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(Literature). 7 vols. Signed Books: Auchincloss, Louis. Watchfires. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1982. First printing. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket. Signed by Louis Auchincloss on front free endpaper recto. * Bates, H. E. The Day of the Tortoise. London: Michael Joseph, (1961). First edition. Small 8vo, original gilt-lettered green cloth, dust jacket. Illustrated by Peter Farmer Presentation copy, inscribed, dated, ""1/62,"" and signed by H. E. Bates on front free endpaper recto. * Cheever, John. Homage to Shakespeare. Stevenson, Connecticut: Country Squires Books, (1968). #78/150 signed by John Cheever. 8vo, original gilt-lettered green cloth, dust jacket with printed label. * Sitwell, Osbert. Demos the Emperor. London: Macmillan, 1949. #288/500 signed by Osbert Sitwell. 8vo, original pictorial sewn wrappers. In original envelope. * Durrell, Lawrence. Bitter Lemons. London: Faber and Faber. (1957). First edition. 8vo, red cloth, gilt; scuffed, slightly cocked. Signed and dated, ""1964,"" by Lawrence Durrell on front free endpaper recto. * O'Neill, Eugene. The Emperor Jones. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1928. #472/775 signed by Eugene O' Neill. 4to, original cloth-backed boards Illustrated by Alexander King. Lacking slipcase. * Woolcott, Alexander, editor. The Woolcott Reader. New York: Viking, 1935. #972/1500 signed by Alexander Woolcott. 8vo, original cream paper vellum, morocco labels, glassine, slipcase. Light shelf wear unless otherwise indicated.