Tom Wolfe
75 copies for sale · $20–$32,500 · 36 first editions · 7 signed
Notable copies for sale
From Bauhaus to Our House (first edition, signed) — Good Books in the Woods$150
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$2,800
In Our Time Inscribed (first edition, signed) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$75
Bonfire of the Vanities (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$1,600
Bonfire of the Vanities (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$950
THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST - INSCRIBED TO LARRY MCMURTRY (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$32,500
THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY (first edition) — Captain Ahab's Rare Books$15,000
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$1,100
THE RIGHT STUFF (first edition) — Type Punch Matrix$250
Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers (first edition) — James Cummins Bookseller$175
A Man in Full - 1st Edition/1st Printing (first edition) — Books Tell You Why$48
THE PUMP HOUSE GANG (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$78
Works on the market
BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES14 copies · $20–$273
FROM BAUHAUS TO OUR HOUSE5 copies · $20–$95
THE PUMP HOUSE GANG3 copies · $68–$200
IN OUR TIME3 copies · $93–$111
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test2 copies · $400–$2,800
Bonfire of the Vanities2 copies · $950–$1,600
Radical Chic and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catc..., Tom Wolfe2 copies · $160
The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe2 copies · $160
THE PURPLE DECADES2 copies · $20–$78
I AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS2 copies · $73
A Man In Full2 copies · $20
THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST - INSCRIBED TO LARRY MCMURTRY1 copy · $32,500
THE ELECTRIC KOOL-AID ACID TEST - UNCORRECTED PROOF COPY1 copy · $15,000
THE RIGHT STUFF; Signed1 copy · $1,545
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test1 copy · $1,100
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES; Signed1 copy · $543
I AM CHARLOTTE SIMMONS; Signed1 copy · $424
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test1 copy · $300
THE RIGHT STUFF1 copy · $250
THE BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES; A Novel1 copy · $228
Market context
100 copies of Tom Wolfe'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):
Mauve Gloves & Madmen, Clutter & Vine, first edition, signed by the author, New Yo (forum, 2026-07-02)£110
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