Heritage Auctions: The David Aronovitz Collection of Important Science Fiction and Fantasy, Part I Rare Books Signature® Auction, 6336, Dallas

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Auction Report
Auction Date
May 13, 2026 - May 13, 2026
Page Size: 268 items in 11 pages
Auction Lot Books
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
45101

[Fantasy Press]. 43 volumes published by the Fantasy Press, from the collection of its publisher, Lloyd Arthur Eshbach.

1947-1955 USD 56,000.00 - 84,000.00 USD 43,750.00
45102 Philip Jose Farmer

Philip Jose Farmer. The Green Odyssey. New York: Ballantine Books, [1957].

1957 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 4,750.00
45103 Philip Jose Farmer

Philip Jose Farmer. To Your Scattered Bodies Go. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, [1971].

1971 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,375.00
45104 Jack Finney

Jack Finney [Walter Braden Finney]. The Body Snatchers. [New York: Dell Publishing Company, Inc., 1955].

1955 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
45105 Jack Finney

Jack Finney [Walter Braden Finney]. The Body Snatchers. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1955.

1955 USD 2,400.00 - 3,600.00 USD 4,000.00
45106 Alan Dean Foster

Alan Dean Foster. Alien. Screenplay by Dan O'Bannon, story by Dan O'Bannon and Ronald Shusett.

1979 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 3,000.00
45107 Will Garth

Will Garth, pseudonym. Dr. Cyclops. New York: Phoenix Press, [1940].

1940 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,250.00
45108 Hugo Gernsback

Hugo Gernsback. Ralph 124C 41+. A Romance of the Year 2660. Boston: The Stratford Company, 1925.

1925 USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 USD 3,125.00
45109 William Gibson

William Gibson. Typescript for the short story Johnny Mnemonic, with revisions throughout in the author's hand.

c. 1981 USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 USD 13,750.00
45110 William Gibson

William Gibson. Neuromancer.

1984 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 11,250.00
45111 William Gibson

William Gibson. Neuromancer.

1984 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 3,750.00
45112 William Gibson

William Gibson. Neuromancer.

1984 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 6,875.00
45113 William Gibson

William Gibson. Neuromancer.

1986 USD 19,200.00 - 28,800.00 USD 15,000.00
45114 William Golding; Mervyn Peake; John Wyndham

William Golding; Mervyn Peake; John Wyndham. Sometime, Never.

1956 USD 1,280.00 - 1,920.00 USD 1,875.00
45115 Percy Greg

Percy Greg. Across the Zodiac: The Story of a Wrecked Record. London: Trubner & Co., 1880.

1880 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 Not Sold
45116 H. Rider Haggard

H. Rider Haggard. King Solomon's Mines.

1885 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,000.00
45117 H. Rider Haggard

H. Rider Haggard. Ayesha, The Return of She.

1905 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 875.00
45118 Robert A. Heinlein; John W. Campbell, Jr.

Robert A. Heinlein. An extensive archive of letters from Heinlein to close friend and collaborator Caleb ("Cal") Barrett Laning. 21 August 1930 to 12 February 1988.

1930-1988 USD 24,000.00 - 36,000.00 Not Sold
45119 Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein. The Discovery of the Future. Los Angeles: A Novacious Publication, [1941].

1941 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 3,345.00
45120 Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein. Rocket Ship Galileo. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, [1947].

1947 USD 4,800.00 - 7,200.00 USD 6,875.00
45121 Robert A. Heinlein; Clifford N. Geary

Robert A. Heinlein. Space Cadet. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1948.

1948 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 3,250.00
45122 Robert A. Heinlein; Robert Breck

Robert A. Heinlein. Beyond This Horizon. Reading, PA: Fantasy Press, 1948.

1948 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 3,750.00
45123 Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein. Sixth Column. New York: Gnome Press, [1949].

1949 USD 3,200.00 - 4,800.00 USD 2,750.00
45124 Robert A. Heinlein

Robert A. Heinlein. Waldo and Magic, Inc. Garden City: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1950.

1950 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 1,375.00
45125 Robert A. Heinlein; Clifford Geary

Robert A. Heinlein. Farmer in the Sky. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950.

1950 USD 1,600.00 - 2,400.00 USD 2,187.50
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