Sale 685: Fine Literature (#685) 10/10/2019 11:00 AM PDT Closed Starts Ending 10/10/2019 11:00 AM PDT Auction Info PDF Prices Realized View ▼ Items per page 102550100 Sort by DefaultTime LeftLot#TitleNewestHighest PriceLowest PriceBidsViewsAuthorProvenancePublisherDate 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 1-97 of 97. Previous|1|Next Lot #1 The Pleasures of Imagination. A Poem AuthorAkenside, MarkHeadlineThe Pleasures of Imagination. A PoemPublisherR. DodsleyDate Published1754 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #14 The Eve of St. Mark AuthorAnderson, MaxwellHeadlineEve of St. Mark signed by the castPublisherAnderson HouseDate Published1942 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #15 The Early Asimov AuthorAsimov, IsaacHeadlineSigned by Isaac AsimovPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1972 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$237.50StatusSold Lot #17 Large collection of poetry chapbooks and journals from the collection of Douglas Calhoun Heading(Athanor Journal)HeadlineCollection of poetry chapbooks and journals 1960s-70sDate Published1960s-70s View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #20 Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone AuthorBaldwin, JamesHeadlineInscribed & signed by James BaldwinPublisherThe Dial PressDate Published1968 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$875StatusSold Lot #34 Death is a Lonely Business AuthorBradbury, RayHeadlineSigned by Ray Bradbury, 1st Trade Ed.Publisher[Alfred A. Knopf]Date Published[1985] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$406.25StatusSold Lot #48 Sixteen issues of the Wormwood Review Heading(Bukowski, Charles)AuthorMalone, Marvin, editorHeadlineSixteen issues of the Wormwood ReviewPublisherThe Wormwood Review PressDate Published1965-1976 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #61 Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit - inscribed AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineBukowski's Play the Piano Drunk - inscribedPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1979 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #62 WITHDRAWN - Three Poems AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineWITHDRWN - Charles Bukowski Three Poems 1/26 copiesPublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1992 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #66 Signed holograph poem AuthorBurroughs, JohnHeadlineSigned holograph poem by John BurroughsDate PublishedNo date View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #67 Queer AuthorBurroughs, William S.HeadlineQueer, inscribed by William BurroughsPublisherVikingDate Published[1985] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #71 Love Poems AuthorCamoens, Luis deHeadlineHandbound Love Poems by Luis de CamoensPublisherPrivately ReprintedDate Published1886 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #75 Cheered and Greeted [and] A Window in Cherry Valley AuthorCarroll, Jim and Lewis MacAdams, Jr.HeadlineJim Carroll A Window in Cherry Valley signedPublisher[Adventures in Poetry]Date Published[1973] View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #87 Where Water Comes Together With Other Water - Advance Uncorrected Proofs, signed AuthorCarver, RaymondHeadlineCarver's Where Water Comes Together - Advance Proofs, signedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1985 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #96 Cashed check signed by Leonard Cohen AuthorCohen, LeonardHeadlineCashed check signed by Leonard Cohen 1999PublisherCity National BankDate Published4/26/1999 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #97 Dead Roses for a Blue Lady AuthorCollins, NancyHeadlineDead Roses for a Blue Lady, signed, 1/26PublisherCrossroads PressDate Published2002 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #101 Three early first editions by Patricia D. Cornwell AuthorCornwell, Patricia D.HeadlineThree early first editions by Patricia CornwellPublisherCharles Scribner's SonsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #103 Her Her, Her & Her, Her vs Her, Her-Her AuthorDavids, Betsy and Carol PeelHeadlineDavids and Peel, Her Her...1/150PublisherRebis PressDate Published1974. View details Estimate$400 - $600StatusUnsold Lot #108 British aristocrat in Virginia on US visit sends a light-hearted message to Charles Dickens in New York Heading(Dickens, Charles)AuthorHoward, George [Lord Morpeth, 7th Earl of Carlisle]HeadlineNote to Charles Dickens through intermediaryDate PublishedFeb. 12, 1842 View details Estimate$500 - $800StatusUnsold Lot #119 Dark Like the River AuthorDivakaruni, Chitra BanerjeeHeadlineChitra Banerjee Divakaruni's 1st book signedPublisherWriter's WorkshopDate Published[1987] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #134 Heavenly City, Earthly City AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineDuncan's first book with 2 holograph poemsPublisher[Bern Porter]Date Published1947 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500StatusUnsold Lot #135 The Wild Things AuthorEggers, DaveHeadlineSigned by Dave EggersPublisher[McSweeney's Books]Date Published[2009] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #136 Triumphal March AuthorEliot, T.S.HeadlineSigned by T.S. Eliot, 1/300PublisherFaber & FaberDate Published1931 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$625StatusSold Lot #139 Who is She that Looketh Forth as the Morning Heading(Everson, William)AuthorBrother AntoninusHeadlineWho is She that Looketh Forth as the MorningPublisherCapricorn PressDate Published1972 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #142 The Veritable Years, 1949-1966 AuthorEverson, WilliamHeadlineSigned by Everson with holograph poem 1/50PublisherBlack Sparrow PressDate Published1978 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #148 Twenty-five miniature volumes of Poems-for-All [and] ten author trading cards AuthorFerlinghetti, Lawrence, et al.Headline25 miniature volumes of Poems-for-All plus 10 author trading cardsPublisher24th Street Irregular PressDate Published2001-2014 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$137.50StatusSold Lot #150 The Illustrated Wilfred Funk - inscribed AuthorFerlinghetti, LawrenceHeadlineFerlinghetti's Illustrated Wilfred Funk - inscribedPublisherCity LightsDate Published1971 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #161 Why AuthorFranklin, Jean DwightHeadlineWhy by Jean Dwight Franklin, inscribed to Herbert HooverPublisher[New York]Date Published1929 View details Estimate$600 - $900StatusUnsold Lot #163 A Further Range AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineRobert Frost A Further Range signed limited edition.PublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1936] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #165 Mountain Interval AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineMountain Interval by Robert Frost First IssuePublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1916] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #166 Mountain Interval AuthorFrost, RobertHeadlineMountain Interval by Robert Frost Second IssuePublisherHenry Holt and CompanyDate Published[1916] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #167 WITHDRAWN - The Case of the Demure Defendant AuthorGardner, Erle StanleyHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Signed by Erle Stanley GardnerPublisherWilliam Morrow and CompanyDate Published[1956] View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #168 WITHDRAWN - The Case of the Singing Skirt AuthorGardner, Erle StanleyHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Inscribed by Erle Stanley GardnerPublisherWilliam MorrowDate Published[1959] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #175 For Whispers & Chants Heading(Grabhorn Press)AuthorZeitlin, JakeHeadlineSigned with an inscription by the authorPublisherThe Lantern PressDate Published1927 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #184 Six signed volumes by Robert Hass AuthorHass, RobertHeadlineSix signed volumes by Robert HassDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #187 Poems and a Memoir AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSigned by Seamus HeaneyPublisherLimited Editions ClubDate Published1982 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$200StatusSold Lot #189 Christmas Eve: A Morality Play AuthorHecht, BenHeadlineBen Hecht, Christmas Eve 1/111Publisher[Covici-Friede]Date Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #191 The Little Foxes AuthorHellman, LillianHeadlineHellman's most successful play, inscribedPublisherRandom HouseDate Published1939 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$500StatusSold Lot #198 Four titles by Tony Hillerman AuthorHillerman, TonyHeadlineLot of 4 mysteries by Tony HillermanPublishermostly Harper & RowDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$175StatusSold Lot #206 The Cider House Rules AuthorIrving, JohnHeadlineSigned by John IrvingPublisherWilliam Morrow and CompanyDate Published1985 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #208 Brides of the South Wind: Poems 1917-1922 AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineJeffers Signed by William EversonPublisherCayucos BooksDate Published1974 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #210 Poems AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers & Ansel AdamsPublisherBook Club of CaliforniaDate Published1928 View details Estimate$700 - $1,000Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #211 Such Counsels You Gave To Me & Other Poems AuthorJeffers, RobinsonHeadlineSigned by Robinson Jeffers, Everson's copyPublisherRandom HouseDate Published[1937] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #214 The Known World AuthorJones, Edward P.HeadlineSigned by Edward P. JonesPublisherAmistadDate Published[2003] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #217 Schindler's Ark AuthorKeneally, ThomasHeadlineSigned by Thomas KeneallyPublisherHodder and StoughtonDate Published[1982] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #223 Selected Poems AuthorKinnell, GalwayHeadlineGalway Kinnell Selected Poems signed 1/200PublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1982 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #227 Being There AuthorKosinski, JerzyHeadlineBeing There, signed First EditionPublisherHarcourt Brace JovanovichDate Published[1970] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #232 The Boys from Brazil [with] Sliver AuthorLevin, IraHeadlineTwo signed novels by Ira LevinPublisherRandom House; Bantam BooksDate Published1976; 1991 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #256 Number the Stars AuthorLowry, LoisHeadlineSigned by Lois Lowry, Newbery medal winnerPublisherHoughton Mifflin CompanyDate Published1989 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$343.75StatusSold Lot #273 Leaving Cheyenne - signed AuthorMcMurtry, LarryHeadlineSigned by McMurtry, author's 2nd bookPublisherHarper & RowDate Published1963 View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #288 Three by Montalbano and Hiaasen AuthorMontalbano, William D. and Carl HiaasenHeadlineThree by Montalbano and HiaasenPublisherAtheneumDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$225StatusSold Lot #289 Signed holograph letter from L.M. Montgomery to Miss June Jaquilt Johnson AuthorMontgomery, L.M.HeadlineA reply to fan mail, L.M. Montgomery 1919Date Published1919 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$750StatusSold Lot #290 My Uncle Dudley AuthorMorris, WrightHeadline1st book by Wright Morris, inscribed 1st ed.PublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published1942 View details Estimate$300 - $500StatusUnsold Lot #293 Beat Hotel AuthorNorse, HaroldHeadlineHarold Norse, Beat Hotel 1/100 signedPublisherAtticus PressDate Published[1983] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #301 Fight Club AuthorPalahniuk, ChuckHeadlineSigned by Chuck PalahniukPublisherW.W. NortonDate Published[1996] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$531.25StatusSold Lot #302 Sunset Gun AuthorParker, DorothyHeadlineDorothy Parker Sunset Gun signed limited 1/250PublisherBoni & LiverightDate Published1928 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #307 True Minds AuthorPonsot, MarieHeadlinePocket Poets True Minds - scarcePublisherCity Lights Pocket BookshopDate Published[1956] View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #309 The Hind and the Panther ransvers'd to the Story of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse Author[Prior, Matthew and Charles Montagu]HeadlineSatirical poem on Dryden's The Hind and the PantherPublisherPrinted for W. DavisDate Published1687 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #314 The Love Poems of Marichiko - two copies AuthorRexroth, KennethHeadlineKenneth Rexroth The Love Poems of Marichiko - 2 copiesPublisherChristopher's BooksDate Published1978 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #320 Holes AuthorSachar, LouisHeadlineSigned by Louis SacharPublisherFarrar, Strauss, and GirouxDate Published[1998] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #324 Blue Lights, or The Convention: A Poem in Four Cantos AuthorScott, Jonathan M.HeadlineJonathan M. Scott, Blue Lights, or The ConventionPublisherCharles N. BaldwinDate Published1817 View details Estimate$200 - $300StatusUnsold Lot #325 Austerlitz AuthorSebald, W.G.HeadlineSigned by W.G. SebaldPublisherHamish HamiltonDate Published[2001] View details Estimate$500 - $800Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #327 Six volumes of fiction and poetry signed by the authors or artists Heading(Signed Limited Editions)HeadlineSix Volumes of Fiction & Poetry Signed Limited EditionsDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$312.50StatusSold Lot #328 Letter to a notable New York historian AuthorSimms, W. GilmoreHeadlineImportant literary letter by famed novelist W. Gilmore SimmsDate PublishedAug. 30, 1856 View details Estimate$1,000 - $1,500Sold for$687.50StatusSold Lot #340 Soheyl Dahi: Photographs Heading(Sore Dove Press)AuthorDahi, SoheylHeadline12 photographs of writers/artists, some signed 1/30 Sore Dove PressPublisherSore Dove PressDate Published2011 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$212.50StatusSold Lot #346 Lucy Church Amiably AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineSigned by Gertrude SteinPublisherImprimerie UnionDate Published1930 View details Estimate$600 - $900Sold for$375StatusSold Lot #347 The Making of Americans: The Hersland Family AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineSigned by Gertrude SteinPublisherHarcourt, Brace and CompanyDate Published[1934] View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$437.50StatusSold Lot #348 Three Lives AuthorStein, GertrudeHeadlineGertrude Stein - Three Lives inscribedPublisherModern LibraryDate Published1933 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #363 Twenty-five typed poems - most signed in ink by George Sterling AuthorSterling, GeorgeHeadline25 typed poems most signed by George SterlingDate Published[n.d.] View details Estimate$400 - $600Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #383 Hocus Pocus AuthorVonnegut, KurtHeadlineSigned by Kurt VonnegutPublisherG.P. Putnam's SonsDate Published[1990] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #432 Leaves of Grass Author[Whitman, Walt]HeadlineWhitman's Leaves of Grass, 1882PublisherRees Welsh & Co.Date Published1882 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #435 Moise and the World of Reason AuthorWilliams, TennesseeHeadlineSigned by Tennessee Williams, 1/350PublisherSimon and SchusterDate Published[1975] View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #441 This is My God AuthorWouk, HermanHeadlineInscribed by Herman Wouk to Walter A. HaasPublisherDoubleday & CompanyDate Published1959 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #443 A Packet for Ezra Pound AuthorYeats, William ButlerHeadlineYeats' A Packet for Ezra Pound, Cuala PressPublisherThe Cuala PressDate Published1929 View details Estimate$200 - $300Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #444 Lord John Film Festival AuthorYellin, Herb, editorHeadlineLord John Film Festival 1 of 174 copiesPublisherLord John PressDate Published2006 View details Estimate$300 - $500Sold for$250StatusSold Lot #446 Four works by prominent male authors of the 20th century Heading(20th century literature)HeadlineWorks by prominent male authors of the 20th century, some signedDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #448 The Poetical Works of the Late Christopher Anstey, Esq. with Some Account of the Life and Writings of The Author, by his Son, John Anstey, Esq. AuthorAnstey, ChristopherHeadlinePoetical Works of Christopher AnsteyPublisherW. Bulmer and Co.Date Published1808 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #458 WITHDRAWN - Another Academy AuthorBukowski, CharlesHeadlineWITHDRAWN - Bukowski Another Academy 1/250 signedPublisher[Black Sparrow Press]Date Published[1970] View details Estimate$10 - $100StatusUnsold Lot #462 Two signed works by Anne Carson AuthorCarson, AnneHeadlineTwo signed works by Anne CarsonDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #471 A Pushcart at the Curb AuthorDos Passos, JohnHeadlineJohn Dos Passos, A Pushcart at the Curb, 1st Ed.PublisherGeorge H. Doran CompanyDate Published[1922] View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$62.50StatusSold Lot #475 Four works by Robert Duncan AuthorDuncan, RobertHeadlineFour works by Robert DuncanDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$87.50StatusSold Lot #478 In Progress: Alder Gulch and Other Poems Heading(Everson, William)AuthorButler, BillHeadlineIntroduction by Brother AntoninusPublisherHaunted Bookshop & Private PressDate Published1961 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #485 District and Circle AuthorHeaney, SeamusHeadlineSigned by Seamus HeaneyPublisherFarrar, Strauss, and GirouxDate Published2006 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #501 The Set-Up - presentation copy AuthorMarch, Joseph MoncureHeadlineJ.M. March - The Set-Up - presentation copyPublisherCovici FriedeDate Published1928 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #502 The Book of Poetry: Collected from the Whole Field of British and American Poetry. Also Translations of Important Poems from Foreign Languages AuthorMarkham, Edwin, compilerHeadlineEdwin Markham's Book of Poetry 10 vols. inscribed 1/750PublisherWm. H. Wise and Co.Date Published1932 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #504 Two signed works by W.S. Merwin AuthorMerwin, W. S.HeadlineTwo signed works by W.S. MerwinDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$100StatusSold Lot #507 The Gazelles and Other Poems AuthorMoore, T. SturgeHeadlineMoore's Gazelles and Other PoemsPublisherDuckworthDate Published1904 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #512 Sky Sea Birds Trees Earth House Beasts Flowers AuthorRexroth, KennethHeadlineFirst Trade of Rexroth's Sky Sea Birds Trees Earth House Beasts FlowersPublisherUnicorn PressDate Published1973 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #513 Autograph Letter, signed, to Miss Barber AuthorSitwell, EdithHeadlineAutograph Letter from Edith SitwellDate Published25 August 1948 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #514 Three signed works by Gary Snyder AuthorSnyder, GaryHeadline3 signed works by Gary SnyderPublisherCounterpoint PressDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$125StatusSold Lot #515 The Year of the Young Rebels Revisited AuthorSpender, StephenHeadlineBancroft Library keepsake The Year of the Young RebelsPublisherThe Friends of the Bancroft LibraryDate Published1984 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$12.50StatusSold Lot #530 Twenty-first Century - a broadside AuthorYevtushenko, YevgenyHeadlineYevtushenko poetry broadside 1/150PublisherParchment Gallery GraphicsDate Published1996 View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$25StatusSold Lot #531 Seven works signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Diane Di Prima Heading(Beat Literature)HeadlineSeven works signed by Lawrence Ferlinghetti and Diane Di PrimaDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$75StatusSold Lot #546 Forty signed volumes of poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineForty signed volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold Lot #547 Thirty-five signed volumes of poetry Heading(Poetry)Headline35 signed volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$162.50StatusSold Lot #548 Thirty-one signed volumes of poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineThirty-one signed volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$187.50StatusSold Lot #549 Thirty-two signed volumes of poetry Heading(Poetry)HeadlineThirty-two signed volumes of poetryDate PublishedVarious dates View details Estimate$10 - $100Sold for$150StatusSold Items per page 102550100 Previous|1|Next Previous 1 Next Previous 1 Next