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Auction Name Fine Literature with the Counterculture & the Residents Total Sales (USD) 238,437.50
Auction Date December 04, 2025 - December 04, 2025 Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 175,400.00
Sale Number #852 High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD) 273,200.00
Total Lots 471
Sold Lots 319.0 Low Estimate of All Lots (USD) 258,900.00
% of Lots Sold 67.73% High Estimate of All Lots (USD) 402,700.00
Unsold Lots 152 Total Sales as a % of High Est. 59.21%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
280 Lewis, C.S.

The Chronicles of Narnia

 [1950-56] USD 20,000.00 - 30,000.00 USD 37,500.00
270 Herbert, Frank

Dune

 [1965] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 15,000.00
126 Melville, Herman

Moby Dick or the Whale

 1930 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,750.00
80 Hemingway, Ernest

The Fifth Column - original working script

 [c.1940] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 8,125.00
123 McCarthy, Cormac

Blood Meridian or The Evening Redness in the West

 1985 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 8,125.00
145 Orwell, George

Nineteen Eighty-Four

 1949 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 6,250.00
310 Tolkien, J.R.R.

The Lord of the Rings

 1955-1956 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 5,000.00
276 Jordan, Robert

The Eye of the World

 [1990] USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,062.50
172 Stoddard, Charles Warren

For the Pleasure of His Company: An Affair of the Misty City, Thrice Told

 1903 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 2,812.50
102 Livermore, Elizabeth

Zoe; or the Quadroon's Triumph. A Tale for the Times

 1855 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 2,375.00
139 Orwell, George

Down and Out in Paris and London

 1933 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,375.00
241 Crichton, Michael

Jurassic Park

 1990 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,375.00
197 Adams, Douglas

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

 [1980] USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 2,125.00
196 Adams, Douglas

Four signed titles from the Hitchhiker's Guide series

 1980-1992 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 2,000.00
94 Johnson, Crockett

Harold and the Purple Crayon

 1955 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 1,875.00
186 Walker, Alice

The Color Purple

 [1982] USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,875.00
8 Austen, Jane

Pride and Prejudice

 [1895] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,750.00
83 Hemingway, Ernest

The Old Man and the Sea

 1952 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,750.00
215 Burroughs, Edgar Rice

Tarzan of the Apes

 1914 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
251 Doyle, Arthur Conan

The Hound of the Baskervilles

 1902 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,750.00
43 Dickens, Charles

Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress. By "Boz"

 1838 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
168 Steinbeck, John

The Grapes of Wrath

 [1939] USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,625.00
258 Goldman, William

The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure

 [1973] USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,625.00
369 Bukowski, Charles

Art

 1977 [but December 1976] USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,625.00
101 Lewis, C.S.

Studies in Words

 1960 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,500.00
  • <b><center>Heritage Auctions<br>Rare Books Signature Auction<br>December 15, 2025</center></b> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> John Donne. <i>Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death.</i> London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Edgar Rice Burroughs. <i>Tarzan of the Apes.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> F. Scott Fitzgerald. <i>Tender is the Night. A Romance.</i> <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Bram Stoker. <i>Dracula.</i> Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897. <b>Heritage, Dec. 15:</b> Jerry Thomas. <i>How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…</i>
    Heritage Auctions
    Rare Books Signature Auction
    December 15, 2025
    Heritage, Dec. 15: John Donne. Poems, By J. D. With Elegies on the Author's Death. London: M[iles]. F[lesher]. for John Marriot, 1633.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Tender is the Night. A Romance.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Bram Stoker. Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co., 1897.
    Heritage, Dec. 15: Jerry Thomas. How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon-Vivant's Companion, Containing Clear and Reliable Directions for Mixing All the Beverages Used in the United States…
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  • <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000. <b>Bonhams, Dec. 8-18:</b> Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("Martinus Luther") to His Friend the Theologian Gerhard Wiskamp ("Gerardo Xantho Lampadario"). $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: An Exceptionally Fine Copy of Austenís Emma: A Novel in Three Volumes. $40,000 - $60,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Presentation Copy of Ernest Hemmingwayís A Farewell to Arms for Edward Titus of the Black Mankin Press. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript Signed Integrally for "The Songs of Pooh," by Alan Alexander. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Manuscript of "Three Fragments from Gˆtterd‰mmerung" by Richard Wagner. $30,000 - $50,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Preliminary Artwork, for the First Edition of Snow Crash. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("T.R. Malthus") to Economist Nassau Senior on Wealth, Labor and Adam Smith. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides Finely Bound by Michael Wilcox. $20,000 - $30,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: First Edition of Lewis and Clark: Travels to the Source of the Missouri River and Across the American Continent to the Pacific Ocean. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Original Artwork for the First Edition of Neal Stephenson's Groundbreaking Novel Snow Crash. $100,000 - $150,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: A Complete Set Signed Deluxe Editions of King's The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King. $8,000 - $12,000.
    Bonhams, Dec. 8-18: Autograph Letter Signed ("John Adams") to James Le Ray de Chaumont During the Crucial Years of the Revolutionary War. $8,000 - $12,000.
  • <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Francesco Colonna. <i>Hypnerotomachie,</i> Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Nausea. <i>De principiis dialectices Gorgias,</i> and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 17:</b> Billon. <i>Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur,</i> Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000. <center><b>Sotheby’s<br>Book Week<br>December 9-17, 2025</b></center> <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of <i>Sense and Sensibility,</i> the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000. <b>Sotheby’s, Dec. 16:</b> Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Francesco Colonna. Hypnerotomachie, Paris, 1546, Parisian calf by Wotton Binder C for Marcus Fugger. €200,000 to €300,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Nausea. De principiis dialectices Gorgias, and other works, Venice, 1523, morocco gilt for Cardinal Campeggio. €3,000 to €4,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 17: Billon. Le fort inexpugnable de l'honneur, Paris, 1555, Parisian calf gilt for Peter Ernst, Graf von Mansfeld. €120,000 to €180,000.
    Sotheby’s
    Book Week
    December 9-17, 2025
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Salinger, J.D. The Graham Family archive, including autographed letters, an inscribed Catcher, a rare studio photograph of the author, and more. $120,000 to $180,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: [Austen, Jane]. A handsome first edition of Sense and Sensibility, the author's first novel. $60,000 to $80,000.
    Sotheby’s, Dec. 16: Massachusetts General Court. A powerful precursor to the Declaration of Independence: "every Act of Government … without the Consent of the People, is … Tyranny." $40,000 to $60,000.