Grant Zahajko Auctions: Books: 20th Century Signed, First Editions, Science Fiction & More!, 42226, DAVENPORT

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
April 22, 2026 - April 22, 2026
Page Size: 437 items in 18 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
48

Mary Gaitskill (2) SIGNED Books

1991; 1988 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 96.00
49

Norman Mailer (2) SIGNED Books

1984; 1965 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 51.20
50 Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer - Pieces and Pontifications SIGNED

1982 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 38.40
51 Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer The Executioner's Song SIGNED

1979 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 96.00
52 Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer Some Honorable Men SIGNED 1ST

1976 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 38.40
53 Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer Advertisements for Myself SIGNED

1959 USD 75.00 - 150.00 USD 51.20
54

Norman Mailer (2) SIGNED Books

1995; 1984 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 51.20
55 Milton H. Greene

Norman Mailer (2) SIGNED [Milton H. Greene]

1980; 1995 USD 75.00 - 125.00 USD 51.20
56 Ron Hansen

Assassination of Jesse James by Ron Hanson SIGNED

1983 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 64.00
57 Thomas Pynchon

Vineland by Thomas Pynchon 1990 1st 1st

1990 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 51.20
58 Mark Vonnegut; Kurt Vonnegut

Mark Vonnegut - The Eden Express SIGNED SOFTCOVER

2002 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 51.20
59

Franklin Library Leatherbound Books (14)

N/A USD 75.00 - 125.00 USD 192.00
60

Franklin Library Leatherbound Books (12)

N/A USD 75.00 - 125.00 USD 192.00
61

Franklin Library Notes

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 96.00
62

Author SIGNED First Editions

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 96.00
63

Reynolds Price SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS (13)

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 12.80
64

First Editions. Unsigned. (18)

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 Not Sold
65

Malcom Bradbury First Editions. Unsigned.

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 12.80
66 Aimee Bender; Rick Bragg; Ron Carlson; Richard Bausch

Author SIGNED FIRST EDITIONS (14)

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 25.60
67

First Editions. Unsigned. (19)

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 12.80
68 Carol Shields; Colm Toibin

Author SIGNED (2) Books

1993; 2007 USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 51.20
69

Isaac Asimov First Editions. Unsigned. (5)

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 38.40
70

Key Sci-Fi FIRST EDITIONS. Unsigned (16)

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 38.40
71 Kim Stanley Robinson; Melissa Scott

Kim Stanley Robinson, Melissa Scott 1st Editions

N/A USD 50.00 - 100.00 USD 38.40
72 Dean R. Koontz; Edward Bryant; Robert R. McCammon; Clive Barker; Kevin Davies; F. Paul Wilson; Sheri S. Teffer; Ray Garton; Phil Parks; Thomas Tessier; James Kisner; Rick Hautala

Night Visions 4, 6, 9 [MULTI-SIGNED] LTD

N/A USD 200.00 - 400.00 USD 224.00
  • Sotheby’s
    Shelf Life: Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper from the Library of Stanley J. Seeger and Christopher Cone
    25 June – July 7
    Sotheby’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, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £2,000-3,000
    Forum, 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. £3,000-4,000
    Forum, 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. £1,000-1,500
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, July 9: Martin (John) Illustrations of the Bible, complete set of 20 mezzotints, good impressions, rarely found in early states, [c.1831-1835]. - Est. £1,000-1,500
    Forum, 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. £5,000-7,000
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum Auctions
    The Private Library:
    Fine Printing & Private Press books, the collection of the late David Chambers
    July 9, 2026
    Forum, 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. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, July 9: Wynkyn de Worde.- [Terentius Afer (Publius)] [Comedie...], [Paris, Josse Badius: sold in London by Wynkyn de Worde, & others], [15 July 1504]. - Est. £4,000-6,000
    Forum, 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.