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[KENNEDY ONASSIS, Jacqueline Bouvier (1929-1994), her copies]. A group of 8 works of poetry and literature from her library, including:


NORTON, Caroline Sheridan (1808-1877). The Poems of the Hon. Mrs. Norton. New York: Geo. A. Leavitt, [1857]. (Spine separation, front board partially detached). Later edition. Ownership inscription of Mary F. Norton to front free endpaper. -- ALDAN, Daisy, editor. A New Folder. Americans: Poems and Drawings.  New York: Folder Editions, 1959. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY. -- The Paris Review. 4 issues (incomplete run),  bound in 2 volumes. New York: The Paris Review, 1963-1964. 4 issues numbering nos. 29-32. Contemporary red calf, spines with gilt lettering and initials "J.K." -- ALLEN, Terry, editor. The Whispering Wind: Poetry by Young American Indians. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc., 1972. SIGNED BY ONASSIS. -- SHATTUCK, Roger. The Innocent Eye on Modern Literature & the Arts. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux, 1984. SIGNED BY ONASSIS. -- And 3 others. Together, 8 works in 9 volumes, various 8vo and 12mo sizes, most in original bindings, most FIRST EDITIONS condition generally fine. Complete list available upon request. Provenance for the lot: Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis (sold Sotheby’s New York, 23-26 April 1996, The Estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, with bookplates).

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