Sale 872: Fine Literature with Jack London - Mysteries, Fantasy & Sci-Fi - Children's - Beats & the Counterculture (#872) 09/17/2026 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 09/17/2026 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info 872 784 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 1-57 of 57. Previous|1|Next Lot #2 National Velvet AuthorBagnold, EnidHeadlineBagnold's National Velvet in jacketPublisherWilliam Morrow and CompanyDate Published1935 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #9 Finden's Illustrations of the Life and Works of Lord Byron. AuthorByron, LordHeadlineFinden's Illustrations for ByronPublisherJohn MurrayDate Published1833-34 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #12 The Life and Adventures of Don Quixote de la Mancha AuthorCervantes, Miguel de SaavedraHeadlineDon Quixote illustrated by Richard WestallPublisherHurst, Robinson & Co.Date Published1820 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #20 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 #28 A Tale of Two Cities AuthorDickens, CharlesHeadlineDickens Tale of Two Cities 1st ed.PublisherChapman and HallDate Published1859 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000StatusUnsold Lot #52 Tappan's Burro AuthorGrey, ZaneHeadlineZane Grey's Tappan's Burro signedProvenanceZane GreyPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1923] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #57 The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne AuthorHawthorne, NathanielHeadlineAutograph Edition of Hathorne, signed by Howard Pyle, Childe Hassam, Jessie Willcox Smith et al.PublisherHoughton Mifflin and CompanyDate Published1900 View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,062.50StatusSold Lot #68 Bracebridge Hall; or, The Humorists AuthorIrving, WashingtonHeadline1896 Heyliger edition of Bracebridge HallPublisherG.P. Putnam'sDate Published1896 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #84 The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter. Complete and unexpurgated translation by W.C. Firebaugh, in which are incorporated the forgeries of Nodot and Marchena... Heading(Lindsay, Norman, illustrator) (Society for Individual Rights)AuthorPetronius, GaiusHeadlineThe Satyricon, illus. by Norman Lindsay with ownership stamp from The Society for Individual RightsPublisherPublished for private circulation only by Boni and LiverightDate Published1922 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #88 Les Poésies de S. Mallarmé AuthorMallarmé, StéphaneHeadlineMallarme's poems with frontispiece by Felicien Rops, 1899PublisherChez Edmond DemanDate Published1899 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #96 The Paradise Lost of Milton AuthorMilton, JohnHeadlineMilton illustrated by John Martin, 1833PublisherCharles TiltDate Published1833 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$468.75StatusSold Lot #123 Three novels by James Willard Schultz AuthorSchultz, James WillardHeadlineThree novels by James Willard SchultzPublisherHoughton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside PressDate Published1916-1940 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #144 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineMark Twain Connecticut Yankee 1st ed., 2nd statePublisherCharles L. WebsterDate Published1889 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #146 Life on the Mississippi AuthorTwain, MarkHeadlineSigned by Thomas Hart Benton with inscriptionPublisherHeritage PressDate Published[1944] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #325 Four works by J.R.R. Tolkien AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineFour works by J.R.R. TolkienDate Published1961-1967 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #332 Watership Down AuthorAdams, RichardHeadlineFirst US Edition of Watership DownPublisherMacmillan Publishing Co., Inc.Date Published[1972] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #333 The Fables of Aesop, and Others, with Designs on Wood, by Thomas Bewick AuthorAesopHeadlineBewick's Aesop 1818, signed w/ facsimile inscriptionPublisherPrinted by E. Walker, for T. Bewick and SonDate Published1818 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #334 The Boys Book of Inventions: Stories of the Wonders of Modern Science AuthorBaker, Ray StannardHeadlineInventions of the 19th c., for boysPublisherDoubleday & McClure CoDate Published1899 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #335 The Little White Bird. Or Adventures in Kensington Gardens AuthorBarrie, J.M.HeadlineFirst appearance of Peter PanPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published1902 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #336 Dot and Tot of Merryland AuthorBaum, L. FrankHeadlineLast Baum & Denslow collaborationPublisherM.A. Donohue & Co.Date Published[1913] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #337 Collection of 15 Big Little Books & Better Little Books - Westerns Heading(Big Little Books & Better Little Books)HeadlineFifteen Big Little Books & Better Little Books - WesternsPublisherWhitman Publishing Co.; Saalfield Publishing Co.Date Published1934-39 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #338 Collection of 16 Big Little Books & Better Little Books Heading(Big Little Books & Better Little Books)HeadlineSixteen Big Little Books & Better Little BooksPublisherWhitman Publishing Co.; Saalfield Publishing Co.Date Published1929-43 View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #339 Three titles in the Freddy the Pig series AuthorBrooks, Walter R.HeadlineThree 1st edition Freddy the Pig titlesPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1932-1953 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #340 Two American Boys in Hawaii AuthorBrowne, G. WaldoHeadlineScarce Browne's 2 Americans Boys in HawaiiPublisherDana Estes & CompanyDate Published[1899] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #341 The Very Hungry Caterpillar [with] La Oruga Muy Hambrienta AuthorCarle, EricHeadlineEric Carle's Very Hungry Caterpillar, English & Spanish eds. both signedPublisherPhilomel BooksDate Published[c. 1987]; 1989 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #342 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineAlice illustrated by John TennielPublisherMacmillan and Co.Date Published1881 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #343 Lewis Carroll's The Hunting Of The Snark AuthorCarroll, LewisHeadlineLewis Carroll's The Hunting of The Snark CentennialPublisherWilliam Kaufmann, IncDate Published1981 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #344 Four children's books from the 1930's Heading(Children's Books)HeadlineFour children's books from the era of the Big Little BookDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #345 Typed letter signed from Roald Dahl to a grade school class AuthorDahl, RoaldHeadlineRoald Dahl signed typed letter to grade school class 1984Date Published1984 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #346 The Story of Babar and The Travels of Babar AuthorDe Brunhoff, JeanHeadlineTwo Babar American First EditionsPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1933 and 1934 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #347 Uncle Wiggily's Laughing Gas Balloons and 4 other titles Heading(Drugs)AuthorGaris, Howard R.HeadlineUncle Wiggily's Laughing Gas Balloons and four others.PublisherCharles E. Graham & Co.Date Published(1924-1929) View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #348 Two small volumes illustrated by Edward Gorey Heading(Gorey, Edward)HeadlineTwo illustrated by Edward Gorey, one signed by GoreyDate Published1975; 1983 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #349 Rhymes for Kindly Children Heading(Gruelle, Johnny, Illustrator)AuthorSnyder, Fairmont and Gruelle, John B.HeadlineEarly illustrations by Johnny Gruelle of Raggedy Ann fame.PublisherP.F. Volland & Co.Date Published1916 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #350 The first eleven Hardy Boys titles Heading(Hardy Boys)AuthorDixon, Franklin W.HeadlineThe first eleven Hardy Boys titles w/jacketsPublisherGrosset & Dunlap, PublishersDate Published1929-32 View details Estimate$2,000 - $3,000Sold for$1,250StatusSold Lot #351 Four Easton Press editions of The Hardy Boys Heading(Hardy Boys)AuthorDixon, Franklin W.HeadlineEaston Press Hardy Boys, 4 vols.PublisherThe Easton PressDate Published[c. 1987] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #352 Twenty-four titles from the Hardy Boys mysteries series Heading(Hardy Boys)AuthorDixon, Franklin W.Headline24 Hardy Boys titles w/jackets.PublisherGrosset & DunlapDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #353 Three illustrated story books Heading(Illustrated Books)HeadlineThree illustrated story booksPublisherErnest Nister; E.P. Dutton & Co. View details Estimate$200 - $3,600Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #354 The Little Colonel's Good Times Book AuthorJohnston, Annie FellowsHeadlineThe Little Colonel's Good Times BookPublisherL.C. Page & CompanyDate Published1909 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #355 Eleven Nancy Drew titles AuthorKeene, CarolynHeadline11 Nancy Drew titles w/jacketsPublisherGrosset & Dunlap, PublishersDate Published1930s-50s View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #356 Four early Nancy Drew titles AuthorKeene, CarolynHeadlineEarly Nancy Drew w/jacketsPublisherGrosset & Dunlap, PublishersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #357 Nancy's Mysterious Letter AuthorKeene, CarolynHeadlineNancy's Mysterious Letter in 1st issue jacket.PublisherGrosset & Dunlap PublishersDate Published[1933] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #358 Little Tricker the Squirrel Meets Big Double the Bear AuthorKesey, KenHeadlineSigned by Ken Kesey and Barry MoserPublisherVikingDate Published1990 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #359 Collection of works by W.H.G. Kingston uniformly bound AuthorKingston, W.H.G.HeadlineTen works by W.H.G. Kingston uniformly bound by MudiePublisherT. Nelson and SonsDate Published1879-85 View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #360 A Wrinkle In Time AuthorL'Engle, MadeleineHeadlineL'Engle A Wrinkle in Time 1st UK in djPublisherConstable Young Books Ltd.Date Published[1963] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,125StatusSold Lot #361 Now We Are Six AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineA.A. Milne Now We Are Six, 1st ed.PublisherMethuen & Co. Ltd.Date Published[1927] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #363 When I Was Very Young AuthorMilne, A.A.HeadlineA.A. Milne When I Was Very Young Ltd EdnPublisherFountain PressDate Published1930 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #364 East of the Sun and West of the Moon Heading(Nielsen, Kay, illustrator)Author[Asbjornsen, P.C. and J.I. Moe]HeadlineKay Nielsen's East of the Sun & West of the MoonPublisherHodder & StoughtonDate Published[1914] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #365 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineChamber of Secrets 1st US editionPublisherArthur A. Levine Books / Scholastic PressDate Published[1999] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #366 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineFirst and second Harry Potter booksPublisherArthur A. Levine / Scholastic PressDate Published1999 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #367 Where the Wild Things Are AuthorSendak, MauriceHeadlineWhere the Wild Things ArePublisherHarper & RowDate Published1963 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #368 The Cat in the Hat AuthorSeuss, Dr.HeadlineCat in the Hat - 1st Ed signed & inscribedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$1,500 - $2,500Sold for$1,625StatusSold Lot #370 Shrek! AuthorSteig, WilliamHeadlineShrek! signed first editionPublisherFarrar, Straus, GirouxDate Published[1990] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$1,000StatusSold Lot #372 Becky's Birthday AuthorTudor, TashaHeadlineTasha Tudor's Becky's ChristmasPublisherViking PressDate Published1961 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #373 Twelve illustrated books from the P.F. Volland Company Heading(Volland Publishing Company)Headline12 beautifully color illustrated children's booksPublisherP.F. Volland CompanyDate Publishedc. 1910s View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #374 Stuart Little AuthorWhite, E.B.HeadlineStuart Little 1st ed. in jacketPublisherHarper & BrothersDate Published[1945] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$812.50StatusSold Lot #375 Drums Heading(Wyeth, N.C.)AuthorBoyd, JamesHeadlineJames Boyd's Drums w/ N.C. Wyeth IllustrationsPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate Published[1928] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #387 The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship AuthorBukowski, Charles and R. CrumbHeadlineBuk The Captain is Out to Lunch w/ serigraphs signed by CrumbPublisherBlack Sparrow Graphic ArtsDate Published1997 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next