Twenty-six 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-six Modern Fiction and Historical Works, N?mirovsky, Ir?ne, translated by Sandra Smith, Suite Francaise. Chatto & Windus, 2006, first published hardcover, signed by translator and daughter, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); N?mirovsky, Ir?ne, translated by Sandra Smith, The Dogs and the Wolves. Chatto & Windus, 2009, first published G.B., first edition hardcover signed by translator, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Neruda, Pablo, edited by Ilan Stavans, The Poetry of Pablo Neruda. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2003, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Nickell, William, The Death of Tolstoy: Russia on the Eve, Astapovo Station, 1910. Cornell University Press, 2010, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Nightingale, Steven, Granada: A Pomegranate in the Hand of God. Counterpoint, 2015, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); O'Brian, Patrick, Blue at the Mizzen. W.W. Norton & Co., 1999, first edition U.S. hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); O'Brian, Patrick, The Hundred Days. Norton, 1998, first edition U.S. hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); O'Brien, Flann, At Swim-Two-Birds. MacGibbon Kee, 1960, first edition hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); O'Hara, John, Ten North Frederick. Random House, 1955, first edition signed hardcover, first printed, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); OÆHara, John, Ten North Frederick. Random House, 1955, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Ober, Josiah, The Rise and Fall of Classical Greece. Princeton University Press, 2015, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Obreht, T?a, The Tiger's Wife. Random House, 2011, first edition signed hardcover, first printing, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Ondaatje, Michael, Anil's Ghost. Alfred A. Knopf, 2000, first edition hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Ondaatje, Michael, Divisadero. Alfred A. Knopf, 2007, first edition U.S. hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: fine); Ondaatje, Michael, In the Skin of a Lion. McClelland & Stewart, 1987, first edition signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Ondaatje, Michael, The CatÆs Table. Alfred A. Knopf, 2011, first edition U.S. hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: fine); Ondaatje, Michael, The English Patient. McClelland & Stewart, 1992, first edition Canada signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Ondaatje, Michael, The English Patient. Bloomsbury, 1992, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Ondaatje, Michael, Warlight. Alfred A. Knopf, 2018, first edition hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Packer, George, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2013, first edition signed hardcover, with photograph of author, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Pamuk, Orhan, My Name is Red. Alfred A. Knopf, 2001, first edition hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine); Pamuk, Orhan, Snow. Alfred A. Knopf, 2004, first edition U.S. hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Pamuk, Orhan, Snow. Vintage International (Random House), 2005, first edition paperback, (condition: good, no dust jacket); Pamuk, Orhan, Silent House. Alfred A. Knopf, 2012, first printing signed hardcover, (condition: as new, dust jacket condition: as new); Parker, Geoffrey, Europe in Crisis 1598-1648. Blackwell Publishers, 2001, second edition hardcover, (condition: as new, no dust jacket); Parker, Rowland, The Common Stream: Portrait of an English Village Through 2,000 Years.Holt, Rinehard, & Winston, 1975, first edition hardcover, (condition: fine, dust jacket condition: fine).
  

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