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Previous|12|Next Lot #135 On the Makaloa Mat AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineOn the Makaloa Mat by Jack LondonPublisherMacmillan & Co.Date Published1919 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #136 The Road AuthorLondon, JackHeadlineJack London The Road First EditionPublisherMacmillan CompanyDate Published1907 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #137 Four signed broadsides AuthorMcClure, Michael et al.HeadlineFour signed broadsidesDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #139 Brothers Underground AuthorMicheline, JackHeadlineBrothers Underground - original painting by Jack MichelineDate Published1977 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$281.25StatusSold Lot #140 A collection of Henry Miller related books and ephemera Heading(Miller, Henry)HeadlineA collection of Henry Miller related books and ephemeraDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #143 Golf in the Kingdom AuthorMurphy, MichaelHeadlineMichael Murphy Golf in the Kingdom inscribedPublisherViking PressDate Published[1972] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #144 Three Tales AuthorO'Connor, FrankHeadlineFrank O'connor Three Tales Cuala Press 1941PublisherCuala PressDate Published1941 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #145 Ontario Review Nos. 1-66 Heading(Ontario Review)AuthorSmith, Raymond J. and Joyce Carol Oates, editorsHeadlineOntario Review Nos. 1-66PublisherThe Ontario ReviewDate Published1974-2007 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #148 Sixty-two miniature books of Poems for All Heading(Poems-For-All)AuthorFerlinghetti, Lawrence et al.HeadlineFifty miniature books of Poems for AllPublisher24th Street Irregular PressDate Published2001-2014 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #149 Five volumes of poetry from various fine presses Heading(Poetry)HeadlineFive volumes of fine press poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #150 True Grit AuthorPortis, CharlesHeadlineCharles Portis True Grit 1st EditionPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1968] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #151 V. AuthorPynchon, ThomasHeadlineThomas Pynchon V. First Edition of his First BookPublisherJ.B. Lippincott CompanyDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #152 Atlas Shrugged AuthorRand, AynHeadlineAyn Rand Atlas Shrugged Second PrintingPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #153 Atlas Shrugged AuthorRand, AynHeadlineAyn Rand Atlas Shrugged First Edition in Dust JacketPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1957] View details Estimate$1,200 - $1,800Sold for$2,812.50StatusSold Lot #154 Three first editions by David Rhodes AuthorRhodes, DavidHeadlineDavid Rhodes first three novelsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #155 Call it Sleep AuthorRoth, HenryHeadlineHenry Roth Call it Sleep First UK editionPublisherMichael Joseph LimitedDate Published[1963] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #156 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone AuthorRowling, J.K.HeadlineHarry Potter and the Socerer's Stone 1st EditionPublisherLevine Books / Scholastic PressDate Published[1998] View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$937.50StatusSold Lot #157 The Cuckoo's Calling Author[Rowling, J.K.] Galbraith, Robert, pseudonymHeadlineJ.K. Rowling as Robert Galbraith Cukoo's CallingPublisherLittle, Brown and CompanyDate Published[2013] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #158 San Francisco Arts Festival: A Poetry Folio, 1964 - rare copy with signatures of both Richard Brautigan and David Meltzer Heading(San Francisco Arts Festival)HeadlineSF Arts Festival Poetry Folio Sgd broadsides 1964Publisher[Four Seasons Foundation]Date Published1964 View details Estimate$800 - $1,200Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #159 Three pieces from the X-ray Book and Novelty Co. [and] A Bibliography of the White Rabbit Press - two pieces signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Heading(San Francisco Fine Press)HeadlineThree pieces from the X-ray Book Co, 2 signed by FerlinghettiDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #163 Four volumes of modern literature, three of them signed Heading(Signed Books)Headline3 volumes of modern literature, signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #165 A collection of chapbooks and ephemera from Sore Dove Press Heading(Sore Dove Press)HeadlineA collection of chapbooks and ephemera from Sore Dove PressPublisherSore Dove PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #166 Soheyl Dahi: Photographs Heading(Sore Dove Press)AuthorDahi, SoheylHeadline12 photographs of writers/artists, some signed 1/30 copies from Sore Dove PressPublisherSore Dove PressDate Published2011 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #167 Three Lives: Stories of the Good Anna, Malanctha and the Gentle Lena AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineGertrude Stein Three Lives Her First BookPublisherJohn LaneDate Published1915 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #168 Letter from John Steinbeck to "Florence," about a night of passionate discussion and a lovely coat left in his room AuthorSteinbeck, JohnHeadlineSteinbeck writes about night of passionale discussionDate PublishedWednesday morning, no date [c.1965] View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #174 The Minister AuthorThomas, R.S.HeadlineR.S. Thomas The Minister 1953PublisherMontgomeryshire Printing Co. Ltd.Date Published[1953] View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #175 Eloise: A Book for Precocious Grown Ups AuthorThompson, KayHeadlineFirst printing of Thompson's EloisePublisherSimon & SchusterDate Published1955 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #176 The Hobbit; or, There and Back Again AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineJRR Tolkien The Hobbit First American EditionPublisherHoughton MifflinDate Published1938 View details Estimate$8,000 - $12,000StatusUnsold Lot #177 The Lord of the Rings trilogy AuthorTolkien, J.R.R.HeadlineLord of the rings trilogy by J.R.R. TolkienPublisherGeorge Allen & UnwinDate Published1954-1955 View details Estimate$10,000 - $15,000StatusUnsold Lot #179 Rising Up and Rising Down: Some Thoughts on Violence, Freedom and Urgent Means - complete 7 volume set, signed AuthorVollmann, William T.HeadlineWilliam Vollmann Rising Up and Rising Down signedPublisherMcSweeney's BooksDate Published[2003] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #180 The Enchanted April Author[von Arnim], "Elizabeth"HeadlineThe Enchanted April by "Elizabeth"PublisherDoubleday, Page & CompanyDate Published1923 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #181 Two signed broadsides by ruth weiss Authorweiss, ruthHeadlineTwo signed broadsides by ruth weissDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #185 James Joyce, 1882-1941. Aurora IV AuthorWilder, ThorntonHeadlineThornton Wilder on James JoycePublisherWells College PressDate Published[1944] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #186 Tennessee William in Tangier Heading(Williams, Tennessee)AuthorChoukri, MohamedHeadlineTennessee William in Tangier 1/200PublisherCadmus EditionsDate Published1979 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #187 Memoirs AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineTennessee Williams 1/400 signed MemoirsPublisherDoubledayDate Published1975 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #188 Moise and the World of Reason AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineWilliams Moise and the World of Reason 1/350PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1975] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #189 The Right Stuff AuthorWolfe, TomHeadlineTom Wolfe The Right Stuff Advance ProofsPublisherFarrar, Straus and GirouxDate Published[1979] View details Estimate$250 - $350StatusUnsold Lot #190 The Liar AuthorWolff, TobiasHeadlineTobias Wolff, The Liar 1/200PublisherEngdahl TypographyDate Published1989 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #192 Poems 1899-1905 AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineYeats, Poems 1899-1905 1st edPublisherA.H. BullenDate Published1906 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #194 Two volumes by William Butler Yeats AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineTwo volumes by William Butler YeatsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #195 Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism Heading(Alcoholics Anonymous)Author[Wilson, William (Bill W.)]Headline2nd ed 1st ptg of AA Big BookPublisherAlcoholics Anonymous Publishing, Inc.Date Published1955 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #278 2 Signed Volumes by John Barth AuthorBarth, JohnHeadlineJohn Barth Signed "Letters" and "The Floating Opera"PublisherVariousDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #279 Giles Goat-boy, 2 editions AuthorBarth, JohnHeadlineJohn Barth Giles Goat-Boy Australian and British firsts.PublisherVariousDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #280 The Tidewater Tales, 3 editions AuthorBarth, JohnHeadlineJohn Barth "The Tidewater Tales"PublisherVariousDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #291 The Buk Book: Musings on Charles Bukowski - inscribed by Linda King Heading(Bukowski, Charles)AuthorChristy, JimHeadlineThe Buk Book - inscribed by Linda KingPublisherECWDate Published1997 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #295 Loneliness: An Outburst of Hexasyllables AuthorCarruth, HaydenHeadlineHayden Carruth Lonliness Janus PressPublisherThe Janus PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #300 The Lost Garden. AuthorClothier, PeterHeadlinePeter Clothier The Lost Garden 1 of 50 signedPublisherEllie Blankfort GalleryDate Published1972 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #302 A Flower in Her Hair AuthorCozzens, James GouldHeadlineCozzens, JamesGouldPublisherBruccoli ClarkDate Published1974 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #303 On the Damp Road: A Walk with Sadegh Hedayat AuthorDahi, SoheylHeadlineSoheyl DahiOn the Damp Road, 1/25PublisherSore Dove PressDate Published2016 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #304 Four titles in six volumes, by Walter De la Mare AuthorDe la Mare, WalterHeadlineFour titles by Walter De la MareDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #309 In the Fictive Wish AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineWilliam Everson In the Fictive WishPublisherOyezDate Published[1967] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #311 Beau James: The Life and Times of Jimmy Walker AuthorFowler, GeneHeadlineProof of Fowler's Beau JamesPublisherViking PressDate Published1949 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #312 Islands AuthorFowles, JohnHeadlineJohn Fowles Islands signedPublisherJonathan CapeDate Published[1978] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #317 A Burnt-Out Case AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineA Burnt-Out Case 1st UK ed w/djPublisherHeinemannDate Published[1961] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #318 Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party AuthorGreene, GrahamHeadlineGraham Greene: Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb PartyPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1980 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #323 No Laughing Matter AuthorHeller, Joseph and Speed VogelHeadlineHeller No Laughing Matter signedPublisherPutnam's SonsDate Published1986 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #324 God Knows AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineHeller God Knows Signed First Edition SocietyPublisherThe Franklin Library for The Signed First Edition SocietyDate Published1984 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #325 God Knows AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineHeller God Knows 1/350 signedPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1984 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #326 Good as Gold AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineHeller, Good as GoldPublisherFirst Edition SocietyDate Published1979 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #327 Good as Gold AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineHeller, Good as Gold signed 1/500PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1979 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #328 Good as Gold AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineHeller, Good as Gold signed 1/1000PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1979 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #329 Good as Gold AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineHeller, Good as Gold signedPublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1979 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #330 Good as Gold AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineHeller, Good as Gold signed 1/1000PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published1979 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #331 Picture This AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineHeller Picture This signed 1/250PublisherPutnam'sDate Published1988 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #332 Something Happened AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineHeller Something Happened signed 1/350PublisherKnopfDate Published1974 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #333 Something Happened AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineHeller, Something HappenedDate Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #334 We Bombed in New Haven AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineHeller, We Bombed in New Haven signedPublisherDell Publishing Co.Date Published[1970] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #337 Five Autumn Songs for Children's Voices AuthorHughes, TedHeadlineTed Hughes Five Autumn Songs for Children's VoicesPublisher[Richard Gilbertson]Date Published[December 1968] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #349 A year in Van Nuys AuthorLoh, Sandra TsingHeadlineSandra Tsing Loh A Year in Van NuysPublisherCrown PublishersDate Published2001 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #363 The Absentee: A Comedy in Four Acts based on Maria Edgeworth's Novel of the same name AuthorMoore, MarianneHeadlineMarianne Moore The Absentee: A Comedy in Four Acts based on Maria Edgeworth's Novel of the same namePublisherHouse of Books, LTD.Date Published1962 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #368 Six titles by Charles Olson AuthorOlson, CharlesHeadlineSix by Charles OlsonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #369 Two volumes on or by Pier Paolo Pasolini Heading(Pasolini, Pier Paolo)HeadlineTwo volumes on or by Pier Paolo PasoliniDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #372 Lavoro ed Usura: Tre Saggi AuthorPound, EzraHeadlineEzra Pound, Lavoro ed Usura 1/1000PublisherAll'Insegna del Pesce D'oroDate Published[1954] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #375 The Happy Dream: An Essay AuthorPriestley, J. B.HeadlinePriestley, The Happy Dream: An Essay 1/400PublisherThe Whittington PressDate Published1976 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #380 The Anatomy Lesson AuthorRoth, PhilipHeadlinePhilip Roth, "The Anatomy Lesson"PublisherFarrar, Straus & GirouxDate Published1983 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #386 WITHDRAWN Peony in Love AuthorSee, LisaHeadlineLisa See: Peony in Love SignedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published2007 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #387 WITHDRAWN Shanghai Girls AuthorSee, LisaHeadlineLisa See: Shanghai GirlsPublisherRandom HouseDate Published2009 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #388 WITHDRAWN Snow Flower and the Secret Fan AuthorSee, LisaHeadlineLisa See: Snow Flower and the Secret FanPublisherRandom HouseDate Published2005 View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #390 Three first editions by Upton Sinclair AuthorSinclair, UptonHeadlineThree Upton Sinclair First EditionsPublisherViking PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #391 Biltmore Oswald: The Diary of a Hapless Recruit AuthorSmith, J. Thorne. Jr.HeadlineThorne Smith's first bookPublisherFrederick A. Stokes CompanyDate Published[1918] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #396 Sophie's Choice AuthorStyron, WilliamHeadlineStyron, Sophie's choice, signed 1st edPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1979 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #397 Sophie's Choice AuthorStyron, WilliamHeadlineSophie's Choice signed 1/500PublisherRandom HouseDate Published1979 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$112.50StatusSold Lot #399 The Hundred Secret Senses AuthorTan, AmyHeadlineAmy Tan The Hundred Secret SensesPublisherG. P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1995 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #400 The Kitchen God's Wife AuthorTan, AmyHeadlineAmy Tan The Kitchen God's WifePublisherG. P. Putnam's SonsDate Published1991 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #407 Midpoint and Other Poems AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineUpdike, Midpoint and Other PoemsPublisherAlfred A. KnopfDate Published1969 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #408 People One Knows - three limited editions AuthorUpdike, JohnHeadlineJohn Updike, 3 Signed Limited EditionsPublisherLord John PressDate Published1980 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #413 [Five Poems.], in The Outcast Poets AuthorWilleford, CharlesHeadlineCharles Willeford Outcast PoetsPublisherOscar Baradinsky at the Alicat Book ShopDate Published1947 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #414 Tennessee Williams' Letters to Donald Windham, 1940-65 AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineTennessee Williams' Letters to Donald WindhamPublisher[Sandy Campbell]Date Published1976 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #415 Five works by or edited by A.D. Winans, signed by Winans and others AuthorWinans, A.D.HeadlineFive works by or edited by A.D. Winans, signed by Winans and othersDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$50StatusSold Lot #416 Tennessee Williams Letters to Donald Windham [Review Copy] AuthorWindham, DonaldHeadlineTennessee Williams'Letters to Donald Windham [Review Copy] SignedPublisherHolt, Rinehart and Winston, IncDate PublishedOct. 17, 1977 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$37.50StatusSold Lot #417 New York Dead; Dirt - Two Books Signed AuthorWoods, StuartHeadline2 Signed Books by Stuart WoodsPublisherHarper CollinsDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #419 11 volumes of Barth firsts AuthorBarth, JohnHeadline11 firsts by John BarthPublisherVariousDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #420 16 volumes of Anthologies and other works with contributions by John Barth AuthorBarth, JohnHeadlineJohn Barth contributions to AnthologiesPublisherVariousDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #421 8 firsts by Barth AuthorBarth, JohnHeadline8 first by John BarthPublisherVariousDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #422 Box of later editions in fine condition AuthorBarth, JohnHeadlineJohn Barth Novels Box LotPublisherVariousDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #423 Over 20 volumes about Barth and/or his writings Author[Barth, John]HeadlineWorks about John Barth or his writingsPublisherVariousDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #425 Box of Books by or about Joseph Heller AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineJoseph Heller group lotPublisherVariousDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #426 Box of Books by or about Joseph Heller AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineJoseph Heller group lotPublisherVariousDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #427 Seven Books by or about Joseph Heller AuthorHeller, JosephHeadlineJoseph Heller group lotPublisherVariousDate PublishedVarious View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Items per page 102550100 Previous|12|Next Previous 12 Next Previous 12 Next