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 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 1-67 of 67. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy, Part First [&] Second AuthorAlcott, Louisa M.HeadlineLittle Women by Alcott in two volumesPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1869-1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #3 The Works of Thomas Bailey Aldrich AuthorAldrich, Thomas BaileyHeadlineAutographed copy of Aldrich's Works, nicely preservedPublisherThe Riverside PressDate Published1897 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #8 Pride and Prejudice AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineSecond Peacock ed. Pride & Prejudice 1895PublisherGeorge AllenDate Published[1895] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #9 The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean AuthorBallantyne, Robert MichaelHeadlineThe Coral Island 1858 - inspiration for Lord of the FliesPublisherT. Nelson and SonsDate Published1858 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #10 Peter and Wendy AuthorBarrie, J. M.HeadlineBarrie's Peter and Wendy white stamped 1stPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1911] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #11 Volpone: or The Foxe Heading(Beardsley, Aubrey)AuthorJonson, BenHeadlineBeardsley illustrates Ben Jonson's VolponePublisherLeonard SmithersDate Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #16 Wuthering Heights AuthorBrontë, EmilyHeadlineWuthering Heights Leighton woodcuts signedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #17 The Age of Fable; or, Stories of Gods and Heroes AuthorBulfinch, ThomasHeadlineClassic collection of Greek & Roman mythsPublisherSanborn, Carter, and BazinDate Published1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #23 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadline4th ed. Carroll's Alice in Wonderland 1867PublisherMacmillanDate Published1867 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #26 Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineFirst Edition of Through the Looking GlassPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #30 Lord Jim. A Tale. AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineConrad's Lord Jim First Edition First IssuePublisherWilliam Blackwood & SonsDate Published1900 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #31 The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale AuthorConrad, JosephHeadlineFirst issue of Conrad's The Secret AgentPublisherMethuen & Co.Date Published[1907] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500StatusUnsold Lot #32 Maggie: A Girl of the Streets AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineMaggie: A Girl of the Streets, 1896PublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published1896 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #33 The Open Boat and other Tales of Adventure AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineStephen Crane's Open Boat and other adventuresPublisherDoubleday & McClure Co.Date Published1898 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #34 The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War AuthorCrane, StephenHeadlineStephen Crane, Red Badge of Courage 1st EditionPublisherD. Appleton and Co.Date Published1895 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #37 The Adventures of Oliver Twist; Or, The Parish Boy's Progress AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineOliver Twist 1846 Edition, illus. by CruikshankPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1846 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #38 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineBleak House first edition in book formPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #39 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicholas Nickleby 1st ed. in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #40 Master Humphrey's Clock AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMaster Humphrey's Clock, 1st Ed. in Book FormPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1840-41 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #41 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$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #42 Oliver Twist AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineOliver Twist 1839 early U.S. ed.PublisherLea & BlanchardDate Published1839 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #43 Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz" AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Oliver Twist 1st ed. in book formPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1838 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #44 Our Mutual Friend AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineOur Mutual Friend 1st ed. in book formPublisherChapman and HallDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #45 The Personal History of David Copperfield AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens David CopperfieldPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1850 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #51 Daniel Deronda AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot, Daniel Deronda, 1876PublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1876 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #52 Felix Holt the Radical AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot Felix Holt The Radical 1st EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #53 George Eliot's Complete Works AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineNicely illustrated and preserved set of George Eliot's WorksPublisherEstes and LauriatDate Published[1887] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #54 The Mill on the Floss AuthorEliot, GeorgeHeadlineGeorge Eliot's Mill on the Floss 1st EditionPublisherWilliam Blackwood and SonsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #57 As I Lay Dying AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerPublisherJonathan Cape: Harrison SmithDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #62 John Aubrey's Monumenta Britannica or A Miscellany of British Antiquities AuthorFowles, John, editorHeadlineAubrey's Monumenta Britannica - 5 vols. 1 signed by John FowlesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #78 Twice-Told Tales AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineHawthorne's Twice-Told Tales 1st EditionPublisherAmerican Stationers Co.Date Published1837 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #89 Les Misérables AuthorHugo, VictorHeadlineLes Miserables, Faintine 1st U.S. ed. 1862PublisherNew YorkDate Published1862 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #90 The Story of Burnt Njal Or Life in Iceland at the End of the Tenth Century Heading(Icelandic Sagas)AuthorDasent, George WebbeHeadlineStory of Burnt Njal 1861PublisherEdmonston and DouglasDate Published1861 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #92 The Wings of the Dove AuthorJames, HenryHeadlineJames The Wings of the Dove 1st EditionPublisherScribner'sDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #100 Women in Love AuthorLawrence, D.H.HeadlineWomen in Love, limited first editionPublisherPrivately Printed for Subscribers OnlyDate Published1920 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #102 Zoe; or the Quadroon's Triumph. A Tale for the Times AuthorLivermore, ElizabethHeadlineLivermore's Zoe, 1855 anti-slavery novelPublisherTruman and SpoffordDate Published1855 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$2,375StatusSold Lot #103 How Green was my Valley AuthorLlewellyn, RichardHeadlineLimited First Edition, signed by Richard LlewellynPublisherMichael Joseph Ltd.Date Published[1939] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #105 A Daughter of the Snows AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London, Daughter of the Snows, 1st ed.PublisherJ. B. Lippincott Co.Date Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #108 John Barleycorn AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London John Barleycorn in d/jPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published1913 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #109 Martin Eden AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of Jack London's Martin EdenPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #110 Martin Eden AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineMartin Eden by Jack London 1st ed 1909PublisherMacmillanDate Published1908 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #111 Moon-Face and Other Stories AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London's Moon-face 1906 in djPublisherM.A. Donohue & CompanyDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #112 The Road AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of Jack London's The RoadPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #113 The Turtles of Tasman AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineLondon's Turtles of Tasman in jacketPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1916 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #115 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 - $1,000Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #122 Of Human Bondage AuthorMaugham, W. SomersetHeadlineInscribed and signed by Somerset MaughamPublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1915] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #126 Moby Dick or the Whale AuthorMelville, HermanHeadlineRockwell Kent's masterpiece, Moby DickPublisherThe Lakeside PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000Sold for$8,750StatusSold Lot #154 Ivanhoe; A Romance. By "The Author of Waverley," &c. Author[Scott, Sir Walter]Headline3 vol first edition of IvanhoePublisherPrinted for Archibald Constable and Co.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #155 The Comedies of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineShakespeare's Comedies w/ Abbey illustrationsPublisherHarper and BrothersDate Published1895 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #157 Works of Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadline12 vol. Shakespeare Larger Temple EditionPublisherJ.M. DentDate Published1899-1900 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000StatusUnsold Lot #171 The Works of Laurence Sterne AuthorSterne, LaurenceHeadlineThe Works of Laurence Sterne including Tristram ShandyPublisherPrinted for J. Johnson et al.Date Published1803 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #172 For the Pleasure of His Company: An Affair of the Misty City, Thrice Told AuthorStoddard, Charles WarrenHeadlineThe first acknowledged American novel with openly gay charactersPublisherA.M. RobertsonDate Published1903 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #177 Cape Cod AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineH.D. Thoreau Cape Cod First EditionPublisherTicknor & FieldsDate Published1865 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #178 Early Spring in Massachusetts [Summer. Winter. Autumn.] from the Journals of H.D. Thoreau AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau's Four Seasons 1st eds.PublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1881-1892 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #179 Excursions AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau Excursions 1st EditionPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1863 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #180 Letters to Various Persons AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineHenry David Thoreau Letters to Various PersonsPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1865 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #182 A Yankee in Canada, With Anti-Slavery and Reform Papers AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineThoreau A Yankee in Canada 1st Ed.PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1866 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #187 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ AuthorWallace, LewHeadlineLew Wallace Ben-Hur first editionPublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published[1880] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #192 Leaves of Grass Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineWhitman's Leaves of Grass 1867 4th Ed.Date Published1867 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #194 The Voyage Out AuthorWoolf, VirginiaHeadlineVirginia Woolf's First Book The Voyage OutPublisherDuckworth & Co.Date Published1915 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #206 Looking Backward, 2000-1887 AuthorBellamy, EdwardHeadlineLooking Backward, 2000-1887, 1st ed.PublisherTicknor & FieldsDate Published1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #251 The Hound of the Baskervilles AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineA.C. Doyle Hound of the Baskervilles 1st EditionPublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,750StatusSold Lot #305 Earth Abides AuthorStewart, George R.HeadlineGeorge Stewart's apocalyptic Earth AbidesPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1949] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #312 From the Earth to the Moon, Direct in Ninety-Seven Hours and Twenty Minutes: And a Trip Round It AuthorVerne, JulesHeadlineTo the Moon and around it by Jules Verne, 1874PublisherScribner, Armstrong & CompanyDate Published1874 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #314 The First Men in the Moon AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineRare American edition with omitted pagesPublisherBowen-Merril Company Publishers View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #315 The Invisible Man AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineThe Invisible Man H.G. Wells 1st Edition 1st IssuePublisherC. Arthur Pearson, Ltd.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$1,187.50StatusSold Lot #317 The Island of Doctor Moreau, A Possibility AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineThe Island of Doctor Moreau 1st U.S.PublisherStone & KimballDate Published1896 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,375StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next