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Previous|1234|Next Lot #1 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf or Edward Albee View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAlbee, Edward, and e.e. cummingsHeadlineBroadside signed by Edward Albee 1/100PublisherThe Parchment GalleryDate Published1980 Lot #2 A Delicate Balance View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAlbee, EdwardHeadlineAlbee's Delicate Balance, 1st British ed.PublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1968] Lot #3 A Delicate Balance View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAlbee, EdwardHeadlineAlbee's Delicate Balance first edition in jacketPublisherAtheneumDate Published1966 Lot #4 The Handmaid's Tale View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAtwood, MargaretHeadline1st U.S. edition of The Handmaid's TalePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1986 Lot #7 The Philadelphia Story View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorBarry, PhilipHeadline1st Edition of Philadelphia Story in unclipped djPublisherCoward-McCann, Inc.Date Published[1939] Lot #8 Waiting for Godot View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineBeckett's GODOT First Edition in EnglishPublisherGrove PressDate Published[1954] Lot #10 Let It Come Down View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorBowles, PaulHeadlineFirst edition in an unclipped dust jacketPublisherJohn LehmannDate Published[1952] Lot #14 Saint Johnson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBurnett, W.R.HeadlineW.R. Burnett Saint JohnsonPublisherThe Dial PressDate Published1930 Lot #15 Such Is My Beloved View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCallaghan, MorleyHeadlineSuch Is My Beloved 1stPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1934 Lot #16 Cathedral: Stories View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineSigned by the Carvers and Tess GallagerPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1983 Lot #17 Cathedral: Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Carver Cathedral First EditionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1983 Lot #18 Distress Sale View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineScarce Raymond Carver broadside signedPublisherLord John PressDate Published1981 Lot #19 Elephant: A Story View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineElephant signed by Raymond Carver 1/200PublisherJungle Garden PressDate Published1988 Lot #20 If It Please You View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineSigned by Raymond CarverPublisherLord John PressDate Published1984 Lot #21 Put Yourself in My Shoes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Carver's first story in book form softcoverPublisherCapra PressDate Published1974 Lot #22 Three works by Raymond Carver signed by Tess Gallagher and others View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineThree Carver vols. signed by dedicateesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #23 What We Talk About When We Talk About Love View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineCarver Talk About Love Signed Dedication CopyPublisherCollinsDate Published1982 Lot #24 What We Talk About When We Talk About Love View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Carver What We Talk AboutPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1981 Lot #25 Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineRaymond Carver's first major bookPublisherMcGraw-Hill Book Co.Date Published[1976] Lot #26 Sapphira and the Slave Girl View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineWilla Cather, Sapphira 1940 limited signed ed.PublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1940 Lot #27 Dusklands View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCoetzee, J.M.Headline1st Edition of J.M. Coetzee's 1st book, signedPublisherRavan PressDate Published1974 Lot #28 The Life & Times of Michael K View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorCoetzee, J.M.HeadlineSigned by J.M. CoetzeePublisherViking PressDate Published[1983] Lot #29 Waiting for the Barbarians View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCoetzee, J.M.HeadlineFirst edition of Coetzee's classicPublisherSecker & WarburgDate Published[1980] Lot #31 Falk Amy Foster To-Morrow Three Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineFalk / Amy Foster / Three Stories by Joseph ConradPublisherMcClure, Phillips and CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #32 Four works by Joseph Conrad View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineFour books by Joseph ConradDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #34 Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineNostromo, first American editionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1904 Lot #36 A Personal Record View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineConrad's A Personal Record, 1st editionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1912 Lot #37 The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineConrad's The Rescue, 1st editionPublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.Date Published1920 Lot #38 The Rescue: A Romance of the Shallows View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineConrad's The Rescue, 1st British ed. in jacketPublisherJ. M. Dent & Sons Ltd.Date Published1920 Lot #39 The Rover View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineThe Rover in jacket, 1st British editionPublisherT. Fisher Unwin LtdDate Published[1923] Lot #40 The Rover View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineConrad's The Rover, 1st trade edition in jacketPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1923 Lot #41 The Secret Agent: A Drama in Three Acts View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineSigned by Joseph Conrad, limited editionPublisherPrivately Printed for Subscribers only by T. Werner LaurieDate Published1923 Lot #42 A Set of Six View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineConrad's Set of Six first editionPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1908] Lot #43 Suspense: A Napoleonic Novel View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineConrad's Suspense in jacket, 1st trade editionPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1925 Lot #44 Tales of Hearsay View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineReview copy of Conrad's Tales of HearsayPublisherT. Fisher Unwin LtdDate Published1925 Lot #45 Typhoon And Other Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineJoseph Conrad Typhoon 1st 1903PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published1903 Lot #46 Under Western Eyes View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineConrad's Under Western Eyes, 1st American ed.PublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1911 Lot #47 Victory: An Island Tale View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineConrad's Victory: An Island Tale, 1st EditionPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1915 Lot #53 Play It As It Lays: A Novel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDidion, JoanHeadlineFirst printing of Didion's second bookPublisherFarrar, Straus & GirouxDate Published[1970] Lot #54 The White Album View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDidion, JoanHeadlineThe White Album, first edition in jacketPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1979] Lot #55 Big as Life View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDoctorow, E.L.HeadlineDoctorow's Big as Life signed 1stPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1966] Lot #56 Welcome to Hard Times View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDoctorow, E.L.HeadlineDoctorow's first book, signedPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1960 Lot #57 All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorDoerr, AnthonyHeadlineAll the Light We Cannot See, signed 1st editionPublisherScribnerDate Published[2014] Lot #58 The Ginger Man View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDonleavy, J.P.HeadlineGinger Man 1st ed. Olympia PressPublisherOlympia PressDate Published[1955] Lot #60 South Wind View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorDouglas, NormanHeadlineN. Douglas, South Wind signed limited blue paperPublisherMartin SeckerDate Published1922 Lot #61 The Commitments View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDoyle, RoddyHeadlineDoyle's The Commitments, First Ed. signedPublisherKing FaroukDate Published1987 Lot #62 Free and Other Stories View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlineTheodore Dreiser Free 1918 1st ed. in DJPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published1918 Lot #63 A Gallery of Women View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlineSigned by Theodore Dreiser, limited editionProvenanceEarl M. JensenPublisherHorace LiverightDate Published1929 Lot #64 Geek Love View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorDunn, KatherineHeadlineGeek Love signed by Katherine DunnPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1989 Lot #65 Broadway: A Play View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorDunning, Philip and George AbbottHeadlineSigned by the authors and Jed HarrisPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1927] Lot #66 Invisible Man View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorEllison, RalphHeadlineFirst Printing Invisible Man Ellison in JacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1952] Lot #68 The Masks of Drought View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineMasks of Drought from Black Sparrow PressPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1980 Lot #69 Ask the Dust View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineJohn Fante's Ask the Dust Black Sparrow 1stPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1980 Lot #70 Full of Life View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineFirst Edition of John Fante's Fourth BookPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published1952 Lot #71 Doctor Martino and Other Stories View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Faulkner Doctor Martino & Other StoriesPublisherHarrison Smith and Robert HaasDate Published1934 Lot #72 The Hamlet View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineThe Hamlet in DJ, 1st UK editionPublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1940 Lot #73 Intruder in the Dust View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineNovel that helped Faulkner win the Nobel PrizePublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1948] Lot #74 Sanctuary View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWm. Faulkner Sanctuary, 1st Modern Library ed.PublisherThe Modern LibraryDate Published[1932] Lot #75 The Wild Palms View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner's Wild Palms, 1st in jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1939] Lot #76 A Book of Princeton Verse II 1919 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Fitzgerald, F. Scott)HeadlineFeaturing early poems by F. Scott FitzgeraldPublisherPrinceton University PressDate Published1919 Lot #77 The Bodley Head Scott Fitzgerald View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineThe Bodley Head Scott FitzgeraldPublisherThe Bodley HeadDate Published1963-1966 Lot #78 A Passage to India View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorForster, E.M.HeadlineLimited edition signed by ForsterPublisherEdward Arnold & Co.Date Published1924 Lot #79 Cold Mountain View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorFrazier, CharlesHeadlineCold Mountain Frazier Signed FirstPublisherAtlantic Monthly PressDate Published[1997] Lot #80 Two volumes of French literature View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(French literature)HeadlineTwo volumes of French literature, 1 inscribedDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #83 Seven volumes by Ernest J. Gaines View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGaines, Ernest J.Headline7 by Ernest J. Gaines, 1 signedDate Published1964-1978 Lot #84 The Forms of Fiction View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGardner, John and Lennis DunlapHeadlineSigned by John GardnerPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1962] Lot #85 Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineSigned Graham Green Doctor FischerPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1980] Lot #86 Eight Works by Graham Greene View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineEight Volumes by Graham GreeneDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #87 Five volumes by Graham Greene View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadline5 volumes by Graham GreeneDate Published1940-1975 Lot #88 Four works by Graham Greene View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineFour volumes by Graham GreeneDate Published1929-1940 Lot #89 The Honorary Consul View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineSigned Graham Green Honorary ConsulPublisherThe Bodley HeadDate Published[1973] Lot #90 The Name of Action View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineGreene's Second Novel 1st Ed.PublisherWilliam Heinemann Ltd.Date Published[1930] Lot #91 Nine Works by Graham Greene View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineNine Volumes by Graham GreeneDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #92 The Return of A. J. Raffles [with] Yes and No and For Whom the Bell Chimes View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineTwo Signed Graham Greene Plays Lot #93 The Third Man View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineThe Third Man First US editionPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1950 Lot #94 The Third Man and The Fallen Idol View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineGraham Greene The Third Man in JacketPublisherWilliam Heinemann LTDDate Published[1950] Lot #95 Two Signed Works by Graham Greene View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineTwo Signed Graham Greene Books Lot #96 The Last of the Plainsmen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey, The Last of the PlainsmenPublisherThe Outing Publishing CompanyDate Published1908 Lot #98 The Professional View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHeinz, W. C.HeadlineW.C. Heinz The Professional 1stPublisherHarper and BrothersDate Published[1958] Lot #99 American Big Game Fishing View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Heading(Hemingway, Ernest)AuthorConnett, Eugene V., editorHeadlineInscribed by Ernest Hemingway to Michael LernerPublisherThe Derrydale PressDate Published[1935] Lot #100 Across the River and Into the Trees View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway Across River 1st U.S. in DJPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1950 Lot #101 A Farewell to Arms View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineNicely preserved copy of Farewell to ArmsPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1929 Lot #102 For Whom the Bell Tolls View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFor Whome the Bell Tolls, 1st edPublisherScribner'sDate Published1940 Lot #103 In Our Time View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFirst Printing of Hemingway's In Our TimeProvenanceHarry SnydermanPublisherBoni & LiverightDate Published1925 Lot #104 A Moveable Feast: Sketches of the Author's Life in Paris in the Twenties View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway, A Moveable Feast, 1stPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1964] Lot #105 The Old Man and the Sea View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineOld Man and the Sea w/ crisp first issue jacketPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1952 Lot #106 The Torrents of Spring View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineErnest Hemingway Torrents of Spring 1st editionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1926 Lot #107 Winner Take Nothing View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineErnest Hemingway Winner Take NothingPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1933 Lot #109 The Kite Runner View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorHosseini, KhaledHeadlineFirst edition, signed by Khaled HosseiniPublisherRiverhead BooksDate Published2003 Lot #110 The Sweet Flypaper of Life View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Heading(Hughes, Langston)AuthorDeCarava, Roy & Langston HughesHeadlineSigned by Langston Hughes with inscriptionPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1955 Lot #111 Simple Speaks His Mind View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineSigned with inscription by HughesPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1950] Lot #112 The Weary Blues View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineLangston Hughes' 1st bookPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1926 Lot #113 Moses: Man of the Mountain View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHurston, Zora NealeHeadlineFirst Edition of Hurston's Book of ExodusPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1939] Lot #114 Mules and Men View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorHurston, Zora NealeHeadlineHurston, Mules and Men 1st EditionPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published1935 Lot #115 Seraph on the Suwanee View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHurston, Zora NealeHeadlineFirst Edition of Hurston's last novelPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1948 Lot #116 Tell My Horse View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorHurston, Zora NealeHeadlineHurston's study of Voodoo and superstitionPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1938] Lot #117 Point Counter Point [with] Brave New World View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHuxley, AldousHeadlineHuxley's Point Counter Point & Brave New WorldPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1928-1932 Lot #118 Picnic: A Summer Romance in Three Acts View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorInge, WilliamHeadlineInscribed by William IngePublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1953] Lot #119 A Meeting by the River [with] Christopher Isherwood: Myth and Anti-Myth View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorIsherwood, Christopher; Paul PiazzaHeadlineTwo books signed by Christopher IsherwoodPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1967]; Lot #120 An Artist of the Floating World [with] Never Let Me Go View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorIshiguro, KazuoHeadline3 books signed by Kazuo IshiguroDate Published1986-2005 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next