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Lot 3061

(14) FRANKLIN SIGNED 1ST-EDITION LEATHER-BOUND LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS

Estimate: $300 - $500
Starting Bid
$150

Bid Increments

Price Bid Increment
$0 $10
$100 $25
$500 $50
$1,000 $100
$2,000 $250
$5,000 $500
$10,000 $1,000
$50,000 $2,500
$100,000 $5,000

(lot of 14) Library shelf books: various history and literature subjects, all author-signed at front end paper, with gilt-embossed leather binding, raised spine bands, gilt page ends, published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, all stated limited first editions, published exclusively for the Signed First Edition Society, each retaining loose leaf publisher's note issued by The Franklin Library, including: (1) "The Bourne Supremacy," by Robert Ludlum, copyright 1986, 597 pages; (1) "Gods of War," by John Toland, copyright 1985, 599 pages; (1) "The Long March: The Untold Story," by Harrison E. Salisbury, copyright 1985, 419 pages; (1) "Foreign Affairs," by Alison Lurie, copyright 1984, 291 pages; (1) "A Frantic Heart: Selected Stories by Edna O'Brien," by Edna O'Brien, copyright 1984, 461 pages; (1) "The Great Fake Book," by Vance Bourjaily, copyright 1986, 505 pages; (1) "O-Zone," by Paul Theroux, copyright 1986, 519 pages; (1) "Tough Guys Don't Dance," by Norman Mailer, copyright 1984, 229 pages; (1) "The Cycles of American History," by Arthur M. Shlesinger Jr., copyright 1986, 498 pages; (1) "The Story of Henri Tod," by William F. Buckley Jr., copyright 1984, 254 pages; (1) "Leila: Father in the Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman," by J.P. Donleavy, copyright 1983, 379 pages; (1) "The Patient Has the Floor," by Alistair Cooke, copyright 1986, 204 pages; (1) "The Fifth Son," by Elie Wiesel, copyright 1985, 210 pages; (1) "Stephen Spender Journals 1939-1983," edited by John Goldsmith, copyright 1985, 510 pages; largest: approx 9.5"h, 6.75"w, 1.75"d, 29.5lbs total

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