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MARILYN MONROE BOOKS OF POLITICS
Eighteen books of politics including the titles 'America the Vincible' (1959) by Emmet John Hughes, 'The Unfinished Country' (1959) by Max Lerner, 'Red Mirage' (1958) by John O'Kearney, 'Background and Foreground: The New York Times Magazine, An Anthology' (1960) by Lester Markel, 'The Failure of Success' (1959) by Esther Milner, 'A Piece of My Mind' (1956) by Edmund Wilson, 'The Truth About the Munich Crisis' (1944) by Viscount Maugham, 'The Alienation of Modern Man' (1959) by Fritz Pappenheim, 'A Train of Powder' (1955) by Rebecca West, 'Report from Palermo' (1955) by Danilo Dolci, 'The Devil in Massachusetts' (1950) by Marion Starkey, 'American Rights: The Constitution in Action' (1960) by Walter Gellhorn, 'Night' (1960) by Francis Pollini, 'The Right of the People' (1958) by William Douglas, 'The Jury is Still Out' (1959) by Irwin Davidson and Richard Gehman, 'First Degree' (1960) by William Kunstler, 'Democracy in America' (Volume II only) (1958) by Alexis de Toqueville and 'World Underworld' (1957) by Andrew Varna.
Please note all books in this lot have bookplates reading "Christie's/The Personal/Property/of/Marilyn Monroe" affixed to the inside front covers.
Eighteen books of politics including the titles 'America the Vincible' (1959) by Emmet John Hughes, 'The Unfinished Country' (1959) by Max Lerner, 'Red Mirage' (1958) by John O'Kearney, 'Background and Foreground: The New York Times Magazine, An Anthology' (1960) by Lester Markel, 'The Failure of Success' (1959) by Esther Milner, 'A Piece of My Mind' (1956) by Edmund Wilson, 'The Truth About the Munich Crisis' (1944) by Viscount Maugham, 'The Alienation of Modern Man' (1959) by Fritz Pappenheim, 'A Train of Powder' (1955) by Rebecca West, 'Report from Palermo' (1955) by Danilo Dolci, 'The Devil in Massachusetts' (1950) by Marion Starkey, 'American Rights: The Constitution in Action' (1960) by Walter Gellhorn, 'Night' (1960) by Francis Pollini, 'The Right of the People' (1958) by William Douglas, 'The Jury is Still Out' (1959) by Irwin Davidson and Richard Gehman, 'First Degree' (1960) by William Kunstler, 'Democracy in America' (Volume II only) (1958) by Alexis de Toqueville and 'World Underworld' (1957) by Andrew Varna.
Please note all books in this lot have bookplates reading "Christie's/The Personal/Property/of/Marilyn Monroe" affixed to the inside front covers.
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Lot 556, Page 377
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