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	BOSWELL, JAMES, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, L.L. D. Avon, CT:, Limited Editions Club. 1974. Limited edition, This is No. 1693 of 2000 copies. The illustrations have been reproduced from the original engravings made by Thomas Rowlandson for his two volume portfolio entitled The PicturesqueBeauties of Boswell, published in 1786. 10 x 6 5/8. Bound in 1/2 red morocco over marbled boards, four raised bands on the spine and gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt. Fine in a slip case with rubbing on the top edge, else VG and solid. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 5003 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.
	CREASY, SIR EDWARD S., The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. New York;, Limited Editions Club. 1969. First thus, limited to 1500 copies of which this is No.347. Signed by the artist. Illustrated with fifteen full-page prints printed from color wood blocks by the renowned artist, Joseph Domjan. He also made fifteen small black-and-white woodcuts---one for each of the synopses of world events with which Creasy bridged the time gap between battles. The end papers were also done by Domjan with woodcuts of a map of Europe and the Middle East and an inset of Saratoga. 12 1/2 x 9 5/8. For the binding, Domjan photographed the woodcut for the Battle of Marathon, blew it up to half again as big as the original block and then printed it in duotone in deep blue on heavy buckram. The spine has a leather title label with gold letters. Fine in a Near Fine slip case. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 5123 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.
	DANA, RICHARD HENRY, Two Years Before the Mast. New York:, The Limited Editions Club,, 1947. Limited to1500 copies of which this is #647. Illustrated by J. Hans Alexander Mueller. 10 3/4 x 7 1/8. White linen. Very good + in a heavy soiled slip case. The slip case is very good and every copy of this I have seen offered for sale was soiled and I believe it was just the soiling on the old sail cloth that waS used to bind the slip case. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 7220 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.
	LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH, The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Selected and Edited with a Commentary by Louis Untermeyer. New York:, The Limited Editions Club,, 1944. Limited to1100 copies of which this is #916, signed by the illustrator, Hanna. Frontis., Illustrated with wood engravings in color by Boyd Hanna. Designer was A. G. Hoffman. 10 7/8 x 7. Bound in full brown leather. Gilt-stamped spine and front cover title. There is minor wear to the very top end of the spine with a 1/2" tear about 1/8" from the top edge, some stains on spine and back cover, slight page rippling and there is faint offset from the frontis. onto the title page, else Good in the publisher's slip case that has some staining along edges and is missing a 1/2" piece on the front of the top end. USD 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.5 \| £UK 23 \| JP¥ 3354] Book number: 9529 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.
	STEINBECK, JOHN, Of Mice and Men. New York;, Limited Editions Club. Printed by The Holyoke (Massachusetts) Lithograph Company., 1970. First thus, limited to 1500 copies of which this is No.347. Signed by the artist, Fletcher Martin. Twenty -four water colors, six of which are double page in full color and eighteen are in two colors by Fletcher Martin, who also hand lettered the title and created chapter initials. 12 1/4 x 9 1/4. Quarter-bound in natural suede cowhide and dark blue denim, with the title branded on the shelfback. Fine in a fine slip case. USD 117.50 [Appr.: EURO 78.5 \| £UK 70.75 \| JP¥ 10370] Book number: 2982 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.
	WASHINGTON, BOOKER T., Up from Slavery. New York;, Limited Editions Club. Printed by Clarke & Way in New York., 1970. First thus, limited to 1500 copies of which this is No.347. Signed by the artist. Twelve full-page illustrations and two double spreads, all in full color from gouache paintings by Denver Gillen. 10 3/4 x 7 7/8. Bound in three-quarter style, with the saddle and corners in a brown-black buckram and the sides in textured brown paper. Brown leather label with gilt stamped lettering on spine. Fine in a glassine dust jacket and a fine slip case. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 2988 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.
	WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, The Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier. Selected and Edited with a Commentary by Louis Untermeyer. New York:, The Limited Editions Club,, 1945. Limited to1500 copies of which this is #916, signed by the illustrator, Holden. Illustrated with pencil drawings by R. J. Holden. There is a frontis. portrait of Whittier from the portrait by Wyatt Eaton, 1878, as engraved by Timothy Cole. 10 7/8 x 6 7/8. Bound in full black morocco. Gilt-stamped spine and front cover title. There are a few very small rubs andcracks along the top 1/4" of the spine and some faint wear along the joints, else Near Fine in a Very Good+ publisher's slipcase with slight edge wear. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 9513 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.

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	BOSWELL, JAMES, The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, L.L. D. Avon, CT:, Limited Editions Club. 1974. Limited edition, This is No. 1693 of 2000 copies. The illustrations have been reproduced from the original engravings made by Thomas Rowlandson for his two volume portfolio entitled The PicturesqueBeauties of Boswell, published in 1786. 10 x 6 5/8. Bound in 1/2 red morocco over marbled boards, four raised bands on the spine and gilt spine lettering, top edge gilt. Fine in a slip case with rubbing on the top edge, else VG and solid. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 5003 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.
	CREASY, SIR EDWARD S., The Fifteen Decisive Battles of the World. New York;, Limited Editions Club. 1969. First thus, limited to 1500 copies of which this is No.347. Signed by the artist. Illustrated with fifteen full-page prints printed from color wood blocks by the renowned artist, Joseph Domjan. He also made fifteen small black-and-white woodcuts---one for each of the synopses of world events with which Creasy bridged the time gap between battles. The end papers were also done by Domjan with woodcuts of a map of Europe and the Middle East and an inset of Saratoga. 12 1/2 x 9 5/8. For the binding, Domjan photographed the woodcut for the Battle of Marathon, blew it up to half again as big as the original block and then printed it in duotone in deep blue on heavy buckram. The spine has a leather title label with gold letters. Fine in a Near Fine slip case. USD 60.00 [Appr.: EURO 40.25 \| £UK 36.25 \| JP¥ 5295] Book number: 5123 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.
	DANA, RICHARD HENRY, Two Years Before the Mast. New York:, The Limited Editions Club,, 1947. Limited to1500 copies of which this is #647. Illustrated by J. Hans Alexander Mueller. 10 3/4 x 7 1/8. White linen. Very good + in a heavy soiled slip case. The slip case is very good and every copy of this I have seen offered for sale was soiled and I believe it was just the soiling on the old sail cloth that waS used to bind the slip case. USD 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 33.5 \| £UK 30.25 \| JP¥ 4413] Book number: 7220 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.
	LONGFELLOW, HENRY WADSWORTH, The Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Selected and Edited with a Commentary by Louis Untermeyer. New York:, The Limited Editions Club,, 1944. Limited to1100 copies of which this is #916, signed by the illustrator, Hanna. Frontis., Illustrated with wood engravings in color by Boyd Hanna. Designer was A. G. Hoffman. 10 7/8 x 7. Bound in full brown leather. Gilt-stamped spine and front cover title. There is minor wear to the very top end of the spine with a 1/2" tear about 1/8" from the top edge, some stains on spine and back cover, slight page rippling and there is faint offset from the frontis. onto the title page, else Good in the publisher's slip case that has some staining along edges and is missing a 1/2" piece on the front of the top end. USD 38.00 [Appr.: EURO 25.5 \| £UK 23 \| JP¥ 3354] Book number: 9529 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.
	STEINBECK, JOHN, Of Mice and Men. New York;, Limited Editions Club. Printed by The Holyoke (Massachusetts) Lithograph Company., 1970. First thus, limited to 1500 copies of which this is No.347. Signed by the artist, Fletcher Martin. Twenty -four water colors, six of which are double page in full color and eighteen are in two colors by Fletcher Martin, who also hand lettered the title and created chapter initials. 12 1/4 x 9 1/4. Quarter-bound in natural suede cowhide and dark blue denim, with the title branded on the shelfback. Fine in a fine slip case. USD 117.50 [Appr.: EURO 78.5 \| £UK 70.75 \| JP¥ 10370] Book number: 2982 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.
	WASHINGTON, BOOKER T., Up from Slavery. New York;, Limited Editions Club. Printed by Clarke & Way in New York., 1970. First thus, limited to 1500 copies of which this is No.347. Signed by the artist. Twelve full-page illustrations and two double spreads, all in full color from gouache paintings by Denver Gillen. 10 3/4 x 7 7/8. Bound in three-quarter style, with the saddle and corners in a brown-black buckram and the sides in textured brown paper. Brown leather label with gilt stamped lettering on spine. Fine in a glassine dust jacket and a fine slip case. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 \| £UK 27.25 \| JP¥ 3972] Book number: 2988 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.
	WHITTIER, JOHN GREENLEAF, The Poems of John Greenleaf Whittier. Selected and Edited with a Commentary by Louis Untermeyer. New York:, The Limited Editions Club,, 1945. Limited to1500 copies of which this is #916, signed by the illustrator, Holden. Illustrated with pencil drawings by R. J. Holden. There is a frontis. portrait of Whittier from the portrait by Wyatt Eaton, 1878, as engraved by Timothy Cole. 10 7/8 x 6 7/8. Bound in full black morocco. Gilt-stamped spine and front cover title. There are a few very small rubs andcracks along the top 1/4" of the spine and some faint wear along the joints, else Near Fine in a Very Good+ publisher's slipcase with slight edge wear. USD 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 16.75 \| £UK 15.25 \| JP¥ 2206] Book number: 9513 Click here to order or inquire at Sun Mountain Books.