Twenty-nine Modern Fiction and Historical 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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  Twenty-nine Modern Fiction and Historical Works, McCullough, David, The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris. Simon & Schuster, 2011, first edition hardcover, (condition: near fine, dust jacket condition: very good); McEwan, Ian, Amsterdam. Nan A Talese Doubleday, 1999, first edition U.S. hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); McEwan, Ian, Atonement. Nan A Talese Doubleday, 2002, first edition U.S. hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); McEwan, Ian, Enduring Love. Johnathan Cape, 1997, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); McEwan, Ian, Sweet Tooth. Johnathan Cape, 2012, signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); McEwan, Ian, The Child in Time. Jonathan Cape, 1987, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); McEwan, Ian, The Children Act. Nan A Talese Doubleday, 2014, first edition U.S. softcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); McEwan, Ian, The Innocent. Johnathan Cape, 1990, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); McEwan, Ian, The Short Stories. Johnathan Cape, 1995, first edition U.S. signed hardcover, first published, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); McLain, Paula, Circling the Sun. Ballantine Books, 2015, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); McLain, Paula, The Paris Wife. Virago, 2010 first publication U.K. signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); McMahon, Thomas, McKayÆs Bees. University of Chicago Press, 2003, softcover, (condition: very good, no dust jacket); McMurtry, Larry, Lonesome Dove: A Novel. Simon & Schuster, 1985, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); McMurtry, Larry, Terms of Endearment. Simon & Schuster, 1975, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: near fine, dust jacket condition: as new); Mead, Walter Russell, Mortal Splendor: The American Empire in Transition. Houghton Mifflin, 1987, first edition signed and inscribed hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Mead, Walter Russell, Special Providence: American Foreign Policy & How it Changed the World. Alfred A. Knopf, 2001, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition; as new); Mengiste, Maaza, Beneath the Lion's Gaze. W.W. Norton & Co., 2010, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Merejkowski, Dmitri, The Romance of Leonardo Da Vinci. Random House, 1931, first edition hardcover, second printing, (condition: fine, no dust jacket); Messud, Claire, The Emperor's Children. Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Messud, Claire, The Woman Upstairs. Alfred A. Knopf, 2013, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Meyer, Philipp, American Rust. Spiegel & Rau, 2009, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Millard, Candice, The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey. Doubleday, 2005, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Miller, John C., Illustrated by Eric M. Simon, Origins of the American Revolution. Little, Brown & Co., 1943, hardcover, (condition: very good, dust jacket condition: fair); Miller, Madeline, The Song of Achilles. Ecco, 2012, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Milne, David, Worldmaking: The Art and Science of American Diplomacy. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2015, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Mirbeau, Octave, translated by Alan Durst, Celestine: Being the Diary of a Chambermaid. William Faro, Inc., 1930, hardcover, (condition: very good, not dust jacket); Mishra, Pankaj, From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2012, first edition U.S. hardcover, (condition: very good, dust jacket condition: very good); Mishra, Pankaj, From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2012, first edition U.S. hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Matthews, Owen, Glorious Misadventures: Nikolai Rezanov & the Dream of a Russian America. Bloomsbury, 2012, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new).

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