Goldberg Coins and Collectibles

Sale 76

Manuscript Sale

Authors

Lot	Photo	Description	Realized
Lot 191		*[Conrad, Joseph] - First Edition of Nostromo, A Tale of the Seaboard.* London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1904, 480 pages, 5¼ x 7½ in. Original cloth rubbed, spine bumped and frayed at ends; text toned with minor foxing, but no loose or detached pages. With incorrect pagination on page 187, reading "871". Small bookseller's sticker on the inside back cover: "P. Finnimore, Rare Books, Erdington, Birmingham, England." Estimated Value $800 - 1,200 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 192		Cooper, James Fenimore (1789-1851) Author who wrote historical romances about the American frontier, Indian life, and the sea; the first American novelist to gain popularity abroad. Check signed "J. Fenimore Cooper," 5 5/8 x 2½ in., Cooperstown (NY), Sept. 21, 1840. Written on the Otsego County Bank and paid to "self" for ten dollars. Red circular cancellation light affects part of "Fenimore." Estimated Value $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120
Lot 193		Dumas, Alexandre, père. Three autograph items signed ("A Dumas") by Dumas père: (1) Autograph letter signed, 4½ x 3½ in., on both sides of a card, n.p., n.d. "Dear Madame, We'll do our best for your protegé, but just between us, that depends more on him than on me…." (2) autograph letter signed, one page, 5½ x 8½ in., Paris, July 21, 1848, with red wax seal remnant. To an unidentified correspondent: "I have always been satisfied with Alexis' service…I recommend him heartily…He has always given me proofs of his complete loyalty, probity and absence of self-interest… (3) autograph document signed to the editor of a newspaper, 7½ x 2 in., n.p., n.d. "Give me a voucher for 300 franc for three articles. I'll be leaving tonight…" Overall very good. Estimated Value $450 - 650 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $517
Lot 194		F. Fitzgerald, F. Scott (1896-1940) American author; one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Fantastic early autograph letter signed ("Fitzgerald"), one page, in pencil, 8½ x 13 in., Hendersonville, N.C., n.d. (Nov. or Dec. 1935), with excellent content. Fine condition. To Mrs. Owens, Fitzgerald's long-time secretary, Zelda's companion and Scotty's governess. "Gradually feeling better but no plans at the moment. Here is $50 to carry on with. Scotty is with the M.B. Flinns in Tryon & well taken care of for four or five days anyhow. You will get a wire from Wilmington or word from a lawyer in Balt. relative to appartment [sic] squabble. Still intend to bluff out of lease if humanly possible. In any case cant work there possibly with that music. Send me what ms. you have when you have a real adress [sic], also any news. More later. Fitzgerald. Have sent 1st national that stock cert. with instructions to sell. Find out what they realized on it." "Scotty" was Frances Scott "Scottie" Fitzgerald, Zelda and F. Scott's only child, born on October 26, 1921. The M.B. Flinns were Lefty and Norah Flynn, who lived in North Carolina. He was a former Yale football player and cowboy actor and she was sister of Lady Astor. The apartment squabble refers to the lease Fitzgerald was trying to break on his Baltimore apartment because he discovered that a pianist lived in the apartment above his and the piano-playing interfered with his writing. The stock certificate to which he refers was probably stock owned by Fitzgerald's mother. Fitzgerald wrote this letter from the Skyland Hotel in Hendersonville, North Carolina, a small town between Asheville and Tryon where he stayed in November and December of 1935 because, "I didn't know anybody there and wouldn't be bothered." He wrote "The Crack Up" while staying there in a two-dollar room. A remarkable insight into Fitzgerald's life in this critical time. Estimated Value $15,000 - 20,000 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 195		[Fleming, Ian] Three Early Reprints. The first three James Bond novels: Casino Royale, 4th printing, 1957; Live and Let Die, 3rd printing, 1956; Moonraker, 4th printing, 1959. London: Jonathan Cape. All octavo. Scattered foxing to edges of Casino Royale. All with dust jackets. Estimated Value $750 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 196		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of Diamonds Are Forever.* London: Jonathan Cape, 1956. First edition of the fourth James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth and a gilded silver diamond shape on front board. Fine copy in a dust jacket with tiny specks of restoration to top and bottom of spine and corners. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,980
Lot 197		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of From Russia With Love.* London: Jonathan Cape, 1957. First edition of the fifth James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth with gilded silver pistol and rose on front board. Fine copy in a very good dust jacket. Former owner's signature on front end paper. Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $1,680
Lot 198		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of Dr. No.* London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. First edition, second binding of the sixth James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth with dancing girl on front board. A fine copy with a near-fine dust jacket. Estimated Value $750 - 1,000 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $615
Lot 199		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of Goldfinger.* London: Jonathan Cape, 1959. First edition of the seventh James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth with gilt-stamped skull on front board. A fine copy with a very good dust jacket. Former owner's name on end paper. Estimated Value $1,000 - 1,500 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 200		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of For Your Eyes Only.* London: Jonathan Cape, 1960. First edition of the eighth James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth with a white gilded eye on front board. Fleming's first book of short stories contains: "From a View to a Kill," "For Your Eyes Only," "Quantum of Solace," "Risico," and "The Hildebrand Rarity." A fine copy in a very good, price-clipped dust jacket. Estimated Value $500 - 750 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 201		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of Thunderball.* London: Jonathan Cape, 1961. First edition of the ninth James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth with embossed skeleton hand on front board. A fine copy in near fine dust jacket. Estimated Value $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $197
Lot 202		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of The Spy Who Loved Me.* London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. First edition of the tenth James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth with silver dagger on front board. Fine copy in dust jacket with three stains; otherwise, near fine. Former owner's name on end paper. Estimated Value $300 - 500 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $185
Lot 203		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of On Her Majesty's Secret Service.* London: Jonathan Cape, 1963. First edition of the eleventh James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth. Former owner's name on end paper else a near fine copy with a very good dust jacket. Estimated Value $100 - 150 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 204		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of You Only Live Twice.* London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. First edition of the twelfth James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth with gilt Japanese characters on front board. Faint mark where former owner's name was erased on end paper. A fine copy in a price-clipped, near fine dust jacket with Cape's cancelled sticker. Estimated Value $100 - 150 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $98
Lot 205		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of The Man With the Golden Gun.* London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. First edition of the thirteenth James Bond novel. Octavo; original black cloth. Former owner's name on half title page. A fine copy in a near fine dust jacket. The book was published posthumously, Fleming having died on Aug. 12, 1964. Estimated Value $100 - 125 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 206		*[Fleming, Ian] First Edition of Octopussy and The Living Daylights.* London: Jonathan Cape, 1966. The fourteenth and final James Bond book. Octavo; original black cloth with silver gilded titles on front board and spine. A fine copy in a dust jacket with price clipped and faded spine but otherwise fine. Both stories in the book were written in 1962; they were published posthumously (Fleming died on Aug. 12, 1964). Estimated Value $75 - 100 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $43
Lot 207		*[James, George Wharton] First Edition of In and Around the Grand Canyon.* Boston: Little Brown and Co., 1900, 341 pages, 7¼ x 10¼ in. Pasadena Limited Edition number 227/500, signed by the author. Cloth boards quarterbound in leather, covers intact, spine re-attached, cloth mottled and faded. Top edge gilt, interior pages are clean, well illustrated with photographs, bibliography. George Wharton James (1858-1923) was a prolific popular lecturer, photographer and journalist, writing more than 40 books and many articles and pamphlets on California and the American Southwest. Estimated Value $150 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 208		Markham, Edwin (1852-1940) American poet. Photo inscribed and signed, "To Charles L. Ruby, Fullerton Junior College / Your friend, Edwin Markham 1935." In original 12¼ x 9½ in. frame. With two autograph poems signed, each written on the back of a piece of 11 x 8½ in. stationery; one is titled "Outwitted" and the other "Inbrothered"; both are dated May, 1935, and the second poem has "Staten Island, N.Y." Also, a letter from Markham's manager regarding speaking fees, etc. Estimated Value $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Unsold
Lot 209		Shaw, George Bernard (1856-1950) Irish dramatist, literary critic, and socialist; he was awarded a Nobel Prize (1925) for his contribution to literature and an Oscar (1938) for Pygmalion. He was also a great wit. Autograph note signed ("G.B.S.") one page, 4 x 5¾ in., Ayon Saint Lawrence, Welwyn, Herts, Jan. 13, 1946. With holograph address to Curtis Freshel in New York. In part: "I am now a B-Y addict and take some every day… Make Emeral try all the quacks: especially the aesthetic ones. They will at least amuse her. The doctors are useless; but she must not simply succumb. She must find out how to cure herself and live. Your quotation from Pearson is…true of the petty cash of the begging letter writers. It may infect you if allow yourself to think of me for a moment as a creditor. You cannot be my friend and my debtor…if you send me a cheque I will put it in the fire…." Emeral Freshel, the recipient's wife, was a Boston socialite and vegetarian activist. Estimated Value $250 - 350 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $408
Lot 210		Shaw, George Bernard. Autograph note signed ("G. Bernard Shaw"), 2pp, 4½ x 3½ in., 16, Blen-cathia, Hindhead, Aug. 14, 1899. To "My dear Storr," writing of his travels to Cornwall and London and stating, " I am always to be found at my wife's address; but she is never to be found at mine… I send you a set of prints from the negatives the Kodak people made of you. I also send you the negatives themselves, in case you should care at any time to have fresh prints…." Estimated Value $200 - 300 View details and enlarged photo	Realized $120