"I HAVE MADE A BEGINNING" ON THE NOVEL THAT LAY UNFINISHED UPON HIS...

"I HAVE MADE A BEGINNING" ON THE NOVEL THAT LAY UNFINISHED UPON HIS DEATH CHANDLER, RAYMOND. Two Typed Letters Signed, "Ray" or in full, to his publisher, Houghton Mifflin. The first, to Houghton Mifflin editor Hardwick Moseley, concerning his share of the "Pocket Book advance" [for Playback?], and announcing his progress on a new Marlowe book [his unfinished novel that became Poodle Springs]. The second, to "Dear sirs," announcing his plan to move to London on March 8 [he died in La Jolla on March 26], with four-line Autograph Postscript Signed, "RC": "Any payments due to me please remit to the Chase Manhattan Bank Rockefeller Center. Sorry to be such a nuisance." Each 1 page, 4to, personal stationery, the first on pale green paper; folds. La Jolla, 14 January; 1 March 1959

Estimate $800 - 1,200

14 January: ". . . I have made a beginning on a new Marlowe book, with only five or six chapters accomplished so far. . . ."

Price Realized (with Buyer's Premium) $1,500