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Lot 215

Sale 2037 - Summer Reading
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Jun 25, 2024
Lots Close
Jul 16, 2024
Timed Online / Chicago
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$300 - 500
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[LITERATURE - AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVELS]. A group of 13 FIRST EDITIONS, comprising:


1) SAROYAN, William. The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories. New York: Random House, 1934. SIGNED BY SAROYAN.

2) McCOY, Horace. They Shoot Horses, Don't They? London: Arthur Barker, 1935. No dust jacket.

3) CHEEVER, John. The Wapshot Chronicle. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1957.

4) PRICE, Reynolds. A Long and Happy Life. New York: Atheneum, 1962.

5) DIDION, Joan. Run River. New York: Ivan Obolensky, 1963.

6) KENNEDY, William. The Ink Truck. New York: Dial Press, 1969.

7) PIRSIG, Robert M. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. New York: William Morrow & Company, 1974.

8) LOPEZ, Barry Holstun. Desert Notes. Kansas City: Sheed, Andrews & McMeel, 1976. SIGNED BY LOPEZ.

9) ERDRICH, Louise. Love Medicine. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984.

10) ALLISON, Dorothy. Bastard out of Carolina. New York: Dutton, 1992. SIGNED BY ALLISON.

11) EVANS, Nicholas. The Horse Whisperer. New York: Delacorte Press, 1995.

12) MENDELSOHN, Jane. I Was Amelia Earhart. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996.

13) HARRIS, Joanne. Chocolat. New York: Viking, 1999. SIGNED BY HARRIS.

Together, 13 works in 13 volumes, all 8vo, all in original cloth and dust jackets (unless otherwise noted, ALL FIRST EDITIONS OF THE AUTHOR'S FIRST NOVEL, condition generally near fine.



Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie

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