Samuel R. Delany
43 copies for sale · $25–$7,500 · 28 first editions · 13 signed
Notable copies for sale
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand Inscribed (first edition) — Second Story Books$100
THE MOTION OF LIGHT IN WATER: SEX AND SCIENCE FICTION WRITING IN THE EAST VILLAGE, 1957-19 (first edition, signed) — L. W. Currey$100
Babel-17 (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$7,500
EMPIRE STAR (signed) — L. W. Currey$500
The Bridge of Lost Desire (first edition, signed) — Riverrun Books & Manuscripts$250
The Bridge of Lost Desire (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$250
Starboard Wine: more notes on the language of science fiction (first edition, signed) — B Street Books$150
STARBOARD WINE: MORE NOTES ON THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE FICTION (first edition, signed) — L. W. Currey$1,250
THE AMERICAN SHORE (first edition, signed) — L. W. Currey$1,250
THE JEWEL-HINGED JAW: NOTES ON THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE FICTION (first edition, signed) — L. W. Currey$750
STARS IN MY POCKET LIKE GRAINS OF SAND (first edition, signed) — L. W. Currey$250
WAGNER / ARTAUD: A PLAY OF 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY CRITICAL FICTIONS (first edition, signed) — L. W. Currey$250
Works on the market
THE BRIDGE OF LOST DESIRE3 copies · $25–$300
STARS IN MY POCKET LIKE GRAINS OF SAND3 copies · $100–$250
THE AMERICAN SHORE2 copies · $35–$1,250
STARBOARD WINE: MORE NOTES ON THE LANGUAGE OF SCIENCE FICTION2 copies · $150–$1,250
THE BRIDGE OF LOST DESIRE2 copies · $150–$250
THE JEWELS OF APTOR2 copies · $50–$125
CAPTIVES OF THE FLAME2 copies · $25–$35
THEY FLY AT CIRON2 copies · $25–$35
Babel-171 copy · $7,500
BABEL-171 copy · $1,000
EMPIRE STAR1 copy · $500
THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION; Easton Press1 copy · $273
THEY FLY AT CIRON1 copy · $250
DHALGREN1 copy · $125
BABEL-17 (SPHERE SCIENCE FICTION) By Samuel R Delany1 copy · $114
THE BALLAD OF BETA-21 copy · $100
THE MOTION OF LIGHT IN WATER: SEX AND SCIENCE FICTION WRITING IN THE EAST VILLAGE, 1957-191 copy · $100
Stars In My Pocket Like Grains Of Sand Inscribed1 copy · $100
Market context
42 copies of Samuel R. Delany's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $51 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
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