Sale 842: Fine Literature - Mysteries & Sci-fi - Bukowski, Beats & the Counterculture (#842) 07/17/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/17/2025 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 842 739 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 187. Previous|12|Next Lot #5 Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorAuden, W. H.HeadlineAuden Poems FirstPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1934] Lot #9 Autograph letter from Stephen Vincent Benét to Malcolm View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorBenét, Stephen VincentHeadlineAutograph letter by Stephen Vincent BenétDate Publishedc.1935 Lot #13 The Little People of the Snow View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorBryant, William CullenHeadlineSigned by Bryant with holograph verse from poemPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1873 Lot #16 Cathedral: Stories View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineSigned by the Carvers and Tess GallagerPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1983 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 #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 #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 #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 #50 James and the Giant Peach: A Children's Story View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadlineJames and the Giant Peach signed by artistPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published[1961] Lot #51 A Poem Delivered Before the Porter Rhetorical Society, in the Theological Seminary, Andover... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDana, Richard Henry, Sr.HeadlineRichard Henry Dana Sr.'s poem on the soulPublisherPerkins & MarvinDate Published1829 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 #60 South Wind View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$100StatusSold AuthorDouglas, NormanHeadlineN. Douglas, South Wind signed limited blue paperPublisherMartin SeckerDate Published1922 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 #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 #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 #81 In the Clearing View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineSigned and inscribed by Robert FrostPublisherHolt, Rinehart, and WinstonDate Published1962 Lot #82 West-Running Brook View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineFirst issue, in jacket, of first trade editionPublisherHenry HoltDate Published[1928] Lot #84 The Forms of Fiction View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGardner, John and Lennis DunlapHeadlineSigned by John GardnerPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1962] 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 #108 God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHitchens, ChristopherHeadlineSigned by Christopher HitchensPublisherTwelveDate Published2007 Lot #109 The Kite Runner View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorHosseini, KhaledHeadlineFirst edition, signed by Khaled HosseiniPublisherRiverhead BooksDate Published2003 Lot #112 The Weary Blues View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadlineLangston Hughes' 1st bookPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1926 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 Lot #122 The Remains of the Day View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorIshiguro, KazuoHeadlineRemains of the Day signed by IshiguroPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1989 Lot #141 At Play in the Fields of the Lord [with] In the Spirit of Crazy Horse View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorMatthiessen, PeterHeadline2 signed 1sts by Peter MatthiessenDate Published1965; 1983 Lot #144 The Book-Bag View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineSigned by Maugham twice, inscribedPublisherG. OrioliDate Published1932 Lot #148 Of Human Bondage. With a Digression on the Art of Fiction: An Address by W. Somerset Maugham View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineW. Somerset Maugham Library of Congress addressPublisher[U.S. Government Printing Office]Date Published1946 Lot #150 The Painted Veil View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineThe Painted Veil, signed by W.S. MaughamPublisherGeorge H. DoranDate Published[1925] Lot #152 All the Pretty Horses View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,300StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineAll the Pretty Horses, signed 1st UKPublisherPicador / Pan BooksDate Published[1993] Lot #154 Cities of the Plain View details Estimate$2,500 - $3,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineSigned deluxe limited editionPublisherB.E. TriceDate Published1998 Lot #156 No Country for Old Men View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineLimited Edition signed by Cormac McCarthyPublisherB.E. TriceDate Published2005 Lot #157 The Passenger / Stella Maris View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineSigned by Cormac McCarthy, deluxe editionPublisherPicadorDate Published2022 Lot #159 The Road View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineCormac McCarthy's The Road, signed 1st UKPublisherPicadorDate Published[2006] Lot #169 All My Sons: A Play in Three Acts View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorMiller, ArthurHeadlineSigned by Arthur Miller, 1st in jacketPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1947] Lot #171 Sula View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorMorrison, ToniHeadlineToni Morrison Sula signed 1stPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1974 Lot #175 Botany Bay View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorNordhoff, Charles & James Norman HallHeadlineFirst Edition, signed by Nordhoff and HallPublisherLittle, Brown & Co.Date Published1941 Lot #180 Leaving Las Vegas View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorO'Brien, JohnHeadlineSigned and inscribed by John O'BrienPublisherWatermark PressDate Published[1990] Lot #181 Going After Cacciato View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorO'Brien, TimHeadlineInscribed and signed by Tim O'BrienPublisherDelacorte Press/Seymour LawrenceDate Published1978 Lot #185 The English Patient View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorOndaatje, MichaelHeadlineSigned by Michael OndaatjePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1992 Lot #189 The World of Paul Slickey View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorOsborne, JohnHeadlineJohn Osbourne's disaster of a musical, with inscribed slipDate Published1958 Lot #194 Twelve volume set of large paper classics from the Riverside Press View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Heading(Riverside Press)HeadlineRiverside Press set of classicsPublisherThe Riverside Press/Houghton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1905-1906 Lot #195 Five first editions by Philip Roth View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorRoth, PhilipHeadline5 works by Philip Roth, 2 signedDate Published1962-2000 Lot #196 The Great American Novel [with] The Facts [and] The Dying Animal View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorRoth, PhilipHeadlineThree Signed Philip Roth Firsts in Jackets Lot #197 Portnoy's Complaint View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorRoth, PhilipHeadlineSigned by Philip RothPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1969] Lot #198 The Professor of Desire [with] Deception [and] Operation Shylock View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorRoth, PhilipHeadlineThree 1sts signed by Philip RothDate Published1977-1993 Lot #199 Zuckerman Unbound [with] The Anatomy Lesson [and] I Married a Communist View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorRoth, PhilipHeadlineThree Signed Philip Roth Firsts in Jackets Lot #200 Midnight's Children [with] Shalimar the Clown View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorRushdie, SalmanHeadlineTwo books signed by Salman RushdieDate Published1981-2005 Lot #201 The Satanic Verses View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorRushdie, SalmanHeadlineSalman Rushdie, Satanic Verses signed 1st U.S.PublisherVikingDate Published[1989] Lot #204 Four short story collections by English authors View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Short story collections)Headline4 short story collections, 3 signedDate Published1997-2004 Lot #213 La Flamme (Burning Bright) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineLe Flamme Inscribed by Steinbeck to Arthur ElliotPublisherDel Duca les Editions MondialesDate Published[1951] Lot #220 Zapata: A Narrative, in dramatic form, of the life of Emiliano Zapata View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSigned by Karin WikströmPublisherYolla Bolly PressDate Published[1991] Lot #221 Strange Waters View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadlineStrange Waters, scarce George Sterling chapbookDate Published[c.1926] Lot #223 Leopoldstadt View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorStoppard, TomHeadlineOne of 100 signed copies, limited editionPublisherFaber & FaberDate Published[2020] Lot #224 The Confessions of Nat Turner View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorStyron, WilliamHeadlineFirst edition, signed by William StyronPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1967] Lot #230 The Tin Can Tree [with] Saint Maybe View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorTyler, AnneHeadline2 volumes by Anne Tyler, 1 signedPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1965; 1991 Lot #232 Player Piano View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorVonnegut, KurtHeadlinePlayer Piano signed by VonnegutPublisherEaston PressDate Published[2004] Lot #233 Once View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWalker, AliceHeadlineAlice Walker First Book of PoemsPublisherHarcourt, Brace and World, Inc.Date Published[1968] Lot #236 The Bride of the Innisfallen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWelty, EudoraHeadlineInscribed by Eudora WeltyPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1955] Lot #239 Correspondence from one of Walt Whitman's literary executors View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Whitman, Walt)AuthorTraubel, Horace L.Headline3 letters from one of Whitman's executorsDate Published1897-1912 Lot #240 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorWhitman, WaltHeadlineWhitman's Leaves of Grass, deathbed editionPublisherDavid McKayDate Published1891-1892 Lot #242 Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineOscar Wilde's Poems, 1881PublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1881 Lot #248 Shark! Shark!: The Thirty-Year Odyssey of a Pioneer Shark Hunter View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorYoung, Captain William E., as told to Horace S. MazetHeadlineSharkskin leather edition signed by authorsPublisherGotham HouseDate Published1933 Lot #251 The Damnation Game View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBarker, CliveHeadlineDeluxe signed edition of Barker's first novelPublisherCemetary Dance PublicationsDate Published2017 Lot #254 Fahrenheit 451: 40th Anniversary Edition View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineInscribed and signed by Ray BradburyPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published[1993] Lot #255 The Martian Chronicles w/ signed photograph View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned, with additional signed photographPublisherAvon BooksDate Published[1997] Lot #257 Two Science Fiction writing symposiums View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBretner, Reginald, editorHeadline2 writing symposiums signed by Reginald BretnerPublisherHarper & Row, PublishersDate Published1974; 1976 Lot #259 The Big Sleep [with] The Long Goodbye View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorChandler, RaymondHeadlineTwo Raymond Chandlers Signed by Stars Lot #264 2001: A Space Odyssey View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorClarke, Arthur C.HeadlineSigned by actors Keir Dullea and Gary LockwoodPublisherNew American LibraryDate Published[1968] Lot #268 Two signed volumes by or edited by August Derleth View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Derleth, August)HeadlineTwo volumes signed by August DerlethDate Published1947; 1962 Lot #274 The Client View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGrisham, JohnHeadlineFirst edition of The Client, signedPublisherDoubledayDate Published1993 Lot #275 The Firm View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorGrisham, JohnHeadlineJohn Grisham's The Firm, signed 1st editionPublisherDoubledayDate Published[1991] Lot #284 Arrogant Alibi View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorKing, C. DalyHeadlineArrogant Alibi signed by C. Daly KingPublisherD. Appleton-Century CompanyDate Published1939 Lot #286 Death Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLigotti, ThomasHeadlineDeath Poems, signed by Thomas Ligotti 1/300PublisherBad Moon BooksDate Published2013 Lot #296 Black God's Shadow View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMoore, Catherine LucilleHeadlineBlack God's Shadow, signed by illustratorPublisherDonald M. GrantDate Published1977 Lot #308 Four volumes featuring vampires View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Vampires)HeadlineFour vampiric volumesDate Published1980-1998 Lot #310 Thirteen Honor Harrington novels View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWeber, DavidHeadline13 signed Honor Harrington novelsPublisherBaenDate Published2013-2019 Lot #314 Typed Letter, signed by Cornell Woolrich to literary agent H. N. Swanson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWoolrich, CornelHeadlineTyped Letter, signed by Cornell Woolrich to agent 1944Date Published1944 Lot #315 Typed Letter, signed by Cornell Woolrich to literary agent H. N. Swanson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorWoolrich, CornelHeadlineTyped Letter by Cornell Woolrich to agent H. N. SwansonDate Published1944 Lot #316 Typed Letter, signed by Cornell Woolrich to publisher Kenneth White View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWoolrich, CornelHeadlineLetter signed by Cornell Woolrich to publisher Kenneth White 1944Date Published1944 Lot #317 Fourth Wing [with] Iron Flame View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorYarros. RebeccaHeadlineTwo Empyrean novels signed by Rebecca YarrosPublisher[Entangled Publishing, LLC]Date Published[2023] Lot #319 The Bukowski / Purdy Letters: 1964-1974, A Decade of Dialogue View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorBukowski, Charles & Al PurdyHeadlineSigned by Buk & Purdy w/ orig. pastelPublisherThe Paget PressDate Published[1983] Lot #320 Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorBukowski, Charles & Neeli Cherry, editorsHeadlineLaugh Literary Nos. 1 & 2 by Bukowski and NeeliPublisherLaugh LiteraryDate Published1969 Lot #332 Three titles inscribed by Charles Bukowski View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadline3 titles inscribed by BukowskiDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #335 Check from Black Sparrow Press to Charles Bukowski, signed by Bukowski and John Martin View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)HeadlineCheck signed by Bukowski and John MartinPublisherBank of AmericaDate Published1992 Lot #341 Publishing contract signed by Bukowski, John Martin, and others View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)Headline1981 publishing contract signed by Bukowski and othersPublisherOdysseas EditionsDate Published1981 Lot #343 The Official Charles Bukowski 1985 Calender [sic] - two different issues View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)AuthorPutris, CharlesHeadlineBukowski 1985 Calendar - 2 issues, 1 signedPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1985 Lot #346 Signed typescript letter from Charles Bukowski to Gary Olson View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Letters)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski signed letter with envelope 1967Date Published1967 Lot #347 Signed typescript letter from Charles Bukowski to Jon and Lou Webb View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Letters)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski signed letter to Lou & Jon Webb 1968Date Published1968 Lot #348 Signed typescript letter from Charles Bukowski to Steve Richmond View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$875StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Letters)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski letter discussing Fante 1978Date Published1978 Lot #349 1954: Coronado Street View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Manuscripts)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineSigned Bukowski manuscript poem 1992Date Published1992 Lot #350 Beds, Toilets, You and Me View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Manuscripts)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski manuscript poem, signed 1976Date Published1976 Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next