Lot 31

Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep . New York: Knopf, 1939.

Lot 31

Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Knopf, 1939.

Status:

Open

Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000

Estimate$2,000 - $3,000

Status

Open

Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Knopf, 1939.

8vo. Original orange cloth, stamped in grey, top edge stained blue (spine slightly toned, some rubbing along joints); dust jacket (restoration along edges and folds, split to upper panel near flap fold).

FIRST EDITION OF CHANDLER'S FIRST BOOK, including the first appearance of detective Philip Marlowe. Chandler's hard-boiled crime novel has been adapted to film twice: in 1946, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, with a script co-authored by William Faulkner, and in 1978 starring Robert Mitchum. Bruccoli A.1.1.a.

This lot is located in Chicago.

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia . London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Lot 263

Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Estimate$10,000 - $15,000

Current Bid$5,000

Status

Open

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four . London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Lot 162

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Estimate$8,000 - $12,000

Current Bid$4,000

Status

Open

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus . [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

Lot 196

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

Estimate$4,000 - $6,000

Current Bid$3,250

Status

Open

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula . Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

Lot 201

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

Estimate$6,000 - $8,000

Current Bid$3,000

Status

Open

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf . Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Lot 78

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

Estimate$6,000 - $8,000

Current Bid$3,000

Status

Open

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money . London: Macmillan, 1936.

Lot 62

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

Estimate$5,000 - $7,000

Current Bid$3,000

Status

Open

Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Knopf, 1939.

This lot is located in Chicago.

The Library of Stephen J. Farber

Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Knopf, 1939.

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[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Knopf, 1939.

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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

The Library of Stephen J. Farber

Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Knopf, 1939.

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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.

Chandler, Raymond (1888-1959). The Big Sleep. New York: Knopf, 1939.

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Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826). Notes on the State of Virginia. London: John Stockdale, 1787.

Orwell, George (1903-1950). Nineteen Eighty-Four. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949.

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (1797-1851). Frankenstein: or, The Modern Prometheus. [Bound with:] Schiller, Friedrich (1759-1805). The Ghost-Seer! London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 1831.

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Company, 1897.

[Fine Press - Kelmscott Press]. Morris, William (1834-1896) and A.J. Wyatt (b. 1858), translators. The Tale of Beowulf. Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1895.

[Economics]. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946). The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money. London: Macmillan, 1936.