27th Jan, 2022 11:00

Books & Works on Paper including Contents from the Estate of Paul Gallico
 
  Lot 40
 

Biography.- Presentation Copies

Biography.- Presentation Copies

A collection of 25 biographies of miscellaneous public figures including: Warren (Fuller) How To Win in Politics, inscribed by the author to the half title, Tallahassee, 1949; Knopf (Alfred A.) Some Random Recollections, inscribed to the front free endpaper: ‘To the Prince & The Princess, with love Alfred’, New York, 1949; Hilton (Conrad) Be My Guest, inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, Englewood Cliffs, 1957; Caracciola (Rudolf) Caracciola. Mercedes Grand Prix Ace, inscribed to the front free endpaper: ‘To Paul Gallico the Champion Grants Writer [...], 1955; with further books signed or inscribed by: Richard St. Barbe Baker, Barnett Hollander, Irving Wallace, Adela Rogers St. Johns, Irene Kuhn, John Kieran, Milton H. Biow, Stanley Marcus, Lord Brabazon, Morris Ernst, Max Eastman, and others related, including by T. E. Lawrence; majority in original cloth, dust jackets, mixed condition with some tears, loss, and spotting to text blocks, v.s. (25)

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