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 1-76 of 76. Previous|1|Next Lot #3 The Works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich AuthorAldrich, Thomas BaileyHeadlineAutographed copy of Aldrich's Works, nicely preservedPublisherThe Riverside PressDate Published1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #14 Peter and Wendy AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineJ.M. Barrie Peter and Wendy 1st AmericanPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #19 Nuggets and Dust Panned Out in California. Author[Bierce, Ambrose] Grile, DodHeadlineAmbrose Bierce Nuggets & Dust 1st EditionPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published[1873] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #21 Jane Eyre [and] Wuthering Heights AuthorBrontë, Charlotte [and] Emily BrontëHeadlineSpecial editions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering HeightsPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1943 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #22 Shirley. A Tale Heading(Bronte, Charlotte)AuthorBell, CurrerHeadlineFirst Edition of Bronte's ShirleyProvenanceJohn Stuart GrovesPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1849 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #24 The Lark. Book I & Book II, Numbers 1-24, plus the Epi-Lark Author[Burgess, Gelett, et al]HeadlineThe Lark, imaginative fin-de-siècle magazinePublisherWilliam DoxeyDate Published1896-97 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #32 My Ántonia AuthorCather, Willa SibertHeadlineBeautiful First Edition of Cather's first masterpiecePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1918 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #43 Youth: A Narrative and Two Other Stories AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineConrad's Youth with Heart of Darkness, 1st Ed.PublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #45 The Deerslayer: or, the First War-Path. A Tale Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]HeadlineFirst Edition of Cooper's DeerslayerPublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1841 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #55 Two original watercolors of Dickens characters by "Kyd" Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorClark, Jospeph ClaytonHeadlineTwo original Dickens watercolors by "Kyd."Date Published[c.1920] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #56 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Dombey and Son 1848 First EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #57 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMartin Chuzzlewit, First EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #58 Little Dorrit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Little Dorrit, First Edition First IssuePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #59 Master Humphrey's Clock AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMaster Humphrey's Clock, 1st Ed. in Book FormPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1840-41 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #60 Master Humphrey's Clock AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMaster Humphrey's Clock, 1st Ed. in Book FormPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1840-41 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #61 The Mystery of Edwin Drood - in 6 monthly parts AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, Edwin Drood in 6 parts, 1870PublisherChapman & HallDate Published1870 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #62 The Mystery of Edwin Drood [with] Part Second of the Mystery of Edwin Drood by the Spirit-Pen of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Mystery of Edwin Drood with its "completion"PublisherChapman and Hall; T.P. JamesDate Published1870; 1873 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #73 Daniel Deronda AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot, Daniel Deronda, 1876PublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1876 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #74 Felix Holt the Radical AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot Felix Holt The Radical 1st EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1866 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #75 George Eliot's Complete Works AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineNicely illustrated and preserved set of George Eliot's WorksPublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[1887] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #76 Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Middlemarch 1st Ed. 1871-2PublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1871-72 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #77 The Mill on the Floss AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Mill on the Floss 1st EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #108 The House of Seven Gables AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's House of Seven GablesPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #109 The Scarlet Letter: A Romance AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Scarlet Letter First EditionPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1850 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold Lot #124 The Wings of the Dove AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineJames The Wings of the Dove 1st EditionPublisherScribner'sDate Published1902 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #137 If AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineScarce separate edition of Kipling's IfPublisherDoubleday Page and CompanyDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,000StatusSold Lot #138 The Arabian Nights Entertainments AuthorLang, Andrew, ed.HeadlineLang's Illustrated Arabian Nights 1902PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #140 The Recess; or, A Tale of Other Times. By the Author of the Chapter of Accidents Author[Lee, Sophia]HeadlineLord's Copy of Sophia Lee's Recess 1786 DublinPublisherPrinted for Messrs. G. Burnet, R. Moncrieffe, J. Exshaw, J. Beatty, L. White, P. Byrne, S. Colbert, H. Whitestone, W. Sleater, J. Cash, R. Marchbank, T. Heary, and J. MooreDate Published1786 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #143 The Kempton-Wace Letters AuthorLondon, Jack & Anna StrunskyHeadlineJack London Kempton-Wace Letters First EditionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #145 The Call of the Wild AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London's Call of the Wild Early PrintingPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #146 The Call of the Wild AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Call of the Wild, 1st IssuePublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #147 The Call of the Wild AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London's Call of the WildPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #148 Children of the Frost AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of Jack London's Third BookPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #149 The Cruise of the Dazzler - Salesman's Sample Copy AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Cruise of the Dazzler Rare Sample CopyPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #151 A Daughter of the Snows AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London, Daughter of the Snows, 1st ed.PublisherJ. B. Lippincott Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #159 The God of His Fathers & Other Stories AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's second bookPublisherMcClure, Phillips & CompanyDate Published[1901] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #162 The People of the Abyss AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London's The People of the Abyss, First EditionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1903 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #163 Revolution and Other Essays AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLondon's Revolution & Essays First EditionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1910 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #164 The Road AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of Jack London's The RoadPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #165 Scorn of Women: In Three Acts AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's scarce Scorn of WomenPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #166 The Sea-Wolf AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's Sea Wolf, 1904PublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1904 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #167 The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst printing of Jack London's First BookPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #169 Tales of the Fish Patrol AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineTales of the Fish Patrol, First EditionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #171 War of the Classes AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's collected essays on SocialismPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #172 White Fang AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLondon's White Fang 1st Ed, 2nd IssuePublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #173 The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Miles Standish with double fore-edge paintingPublisherW. Kent & Co.Date Published1858 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #176 Spoon River Anthology AuthorMasters, Edgar LeeHeadlineSpoon River Anthology 1st issuePublisherMacmillanDate Published1915 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #184 Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineHerman Melville Omoo 1st Ed. London 1847PublisherJohn Murray, Albemarle StreetDate Published1847 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #185 Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life. During a Four Months' Residence in a Valley of the Marquesas; the Revised Edition, with a Sequel. By Herman Melville. Part I. AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMelville's Typee Second Printing 1846PublisherWiley and Putnam; John Murray, Albemarle StreetDate Published1846 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #186 The Bridges at Toko-ri AuthorMichener, James A.HeadlineMichener's Bridges at Toko-ri, 1st ed. in jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1953] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #200 Paradise Lost. A Poem in Twelve Books. [with] Paradise Regain'd. A Poem in Four Books. To which is added Samson Agonistes: and Poems upon Several Occasions. AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost & Regain'd 1st Baskerville 1758PublisherPrinted by John Baskerville for J. and R. TonsonDate Published[1758] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold Lot #210 The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition of Frank Norris' Works AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineArgonaut Manuscript set of Frank Norris complete worksPublisherDoubleday, Doran and Co.Date Published1928 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #211 The Epic of the Wheat [and] A Deal in Wheat AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineThree titles by Frank NorrisPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #221 Lo-To-Kah AuthorReed, Verner Z.HeadlineInscribed by the author, first book illustrated by Maynard DixonPublisherContinental PublishingDate Published1897 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #255 Kidnapped. Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751... AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped First Ed.PublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published1886 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold Lot #256 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1stPublisherScribnersDate Published1886 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #261 Walden AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau's Walden 1st UK 1884PublisherDavid DouglasDate Published1884 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #263 Life on the Mississippi AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst U.S. edition of Twain's Life on the MississippiPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #264 Life on the Mississippi AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTrue first state of Twain's Life on the MississippiPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #268 The House of Mirth AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineWharton's House of MirthPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #269 The Valley of Decision AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineFirst Edition of Edith Wharton's First BookPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #270 Leaves of Grass Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineLeaves of Grass 3rd Edition 3rd PrintingPublisherThayer and EldridgeDate Published1860-61 [but c.1880] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #271 Leaves of Grass Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineWhitman's Leaves of Grass 1882 9th Ed.PublisherRees Welsh & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #272 Leaves of Grass Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineWhitman's Leaves of Grass 1867 4th Ed.Date Published1867 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #273 An Ideal Husband AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineWilde's An Ideal Husband First EditionPublisherLeonard Smithers and Co.Date Published1899 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #277 The Voyage Out AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf's First Book The Voyage OutPublisherDuckworth & Co.Date Published1915 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #302 Six mostly Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineSix mostly Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice BurroughsPublisherWhitman Publishing Co.Date PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #314 Tarzan Triumphant AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineBurroughs Tarzan Triumphant 1st EditionPublisherEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.Date Published[1932] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #340 The Hound of the Baskervilles AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle Hound of the Baskervilles 1st EditionPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #341 The Lost World: Being an Account of the Recent Amazing Adventures of Professor George E. Challenger... AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle The Lost World First EditionPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #342 The Valley of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Novel AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineValley of Fear: Sherlock Holmes 1st EditionPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #379 Dracula AuthorStoker, BramHeadlineStoker's Dracula 1920s ReprintPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[c.1920's] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #383 The Mysterious Island. The Modern Robinson Crusoe AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineVerne First Combined Ed. Mysterious IslandPublisherScribner, Armstrong, & Co.Date Published1876 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #384 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineVerne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1906 Ed.PublisherSampson Low, Marston, and CompanyDate Publishedc. 1906 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #385 War of the Worlds as published in The Cosmopolitan AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineFirst appearance of War of the WorldsPublisherThe CosmopolitanDate Published1896-1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #410 Publishing contract signed by Bukowski, John Martin, and others Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)Headline1983 publishing contract for Bukowski's WomenPublisherEditora BrasilienseDate Published1983 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next