TWO NANCY DREW MYSTERIES SIGNED BY MILDRED WIRT. KEENE, CAROLYN [PSEUD, MILDRED A. WIRT]. 1905-20

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TWO NANCY DREW MYSTERIES SIGNED BY MILDRED WIRT. KEENE, CAROLYN [PSEUD, MILDRED A. WIRT]. 1905-2002. 1. The Secret at Shadow Ranch. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c.1931 [1939]. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in orange, pictorial dust jacket, with The Clue of the Tapping Heels listed at bottom of front flap. minor chipping to edges and corners of jacket, closed tears to the folds. Provenance: Harriet Reeser, 'from Gladys L. Bowers, Christmas (1939)' (contemporary pencil inscription to endpaper). 2. The Clue in the Diary. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c.1932 [1935]. Publisher's cloth, pictorial dust jacket, with The Message in the Hollow Oak listed at the bottom of the front flap. Minor chipping to spine ends and corners of jacket, jacket split at front joint, nearly detached. EARLY PRINTINGS WITH JACKETS, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page ('Mildred A. Wirt' and 'Mildred A. Wirt Benson'). WITH: WIRT, MILDRED A. 1905-2002. Photocopy of an annotated typescript plot outline for The Cry at Midnight, the final Penny Parker novel, with extensive annotations in the margins by Wirt (in photocopy), 7 pp, recto only, 280 x 216 mm, Toledo, OH, after 1947. An interesting look at the composition process of one of the most successful (if largely anonymous) mid-20th-century children's writers. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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25 Jul 2024 13:00 ET (18:00 BST)

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TWO NANCY DREW MYSTERIES SIGNED BY MILDRED WIRT. KEENE, CAROLYN [PSEUD, MILDRED A. WIRT]. 1905-2002. 1. The Secret at Shadow Ranch. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c.1931 [1939]. Publisher's blue cloth, stamped in orange, pictorial dust jacket, with The Clue of the Tapping Heels listed at bottom of front flap. minor chipping to edges and corners of jacket, closed tears to the folds. Provenance: Harriet Reeser, 'from Gladys L. Bowers, Christmas (1939)' (contemporary pencil inscription to endpaper). 2. The Clue in the Diary. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, c.1932 [1935]. Publisher's cloth, pictorial dust jacket, with The Message in the Hollow Oak listed at the bottom of the front flap. Minor chipping to spine ends and corners of jacket, jacket split at front joint, nearly detached. EARLY PRINTINGS WITH JACKETS, SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR on the title page ('Mildred A. Wirt' and 'Mildred A. Wirt Benson'). WITH: WIRT, MILDRED A. 1905-2002. Photocopy of an annotated typescript plot outline for The Cry at Midnight, the final Penny Parker novel, with extensive annotations in the margins by Wirt (in photocopy), 7 pp, recto only, 280 x 216 mm, Toledo, OH, after 1947. An interesting look at the composition process of one of the most successful (if largely anonymous) mid-20th-century children's writers. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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Venue Address

274 Cedar Hill St

Marlborough

Massachusetts

01752

United States

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ALL BIDDERS MUST AGREE THAT THEY HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD BONHAMS' CONDITIONS OF SALE AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THEM, AND AGREE TO PAY THE BUYER'S PREMIUM AND ANY OTHER CHARGES MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE TO BIDDERS. THIS AFFECTS THE BIDDERS LEGAL RIGHTS.

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28% on the first $50,000 of the hammer price;
27% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of $50,000 up to and including $1,000,000;
21% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of $1,000,000 up to and including $6,000,000;
and 14.5% of the hammer price of any amounts in excess of $6,000,000.

A 3rd-party bidding platform fee (the "3rd-party bidding platform fee") equal to 4% of THE BID PRICE shall be payable by buyers whose successful bid is submitted via 3rd-party bidding platforms, including Invaluable; Live Auctioneers; The Saleroom; Lot-tissimo.

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