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Lot 174

Sale 1262 - Summer Reading: 20th Century Literature and Biography from a Private Collection
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Jul 6, 2023
Lots Close
Jul 26, 2023
Timed Online / Chicago
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MOSLEY, Walter (b. 1952). A group of 28 works by Mosley, MOST FIRST EDITION, ALL SIGNED OR INSCRIBED, comprising:

1) Devil in a Blue Dress. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1990. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MOSLEY.

2) A Red Death. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1991. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MOSLEY: “See you next year!”

3) White Butterfly. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1992. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MOSLEY.

4) Black Betty. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1994. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MOSLEY.

5) RL’s Dream. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1995. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MOSLEY.

6) RL’s Dream. London: Serpent’s Tail, 1995. Publisher’s printed wraps. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

7) The Walter Mosley Omnibus. London: Picador, 1995. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

8) A Little Yellow Dog. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1996FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

9) Gone Fishin’. Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 1997. FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MOSLEY. ADDITIONALLY SIGNED TWICE BY MOSLEY.

10) Gone Fishin’. London: Serpent’s Tail, 1997. Publisher’s printed boards. FIRST BRITISH EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY, INSCRIBED BY MOSLEY.

11) Walkin’ the Dog. New York and Boston: Little, Brown, & Company, 1999. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

12) Little Scarlet. New York and Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 2004. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

13) The Man in My Basement. New York and Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 2004. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

14)New York and Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 2005. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

15) Cinnamon Kiss. New York and Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 2005. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

16) The Wave. New York: Warner Books, 2006. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

17) Fortunate Son. New York and Boston: Little, Brown & Company, 2006. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

18) Killing Johnny Fry. London: Bloomsbury, 2007. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

19) The Right Mistake. New York: BasicCivitas Books, 2008.FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

20) Tempest Tales. Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 2008. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

21) The Long Fall. New York: Riverhead Books, 2009. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

22) The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey. New York: Riverhead Books, 2010. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

23) Known to Evil. New York: Riverhead Books, 2010. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

24) When the Thrill is Gone. New York: Riverhead Books, 2011. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

25) Merge/Disciple. New York: Tor Books, 2012. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

26) Little Green. New York: Doubleday, 2013. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

27) Stepping Stone/Love Machine. New York: Tor Books, 2013. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

28) Inside a Silver Box. New York: Tor Books, 2015. FIRST EDITION. SIGNED BY MOSLEY.

Together, 28 works in 28 volumes, all 8vo, in original cloth and publisher’s dust jackets (except where indicated), condition generally fine.

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