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SIXTEEN FOLIO SOCIETY FICTION & HISTORY BOOKS

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SIXTEEN FOLIO SOCIETY FICTION & HISTORY BOOKS

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Assortment of sixteen, The Folio Society hardcover fiction and history books comprising, Joseph Conrad, "Nostromo", 2008, Lawrence Durrell, "Justine", 2008, Sebastian Faulks, 2008, Frederick Forsyth, "The Day Of The Jackal", 2014, Neil Gaiman, "American Gods", 2017, William Golding, "Lord Of The Flies", 2009, George Grossmith and Weedon Grossmith, "The Diary Of A Nobody", 2016, Richard Hughes, "A High Wind In Jamaica", 2005, W. Somerset Maugham, "Of Human Bondage", 2011, Daphne du Maurier, "My Cousin Rachel", 2008, Daphne du Maurier, "Rebecca", 2008, George Orwell, "Nineteen Eighty-Four", 2003, Ronald Searle, "Slightly Foxed - But Still Desirable", 2015, Robert Louis Stevenson, "The Body-Snatcher And Other Stories", 2007, Oscar Wilde, "The Selfish Giant And Other Stories", 2013, and various authors, "Shakespeare's Life And World", 2004.

Provenance: From the Private Collection of Joel A. Katz, Atlanta, Georgia.

Approx."American Gods" h. 10", w. 7", d. 1.75".

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Good, damage to spine "A High Wind In Jamaica", books appear unread.

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SIXTEEN FOLIO SOCIETY FICTION & HISTORY BOOKS

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