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LOT OF 5 TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN NOVELS

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LOT OF 5 TWENTIETH-CENTURY AMERICAN NOVELS

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Lot of 5 twentieth-century American novels, all early editions. Includes:

Kaufman, George S. and Moss Hart. THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER (New York: Random House, 1939). Inscribed by Kaufman and Hart to Jane Cotton. ** Steinbeck, John. THE GRAPES OF WRATH (New York: The Modern Library, 1941). Inscribed by John Steinbeck to Moss Hart. ** Fitzgerald, F. Scott. THE GREAT GATSBY (Shelton, CT: First Editions Library, 1953). ** Williams, Tennessee. CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF (London: Secker & Warburg, 1956). First UK edition. ** Capote, Truman. IN COLD BLOOD (New York: Random House, 1965). Book Of The Month Club edition.

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