Americana. Portis (Charles), True Grit, first edition, New Y...

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£150 - £200

Fees

Americana. Portis (Charles), True Grit, first edition, New York: Simon Schuster, 1968, original pictorial dustjacket designed by Paul Davis, some tears and chips, blue cloth, 8vo; Jackson (Shirley), Come Along with Me, first UK edition, London: Michael Joseph, 1969, dj, hb, 8vo; Malamud (Bernard), Pictures of Fidelman, first edition, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1969, pictorial dustjacket designed by Catherine Smolich, cloth board, 8vo; McCarthy (Cormac), All the Pretty Horses, first UK edition, [London]: Picador, 1993, dj, hb, 8vo; idem, No Country For Old Men, first UK edition, Picador, 2005, dj, hb, 8vo; Rice (Anne), Interview with the Vampire, first edition, New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976, publisher's cloth over papered boards only, 8vo; McCullers (Carson), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, first edition thus, London: Readers Union, 1954, dj, hb, 8vo; Johnson (B.S.), The Unfortunates, Picador, 1999, loose in gatherings as issued, publisher's box, 8vo; Kesey (Ken), Sometimes a Great Notion, first UK edition, London: Methuen & Co Ltd, 1966, cloth boards only, 8vo; four John Hawkes UK first editions, all Chatto & Windus imprints, mixed dates, original dustjackets over cloth boards, 8vo; four Ring Lardner first editions, including First and Last, 1934, dj, hb, 8vo; Gass's Omensetter's Luck, first UK edition, 1967, dj, hb, 8vo; Irving's World According to Garp, first UK edition, 1978, dj, hb, 8vo; James Purdy; William Gaddis; etc., (28)

Provenance: Peter Messent, Emeritus Professor of Modern American Literature and former Head of the School of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham; association copies dedicated to him.

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Auction Date: 11th Mar 2025 at 10am

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