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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1985.
The Limited Editions Club limited edition of one of Poe’s most famous short stories. Folio, bound in quarter morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine, illustrated with two color lithographs. One of 1,500 numbered copies, this is number 473. In fine condition. Illustrated by Alice Neel. Housed in a custom cloth slipcase.
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Zurich : Fretz Brothers, 1931.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Hawthorne’s last major work of fiction. Octavo, two volumes, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, color illustrations throughout. Signed by illustrator Carl Strauss on the colophonContinue reading "The Marble Faun: or, the Romance of Monte Beni."
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Shanghai, China : The Commercial Press, Limited, 1927.
First edition of White’s fine photographic study of the monuments of Shanghai. Folio, original royal blue embroidered silk pictorial boards, illustrated with seventy mounted color and monochrome photographic plates of the celebrated monuments of China’s Northern Capital and its environs complete with descriptive and historical notes by Herbert C. White, Art Director of Signed ofContinue reading "Peking The Beautiful."
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London : Printed by Thomas Warren, 1654.
First illustrated edition of Ogilby’s English translation of the works of Virgil, lavishly illustrated with 101 full-page copperplate engravings by famed engravers Pierre Lombart and Wenceslaus Hollar. Folio, bound in full contemporary paneled mottled calf with gilt ruling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, rebacked to style preserving original morocco spine labelContinue reading "The Works of Publius Virgilius Maro. [Virgil]."
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New York : Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1977.
First edition of this memoir of prominent British politician Anthony Eden. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, with black and white illustrations and photographs. In near fine condition with slight bowing to the rear panel.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1955.
First edition of this classic work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt stamped to the front panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edgesContinue reading "The Great Crash 1929."
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New York : Doubleday, Page, & Company, 1906.
First edition of this classic political work. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Boldly signed by theContinue reading "The Jungle."
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Paris : Gauthier-Villars, 1868.
First edition of this classic work of Pasteur’s process of pasteurization. Octavo, modern black half-cloth over marbled boards with black leather label and gilt titles to the spine, all edges speckled, with black and white illustrations. In near fine condition, embossed Franklin Institute stamp to the half-title page, title page, and one text leaf.
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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1943.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Gautier’s retelling of the infamous legend of Mademoiselle de Maupin. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and detailing to the front and rear panels,Continue reading "Mademoiselle de Maupin."
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New York : Walker and Company, 1954.
First hardcover edition of Matheson’s “instant classic,” his groundbreaking treatment of “a traditional horror theme in a science-fictional manner” (Horror 100 Best, 162). Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, giltContinue reading "I Am Legend."
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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1958.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Sir Samuel Garth’s translation of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, with engraved book pages. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe/Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt,Continue reading "Ovid’s Metamorphoses: In Fifteen Books."
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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1936.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this distinguished work of literary and philosophical prose. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins andContinue reading "Imaginary Conversations."
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New York : Hermitage House, 1949.
Hermitage House limited edition of Voltaire’s satirical masterpiece. Octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, with blackContinue reading "Candide."
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London : Smith, Elder, & Co, 1847.
Rare first edition of this revolutionary feminist romance, of which reportedly only about 500 copies were printed in the first edition. Octavo, three volumes, finely bound in full calf with gilt titles and elaborate tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt tooling to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers,Continue reading "Jane Eyre: An Autobiography."
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London : George G. Harrap and Company Ltd, 1936.
Signed limited edition of Aesop’s Fables. Royal octavo, bound in full vellum with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised bands, gilt ruling and detailing to the front and rear panels, marbled endpapers, vignette title-page, illustrated with engraved plates and decorations. Boldly signed by illustrator Stephen Gooden on the colophonContinue reading "Aesop’s Fables."
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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1952.
The Limited Editions Club limited edition of Guy de Maupassant’s first full-length novel. Royal octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling and detailing to the front and rear panels, all edges gilt, giltContinue reading "A Woman’s Life."
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Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920-1928.
The Sun-Dial edition of the works of Joseph Conrad. Octavo, 24 volumes bound in three quarter crushed levant navy morocco with gilt titles and nautical stamping to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, frontispiece portrait to Volume I. One of seven hundred and thirty-five numbered copies with the firstContinue reading "The Works of Joseph Conrad: Almayer’s Folly, An Outcast of the Islands, The Nigger of the ‘Narcissus’, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Falk, Youth, Nostromo, The Secret Agent, The Mirror of the Sea, Under Western Eyes, Chance, Victory, The Shadow Line, The Arrow of Gold, The Rescue, The Rover, Suspense."
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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1960.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Victor Hugo’s third major prose novel. Royal octavo, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe / Zaehnsdorf with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt, gilt turn-insContinue reading "The Toilers of the Sea."
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New York : The Limited Editions Club, 1941.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of this novella that inspired Georges Bizet’s famous opera of the same name. Quarto, bound in full modern morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles to the spine, top edge gilt, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, frontispiece of Prosper Mérimée, illustrated with color lithographs. Boldly signed byContinue reading "Carmen."
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New York : Coward-McCann, 1955.
First American edition of Golding’s classic first book, one of the best-known works in modern literature. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the HarcourtContinue reading "Lord of the Flies."
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The Officina Bodoni Verona : Printed For The Members of the Limited Editions Club, 1956.
The Limited Editions Club signed limited edition of Bulwer-Lytton’s most celebrated work, a classic of historical fiction and the basis for the 1935 Hollywood film of the same name directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper. Quarto, bound in full crushed levant morocco by Sangorski & Sutcliffe with gilt titles and ruling toContinue reading "The Last Days of Pompeii."
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New York : The MacMillan Company, 1931.
First edition of this volume of Einstein’s speeches and letters concerning his views on Zionism. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery with gilt titles and tooling to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panel, gilt signature to the front panel, gilt innerContinue reading "About Zionism: Speeches and Letters."
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New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959.
First edition of this classic thriller novel, the basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, gilt ruling to the front and rear panels, gilt inner dentelles stamp-signed by the Harcourt Bindery, marbled endpapers, allContinue reading "Psycho: An Inner Sanctum Mystery."
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London : William Heinemann Ltd, 1951-1960.
The De Luxe Yale edition of the private papers of James Boswell. Tall octavo, 6 volumes, original publisher’s half vellum with morocco spine labels lettered in gilt, gilt coat of arms to each front panel, top edge gilt, ribbons bound in, frontispiece to each volume, illustrated, folding maps. In fine condition. A very attractive set.
Read more Hawthorne, Nathaniel; Carl Strauss [Illustrator]
White, Herbert C. [Art Director]. Introduction by Hu Shih, Ph.D
Virgil. Translated by John Ogilby
Ovid; Hans Erni [Engraver]; Giovanni Mardersteig [Printer]
Conrad, Joseph
Hugo, Victor; Tranquillo Marangoni [Engraver]; Giovanni Mardersteig [Printer]
Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George. Introduction by Edgar Johnson
Boswell, James. Edited by Frank Brady and Frederick A. Pottle
