1970s Vintage Leather Book Collection, Signed Franklin Library Lot 136 Pieces

Offered is an extraordinary ensemble of highly collectible Franklin Library books; includes 37 author signed limited and first editions , 95 classic books, paired with 69 Editor's Notes (3 pamphlet boxes). They are all fully leather bound with beautiful covers and contain gorgeous and rich silk moire endpapers. Unattached tissue inserts guard the signatures within the signed books. Go Tell It on the Mountain. A Book of Common Prayer. Drury, Allen Advise and Consent. A Bell for Adano & The Wall. Birds of America & Group. The Big Rock Candy Mountain. Lust for Life & The Agony and the Ecstasy.

Lie Down in Darkness & The Confessions of Nat Turner. The Story of Henri Tod. The Red, White and Blue.

Journey in the Dark (1978). Defoe, Daniel - Robinson Crusoe. Somerset Tales from the East and the West. Auchincloss, Louis The Winthrop Covenant. Grau, Shirley Ann Evidence of Love. Stegner, Wallace - The Spectator Bird (2 copies). Collected Stories of the Worlds Greatest Writers.

In the Midst of Life & Tales of Soldiers and Civilians. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time. Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice.

Balzac, Honore Pere Goriot (2 copies). Baudelaire, Charles Flowers of Evil. Dickens, Charles - David Copperfield. Faulkner, William Sound and the Fury. Hardy, Thomas - The Return of the Native. Hemingway, Ernest Farewell to Arms. Mann, Thomas Stories (2 copies).

Poe, Edgar Allen - Tales of Edgar Allen Poe. Rousseau, Jean Jacques Political Writings. Shaw, Bernard Plays (2 copies). Swift, Jonathan - Gulliver's Travels. Thackeray, William Makepeace Vanity Fair.

Tolstoy, Leo War and Peace. Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Wordsworth and Coleridge Lyrical Ballads. Yeats, William Butler Selected Poems. Greatest Books of the 20th Century.

Fine (55), near fine (60), very good (14), good (4); most books appear unread, light shelf wear. See last three example condition images, as described below. Near fine; gilt leaf edges effected by light nail scratches, a few with gently sunned spines. Very good; gilt leaf edges effected by light-moderate nail scratches, a couple with a rubbed extremity. Good; gilt leaf edges effected by either some gilt loss, rub or scratches. Bound in fine genuine leather with 22 karat gold decorations, all page edges gilded with 22 karat gold, raised spine hubs, sewn-in satin ribbon bookmarks, high quality paper, silk moire fabric endpapers, sewn pages for strength and durability. The item "1970s Vintage Leather Book Collection, Signed Franklin Library Lot 136 Pieces" is in sale since Wednesday, April 17, 2019. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "lachambredambre" and is located in Crockett, California.

This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Modified Item: Yes
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Topic: World
• Binding: Leather
• California Prop 65 Warning: N/A
• Region: North America
• Author: Various
• Subject: Literature & Fiction
• Original/Facsimile: Original
• Modification Description: (37 of 133) books author signed on front free endpapers, protected by unattached tissue inserts.
• Language: English
• Signed: Yes
• Publisher: Franklin Library
• Place of Publication: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
• Special Attributes: 1st Edition

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