LITERATURE BY CZECH & EASTERN EUROPEAN WRITERS | A group of 10 works.
Sale 1334 - The Private Collection of Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, Part II
Lots Open
Apr 26, 2024
Lots Close
May 8, 2024
Timed Online / Chicago
Estimate
$100 -
$200
Sold for $286
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Lot Description
LITERATURE BY CZECH & EASTERN EUROPEAN WRITERS
A group of 10 works, ONE INSCRIBED TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT:
A group of 10 works, ONE INSCRIBED TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT:
1) KAFKA, Franz. The Trial. New York: Schocken Books, 1968.
2) BENES, Jan. The Blind Mirror. New York: Grossman/Orion Press, 1971. FIRST EDITION.
3) NERUDA, Jan. Prague Tales. Budapest: Central European University Press, 1996.
4) KUNDERA, Milan. Identity. New York: HarperFlamingo, 1998. FIRST EDITION.
5) KUNES, Karen Von. Milan Kundera’s Fiction. Lanham: Lexington Books, 2019. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR TO SECRETARY ALBRIGHT.
And 5 others. Together, 10 works in 10 volumes, all in original bindings (condition generally very good).
Provenance for the lot: Secretary Madeleine K. Albright, each with bookplate.
This lot is located in Chicago.
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