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Metadata Block — All 7 on Any DoorWillard MotleyD. Appleton-Century1947HCNot confirmed 1stNeighborsThomas BergerDelacorte/Seymour Lawrence1980HC3rd PrintingNot as a StrangerMorton ThompsonCharles Scribner\'s Sons1954HCNot confirmed 1stHow Green Was My ValleyRichard LlewellynThe Macmillan Company1941HCLater printingEscapeEthel VanceLittle, Brown and Co.1939HCLater 1939 reprintThe Black RoseThomas B. CostainDoubleday, Doran & Co.1945HCNot confirmed 1stDoctor ZhivagoBoris PasternakPantheon Books1958HC31st Printing
Items in Lot: 7 books
✨ About the Book (per title)
Knock on Any Door — Follows a young man\'s descent into crime and self-destruction against the backdrop of Depression-era Chicago\'s Near West Side. A landmark social-realist debut, later adapted into a Bogart film.
Neighbors — A quiet suburban man\'s life is upended when a strange, boundary-crossing couple moves in next door. A dark comic satire of suburban conformity and identity.
Not as a Stranger — Tracks an ambitious young man\'s grueling path through medical school and into practice, and the personal costs of his single-minded drive. A bestselling doctor-novel of its era.
How Green Was My Valley — A nostalgic remembrance of a Welsh coal-mining family and community as industrialization erodes their traditional way of life. Narrated by the youngest son looking back on his childhood.
Escape — An American man travels into Nazi Germany to free his mother from a concentration camp. A tense pre-WWII thriller published under a pseudonym.
The Black Rose — A young Englishman travels east along the Silk Road into the Mongol empire, encountering Kublai Khan\'s court. A sweeping adventure novel of medieval exploration.
Doctor Zhivago — Follows a physician-poet whose life and love are torn apart by the Russian Revolution and Civil War. A Nobel Prize–linked epic of personal life colliding with historical upheaval.
🕰️ Provenance
From my grandmother\'s personal library, collected over 60-plus years.
📷 Condition
Condition is based on the photos provided — please reference photos directly for details, as several jackets show wear (chipping, edge tears) and cloth spine fraying on some volumes.
Additional Description
If this lot does not sell within 6 months, it will be placed into a mystery box or discarded.
