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Lot #586
Female Writers

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Ten books signed by noted female writers, including: a limited edition of Elegy, numbered 198/250, crisply signed on the colophon in fountain pen by Rebecca West; a first edition of Pillar of Iron, signed and inscribed on the first free end page in ballpoint by Taylor Caldwell; a first edition of Scoundrel Time, signed and inscribed on the half-title page in ballpoint by Lillian Hellman; a first edition of Those Without Shadows, signed and inscribed on the first free end page in ballpoint by Francoise Sagan; a first edition of The Flower Games, signed on the first free end page in black felt tip by Fleur Cowles, with a gift inscription in another hand; a first edition of Back Street, signed on a loosely laid-in sheet by Fannie Hurst; a first edition of Anatomy of Me, signed and inscribed on the first free end page in red ballpoint by Fannie Hurst; a first edition of Passages: Predictable Crises in Adult Life, signed on the first free end page in red ballpoint by Gail Sheehy; a first edition of Cat's Eye, hardcover with dust jacket, signed on the half-title page in black felt tip by Margaret Atwood; and a first edition of The Wind Done Gone, signed on the first free end page in black felt tip by Alice Randall. In overall very good to fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned later printing of Mrs. Miniver by Jan Struther.

Auction Info

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