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Lot 74

Sale 5273 - Fine Books & Ephemera
Jan 14, 2010 5:00AM ET
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8 vols. (1 wrappers...


8 vols. (1 wrappers)
Literature, Poetry & Drama - Modern First Editions - British & French Authors: Binyon, Laurence. The Winnowing-Fan: Poems on The Great War. London: Elkin Mathews, 1914. 1st ed. 8vo, orig. printed wrappers; edges darkened. Untrimmed, partly unopened. Internally clean. * Thomas, Dylan. A Child's Christmas in Wales. Norfolk: New Directions, (1954). 1st separate ed. 12mo, orig. bds.; some spotting to edges, d/j (slightly darkened, price clipped). Owner's ink inscription on front free endpaper. VG. * Greene, Graham. The Quiet American. London: W. Heinemann, (1955). 1st ed. 8vo, orig. blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine; corners bumped, slightly scuffed, d/j (spine discolored, occasional spotting, minor edge wear, lacking wrap-around band). Some spotting to endpapers. VG-/VG. Wobbe A35a. * Spender, Stephen. The Edge of Being. New York: Random House, (1949). 1st ed. 8vo, orig. bds.; moderate edge wear, d/j (edges discolored, head of spine chipped, a few close tears at edges). Back endpaper gutter discolored. VG/VG+. * Durrell, Lawrence. Mountolive. London: Faber and Faber, (1958). 1st ed. 8vo, orig. orange cloth; light edge wear, d/j (light edge wear, chip at top of back panel adjoining spine panel beginning to form). Minor spotting to endpapers. VG. * _ _. Clea. London: Faber and Faber, (1960). 1st ed. 8vo, orig. red cloth; light wear, d/j (light edge wear, a few close tears at edges). Light to moderate spotting to endpapers. * Cocteau, Jean. The Infernal Machine. London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1936. 1st English-language ed. 8vo, orig. maroon cloth; light to moderate edge wear, d/j (edge wear, occasional chipping, slightly dusty). Some discoloration at edges of front free endpaper & 1/2 title. VG-. * Genet, Jean. Death Watch. London: Faber & Faber, (1961). 1st English-language ed. 8vo, orig. wrappers;occasional minor wear. VG+.

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