May 17, 2007 - Sale 2114

Sale 2114 - Lot 295

Price Realized: $ 450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
BONHAM, FRANK. Group of 3 Inscribed First Editions. 8vo, cloth; dust jackets, scattered edgewear and light soiling. Each part of Simon and Schuster's Essandess Western series. New York, vd

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each signed by bonham and with a lengthy inscription to his close friend, the literary editor and agent joseph shaw. Lost Stage Valley. 1948. "For Joe - Who has the gifts every literary agent needs--the wisdom of Solomon, the patience of Job, the hope of rest in the hereafter because his writers won't let him have it here . . ." Snaketrack. (1952). ". . . to the man who gave this baby of mine the all-important spank, while I merely held it up by the heels. Always my favorite accoucheur, Joe, and certainly the finest of friends--." Bold Passage. 1950. "Godfather to Sam and Gay, and literary godfather of the author. With affection and genuine appreciation--."