(10) Franklin 1st-Edition Leather-Bound Library Shelf Books

Lot description

(lot of 10) Books: The Franklin Library, all limited first editions, leather binding with gold tooling, gilt page ends, raised spine bands and sewn-in bookmarks, including: (1) "The Tar Baby," by Toni Morrison, copyright 1981, 312 pages, (1) "A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous Fourteenth Century," by Barbara W. Tuchman, copyright 1978, 735 pages, (1) "Sophie's Choice," by William Styron, copyright 1976, 624 pages, (1) "Black Night, White Snow: Russia's Revolutions 1905-1917," by Harrison E. Salisbury, copyright 1977, 763 pages, (1) "War Within and Without: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944," copyright 1980, 454 pages, (1) "Marry Me," by John Updike, copyright 1976, 347 pages, (1) "The Radiant Future," by Alexander Zinoviev, copyright 1981, 299 pages, (1) "Jailbird," by Kurt Vonnegut, copyright 1979, 319 pages, (1) "Sons Come and Go, Mother's Hang in Forever," by William Saroyan, copyright 1976, 230 pages, (1) "Now, God Be Thanked," by John Masters, copyright 1979, 651 pages; largest: approx 9.5"h, 7.25"w, 2.25"d, 23.75lbs total Provenance: A local Austin family's Durham, United Kingdom heirloom collection