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Hindman Auctions to Present Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection

Hindman to present literature from a New Orleans collection March 19

Wyatt Barrett
Wyatt Barrett
Hindman Auctions to Present Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection
Hindman will present literature from a Private New Orleans Collection on March 19. Hindman image

CHICAGO – Hindman Auctions will present Literature from a Private New Orleans Collection at auction on March 19. The sale includes several of the most significant literary works of the 19th and 20th centuries, representing both American and English literature. Strengths of the collection include early science fiction, children’s literature, and works from the Jazz Age and Post-War period. The sale features the works of John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville and James Joyce. Bid absentee or live online through LiveAuctioneers.

STEINBECK, John (1902-1968). The Pastures of Heaven. New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. Image courtesy Hindman Auctions.
Steinbeck, John (1902-1968). ‘The Pastures of Heaven.’ New York: Brewer, Warren & Putnam, 1932. Image courtesy Hindman Auctions

Highlights from the sale include a presentation copy of John Steinbeck’s The Pastures of Heaven (lot 237; estimate is $10,000-$15,000) in the rare first issue dust jacket. Owned by American author and Steinbeck correspondent Louis Paul, the work also includes an autograph note from Steinbeck to Paul.

DAHL, Roald (1916-1990). Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Image courtesy Hindman Auctions.
Dahl, Roald (1916-1990). ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.’ New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1964. Image courtesy Hindman Auctions.

The sale includes a very fine copy of Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (lot 40; estimate is $2,000-$3,000).

MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby-Dick; or, the Whale. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. Image courtesy Hindman Auctions.
Melville, Herman (1819-1891). ‘Moby-Dick; or, the Whale.’ New York: Harper & Brothers, 1851. Image courtesy Hindman Auctions

Other works include a first American edition of Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick; or, the Whale (lot 205; estimate is $5,000-$7,000) and the limited first edition of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake signed by Joyce (lot 164; estimate is $5,000-$7,000). The collection includes a fine copy of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (lot 251; estimate is $5,000-$7,000), as well as several of the most significant works by Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner.

STOKER, Bram (1847-1912). Dracula. Westminster: Archibald Constable and Company, 1897. Image courtesy Hindman Auctions.
Stoker, Bram (1847-1912). ‘Dracula.’ Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co., 1897. Image courtesy Hindman Auctions

Bidding for the March 19 sale begins at 10 a.m. CST.

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