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Alexievich, Svetlana (1948-) Secondhand Time: The Last Soviets: An Oral History
Lot: 1001Sold for: $63$50Alexievich, Svetlana (1948-) Secondhand Time: The Last Soviets: An Oral History. Random House, 2016, first edition hardcover, signed with photographs of the author, (condition: as new, dust jacket more ...
Arlen, Michael (1895-1956) The Green Hat
Lot: 1002Sold for: $88$70Arlen, Michael (1895-1956) The Green Hat. Collins, 1924, first edition hardcover. more ...
Atwood, Margaret (1939-) Through the Eyes of Yoko Ono: The Blind Assassin
Lot: 1003Sold for: $200$160Atwood, Margaret (1939-) Through the Eyes of Yoko Ono: The Blind Assassin. Oak Tree Press, 2008, signed limited editions book with print, in box, (condition: as new, no dust jacket). more ...
Barnes, Julian (1946-) Metroland
Lot: 1004Sold for: $94$75Barnes, Julian (1946-) Metroland. Jonathan Cape, 1980, first published signed hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: near fine). more ...
Beaton, Cecil (1904-1980) Cecil Beaton's New York
Lot: 1005Sold for: $469$375Beaton, Cecil (1904-1980) Cecil Beaton's New York. JB Lippincott Co., 1938, first edition, first published U.K. signed hardcover. more ...
Beauvoir, Simone de. (1908-1986) Translated by H.M. Parshley, The Second Sex
Lot: 1006Sold for: $225$180Beauvoir, Simone de. (1908-1986) Translated by H.M. Parshley, The Second Sex. The Franklin Library, 1979, limited edition signed hardcover, (condition: fine, no dust jacket). more ...
Berenson, Bernard (1865-1959) The Italian Painters of the Renaissance with 400 Illustrations
Lot: 1007Sold for: $531$425Berenson, Bernard (1865-1959) The Italian Painters of the Renaissance with 400 Illustrations. Phaidon Press, 1953, first edition, second impression hardcover, (condition: good, dust jacket more ...
Blixen, Karen (1885-1962) Out of Africa
Lot: 1008Sold for: $63$50Blixen, Karen (1885-1962) Out of Africa. Putnam, 1937, first edition, first printing, (condition: good, no dust jacket). more ...
Bradbury, Ray (1920-2012) Illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini, Fahrenheit 451
Lot: 1009Sold for: $375$300Bradbury, Ray (1920-2012) Illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini, Fahrenheit 451. The Limited Editions Club, 1982, limited edition #457/2,000, signed hardcover and slipcase by author and illustrator, more ...
Bulgakov, Mikhail (1891-1940) Translated by Michael Glenny, The Master & Margarita
Lot: 1010Sold for: $406$325Bulgakov, Mikhail (1891-1940) Translated by Michael Glenny, The Master & Margarita. Collins & Harvill Press, 1967, first edition U.K. first printing hardcover. more ...
Caldwell, Erskine (1903-1987) Tobacco Road
Lot: 1011Sold for: $281$225Caldwell, Erskine (1903-1987) Tobacco Road. Duell, Sloane and Pearce, 1932, 1940, decennial edition signed inscribed to Deane Waldo Malott dated 07/01/1948, hardcover. more ...
Carson, Rachel (1907-1964) Silent Spring
Lot: 1012Sold for: $250$200Carson, Rachel (1907-1964) Silent Spring. Houghton Mifflin, 1962, first edition hardcover, first printing. more ...
Cather, Willa (1873-1947) Death Comes for the Archbishop
Lot: 1013UnsoldCather, Willa (1873-1947) Death Comes for the Archbishop. Alfred A. Knopf, 1927, first edition leatherbound hardcover. more ...
Cervantes, Miguel de. (1547-1616),Illustrated by Quentin Blake, Translated by T. Smollett, Don Quixote
Lot: 1014Sold for: $406$325Cervantes, Miguel de. (1547-1616),Illustrated by Quentin Blake, Translated by T. Smollett, Don Quixote. Folio Society, 1995, limited edition leatherbound clamshell box, numbered 1179/1250, more ...
Christie, Agatha (1890-1975) Towards Zero
Lot: 1015Sold for: $250$200Christie, Agatha (1890-1975) Towards Zero. The Crime Club, 1944, first edition hardcover. more ...
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1875-1912),Illustrated by Willy Pogany, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Lot: 1016Sold for: $344$275Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1875-1912),Illustrated by Willy Pogany, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. George Harrap London, 1910, first edition hardcover, (condition: good). more ...
Connell, Evan S. Jr. (1924-1913) Mrs. Bridge
Lot: 1017Sold for: $88$70Connell, Evan S. Jr. (1924-1913) Mrs. Bridge. Viking Press, 1959, first edition hardcover. more ...
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924) Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Lot: 1018Sold for: $281$225Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924) Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard. Harper & Brothers, 1904, first edition U.K. hardcover, with page 187 incorrectly numbered "871." more ...
Crane, Stephen (1871-1900) The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
Lot: 1019Sold for: $750$600Crane, Stephen (1871-1900) The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War. D. Appleton, 1896, first edition hardcover. more ...
Curie, Eve (1904-2007) Madame Curie
Lot: 1020Sold for: $188$150Curie, Eve (1904-2007) Madame Curie. Doubleday Doran, 1937, first edition signed hardcover and slipcase. more ...
Dick, Philip K (1928-1982) The Man in the High Castle
Lot: 1021Sold for: $313$250Dick, Philip K (1928-1982) The Man in the High Castle. Victor Gollancz, 1975, hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine). more ...
Dinesen, Isak (1885-1962) Out of Africa
Lot: 1022Sold for: $281$225Dinesen, Isak (1885-1962) Out of Africa. Random House, 1938, first edition hardcover. more ...
Dinesen, Isak (1885-1962) Out of Africa
Lot: 1023Sold for: $200$160Dinesen, Isak (1885-1962) Out of Africa. Random House, 1938, first edition hardcover. more ...
Doerr, Anthony (1973-) All the Light We Cannot See
Lot: 1024Sold for: $163$130Doerr, Anthony (1973-) All the Light We Cannot See. Scribner, 2014, signed first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new). more ...
Dostoevsky, Fyodor (1821-1881),Translated by Constant Garnett, Revised by Avrahm Yarmolinsky, Illustrated by Alexander King, The Broth
Lot: 1025Sold for: $188$150Dostoevsky, Fyodor (1821-1881),Translated by Constant Garnett, Revised by Avrahm Yarmolinsky, Illustrated by Alexander King, The Brothers Karamazov, Vol. I, II, II. The Limited Edition's Club, more ...
Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (1821-1881) Translated by Constance Garnett, The Possessed
Lot: 1026Sold for: $938$750Dostoyevsky, Fyodor (1821-1881) Translated by Constance Garnett, The Possessed. William Heinemann, 1913, first edition in English. more ...
Dundy, Elaine (1921-2008) The Dud Avocado or the Vie Amoureuse of Sally Jay in Paris
Lot: 1027Sold for: $94$75Dundy, Elaine (1921-2008) The Dud Avocado or the Vie Amoureuse of Sally Jay in Paris. EP Dutton & Co.,1958, first edition hardcover. more ...
Durrell, Lawrence (1912-1990) The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea
Lot: 1028Sold for: $313$250Durrell, Lawrence (1912-1990) The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea. Faber and Faber, 1962, limited edition signed and numbered hardcover. more ...
Egan, Jennifer (1962-) A Visit from the Goon Squad
Lot: 1029Sold for: $94$75Egan, Jennifer (1962-) A Visit from the Goon Squad. Knopf, 2010, signed and dated by author, ticket for signing enclosed, first US edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as more ...
Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) So This Then is the Essay on Self Reliance
Lot: 1030Sold for: $563$450Emerson, Ralph Waldo (1803-1882) So This Then is the Essay on Self Reliance. Elbert Hubbard, 1902, leatherbound numbered copy, 31/100, signed by publisher and illustrator, (condition: very good, no more ...