280 - (16 VOL) FIRST EDITION PRINTINGS, 'MODERN LIBRARY' EDITIONS & OTHER VINTAGE BOOKS

(16 VOL) FIRST EDITION PRINTINGS, 'MODERN LIBRARY' EDITIONS & OTHER VINTAGE BOOKS A collection of vintage and midcentury books including some first editions (or first American editions), such as "Auto-Da-Fe" by Elias Canetti and translated by C. V. Wedgwood, 1946; "Lie Down in Darkness" by William Styron, 1951;  "A World on the Wane" by Claude Levi-Strauss, 1961; "A Hall of Mirrors" by Robert Stone, 1964, 1966 [tallest, h. 8.5 x 6 in.]; plus six vintage 'Modern Library' editions of novels including "Tono-Bungay" by H.G. Wells, 1935; and "Lord Jim" by Joseph Conrad, 1931 [h. 7.5 x 5 in.]; among other vintage books Provenance: From an important period mid-century waterfront home, Larchmont, NY Inventory Code: 9BA-251 Condition: Presents very nicely as a collection of vintage books, some dust jackets with wear commensurate with age