(lot of 10) Books: The Franklin Library, all limited first editions, leather binding with gold tooling, gilt page ends, raised spine bands and sewn-in bookmarks, including: (1) "Picture Palace," by Paul Theroux, copyright 1978, 337 pages, (1) "Proteus," by Morris West, copyright 1979, 305 pages, (1) "The Meeting at Telgte," by Gunter Grass, copyright 1981, 199 pages, (1) "The Unmade Bed," by Francoise Sagan, copyright 1978, 280 pages, (1) "Kalki," by Gore Vidal, copyright 1978, 316 pages, (1) "The Snow Leopard," by Peter Mathiessen, copyright 1978, 348 pages, (1) "The Winthrop Covenant," by Louis Auchincloss, copyright 1976, 294 pages, (1) "The Life I Really Lived," by Jessamyn West, copyright 1979, 430 pages, (1) "The Oak and the Calf," by Aleksander Solzhenitzyn, copyright 1980, 550 pages, (1) "The Origin," by Irving Stone, copyright 1980, 766 pages, largest: approx 9.5"h, 6.5"w, 2"d, 20.25lbs total **Provenance: A local Austin family's Durham, United Kingdom heirloom collection**

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