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Six Literary Works. Lawrence, T.E. (1888-1935),Seven Pillars of Wisdom. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, 1935, with dust jacket, illustrated throughout, frontispiece with bust of T.E. Lawrence, 10 x 8 in.; Melville, Herman (1891-1891),Moby Dick of The Whale, New York: Random House, 1930, bound in black cloth with silver stamps and lettering on front cover and spine, illustrated throughout by Rockwell Kent, 7 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.; Dugan, James (1912-1967),The Great Mutiny, New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1965, with dust jacket, containing thirty-nine black and white illustrations, 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.; Wolfe, Thomas (1900-1938),The Hills Beyond, New York: Harper & Brothers, 1941, first edition, dust jacket with some chipping at head of spine and minimal loss on tail of back cover, signed opposite title page "Bernard L. Wilner," stamped in blind on first ffep "Library of Ellen S. Cockerham, 8 1/2 x 6 in.; Holmes, Oliver Wendell (1809-1894),The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, Boston: Phillips, Sampson and Company, 1858, bound in textured and embossed brown cloth, engraved frontispiece, illustrated throughout, 7 1/2 x 5 in.; Welty, Eudora (1909-2001),The Collected Stories of Eudora Welty, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1980, first edition, bound in maroon cloth, number 160 of 500 of a limited autographed edition, signed by author, gilt-stamped on front cover, gilt-lettered on spine, with a custom pale red paper slipcase, 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.
Estimate $200-300
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Keywords
Doran & Company, G. P. Putnam, James, Thomas, Herman, T.E. Lawrence, Wolfe, Moby Dick of, Ellen S. Cockerham, Bernard L. Wilner, Dugan, Holmes, Sampson, MelvilleJohn Dorfman
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