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7 Reference Books From Peter Benchley's Personal Library - A collection of seven books and pamphlets from the personal library of author Peter Benchley, primarily comprising historical biographies and political non-fiction. The group includes a three-volume selection of works by and about James Boswell and Samuel Johnson: Boswell: The English Experiment 1785-1789 by Irma S. Lustig and Frederick A. Pottle (McGraw-Hill, 1986); Samuel Johnson by W. Jackson Bate (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1977); and Boswell’s London Journal 1762-1763 (McGraw-Hill, 1950). The London Journal volume is bound in blue cloth with a "Vraye Foy" crest and features a handwritten blue ink inscription on the half-title page reading: "For Daddy – For being 34 and still upright – NAT November 13, 1950." Also included are David Halberstam’s The Best and the Brightest (Random House, 1972), an Everyman’s Library edition of Boswell’s The Life of Samuel Johnson, and Surviving Terrorism by Dr. Joseph MacInnis (1988), which includes a back-cover blurb by Peter Benchley. The set is completed by a 1988 pamphlet titled Decline of the Dictator: Paraguay at a Crossroads. Largest copy: 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 2" From the personal collection of Peter Benchley (American, 1940–2006), acclaimed author of Jaws, accomplished diver, and prominent advocate for ocean and shark conservation. Proceeds from the Peter Benchley Collection will benefit five ocean conservation organizations: Peter Benchley Ocean Awards, WildAid, Beneath the Waves, Blue Frontier and Environmental Defense Fund.