Philip Roth
195 copies for sale · $20–$4,000 · 115 first editions · 32 signed
Notable copies for sale
THE FACTS: A NOVELIST'S AUOBIOGRAPHY - LIMITED EDITION, SIGNED (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$275
Goodbye, Columbus Inscribed first edition (first edition, signed) — Whitmore Rare Books$3,950
MY LIFE AS A MAN - INSCRIBED TO GORDON LISH (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$3,500
Goodbye, Columbus: and Five Short Stories (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$1,750
MY LIFE AS A MAN - INSCRIBED TO ALISON LURIE (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$850
The Ghost Writer (first edition, signed) — James Arsenault & Company$375
OPERATION SHYLOCK: A CONFESSION - INSCRIBED (first edition, signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$250
The Anatomy Lesson Inscribed to Carol Anthony, with ALS Laid In (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$250
I Married a Communist (first edition, signed) — B & B Rare Books$200
GOODBYE, COLUMBUS (first edition, signed) — Type Punch Matrix$3,000
The ANATOMY LESSON (first edition, signed) — Tavistock Books$95
THE PROFESSOR OF DESIRE - INSCRIBED TO ALISON LURIE (signed) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$750
Works on the market
THE HUMAN STAIN10 copies · $45–$233
GOODBYE, COLUMBUS AND FIVE SHORT STORIES9 copies · $43–$4,000
LETTING GO7 copies · £133–£308
INDIGNATION6 copies · $43–$73
OPERATION SHYLOCK : ; A Confession5 copies · $48–$433
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD5 copies · $48–$173
PATRIMONY : ; A True Story5 copies · $53–$153
THE PROFESSOR OF DESIRE5 copies · $20–$99
EXIT GHOST5 copies · $43–$83
GOODBYE, COLUMBUS4 copies · £47–£350
THE FACTS : A NOVELIST'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY4 copies · $47–$250
THE ANATOMY LESSON4 copies · $43–$94
THE COUNTERLIFE4 copies · £38–£63
SABBATH'S THEATER3 copies · $45–$500
PORTNOY’S COMPLAINT; Easton Press3 copies · $273–$298
THE BREAST3 copies · $20–$148
THE DYING ANIMAL3 copies · $47–$88
I MARRIED A COMMUNIST3 copies · $58–$69
NEMESIS3 copies · $48–$53
Portnoy's Complaint2 copies · $150–$1,250
Market context
113 copies of Philip Roth's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $60 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
American Pastoral, first edition, signed by the author, Boston & New York, 1997. (forum, 2026-09-03)£300
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