John O'Hara
96 copies for sale · $20–$3,000 · 67 first editions · 10 signed
Notable copies for sale
Sermons and Soda-Water. The Girl on the Baggage Truck, Imagine Kissing Pete and We're Frie (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$200
APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$3,000
A Family Party (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$150
The Hat on the Bed (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$150
Butterfield 8 (first edition) — Whitmore Rare Books$1,250
THE DOCTOR'S SON AND OTHER STORIES (first edition) — Johnnycake Books$975
BUtterfield 8 (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$900
The Horse Knows the Way (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$175
Waiting for Winter (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$175
The Big Laugh (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$150
The Cape Cod Lighter (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$150
SERMONS AND SODA-WATER; Franklin Library (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$238
Works on the market
The Instrument4 copies · €19–€25
SERMONS AND SODA-WATER3 copies · $35–$750
AND OTHER STORIES3 copies · €20–€43
The Horse Knows the Way2 copies · $20–$175
Waiting For Winter2 copies · $25–$175
The Big Laugh2 copies · $20–$150
A Family Party2 copies · $95–$150
SERMONS AND SODA-WATER : ; The Girl on the Baggage Truck, Imagine Kissing Pete, We're Frie2 copies · $128–$143
SWEET AND SOUR2 copies · $20–$118
THE NOVELLAS OF JOHN O'HARA2 copies · $81–$83
A RAGE TO LIVE2 copies · £47–£75
OURSELVES TO KNOW2 copies · £45–£73
APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA2 copies · $40–$53
THE EWINGS2 copies · $20–$50
AND OTHER STORIES : ; A Collection of 12 New Stories2 copies · €22–€48
THE INSTRUMENT2 copies · $30
The Hat on the Bed2 copies · €18–€20
APPOINTMENT IN SAMARRA1 copy · $3,000
Butterfield 81 copy · $1,250
THE DOCTOR'S SON AND OTHER STORIES1 copy · $975
Market context
45 copies of John O'Hara's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $42 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Sermons and Soda Water, one of 525 sets printed on mould made paper signed by the author, (forum, 2026-07-02)£40
Hope of Heaven, first edition, New York, 1938; and 32 others, American playwrights, many w (forum, 2026-04-23)£260
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