Twenty-one Modern Works

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Modern Firsts

By Bonhams Skinner

Nov 1, 2021 - Nov 10, 2021

Set Reminder 2021-11-01 12:00:00 2021-11-10 19:00:00 America/New_York Bidsquare Bidsquare : Modern Firsts https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/skinner/modern-firsts-7818
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-one Modern Works, Suyin, Han, Birdless Summer - Vol III. Jonathan Cape, 1968, first published hardcover; Suyin, Han, Crippled Tree, The - Vol I. Jonathan Cape, 1965, first published hardcover; Suyin, Han, Eldest Son: Zhou Enlai and the Making of Modern China, 1898-1976. Hill and Wang, 1994, first edition hardcover; Suyin, Han, A Many-Splendored Thing. Atlantic Little, & Brown Co., 1952, first edition hardcover; Suyin, Han, Morning Deluge, The: Mao Tsetung & the Chinese Revolution 1893-1954. Little, Brown, & Co., 1972, first edition hardcover; Suyin, Han, Mortal Flower, A - Vol II. Jonathan Cape, 1966, first published hardcover; Suyin, Han, My House Has Two Doors (1949-1965) Vol IV. Jonathan cape, 1980, first published hardcover; Swift, Daniel, The Bughouse: The Poetry, Politics, and Madness of Ezra Pound. Harvill Secker, 2017, first edition, first printing, signed; Symons, A.J.A., The Quest for Corvo. Cassell & Co., 1934, hardcover; Trench, Charles Chenevix, Charley Gordon: An Eminent Victorian Reassessed. Allen Lane, 1978, first published hardcover; Trevor-Roper, Hugh, Hermit of Peking: The Hidden Life of Sir Edmund Backhouse. Alfred A. Knopf, 1977, first edition U.S. hardcover, ex library book; Van Doren, Carl, Benjamin Franklin, Vol II. Viking Press, 1938, first edition hardcover; Vigderman, Patricia, The Real Life of the Parthenon. Mad Creek Books, 2018, first edition soft cover; Walls, Laura Dassow, Henry David Thoreau: A Life. University of Chicago, 2017, first published, first printed U.S. hardcover; Ward, Nathan, The Lost Detective: Becoming Dashiell Hammett. Bloomsbury, 2015, first published, first edition hardcover; White, Barbara Ehrlich, Renoir: An Intimate Biography. Thames & Hudson, 2017, first published U.K. hardcover; Wieland, Karin, Translated by Shelley Frisch, Dietrich & Riefenstahl: Hollywood, Berlin, and a Century in Two Lives. Liveright Publishing, 2015, first edition hardcover; Winchester, Simon, The Man who Loved China. Harper Collins, 2008, first edition signed hardcover; Winchester, Simon, The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom. Harper Collins, 2008, first edition hardcover; Wittgenstein, Herta, Scratches: A Picaresque Autobiography. Nautilus Books, 1977, first printing signed hardcover; Yen Mah, Adeline, Falling Leaves: The True Story of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter. John Wiley & Sons, 1997, first edition hardcover.

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