Grant Zahajko Auctions: Books: 20th Century Signed, First Editions, Science Fiction & More!, 42226, DAVENPORT
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Douglas Adams | Douglas Adams - Tea-Time of the Soul SIGNED 1988 |
1988 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 128.00 | |
| 2 | Douglas Adams | Douglas Adams - Dirk Gently's Agency SIGNED 1987 |
1987 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 160.00 | |
| 3 | Ben Bova | Ben Bova - Moonwar SIGNED 1998 1ST |
1998 | USD 75.00 - 125.00 | USD 12.80 | |
| 4 | Isaac Asimov; Robert Silverberg | Asimov / Silverberg - Nightfall S/N 1990 1st |
1990 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 256.00 | |
| 5 | Gillian Flynn | Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn SIGNED 2012 1st |
2012 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | USD 64.00 | |
| 6 | Gillian Flynn | Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn SIGNED 2006 1ST |
2006 | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | USD 64.00 | |
| 7 | Connie Willis | CrossTalk by Connie Willis SIGNED #213 SciFi |
2017 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 25.60 | |
| 8 | Lawrence Block | Alive in Shape and Color MULTI SIGNED |
2017 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 64.00 | |
| 9 | George MacDonald Fraser | Flashman and Angel of the Lord - Fraser SIGNED |
1994 | USD 75.00 - 125.00 | USD 51.20 | |
| 9A | Arthur C. Clarke | Arthur C. Clarke 2010 Odyssey Two 1ST SIGNED #607 |
1982 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 384.00 | |
| 9B | Isaac Asimov | Isaac Asimov - Robots of the Dawn 1ST SIGNED #155 |
1983 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 352.00 | |
| 9C | Isaac Asimov | Isaac Asimov - Robots and Empire 1ST SIGNED #558 |
1985 | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 416.00 | |
| 10 | Jayne Anne Phillips | Black Tickets-Jayne Anne Phillips SIGNED 1st US |
1979 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 51.20 | |
| 11 | Jayne Anne Phillips | Black Tickets-Jayne Anne Phillips SIGNED 1st UK |
1980 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 51.20 | |
| 12 | Eliot Asinof | Eliot Asinof - Eight Men Out [Black Sox 1919] |
1963 | USD 75.00 - 125.00 | USD 64.00 | |
| 13 | Yann Martel | Life of Pi by Yann Martel SIGNED 1st US |
2001 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 64.00 | |
| 14 | Gregory Maguire | Out of OZ by Gregory Maguire SIGNED 2010 1st |
2010 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 51.20 | |
| 15 | Douglas E. Winter; Stephen King; Dan Simmons; George R. R. Martin; Ron and Val Lakey Lindahn | Night Visions 5 [Multi-Signed] 465/850 1988 1st |
1988 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 512.00 | |
| 16 | George R. R. Martin; Ramsey Campbell; Lisa Tuttle; Clive Barker; Stephen Gervais | Night Visions 3 [Multi-Signed] 174/400 1986 1st |
1986 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 192.00 | |
| 17 | Douglas Adams | Douglas Adams SIGNED Complete Hitchhiker's Guide |
1989 | USD 200.00 - 400.00 | USD 320.00 | |
| 18 | Harlan Ellison | Harlan Ellison (4) SIGNED [Sci-Fi] |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 160.00 | |
| 19 | Jim Harrison; Dan Gerber; Joseph Bednarik | The Sumac Reader by Jim Harrison SIGNED 6/100 |
1997 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 256.00 | |
| 20 | Thomas McGuane (5) SIGNED 1st Editions |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 160.00 | ||
| 21 | Jim Harrison (2) The Shape of the Journey SIGNED |
1998 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 160.00 | ||
| 22 | Jim Harrison (2) Dalva SIGNED UK and US |
1989; 1988 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 128.00 |
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Sotheby's Book Week
2 June - 9 JulySotheby’s, June 25: Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations, on its 250th anniversary. $180,000 to $250,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Fontana, Lucio. Concetto Spaziale. 1967. Leporello en papier doré. Bel exemplaire signé. €4,000 to $€,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Fitzgerald, F. Scott. "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”. $150,000 to $200,000.Sotheby’s, June 25: Washington, George (as First President). Washington decries “an ostentatious imitation, or mimickry of Royalty” in his Presidency. $250,000 to $500,000.Sotheby’s, June 17: Lope de Vega. Rare manuscrit autographe signé de la préface dédicatoire de "El Cardenal de Belen" (le cardinal de Bethléem), pièce composée en 1610. €40,000 to €60,000. -
Leland Little, June 12: The First Illustrated Edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.Leland Little, June 12: John Morton, Signer of the Declaration of Independence, Signed Pennsylvania Land Survey.Leland Little, June 12: The Scarce Jansson Edition of a Remarkable Early View of London.Leland Little, June 12: Signed Limited Edition of The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.Leland Little, June 12: Faden’s Important and Scarce Map of the Southern Campaign of the American Revolution.Leland Little, June 12: William J. Tate (NC, 1869-1953), Archive of the "Original host to the Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk.” -
Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Galileo Galilei. Dialogo sopra i due massimi sistemi del mondo tolemaico, e copernicano. Firenze, 1632Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Saverio Manetti. Storia naturale degli uccelli. Firenze, 1771-76Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Fortunato Depero. Depero futurista. Rovereto, 1927Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Nicolas Visscher. Atlas minor sive totius orbis terrarum contracta delineat ex conatibus. Amsterdam, circa 1649-95Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Andreas Vesalius. Anatomia. Addita nunc. Antiquorum Anatome. Venezia, 1604Aste Bolaffi, June 17-18: Tristan Tzara and Salvador Dalì. Grains et Issues. Parigi, 1935 -
June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: Houdini's biography, boldly signed. $3,000 to $5,000.Doyle, June 25: A volume from Abraham Lincoln's library, signed just before heading to Washington for his inauguration. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: A very early Confederate recruiting manual belonging to the chief commissary in Lee's Army. $600 to $800.Doyle, June 25: Rare hand-colored lithographs of the life of Napoleon. $20,000 to $30,000.Doyle, June 25: The "Holster Atlas" of the American Revolution. $5,000 to $8,000.Doyle, June 25: Jewish ceremonies in fine hand-colored engravings. $7,000 to $10,000.Doyle, June 25: A very rare work on Turkish military costume. $1,000 to $1,500.June 25, 2026 Doyle, June 25: The most important illustrated work on the Mexican-American War. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: The finest illustrated book on Afghanistan. $10,000 to $15,000.Doyle, June 25: Henry Justice Ford St. George rescues the Princess from the horrible Dragon. $2,000 to $3,000.Doyle, June 25: A rare work of Prussian Army uniforms under Frederick William II, with exquisite hand-colored engravings. $800 to $1,200.Doyle, June 25: Lenny Bruce typed letter signed to a Village bohemian during his obscenity trials, with a manuscript note and drawing. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: Schiff's scarce Shanghai Sketchbook. $300 to $500.Doyle, June 25: The first accurate published representation of the American flag. $2,000 to $4,000. -
Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 123. Celebrate 250 Years of Independence with Original Stars and Stripes (1790) Est. $1,400 - $1,700Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 20. Keulen's Spectacular Chart of the World Featuring California as an Island (1728) Est. $12,000 - $15,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 42. Schedel's Ancient World Map with Fantastic Humanoid Creatures (1493) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 591. Matching Set of 3 Stunning Globe Gores of Eastern Asia from Coronelli's 3.5 Foot Globe (1688) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 9. Speed's Popular World Map with Allegorical Representations of the Elements (1651) Est. $14,000 - $17,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 168. First Separate Map of Kansas & Nebraska Territories (1854) Est. $5,500 - $7,000Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 43. Only Macrobius Map with Britain Attached to Europe (1515) Est. $800 - $950Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 250. Rare Map of Boston and One of the Earliest Maps of the Revolutionary War (1775) Est. $2,000 - $2,300Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 79. Schenk's Uncommon Map Featuring Two Figurative Title Cartouches (1696) Est. $1,200 - $1,500Old World Auctions (June 17): Lot 681. Hand-Colored Image of the Annunciation to the Shepherds (1502) Est. $800 - $950