The Big Sleep. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. — CHANDLER, RAYMOND. 1888-1959.

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Estimate: $5,000–$8,000 hammer
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Sale: Bonhams — Fine Books and Manuscripts, San Francisco · 22 September 2014
Record ID: TB-2026-1960953
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Chandler, Raymond. 1888-1959., The Big Sleep. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Bonhams, 22 Sep 2014, lot 159. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1960953.

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Chandler, Raymond. 1888-1959., The Big Sleep. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1939. Bonhams, 22 Sep 2014, lot 159. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-1960953.

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From the same sale Fine Books and Manuscripts · Sep 2014

Lot	Artist	Estimate
CICERO. Opera Ciceronis rhetorica, oratoria et forensia.... [BOUND WI…	—	$1,000–$1,500
Historiarum libri aliquot, qui extant, opera et studio Vincentii Obso…	Diodorus Siculus. Fl. 30-60 B.c.e.	$3,000–$5,000
De vita & moribus philosophorum libri decem.... Basel: Valentin Curio…	Diogenes Laertius. Fl. 3rd Century.	$1,500–$2,500
Alexandreidos libri decem, nunc primum in Gallia gallicsque character…	Gautier De Chatillon, Philippe. Fl. 12th C.	$4,000–$6,000
Manuscript in Latin on vellum, being a church document, 1 pp recto on…	Medieval Manuscript.	$2,000–$3,000
Manuscript Commonplace Book, 170 pp, Birmingham?, c.1825,	Fore-edge Paintings.	$700–$900

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Joyce, James. 1882-1941.	Tales Told of Shem and Shaun, 1929. Broché. Édition original		Sotheby's, Dec 2021
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Chandler, Raymond. 1888-1959.	The Little Sister. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1949.		Bonhams, Jun 2016

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