Mar 02, 2023 - Sale 2628

Sale 2628 - Lot 230

Price Realized: $ 625
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 800
(MODERN FIRST EDITIONS.) Group of 8 works of literature. 8vo, publisher's cloth, dust jackets (one facsimile); condition notes below. Comprising: BIERCE, AMBROSE. The Shadow on the Dial and other Essays. Three tape repairs on jacket verso. First edition. San Francisco, 1909 * FAULKNER, WILLIAM. As I Lay Dying. Spine toned; facsimile jacket. First edition, corrected issue, with p. 11 properly aligned. NY, 1930 * COBB, HUMPHREY. Paths of Glory. Jacket spine panel faded. First edition. NY, 1935 * BOULLE, PIERRE. The Bridge on the River Kwai. Ownership inscription; jacket with dampstains, short closed tears, portion excised from bottom of front flap. First English translation. London, 1954 * HELLER, JOSEPH. Catch-22. Spine and board edges toned; jacket soiled, closed tears, chipped including loss of top 1 1/2 inches of spine panel; front hinge split. First edition with first printing indication. NY, 1961 * SHEPARD, SAM. Five Plays. Jacket with light dust soiling, small dampstain. First edition. Indianapolis, 1967 * HELLER, JOSEPH. Something Happened. Few creases to jacket. First edition, Signed by the author. NY, 1974 * RUSHDIE, SALMAN. Midnight's Children. Top edges of jacket with small nicks and closed tears; upper corner of front free endpaper neatly excised. First American edition. NY, 1981. (8) Vp, vd