Theodore Dreiser
86 copies for sale · $20–$8,500 · 35 first editions · 5 signed
Notable copies for sale
Moods: Cadenced and Declaimed Limited Edition, Signed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$150
Epitaph A Poem (first edition, signed) — James Cummins Bookseller$300
The symbolic drawings of Hubert Davis for An American Tragedy (first edition, signed) — Rulon-Miller Books$175
Autograph Letter Signed Theodore Dreiser , to Philadelphia bookseller Jeremiah F. Cullen (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$1,250
PLAYS OF THE NATURAL AND SUPERNATURAL - THE PINKERTON COPY (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$650
Sister Carrie (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$4,500
Sister Carrie (first edition) — B & B Rare Books$3,750
Tragic America (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$300
A GALLERY OF WOMEN IN 2 VOLUMES (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$297
PLAYS OF THE NATURAL AND THE SUPERNATURAL (first edition) — L. W. Currey$200
The Hand of the Potter, a Tragedy in Four Acts (first edition) — Bartleby's Books$150
Sister Carrie (first edition) — Heritage Book Shop$8,500
What these are worth
Sister Carrie (first edition, first printing)3 copies from 3 sellers
Tragic America3 copies from 3 sellers
Each page gathers every copy on the market, what similar copies have fetched, and the spread between them.
Works on the market
SISTER CARRIE12 copies · $20–$3,500
SISTER CARRIE; Franklin Library5 copies · $113–$273
JENNIE GERHARDT4 copies · $20–$58
Sister Carrie3 copies · $3,750–$5,000
PLAYS OF THE NATURAL AND THE SUPERNATURAL3 copies · $100–$225
THE FINANCIER2 copies · $123–$450
Tragic America2 copies · $200–$400
SISTER CARRIE; Easton Press2 copies · $273–$298
THEODORE DREISER : ; Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerhardt, Twelve Men2 copies · $68–$73
A Book About Myself2 copies · $40–$60
A HOOSIER HOLIDAY2 copies · $20–$59
SISTER CARRIE; Modern Library No. 82 copies · $53–$58
THE BULWARK2 copies · $20–$43
Sister Carrie1 copy · $8,500
The Carnegie Works at Pittsburgh1 copy · $4,000
Jennie Gerhardt Signed1 copy · $2,500
AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY1 copy · $1,250
Market context
43 copies of Theodore Dreiser's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $82 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Chains, one of 440 copies signed by the author, New York, 1927; and 8 others, literature ( (forum, 2026-06-25)£280
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