Doyle New York: Rare Books, Autographs, and Maps, 24pb04, New York

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Auction Date
December 06, 2024 - December 06, 2024
Page Size: 309 items in 13 pages

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
726 CHANDLER, RAYMOND

Two postcards from Chandler in Palm Springs

Palm Springs 21 November 1957. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 864.50
727 CHANDLER, RAYMOND

Typed manuscript draft of the poem "To An Unknown Love"

1957 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 931.00
728 CHANDLER, RAYMOND

An annotated draft and corrected copies of an excellent Chandler love poem

La Jolla circa 3 June 1957. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,729.00
729 NORMAN, FRANK

A rare Chandler contribution

London 1958 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 399.00
730 [CHANDLER, RAYMOND]

Three letters to Raymond Chandler from professional figures about his books

1958 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 199.50
731 [CHANDLER, RAYMOND]

Philip Marlowe moves to television

1958 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
732 [PHILIP MARLOWE]

Various Scripts for the 1959 Philip Marlowe television program

1959 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,064.00
733 CHANDLER, RAYMOND

Chandler's manuscript foreword to "The Pencil," the final Marlowe story

La Jolla circa 1957. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,596.00
734 CHANDLER, RAYMOND

A Raymond Chandler screenplay and other scripts owned by him

USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,197.00
735 CHANDLER, RAYMOND

Raymond Chandler's Daily Reminders Diary for the first days of the last year of his life

La Jolla January-March 1959. USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 864.50
736 CHANDLER, RAYMOND

Chandler's final novel, inscribed to the dedicatee's son

Boston 1958 USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 4,655.00
737 CHANDLER, RAYMOND

Raymond Chandler's Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter

USD 10,000.00 - 20,000.00 USD 9,975.00
738 CHANDLER, RAYMOND

An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler's unpublished drafts of fantasy stories

USD 60,000.00 - 80,000.00 Not Sold
739 Edited by DORE ASHTON; with photographs by LEE BOLTIN.

An anthology of poetry and pre-Columbian art, signed by the contributing authors

New York 1959 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
740 BRADBURY, RAY

Ray Bradbury's first published book, with signature

Sauk City, Wis. 1947 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 Not Sold
741 BRUCE, LENNY

Comedian Lenny Bruce's uncommon autobiography

Chicago 1965 USD 100.00 - 200.00 USD 299.25
742 BURGESS, ANTHONY

Anthony Burgess's Clockwork Orange in an exemplary dust jacket

London 1962 USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 2,992.50
743 BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE

Tarzan the Magnificent signed by Burroughs

Tarzana 1939 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,064.00
744 BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE

An early Tarzan title inscribed by Edgar Rice Burroughs

New York 1917 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 USD 465.50
745 CHANDLER, RAYMOND

Raymond Chandler's scarce first novel

New York 1939 USD 300.00 - 500.00 USD 864.50
746 CHANDLER, RAYMOND

Two first American editions in jacket

Boston 1950 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 432.25
747 CHANDLER, RAYMOND

A proof copy of Chandler's Backfire

Santa Barbara 1984 USD 200.00 - 300.00 USD 266.00
748 CARROLL, LEWIS [DODGSON, CHARLES LUTWIDGE]

A first edition set in cloth of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

London 1866 & 1872. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 5,652.50
749 [CLEMENS, SAMUEL] TWAIN, MARK

The first English edition of Huckleberry Finn, preceding the American

London 1884 USD 500.00 - 800.00 USD 864.50
750 CLEMENS, CLARA

A family copy with inscription from Mark Twain's daughter

New York 1931 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 432.25
  • High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Ellis Smith Prints unsigned. 20” by 16”.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: United typothetae of America presidents. Pictures of 37 UTA presidents 46th annual convention United typothetae of America Cincinnati 1932.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec signed Paper Impressionism Art Prints. MayMilton 9 1/2” by 13” Reine de Joie 9 1/2” by 13”.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Aberle’ Ballet editions. 108th triumph, American season spring and summer 1944.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Puss ‘n Boots. 1994 Charles Perrult All four are signed by Andreas Deja
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Specimen book of type faces. Job composition department, Philadelphia gazette publishing company .
    High Bids Win
    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: An exhibit of printed books, Bridwell library.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court By Mark Twain 1889.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 1963 Philadelphia Eagles official program.
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    Rare Books, Catalogs, Magazines
    and Machine Manuals
    December 24 to January 9
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: 8 - Esquire the magazine for men 1954.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: The American printer, July 1910.
    High Bids Win, Dec. 24 – Jan. 9: Leaves of grass 1855 by Walt Whitman.
  • Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: William Shakespeare.
    The Poems and Sonnets of William Shakespeare, 1960. 7,210 USD
    Sotheby’s: Charles Dickens.
    A Christmas Carol, First Edition, 1843. 17,500 USD
    Sotheby’s: William Golding.
    Lord of the Flies, First Edition, 1954. 5,400 USD
    Sotheby's
    Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
    Available for Immediate Purchase
    Sotheby’s: Lewis Carroll.
    Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, Inscribed First Edition, 1872. 25,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: J.R.R. Tolkien.
    The Hobbit, First Edition, 1937. 12,000 USD
    Sotheby’s: John Milton.
    Paradise Lost, 1759. 5,400 USD