Lot 693
The original typed manuscript for Chandler's only opera

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Estimated at $8,000 - $12,000

Lot 694
A fine association between Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $4,800
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 695
Raymond Chandler's list of “Things I Hate.”

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $2,304
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 696
In one tense page, Raymond Chandler recounts a nightmare

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,024
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 697
Raymond Chandler’s patterned silk scarf

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $288
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 698
Chandler's cocktail muddlers and Bartender's Guide with notes on the Gimlet

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $3,200
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 699
Eighteen volumes from Raymond Chandler's library

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 700
A large group of books inscribed between Cissy and Raymond Chandler

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $5,120
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 701
In 1922, Chandler breaks down Chinese poetry

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $608
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 702
The original autograph manuscript and typescript of Chandler's poem The Magic Shop

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,536
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 703
A humorous poem written in a book for Cissy

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,408
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 704
Chandler’s story Professor Bingo’s Snuff, serialized in Park East Magazine

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $608
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 705
The Edgar Allan Poe Award presented to Raymond Chandler in 1946

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $2,432
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 706
An exceptional letter from John Steinbeck to Raymond Chandler acknowledging his talent as a writer

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $4,800
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

Lot 707
Raymond Chandler's copy of Steinbeck's The Wayward Bus

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $480
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 708
John Steinbeck responds to Cannery Row being banned in a school

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $4,160
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 709
John Steinbeck on winning his Nobel Prize

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,920
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 710
Steinbeck on Malory, Don Quixote, and Salinas

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $2,048
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 711
A letter from Elaine Steinbeck following the death of her husband, author John Steinbeck

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $480
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 712
Raymond Chandler's copy of a Salinger Collection

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,216
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 713
Charming notes between Jean Fracasse and Raymond Chandler

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 714
A charming group of items relating to the dog Grunion and the cat Carmichael

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Estimated at $4,000 - $6,000

Lot 715
Chandler to Jean: an original poem titled “To One I Love.”

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,536
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 716
Chandler to Jean: "Je me rends"

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $544
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 717
A gold brooch and pendant gifted from Ray to Jean

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Estimated at $1,200 - $1,800

Lot 718
Trifari bracelets gifted from Ray to Sybil and Jean

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 719
An inscribed gift for Sybil from Ray

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $640
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 720
Typed manuscript poem titled “Sonnet (I hope).”

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 721
An unknown copy of a recently discovered Chandler story

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 722
A large group of interesting fan mail sent to Raymond Chandler

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 723
A five-page autograph letter in French from Raymond Chandler in defense of "The Long Goodbye"

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $2,304
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 724
Raymond Chandler defends the United States in response to a British article

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $640
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 725
Chandler discovers the poodle in Palm Springs

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $768
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,800

Lot 726
Two postcards from Chandler in Palm Springs

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $832
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 727
Typed manuscript draft of the poem “To An Unknown Love”

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $896
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,800

Lot 728
An annotated draft and corrected copies of an excellent Chandler love poem

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,664
Estimated at $1,200 - $1,800

Lot 729
A rare Chandler contribution

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $384
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 730
Three letters to Raymond Chandler from professional figures about his books

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $192
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 731
Philip Marlowe moves to television

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 732
Various Scripts for the 1959 Philip Marlowe television program

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,024
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 733
Chandler's manuscript foreword to "The Pencil," the final Marlowe story

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,536
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 734
A Raymond Chandler screenplay and other scripts owned by him

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $1,152
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 735
Raymond Chandler’s Daily Reminders Diary for the first days of the last year of his life

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $832
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 736
Chandler's final novel, inscribed to the dedicatee's son

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 737
Raymond Chandler's Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Sold for $9,600
Estimated at $10,000 - $20,000

Lot 738
An extensive archive of Raymond Chandler's unpublished drafts of fantasy stories

Estate / Collection: The Jean Vounder-Davis Collection of Raymond Chandler

Estimated at $60,000 - $80,000

Lot 739
An anthology of poetry and pre-Columbian art, signed by the contributing authors

Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 740
Ray Bradbury's first published book, with signature

Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 741
Comedian Lenny Bruce's uncommon autobiography

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

Sold for $288
Estimated at $100 - $200

Lot 742
Anthony Burgess's Clockwork Orange in an exemplary dust jacket

Sold for $2,880
Estimated at $600 - $900

Lot 743
Tarzan the Magnificent signed by Burroughs

Sold for $1,024
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 744
An early Tarzan title inscribed by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Sold for $448
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 745
Raymond Chandler's scarce first novel

Sold for $832
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 746
Two first American editions in jacket

Sold for $416
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 747
A proof copy of Chandler's Backfire

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

Sold for $256
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 748
A first edition set in cloth of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass

Sold for $5,440
Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 749
The first English edition of Huckleberry Finn, preceding the American

Sold for $832
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 750
A family copy with inscription from Mark Twain's daughter

Sold for $416
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 751
Charles Dickens sends a signed CDV-eventually!

Sold for $4,480
Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 752
Arthur Conan Doyle on Oscar Wilde, Spiritualism, fairies and hell

Sold for $2,560
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 753
The rare first edition of Dumas' The Black Tulip

Estate / Collection: Estate of Mary Ellin Barrett

Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $1,000 - $2,000

Lot 754
T.S. Eliot inscribes The Waste Land to a young Harvard man

Sold for $15,360
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000

Lot 755
Two books inscribed by T.S. Eliot

Sold for $3,520
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 756
Signed notes from Kipling, Wells, and Barrie

Sold for $768
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 757
A landmark Faulkner novel, in jacket

Sold for $6,400
Estimated at $5,000 - $8,000

Lot 758
The signed limited first edition

Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 759
The limited edition, signed by Faulkner

Sold for $448
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 760
The first edition of Fitzgerald's masterpiece

Sold for $2,560
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 761
Ten inscribed or signed Frost works

Sold for $3,840
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 762
Hale's a Man without a Country

Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 763
First edition of The Thin Man

Sold for $608
Estimated at $600 - $800

Lot 764
Ernest Hemingway's first book with interesting provenance

Estimated at $20,000 - $30,000

Lot 765
Hemingway's second book, one of 170 copies

Estimated at $15,000 - $25,000

Lot 766
Hemingway's first novel, in jacket

Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 767
Hemingway's second collection of stories

Sold for $768
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 768
Four Hemingway first editions including The Sun Also Rises

Sold for $1,664
Estimated at $500 - $800

Lot 769
The first edition of Hemingway's bullfighting classic

Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 770
A fine copy in jacket

Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 771
A fine copy in jacket

Sold for $1,024
Estimated at $700 - $1,000

Lot 772
Winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

Sold for $832
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 773
Antonio Ordóñez's “Suit of Lights” owned by Ernest Hemingway

Sold for $6,400
Estimated at $10,000 - $20,000

Lot 774
A good copy of the book club edition

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

Sold for $384
Estimated at $200 - $300

Lot 775
An inscribed photograph with quotation

Estimated at $400 - $600

Lot 776
Victor Hugo on Macbeth

Sold for $1,280
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 777
A letter of encouragement from the author of Les Miserables

Sold for $704
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 778
The rare first edition of Washington Irving's satirical history of New York

Estimated at $1,500 - $2,500

Lot 779
An inscribed copy of Rex Ingram's rare first novel

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 780
First edition in jacket of Kerouac's Beat Generation classic

Sold for $1,792
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 781
A fine copy in jacket of Lewis's Dodsworth

Sold for $704
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 782
A mid-century literary miscellany

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

Sold for $896
Estimated at $300 - $500

Lot 783
Call of the Wild in dust jacket

Sold for $2,560
Estimated at $2,000 - $3,000

Lot 784
Inscribed by Maugham

Sold for $832
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 785
With a superb inscription by Maugham

Sold for $1,536
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 786
Melville's Mardi in original cloth

Sold for $640
Estimated at $1,000 - $1,500

Lot 787
A small collection of works by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Sold for $576
Estimated at $800 - $1,200

Lot 788
Gone with the Wind in a scarlet binding

Sold for $1,216
Estimated at $500 - $800