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Sale 424 View Catalogue
The Library of Roger Wagner
Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 1:00 pm

Title-page of the 1584 edition of Abraham Ortelius’ Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas, with 112 hand-colored double-page maps.

Estimate: $150,000/200,000

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Saturday, March 13, by appointment
Monday, March 15, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Tuesday, March 16, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Wednesday, March 17, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
Thursday, March 18, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

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Handwritten manuscript of an untitled play by Steinbeck, dating from his month-long visit to the Soviet Union in October and November, 1963
Manuscript by John Steinbeck of a short play he wrote while visiting the Soviet Union in 1963, with thinly disguised characters such as Nikita Khruschev. Offered in Sale 424, The Library of Roger Wagner, March 18, 2010. Estimate: $10,000/15,000
 
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Tropic of Capricorn - carbon typescript first draft
Carbon typescript of the first draft of Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller, 1934, dramatically different from the final published version. Offered in Sale 424, The Library of Roger Wagner, March 18, 2010. Estimate: $40,000/60,000
 
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