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 848 748 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 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorAldrich, Thomas BaileyHeadlineAutographed copy of Aldrich's Works, nicely preservedPublisherThe Riverside PressDate Published1897 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 #19 Nuggets and Dust Panned Out in California. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Bierce, Ambrose] Grile, DodHeadlineAmbrose Bierce Nuggets & Dust 1st EditionPublisherChatto & WindusDate Published[1873] Lot #21 Jane Eyre [and] Wuthering Heights View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBrontë, Charlotte [and] Emily BrontëHeadlineSpecial editions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering HeightsPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1943 Lot #22 Shirley. A Tale View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Heading(Bronte, Charlotte)AuthorBell, CurrerHeadlineFirst Edition of Bronte's ShirleyProvenanceJohn Stuart GrovesPublisherSmith, Elder and Co.Date Published1849 Lot #24 The Lark. Book I & Book II, Numbers 1-24, plus the Epi-Lark View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Author[Burgess, Gelett, et al]HeadlineThe Lark, imaginative fin-de-siècle magazinePublisherWilliam DoxeyDate Published1896-97 Lot #32 My Ántonia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorCather, Willa SibertHeadlineBeautiful First Edition of Cather's first masterpiecePublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1918 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 #45 The Deerslayer: or, the First War-Path. A Tale View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,750StatusSold Author[Cooper, James Fenimore]HeadlineFirst Edition of Cooper's DeerslayerPublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1841 Lot #55 Two original watercolors of Dickens characters by "Kyd" View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$237.50StatusSold Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorClark, Jospeph ClaytonHeadlineTwo original Dickens watercolors by "Kyd."Date Published[c.1920] Lot #56 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Dombey and Son 1848 First EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #57 The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMartin Chuzzlewit, First EditionPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1844 Lot #58 Little Dorrit View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Little Dorrit, First Edition First IssuePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1857 Lot #59 Master Humphrey's Clock View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMaster Humphrey's Clock, 1st Ed. in Book FormPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1840-41 Lot #60 Master Humphrey's Clock View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMaster Humphrey's Clock, 1st Ed. in Book FormPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1840-41 Lot #61 The Mystery of Edwin Drood - in 6 monthly parts View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens, Edwin Drood in 6 parts, 1870PublisherChapman & HallDate Published1870 Lot #62 The Mystery of Edwin Drood [with] Part Second of the Mystery of Edwin Drood by the Spirit-Pen of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineThe Mystery of Edwin Drood with its "completion"PublisherChapman and Hall; T.P. JamesDate Published1870; 1873 Lot #73 Daniel Deronda View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot, Daniel Deronda, 1876PublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1876 Lot #74 Felix Holt the Radical View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot Felix Holt The Radical 1st EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1866 Lot #75 George Eliot's Complete Works View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineNicely illustrated and preserved set of George Eliot's WorksPublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[1887] Lot #76 Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Middlemarch 1st Ed. 1871-2PublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1871-72 Lot #77 The Mill on the Floss View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Mill on the Floss 1st EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1860 Lot #108 The House of Seven Gables View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's House of Seven GablesPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1851 Lot #109 The Scarlet Letter: A Romance View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Scarlet Letter First EditionPublisherTicknor, Reed, and FieldsDate Published1850 Lot #124 The Wings of the Dove View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineJames The Wings of the Dove 1st EditionPublisherScribner'sDate Published1902 Lot #137 If View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$2,000StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineScarce separate edition of Kipling's IfPublisherDoubleday Page and CompanyDate Published[1910] Lot #138 The Arabian Nights Entertainments View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLang, Andrew, ed.HeadlineLang's Illustrated Arabian Nights 1902PublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1902 Lot #140 The Recess; or, A Tale of Other Times. By the Author of the Chapter of Accidents View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold 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 Lot #143 The Kempton-Wace Letters View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold AuthorLondon, Jack & Anna StrunskyHeadlineJack London Kempton-Wace Letters First EditionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #145 The Call of the Wild View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London's Call of the Wild Early PrintingPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #146 The Call of the Wild View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Call of the Wild, 1st IssuePublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #147 The Call of the Wild View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London's Call of the WildPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #148 Children of the Frost View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of Jack London's Third BookPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1902 Lot #149 The Cruise of the Dazzler - Salesman's Sample Copy View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Cruise of the Dazzler Rare Sample CopyPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1902 Lot #151 A Daughter of the Snows View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London, Daughter of the Snows, 1st ed.PublisherJ. B. Lippincott Co.Date Published1902 Lot #159 The God of His Fathers & Other Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's second bookPublisherMcClure, Phillips & CompanyDate Published[1901] Lot #162 The People of the Abyss View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London's The People of the Abyss, First EditionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1903 Lot #163 Revolution and Other Essays View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLondon's Revolution & Essays First EditionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1910 Lot #164 The Road View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of Jack London's The RoadPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1907 Lot #165 Scorn of Women: In Three Acts View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's scarce Scorn of WomenPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #166 The Sea-Wolf View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's Sea Wolf, 1904PublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1904 Lot #167 The Son of the Wolf: Tales of the Far North View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst printing of Jack London's First BookPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1900 Lot #169 Tales of the Fish Patrol View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineTales of the Fish Patrol, First EditionPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1905 Lot #171 War of the Classes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's collected essays on SocialismPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1905 Lot #172 White Fang View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLondon's White Fang 1st Ed, 2nd IssuePublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #173 The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Miles Standish with double fore-edge paintingPublisherW. Kent & Co.Date Published1858 Lot #176 Spoon River Anthology View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMasters, Edgar LeeHeadlineSpoon River Anthology 1st issuePublisherMacmillanDate Published1915 Lot #184 Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineHerman Melville Omoo 1st Ed. London 1847PublisherJohn Murray, Albemarle StreetDate Published1847 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. View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineMelville's Typee Second Printing 1846PublisherWiley and Putnam; John Murray, Albemarle StreetDate Published1846 Lot #186 The Bridges at Toko-ri View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorMichener, James A.HeadlineMichener's Bridges at Toko-ri, 1st ed. in jacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1953] 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. View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineParadise Lost & Regain'd 1st Baskerville 1758PublisherPrinted by John Baskerville for J. and R. TonsonDate Published[1758] Lot #210 The Argonaut Manuscript Limited Edition of Frank Norris' Works View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineArgonaut Manuscript set of Frank Norris complete worksPublisherDoubleday, Doran and Co.Date Published1928 Lot #211 The Epic of the Wheat [and] A Deal in Wheat View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorNorris, FrankHeadlineThree titles by Frank NorrisPublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #221 Lo-To-Kah View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorReed, Verner Z.HeadlineInscribed by the author, first book illustrated by Maynard DixonPublisherContinental PublishingDate Published1897 Lot #255 Kidnapped. Being Memoirs of the Adventures of David Balfour in the Year 1751... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineRobert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped First Ed.PublisherCassell & CompanyDate Published1886 Lot #256 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1stPublisherScribnersDate Published1886 Lot #261 Walden View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau's Walden 1st UK 1884PublisherDavid DouglasDate Published1884 Lot #263 Life on the Mississippi View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst U.S. edition of Twain's Life on the MississippiPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 Lot #264 Life on the Mississippi View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTrue first state of Twain's Life on the MississippiPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1883 Lot #268 The House of Mirth View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineWharton's House of MirthPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1905 Lot #269 The Valley of Decision View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineFirst Edition of Edith Wharton's First BookPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1902 Lot #270 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineLeaves of Grass 3rd Edition 3rd PrintingPublisherThayer and EldridgeDate Published1860-61 [but c.1880] Lot #271 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineWhitman's Leaves of Grass 1882 9th Ed.PublisherRees Welsh & Co.Date Published1882 Lot #272 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineWhitman's Leaves of Grass 1867 4th Ed.Date Published1867 Lot #273 An Ideal Husband View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorWilde, OscarHeadlineWilde's An Ideal Husband First EditionPublisherLeonard Smithers and Co.Date Published1899 Lot #277 The Voyage Out View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf's First Book The Voyage OutPublisherDuckworth & Co.Date Published1915 Lot #302 Six mostly Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineSix mostly Tarzan stories by Edgar Rice BurroughsPublisherWhitman Publishing Co.Date PublishedVarious dates Lot #314 Tarzan Triumphant View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorBurroughs, Edgar RiceHeadlineBurroughs Tarzan Triumphant 1st EditionPublisherEdgar Rice Burroughs, Inc.Date Published[1932] Lot #340 The Hound of the Baskervilles View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle Hound of the Baskervilles 1st EditionPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 Lot #341 The Lost World: Being an Account of the Recent Amazing Adventures of Professor George E. Challenger... View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle The Lost World First EditionPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published1912 Lot #342 The Valley of Fear: A Sherlock Holmes Novel View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineValley of Fear: Sherlock Holmes 1st EditionPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1914] Lot #379 Dracula View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorStoker, BramHeadlineStoker's Dracula 1920s ReprintPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[c.1920's] Lot #383 The Mysterious Island. The Modern Robinson Crusoe View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineVerne First Combined Ed. Mysterious IslandPublisherScribner, Armstrong, & Co.Date Published1876 Lot #384 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineVerne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea 1906 Ed.PublisherSampson Low, Marston, and CompanyDate Publishedc. 1906 Lot #385 War of the Worlds as published in The Cosmopolitan View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineFirst appearance of War of the WorldsPublisherThe CosmopolitanDate Published1896-1898 Lot #410 Publishing contract signed by Bukowski, John Martin, and others View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)Headline1983 publishing contract for Bukowski's WomenPublisherEditora BrasilienseDate Published1983 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next