$1,250
A group of 15 books relating to history and culture, with some novels and short stories, all stamped “Property of Stan Laurel” or “Stan Laurel” with his address in California. The books include a copy of Suzy by Herbert Gorman (New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1934); Answer in the Negative by Eric Scholey (London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, 1952) with an inscription on the front by the author to Laurel, dated April 24, 1954,that reads “With the humble hope that in these pages he may find some small return for the happy hours he has given to the author”; Come See Them Die by Harold Hadley (New York: Julian Messner, Inc., 1934); Devils , Drugs , and Doctors by Howard W. Haggard, M.D. (New York: Blue Ribbon Books, Inc., 1929); Blood , Sweat , and Tears by Rt. Hon. Winston S. Churchill (New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1941) with an inscription “Happy Birthday Stan Father [illegible]; From Glasgow’s Treasure Chest by James Cowan (Glasgow: Craig & Wilson, 1951), with a sticker within that reads “With The Compliments of James Cowan”; The Bridge Battle of the Century by Halsey Raines (United States: Sollinge Publishing Co., 1932); Four Minute Essays by Dr. Frank Crane, Volume VII (New York: Wm. H. Wise & Co. Inc., 1919); The New Reference Atlas of The World (New York: C.S. Hammond & Company, Inc., 1930); The Inside Story by The Members of the Overseas Press Club of America (New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1940); The Red Cross by Clara Barton (Washington D.C.: Am
Auctioneer:
Juliens Auctions
Date:
2013-11-09
