Found this reference through another list-serv, thought rare
birds might be interested. Note the date and contents of
parts two and three of this Christies auction.
URL is
http://www.christies.com/promos/apr02/1104/overview.asp
... Reed
M.D.,
Part I
Sale
1104
17
April 2002, 10:00 am
20
Rockefeller Plaza, New York
The
first in three auctions comprising the remarkable
collection
assembled by Texas-based collector Richard M.
Lackritz,
focuses on early mystery and detective novels.
In
addition to the very first detective novel, Voltaire's
Zadig
from
1749, collectors are promised thriller choices from
among
Victorian fiction and a large collection of books by
and
about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and his famous detective
Sherlock
Holmes.
-Part
II, scheduled for 24 September, will cover the
hard-boiled
school of fiction 1920-1945.
-Part
III, planned for 19 December, will offer post-1945
works.
Please
visit Christie's picture gallery to view highlights of
this
sale.
Please
browse the catalogue to view the entire sale and
leave
absentee bids online.
Please
also view Christie's sale of Bram Stoker's Dracula,
which
follows this auction.
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