Sale 852: Fine Literature - With Mysteries, Fantasy, & Sci-fi - Bukowski, Beats, & the Counterculture (#852) 12/04/2025 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 12/04/2025 11:00 AM PST Auction Info 852 753 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 1-71 of 71. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, Part First [&] Second View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorAlcott, Louisa M.HeadlineLittle Women by Alcott in two volumesPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1869-1870 Lot #9 The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorBallantyne, Robert MichaelHeadlineThe Coral Island 1858 - inspiration for Lord of the FliesPublisherT. Nelson and SonsDate Published1858 Lot #11 Volpone: or The Foxe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey)AuthorJonson, BenHeadlineBeardsley illustrates Ben Jonson's VolponePublisherLeonard SmithersDate Published1898 Lot #14 An Artist in America View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBenton, Thomas HartHeadlineAn Artist in America, signed by Thomas BentonPublisherRobert M. McBride & CompanyDate Published[1937] Lot #17 The Age of Fable; or, Stories of Gods and Heroes View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorBulfinch, ThomasHeadlineClassic collection of Greek & Roman mythsPublisherSanborn, Carter, and BazinDate Published1855 Lot #23 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadline4th ed. Carroll's Alice in Wonderland 1867PublisherMacmillanDate Published1867 Lot #24 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland [with] Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineFinely bound by RivierePublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1927; 1928 Lot #25 Alice's Adventures Under Ground View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice's Adventures Under Ground 1886PublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1886 Lot #26 Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineFirst Edition of Through the Looking GlassPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1872 Lot #35 The Turtle Dove; Or, Cupid's Artillery Levelled Against Human Hearts, Being a New and Original Valentine Writer View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Cruikshank, Isaac)AuthorWilkinson, SarahHeadlineThe Turte Dove, w/ Frontispiece by Isaac CruikshankPublisherW. PerksDate PublishedNo date [before 1811] Lot #36 Danny: The Champion of the World View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadlineRoald Dahl, Danny the Champion, 1st U.S.PublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1975 Lot #39 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicholas Nickleby 1st ed. in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 Lot #45 The Personal History of David Copperfield View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens David CopperfieldPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1850 Lot #63 Collected Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineRobert Frost Collected Poems Signed Limited EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #65 The Wind in the Willows View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorGrahame, KennethHeadlineWind in the Willows first U.S. editionPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1908 Lot #87 A Shropshire Lad View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorHouseman, A.E.HeadlineHouseman, A Shropshire LadPublisherJohn LaneDate Published1897 Lot #93 The Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineCollected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, 5 VolsPublisherStanford University PressDate Published1988-2001 Lot #94 Harold and the Purple Crayon View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,875StatusSold AuthorJohnson, CrockettHeadlineHarold and the Purple Crayon First EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1955 Lot #115 The Courtship of Miles Standish and Other Poems View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineLongfellow's Miles Standish with double fore-edge paintingPublisherW. Kent & Co.Date Published1858 Lot #126 Moby Dick or the Whale View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineRockwell Kent's masterpiece, Moby DickPublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1930 Lot #129 Now We Are Six View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineNow We Are Six, Milne 1st ed. in dust jacketPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1927] Lot #131 What Are Years View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorMoore, MarianneHeadlineSigned with inscription by Marianne MoorePublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1941 Lot #134 Mother Goose's Relics, Love and Matrimony Tales View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Nursery Rhymes)HeadlineScarce Mother Goose's Love and Matrimony TalesPublisherThe Henneberry Company, PublishersDate Published[c.1890-1920s] Lot #156 The Tempest View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineIllustrated Shakespeare's Tempest Woodroffe ed.PublisherChapman & HallDate Published1908 Lot #176 Deaths and Entrances View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorThomas, DylanHeadlineDeaths and Entrances - Dylan Thomas Poems in DJPublisherJ.M. Dent and Sons Ltd.Date Published1946 Lot #185 Mary Poppins View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$593.75StatusSold AuthorTravers, P.L.HeadlineMary Poppins 1st U.S. Edition in DJPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1934] Lot #191 Stuart Little View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorWhite, E.B.HeadlineWell preserved 1st edition of Stuart Little with jacketPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1945] Lot #192 Leaves of Grass View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineWhitman's Leaves of Grass 1867 4th Ed.Date Published1867 Lot #259 The Awdrey-Gore Legacy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineAwdrey-Gore Legacy signed by Edward GoreyPublisherDodd, Mead & CompanyDate Published[1972] Lot #260 The Unstrung Harp [with] The Jumblies [and] The Water Flowers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorGorey, EdwardHeadlineEdward Gorey titles, w/ one signedDate Published1953-1982 Lot #280 The Chronicles of Narnia View details Estimate$20,000 - $30,000Sold for$37,500StatusSold AuthorLewis, C.S.HeadlineThe Chronicles of Narnia complete set of 1st editions in original jacketsPublisherGeoffrey Bles or Bodley HeadDate Published[1950-56] Lot #300 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineChamber of Secrets 1st US editionPublisherArthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic PressDate Published[1999] Lot #309 The Adventures Of Superman View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold Heading(Superman)AuthorLowther, GeorgeHeadlineAdventures Of Superman 1st w/ jacket 1942PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1942 Lot #328 Sparrow 1-72 - Autograph Edition View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Heading(Black Sparrow Press)HeadlineComplete run of Sparrow Autograph EditionPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1973-78 Lot #329 Olé Magazine - complete run View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)AuthorBlazek, Douglas, editorHeadlineComplete run of Olé MagazinePublisherMimeo PressDate Published1964-67 Lot #330 Night Work View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineSigned Bukowski Night Work broadsidePublisherToothpaste PressDate Published[1981] Lot #331 Play the Piano Drunk like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit promotional broadside/flyer No. 8 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineSigned Bukowski promotional broadsidePublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published[1979] Lot #332 Six Black Sparrow Press Broadsides and Flyers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Ephemera)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadline6 Bukowski promotional flyersPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1975-1984 Lot #337 Two early Bukowski appearances in journals View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - ephemera)HeadlineTwo early Bukowski appearances 1962Date Published1962 Lot #338 Autograph letter signed from Charles Bukowski to Lou and Jon Webb View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Letters)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski letter to Lou & Jon Webb w/envelopeDate Published1966 Lot #340 Signed letter from Charles Bukowski with mailing envelope View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Heading(Bukowski, Charles - Letters)AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski signed letter w/envelopeDate Published1991 Lot #363 The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBukowski, Charles and R. CrumbHeadlineBuk The Captain is Out to Lunch signed by Crumb & John MartinPublisherBlack Sparrow Graphic ArtsDate Published1997 Lot #367 2 Poems View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineSigned by Bukowski and MartinPublisher[Black Sparrow Press]Date Published[1967] Lot #372 Crucifix in a Deathhand View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$268.75StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineSigned by Bukowski and the WebbsPublisherA Loujon Press Award Book / Lyle Stuart Inc.Date Published[1965] Lot #375 The Day It Snowed in L.A. View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineSigned by Bukowski, lettered copyPublisherPaget PressDate Published[1986] Lot #377 In the Shadow of the Rose View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineShadow of the Rose Signed by Charles BukowskiPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1991 Lot #378 The Last Night of the Earth Poems View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineSigned with original silkscreen printPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1992 Lot #380 The Roominghouse Madrigals View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineSigned by Charles BukowskiPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1988 Lot #383 Septuagenarian Stew: Stories & Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineSigned by Charles Bukowski, first trade editionPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1990 Lot #386 Two Editions of Bukowski's Shakespeare Never Did This View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineTwo Bukowski Shakespeare Never Did ThisDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #395 Three signed Beat poetry titles View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Beat Literature)Headline3 signed Beat poetry titlesDate Published1980-2013 Lot #396 Three LP recordings of Beat authors and performers, two signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Beat)Headline3 Poetry LPs, 2 signed by FerlinghettiPublisherFantasy/Atco RecordsDate Published1957-1982 Lot #397 The Black Mountain Review 7: Autumn 1957 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Heading(Black Mountain Review)AuthorCreeley, Robert, editorHeadlineBlack Mountain 7 - signed by Snyder & McClurePublisherBlack Mountain College / Jonathan Williams (distributor)Date Published1957 Lot #408 Three music & poetry LPs featuring Leonard Cohen View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Cohen, Leonard)Headline3 LPs poetry/music featuring CohenDate Published1957-2012 Lot #411 Stranger Music: Selected Poems and Songs View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorCohen, LeonardHeadlineStranger Music, inscribed by Leonard CohenPublisherPantheon BooksDate Published[1993] Lot #413 Three versions of Leonard Cohen's New Skin for the Old Ceremony View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCohen, LeonardHeadline3 issues, Cohen's New Skin for the Old CompanyDate Published1974 Lot #421 Three Diane di Prima titles View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Authordi Prima, DianeHeadline3 signed di Prima broadsides and bookDate Published2001-2007 Lot #423 Ground Work: Before the War View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineSigned by Robert Duncan, one of 150 copiesPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1984] Lot #424 Heavenly City, Earthly City View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineDuncan's first book, Heavenly City, Earthly Cit, 1st ed.Publisher[Bern Porter]Date Published1947 Lot #430 Ferlinghetti Portrait [with] Americus: Book I View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadline2 titles signed by FerlinghettiDate Published1998; 2004 Lot #431 Four Ferlinghetti titles, three signed View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadline4 Ferlinghetti titles, 3 signedDate Published1958-2004 Lot #432 Four Lawrence Ferlinghetti broadsides View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadline4 signed Ferlinghetti broadsidesDate Published2005-2012 Lot #433 I Am the Blind Poet Who Sees Everything View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineFerlinghetti's personal copy of Blind PoetPublisherNicola Viviani EdizioniDate Published2010 Lot #434 Letter to Time View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineFerlinghetti's Letter to Time signed 1/30PublisherSore Dove PressDate Published2014 Lot #437 You're a Hook: The 15 Year Anniversary of Dial-A-Poem [with] Grasping at Emptiness View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorGiorno, John, et alHeadline2 John Giorno items, with 1 signed bookDate Published1983; 1985 Lot #443 Allen Ginsberg photograph [with] Jazz Poetry Trio reproduction flyer View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Heading(Kerouac, Jack)AuthorGinsberg, AllenHeadlineBeat Ephemera 1 Photograph 1 Rare FlyerProvenanceFrom the library of Harold NorseDate Publishedc. 1990s Lot #447 Earth & Sky [with] 33 Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLax, RobertHeadline2 Robert Lax minimalist poetryDate Published2000; 2019 Lot #457 Hallelujah Anyway View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorPatchen, KennethHeadlineInscribed by Kenneth PatchenPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1967] Lot #466 My Shit and My Love: 10 Poems View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorTing, WalasseHeadlineTing, My Shit and my Love inscribedPublisherGalerie SmithDate Published1961 Lot #470 Yugen 5-8 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Yugen)HeadlineYugen issues 5-8, w/ Kerouac's RimbaudPublisherTotem PressDate Published1959-1962 Lot #471 Zero: Contemporary Buddhist Life and Thought 1-5 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Heading(Zero)HeadlineComplete run of Zero, poetry & Buddhist journalPublisherZero PressDate Published1978-1980 Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next