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Literature, 20th Century, Six Titles. Including: Maugham's Of Human Bondage, New York: Doubleday Doran, 1936, one of 751 copies signed by the author and illustrator Rudolph Schwabe, in the publisher's binding, dust jacket, and slipcase (jacket tattered); E.M. Forster's Howard's End, London: Arnold, 1910, publisher's red cloth; [and] A Passage to India, London: Arnold, 1924, publisher's red cloth; Sinclair Lewis's Main Street, New York: Harcourt, Brace, & Howe, 1920, in publisher's cloth, bumped; Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls, New York: Scribner's, 1940, no dust jacket; and Steinbeck's The Short Reign of Pippin IV, New York: Viking, 1957, in the dust jacket. (6) Estimate $200-300 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.


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