Twenty-five Modern Fiction Works

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Modern Firsts

By Bonhams Skinner

Nov 1, 2021 - Nov 10, 2021

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An intimate sale featuring a single-owner collection of mostly modern first edition books, many signed, including literature, fiction, and nonfiction works. This auction has something for everyone! Bonhams Skinner bidsquare@bonhamsskinner.com

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• Lot Description
  Twenty-five Modern Fiction Works, Mitchell, David, Cloud Atlas. Sceptre, 2004, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Mitchell, David, Cloud Atlas. Random House, 2004, first edition signed softcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Mitchell, David, The Bone Clocks. Random House, 2014, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Mitchell, David, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet. Hodder & Stoughton, 2010, first published G.B. signed hardcover, (condition: fine, no dust jacket); Mitford, Nancy (Editor), Illustrated by Osbert Lancaster, Noblesse Oblige: An Inquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracy. Arkadine Press, 1997, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, no dust jacket); Morante, Elsa, History: A Novel. Alfred A. Knopf, 1977, first edition hardcover, (condition: very good, dust jacket condition: good); Moravia, Alberto, Translated by Angus Davidson, Contempt. Prion, 1999, softcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Moravia, Alberto, Translated by Angus Davidson, The Conformist. Farrar, Straus, & Young, 1951, hardcover, (condition: good, dust jacket condition: good); Moravia, Alberto, Translated by Angus Davidson, Two Women. Farrar, Straus, & Cudahy, 1958, first printing hardcover, (condition: very good, dust jacket condition: very good); Morgan, Claire (Patricia Highsmith), The Price of Salt. Bantam Books, 1952, softcover, (condition: very good, no dust jacket); Morgan, Edmund S., American Heroes: Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America. W.W. Norton & Co., 2009, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Mueenuddin, Daniyal, In Other Rooms, Other Wonders. W.W. Norton & Co., 2009, first edition hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Muir, Rory, Wellington: The Path to Victory, 1769-1814. Yale University Press, 2013, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: near fine); Murakami, Haruki, IQ84. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Murray, Charles, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010. Crown Forum, 2012, first edition hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Naipaul, V.S., A Bend in the River. Andre Deutsch, 1979, first published hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Naipaul, V.S., Half a Life. Picador, 2001, first edition signed hardcover, first published, (condition: near fine, dust jacket condition: near fine); Naipaul, V.S., Magic Seeds. Alfred A. Knopf, 2004, first edition U.S. hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: very good); Naipaul, V.S., The Enigma of Arrival. Viking, 1987, first edition hardcover, first printing, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Naipaul, V.S., The Masque of Africa. Alfred A. Knopf, 2010, first edition North America signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Naipaul, V.S., The Writer & the World: Essays. Alfred A. Knopf, 2002, hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); N?mirovsky, Ir?ne, Translated by Sandra Smith, All Our Worldly Goods. Chatto & Windus, 2003, first published GB, first edition signed by translator, hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); N?mirovsky, Ir?ne, Translated by Sandra Smith, David Golder. Chatto & Windus, 2007, first published hardcover, London, signed by translator, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); N?mirovsky, Ir?ne, Translated by Sandra Smith, David Golder, The Ball, Snow in Autumn, The Courilof Affair. EverymanÆs Library, 2008, first edition signed by translator, first printing hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); N?mirovsky, Ir?ne, Translated by Sandra Smith, Fire in the Blood. Chatto & Windus, 2007, first edition signed by translator, first printing hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new).

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