Djuna Barnes
23 copies for sale · $38–$15,000 · 12 first editions · 4 signed
Notable copies for sale
Ladies Almanack Showing Their Signs And Their Tides Their Moons And Their Changes The Seas (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$13,500
Ryder (first edition, signed) — Burnside Rare Books$650
Nightwood (signed) — Burnside Rare Books$15,000
Ryder (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$4,500
Ladies Almanack Showing Their Signs And Their Tides Their Moons And Their Changes The Seas (first edition) — Burnside Rare Books$2,800
The Antiphon (first edition) — Lorne Bair Rare Books$100
Ah My God: The Lament of Women (first edition) — Between the Covers$100
Book of Repulsive Women; And Other Poems (first edition) — Bauer Rare Books$40
LADIES ALMANACK (first edition) — Rare Book Cellar$40
Autograph quotation — James Cummins Bookseller$750
Ryder (first edition) — B Street Books$250
The Selected Works of Djuna Barnes (first edition) — Between the Covers$125
Works on the market
Nightwood2 copies · $1,850–$15,000
Ladies Almanack Showing Their Signs And Their Tides Their Moons And Their Changes The Seas2 copies · $2,800–$13,500
Ryder2 copies · $250–$6,500
Ryder2 copies · $650–$4,500
To the Dogs2 copies · $65–$125
Autograph quotation1 copy · $750
Portrait photograph of Djuna Barnes1 copy · $300
GREENWICH VILLAGE AS IT IS1 copy · $175
A Night Among the Horses1 copy · $175
New York: Prose Essays by Djuna Barnes, Djuna Barnes1 copy · $160
The Selected Works of Djuna Barnes1 copy · $125
Ah My God: The Lament of Women1 copy · $100
The Antiphon1 copy · $100
Vagaries Malicieux: Two Stories1 copy · $60
SPILLWAY AND OTHER STORIES1 copy · $45
Book of Repulsive Women; And Other Poems1 copy · $40
LADIES ALMANACK1 copy · $40
Market context
17 copies of Djuna Barnes's works have left the market recently; the median last-listed price was $85 (last listed prices at time of sale or removal, not confirmed sale prices).
Recent auction results (hammer prices, premiums not included):
Ladies Almanack, 1928; and 4 other books by Barnes, 2 presentation copies; and signed phot (bonhams, 2026-07-01)£2,000
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