Sale 868: Fine Literature - Poetry - Mysteries, Fantasy & Sci-Fi - Charles Bukowski (#868) 07/23/2026 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 07/23/2026 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBids (Low - High)Bids (High - Low)Views (Low - High)Views (High - Low)AuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-92 of 92. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Bottom of the Well AuthorAdams, Frederick UphamHeadlineScarce Frederick Upham Adams in orig. jacketPublisherG.W. Dillingham CompanyDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #3 Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys AuthorAlcott, Louisa M.HeadlineAlcott's sequel to Little WomanPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1871 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #4 Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out AuthorAlcott, Louisa M[ay]HeadlineAlcott's Jo's Boys, First EditionPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1886 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #5 The Divine Comedy AuthorAlighieri, DanteHeadlineA nice edition of Dante's Divine ComedyPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #8 A Jane Austen Dictionary AuthorApperson, G.L.HeadlineFirst Edition of this guide to Jane Austen charactersPublisherCecil PalmerDate Published1932 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #9 Northanger Abbey AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten's Northanger Abbey 1907 deluxe vellumPublisherJ.M. Dent/E.P. DuttonDate Published1907 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #12 Busting 'Em Heading(Baseball)AuthorCobb, TyHeadlineTy Cobb's Busting 'Em in baseball casePublisherEdward K. ClodeDate Published1914 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #33 Sara Crewe or What Happened at Miss Minchin's AuthorBurnett, Frances HodgsonHeadlineBasis for Burnet's The Little PrincessPublisherCharles Scribners SonsDate Published1888 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #38 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineFacsimile edition of Alice in WonderlandPublisherD. Appleton and Co.Date Published[1927] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #39 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice's Adventures w/13 colored plates by Arthur RackhamPublisherHeinemann and Doubleday, Page and CompanyDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #40 Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice Illustrated by John TennielPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1872 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #50 The Friend: A Literary, Moral, and Political Weekly Paper, Excluding Personal and Party Politics, and the Events of the Day. AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadline10 issues of Coleridge's The Friend, 1809PublisherPrinted and published by J. BrownDate Published1809 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #66 Confessions of an English Opium Eater Author[De Quincey, Thomas]HeadlineConfessions of an English Opium Eater 1st EditionPublisherTaylor and HesseyDate Published1822 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Lot #67 Bleak House AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Bleak House, First EditionPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #70 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDombey and Son w/ original wrappers and ads, bound by Grieve-EdinePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #71 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Dombey and Son 1848 First EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #72 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicholas Nickleby first edition, 1839PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #73 Little Dorrit AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Little Dorrit, First Edition First IssuePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1857 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #74 Master Humphrey's Clock AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMaster Humphrey's Clock, 1st Ed. in Book FormPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1840-1841] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #75 Our Mutual Friend [with] Oliver Twist [in] Collected Works of Charles Dickens. Complete Works Volume Five AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineOur Mutual Friend & Oliver Twist in Russian 1893PublisherF. PavlenkovDate Published1893 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #76 The Personal History of David Copperfield AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1850 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #77 The Works of Charles Dickens AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineA nicely illustrated set of Dickens' WorksPublisherG. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers; Chapman & HallDate Published1883 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #83 Essays AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineThe Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, nicely boundPublisherHoughton Mifflin Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1903] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #85 As I Lay Dying AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerPublisherJonathan Cape: Harrison SmithDate Published[1930] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #88 Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineEarly English edition of Madame BovaryPublisherVizetelly & Co.Date Published1886 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #129 Jude the Obscure AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineBanned and burned: 1st edition of Jude the ObscurePublisherOsgood, McIlvaine & Co.Date Published1896 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #130 Tales of Trail and Town AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineSigned Bret Harte Tales of Trail & Town, 1st ed.PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1898 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #131 The Marble Faun, or, The Romance of Monte Beni AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Marble Faun, 3rd printingPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #139 The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table [with] The Guardian Angel AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineAutocrat at the Breakfast Table with The Guardian Angel, by O.W. HolmesDate Published1858; 1867 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #159 Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's Captains Courageous 1st editionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1897 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #161 Forty Tales from the Hills AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling, Forty Tales from the Hills, 1890PublisherJ.S. OgilvieDate Published[1890] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #162 If AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineScarce separate edition of Kipling's IfPublisherDoubleday Page and CompanyDate Published[1910] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #163 Kim AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's Kim feat. bas-reliefs by his fatherPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1901 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #168 How Green was my Valley AuthorLlewellyn, RichardHeadlineLimited First Edition, signed by Richard LlewellynPublisherMichael Joseph Ltd.Date Published[1939] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #169 Jack London's walking stick Heading(London, Jack)HeadlineJack London's walking stickDate Published[c.1900s] View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Lot #170 Before Adam AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Before Adam First EditionPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #171 The God of His Fathers [with] The House of Pride AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineTwo novels by Jack London, First EditionsDate Published1901; 1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #172 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$150StatusSold Lot #173 Moon-Face and Other Stories AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London's Moon-face 1906 in djPublisherM.A. Donohue & CompanyDate Published[1906] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #174 The Sea-Wolf [with] Moon-Face AuthorLondon, JackHeadline2 First Editions by Jack LondonPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1904-1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #178 Contes à Mes Jeunes Amies... Author[Maraize, Sophie de]HeadlineSophie de Maraize's tales for young friends first editionPublisherLibrairie D'Éducation de P. BlanchardDate Published1818 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #209 Hadrian the Seventh: A Romance AuthorRolfe, Fr[ederick]Headline1st edition bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1904 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #213 The Waverly Novels AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadline12 volumes of Waverly novels by Sir Walter ScottPublisherFiske & co.Date Published[c. 1896] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #216 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Works of Shakespeare with supplementPublisherRoutledgeDate Published1852 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #217 Mr. William Shakespeare his Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies,... AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineCapell edition of Shakespeare's Works, 1767PublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published[1767] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #218 Shakespeare's Works AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKnickerbocker Novelty miniature Shakespeare w/boxPublisherKnickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co.Date Published[c.1900] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #230 Monmouth: A Tragedy AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Monmouth, Rudge printed, Rogers signedPublisherWilliam Edwin RudgeDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #231 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1st English ed, wrappersPublisherLongmans, Green & Co.Date Published1886 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #232 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineSigned Edition of the Works of Robert Louis StevensonPublisherCassell & Co.Date Published1906 View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold Lot #233 A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin; Presenting the Original Facts and Documents upon which the Story is Founded... AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineStowe's Key to Uncle Tom's CabinPublisherJohn P. Jewett & Co.Date Published1853 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #234 The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineThe Works of Jonathan Swift, with life and letters, 19 volumesDate Published1755-1769 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #237 Walden AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineFirst U.K. edition of Henry David Thoreau's WaldenPublisherWalter ScottDate Published1886 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #238 Doctor Wortle's School AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineTrollope's late minor masterpiecePublisherChapman & HallDate Published1881 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #239 The Vicar of Wrexhill AuthorTrollope, Frances MiltonHeadlineVicar of Wrexhill, 1st editionPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #241 Mark Twain, A Biography Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorPaine, Albert BigelowHeadlineInscribed Gift binding to William Humelbaugh from Harper & BrothersPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1912 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #242 Mark Twain's Letters Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorPaine, Albert BigelowHeadlinePaine's Letters of Mark Twain, in two volumes, 1912PublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published[1917] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #243 The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition of Twain's 1893 story collectionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #244 An Adventure of Huckleberry Finn: With an Account of the Famous Grangerford-Shepherdson Feud [as published in The Century Illustrated Magazine] AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineEarly appearance of Huckleberry FinnPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1884 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #245 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineEarly issue of Mark Twain's Huckleberry FinnPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #246 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTrue first edition of Huckleberry Finn, 1884PublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1884 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #247 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn in original sheep binding, 1st editionPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #248 The American Claimant AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition of Twain's comedy of mistaken identityPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #249 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Celebrated Jumping Frog and other talesPublisherC.H. WebbDate Published1870 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #250 Concerning Cats AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineColt Press / Grabhorn Twain on CatsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1959 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #251 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Connecticut Yankee 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1889 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #252 The Gilded Age [with] A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe Gilded Age [with] A Yankee in King Arthur's CourtDate Published1874; 1889 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #253 The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims' Progress AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's first commercial success - in the publisher's original leather bindingPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1869 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #254 The Prince and the Pauper [with] Sketches, New and Old AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's Prince and the Pauper with Sketches, New and OldDate Published1875; 1882 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #255 Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Punch, Brothers, Punch! First EditionPublisherSlote, Woodman & Co.Date Published[1878] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #256 Roughing It AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineRoughing It, Mark Twain First U.S. EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #257 The Stolen White Elephant, Etc. AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain the Stolen White Elephant, First EditionPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1882 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #258 Three early Mark Twains AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThree early Mark TwainsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #260 A Tramp Abroad AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain is A Tramp Abroad, 1880PublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #261 A Tramp Abroad AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain is A Tramp Abroad, 1880, original clothPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1880 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #275 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ AuthorWallace, LewHeadlineLew Wallace Ben-Hur 1st ed.PublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published[1880] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #277 Italian Backgrounds AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineEdith Wharton's Italian Backgrounds, 1905PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1905 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #288 Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects AuthorWollstonecraft, MaryHeadlineVindication of the Rights of Woman, 3rd ed., 1796PublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1796 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #296 A Little Fleet AuthorYeats, Jack B.HeadlineA Little Fleet by Jack YeatsPublisherElkin MathewsDate Published[1909] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #302 Men and Women AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadline1st edition of Browning's Men and Women, 1856PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published[1856] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #319 Signed manuscript letter by Ernest Dowson AuthorDowson, ErnestHeadlineSigned letter by Ernest Dowson to Henry DavrayDate Published[c.1890s] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #337 A Shropshire Lad AuthorHousman, A.E.HeadlineA.E. Housman A Shropshire Lad First EditionPublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.Date Published1896 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #343 The Complete Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1904 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #382 Poems in Two Volumes AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineWordsworth's Poems in Two VolumesPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; David NuttDate Published1807;1897 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #409 The Big Sleep AuthorChandler, RaymondHeadlineBig Sleep 1st edition facsimilePublisherOtto Penzler / First Editions LibraryDate Published1990 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #424 The Moonstone. A Novel. AuthorCollins, WilkieHeadlineThe Moonstone 1st US editionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1868 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #431 A Study in Scarlet, Beeton's Christmas Annual AuthorDoyle, A. ConanHeadlineSpecial Centenary Edition of A Study in ScarletPublisherJ.M. GibsonDate Published1987 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #432 The Hound of the Baskervilles AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineHound of the Baskervilles 1st Canadian EditionPublisherGeorge N. MorangDate Published1902 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #433 The Hound of the Baskervilles AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineThe Hound of the Baskervilles 1st ed.PublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #444 Allan Quatermain [with] She AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadline2 by Haggard, with signature cardPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #445 She: A History of Adventure AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineH. Rider Haggard early sci-fi She, 1st ed., 1st issuePublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1887 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #500 Dracula AuthorStoker, BramHeadlineDracula 1st Grosset & Dunlap edition in dust jacketPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[c.1927] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #504 The Sea Lady AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineFirst U.S. Edition of H.G. Well's The Sea LadyPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1902] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next