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February 2013 Auction Ends Wednesday, February 6th, 5pm Pacific

Auction closed on 2/6/2013. Final prices include buyers premium.

• Lot #957: Louisa May Alcott Signed ''Little Women'' -- First One to Appear at Auction in Over 40 Years -- With PSA/DNA COA

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $8,908

• Lot #958: Gorgeous Isaac Asimov Signed Deluxe Edition of ''Prelude to Foundation'' -- Near Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #959: W.H. Auden 1972 Autograph Letter Signed

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #960: J.M. Barrie Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...There will be nothing doing on Friday evening in Peter Pan except odds & ends...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #961: Ludwig Bemelmans ''Welcome Home!'' Signed -- With Sketch of a Young Boy

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #962: Ludwig Bemelmans ''The Castle No. 9'' First Edition With Autograph Inscription by Bemelmans

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #963: Ray Bradbury Signed ''The Last Circus & The Electrocution'' Book -- With Humorous Sketch by the Imaginative Author

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #964: Ray Bradbury 1975 Typed Letter Signed -- About Newly Published Book, ''The Ray Bradbury Companion''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #965: Signature by ''William Cullen Bryant - February 27th 1857'' -- Poet & ''New York Evening Post'' Editor -- 3.5'' x 2'' Card -- Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #966: Truman Capote Signed and Inscribed Photograph -- Photo Depicts the Famous Author Smiling Widely

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #967: Lewis Carroll Signed Handwritten Letter --''...I liked getting your letter very much, though I have been so lazy about answering it...'' -- 1880

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #968: Very Rare First Edition, First Printing of Raymond Chandler's Masterpiece ''The Big Sleep'' -- The Book That Brought His Detective Philip Marlowe to Fame -- With Original Scarce Dustjacket

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #969: Garth Williams' Preliminary Drawing for ''Charlotte's Web'' -- Initialed by the Artist -- Sketch of Fern and Her Father With the Ax That Could Have Killed Wilbur

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #970: Garth Williams' Initialed Preliminary Sketch for E.B White's ''Charlotte's Web'' -- Window Into the Process of Artist's Character Development for 1952 Classic

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #971: Garth Williams' Initialed Drawing -- Preliminary Illustration for Page 2 of ''Charlotte's Web'' -- ''Please Don't Kill It''

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #972: Garth Williams' Preliminary Illustration for ''Charlotte's Web'' -- Initialed and Numbered by the Artist -- Unfinished Sketch on the Verso

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #973: Garth Williams' Initialed Illustration for Children's Classic, ''Charlotte's Web'' -- Revealing Look at Process of Artist's Character Development

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #974: Rare Signed First Edition of ''Fire & Sleet & Candlelight'' by August Derleth -- ''...the best of modern macabre poetry...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #975: August Derleth ''Habitant of Dusk'' Limited Edition Signed

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #976: August Derleth Letter Signed -- ''...The task which looms most disturbingly is my novel, STILL IS THE SUMMER NIGHT...'' -- 1932

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #977: Rare First U.K. Edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's ''The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'' -- Southampton Street, London 1892 Publication

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #978: William Faulkner's ''Notes on a Horse Thief'' First Edition Novella Signed

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #979: Nice, Clean William Faulkner Signature in His Novel ''Requiem For A Nun''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #980: ''The Great Gatsby'' -- First Edition, First Printing of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Legendary Novel

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #981: Charles Frazier Signed ''Cold Mountain'' -- ''...a Civil War soldier...his...journey...through the devastated landscape of the South...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #982: Rare Signed Copy of ''T.V. Baby Poems'' by Allen Ginsberg

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $145

• Lot #983: Beat Poet Allen Ginsberg Signed 9'' x 13.5'' Photo

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #984: First Edition, First Printing of '''A' is for Alibi'' -- The First Tome in Sue Grafton's Wildly Popular Kinsey Millhone Mystery Series

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #985: Zane Grey 1930 Handwritten Check Signed -- Prolific Author of Popular Western Novels

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #986: Ernest Hemingway ''For Whom The Bell Tolls'' First Edition, First Printing -- Signed by Hemingway

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $4,570

• Lot #987: Scarce First Edition, First Printing of One of Hemingway's Defining Achievements ''The Old Man and the Sea''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $1,220

• Lot #988: Marguerite Henry Signs ''A Pictorial Life Story of Misty'' -- ''Happiness is knowing Misty!''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #989: Outstanding Jack Kerouac Autograph Letter Signed to His Psychiatrist -- With Original Haiku-esque Poetry, ''What is life? / When you get formal / a cow moos in Japan''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $1,200

• Lot #990: Stephen King's ''IT'' -- Rare Proof Copy -- 1986

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #991: Stephen King's Acclaimed Epic, ''The Stand'' Signed -- With His Autograph Inscription Describing The Book as a ''...tale of love and honor beyond the end of the world...'' -- Dated 1980

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $916

• Lot #992: Vincent Price & Stephen King FDC Signed -- Stamp and Cover Feature ''The Legend of Sleepy Hollow'' -- Unique Treasure

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #993: Stephen King Signed Postcard -- ''CHRISTINE will be out in May....sleep with the bathroom light on and the covers tucked in and you'll be alright. Probably...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #994: Louis L'Amour Document Signed -- Contract For a Collaboration With Screenwriter Jack Natteford

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #995: Acclaimed Novelist Harper Lee Signed 2005 Christmas Card -- Signed ''Harper Lee'' in Red Ink -- 4.75'' x 7.25'' -- Near Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #996: ''Los Angeles of Today'' -- Nineteenth Century Historical Book -- Softcover -- Very Good

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #997: Norman Mailer Signed 1979 Limited Edition of ''The Naked and the Dead'' -- 30th Anniversary Based on Mailer's WWII Experience

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #998: Henry Miller Twice-Signed Book ''To Paint is to Love Again'' -- Also With a Hand-Drawn Self-Portrait Sketch by Miller -- Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #999: Eugene O'Neill Signed ''Ah, Wilderness!''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1000: Eugene O'Neill Limited Edition of ''Anna Christie'' Signed -- Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1001: Eugene O'Neill Signed Limited Edition of ''Days Without End''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1002: Limited Edition of Eugene O'Neill's ''Hairy Ape'' Signed

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1003: Eugene O'Neill Limited Edition of ''Lazarus Laughed'' Signed

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1004: Playwright Eugene O'Neill Signs a Limited Edition Copy of ''Marco Millions'' -- Satirical Play ''to whitewash the good soul of that maligned Venetian'' Marco Polo

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1005: Eugene O'Neill Signed Limited Edition of ''Mourning Becomes Electra''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1006: Eugene O'Neill Typed Letter Signed

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1007: Ayn Rand Signed Limited Edition of ''Atlas Shrugged'' -- The Epic Novel That Inspired a Philosophical Movement

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: $2,129

• Lot #1008: Signed Copy of James Whitcomb Riley's ''An Old Sweetheart of Mine'' -- With Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1009: J.D. Salinger 1966 Letter Signed -- Scarce Content on Politics & Vietnam -- ''...They asked me to justify American policy in Vietnam and were rather shocked...our VN policy stinks...''

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1010: Carl Sandburg Signs His Autobiography ''Always The Young Strangers''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1011: Signed 1978 Limited Edition of Jean-Paul Sartre ''Five Plays'' -- Includes His Most Well-Known Play ''No Exit''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $288

• Lot #1012: Signed Copy of Maurice Sendak's ''Where the Wild Things Are'' -- 1974 -- Hardcover -- Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1013: Maurice Sendak Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...Having great difficulty with my book...there was a hideous printing error...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1014: Very Early Dr. Seuss -- ''The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins'' -- Early Edition of His Second Book

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1015: ''Dr. Seuss's ABC'' -- First Edition

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1016: Dr. Seuss' ''Bartholomew and the Oobleck'' First Edition, First Printing With First Printing Dustjacket

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1017: Dr. Seuss Signed First Edition of ''Bartholomew and the Oobleck'' -- Scarce 1949 Title Signed

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1018: Dr. Seuss ''The Cat in the Hat'' -- Early 1957 Edition

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1019: Dr. Seuss ''The Cat in the Hat Dictionary in French'' -- First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $178

• Lot #1020: Dr. Seuss Signed ''The Cat in the Hat Comes Back'' -- Bold, Clear Signature With a Whimsical Squiggle

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $349

• Lot #1021: Dr. Seuss ''Come Over to My House'' First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1022: Dr. Seuss ''Daisy-Head Mayzie'' First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1023: Dr. Seuss ''Did I Ever Tell You How Lucky You Are?'' First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1024: Dr. Seuss ''The Eye Book'' -- First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1025: First Edition of Dr. Seuss's ''The Foot Book'' -- With Scarce First Printing Dustjacket

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1026: Dr. Seuss ''Fox in Socks'' First Edition, First Printing in Dustjacket -- Near Fine

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1027: Scarce First Edition, First Printing of Dr. Seuss' Beloved ''Green Eggs and Ham''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1028: ''How The Grinch Stole Christmas'' Signed by Dr. Seuss & With His Autograph Inscription

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $566

• Lot #1029: Dr. Seuss ''How The Grinch Stole Christmas!'' 1st Edition

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1030: Dr. Seuss First Edition, First Printing of His Beloved Children's Book ''Hop on Pop''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1031: Dr. Seuss ''I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!'' -- First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1032: Dr. Seuss ''I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today!'' First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1033: Rare First Printing of Dr. Seuss' 1956 Classic ''If I Ran the Circus''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1034: Dr. Seuss ''If I Ran The Zoo'' Early 1950 Edition

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1035: Dr. Seuss ''Lost World Revisited'' First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1036: Very Rare Dr. Seuss ''The Many Mice of Mr. Brice'' -- First Edition, First Printing With All Pull-Outs Working

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1037: Dr. Seuss ''McElligot's Pool'' First Edition -- Inscribed and Signed With Drawing by Author

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1038: Dr. Seuss ''McElligot's Pool'' -- Early Book by the Popular Children's Author

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1039: Dr. Seuss ''My Many Colored Days'' First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1040: Dr. Seuss ''The Shape of Me and Other Stuff'' -- Very Rare First Edition, First Printing in Near Fine Condition

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1041: Dr. Seuss ''The Sneetches and Other Stories'' First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1042: Dr. Seuss Signed ''The Sneetches and Other Stories'' First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1043: Rare Collection of Four ''Dr. Seuss Storytime'' First Edition, First Printing Books

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1044: Hard-to-Find 1961 First Edition of Dr. Seuss' ''Ten Apples Up on Top!''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1045: Dr. Seuss ''Who Are You, Sue Snue?'' First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1046: First Printing of ''Wish For A Fish All About Sea Creatures'' -- Narrated by The Cat in the Hat

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1047: Dr. Seuss ''Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories'' First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1048: Dr. Seuss ''You're Only Old Once!'' First Edition, First Printing

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1049: Dr. Seuss Autograph Note Signed -- Including a Drafted Letter to Longtime Agent Phyllis Jackson

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1050: Dr. Seuss Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...I'll be sending you a copy of my newest...The Lorax...in which I clobber the children on ecological matters...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1051: Dr. Seuss Letter Signed -- ''...we are still running back and forth to Hollywood, but we hope things will let up...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1052: Upton Sinclair First Edition of ''The Jungle'' -- With Tipped-in Typed Letter Signed by Sinclair -- ''...I send you an autographed card which you can place in each book...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1053: Satirist Jonathan Swift's Very Witty Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...[he] is as high a Whig and more...And yet he is a very honest Gentleman...a Doctor who kills or cures half the city...'' -- 1735

  

  Min Bid: $1,000

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1054: Poet Rabindranath Tagore Signs and Dates ''Jan. 6 1926'' Autograph Page -- 7.5'' x 3.25'' -- Paper Loss to Upper Right -- Very Good

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: $349

• Lot #1055: J.R.R. Tolkien's Classic ''Lord of the Rings'' Trilogy -- First Edition Set

  

  Min Bid: $500

  Final Price: Pass

• Lot #1056: Gertrude Stein's Lover Alice B. Toklas Signed Postcard -- ''...Carl's [Van Vechten] birthday noticed by the New Republic! - the dissociated Press!! And hundreds of newspapers!!!...''

  

  Min Bid: $100

  Final Price: Pass