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BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE. Five miscellaneous books to benefit the Black Mountain Institute:

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BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE. Five miscellaneous books to benefit the Black Mountain Institute:
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Marlborough, Massachusetts

BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE. Five miscellaneous books to benefit the Black Mountain Institute: 1. BOWDLER, JOHN. 1746-1823. Memoir of the Life of John Bowdler, Esq. London: A. and R. Spottiswoode, 1824. 8vo (213 x 130 mm). Contemporary calf ruled in gilt. Upper cover detached, lower joint cracked, rubbed. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'From the Author' on the half-title page. 2.HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, SR. 1841-1935. Over the Teacups. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co./Cambridge Press, 1891. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt. A bit rubbed, spine ends slightly frayed, bookplate on front paste-down. FIRST EDITION, second printing, with gilt 'urn' motif on upper cover. 3. WEXLEY, JOHN. 1907-1985. KENT, ROCKWELL, jacket illustration. The Judgment of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. New York: Cameron & Khan, 1955. 8vo. Publisher's tan cloth over light brown cloth, dust jacket illustrated by Rockwell Kent, matching slipcase. Faint yellowing to spine of dust jacket. Some yellowing and scuffing to slipcase, small tear to top edge. SECOND PRINTING. 4. PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE. 1890-1980. The Never Ending Wrong. Boston and Toronto: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1977. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth, dust jacket, custom black cloth chemise and quarter morocco and cloth slipcase. Light wear to slipcase, otherwise fine. FIRST EDITION of Porter's account of the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti. 5. HEIZER, MICHAEL. B. 1944. WEG, KARA VANDER, editor. Michael Heizer: Altars. New York: Gagosian, 2016. 4to. Color photography throughout. Publisher's printed boards, dust jacket. SOLD TO BENEFIT THE BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE. UNLV's Black Mountain Institute is an international literary arts center that champions writers and storytellers through programs, fellowships, student scholarships, and community engagement. BMI is also home to the first-ever City of Asylum program in the U.S, which provides safe haven to writers who have been persecuted for their literary workā€”so that they may live and write freely without censorship, risk of imprisonment, or threats against their lives. Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE. Five miscellaneous books to benefit the Black Mountain Institute: 1. BOWDLER, JOHN. 1746-1823. Memoir of the Life of John Bowdler, Esq. London: A. and R. Spottiswoode, 1824. 8vo (213 x 130 mm). Contemporary calf ruled in gilt. Upper cover detached, lower joint cracked, rubbed. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed 'From the Author' on the half-title page. 2.HOLMES, OLIVER WENDELL, SR. 1841-1935. Over the Teacups. Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin & Co./Cambridge Press, 1891. 8vo. Publisher's green cloth stamped in gilt. A bit rubbed, spine ends slightly frayed, bookplate on front paste-down. FIRST EDITION, second printing, with gilt 'urn' motif on upper cover. 3. WEXLEY, JOHN. 1907-1985. KENT, ROCKWELL, jacket illustration. The Judgment of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. New York: Cameron & Khan, 1955. 8vo. Publisher's tan cloth over light brown cloth, dust jacket illustrated by Rockwell Kent, matching slipcase. Faint yellowing to spine of dust jacket. Some yellowing and scuffing to slipcase, small tear to top edge. SECOND PRINTING. 4. PORTER, KATHERINE ANNE. 1890-1980. The Never Ending Wrong. Boston and Toronto: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1977. 8vo. Publisher's black cloth, dust jacket, custom black cloth chemise and quarter morocco and cloth slipcase. Light wear to slipcase, otherwise fine. FIRST EDITION of Porter's account of the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti. 5. HEIZER, MICHAEL. B. 1944. WEG, KARA VANDER, editor. Michael Heizer: Altars. New York: Gagosian, 2016. 4to. Color photography throughout. Publisher's printed boards, dust jacket. SOLD TO BENEFIT THE BLACK MOUNTAIN INSTITUTE. UNLV's Black Mountain Institute is an international literary arts center that champions writers and storytellers through programs, fellowships, student scholarships, and community engagement. BMI is also home to the first-ever City of Asylum program in the U.S, which provides safe haven to writers who have been persecuted for their literary workā€”so that they may live and write freely without censorship, risk of imprisonment, or threats against their lives. Lot to be sold without reserve. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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