CARLYLE, Thomas

The French Revolution

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1956. Hardcover. Quarto (7-1/8" x 10-3/8") bound in blue cloth with burgundy morocco leather spine; 648 pages. Introduction by Cecil Brown. Printed by Peter Beilenson, Mt. Vernon. Illustrated with drawings by Bernard Lamotte, reproduced in collotype by Arthur Jaffe. Copy #851 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Ill.: Bernard Lamotte. Small owner stamp on both pastedowns. Near Fine in a Near Fine gold paper-covered slipcase .

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Book number: 015450

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, France, French Revolution, Bernard Lamotte, 19th Century British Literature Bernard Lamotte Signed Illustrated Books Limited Editions Club Literature: English

CARLYLE, Thomas

The French Revolution

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1956. Hardcover. Quarto (7-1/8" x 10-3/8") bound in blue cloth with burgundy morocco leather spine; 648 pages. Introduction by Cecil Brown. Printed by Peter Beilenson, Mt. Vernon. Illustrated with drawings by Bernard Lamotte, reproduced in collotype by Arthur Jaffe. Copy #1087 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Ill.: Bernard Lamotte. A few small rubbed spots on spine. About Fine in a Very Good gold paper-covered slipcase with scratches .

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Book number: 015852

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, France, French Revolution, Bernard Lamotte, 19th Century British Literature Bernard Lamotte Signed Illustrated Books Limited Editions Club Literature: English

CARLYLE, Thomas

The French Revolution

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1956. Hardcover. Quarto (7-1/8" x 10-3/8") bound in blue cloth with burgundy morocco leather spine; 648 pages. Introduction by Cecil Brown. Printed by Peter Beilenson, Mt. Vernon. Illustrated with drawings by Bernard Lamotte, reproduced in collotype by Arthur Jaffe. Copy #844 of 1500 numbered copies SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Ill.: Bernard Lamotte. Owner blindstamp on the front free endpaper; spine darkened. Very Good in a Near Fine gold paper-covered slipcase .

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Book number: 018326

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Limited Editions Club, France, French Revolution, Bernard Lamotte, 19th Century British Literature Bernard Lamotte Signed Illustrated Books Limited Editions Club Literature: English

CARLYLE, Thomas

Sartor Resartus. The Life and Opinions of Herr Teufelsdrîckh

London, Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Small octavo (4- 5/8" x 7-1/2") bound in full blue buckram with goldstamping, 396 pages. Preface by Ralph W. Emerson. Decorations by Albert Rutherston. Copy #98 of 1500 designed, printed, bound, and SIGNED by Oliver Simon of the Curwen Press. George Macy called this one of the ten finest books of the press. Spine sunned, as almost always the case. About Fine in a broken slipcase lacking the bottom edge .

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Book number: 021614

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Limited Editions Club, Ralph W. Emerson, 19th Century British Literature, Curwen Press Signed 19th Century American Literature Limited Editions Club Curwen Press

CARPENTIER, Alejo

The Kingdom of This World

[New York], Limited Editions Club, (1987). Hardcover. Folio (11" x 15") handsewn and bound in black Oasis goatskin on the spine and fore-edge with burgundy Japanese cloth on the boards. Introduction by John Hersey and illustrated with 7 ORIGINAL ETCHINGS by Roberto Juarez, his first work in this medium, printed on handmade paper. One of 750 numbered copies of this Cuban author's classic novel about Haiti. SIGNED by Hersey and Juarez on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Roberto Juarez. Fine in a Fine slipcase. A beautiful book .

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Book number: 008390

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Cuban Literature, Signed, Limited Editions, John Hersey, Original Etchings Roberto Juarez Signed Latin-American Literature Haiti Modern First Editions

CARSON, Rachel

The Sea Around Us

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1980. Revised Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/8") bound in full blue buckram with an overall design stamped in blind and the spine titling in gold; 284 pages. Introduction by Maitland Edey. Copy #877 of 2000 numbered copies illustrated with 3 two-page color photograph spreads, including the endpapers, and a beautiful frontispiece portrait of Carson in her natural habitat by Alfred Eisenstaedt. SIGNED by the photographer on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: Alfred Eisenstaedt. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase without the printed label on the backstrip .

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Book number: 018615

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Photography, Environmental LIterature, Natural History, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Limited Editions Club, Modern Firsts, Fine Press, Modern First Editions Alfred Eisenstaedt Signed Environmental LIterature Modern First Editions Literature: American

CASANOVA, Jacques

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova (the Memoirs of Jacques Casa Nova)

Haarlem, Holland, Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Quarto (7-7/8" x 12") bound in cream-toned buckram printed in crimson with an allover flower-and-leaf pattern and a paper spine label; 560 pages. Translated by Arthur Machen; selected and annotated by J. Rives Childs. Copy #887 of 1500 copies illustrated by Rene Ben Sussan with 16 full-page color plates and 16 in-line text drawings. SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. The previous eight-volume edition done by the club was not illustrated. Ill.: Rene Ben Sussan. Fine in glassine and just about Fine slipcase .

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Book number: 011945

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, LEC, Casanova, Erotic, Sex Rene Ben Sussan Signed Erotica Illustrated Books 18th Century French Literature

CASANOVA, Jacques (Rene Ben SUSSAN)

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova (the Memoirs of Jacques Casa Nova): A Complete Set of the 16 Original Watercolors and the 17 Line Drawings for the Book

[Haarlem, Holland], [Limited Editions Club], [1972]. Original Art. The complete publisher's archive of 16 ORIGINAL watercolors, some mildly erotic in theme, and 17 ORIGINAL line drawings by Rene Ben Sussan used for the book. The watercolors are 5" x 8" on 7-3/4" x 11-1/4" paper with the line drawings on smaller, various sized sheets. All are lettered in the upper corner in red ink with pencil annotations below the image. Housed in a paper folder from the publisher. Accompanied by an out-of-series copy of the book SIGNED by the artist that was bound upside down. Ill.: Rene Ben Sussan. Fine Rene Ben Sussan was active from the 1920s to the 1960s and illustrated many books, including 8 for the Limited Editions Club alone.

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Book number: 016607

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, LEC, Casanova, Erotic, Sex, Original Art Rene Ben Sussan Original Art Erotica Illustrated Books 18th Century French Literature

CASANOVA, Jacques

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova (the Memoirs of Jacques Casa Nova)

Edinburgh, Limited Editions Club, 1940. Hardcover. Eight tall octavo (6-1/2" x 11-3/8") volumes in two slipcases. Bound in half buckram and decorated paper. Translated by Arthur Machen with an introduction by Havelock Ellis. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed by R. & R. Clark. The first fully annotated edition in English of this classic of erotica. Copy #281 of 1500 copies, issued unsigned. Small university bookplates on the front pastedown of each volume. Near Fine in two slipcases, one Near Fine the other would be but for a closed split at one top edge .

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Book number: 017211

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: LEC, Casanova, Erotic, Sex, Limited Editions Club Erotica French Literature 18th Century French Literature Limited Editions Club

CASANOVA, Jacques

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova (the Memoirs of Jacques Casa Nova)

Edinburgh, Limited Editions Club, 1940. Hardcover. Eight tall octavo (6-1/2" x 11-3/8") volumes in two slipcases. Bound in half buckram and decorated paper. Translated by Arthur Machen with an introduction by Havelock Ellis. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed by R. & R. Clark. The first fully annotated edition in English of this classic of erotica. Copy #509 of 1500, issued unsigned. Fine in two Fine slipcases .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 017658

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: LEC, Casanova, Erotic, Sex Erotica French Literature Limited Editions 18th Century French Literature

CASANOVA, Jacques

The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova (the Memoirs of Jacques Casa Nova)

Edinburgh, Limited Editions Club, 1940. Hardcover. Eight tall octavo (6-1/2" x 11-3/8") volumes in two slipcases. Bound in half buckram and decorated paper. Translated by Arthur Machen with an introduction by Havelock Ellis. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed by R. & R. Clark. The first fully annotated edition in English of this classic of erotica. Copy #845 of 1500, issued unsigned. Variable foxing to the endpapers. Very Good or better in two Very Good slipcases .

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Book number: 018436

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: LEC, Casanova, Erotic, Sex Erotica French Literature 18th Century French Literature Limited Editions

CATHER, Willa

A Lost Lady

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1983. Hardcover. Large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound with a fine South German aniline leather spine and corners and decorative floral cloth sides .Introduction by John Hollander. Copy #333 of 1500 illustrated by William Bailey with an original etched frontispiece and four full-page plates. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: William Bailey. Hint of sunning to the spine. Fine in a Fine slipcase .

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Book number: 015542

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Willa Cather, Fine Press, Modern First Editions William Bailey Signed Modern First Editions Literature: American Illustrated Books

CATHER, Willa

A Lost Lady

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1983. Hardcover. Large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound with a fine South German aniline leather spine and corners and decorative floral cloth sides .Introduction by John Hollander. Copy #1168 of 1500 illustrated by William Bailey with an original etched frontispiece and four full-page plates. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in. Ill.: William Bailey. Spine sunned. Near Fine in a Fine slipcase .

Charles AgventProfessional seller

Book number: 016127

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Willa Cather, Fine Press, Modern First Editions William Bailey Signed Modern First Editions Literature: American Illustrated Books

CATHER, Willa

A Lost Lady

New York, Limited Editions Club, 1983. Hardcover. Large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound with a fine South German aniline leather spine and corners and decorative floral cloth sides .Introduction by John Hollander. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated by William Bailey with an original etched frontispiece and four full-page plates. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Ill.: William Bailey. Spine sunned. Near Fine in a Very Good slipcase with uneven sunning .

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Book number: 019458

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Willa Cather, Fine Press, Modern First Editions William Bailey Signed Modern First Editions Literature: American Illustrated Books

CHAUCER, Geoffrey

The Canterbury Tales

London, Limited Editions Club, 1934. Hardcover. Two volumes, tall quarto (8" x 12-1/2") bound in half cream canvas and decorated gray boards. Illustrated with floriated initials in green and yellow with each page ruled in pale gold on pale gray paper. Copy #397 of 1500 designed, printed, and bound by George W. Jones at The Sign of the Dolphin. SIGNED by the printer on the colophon page. Handsome edition of this classic collection of bawdy tales. Ill.: George W. Jones. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase .

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Book number: 015842

Catalogue: Limited Editions Club

Keywords: Signed, Illustrated Books, Medieval Literature, Old English Literature, Limited Editions Club, LEC, Chaucer, Fine Press George W. Jones Signed Illustrated Books Literature: English Limited Editions Club