To include: A) “Portrait in Smoke”. Bill S. Ballinger. Harper & Brothers, Publishers 1950. First Edition. Unclipped dustjacket in fair conditions with some tears and stains on rear. Inscribed in pencil by owner. 8.5″ high x 5 3/4″ wide. B) “Papa You’re Crazy”. William Saroyan. Little, Brown and Company. First Edition. Unclipped dustjacket in fair condition with some tears and stains. Inscribed in pencil by owner. “8 1/4″ high x 5.5” wide. C) “Poor No More”. Robert Ruark. Henry Holt and Company 1959. First Edition. Unclipped dustjacket in fair condition with tears. Inscribed in pencil by owner. 8.5″ high x 6″ wide. D) “The Two Deaths of Christopher Martin”. William Golding. Harcourt, Brace & Company 1956. First American Edition. Clipped (on rear) dustjacket in fair condition with discoloration. 8″ high x 5.5″ wide. E) “The Tightrope”. Stanley Kauffmann. Simon and Schuster 1952. First Printing. Unclipped dustjacket in fair condition with some tears. Inscribed in pencil by owner. 8.5″ high x 5 3/4″ wide. F) “Beat the Devil”. James Helvick. J.B. Lippincott Company 1951. First Edition. Unclipped dustjacket in good condition with signs of age and wear. Inscribed in pencil by owner. 8.5″ high x 5 3/4″ wide. G) “She Came to Stay”. Simone de Beauvoir. The World Publishing Company 1954. First Edition. Clipped dustjacket in fair to poor condition with tears. 9 3/4″ high x 6 1/4″ wide. Provenance: Estate of Jack H. Lockhart (1910-1985), former asst. general editorial manager of Scripps-Howard Newspapers, NY.
