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Fall Great Estates Curated Auction
Lot 121:
4 books, including first editions, some signed. Don Juan de Marana by Arnold Bennett, Up Front by Bill Mauldin, Drums Under the Window by Sean O’Casey, New York By Gas-Light by G.G. Foster.
Arnold Bennett (England, 1867-1931). Don Juan de Marana. A Play in Four Acts. First edition, 1923. Private printing for subscribers, T. Werner Laurie, Ltd., London; printed by The Riverside Press Ltd., Edinburgh. Signed and numbered 549 from 1,000 copies. Tears, losses and discoloration to dust jacket.
Bill Mauldin (American, 1921-2003). Up Front. First edition, 1944-1945. Henry Holt and Company, New York; printed by H. Wolff, New York. Signed in ink by the author, with drawing and inscription "For Maury, with regards from a friend." Some wear to edges, corners bumped, fraying to spine.
Sean O’Casey (Irish, 1880-1964). Drums Under the Windows. 1947. The Macmillan Company, New York. Corners bumped, some wear to edges and spine, some discoloration to covers.
George G. Foster (American, 1814-1856). New York By Gas-Light: With Here and There a Streak of Sunshine. First edition, 1850. Dewitt & Davenport, New York. Foxing and discoloration throughout, slight wear to corners and spine.
Provenance: Bennett: Totteridge Book Shop, New York, 1978; Foster: Ximenes Rare Books, New York, 8/20/1970; all private collection, New York City; thence by descent.
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