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 1-100 of 248. Previous|123|Next Lot #1 A Death in the Family View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorAgee, JamesHeadlineDeath in the Family, 1st issue in unclipped djPublisherMcDowell, ObolenskyDate Published[1957] Lot #4 Three by Woody Allen View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorAllen, WoodyHeadlineThree by Woody AllenPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1967-1982 Lot #5 Bless Me, Ultima View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorAnaya, Rudolfo A.HeadlineRudolfo A. Anaya Bless Me Ultima inscribedPublisherQuinto Sol PublishersDate Published1972 Lot #6 Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorAnderson, SherwoodHeadlineFirst printing, first state w/ map of WinesburgPublisherB.W. HuebschDate Published[1919] Lot #7 I Ride to Win! View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorArcaro, EddieHeadlineI Ride to Win! 1st editionPublisherGreenbergDate Published[1951] Lot #12 The Big Cage View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBeatty, Clyde and Edward AnthonyHeadlineSigned by Edward AnthonyPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published[1933] Lot #13 The Adventures of Augie March View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorBellow, SaulHeadlineAugie March In first issue jacketPublisherThe Viking PresDate Published1953 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 #15 Let the Band Play Dixie and Other Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorBradford, RoarkHeadlineLet the Band Play Dixie, first edition in jacketPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1934 Lot #18 The Secret Garden View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorBurnett, Francis HodgsonHeadlineBurnett Secret Garden with Kirk illus. 1911PublisherFrederick A. StokesDate Published[1911] Lot #19 High Sierra View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorBurnett, W.R.HeadlineW.R. Burnett High Sierra First EditionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1940 Lot #20 The Way of All Flesh View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorButler, SamuelHeadlineThe Way of All Flesh by Butler, 1st EditionPublisherGrant RichardsDate Published1903 Lot #21 The Outsider View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorCamus, AlbertHeadlineCamus Outsider 1st in English in JacketPublisherHamish HamiltonDate Published[1946] Lot #27 O Pioneers! View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorCather, Willa SibertHeadlineCather family copy of O Pioneers!PublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published[1913] Lot #28 Shadows on the Rock View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineCather's Shadows on the Rock signedPublisherKnopfDate Published1931 Lot #29 Shelf of Willa Cather View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorCather, WillaHeadlineWilla Cather shelf of later printingsDate Published1903-1997 Lot #31 The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineFirst issue of Conrad's The Secret AgentPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1907] Lot #46 The White Album View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDidion, JoanHeadlineThe White Album, first edition in jacketPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1979] Lot #47 Four signed limited editions by E.L. Doctorow View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorDoctorow, E.L.HeadlineFour signed limited editions by E.L. DoctorowPublisherRandom HouseDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #48 Welcome to Hard Times View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorDoctorow, E.L.HeadlineDoctorow's first book, first edition in jacketPublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1960 Lot #49 An American Tragedy View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDreiser, TheodoreHeadlineTheodore Dreiser An American Tragedy 1st EditionPublisherBoni and LiverightDate Published1925 Lot #50 Rebecca View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDu Maurier, DaphneHeadline1st ed. of Rebecca by Daphne Du MaurierPublisherVictor GollanczDate Published1938 Lot #55 Dago Red View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorFante, JohnHeadlineNice copy of Fante's Dago Red 1st ed.PublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1940 Lot #56 Spartacus View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorFast, HowardHeadlineSpartacus by Howard Fast, signed in djPublisherPublished by the authorDate Published[1951] Lot #58 A Fable [with] The Mansion View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineTwo First Editions from William FaulknerPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1954; 1959 Lot #59 Light in August View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineFaulkner's Light in August, 1st printingPublisherHarrison Smith & Robert HaasDate Published[1932] Lot #60 The Mansion View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Faulkner The Mansion 1st EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1959] Lot #61 Flappers and Philosophers View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorFitzgerald, F. ScottHeadlineFitzgerald Flappers and Philosophers 1st Ed.PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1920 Lot #63 Collected Poems View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineRobert Frost Collected Poems Signed Limited EditionPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1930 Lot #64 Lord of the Flies View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold AuthorGolding, WilliamHeadlineWm. Golding, Lord of the Flies, 1st U.S.PublisherCoward-McCann, Inc.Date Published[1955] Lot #66 Four Graham Greene First Editions View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineFour First Editions by Graham GreeneDate Published1929-1948 Lot #77 Bang the Drum Slowly View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorHarris, MarkHeadlineHarris's baseball novel, Bang the Drum SlowlyPublisherKnopfDate Published1956 Lot #79 Across the River and into the Trees View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineAcross the River and into the Trees, 1st ediPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1950] Lot #80 The Fifth Column - original working script View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineHemingway's Fifth Column - working script with annotationsDate Published[c.1940] Lot #81 For Whom the Bell Tolls View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineFor Whom the Bell tolls, 1st BritishPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published1941 Lot #82 Islands in the Stream View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineReview copy of Islands in the Stream in handsome custom boxPublisherScribner'sDate Published[1970] Lot #83 The Old Man and the Sea View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineThe Old Man and the Sea, 1st in djPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1952 Lot #84 The Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The First Forty-Nine Stories and the Play The Fifth Column View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHemingway, ErnestHeadlineModern Library Giant ed Hemingway short storiesPublisherModern LibraryDate Published[1942] Lot #85 Five volumes of memoirs by James Herriot View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,000StatusSold AuthorHerriot, JamesHeadlineFour inscribed and signed by James HerriotPublisherMichael Joseph; St. Martin's PressDate Published1970-1992 Lot #86 Siddhartha View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorHesse, HermannHeadlineSiddhartha Herman Hesse First U.S. editionPublisherNew DirectionsDate Published[1951] Lot #88 The Ways of White Folks View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorHughes, LangstonHeadline1st ed. Langston Hughes Ways of White FolksPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1934 Lot #91 A Pale View of Hills View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorIshiguro, KazuoHeadlineThe first novel by Kazuo Ishiguro, signedPublisherG. P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1982] Lot #92 The Wings of the Dove View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineJames The Wings of the Dove 1st EditionPublisherScribner'sDate Published1902 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 #95 Angels View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorJohnson, DenisHeadlineDenis Johnson's Angels inscribed 1stPublisherKnopfDate Published1983 Lot #96 Ulysses View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorJoyce, JamesHeadlineJoyce's Ulysses 10th printing 1928 in ClothPublisherShakespeare and CompanyDate Published1928 Lot #97 The Castle View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,375StatusSold AuthorKafka, FranzHeadlineKafka The Castle 1st US in JacketPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1930 Lot #98 The Castle View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorKafka, FranzHeadlineFirst edition in english of Kafka's final novelPublisherMartin SeckerDate Published1930 Lot #99 Lady Chatterley's Lover View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineD.H. Lawrence Lady Chatterley's Lover Pop. Ed.PublisherPrivately PrintedDate Published[1930] Lot #101 Studies in Words View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorLewis, C.S.HeadlineInscribed C.S. Lewis Studies in WordsPublisherCambridge University PressDate Published1960 Lot #104 How Green was my Valley View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLlewellyn, RichardHeadlineFirst Edition of How Green Was My ValleyPublisherMichael Joseph Ltd.Date Published[1939] Lot #105 A Daughter of the Snows View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London, Daughter of the Snows, 1st ed.PublisherJ. B. Lippincott Co.Date Published1902 Lot #106 The Game [with] Burning Daylight View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineTwo First Editions from Jack LondonPublisherThe MacMillan CompanyDate Published1905; 1910 Lot #107 Hearts of Three View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Hearts of Three 1st in djPublisherMills & BoonDate Published[1918] Lot #108 John Barleycorn View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London John Barleycorn in d/jPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published1913 Lot #109 Martin Eden View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of Jack London's Martin EdenPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1909 Lot #110 Martin Eden View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineMartin Eden by Jack London 1st ed 1909PublisherMacmillanDate Published1908 Lot #112 The Road View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of Jack London's The RoadPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1907 Lot #113 The Turtles of Tasman View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLondon's Turtles of Tasman in jacketPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1916 Lot #116 The Natural View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorMalamud, BernardHeadlineBernard Malamud The Natural 1st editionPublisherHarcourt, Brace & CompanyDate Published1952 Lot #117 Joseph the Provider View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineSigned by Thomas MannPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1944 Lot #118 The Magic Mountain View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorMann, ThomasHeadlineMann's Magic Mountain 1st U.S.PublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1927 Lot #120 Quartet View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorMaugham, W. Somerset and R.C. SherriffHeadlineW. Somerset Maugham Quartet inscribedPublisherDoubleday & Company, Inc.Date Published1949 Lot #121 Of Human Bondage View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineMaugham, Of Human Bondage, 1st U.K.PublisherWilliam HeinemannDate Published[1915] Lot #123 Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West View details Estimate$4,000 - $6,000Sold for$8,125StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineFirst U.K. Blood Meridian, signedPublisherPicadorDate Published1985 Lot #124 No Country for Old Men View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineNo Country for Old Men, First EditionPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2005 Lot #125 The Road View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorMcCarthy, CormacHeadlineFirst Edition of Cormac McCarthy's The RoadPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published2006 Lot #127 All My Sons: A Play in Three Acts View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorMiller, ArthurHeadlineSigned by Arthur MillerPublisherReynal & HitchcockDate Published[1947] Lot #128 The Song of Achilles [with] Circe View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorMiller, MadelineHeadlineBoth signed by Madeline MillerDate Published2012; 2018 Lot #130 Gone With the Wind View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorMitchell, MargaretHeadlineMitchell's Gone with the Wind 1st edPublisherMacmillanDate Published1936 Lot #132 Bend Sinister View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorNabokov, VladimirHeadlineNabokov's Bend Sinister 1st U.S. ed.PublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1947] Lot #133 Lolita View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorNabokov, VladimirHeadlineLolita 2nd Issue Olympia PressPublisherThe Olympia PressDate Published[1955] Lot #135 Four volumes from the Aubrey series View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorO'Brian, PatrickHeadlineFour First Edition Aubrey NovelsPublisherCollinsDate Published1977 Lot #136 Animal Farm View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,500StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineWell preserved advance review copy of Animal FarmPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1946 Lot #137 Animal Farm View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Orwell Animal Farm 1st US editionPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1946] Lot #138 Burmese Days View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$750StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineOrwell's Burmese Days 1st EditionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1934 Lot #139 Down and Out in Paris and London View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$2,375StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineFirst issue of Orwell's First BookPublisherVictor Gollancz Ltd.Date Published1933 Lot #140 Homage to Catalonia View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$562.50StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineFirst Edition of Orwell's time in the Spanish Civil WarPublisherSecker and WarburgDate Published[1938] Lot #141 Homage to Catalonia View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineFirst U.S. Edition, Advance Review CopyPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1952 Lot #143 Keep the Aspidistra Flying View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineFirst Edition of George Orwell's Third NovelPublisherVictor Gollancz Ltd.Date Published1936 Lot #144 The Lion and the Unicorn [with] Critical Essays View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlinePamphlets and essays by George Orwell 1941-1946PublisherSecker & WarburgDate Published1941; 1946 Lot #145 Nineteen Eighty-Four View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$6,250StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Orwell 1984 1st Edition in green djPublisherSecker & WarburgDate Published1949 Lot #146 Nineteen Eighty-Four View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineFirst U.S. edition in the red dust jacketPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1949] Lot #147 Nineteen Eighty-Four View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadlineFirst Canadian Edition of 1984 in blue jacketPublisherS.J. Reginald Saunders & Co., Ltd.Date Published[1949] Lot #148 Nineteen Eighty-Four View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorOrwell, GeorgeHeadline1984 by George Orwell, Advance Review CopyPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1949] Lot #149 The Yearling View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorRawlings, Marjorie KinnanHeadlineMarjorie Kinnan Rawlings's Yearling 1st in DJPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1938 Lot #150 Letters to a Young Poet View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRilke, Rainer MariaHeadlineRilke's Letters to a Young Poet 1934 in DJPublisherW.W. Norton & Company, Inc.Date Published[1934] Lot #151 The Professor of Desire [with] Deception [and] Operation Shylock View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorRoth, PhilipHeadlineThree 1sts signed by Philip RothDate Published1977-1993 Lot #152 Zuckerman Unbound [with] The Anatomy Lesson [and] I Married a Communist View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorRoth, PhilipHeadlineThree Signed Philip Roth Firsts in Jackets Lot #153 What Every Girl and Boy Should Know View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorSanger, MargaretHeadlineFirst Edition in scarce well preserved jacketPublisherBrentano'sDate Published1927 Lot #159 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSmith, BettyHeadlineBetty Smith, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1st ed.PublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published[1943] Lot #160 Fair Use with other works related to the alleged plagiarism in Angle of Repose View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Heading(Stegner, Wallace - Angle of Repose)AuthorHall, Sands et al.HeadlineFair Use, Wallace Stegner and allegations of plagiarism in Angle of ReposeDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #161 The Gathering of Zion [with] Mormon Country View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorStegner, WallaceHeadlineGathering of Zion is signed by Wallace StegnerPublisherMcGraw-Hill; Duell, Sloan & PearceDate Published[1964]; 1942 Lot #162 One Nation View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorStegner, WallaceHeadlineStegner's One Nation, first edition in jacketPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1945 Lot #163 The Potter's House View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorStegner, WallaceHeadlineStegner scarce 3rd book signedPublisherThe Prairie PressDate Published1938 Lot #164 A Shooting Star - two variants View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorStegner, WallaceHeadlineTwo copies of A Shooting Star, one signedPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1961 Lot #165 The Making of Americans, Being a History of a Family's Progress View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineGertrude Stein The Making of Americans 1/500 copiesPublisher[Contact Editions / Three Mountains Press]Date Published[1925] Lot #166 Cup of Gold View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSecond edition of Steinbeck's first novel, in jacketPublisherCovici-FriedeDate Published[1936] Lot #167 East of Eden View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineEast of Eden 1st Edition in 1st State JacketPublisherThe Viking PressDate Published1952 Lot #168 The Grapes of Wrath View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineGrapes of Wrath, 1st ed. in djPublisherViking PressDate Published[1939] Items per page 102550100 Previous|123|Next Previous 123 Next Previous 123 Next