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

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

Lot 694
A fine association between Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler

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

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

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

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

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

Lot 697
Raymond Chandler’s patterned silk scarf

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

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

Lot 699
Eighteen volumes from Raymond Chandler's library

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

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

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

Lot 701
In 1922, Chandler breaks down Chinese poetry

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

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

Lot 703
A humorous poem written in a book for Cissy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lot 709
John Steinbeck on winning his Nobel Prize

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

Lot 710
Steinbeck on Malory, Don Quixote, and Salinas

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

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

Lot 712
Raymond Chandler's copy of a Salinger Collection

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

Lot 713
Charming notes between Jean Fracasse and Raymond Chandler

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

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

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

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

Lot 716
Chandler to Jean: "Je me rends"

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

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

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

Lot 718
Trifari bracelets gifted from Ray to Sybil and Jean

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

Lot 719
An inscribed gift for Sybil from Ray

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

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

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

Lot 721
An unknown copy of a recently discovered Chandler story

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lot 725
Chandler discovers the poodle in Palm Springs

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

Lot 726
Two postcards from Chandler in Palm Springs

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

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

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

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

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

Lot 729
A rare Chandler contribution

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

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

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

Lot 731
Philip Marlowe moves to television

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

Lot 732
Various Scripts for the 1959 Philip Marlowe television program

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lot 737
Raymond Chandler's Olivetti Studio 44 Typewriter

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

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

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

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

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

Lot 741
Comedian Lenny Bruce's uncommon autobiography

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

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

Lot 743
Tarzan the Magnificent signed by Burroughs

Lot 744
An early Tarzan title inscribed by Edgar Rice Burroughs

Lot 745
Raymond Chandler's scarce first novel

Lot 746
Two first American editions in jacket

Lot 747
A proof copy of Chandler's Backfire

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

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

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

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

Lot 751
Charles Dickens sends a signed CDV-eventually!

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

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

Estate / Collection: Estate of Mary Ellin Barrett

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

Lot 755
Two books inscribed by T.S. Eliot

Lot 756
Signed notes from Kipling, Wells, and Barrie

Lot 757
A landmark Faulkner novel, in jacket

Lot 758
The signed limited first edition

Lot 759
The limited edition, signed by Faulkner

Lot 760
The first edition of Fitzgerald's masterpiece

Lot 761
Ten inscribed or signed Frost works

Lot 762
Hale's a Man without a Country

Lot 763
First edition of The Thin Man

Lot 764
Ernest Hemingway's first book with interesting provenance

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

Lot 766
Hemingway's first novel, in jacket

Lot 767
Hemingway's second collection of stories

Lot 768
Four Hemingway first editions including The Sun Also Rises

Lot 769
The first edition of Hemingway's bullfighting classic

Lot 770
A fine copy in jacket

Lot 771
A fine copy in jacket

Lot 772
Winner of the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction

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

Lot 774
A good copy of the book club edition

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

Lot 775
An inscribed photograph with quotation

Lot 776
Victor Hugo on Macbeth

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

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

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

Estate / Collection: The Estate of LeGrand Mellon

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

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

Lot 782
A mid-century literary miscellany

Lot 783
Call of the Wild in dust jacket

Lot 784
Inscribed by Maugham

Lot 785
With a superb inscription by Maugham

Lot 786
Melville's Mardi in original cloth

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

Lot 788
Gone with the Wind in a scarlet binding