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MARILYN MONROE BOOKS OF AMERICAN LITERATURE
Nine books of American literature including the titles 'A Farewell to Arms' (1932) and 'The Sun Also Rises' (1926) by Ernest Hemingway, 'Winesburg, Ohio' (1919) by Sherwood Anderson, 'Sister Carrie' (1927) by Theodore Dreiser, 'Tortilla Flat' (1937) by John Steinbeck, 'The American Claimant and Other Stories and Sketches' (no date), 'In Defense of Harriet Shelley and Other Essays' (no date), 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' (no date) and 'Roughing It' (no date) by Mark Twain. A photograph of MM reading in bed as a bookcase behind her displays the copy of 'Tortilla Flat' is also included.
Please note all books in this lot have bookplates reading "Christie's/The Personal/Property/of/Marilyn Monroe" affixed to the inside front covers.
Nine books of American literature including the titles 'A Farewell to Arms' (1932) and 'The Sun Also Rises' (1926) by Ernest Hemingway, 'Winesburg, Ohio' (1919) by Sherwood Anderson, 'Sister Carrie' (1927) by Theodore Dreiser, 'Tortilla Flat' (1937) by John Steinbeck, 'The American Claimant and Other Stories and Sketches' (no date), 'In Defense of Harriet Shelley and Other Essays' (no date), 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' (no date) and 'Roughing It' (no date) by Mark Twain. A photograph of MM reading in bed as a bookcase behind her displays the copy of 'Tortilla Flat' is also included.
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 530, Page 364
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