MOLIERE

Two Plays: Tartuffe & the Would-Be Gentleman

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1980. Collector's Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Serge Ivanoff. Publisher's full red leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, gilt tooling on covers, a.e.g, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Translated by H. Baker and J. Miller. Illustrated with monochrome (blue) drawings by Serge Ivanoff. The volume is in perfect condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series. Monochrome Color Drawings. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xvi, 197 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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MOMADAY, N. SCOTT

House Made of Dawn

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Bart Forbes. Publisher's full red leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in three compartments, gilt tooling in remainder; gilt borders and medallions on both covers, red moire silk endpapers, a.e.g, Smyth sewn, satin ribbon bookmark sewn-in. Illustrated with color plates by Bart Forbes. Winner of the 1969 Pulitzer Prize. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize Series. Color Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xvi), 249 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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O'NEILL, EUGENE

Four Plays: Strange Interlude, Mourning Becomes Electra, a Moon for the Misbegotten, and a Touch of the Poet

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Jerry Cosgrove. Publisher's full green leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder; gilt borders and tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with B&W plates by Jerry Cosgrove. Notes from the Editors laid-in.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. B&W Plates. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (xii), 545 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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O'NEILL, EUGENE

Four Plays: Strange Interlude, Mourning Becomes Electra, a Moon for the Misbegotten, and a Touch of the Poet

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Jerry Cosgrove. Publisher's full green leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder; gilt borders and tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with B&W plates by Jerry Cosgrove. Notes from the Editors laid-in.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. B&W Plates. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (xii), 545 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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PASCAL, BLAISE

Pensees the Provincial Letters

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Bound in fine textured full navy-blue leather over boards, featuring elaborate gilt lettering, rules and ornamentation to the spine and boards; four raised bands to spine, five compartments, textured navy-blue silk endpapers, like silk ribbon-marker, all edges gilt.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. Color Frontispiece. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. xxi, 275 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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PETRONIUS (GAIUS PETRONIUS ARBITER)

Satyricon

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Fabrizio Clerici. Publisher's full blue leather, spine in three compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remaining compartment, gilt borders and intricate gilt tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with color plates by Fabrizio Clerici. Notes from the Editors laid in.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. Color Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xiv), 235 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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PETRONIUS (GAIUS PETRONIUS ARBITER)

Satyricon

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1980. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Fabrizio Clerici. Publisher's full blue leather, spine in three compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remaining compartment, gilt borders and intricate gilt tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with color plates by Fabrizio Clerici. Notes from the Editors laid in.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. Color Plates. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xiv), 235 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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PLUTARCH

Selected Lives

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Limited Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full brown leather, elaborate gilt designs and borders on front and rear boards, intricate silver designs and lettering on spine split in to four compartments seperated by three raised bands. a.e.g. The Dryden translation with illustrations specially prepared for an English edition of 1676. The Lives selected from Plutarch's Parallel Lives are those of Theseus, Romulus, Lycurgus, Suma Pompilius, Pericles, Fabius Maximus, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Alexander, Julius Ceasar, Demosthenes, and Cicero.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. Fine Binding. Headpieces. Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall. (x), 462 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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PLUTARCH (THE DRYDEN TRANSLATION)

Twelve Illustrious Lives

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1981. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Publisher's full brown leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in three compartments, gilt tooling in remaining compartment, gilt borders and fleur-de-lys tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with engravings from the Hertel edition of Ripa's "Iconologia." Includes the Lives of: Theseus, Romulus, Lycurgus, Numa Pomplilius, Pericles, Fabius Maximus, Alcibiades, Coriolanus, Alexander, Gaius Julius Caesar, Demosthenes, and Cicero (with the relevant comparisons). Translated by John Dryden. Notes from the Editor laid-in.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. Reproductions. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (xiv), 463 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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POE, EDGAR ALLAN

Tales of Mystery and Imagination

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1975. Collector's Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by William Sharp. Publisher's full red leather, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering or decoration in each compartment, intricate gilt decoration on both covers, orange moire silk endpapers, a. e. g, printed on archival paper, silk ribbon marker bound in, Smyth sewn, and with concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. Illustrated with color frontispiece portrait of Poe and 16 full-page aquatints by William Sharp. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. AS NEW. The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written Series. Color and B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 366 pp. As New with no dust jacket .

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POOLE, ERNEST

His Family

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1979. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Steven H. Stroud. Publisher's full blue leather, spine in four compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in one compartment, gilt tooling and lettering in large central compartment, gilt tooling in remainder, elaborate gilt decoration and borders on covers, a.e.g, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with full-page pen and ink drawings by Steven H. Stroud. The author was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for this book in 1918.. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW.. B&W Drawings. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 299 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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PRESCOTT, WILLIAM H.

A Finely Bound Collection of the Works of William H. Prescott (15 Volumes)

Boston: American Stationers' Company, 1838. 1st Edition. First Printing. Leather. Uniformly half bound in brown morocco over marbled boards (by MacDonald - N.Y.), spines in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, t.e.g, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with tissue-protected frontispieces, portraits, maps, facsimiles, and family trees. Original cloth spine bound in at the end of each volume. The works included are: (1) History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic (three volumes, 1st edition, Boston: American Stationers' Company, 1838); (2) The History of the Reign of the Emperor Charles the Fifth by William Robertson, with an Account of the Emperor's Life After his Abdication by William H. Prescott (three volumes, 1st edition, Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1857); (3) History of the Conquest of Mexico, with a Preliminary View of the Ancient Mexican Civilization, and the Life of the Conqueror, Hernando Cortes (three volumes, 1st edition, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1843); (4) History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain (three volumes, 1st edition, Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, 1855); (5) History of the Conquest of Peru (two volumes, 2nd edition, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1848); and (6) Biographical and Critical Miscellanies (one volume, 1st edition, New York: Harper and Brothers, 1845). All of the volumes are unmarked (aside from a former owner's signature on the title pages), tight, square, and clean. A few of the volumes have some very slight brusing on the spines, mild foxing throughout. All of the hinges are strong, and the leather is supple and soft. A very handsome set. A large, heavy set - additional shipping charges may apply. VERY GOOD. B&W I. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued .

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EASTON PRESS

The Royal Wedding Photograph Album

Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1981. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean. AS NEW.. Photographs. 4to 10" - 12" tall. As New .

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PROUST, MARCEL

Swann's Way

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Limited Edition. First Printing. Leather. Illustrated by Emilio Grau Sala. Publisher's full brown leather, spine in five compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder; gilt borders and tooling on covers, all edges gilt, moire silk endpapers, silk ribbon marker bound in. Illustrated with full-page, full-color plates by Emilio Grau Sala. Translated by C. K. Scott Moncrieff. Notes from the Editors booklet laid in. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. AS NEW. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time Series. Color Plates. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. (x), 556 pp. As New with No dust jacket as issued .

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RICH, VIRTULON; DWIGHT L. SMITH (EDITED & INTRODUCTION)

Western Life in the Stirrups: A Sketch of a Journey to the West in the Spring & Summer of 1832

Chicago: The Caxton Club, 1965. First Edition Thus. First Printing. Hard Cover. Limited First Edition. Quarter bound in brown cloth over marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, maps on endpapers. Illustrated with photographs of Rich's bound manuscript, a section of manuscript itself, and a portrait. Edited with an Introduction by Dwight L. Smith. This is the first printing of Virtulon Rich's journal of his travels West from his home in Vermont to the Ohio Valley. Rich's manuscript was re-discovered in the Los Angeles bookshop of Bennett and Marshall in 1963. They had purchased it some years earlier for a Mr. Spicer who claimed to be a descentant of Rich's. The editor, Dwight L. Smith was assisted in his work by members of the Caxton Club and by the staff of the Newberry Library. The President of the Newberry Library at the time was Hermon Dunlap Smith, who was also a former President of the Caxton Club. Dwight L. Smith was a prolific author and editor of works on early American history and Westward expansion. He was the author of "Era of the American Revolution: A Bibliography," Indians of the United States and Canada: A Bibliography," and "American and Canadian West." He edited numerous works in this field, including "John D. Young and the Colorado Gold Rush," Survival On Westward Trek: 1858-1859: The John Jones Overlanders," "The Colorado River Survey: Robert B. Stanton and the Denver, Colorado Canyon & Pacific Railroad," and many others. The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, unread, tight, square and clean; still in original sealed shipping box. NEW.. B&W Photographs. Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. xix, 81 pp. New with No dust jacket as issued .

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