[LITERATURE - AMERICAN]. A group of 25 works by American authors published after 1980, MOST FIRST EDITIONS, MANY SIGNED OR INSCRIBED, comprising:

1) ABBEY, Edward. The Fool's Progress. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1988. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. SIGNED BY ABBEY and dated "October 10, 1988."

2) ALEXANDER, Robert. The Kitchen Boy. New York: Viking, 2003. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. SIGNED BY ALEXANDER.

3) AMSTERDAM, Steven. Things We Didn't See Coming. New York: Pantheon Books, 2009. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. SIGNED BY AMSTERDAM.

4) AUSTER, Paul. The New York Trilogy. Los Angeles: Sun & Moon Press, 1994. FIRST EDITION IN CLOTH, LIMITED ISSUE, number 90 of 200 copies, SIGNED BY AUSTER.

5) BASBANES, Nicholas A. A Gentle Madness Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1995. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. INSCRIBED BY BASBANES: "For Bruce Hale - A bibliophile, with regards and best wishes of a kindred spirit. Nicholas A. Basbanes Cambridge, Mass. 13. XII. 1995"

6) CHEEVER, John. The Journals of John Cheever. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1991. FIRST EDITION.

7) COWLEY, Malcolm. Exile's Return. Berenice Abbott, photographs. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1981. LIMITED EDITION, number 1738 of 2,000 copies, SIGNED BY COWLEY AND ABBOTT.

8) DICKEY, James. Alnilam. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1987. FIRST EDITION. INSCRIBED BY DICKEY: "To Don O'Briant - from James Dickey."

9) DOCTOROW, E.L. Billy Bathgate. New York: Random House, 1989.

10) DOCTOROW, E.L. City of God. New York: Random House, 1989. FIRST EDITION, second printing.

11) DUBUS, Andre. Selected Stories. Boston: David R. Godine, 1988. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY DUBUS.

12) FRANZEN, Jonathan. The Corrections. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. FIRST EDITION, with the erratum. SIGNED BY FRANZEN.

13) FRANZEN, Jonathan. Freedom. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. SIGNED BY FRANZEN.

14) [Another copy]. FRANZEN, Jonathan. Freedom. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. SIGNED BY FRANZEN.

15) [Another copy]. FRANZEN, Jonathan. Freedom. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. FIRST EDITION, third printing.

16) GALLAGHER, Matt. Young Blood. New York et al: Atria Books, 2016. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. SIGNED BY GALLAGHER.

17) HELPRIN, Mark. A Soldier of the Great War. New York et al: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.

18) KENNEDY, William. O Albany! New York: The Viking Press, 1983. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY KENNEDY.

19) LOPEZ, Barry. Light Action in the Caribbean. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2000. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY LOPEZ.

20) MITCHAM, Judson. The Sweet Everlasting. Athens et al: The University of Georgia Press, 1996. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. SIGNED BY MITCHAM.

21) PERCY, Walker. Lost in the Cosmos. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1983. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. SIGNED BY PERCY.

22) PERCY, Walker. The Thanatos Syndrome. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1987. FIRST TRADE EDITION.

23) SAMS, Ferrol. Christmas Gift! Atlanta: Longstreet Press, 1989. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.

24) SINGER, Isaac Bashevis. The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1982. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING.

25) STEINBECK, John. Working Days The Journals of The Grapes of Wrath 1938-1941. Robert DeMott, editor. New York: Viking, 1989. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING. INSCRIBED BY DeMOTT tTO AMERICAN NOVELIST PETER MATTHIESSEN: "5 May 1989 Athens, Ohio For Peter Matthiessen for all the pleasure of instruction his books have given me over the years. I hope you find something in here to value. Thanks for being - Bob DeMott (also of Connecticut)."

Together, 25 works in 25 volumes, all 8vo, all in original bindings and dust jackets as issued, condition generally fine.

Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie

This lot is located in Chicago.

Gretchen Hause

SVP, Head of Department, Books and Manuscripts, Chicago

[email protected]312.334.4229

Gretchen Hause joined the Books and Manuscripts Department at Hindman Auctions in 2017, after working for nearly 8 years as a specialist in the Books and Manuscripts Department at Christie’s in New York. During her tenure at Hindman, Gretchen has handled numerous books and maps for record prices, including the superb Mellon-Garden copy of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, sold in 2019 for the world auction record price of $564,500. She also secured and sold a rare copy of Palmatary’s 1857 pre-fire view of Chicago (the only copy in private hands) for nearly $200,000, and secured and auctioned a copy of Ratzer’s fine Plan of the City of New York for a world auction record $162,500.

In 2023, Gretchen secured the Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie. The white-glove sale was 100% sold by lot, realizing nearly double the high estimate. In that same year, she served as head of sale for the Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, another white-glove sale which realized more than three times the low estimate. In 2019, Gretchen was responsible for the sale of the Library of a Midwestern Collector. The 86-lot sale achieved a record total for any sale for the department, setting the world auction record for Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, and bringing strong prices for several scientific works, works on computing, and other notable high spots. In 2018, she secured and handled the Fine Cartographic and Printed Americana Collection of Eric and Evelyn Newman, which was 97% sold by lot, achieving the highest sale total at the time for a single-session auction in department history, and bringing several record prices. She also organized the successful sale of The Adventure & Exploration Library of Steve Fossett. The two-session sale realized a department record sold total at the time, and achieved a 100% sell through rate.

Prior to joining Hindman Auctions, Gretchen spent nearly 8 years in the Books and Manuscripts department at Christie’s in New York. While at Christie’s, she contributed to the successful sales of several collections, including the Dorothy Shea collection of fore-edge paintings (96% sold by lot) and duplicates from the Warren H. Corning Library of the Holden Arboretum, which were 95% sold by lot in 2013 to benefit the acquisitions fund. She also helped catalogue the Cornelius J. Hauck Private Botanical Library (92% sold by lot in 2016), and the American Literature collection of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, which was 95% sold by lot. She had the opportunity to work on a number of landmark single-owner sales, including those of the collections of President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan and Huguette Clark, and the libraries of Kenneth Nebenzahl (exploration and maps), Arthur and Charlotte Vershbow (the art of book illustration), and Jean Perrette (travel and exploration), as well as the sale of the iconic Kelmscott printing press.

Gretchen has attended introductory and advanced bibliography and history of bookbinding courses at Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, and holds a B.A. and M.A. in English Literature. She studied primarily British literature, with emphases in medieval and modern literature. Gretchen is a member of the Grolier Club, the Caxton Club, the Washington Map Society, and the Chicago Map Society. She currently serves on the board as Treasurer for the Fellowship of American Bibliophilic Societies. She is an auctioneer, and has nearly 15 years of experience working with rare books and manuscripts. In addition to her commitment to the bibliophilic community, Gretchen is committed to public service as well, and is currently serving a 6-year term as a publicly-elected Commissioner for the Berwyn Park District in her hometown.

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