Frank Norris
32 copies for sale · $20–$13,500 · 16 first editions · 1 signed
Notable copies for sale
The Octopus: A Story of California (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$13,500
The Pit: A Story of Chicago (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$175
POLYPEN I & II (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$173
THE PIT; A Story of Chicago the Epic of the Wheat (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$148
A Man's Woman (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$100
NOVELS AND ESSAYS; Vandover and the Brute, McTeague, the Octopus, Essays (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$46
Malstrømmen; En Bog Om Chicago (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$35
Tower In The West (first edition) — Between the Covers$33
Autograph letter signed Frank Norris to Grant Richards, his English publisher; New York, c — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$7,500
Vandover and the Brute (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$800
The Octopus: A Story of California (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$350
Vandover and the Brute (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$300
Works on the market
The Octopus: A Story of California2 copies · $350–$13,500
Vandover and the Brute2 copies · $300–$800
MCTEAGUE; Franklin Library2 copies · $273
THE PIT; A Story of Chicago the Epic of the Wheat2 copies · $56–$148
MCTEAGUE; A Story of San Francisco2 copies · $48–$75
Autograph letter signed Frank Norris to Grant Richards, his English publisher; New York, c1 copy · $7,500
MCTEAGUE: A STORY OF SAN FRANCISCO; Photoplay1 copy · $448
A DEAL IN WHEAT; Complete Works of Frank Norris1 copy · $198
The Pit: A Story of Chicago1 copy · $175
POLYPEN I & II1 copy · $173
THE OCTOPUS; Complete Works of Frank Norris1 copy · $148
The Letters of Frank Norris1 copy · $100
A Man's Woman1 copy · $100
A Mans Woman1 copy · $94
Frank Norris Collected Letters1 copy · $88
The Pit: A Story of Chicago1 copy · $45
Market context
13 copies of Frank Norris's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $58 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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