Sale 848: Fine Literature: with Mystery & Sci-fi - Beats, Bukowski & the Counterculture (#848) 10/09/2025 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 10/09/2025 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 328. Previous|1234|Next Lot #1 No Longer at Ease View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorAchebe, ChinuaHeadlineAchebe's Second Novel 1st Edition in JacketPublisherHeinemannDate Published[1960] Lot #2 Things Fall Apart View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,000Sold for$3,750StatusSold AuthorAchebe, ChinuaHeadlineAchebe's Things Fall Apart First American SignedPublisherMcDowell, OblinskeyDate Published[1959] Lot #4 Three by Woody Allen View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorAllen, WoodyHeadlineThree by Woody AllenPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1967-1982 Lot #5 Three by Woody Allen View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorAllen, WoodyHeadlineThree signed by Woody AllenPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1975-2007 Lot #6 The House of the Spirits View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAllende, IsabelHeadlineInscribed Allende House of the SpiritsPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1985 Lot #7 The Kid Who Batted 1,000 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAllison, Bob and Frank Ernest HillHeadlineNicely preserved First Edition of the Kid Who Batted 1,000PublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1951 Lot #8 Bless Me, Ultima View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorAnaya, Rudolfo A.HeadlineRudolfo A. Anaya Bless Me Ultima inscribedPublisherQuinto Sol PublishersDate Published1972 Lot #9 A Story Teller's Story View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorAnderson, SherwoodHeadlineAnderson's A Story Teller's Story, custom chemise & slipcasePublisherB.W. HuebschDate Published1924 Lot #10 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAngelou, MayaHeadlineI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya AngelouPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1969] Lot #11 The Fire Next Time [with] Going to Meet the Man View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadlineTwo James Baldwin Firsts in JacketsPublisherThe Dial PressDate Published1963-1965 Lot #12 Giovanni's Room View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadlineJames Baldwin's Giovanni's Room 1st in JacketPublisherThe Dial PressDate Published1956 Lot #13 Go Tell It on the Mountain View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadlineGo Tell It on the Mountain with Baldwin's signaturePublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1953 Lot #14 Peter and Wendy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineJ.M. Barrie Peter and Wendy 1st AmericanPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1911] Lot #15 Waiting for Godot View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorBeckett, SamuelHeadlineWaiting for Godot 1st ed in jacketPublisherFaber and FaberDate Published[1956] Lot #16 The Adventures of Augie March View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBellow, SaulHeadlineAugie March In first issue jacketPublisherThe Viking PresDate Published1953 Lot #17 Humboldt's Gift View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBellow, SaulHeadlineSaul Bellow Humboldt's Gift Signed FirstPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published[1975] Lot #18 The Victim View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorBellow, SaulHeadlineSaul Bellow's second novel, signed by BellowPublisherThe Vanguard PressDate Published[1947] Lot #20 Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBourdain, AnthonyHeadlineBourdain's Kitchen Confidential, 1st Edition in jacketPublisherBloomsburyDate Published[2000] Lot #23 The Master and Margarita View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBulgakov, MikhailHeadlineBulgakov's Master and Margarita, Ginsburg TranslationPublisherGrove Press, Inc.Date Published[1967] Lot #25 The Outsider View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorCamus, AlbertHeadlineCamus Outsider 1st in English in JacketPublisherHamish HamiltonDate Published[1946] Lot #26 The Plague View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCamus, AlbertHeadlineCamus The Plague 1st in English in JacketPublisherHamish HamiltonDate Published[1948] Lot #27 In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCapote, TrumanHeadlineIn Cold Blood, First Edition in First issue jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1965] Lot #28 Five volumes of poetry by Raymond Carver View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineFive volumes of poetry from Raymond CarverDate Published1985-1996 Lot #29 Four volumes of poetry from Raymond Carver View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineFour volumes of poetry from Raymond CarverDate Published1976-1988 Lot #30 Three works by Raymond Carver signed by Tess Gallagher and others View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineThree Carver vols. signed by dedicateesDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #31 April Twilights View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorCather, Willa SibertHeadlineFirst Edition of Cather's first bookPublisherRichard C. Badger, The Gorham PressDate Published1903 Lot #33 O Pioneers! View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorCather, Willa SibertHeadlineCather family copy of O Pioneers!PublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[1913] Lot #34 A Lost Lady View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineWilla Cather A Lost Lady Signed Limited EditionPublisherKnopfDate Published1923 Lot #35 My Mortal Enemy View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineCather's My Mortal Enemy Ltd Edn SignedPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1926 Lot #36 Not Under Forty View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineCather's Not under Forty, signedProvenanceJohn Talbot GernonPublisherKnopfDate Published1936 Lot #37 The Professor's House View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineWilla Cather The Professor's House First Trade Edition.PublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1925 Lot #38 Shadows on the Rock View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineCather's Shadows on the Rock signedPublisherKnopfDate Published1931 Lot #39 Shelf of Willa Cather View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineWilla Cather shelf of later printingsDate Published1903-1997 Lot #40 The Troll Garden View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineCather's first book of prose fictionPublisherMcClure, Phillips & Co.Date Published1905 Lot #41 The House of Mango Street View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorCisneros, SandraHeadlineSigned Cisneros House on Mango StreetPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1994 Lot #42 The Rover View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineThe Rover in jacket, 1st British editionPublisherT. Fisher Unwin LtdDate Published[1923] Lot #43 Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineConrad's Youth with Heart of Darkness, 1st Ed.PublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1902 Lot #44 The Water is Wide View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorConroy, PatHeadlineNice copy of Pat Conroy's second bookPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1972 Lot #46 Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920's View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCowley, MalcolmHeadlineMalcolm Cowley Exile's Return Limited Editions ClubPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published[1981] Lot #49 CIOPW View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorCummings, E.E.Headlinee.e. cummings CIOPW Signed Limited 1st Ed.PublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published1931 Lot #50 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadline1st Issue Charlie & Chocolate Factory in JacketPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published[1964] Lot #51 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadline1st Issue Charlie & Chocolate FactoryPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published[1964] Lot #53 Captain Corelli's Mandolin View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Authorde Berniéres, LouisHeadlineFirst Edition of Corelli's MandolinPublisherSecker & WarburgDate Published[1994] Lot #54 White Noise View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDeLillo, DonHeadlineDon DeLillo White Noise 1st edition in jacketPublisherElisabeth Sifton Books/VikingDate Published[1985] Lot #64 Deliverance View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDickey, JamesHeadlineDickey Deliverance 1st Edition in jacketPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1970 Lot #65 The Last Thing He Wanted View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorDidion, JoanHeadlineThe Last Thing He Wanted Signed by DidionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1996 Lot #66 Big As Life [with] The Book of Daniel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorDoctorow, E.L.HeadlineDoctorow's scarcest book, 1st in jacketPublisherSimon & Schuster; Random HouseDate Published1966; 1971 Lot #67 Billy Bathgate - three variants View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDoctorow, E.L.HeadlineWith two signed by E.L. DoctorowPublisherFranklin Library; Random HouseDate Published1989 Lot #68 Four signed limited editions by E.L. Doctorow View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDoctorow, E.L.HeadlineFour signed limited editions by E.L. DoctorowPublisherRandom HouseDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #69 All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDoerr, AnthonyHeadlineSigned by Doerr, 1st ed.PublisherScribnerDate Published[2014] Lot #70 The 42nd Parallel View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorDos Passos, JohnHeadlineDos Passos 42nd Parallel 1st in JacketPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published1930 Lot #71 Plays of the Natural and the Supernatural View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlineDreiser Inscribed Plays of the NaturalPublisherJohn Lane Company; John Lane, the Bodley HeadDate Published[1916] Lot #72 Geek Love [with] The Barker and signed letter View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorDunn, KatherineHeadlineGeek Love with signed letter and additional short storiesPublisherAlfred A. Knopf; Dark Carnival BookstoreDate Published1989; 1995 Lot #79 Dago Red View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineNice copy of Fante's Dago Red 1st ed.PublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1940 Lot #80 Dreams from Bunker Hill View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineFante's Dreams for Bunker Hill, Signed LimitedPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1982 Lot #81 Three limited editions by John Fante View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineThree limited editions by John FantePublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1982-1988 Lot #82 Three titles by John Fante View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineThree volumes by John FantePublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1985 Lot #83 Wait Until Spring, Bandini View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineJohn Fante Wait Until Spring Bandini 1stPublisherStackpole SonsDate Published[1938] Lot #84 Wait Until Spring, Bandini View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineFante's Wait Until Spring Bandini Signed LimitedPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1983 Lot #86 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 #87 The Mansion View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Faulkner The Mansion 1st EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1959] Lot #88 The Wild Palms View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner's Wild Palms, 1st in jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1939] Lot #89 I Love Galesburg in the Springtime View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFinney, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of Jack Finney's Galesburg in the SpringtimePublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1963 Lot #90 The Princeton Bric-A-Brac View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Heading(Fitzgerald, F. Scott)HeadlineTwo Princeton yearbooks from F. Scott Fitzgerald's yearsPublisher[Press of E. A. Wright]Date Published[1914]; [1916] Lot #91 Tender is the Night View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineF. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night 1st editionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1934 Lot #93 The African Queen View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorForester, C.S.HeadlineC.S. Forester The African Queen 1st U.S. Ed.PublisherLittle, BrownDate Published1935 Lot #94 A Passage to India View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$3,125StatusSold AuthorForster, E.M.HeadlineForster's Passage to India Signed Limited Ed.PublisherEdward Arnold & Co.Date Published1924 Lot #95 The Collector View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorFowles, JohnHeadlineJohn Fowles The CollectorPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published[1963] Lot #97 Collected Poems of Robert Frost View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineCollected Poems of Robert Frost, Signed 1stPublisherHenry HoltDate Published[1936] Lot #98 Mountain Interval View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineFrost's Mountain Interval First EditionPublisherHenry Hoult and CompanyDate Published[1916] Lot #100 I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Emperor of the Romans... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorGraves, RobertHeadlineGraves' I Claudius, 1st U.S. in JacketPublisherHarrison Smith & Robert HaasDate Published1934 Lot #101 Brighton Rock View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineFirst edition of Graham Greene's Brighton Rock, reboundPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1938] Lot #102 Four Graham Greene First Editions View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineFour First Editions by Graham GreeneDate Published1929-1948 Lot #103 How Father Quixote Became a Monsignor View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineSigned by Graham Greene & the publishersPublisherSylvester & OrphanosDate Published1980 Lot #104 It's a Battlefield [with] England Made Me View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineTwo Graham Greene first editions, reboundPublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1934]; [1935] Lot #105 Rumour at Nightfall View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineGreene's Rumour at Nightfall, 1st US EdPublisherDoubleday, Doran & CompanyDate Published1932 Lot #106 Snow Falling on Cedars View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGuterson, DavidHeadlineSigned copy of the acclaimed novelPublisherHarcourt Brace & Co.Date Published1994 Lot #107 84, Charing Cross Road View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorHanff, HeleneHeadlineTwo Editions of 84, Charing Cross RoadPublisherGrossman Publishers/ Andre DeutschDate Published1970-1971 Lot #110 Sweeney Astray: A Version from the Irish View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSeamus Heaney 1st Sweeney Astray SignedPublisherA Field Day PublicationDate Published1983 Lot #111 A Farewell to Arms View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineA Farewell to Arms, second printingPublisherScribner'sDate Published1929 Lot #112 For Whom the Bell Tolls View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFor Whom the Bell tolls, 1st BritishPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published1941 Lot #113 For Whom the Bell Tolls View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFor Whom the Bell Tolls, 1st in JacketPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1940 Lot #114 A Moveable Feast View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineA Moveable Feast - First UK EdfitionPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1964] Lot #115 A Moveable Feast: Sketches of the Author's Life in Paris in the Twenties View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway, A Moveable Feast, 1stPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1964] Lot #116 The Old Man and the Sea View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$2,125StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineThe Old Man and the Sea, 1st in JacketPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1952 Lot #117 The Sun Also Rises View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFirst Edition of The Sun Also RisesPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1926 Lot #118 Kon-Tiki Ekspedisjonen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHeyerdahl, ThorHeadlineHeyerdahl's Kon-Tiki Norweigan FirstPublisherGyldendal Norsk ForlagDate Published1948 Lot #119 Goodbye Mr. Chips View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorHilton, JamesHeadlineTwo First Editions, one inscribed and signed by the authorPublisherLittle, Brown, and CompanyDate Published1934 Lot #120 The Kite Runner View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorHosseini, KhaledHeadlineHosseini's debut novel signedPublisherBloomsburyDate Published[2003] Lot #122 A High Wind in Jamaica View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorHughes, RichardHeadlineHughes', A High Wind in Jamaica in jacketPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1929 Lot #123 We Have Always Lived in the Castle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorJackson, ShirleyHeadlineShirley Jackson's last novel, 1st EditionPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1962 Lot #124 The Wings of the Dove View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineJames The Wings of the Dove 1st EditionPublisherScribner'sDate Published1902 Lot #125 An Introduction to Robinson Jeffers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Jeffers, Robinson)AuthorPowell, Lawrence ClarkHeadlineLawrence Clark Powell Introduction to Robinson JeffersPublisherImprimerie Bernigaud Privat, University of DijonDate Published1932 Lot #126 The Philosophy of Despair View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorJordan, David StarrHeadlineSigned Jordan Philosophy of DespairPublisherPaul Elder and Morgan ShepardDate Published1902 Lot #127 Finnegans Wake View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJoyce Finnegan's Wake 1st U.S. Trade Ed.PublisherViking PressDate Published1939 Lot #128 Ulysses View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJoyce's Ulysses 10th printing 1928 in LeatherPublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #129 Ulysses View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$875StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineUlysses 4th Printing 1924 Ellsworth Mason's CopyPublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1924 Lot #130 Ulysses View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineUlysses 9th Printing 1927 Original WrappersPublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1927 Lot #131 Ulysses View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJames Joyce Ulysses First U.S. EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1934 Lot #132 Ulysses View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJoyce's Ulysses 10th printing 1928 in ClothPublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1928 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1234|Next Previous 1234 Next Previous 1234 Next