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 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAdams, Frederick UphamHeadlineScarce Frederick Upham Adams in orig. jacketPublisherG.W. Dillingham CompanyDate Published1906 Lot #3 Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorAlcott, Louisa M.HeadlineAlcott's sequel to Little WomanPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1871 Lot #4 Jo's Boys, and How They Turned Out View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorAlcott, Louisa M[ay]HeadlineAlcott's Jo's Boys, First EditionPublisherRoberts BrothersDate Published1886 Lot #5 The Divine Comedy View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorAlighieri, DanteHeadlineA nice edition of Dante's Divine ComedyPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1872 Lot #8 A Jane Austen Dictionary View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorApperson, G.L.HeadlineFirst Edition of this guide to Jane Austen charactersPublisherCecil PalmerDate Published1932 Lot #9 Northanger Abbey View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold AuthorAusten, JaneHeadlineAusten's Northanger Abbey 1907 deluxe vellumPublisherJ.M. Dent/E.P. DuttonDate Published1907 Lot #12 Busting 'Em View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold Heading(Baseball)AuthorCobb, TyHeadlineTy Cobb's Busting 'Em in baseball casePublisherEdward K. ClodeDate Published1914 Lot #33 Sara Crewe or What Happened at Miss Minchin's View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorBurnett, Frances HodgsonHeadlineBasis for Burnet's The Little PrincessPublisherCharles Scribners SonsDate Published1888 Lot #38 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineFacsimile edition of Alice in WonderlandPublisherD. Appleton and Co.Date Published[1927] Lot #39 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice's Adventures w/13 colored plates by Arthur RackhamPublisherHeinemann and Doubleday, Page and CompanyDate Published1907 Lot #40 Through the Looking Glass, and What Alice Found There View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice Illustrated by John TennielPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1872 Lot #50 The Friend: A Literary, Moral, and Political Weekly Paper, Excluding Personal and Party Politics, and the Events of the Day. View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$468.75StatusSold AuthorColeridge, Samuel TaylorHeadline10 issues of Coleridge's The Friend, 1809PublisherPrinted and published by J. BrownDate Published1809 Lot #66 Confessions of an English Opium Eater View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,500StatusSold Author[De Quincey, Thomas]HeadlineConfessions of an English Opium Eater 1st EditionPublisherTaylor and HesseyDate Published1822 Lot #67 Bleak House View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineCharles Dickens Bleak House, First EditionPublisherBradbury and EvansDate Published1853 Lot #70 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDombey and Son w/ original wrappers and ads, bound by Grieve-EdinePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #71 Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Dombey and Son 1848 First EditionPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1848 Lot #72 The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineNicholas Nickleby first edition, 1839PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1839 Lot #73 Little Dorrit View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens' Little Dorrit, First Edition First IssuePublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1857 Lot #74 Master Humphrey's Clock View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineMaster Humphrey's Clock, 1st Ed. in Book FormPublisherChapman and HallDate Published[1840-1841] Lot #75 Our Mutual Friend [with] Oliver Twist [in] Collected Works of Charles Dickens. Complete Works Volume Five View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineOur Mutual Friend & Oliver Twist in Russian 1893PublisherF. PavlenkovDate Published1893 Lot #76 The Personal History of David Copperfield View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensPublisherBradbury & EvansDate Published1850 Lot #77 The Works of Charles Dickens View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineA nicely illustrated set of Dickens' WorksPublisherG. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers; Chapman & HallDate Published1883 Lot #83 Essays View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorEmerson, Ralph WaldoHeadlineThe Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson, nicely boundPublisherHoughton Mifflin Company; The Riverside PressDate Published[1903] Lot #85 As I Lay Dying View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorFaulkner, WilliamHeadlineAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerPublisherJonathan Cape: Harrison SmithDate Published[1930] Lot #88 Madame Bovary: Provincial Manners View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorFlaubert, GustaveHeadlineEarly English edition of Madame BovaryPublisherVizetelly & Co.Date Published1886 Lot #129 Jude the Obscure View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorHardy, ThomasHeadlineBanned and burned: 1st edition of Jude the ObscurePublisherOsgood, McIlvaine & Co.Date Published1896 Lot #130 Tales of Trail and Town View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorHarte, BretHeadlineSigned Bret Harte Tales of Trail & Town, 1st ed.PublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1898 Lot #131 The Marble Faun, or, The Romance of Monte Beni View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineThe Marble Faun, 3rd printingPublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published1860 Lot #139 The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table [with] The Guardian Angel View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorHolmes, Oliver WendellHeadlineAutocrat at the Breakfast Table with The Guardian Angel, by O.W. HolmesDate Published1858; 1867 Lot #159 Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$531.25StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's Captains Courageous 1st editionPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1897 Lot #161 Forty Tales from the Hills View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling, Forty Tales from the Hills, 1890PublisherJ.S. OgilvieDate Published[1890] Lot #162 If View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$250StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineScarce separate edition of Kipling's IfPublisherDoubleday Page and CompanyDate Published[1910] Lot #163 Kim View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold AuthorKipling, RudyardHeadlineKipling's Kim feat. bas-reliefs by his fatherPublisherMacmillan and Co., LimitedDate Published1901 Lot #168 How Green was my Valley View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorLlewellyn, RichardHeadlineLimited First Edition, signed by Richard LlewellynPublisherMichael Joseph Ltd.Date Published[1939] Lot #169 Jack London's walking stick View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$4,062.50StatusSold Heading(London, Jack)HeadlineJack London's walking stickDate Published[c.1900s] Lot #170 Before Adam View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London Before Adam First EditionPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1907 Lot #171 The God of His Fathers [with] The House of Pride View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineTwo novels by Jack London, First EditionsDate Published1901; 1912 Lot #172 The God of His Fathers & Other Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineFirst Edition of London's second bookPublisherMcClure, Phillips & CompanyDate Published[1901] Lot #173 Moon-Face and Other Stories View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London's Moon-face 1906 in djPublisherM.A. Donohue & CompanyDate Published[1906] Lot #174 The Sea-Wolf [with] Moon-Face View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorLondon, JackHeadline2 First Editions by Jack LondonPublisherThe Macmillan CompanyDate Published1904-1906 Lot #178 Contes à Mes Jeunes Amies... View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Author[Maraize, Sophie de]HeadlineSophie de Maraize's tales for young friends first editionPublisherLibrairie D'Éducation de P. BlanchardDate Published1818 Lot #209 Hadrian the Seventh: A Romance View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold AuthorRolfe, Fr[ederick]Headline1st edition bound by Sangorski & SutcliffePublisherChatto & WindusDate Published1904 Lot #213 The Waverly Novels View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorScott, Sir WalterHeadline12 volumes of Waverly novels by Sir Walter ScottPublisherFiske & co.Date Published[c. 1896] Lot #216 The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineThe Works of Shakespeare with supplementPublisherRoutledgeDate Published1852 Lot #217 Mr. William Shakespeare his Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies,... View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$625StatusSold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineCapell edition of Shakespeare's Works, 1767PublisherJ. and R. TonsonDate Published[1767] Lot #218 Shakespeare's Works View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorShakespeare, WilliamHeadlineKnickerbocker Novelty miniature Shakespeare w/boxPublisherKnickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co.Date Published[c.1900] Lot #230 Monmouth: A Tragedy View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineStevenson's Monmouth, Rudge printed, Rogers signedPublisherWilliam Edwin RudgeDate Published1928 Lot #231 Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineDr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 1st English ed, wrappersPublisherLongmans, Green & Co.Date Published1886 Lot #232 The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson View details Estimate$3,000 - $5,000StatusUnsold AuthorStevenson, Robert LouisHeadlineSigned Edition of the Works of Robert Louis StevensonPublisherCassell & Co.Date Published1906 Lot #233 A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin; Presenting the Original Facts and Documents upon which the Story is Founded... View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorStowe, Harriet BeecherHeadlineStowe's Key to Uncle Tom's CabinPublisherJohn P. Jewett & Co.Date Published1853 Lot #234 The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorSwift, JonathanHeadlineThe Works of Jonathan Swift, with life and letters, 19 volumesDate Published1755-1769 Lot #237 Walden View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorThoreau, Henry DavidHeadlineFirst U.K. edition of Henry David Thoreau's WaldenPublisherWalter ScottDate Published1886 Lot #238 Doctor Wortle's School View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTrollope, AnthonyHeadlineTrollope's late minor masterpiecePublisherChapman & HallDate Published1881 Lot #239 The Vicar of Wrexhill View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTrollope, Frances MiltonHeadlineVicar of Wrexhill, 1st editionPublisherRichard BentleyDate Published1837 Lot #241 Mark Twain, A Biography View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorPaine, Albert BigelowHeadlineInscribed Gift binding to William Humelbaugh from Harper & BrothersPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1912 Lot #242 Mark Twain's Letters View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Heading(Twain, Mark)AuthorPaine, Albert BigelowHeadlinePaine's Letters of Mark Twain, in two volumes, 1912PublisherHarper & Brothers PublishersDate Published[1917] Lot #243 The £1,000,000 Bank Note and Other New Stories View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition of Twain's 1893 story collectionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1893 Lot #244 An Adventure of Huckleberry Finn: With an Account of the Famous Grangerford-Shepherdson Feud [as published in The Century Illustrated Magazine] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineEarly appearance of Huckleberry FinnPublisherThe Century Co.Date Published1884 Lot #245 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineEarly issue of Mark Twain's Huckleberry FinnPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #246 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTrue first edition of Huckleberry Finn, 1884PublisherChatto and WindusDate Published1884 Lot #247 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Tom Sawyer's Comrade) View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineHuckleberry Finn in original sheep binding, 1st editionPublisherCharles L. Webster and CompanyDate Published1885 Lot #248 The American Claimant View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineFirst Edition of Twain's comedy of mistaken identityPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1892 Lot #249 The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain's Celebrated Jumping Frog and other talesPublisherC.H. WebbDate Published1870 Lot #250 Concerning Cats View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineColt Press / Grabhorn Twain on CatsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1959 Lot #251 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Connecticut Yankee 1st EditionPublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1889 Lot #252 The Gilded Age [with] A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThe Gilded Age [with] A Yankee in King Arthur's CourtDate Published1874; 1889 Lot #253 The Innocents Abroad, Or The New Pilgrims' Progress View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's first commercial success - in the publisher's original leather bindingPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1869 Lot #254 The Prince and the Pauper [with] Sketches, New and Old View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineTwain's Prince and the Pauper with Sketches, New and OldDate Published1875; 1882 Lot #255 Punch, Brothers, Punch! and Other Sketches View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Punch, Brothers, Punch! First EditionPublisherSlote, Woodman & Co.Date Published[1878] Lot #256 Roughing It View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineRoughing It, Mark Twain First U.S. EditionPublisherAmerican Publishing Co.Date Published1872 Lot #257 The Stolen White Elephant, Etc. View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain the Stolen White Elephant, First EditionPublisherJames R. OsgoodDate Published1882 Lot #258 Three early Mark Twains View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineThree early Mark TwainsDate PublishedVarious dates Lot #260 A Tramp Abroad View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain is A Tramp Abroad, 1880PublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1880 Lot #261 A Tramp Abroad View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain is A Tramp Abroad, 1880, original clothPublisherAmerican Publishing CompanyDate Published1880 Lot #275 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorWallace, LewHeadlineLew Wallace Ben-Hur 1st ed.PublisherHarper & Bros.Date Published[1880] Lot #277 Italian Backgrounds View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorWharton, EdithHeadlineEdith Wharton's Italian Backgrounds, 1905PublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1905 Lot #288 Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$937.50StatusSold AuthorWollstonecraft, MaryHeadlineVindication of the Rights of Woman, 3rd ed., 1796PublisherPrinted for J. JohnsonDate Published1796 Lot #296 A Little Fleet View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorYeats, Jack B.HeadlineA Little Fleet by Jack YeatsPublisherElkin MathewsDate Published[1909] Lot #302 Men and Women View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold AuthorBrowning, RobertHeadline1st edition of Browning's Men and Women, 1856PublisherTicknor and FieldsDate Published[1856] Lot #319 Signed manuscript letter by Ernest Dowson View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold AuthorDowson, ErnestHeadlineSigned letter by Ernest Dowson to Henry DavrayDate Published[c.1890s] Lot #337 A Shropshire Lad View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,250StatusSold AuthorHousman, A.E.HeadlineA.E. Housman A Shropshire Lad First EditionPublisherKegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co.Date Published1896 Lot #343 The Complete Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold AuthorLongfellow, Henry WadsworthHeadlineThe Complete Writings of Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1904 Lot #382 Poems in Two Volumes View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold AuthorWordsworth, WilliamHeadlineWordsworth's Poems in Two VolumesPublisherLongman, Hurst, Rees and Orme; David NuttDate Published1807;1897 Lot #409 The Big Sleep View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorChandler, RaymondHeadlineBig Sleep 1st edition facsimilePublisherOtto Penzler / First Editions LibraryDate Published1990 Lot #424 The Moonstone. A Novel. View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold AuthorCollins, WilkieHeadlineThe Moonstone 1st US editionPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published1868 Lot #431 A Study in Scarlet, Beeton's Christmas Annual View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$406.25StatusSold AuthorDoyle, A. ConanHeadlineSpecial Centenary Edition of A Study in ScarletPublisherJ.M. GibsonDate Published1987 Lot #432 The Hound of the Baskervilles View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$343.75StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineHound of the Baskervilles 1st Canadian EditionPublisherGeorge N. MorangDate Published1902 Lot #433 The Hound of the Baskervilles View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold AuthorDoyle, Arthur ConanHeadlineThe Hound of the Baskervilles 1st ed.PublisherGeorge NewnesDate Published1902 Lot #444 Allan Quatermain [with] She View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadline2 by Haggard, with signature cardPublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1887 Lot #445 She: A History of Adventure View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold AuthorHaggard, H. RiderHeadlineH. Rider Haggard early sci-fi She, 1st ed., 1st issuePublisherLongmans, Green, and Co.Date Published1887 Lot #500 Dracula View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$687.50StatusSold AuthorStoker, BramHeadlineDracula 1st Grosset & Dunlap edition in dust jacketPublisherGrosset & DunlapDate Published[c.1927] Lot #504 The Sea Lady View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold AuthorWells, H.G.HeadlineFirst U.S. Edition of H.G. Well's The Sea LadyPublisherD. Appleton and CompanyDate Published[1902] Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next