The Years Between: A Play in Two Acts View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorDu Maurier, DaphneHeadlineYears Between signed by du MaurierPublisherVictor Gollancz LtdDate Published1945 Lot #62 A Green Bough View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineA Green Bough signed by Faulkner 1/360PublisherHarrison Smith and Robert HaasDate Published1933 Lot #65 Idyll in the Desert View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner Idyll in the Desert signed 1/400PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1931 Lot #68 The Mansion View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineThe Mansion signed by Faulkner, limited editionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1959] Lot #69 Pylon View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner's Pylon signed limited editionPublisherHarrison Smith & Robert HaasDate Published1935 Lot #70 Requiem for a Nun View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineSigned by Faulkner, limited editionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1951] Lot #74 These 13 View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner signed limited These Thirteen, 1931PublisherJonathan Cape & Harrison SmithDate Published[1931] Lot #85 A Witness Tree View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineA Witness Tree, Signed by Robert Frost 1/735PublisherHenry Holt & CompanyDate Published1942 Lot #88 A Day in the Life of Henry the Second View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorGoldman, JamesHeadlineEarly Version of Goldman's The Lion in WinterDate Published1964 Lot #93 Tommy Thatcher Goes to Sea View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorHader, Berta & ElmerHeadlineW/ painting inscribed and signed by the HadersPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1937 Lot #99 Typed letter and postcard signed by Lillian Hellman View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorHellman, LillianHeadlineLetter and postcard signed by Lillian HellmanDate Published1951 Lot #111 Six autograph letters signed by James Leo Herlihy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHerlihy, James LeoHeadlineSix autograph letters by the author of Midnight CowboyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #112 A Bell for Adano View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorHersey, JohnHeadlineInscribed and signed by John HerseyPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1944 Lot #114 Good-bye, Mr. Chips View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHilton, JamesHeadlineInscribed by James Hilton to Hedda HopperPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1935 Lot #119 Science, Liberty and Peace View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineHuxley's ideas on politics and science, signedPublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published1946 Lot #120 Picnic: A Summer Romance in Three Acts View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorInge, WilliamHeadlineInscribed by William IngePublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1953] Lot #123 The Water-Method Man View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorIrving, JohnHeadlineIrving, Water-Method Man, 1st Ed. Signed in djPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1972] Lot #138 Being There View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorKosinski, JerzyHeadlineBeing There, signed inscribed First EditionPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published1970 Lot #139 Koufax View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorKoufax, Sandy with Ed LinnHeadlineKoufax, signed by Sandy KoufaxPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published[1966] Lot #140 A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World: A Life in Hollywood View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorKramer, Stanley with Thomas M. CoffeyHeadlineInscribed and signed by Stanley KramerPublisherHarcourt Brace & CompanyDate Published[1997] Lot #150 Arrowsmith View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineOne of 500 copies signed by Sinclair LewisPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1925] Lot #152 Elmer Gantry View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineElmer Gantry inscribed by Sinclair LewisPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1927] Lot #153 Kingsblood Royal View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineSigned by Sinclair LewisPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1947] Lot #154 Three typed letters signed by Sinclair Lewis View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorLewis, SinclairHeadlineThree typed letters signed by Sinclair LewisDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #157 Letters, cards and a photograph signed by Anita Loos View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorLoos, AnitaHeadlineEphemera signed by Anita LoosDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #163 Three Children's Plays View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorMamet, DavidHeadlineSigned and stamped by David MametPublisherGrove Press, Inc.Date Published[1986] Lot #165 Four signed letters by Alan Searle, and a check signed by W. Somerset Maugham View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Maugham, W. Somerset)AuthorSearle, AlanHeadline4 signed letters from W. Somerset Maugham's secretary, and a check signed by himDate PublishedVarious places Lot #167 The Book-Bag View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineW. Somerset Maugham The Book-Bag signed 1/750PublisherG. OrioliDate Published1932 Lot #173 Contract signed by W. Somerset Maugham granting film rights View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$156.25StatusSold AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineContract signed by W. Somerset Maugham for Rita Hayworth filmDate Published1952 Lot #184 Of Human Bondage. With a Digression on the Art of Fiction: An Address by W. Somerset Maugham View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineW. Somerset Maugham Library of Congress addressPublisher[U.S. Government Printing Office]Date Published1946 Lot #187 The Painted Veil View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineThe Painted Veil, signed by W.S. MaughamPublisherGeorge H. DoranDate Published[1925] Lot #192 Two typed notes signed by W. Somerset Maugham View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineTwo type notes signed by W. Somerset MaughamDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #193 Up At the Villa View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineInscribed and signed by W. Somerset MaughamPublisherDoubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.Date Published1941 Lot #196 WITHDRAWN - The Crossing [with] Cities of the Plain View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Cities of the Plain signed by Cormac McCarthyPublisherKnopfDate Published1994-1998 Lot #200 It's Always We Rambled: An Essay on Rodeo View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMcMurtry. LarryHeadlineLarry McMurtry on the rodeo 1/300 signedPublisherFrank HallmanDate Published1974 Lot #201 All My Sons View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorMiller, ArthurHeadlineArthuer Miller All My Sons - signed first ed.PublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published1947 Lot #202 Autograph letter signed by Arthur Miller View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorMiller, ArthurHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Arthur Miller 1971Date Published1971 Lot #206 Three typed letters from Macmillan Co. regarding the first edition of "Gone with the Wind" View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Heading(Mitchell, Margaret)AuthorMacmillan CompanyHeadline3 letters from Macmillan Co. regarding the first edition of "Gone with the Wind"PublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1936 Lot #213 Bogart View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorNaipaul, V.S.HeadlineSigned by V.S. NaipaulPublisherMcFarlin Library, University of TulsaDate Published1999 Lot #215 Suite Française View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorNémirovsky, IrèneHeadlineSuite Française signed by the translatorPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2006 Lot #222 Days Without End View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorO'Neill, EugeneHeadlineEugene O'Neill, Days Without End signed 1st Ed.PublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1934] Lot #223 The Plays of Eugene O'Neill View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorO'Neill, EugeneHeadlineEugene O'Neill Plays Wilderness Edition SignedPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1934-35] Lot #225 The World of Paul Slickey View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorOsborne, JohnHeadlineJohn Osbourne's disaster of a musical, with inscribed slipDate Published1958 Lot #232 The Godfather View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorPuzo, MarioHeadlineSigned by Mario Puzo, 1st British editionPublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published1969 Lot #247 Fourteen volumes by Jack Schaefer View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorSchaefer, JackHeadline14 Jack Schaefer volumes, 6 are signedDate Published1953-1883 Lot #271 La Flamme (Burning Bright) View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineLe Flamme Inscribed by Steinbeck to Arthur ElliotPublisherDel Duca les Editions MondialesDate Published[1951] Lot #276 The Red Pony View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineLimited edition Red Pony, signed by SteinbeckPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1937 Lot #284 The Winter of Our Discontent View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlinePre-Publication 2nd Printing, signed by SteinbeckPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1961 Lot #285 Zapata: A Narrative, in dramatic form, of the life of Emiliano Zapata View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by Karin WikströmPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1991] Lot #288 Handwritten thank-you card signed by Tom Stoppard View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorStoppard, TomHeadlineThank-you card signed by Tom StoppardDate PublishedNo date Lot #295 Williwaw: A Novel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorVidal, GoreHeadlineGore Vidal's first book signedPublisherE.P. Dutton & Company, Inc.Date Published1946 Lot #310 Fiorello! View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWeidman, Jerome and George AbbottHeadlineFiorello! with card signed by both authorsPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1960] Lot #312 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Weston, Edward)AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineSigned by Edward Weston, LEC WhitmanPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1942 Lot #315 Three volumes by Elie Wiesel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorWiesel, ElieHeadlineThree by Elie Wiesel, two signed by the authorPublisherHill and Wang; Summit BooksDate Published1960-1981 Lot #318 Autograph letter signed by Thornton Wilder View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWilder, ThorntonHeadlineAutograph letter signed by Thornton Wilder 1927Date Published1927 Lot #322 But He Doesn't Know the Territory View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWillson, MeredithHeadlineInscribed and signed by Meredith WillsonPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1959] Lot #327 The Caine Mutiny: A Novel of World War II View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorWouk, HermanHeadlineIllustrated edition, signed by Herman WoukPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1952 Lot #330 The First Two Lives of Lukas-Kasha View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorAlexander, LloydHeadlineInscribed and signed by Lloyd AlexanderPublisherE.P. DuttonDate Published1978 Lot #332 The Last Unicorn View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorBeagle, Peter S.HeadlineThe Last Unicorn signed by Peter S. BeaglePublisherBallantine BooksDate Published[1969] Lot #333 Tomorrow Never Dies View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorBenson, RaymondHeadlineInscribed to Teri Hatcher and signed by the authorPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1997] Lot #347 Typed Letter signed by James M. Cain to his literary agent View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCain, James M.HeadlineSigned letter by James M. Cain to his literary agentDate Published1975 Lot #348 Speaker for the Dead View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCard, Orson ScottHeadlineSpeaker for the Dead Orson Scott Card signedPublisherTorDate Published[1986] Lot #357 Signed typed letter from Raymond Chandler to literary agent H. N. Swanson View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorChandler, RaymondHeadlineSigned letter from Raymond Chandler to his agentDate Published1947 Lot #363 Ready Player One View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCline, ErnestHeadlineReady Player One signedPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published[2011] Lot #364 Variety - two variants featuring short story The Most Dangerous Game View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorConnell, RichardHeadlineThe Most Dangerous Game inscribed by ConnellPublisherMinton Balch & CompanyDate Published1925 Lot #369 Anansi Boys View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGaiman, NeilHeadlineSigned by Neil Gaiman and Dagmara MatuszakPublisherHill HouseDate Published2007 Lot #370 The Ocean at the End of the Lane View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorGaiman, NeilHeadlineLimited edition, Signed by Neil GaimanPublisherHeadlineDate Published2014 Lot #373 The Inheritors View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGolding, WilliamHeadlineWith card signed by William GoldingPublisherFaber and Fabert Ltd.Date Published[1955] Lot #375 "A" is for Alibi View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorGrafton, SueHeadlineA is for Alibi, 1st signed by Sue GraftonPublisherHolt, Rinehart and WinstonDate Published[1982] Lot #383 Things That Never Happen [with] The Course of the Heart View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHarrison, M. JohnHeadlineTwo signed by M. John HarrisonPublisherNight Shade BooksDate Published2004 Lot #392 20th Century Ghosts View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorHill, JoeHeadline20th Century Ghosts signed 1/500PublisherPS PublishingDate Published2005 Lot #393 The Blessing Way View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorHillerman, TonyHeadlineTony Hillerman's first book, signed by HillermanPublisherMacMillanDate Published[1970] Lot #395 People of Darkness View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorHillerman, TonyHeadlineSigned by Hillerman with additional signed cardPublisherVictor GollanczDate Published1982 Lot #397 WITHDRAWN The Dead Zone View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorKing, StephenHeadlineWITHDRAWN Stephen King The Dead Zone inscribedPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published[1979] Lot #398 WITHDRAWN Dolores Claiborne View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorKing, StephenHeadlineWITHDRAWN Dolores Claiborne signed by Stephen KingPublisherVikingDate Published[1993] Lot #399 WITHDRAWN Four Past Midnight View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorKing, StephenHeadlineWITHDRAWN Four Past Midnight signed by Stephen KingPublisherVikingDate Published[1990] Lot #400 WITHDRAWN Misery View details Estimate$800 - $1,200StatusUnsold AuthorKing, StephenHeadlineWITHDRAWN 1st Edition of Misery by Stephen King, signedPublisherVikingDate Published[1987] Lot #401 WITHDRAWN Needful Things View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorKing, StephenHeadlineWITHDRAWN Needful Things inscribed by Stephen KingPublisherVikingDate Published[1991] Lot #404 A Wizard of Earthsea View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorLe Guin, Ursula K.HeadlineLe Guin, Wizard of Earthsea signedPublisherAce Publishing CorporationDate Published[1968] Lot #405 Picnic At Hanging Rock View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorLindsay, JoanHeadlinePicnic at Hanging Rock, 1st edition signedPublisherF.W. 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