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Lot Description

FICTION BY FEMALE WRITERS
A group of 6 works, ONE INSCRIBED TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT:

1) WHARTON, Edith. Ethan Frome. New York et al: Charles Scribner’s Sons, [1939]. Provenance: Madeleine Korbel (signature, “Kent School Denver, Colo.”, and annotations). Later edition, with many pages annotated and underlined in Secretary Albright’s hand.

2) WHARTON, Edith. The House of Mirth. New York et al: Bantam Books, 1986. Later edition.

3) LESSING, Doris. The Summer Before the Dark. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION.

4) WOOLF, Virginia. Mrs. Dalloway. San Diego et al: Harcourt, Inc., 1981. Later edition.

5) SHIELDS, Carol. The Stone Diaries. New York: Penguin Books, 1993. Later edition.

6) COLLINS, Judy. Shameless. New York et al: Picket Books, 1995. “First Pocket Books Edition.” INSCRIBED BY COLLINS TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: “Dear Madeleine love - Thank you for your great work and your friendship Judy Collins.”

Together, 6 works in 6 volumes, all in original bindings (condition generally good).

Secretary Albright was a life-long supporter of women’s rights and supporting women, not only in politics, but in many fields, including literature: “…I do want to explain why I so firmly believe that, even today, women have an obligation to help one another. In a society where women often feel pressured to tear one another down, our saving grace lies in our willingness to lift one another up” (New York Times, 12 February 2016). One book from this lot, Ethan Frome, bears annotations and underlining presumed to be Secretary Albright’s, including a reference to Denver’s Kent School for Girls, her alma mater.

Provenance for the lot: Secretary Madeleine K. Albright (inscription, bookplates).

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