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tion frequently list a Dashiell ets of Raymond Chandler’s Hammett or a Raymond The Big Sleep (1939, starting Chandler without distinguish- bid $15,000) and Farewell, Presenting ing that they are myster- My Lovely (1940, starting bid The Mysterious ies, because they are literary $10,000), will also be featured, fiction that just happens to along with what Penzler calls THE OTTO PENZLER COLLECTION Collection of involve a mystery.” a “virtually perfect” copy of With such a massive col- James M. Cain’s The Postman Otto Penzler lection, Heritage is dividing Always Rings Twice with a full-

Rare mystery fiction books from this Raymond Chandler. renowned collection will be sold in The Big Sleep. Heritage Auctions’ March sale. New York: 1933. First edition, signed. Starting bid: $15,000 n March 6, Heritage of the items were amassed OAuctions will host a rare through Penzler’s bookstore, book sale in New York fea- The Mysterious Bookshop, For more information about turing items from the mys- founded in 1979 and now in our auction services, please call tery fiction collection ofO tto the Tribeca neighborhood Penzler. “This is the largest, of Manhattan. The shop spe- 877-HERITAGE (437-4824) best, and most comprehen- cializes in new, signed, used, James Gannon | Director, Rare Books sive collection of mystery and and rare books and provided detective fiction to come Penzler with a platform to ext. 1609 | [email protected] on the market,” said James build his collection. Gannon, director of rare “Whenever someone books for Heritage Auctions. brought in rare books, some Full Preview: March 3-5 Penzler, who collected of the better copies went to 445 Park Avenue widely in his early twenties, my personal shelves,” Penzler began specializing in mystery said. “I was violating the basic New York, NY 10022 fiction around age twenty- rule of the field, which is you five. “Several good book sell- don’t compete with your cus- ers convinced me I couldn’t tomers.” View, Bid & Win at HA.com/6208 collect all of literature,” he His obsession with mys- said. “This was more than fifty tery fiction went so far his A first edition copy of Dashiell Hammett's first years ago when the mystery friends said his store was just book, Red Harvest (1929, world was relatively uncol- a front for his collection. “That starting bid $30,000). lected. I didn’t have very was not entirely untrue, but much money, so I was able that’s why the collection got the best of the collection into page inscription (1934, start- to collect mystery without a so big and so ridiculously several smaller sales, with the ing bid $3,200). whole lot of competition in good,” he said. “I upgraded first set to be auctioned in the Three to four more sets those days.” copies year after year.” March sale. of Penzler’s books will be Now, however, mystery Now older, Penzler is part- Highlights include what offered by Heritage in later has grown in prominence ing with his collection, and Penzler calls the world’s best sales, while another large por- among readers and collec- the timing is prime. “Mystery copy of Dashiell Hammett’s tion of the collection will be tors alike, and this sale will collectors have been an Red Harvest (1929, starting bid sold in the future by Weiss

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all first editions ranging from morphed,” he said. “Collectors tress, Lillian Hellman (1943, f H Always Accepting Quality Consignments in 40 Categories the late eighteenth century and dealers specializ- starting bid $10,000). Signed, Peggy Carouthers is the custom

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said Gretchen Hause, senior the signatures of both Wilbur specialist and director of the and Orville, as well as their Fine Books and Manuscripts business partners. department. “The Wright Company was From Pilots The sale will also feature a created so the brothers could substantial collection of avi- capitalize on their invention to Presidents ation materials, including a of the practical airplane, and signed photograph of Orville it protected the rights of their Leslie Hindman’s May sale features and Wilbur Wright. The photo other aeronautical inventions,” a little bit of everything. was taken on September 9, Hause said. “In Dayton, Ohio, 1908, in Fort Myer, Virginia, the company constructed the when Orville made the first first building meant expressly for the purpose of building an n May 1, Leslie Hindman airplane, and it continued to OAuctioneers will hold its be a forerunner of aeronauti- Fine Books and Manuscripts cal engineering and the man- sale in Chicago. The sale will ufacturing of planes until it feature items from literature George and science to travel and Washington free exploration. frank dating from 1779 (estimated at One of the highlights is a $4,000-6,000). collection of free frank covers from presidents and first ladies. In the United States, franking privileges were first granted in 1775, when members of the Continental Congress bestowed the priv- ilege on its members. This sale will include free franking notes from James Monroe, Dwight Eisenhower, Julia Grant, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Sarah Polk. Most nota- Martha Washington free frank dating from 1800 (estimated at $30,000-40,000). bly, the sale will include free Upcoming Auction franks from George and The Wright Company’s certifi- hour-long flight. The pho- later merged with the Martin Martha Washington. cate of incorporation signed tograph—signed by both Company.” by Orville and Wilbur Wright George Washington’s (1909, estimated at $20,000– brothers—is estimated at Though these are just a cover dates from 1779, when 30,000). $8,000-12,000. few of the extraordinary items FINE BOOKS he was commander of the “It is more common to buyers can expect at the Continental Army (estimated personal secretary, Tobias find photographs signed by sale, there will be many more LESLIE at $4,000-6000). The Martha Lear. The letter was writ- only one of the Wright broth- across many different catego- AND MANUSCRIPTS Washington frank, how- ten in 1800, ten months after ers,” Hause said, “so it’s very ries. “It will be a nice cross sec- HINDMAN ever, is especially rare. Mrs. George’s death, and requests uncommon to see both sig- tion of the books and man- Washington died in 1802, that the recipients cancel natures, especially on a pho- uscripts market as a whole,” AUCTIONEERS MAY 1, 2019 only two years after she was Martha’s newspaper subscrip- tograph which captures one Hause said. “We’re pleased granted franking privileges. tion because she couldn’t of their pioneering moments.” to bring some of these high- INQUIRIES Only four of her frank signa- manage all her regular sub- Another key aviation item lights to market.” l [WRIGHT BROTHERS]. Photograph signed (“Orville Gretchen Hause tures are known to have sur- scriptions. up for auction is the certif- Wright” / “Wilbur Wright”), taken for Collier’s Weekly, man . d showing Orville Wright making the first one-hour flight 312.334.4229

vived. This particular cover is “It’s a really wonderful icate of incorporation for Hi n i e at Fort Myer, Virginia, 9 September 1908. [email protected] esl

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nary item.” excited by the more family- The 120-page manuscript focused nature of this com- is written in Italian by a scribal munication, which we don’t hand—not in Greco’s own often see in his writings.” Opening Gambit handwriting—and was likely An additional piece of cor- produced as an instruction respondence that will be at A March sale at Forum Auctions promises manual for a wealthy chess Forum’s March sale is a let- rare letters and unique manuscripts. enthusiast. In addition to the ter from Edward Wilson, an pictorial title page depicting English physician, natural his- an angel holding two chess torian, and polar explorer pieces, the manuscript also who undertook two expe- very other month, boasts seventeenth century ditions to Antarctica—most ELondon-based Forum gilt calf binding. notably the Terra Nova Auctions hosts a Fine Books, Expedition led by Robert Manuscripts, and Works on Scott in 1910-1913, during Paper sale at the Westbury which the group studied Hotel in Mayfair. Since 2016, Emperor penguins and col- Forum has curated fine lected important research books sales both in place and that contributes to our under- online, specializing in anti- standing of the animals today. quarian books and manu- Tragically, Wilson, Scott, and scripts, as well as Old Master three others of their party prints, drawings, and other died of frostbite on their works on paper. The compa- return journey, but the letter, ny’s March 28 sale will feature according to Hasler, provides Pictorial title page of a wide array of books across Greco’s chess manuscript insight into Wilson’s explorer collecting spectrums, as well (1620). mentality. Chess manuscript with gilt The letter (estimated at French binding (1620). $1,900-2,600) is dated March Another noteworthy 15, 1910—the start of Wilson’s item at the Fine Books sale fateful journey—and is writ- is an unpublished letter by ten in response to well-wish- Charles Darwin to his cousin ing schoolchildren who have Reginald, written in 1879— requested photos of the three years before Darwin’s expedition dogs. death. The letter, which is “He thanks them for their estimated at $15,500-23,000, encouragement,” Hasler said, Unpublished letter from Edward Wilson letter from the Terra Charles Darwin (1879). Nova Expedition (1910). is three-and-a-half pages “and writes back to them say- long and is an uncommon ing ‘don’t you think it would as some very interesting man- the way that we now know example of Darwin’s per- be much more educational if uscripts and letters. chess to be played. With an sonal life. In it, he expresses I send you a picture of a pen- Nicolay (Nicolas de) The Navigations, peregrinations and voyages, made into Turkie, A highlight, according to estimated value of $26,000- a “chief object to contradict guin?’” first edition in English, Imprinted at London by Thomas Dawson, 1585. Forum book specialist Max 38,500, the manuscript repre- flatly some calumnies by Miss These works will feature Est. £10,000-15,000 Hasler, is a chess manuscript sents a particularly rare piece Seward,” likely referring to alongside many others in written by Gioachino Greco of history. Anna Seward’s 1804 book, in Forum’s March sale, including in 1620. An Italian, Greco was “There are very few chess which she undercuts the leg- a signature and framed pho- one of the earliest profes- manuscripts of any kind,” acy of Darwin’s grandfather, tograph of Oscar Wilde, and sional chess players, yet very Hasler said. “It’s rare to have Erasmus. various high spot works of lit- Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper . ns

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by Gatien de Courtilz de est for collectors is a beau- Sandras, which served as the tiful first edition of Gustav primary source material for Flaubert’s Madame Bovary Alexandre Dumas’ nineteenth (1857), in a morocco binding. French Literature century classic The Three With an estimated value of Musketeers. $2,500-4,000, this volume is by Way of the “The story goes that signed by the French binder Dumas found the book, read and sports original wrappers Commonwealth it, and was totally inspired,” bound in. Winston said. “And what “This book is one of the An upcoming sale at Freeman’s makes these volumes even highest-regarded works of features books from the highly curated more interesting is the really French literature,” Winston library of a Virginia diplomat. beautiful and clean armorial said. “This copy is so beauti- bindings, which we know to ful, I think it will attract a lot of Property from The Collection of be original and not rebound.” interest from collectors who On the front and back would want to add it to their covers of each volume of leather library.” Ambassador & Mrs. Alexander Weddell Memoires are Russian arms of A lesser-known work by alliance: the crests of Holstein- French author Émile Zola will Gottorp and Württemberg also be available for sale. An The Virginia House Museum flanking the state arms of 1866 presentation copy of Russia. According to Winston, the author’s third book Mes this was a common repre- Haines (est. $500-800) boasts an inscription from Zola “to monsieur É. de Girardin [a French journalist and politi- cian], courtesy of the author.” Among the approximately 500 lots that will be available Memoires de Monsieur d’Artagnan (1700). at the sale—including books, inquiries: furnishings, and decorative Darren Winston | 267.414.1247 espite it’s grand exte- of which will be available for arts from Virginia House— [email protected] Drior and gardens, Virginia sale April 10 in Philadelphia. there will be several Jonathan House—a Tudor manor dis- “There’s a poignancy to Swift titles, a group of Emily mantled in England in 1925 the Weddell’s vision in col- Dickinson firsts, and works of and rebuilt in Richmond, lecting, and also in the way Mexican and South American Virginia, by diplomat their collection cuts off,” literature. Alexander Weddell and his said Darren Winston, head “We are specifically sell- wife—occupies an unassum- of books, maps, and man- Mes Haines (1866). ing works that we find com- ing position, nestled deep in uscripts department at pelling,” Winston said. “You a residential neighborhood Freeman’s. “The couple tragi- sentation of the joint arms of can buy one item from this called Windsor Farms. It fits cally died in a train wreck in Emperor Paul I and Empress sale, and you’ll have a piece well with the other homes, 1948, so the books that they Maria Feodorovna when of the Weddells’ story. There’s and barely betrays the cache purchased that year are brand they were tsesarevich and a romance in the history of of decorative arts and works new—they’re seventy-year- tsesarevna—at the time, heirs certain objects—it’s a tradi- on paper which has been old volumes, but they haven’t presumptive to the Russian tion of things. Much like with To be offered April 10, 2019: housed within its walls for been touched.” Empire. an oral tradition, we have a Flaubert, Gustave MADAME BOVARY nearly a century. Of particular interest are “These books are in amaz- responsibility to pass on the Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, 1857. In two volumes. First edition in book form. 12mo. Complete with half-titles in both volumes and 36 pp. publisher’s catalogue in rear of first vol- The Weddells were avid three books of French litera- ing condition,” Winston said. stewardship of these items.” l ume. Bound in early 20th century black three-quarter straight grain morocco over marbled paper-covered boards; marbled endpapers; top edges gilt, other edges untrimmed; . s collectors who outfitted their ture, including the three-vol- “It appears they have only had ’ original printed green wrappers bound in; by Henri Creuzevault. Ex-library: book-plate on front paste-down and pencil markings on title-page in each volume. A handsome set. $2,500-4,000 Erin McPherson is a writer and editor reeman

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scholars widely accept that he was gay, and Peter Doyle is Pride and Place generally con- sidered to have A new sale by Swann Galleries been his lover." in New York will feature works Another celebrating LGBTQ creatives. rare find collectors will be excited to see at the Pride Sale une 29 marks the 50th Written in 1956 and esti- is an extra-lim- Janniversary of the mated at $1,800-$2,500 with ited first edi- Stonewall riots in New York, hardcover and dust jacket, tion of Oscar and Swann Galleries is com- Giovanni’s Room was once Wilde’s play The memorating the occasion listed by The Advocate as the Importance of on June 20 with its first Pride second most-influential novel Being Earnest Sale—an auction which aims in LGBTQ+ literature. (1894). to celebrate LGBTQ+ artists Other works that will be “There were and authors over time. available at the sale include only 1,112 first “We believe it’s the first a copy of Walt Whitman’s James Baldwin, Go Tell It On editions total,” Lowry said. The Mountain, first edition, time a sale like this has been ARC in wrappers, Knopf, New “Twelve of those were printed organized,” said Nicholas D. York, 1953. Estimate $800 to on Japanese Vellum, and only Lowry, president and prin- $1,200. six of those are known—this cipal auctioneer for Swann. is one of the six.” “We’re curating these pieces in Estimated to sell at an entirely new way and codi- $40,000-$60,000, the volume fying an area of collecting for is also signed by the author. the market.” This year, a portion of Among the art, letters, lit- the proceeds from the sale erature, photographs, and cul- will go to the Leslie Lohman tural items that will be avail- Museum of Gay and Lesbian able at the sale are two first Art. In the future, the auction Norman Lewis, Shapes, oil on masonite board, circa 1947. Estimate $60,000 to $90,000. At auction April 4. edition works by American house hopes to develop a author James Baldwin. Go Tell new department specifically It On the Mountain has an esti- aimed at curating LGBTQ+ WINTER/SPRING 2019 AUCTION SCHEDULE mated value of $800-$1,200 creative works and to con- and was Baldwin’s debut—a Walt Whitman, Memoranda tinuing the Pride Sale as a MAR 5 19th & 20th Century Prints & Drawings MAY 2 Old Master Through Modern Prints During the War, Remembrance semi-autobiographical novel yearly event. Featuring Property from the Ismar Littmann Family Collection Copy, inscribed to Pete Doyle, MAY 14 19th & 20th Century Literature written in 1953, which tells from “the author, with his Oscar Wilde, The Importance “This is all very smart, excit- the story of a depression-era love,” Camden, NJ, 1875-76. of Being Earnest, A Trivial ing stuff,” Lowry said. “We MAR 7 Early Printed, Medical, Scientific & Travel Books Estimate $50,000 to $75,000. MAY 16 Contemporary Art Harlem teenager. Comedy for Serious People, expect the event will be extra-limited first edi- MAR 21 Autographs “That book is not overtly tion, signed, London, 1899. attended by people who MAY 23 Graphic Design gay,” Lowry said. “People Memoranda During the War Estimate $40,000 to $60,000. don’t even know they’re col- MAR 28 Printed & Manuscript African Americana say there are gay passages (1875, estimated at $50,000- lectors yet.” l JUN 4 Illustration Art or indications that the pro- $75,000), inscribed to Peter “This is not an auction APR 4 African-American Fine Art JUN 6 Maps & Atlases, Natural History & Color Plate Books tagonist is gay, but it is not Doyle “with the author’s love,” where we’re taking artists and . APR 16 es Printed & Manuscript Americana a gay novel. On the other letters from Harvey Milk, and authors and outing them,” i JUN 13 American Art hand, Baldwin’s third book, the diary—an address and Lowry said. “These are openly aller APR 18 Classic & Contemporary Photographs

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This copy is particularly inter- you’d want Einstein to think esting for collectors, how- and write about, and it’s very ever, because “it is an associa- beautiful.” tion copy from the library of The fourth sale, Extraordi- Something for Achilles Pirmin Gasser, who nary Books and Manuscripts, has inscribed this copy, he will be held live on March Every Collection was a doctor from Augsburg 12. Perhaps the most excit- and a friend of Vesalius.” ing item is a first edition in a With three wide-ranging sales in The third sale features a first issue binding ofLeaves a month, Bonhams will offer lots large collection of Americana of Grass (1855, estimated for every type of collector. from the collection of Eric $200,000-300,000). Unlike C. Caren and will take place other first editions, however online from March 6-14. It Whitman referred to this one includes a variety of Items, as his working copy, signing from the highest ranking it in block letters in a presen- John Hancock commission tation to friend, artist, and procurable, that of Major book collector, William James General Benjamin Lincoln, Linton. It was then sold to to the first article to men- renowned collector, Freder- tion Babe Ruth, in a Baltimore ick W. Skiff. paper calling him a “St. Mary’s “This year marks Whitman’s schoolboy.” Additionally, the two-hundredth birthday, so I expect a lot of press and interest in his works this year,” Ehling said. “He produced world-class poetry that was quintessentially American, and Leaves of Grass left: A first-edition copy of De humani corporis fabrica libri sep- has been called the ‘second tem by Andreas Vesalius exemplifies an age of discovery in Declaration of Independence’ human anatomy (1543, estimated at $300,000-500,000). right: Walt Whitman’s working copy of Leaves of Grass will be sold just by critics. This is an important in time for the bicentennial of the author’s birth (1855, estimated copy with an incredible prov- $200,000-300,000). enance.” This sale will also include his March, the Bonhams books and manuscripts rang- other unique items, such as a Fine Books and ing from Harvey to modern A letter by Albert Einstein in collection of letters and post- T which he contemplates the Manuscripts department day pioneers of cardio-vascu- existence of God will be sold cards written by Brassai, the will hold four sales, featuring lar surgery and heart care. at auction (1945, at estimated famous 20th century photog- $100,000-200,000). items ranging from science Most notable is the sale, of rapher and sent home to his and medicine to literature the first edition ofDe humani family in Romania between and art. The first sale occurs corporis fabrica libri septem, by sale will offer a letter on the 1947 and 1978 (estimated Extraordinary Books and Manuscripts on March 11 in New York and Andreas Vesalius published in death of Joseph Smith, with $40,000-60,000). is comprised of around 400 1543 (estimated at $300,000- an account of the Prophet’s With three strong, diverse New York | March 12, 2019 lots from the Medical and 500,000). final words (1844, estimated at sales, the Bonhams Fine Books Scientific Library of W. Bruce “Vesalius was a surgeon $10,000-15,000). and Manuscripts department Fye. After the live sale is com- at the University in Padua, The most interesting lot in promises a strong showing. plete, an additional 400 lots where he dissected corpses” the Caren sale is a typewrit- Covering an array of topics and INQUIRIES WHITMAN, WALT. 1819-1892. will be sold in an online sale said Ian Ehling, director of the ten letter signed by Albert centuries of historical insights, Catherine Williamson Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn: from March 12-21. Items up fine books and manuscripts Einstein about his relationship these sales promise some- +1 (323) 436 5442 [Printed for the author], 1855. . for auction will span from the department at Bonhams. with God (1945, estimated thing for every collection. l [email protected] First edition, ﬁ rst issue, signed nhams bonhams.com/auctions/25491 by Whitman in block letters

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