Twenty-four Mostly Modern Fiction and Historical Works

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Modern Firsts

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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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  Twenty-four Mostly Modern Fiction and Historical Works, Pasternak, Boris, Translated by Max Hayward and Manya Harari, Doctor Zhivago. Collins & Harvill Press, 1958, first edition hardcover, first printing, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Pasternak, Boris, Translated by Max Hayward & Manya Harari, Doctor Zhivago. Pantheon, 1958, first published hardcover, (condition fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Patrouch, Joseph F. Jr., The Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov: A Definitive and Critical Investigation of Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Novels and Stories. Doubleday, 1974, printed U.S. hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Patterson, James T., Grand Expectation: The United States, 1945-1974. Oxford University Press, 1996, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: near fine); Peace, David, Occupied City. Alfred A. Knopf, 2010, first edition U.S. hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Pearl, Matthew, The Dante Club. Random House, 2003, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Pears, Iain, The Dream of Scipio. Riverhead Books, 2002, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Philbrick, Nathaniel, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Viking, 2000, first edition hardcover, signed to George Buehler, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Philbrick, Nathaniel, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. Viking, 2000, first edition hardcover, signed to Shoshanah, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Philbrick, Nathaniel, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War The Easton Press, 2006, signed leatherbound hardcover, with Certificate of Authenticity, (condition: as new, no dust jacket); Philbrick, Nathaniel, Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War. Viking, 2006, first edition hardcover, first published, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Philbrick, Nathaniel, The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Viking, 2010, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Philbrick, Nathaniel, Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, & the Fate of the American Revolution. Viking, 2016, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Philbrick, Nathaniel, Sea Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The US Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842. Viking, 2003, first edition signed hardcover, first published, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: fine); Pipes, Daniel, Militant Islam Reaches America. W.W. Norton, 2002, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Plokhy, Serhii, The Last Empire: The Final days of the Soviet Union. Basic Books, 2014, hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Pollock, Sheldon (Editor), Forms of Knowledge in Early Modern Asia. Duke University Press, 2011, hardcover, (condition: near fine, no dust jacket); Pouncy, Peter, Rules for Old Men Waiting. Random House, 2005, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Powers, J.F., Morte d'Urban. Doubleday & Co., 1962, first edition, advanced reading copy, includes a signed letter to Herman Kogan, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: near fine); Powers, Richard, Orfeo: A Novel. W.W. Norton & Co., 2014, first edition hardcover with slipcase, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Powys, John Cowper, Porius: A Romance of the Dark Ages. Macdonald, 1951, first edition hardcover, (condition: good, dust jacket condition: good); Prescott, William H., History of the Conquest of Mexico with a preliminary view of the Ancient Mexican Civilization and the life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes, Vol. I, II & III. Harper & Brothers, 1843, first edition original hardcover, (condition: very good, dust jacket condition: very good); Price, A.F. (translator), The Jewel of Transcendental Wisdom (The Diamond Sutra). Budd History Society, 1947, softcover, (condition: good, no dust jacket); Price, Reynolds, Blue Calhoun. Atheneum, 1992, first edition signed hardback, first printing, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine).

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