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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 502 | Arundhati Roy | The God of Small Things (2) SIGNED 1ST UK AND US |
London | 1997 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 64.00 |
| 503 | Antonia (A.S.) Byatt (2) SIGNED 1ST American Ed. |
1979; 1987 | USD 75.00 - 125.00 | USD 12.80 | ||
| 504 | Barbara Kingsolver (3) First Editions [2 SIGNED] |
2009; 1992 | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 25.60 | ||
| 505 | Arthur C. Clarke | Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke 1973 1st |
1973 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 160.00 | |
| 506 | Lawrence Block | Me Tanner, You Jane - Lawrence Block SIGNED 1ST |
1970 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 12.80 | |
| 507 | George R. R. Martin; Melinda M. Snodgrass | Lowball by Martin / Snodgrass SIGNED 2014 1ST |
2014 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 64.00 | |
| 508 | Louise Erdrich; Ben Bova | Louise Erdrich / Ben Bova (2) Author SIGNED |
2012; 2013 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 38.40 | |
| 509 | Ben Bova SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS (7) |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 64.00 | ||
| 510 | Arthur C. Clarke; Gentry Lee | Arthur C. Clarke (3) Rama 1st Editions [Sci-Fi] |
1989; 1991; 1994 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 38.40 | |
| 512 | Ellen Gilchrist SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS (10) |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 64.00 | ||
| 513 | Ellen Gilchrist SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS (8) |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 64.00 | ||
| 514 | Jim Harrison | Locations by Jim Harrison SIGNED 1st 1968 |
1968 | USD 150.00 - 250.00 | USD 192.00 | |
| 515 | Thomas McGuane (2) SIGNED 1ST Editions |
1999; 2006 | USD 75.00 - 125.00 | USD 25.60 | ||
| 516 | Jim Harrison (2) Books [1 SIGNED] |
2008; 2013 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 38.40 | ||
| 517 | Nancy Kress SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS (4) |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 25.60 | ||
| 518 | John Harvey (2) SIGNED UK Books |
London | 2010 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 6.40 | |
| 519 | John Harvey SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS (9) |
N/A | USD 75.00 - 150.00 | USD 12.80 | ||
| 520 | Val McDermid SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS (9) |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 12.80 | ||
| 521 | Val McDermid (2) SIGNED UK Editions |
London | 2010; 1995 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 6.40 | |
| 522 | Jane Smiley; Susan Nees | Jane Smiley - The Life of the Body SIGNED LTD |
1990 | USD 100.00 - 200.00 | USD 256.00 | |
| 523 | Barry Holstun Lopez; Alan Lightman; Chris Fuhrman | Three (3) Novels [2 SIGNED] |
1979; 1993; 1994 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 38.40 | |
| 524 | Linda J. Barnes; P. D. James; Heinrich Boll; Peter Taylor | Fiction (4) Books [2 SIGNED] |
1982; 2011; 1988; 1986 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 6.40 | |
| 525 | John Dufresne; Christopher Moore; Louise Erdrich; Michael Dorris; Annie Proulx; William Matthews | Author / Illustrator SIGNED (4) Books |
1994; 1991; 1999 | USD 75.00 - 125.00 | USD 25.60 | |
| 526 | Rick Bass; Jayne Anne Phillips | Rick Bass & More SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS |
N/A | USD 100.00 - 150.00 | USD 96.00 | |
| 527 | Thomas McGuane (2) SIGNED 1ST EDITIONS |
2002; 1980 | USD 50.00 - 100.00 | USD 38.40 |
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Sotheby’s
Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
25 June – July 7Sotheby’s, July 7: Ludwig van Beethoven. Autograph sketches for the overture "Die Weihe des Hauses", op.124, [1822], UNPUBLISHED. £150,000 to £200,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice, 1813, first edition, 3 volumes, contemporary half calf. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Walt Whitman. Leaves of Grass, Brooklyn, 1855, first edition, first issue, original green cloth, the Doheny copy. £50,000 to £70,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: Binding—Sangorski & Sutcliffe—Omar Khayyam. Rubaiyat, London, 1872, third edition, in a magnificent jewelled Peacock binding. £15,000 to £20,000.Sotheby’s, July 7: George Eliot. Middlemarch, Edinburgh and London, 1871, first edition in the original parts. £20,000 to £30,000. -
Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Hassall (Joan) A large collection of over 300 original woodblocks of engravings for various books, v.d., with Hassall's engraver's glass water-globe (Qty) - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Eragny Press.- [Bradley (Katherine Harris) & Edith Emma Cooper], "Michael Field." Whym Chow, Flame of Love, one of only 27 copies, inscribed by Bradley, the rarest book from the press, 1914. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: [Moore (Thomas Sturge)] [Wood Engravings], 71 wood-engravings printed by David Chambers from the original blocks, the only set on Japanese Hosho paper, from an edition of 5 sets, [1970]. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: La Fontaine (Jean de) Contes et Nouvelles en vers, 2 vol., engraved plates after Eisen, fine early 19th century blue morocco, gilt, by Bradel l'ainé, Amsterdam [Paris], 1762. - Est. £2,000-3,000Forum, July 9: Erotica.- Prostitution.- Pretty Women of Paris (The); Their Names and Addresses, Qualities and Faults..., [Paris], privately printed at the Press of the Prefecture de Police, 1883. - Est. £3,000-4,000Forum, July 9: Vale Press.- Ricketts (Charles) & Lucien Pissarro. De la Typographie et de l'Harmonie de la Page Imprimée…, [one of 216 copies], bound in dark blue morocco tooled in gilt, by Sarah T.Prideaux, 1898. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500Forum, July 9: Golden Cockerel Press.- Four Gospels of the Lord Jesus Christ (The), one of 500 copies, Mary Gill's copy, Waltham St. Lawrence, 1931 with a signed proof of engraving on japon numbered 10/10 (2) - Est. £5,000-7,000Forum, July 9: Boccaccio (Giovanni) The Decameron, 3 vol., vol.1 extra-illustrated by John Buckland Wright with c.150 erotic original drawings in pen & ink and pencil, 1886 [extra-illustrated c.1940]. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum Auctions
The Private Library:
Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
July 9, 2026Forum, July 9: Cox (Morris) Collection of Gogmagog Press Books, 35 vol., rare complete collection of printed books issued by the press, limited editions, most signed by Cox, 1957-83. - Est. £10,000-15,000Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000Forum, July 9: Mosley (James) Ornamented Types. Twenty-Three Alphabets from the Foundry of Louis John Pouchée, 2 vol., one of 10 copies for presentation, from an edition of 210, 1992-93. - Est. £1,000-2,000 -
Freeman’s, June 30. Thomas Jefferson’s “Birth of the New Nation” letter, carried to Paris with the Treaty of Peace, by a Jewish patriot. $100,000-200,000.Freeman’s, June 30. “The rockets’ red glare.” A British midshipman’s log recording the bombardment of Fort McHenry. $60,000-80,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The Critical Promotion of a Naval Hero, Oliver Hazard Perry Commission signed by James Madison, 1812. $40,000-60,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Born in the USA: First Day of Printing in the United States, July 4, 1776. $15,000-25,000.Freeman’s, June 30. One of the Earliest Printed Announcements of American Independence, in the Exceedingly Rare Original Wrappers, 1776. $10,000-15,000.Freeman’s, June 30. "The Two Big Guns of the N.Y. Yanks": A Striking Type 1 Press Photograph of Lou Gehrig's Hands. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Unique Contemporary Manuscript Account of Joseph Smith's Final Words to His Followers, the Day Before his Violent Death. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. The State of Minnesota Officially Certifies the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution Of the United States. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Extraordinarily Large Manuscript Petition Signed by a Who's Who of Colonial New York to Queen Anne from the Colony of New York. $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Mickey Mantle's First Cover: The Earliest Front-Page Newspaper Image of Mickey Mantle, "Something Good from Joplin". $8,000-12,000.Freeman’s, June 30. A Call to Arms in the Months Following the Declaration of Independence: An Early Continental Army Recruitment Poster. $6,000-9,000.Freeman’s, June 30. Samuel Jones, the Statesman Behind the Newly Discovered "Jones Declaration": His Annotated Set Used in His Working Law Library. $6,000-9,000.