Lot #523

Franklin Library

Description

Gorgeous collection of Franklin Library signed editions, highlighted by Burgess, Crichton, Heller, Mailer, Updike, and Wolfe

Impressive collection of 39 gorgeous leatherbound books published by the Franklin Library, each signed by the author, including:

- Anthony Burgess (The Kingdom of the Wicked)
- Anthony Burgess (Little Wilson and Big God)
- Carlos Castaneda (The Art of Dreaming)
- Bruce Chatwin (The Songlines)
- John Cheever (The Wapshot Chronicle)
- Michael Crichton (Travels)
- E. L. Doctorow (Billy Bathgate)
- Allen Drury (Decision)
- Nadine Gordimer (Jump and Other Stories)
- Jan de Hartog (The Centurion)
- Joseph Heller (Closing Time)
- John Hersey (Blues)
- Alice Hoffman (Seventh Heaven)
- John Irving (The Cider House Rules)
- P. D. James (Original Sin)
- John Le Carre (Our Game)
- Robert Ludlum (The Bourne Supremacy)
- Norman Mailer (Oswald's Tale)
- Norman Mailer (Tough Guys Don't Dance)
- Robert S. McNamara (In Retrospect)
- Arthur Miller (Timebends)
- Bill Moyers (Healing and the Mind)
- Tim O'Brien (The Things They Carried)
- Joyce Carol Oates (You Must Remember This)
- Chaim Potok (The Gift of Asher Lev)
- Philip Roth (The Anatomy Lesson)
- Harrison E. Salisbury (The Long March)
- Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. (The Cycles of American History)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (The Death of Methuselah)
- Muriel Spark (The Only Problem)
- Mickey Spillane (Black Alley)
- Robert Stone (Outerbridge Reach)
- Gay Talese (Unto the Sons)
- Scott Turow (The Burden of Proof)
- Anne Tyler (Breathing Lessons)
- John Updike (Brazil)
- Gore Vidal (Empire)
- Terry Waite (Taken on Trust)
- Tom Wolfe (The Bonfire of the Vanities)

In overall fine to very fine condition.

Auction Info

• Auction Title: Fine Autographs and Artifacts
• Dates: #585 - Ended June 10, 2020