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Sale 877: Fine Literature - with Mysteries, Fantasy & Sci-fi - Queer & Erotica - Beats & the Counterculture (#877) 12/03/2026 11:00 AM PST

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1
  • Author
    Adams, Richard
  • Headline
    First US Edition of Watership Down
  • Publisher
    Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc.
  • Date Published
    [1972]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
2
  • Author
    Aesop
  • Headline
    Bewick's Aesop 1818, signed w/ facsimile inscription
  • Publisher
    Printed by E. Walker, for T. Bewick and Son
  • Date Published
    1818
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
Current absentee$150 (1 bid)
3
  • Author
    Allison, Young E.
  • Headline
    Presentation copy signed by Young E. Allison 1909
  • Publisher
    Privately Printed
  • Date Published
    1909
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
4
  • Heading
    (Asimov, Isaac)
  • Author
    Byron, Lord
  • Headline
    Don Juan, annotated by Isaac Asimov, illustrated by Milton Glaser
  • Publisher
    Doubleday & Company, Inc.
  • Date Published
    1972
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
Current absentee$150 (1 bid)
5
  • Author
    Barrie, J.M.
  • Headline
    Works of J.M. Barries - Peter Pan Edition
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    1929-31
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
6
  • Heading
    (Baum, L. Frank)
  • Headline
    The Wonderful Game of Oz
  • Provenance
    Dr. Richard R. Rutter Collection of Oz
  • Publisher
    Parker Brothers, Inc.
  • Date Published
    c.1921
Estimate$800 - $1,200
Starting$400
Current absentee$400 (1 bid)
7
  • Author
    Bellow, Saul
  • Headline
    Henderson the Rain King 1st Ed.
  • Publisher
    The Viking Press
  • Date Published
    1959
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
8
  • Author
    Bellow, Saul
  • Headline
    Bellow's Herzog, 1st ed. signed
  • Publisher
    The Viking Press
  • Date Published
    [1964]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
9
  • Author
    Bly, Robert
  • Headline
    Iron John 1st signed by Robert Bly
  • Publisher
    Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.
  • Date Published
    [1990]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
Current absentee$100 (1 bid)
10
  • Heading
    (Borges, Jorge Luis)
  • Author
    Merrell, Floyd
  • Headline
    Borges criticism related to math and the new physics
  • Publisher
    Purdue University Press
  • Date Published
    [1991]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
11
  • Author
    Borges, Jorge Luis
  • Headline
    Six volumes of Borges in English
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
12
  • Author
    Bradbury, Ray
  • Headline
    Bradbury Dandelion Wine signed
  • Publisher
    Doubleday
  • Date Published
    1957
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
Current absentee$150 (1 bid)
13
  • Author
    Bradbury, Ray
  • Headline
    Halloween Tree, signed with drawing
  • Publisher
    Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date Published
    1972
Estimate$400 - $600
Starting$200
14
  • Author
    Brougham, John and John Elderkin, editors
  • Headline
    Works by Wilkie Collins, Mark Twain, Alfred Tennyson and many others
  • Publisher
    William F. Gill and Company
  • Date Published
    1875
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
15
  • Author
    Browne, G. Waldo
  • Headline
    Scarce Browne's 2 Americans Boys in Hawaii
  • Publisher
    Dana Estes & Company
  • Date Published
    [1899]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
16
  • Author
    Burns, Alan
  • Headline
    Burns, Europe after the Rain, 1st
  • Publisher
    John Calder
  • Date Published
    [1965]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
17
  • Author
    [Butler, Samuel]
  • Headline
    Butler's Hudibras with Hogarth's illustrations
  • Publisher
    Printed by J. Bentham for W. Innys et al.
  • Date Published
    [1744]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
18
  • Author
    Capote, Truman
  • Headline
    Selected Writings of Capote Review Copy
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    [1960]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
19
  • Author
    Carroll, Lewis
  • Headline
    First American Edition of Carroll's Looking Glass
  • Publisher
    Macmillan and Co.
  • Date Published
    1872
Estimate$600 - $900
Starting$300
20
  • Author
    Carson, Anne
  • Headline
    Uncorrected proof of Anne Carson's Autobiography of Red
  • Publisher
    Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date Published
    1998
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
Current absentee$100 (1 bid)
21
  • Heading
    (Cather, Willa)
  • Author
    Carlyle, Thomas
  • Headline
    Early Willa Cather signature
  • Publisher
    John B. Alden
  • Date Published
    1888
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Starting$500
22
  • Author
    Clavell, James
  • Headline
    James Clavell King Rat 1st Edition
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown and Company
  • Date Published
    [1962]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
23
  • Author
    Cleary, Beverly
  • Headline
    Beverly Cleary's Ribsy 1st in scarce dj
  • Publisher
    William Morrow & Company
  • Date Published
    1964
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
Current absentee$100 (1 bid)
24
  • Author
    Conrad, Joseph
  • Headline
    Signed by Joseph Conrad, limited edition
  • Publisher
    T. Werner Laurie, Ltd.
  • Date Published
    1923
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
25
  • Author
    Conrad, Joseph
  • Headline
    Signed Sun-Dial edition of Joseph Conrad's works
  • Publisher
    Doubleday, Page & Company
  • Date Published
    1920-1926
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Starting$500
26
  • Author
    Conroy, Pat
  • Headline
    The Great Santini signed 1st ed in dj
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin
  • Date Published
    1976
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
27
  • Author
    Cummings, E.E.
  • Headline
    E.E. Cummings EIMI, Signed Limited 1st ed.
  • Publisher
    Covici, Friede
  • Date Published
    1933
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
28
  • Author
    Dahl, Roald
  • Headline
    Roald Dahl Fantastic Mr. Fox
  • Publisher
    Knopf
  • Date Published
    [1970]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
29
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Charles Dickens Bleak House, First Edition
  • Publisher
    Bradbury and Evans
  • Date Published
    1853
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
30
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Finely bound Charles Dickens Dombey & Son in Orig. Parts
  • Publisher
    Bradbury & Evans
  • Date Published
    1846-48
Estimate$500 - $800
Starting$250
Current absentee$250 (1 bid)
31
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Martin Chuzzlewit, First Edition
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1844
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
32
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Nicholas Nickleby first edition, 1839
  • Publisher
    Chapman and Hall
  • Date Published
    1839
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
33
  • Author
    Dickens, Charles
  • Headline
    Scarce Dickens Readings - owned by Eugene Field
  • Publisher
    Ticknor and Fields
  • Date Published
    1868
Estimate$1,500 - $2,500
Starting$750
34
  • Author
    Dickinson, Emily
  • Headline
    Dickinson's Poems, 2nd series, 1892, Sabin's copy
  • Publisher
    Roberts Brothers
  • Date Published
    1891
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Starting$500
Current absentee$500 (1 bid)
35
  • Author
    Dumas, Alexandre, pere
  • Headline
    Dumas, Count of Monte-Cristo 2nd newspaper ed., Le Siecle
  • Publisher
    Bureaux du Journal Le Siecle
  • Date Published
    1845-1846
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Starting$1,000
36
  • Heading
    (Dust Magazine)
  • Author
    Fulton, Leonard V., editor
  • Headline
    Directory of Little Magazines 1964 - rare
  • Publisher
    Dust Magazine
  • Date Published
    1964
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
Current absentee$100 (1 bid)
37
  • Author
    Eliot, George
  • Headline
    George Eliot's Complete Works
  • Publisher
    Estes and Lauriat
  • Date Published
    [1887]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
38
  • Author
    Emerson, Ralph Waldo
  • Headline
    Emerson's Conduct of Life
  • Publisher
    Ticknor and Fields
  • Date Published
    1860
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
39
  • Author
    Faulkner, William
  • Headline
    Two from Faulkner's Snopes Family trilogy
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    [1957; 1959]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
40
  • Author
    Fechin, Alexandra
  • Headline
    Signed & inscribed by Alexandra Fechin
  • Publisher
    Writers' Editions
  • Date Published
    [1937]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
41
  • Author
    Fielding, Henry
  • Headline
    The Works of Henry Fielding illustrated by George Cruikshank
  • Publisher
    Henry G. Bohn
  • Date Published
    1849
Estimate$400 - $600
Starting$200
42
  • Author
    Fitzgerald, F. Scott
  • Headline
    Weldon Kees copy of Fitzgerald's The Crack-Up
  • Provenance
    Weldon Kees, Virginia Patterson
  • Publisher
    New Directions
  • Date Published
    [1945]
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
43
  • Author
    Fitzhugh, Louise
  • Headline
    A milestone in children's lit
  • Publisher
    Harper & Row
  • Date Published
    c. 1965
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
44
  • Author
    Forster, E.M.
  • Headline
    E.M. Forster Two Cheers for Democracy, signed
  • Publisher
    Edward Arnold & Co.
  • Date Published
    [1951]
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
45
  • Author
    Fowles, John
  • Headline
    John Fowles The Collector, First American Edition in jacket
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown and Company
  • Date Published
    [1963]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
46
  • Author
    Fowles, John
  • Headline
    Signed by John Fowles, limited edition
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown and Company
  • Date Published
    [1985]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
47
  • Author
    Fowles, John
  • Headline
    Fowles' The Magus, First Edition in dj
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown and Company
  • Date Published
    1965
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
48
  • Author
    Frazier, Charles
  • Headline
    Cold Mountain by Frazier Signed First
  • Publisher
    Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Date Published
    [1997]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
49
  • Author
    Frost, Robert
  • Headline
    The Complete poems of Robert Frost, signed and well preserved
  • Publisher
    Henry Holt and Company
  • Date Published
    1949
Estimate$500 - $800
Starting$250
50
  • Author
    Grey, Zane
  • Headline
    Big Tuna typescript by Zane Grey
  • Date Published
    No date
Estimate$400 - $600
Starting$200
51
  • Author
    Grey, Zane
  • Headline
    Tales of Tahitian Waters, early British Edition with typescript leaves
  • Publisher
    Hodder & Stoughton Limited
  • Date Published
    1931
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
52
  • Author
    Heaney, Seamus
  • Headline
    Heaney Death of a Naturalist 1st US edition
  • Publisher
    Oxford University Press
  • Date Published
    1966
Estimate$500 - $800
Starting$250
53
  • Author
    Hemingway, Ernest
  • Headline
    For Whome the Bell Tolls, 1st ed
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner’s Sons
  • Date Published
    1940
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
54
  • Author
    Henry, O.
  • Headline
    Complete works of O. Henry with manuscript page
  • Publisher
    Doubleday, Page & Company
  • Date Published
    1912
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Starting$1,500
55
  • Author
    Hinton, S[usan] E[loise]
  • Headline
    Hinton's Outsider rare first edition
  • Publisher
    Viking
  • Date Published
    [1967]
Estimate$2,000 - $3,000
Starting$1,000
56
  • Author
    Hope, Anthony
  • Headline
    Author's Edition of the Works of Anthony Hope, nicely bound
  • Publisher
    D. Appleton and Company
  • Date Published
    [1902]
Estimate$400 - $600
Starting$200
57
  • Author
    Hughes, Langston
  • Headline
    Antifascist broadside poem by Langston Hughes, The Song of Spain
  • Date Published
    c.1937
Estimate$400 - $600
Starting$200
Current absentee$200 (1 bid)
58
  • Author
    Huxley, Aldous
  • Headline
    Along the Road by Aldous Huxley, first edition in jacket
  • Publisher
    Chatto & Windus
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
59
  • Author
    Huxley, Aldous
  • Headline
    Aldous Huxley Eyeless in Gaza First Edition in jacket
  • Publisher
    Chatto and Windus
  • Date Published
    1936
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
Current absentee$100 (1 bid)
60
  • Author
    Ingoldsby, Thomas, pseudonym
  • Headline
    First edition of Ingoldsby's Legends by Richard Barnha
  • Publisher
    Richard Bentley
  • Date Published
    [1840; 1842; 1847]
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
61
  • Author
    Irving, John
  • Headline
    John Irving, World According to Garp 1st trade
  • Publisher
    E.P. Dutton
  • Date Published
    [1978]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
62
  • Author
    Irving, Washington
  • Headline
    1896 Heyliger edition of Bracebridge Hall
  • Publisher
    G.P. Putnam's
  • Date Published
    1896
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
63
  • Author
    Jackson, Shirley
  • Headline
    Shirley Jackson's last novel, 1st Edition
  • Publisher
    The Viking Press
  • Date Published
    [1962]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
64
  • Author
    Johnson, Josephine
  • Headline
    Now in November 1st Ed. in 1st jacket
  • Publisher
    Simon and Schuster
  • Date Published
    1934
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
65
  • Heading
    (Joyce, James)
  • Author
    Beckett, Samuel, et al.
  • Headline
    Beckett & Joyce Our Exagmination... 1929
  • Publisher
    Shakespeare and Company
  • Date Published
    1929
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
Current absentee$150 (1 bid)
66
  • Author
    Joyce, James
  • Headline
    James Joyce's Haveth Childers Everywhere 1/500
  • Publisher
    Henry Babou and Jack Kahane
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
67
  • Author
    Joyce, James
  • Headline
    The Mime of Mick, Nick and the Maggies 1/1000
  • Publisher
    The Servire Press / Faber and Faber Ltd.
  • Date Published
    1934
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
Current absentee$100 (1 bid)
68
  • Author
    Joyce, James
  • Headline
    James Joyce Ulysses, 1st Odyssey Press ed.
  • Publisher
    The Odyssey Press
  • Date Published
    [1932]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
Current absentee$100 (1 bid)
69
  • Author
    Kingston, W.H.G.
  • Headline
    Ten works by W.H.G. Kingston uniformly bound by Mudie
  • Publisher
    T. Nelson and Sons
  • Date Published
    1879-85
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
70
  • Author
    Lewis, Wyndham
  • Headline
    Signed limited edition of Wyndham Lewis' Apes of God
  • Publisher
    The Arthur Press
  • Date Published
    1930
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
71
  • Author
    Lewis, Wyndham
  • Headline
    Wyndham Lewis Childermass, signed 1/225
  • Publisher
    Chatto & Windus
  • Date Published
    1928
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
72
  • Author
    Lewis, Wyndham
  • Headline
    13 works by Wyndham Lewis & a bibliography
  • Date Published
    Various dates
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
73
  • Author
    Lewis, Wyndham
  • Headline
    Signed by Wyndham Lewis 1/79
  • Publisher
    Chatto & Windus
  • Date Published
    1927
Estimate$500 - $800
Starting$250
74
  • Author
    London, Charmian Kittredge
  • Headline
    Log of Snark inscribed by Charmian London
  • Publisher
    The Macmillan Company
  • Date Published
    1925
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
75
  • Author
    London, Charmian
  • Headline
    The Book of Jack London with signed letter from Charmian London
  • Publisher
    The Century Co.
  • Date Published
    1921
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
76
  • Author
    London, Jack
  • Headline
    The Game second issue by Jack London
  • Publisher
    The Macmillan Co.
  • Date Published
    1905
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
77
  • Author
    London, Jack
  • Headline
    Jack London's 'Frisco Kid's Story - In Oakland High School Aegis, 1901
  • Publisher
    Published by the Class of June, 1901
  • Date Published
    1901
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
78
  • Author
    Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth
  • Headline
    The Complete Writings of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  • Publisher
    Houghton, Mifflin and Company; The Riverside Press
  • Date Published
    1904
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Starting$500
79
  • Author
    Lowell, Robert
  • Headline
    Robert Lowell's first book, first edition
  • Publisher
    The Cummington Press
  • Date Published
    [1944]
Estimate$500 - $800
Starting$250
80
  • Author
    McCarthy, Cormac
  • Headline
    McCarthy's Blood Meridian, signed
  • Provenance
    Estate of a Tucson Armchair Cowboy
  • Publisher
    Random House
  • Date Published
    [1985]
Estimate$10,000 - $15,000
Starting$5,000
81
  • Author
    McCarthy, Cormac
  • Headline
    No Country for Old Men, First Edition
  • Publisher
    Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date Published
    2005
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
82
  • Author
    McCarthy, Cormac
  • Headline
    First Edition of Cormac McCarthy's The Road
  • Publisher
    Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date Published
    2006
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
83
  • Author
    Melville, Herman
  • Headline
    Moby Dick 2nd ed 1892
  • Publisher
    United States Book Company
  • Date Published
    [1892]
Estimate$3,000 - $5,000
Starting$1,500
84
  • Author
    Michener, James
  • Headline
    South Pacific signed by James Michener and Michael Hague
  • Publisher
    Gulliver/Harcourt Brace
  • Date Published
    1992
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
Current absentee$100 (1 bid)
85
  • Author
    Moser, Barry
  • Headline
    Two posters for Moser illustrated titles, one signed
  • Publisher
    Pennyroyal Press
  • Date Published
    1984
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
86
  • Author
    Murakami, Haruki
  • Headline
    Signed Murakami in Japanese characters
  • Publisher
    Alfred A. Knopf
  • Date Published
    2008
Estimate$500 - $800
Starting$250
87
  • Author
    Nash, Ogden
  • Headline
    3 signed letters and original manuscript poem by Ogden Nash 1956
  • Date Published
    1956
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Starting$350
88
  • Author
    Neruda, Pablo
  • Headline
    Pablo Neruda's Captain's Verses, Bilingual Edition
  • Publisher
    New Directions
  • Date Published
    1972
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
89
  • Heading
    (Newberry Medal)
  • Author
    Cleary, Beverly
  • Headline
    1st signed by Beverly Cleary
  • Publisher
    William Morrow and Company
  • Date Published
    1983
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
90
  • Heading
    (Newberry Medal)
  • Author
    Konigsburg, E.L.
  • Headline
    Children run away to the Met
  • Publisher
    Atheneum
  • Date Published
    1967
Estimate$1,000 - $1,500
Starting$500
91
  • Heading
    (Newberry Medal)
  • Author
    Speares, Elizabeth George
  • Headline
    Scarc 1st in 1st dj of 1959 Newberry Medalist
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin Company
  • Date Published
    1958
Estimate$700 - $1,000
Starting$350
92
  • Heading
    (Newberry Medal)
  • Author
    Taylor, Mildred D.
  • Headline
    Beautiful copy of 1977 Newberry Award book
  • Publisher
    The Dial Press
  • Date Published
    [1976]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
93
  • Heading
    (Newberry Medal)
  • Author
    Voigt, Cynthia
  • Headline
    Signed 1983 Newberry Medal winner
  • Publisher
    Atheneum
  • Date Published
    1982
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
94
  • Author
    Nordhoff, Charles & James Norman Hall
  • Headline
    Mutiny on the Bounty book with one sheet movie poster
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown, and Company
  • Date Published
    1932
Estimate$400 - $600
Starting$200
95
  • Author
    O'Brien, Tim
  • Headline
    Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, signed 1st
  • Publisher
    Houghton Mifflin / Seymour Lawrence
  • Date Published
    1990
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
96
  • Author
    Olson, Charles
  • Headline
    Charles Olson Mayan Letters 1st edition
  • Publisher
    The Divers Press
  • Date Published
    1953
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
97
  • Author
    Paine, Albert Bigelow and William Allen White
  • Headline
    Signed Rhymes by Two Friends
  • Publisher
    M.I.Izor & Son
  • Date Published
    [1893]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
98
  • Author
    Poe, Edgar Allan
  • Headline
    The Raven and Other Poems 1/950
  • Publisher
    Fine Book Circle
  • Date Published
    [1936]
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
99
  • Author
    Porter, Katherine Anne
  • Headline
    Signed by Katherine Anne Porter
  • Publisher
    Little, Brown, and Company
  • Date Published
    1962
Estimate$300 - $500
Starting$150
100
  • Author
    Proulx, E. Annie
  • Headline
    E. Annie Proulx The Shipping News 1st Edition
  • Publisher
    Charles Scribner's Sons
  • Date Published
    [1993]
Estimate$200 - $300
Starting$100
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