Collected Books: The Guide to Identification and Values. Allen OSB Ahearn

Harold. First Love & Other Sorrows. New York (1957). Author’s first book. $500. London, 1958. $150.

      BROMFIELD, Louis. The Green Bay Tree. New York, 1924. Author’s first book. $2,000.

      BRONK, William. Light and Dark. (Ashland, Mass.), 1956. Author’s first book. Wraps. $200.

      BRONTË, Anne. See Bell, Acton; Bell, Currer.

      BRONTË, Charlotte. See Bell, Currer.

      BRONTË, Emily. See Bell, Ellis.

      BROOKE, Arthur De Capell. Travels Through Sweden, Norway, and Finmark, to the North Cape. London, 1823. Map, 21 plates (2 colored). $2,000. London, 1831. Second edition. $1,000.

      BROOKE, Arthur De Capell. A Winter in Lapland and Sweden. London, 1826. Frontispiece, folding map, and 24 plates. $3,500. London, 1827. Second edition. 21 plates. $1,350.

      BROOKE, H. K. Annals of the Revolution. Philadelphia, 1843. Boards. First issue with “88½ N. Second St.” for publisher’s address. $800. Second issue [1848] “198 Market St.” $400.

      BROOKE, James. Narrative of Events in Borneo and Celebes. London, 1848. 2 vols. 18 plates and 5 maps (1 folding, 4 extending). $1,800.

      BROOKE, Jocelyn. Six Poems. Oxford, 1928. Author’s first book. Wraps. $400.

      BROOKE, Rupert. The Bastille. Rugby: A. J. Lawrence, 1905. Wraps. Signed “R. C. B.” at end. $15,000. Rugby: George E. Over, 1905 [1920]. Wraps. $1,500.

      BROOKE, Rupert. Collected Poems. New York, 1915. $300. One of 100 copies bound for members of the Woodberry Society. $1,000. London, 1919. Illustrated by Gwen Raverat. One of 1,000 copies. $300. One of 13 copies on vellum. $1,000.

      BROOKE, Rupert. Lithuania: A Drama in One Act. (Chicago): Chicago Little Theatre, 1915. Pictorial brown wraps. $1,000.

      BROOKE, Rupert. 1914 and Other Poems. London, 1915. Portrait frontispiece. Dark-blue cloth, paper label. $750. In dust jacket (which is usually short). $3,500. New York, 1915. American copyright edition, 87 copies, folded sheets. Bound in morocco. $3,000. In cloth and boards. $2,500. Unbound sheets. $2,250.

      BROOKE, Rupert. “1914”: Five Sonnets. London, 1915. Printed wraps. In printed envelope. $350.

      BROOKE, Rupert. The Old Vicarage, Grantchester. London, 1916. Gray wraps. $150.

      BROOKE, Rupert. Poems. London, 1911. Author’s first book of verse and first commercial publication. Dark blue cloth, paper label. (Issued without dust jacket.) $1,750.

      BROOKE, Rupert. The Pyramids. Rugby, 1904. Author’s first book. Wraps. $25,000.

      BROOKNER, Anita. J. A. Dominique Ingres… London, 1965. Author’s first book. Large paper wraps. $75.

      BROOKNER, Anita. A Start in Life. London, 1981. $150.

      BROOKNER, Anita. Watteau. London, 1967. $75.

      BROOKS, Bryant B. Memoirs of Bryant B. Brooks. Glendale, Calif., 1939. Plates. One of 150 copies. $350.

      BROOKS, Cleanth. The Relations of the Alabama-Georgia Dialect . . . Baton Rouge, 1935. Author’s first book. Issued without dust jacket. $125.

      BROOKS, Gwendolyn. Annie Allen. New York (1949). $600.

      BROOKS, Gwendolyn. The Bean Eaters. New York (1960). $350.

      BROOKS, Gwendolyn. Bronzeville Boys and Girls. New York (1956). First edition not stated. $350.

      BROOKS, Gwendolyn. Maud Martha. New York (1953). $350.

      BROOKS, Gwendolyn. Song After Sunset. 1936. (One known copy). $10,000.

      BROOKS, Gwendolyn. A Street in Bronzeville. New York, 1945. Author’s first regularly published book. $600.

      BROOKS, Juanita. John Doyle Lee: Zealot. Glendale, 1961. Blue cloth. Issued without dust jacket. One of 209 copies. $2,000. Glendale, 1962. Trade edition. Red cloth in dust jacket. $175.

      BROOKS, Noah. The Fairport Nine. New York, 1880. $1,400.

      BROOKS, Terry. The Sword of Shannara. New York (1977). $1,000.

      BROOKS, Walter R. Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans. New York, 1957. $400.

      BROOKS, Walter R. Freddy and the Men from Mars. New York, 1954. $475.

      BROSSARD, Chandler. Who Walk in Darkness. (New York, 1952.) Author’s first book. Cloth. $150. Wraps. $40. London (1952). $75.

      BROTHEREA, W. Forty Years Among the Old Booksellers of Philadelphia, with Bibliographical Remarks. Philadelphia, 1891. $200.

      BROTHER Jonathan. Edinburgh, 1825. (By John Neal.) 3 vols. $750.

      BROTHERS (The): A Tale of the Fronde. New York, 1835. 2 vols. (By Henry William Herbert.) Author’s first book. First issue, in original brown cloth. $750. Rebound. $350.

      BROUGHTON, James. Songs for Certain Children. San Francisco, 1947. Author’s first book. $400.

      BROUGHTON, William Robert. A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean. London, 1804. 9 plates and maps (7 folding). $35,000.

      BROUILLET, J.B.A. A True Account of the Murder of Dr. Whitman and Other Missionaries. Portland, 1869. 108 pages, wraps. Second edition of Protestantism in Oregon (see item following). $4,000.

      BROUILLET, J.B.A. Protestantism in Oregon: Account of the Murder of Dr. Whitman, and the Ungrateful Calumnies of H. H. Spalding, Protestant Missionary. New York, 1853. Wraps. $6,500.

      BROWER, Jacob V. Memoirs of Explorations in the Basin of the Mississippi. Maps. St. Paul, Minn., 1898-1904. 8 vols. Cloth. One of 300 copies. $2,000.

      BROWN, Alice. Fools of Nature. Boston, 1887. Author’s first book to be published with her name on a title page. $150.

      BROWN, Benjamin. Testimonies for the Truth: A Record of Manifestations of the Power of God . . . High Priest in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Liverpool, 1843. $1,500.

      BROWN, Bob. Demonics. Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, 1931. Wraps. $400.

      BROWN, Bob. Readies for Bob Brown’s Machine. Cagnes-sur-Mer, France, 1931. Wraps. One of 300 copies. $750.

      BROWN, Bob. The Remarkable Adventures of Christopher Poe. Chicago, 1913. Author’s first book. $200.

      BROWN, Bob. What Happened to Mary. New York (1913). $100.

      BROWN, Bob. Words. Paris: Hours Press, 1931. One of 150 signed copies. $400.

      BROWN, Charles Brockden. See Alcuin . . . ; Wieland . . .

      BROWN, Charles Brockden. Arthur Mervyn: A Tale. London, 1803. 3 vols. First English edition. $1,750. (The first edition was issued anonymously in America. See Arthur Mervyn.)

      BROWN, Christie. My Left Foot. London, 1954. Author’s first book. $350.

      BROWN, Dan. Angels & Demons. New York (2000). $1,250.

      BROWN, Dan. Deception Point. New York (2001). $300.

      BROWN, Dan. The Da Vinci Code. New York (2003). $300.

      BROWN, Dee. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. New York (1970). 9½ inches x 6½ inches. Fore edges rough. Dust jacket has “0171” at bottom of front flap. $300. Second issue. Without “0171” and 9¼ inches x 6¼ inches. Fore edges smooth. $125. (Both state “First Edition” and are in priced dust jacket.)

      BROWN, Dee. Wave the Banner High. Philadelphia, 1942. Author’s first book. First edition stated. $200.

      BROWN, Fredric. The Dead Ringer. New York, 1948. $1,000. London (1949). Wraps. $150. London (1950). $350.

      BROWN, Fredric. The Fabulous Clipjoint. New York, 1947. Author’s first book. $1,250.

      BROWN, Fredric. Martians, Go Home. New York, 1955. $450.

      BROWN, Fredric. Murder Can Be Fun. New York, 1948. $1,000. London (1951). $350.

      BROWN, Fredric. What Mad Universe.