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[LITERATURE]. Group of 7 Classic Novels. [V.p., 1919-1951].

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[LITERATURE]. Group of 7 Classic Novels. [V.p., 1919-1951].  Including:

CAIN, James (1892-1977). Serenade. New York: Knopf, 1939. THIRD PRINTING. 

FOWLES, John (1926-2005). Daniel Martin. London: Jonathan Cape, 1977.

SALINGER, J.D. (1919-2010). The Catcher in the Rye. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1951. BOOK-OF-THE-MONTH CLUB EDITION.

MAUGHAM, W. Somerset (1874-1965). The Moon and Sixpence. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1919. --Christmas Holiday. New York: Literary Guild of America, 1939. --Ashenden or, the British Agent. New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co., 1941. 

MELVILLE, Herman (1819-1891). Moby Dick or The Whale. New York: Random House, 1930. Illustrated by KENT, Rockwell. 

8vo. Original bindings with graphic dust jackets (clipped and unclipped). VARIOUS EDITIONS. 

Condition

General rubbing, light soiling, small tears; light foxing, discoloration, ownership markings. The Catcher in the Rye with tape residue on top and bottom of dust jacket spine; The Moon and Sixpence with tape on tears in dust jacket. Moby Dick with joints separating.  Good or better. Complete descriptions available upon request. 

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