World Literature from Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1930. Hardcover. Translation by Edmund Gosse. Woodcuts by Allen Lewis. 4to. Brown blind-embossed cloth over bevelled boards with gilt spine lettering, slipcase. vii, 141pp. Frontispiece, full-page illustrations, decorative borders. Fine/very good. Mild slipcase edgewear and rubbing. Quite tight and handsome copy of the tenth title in the LEC's First Series -- colophon at… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 2000. Hardcover. Translation by John E. Woods. Introduction by Michael Wood. Illustrations by Leonard Rosoman. Small 4to. Blue cloth spine with gilt lettering and pictorial cloth, slipcase. xvi, 697pp. Color frontispiece, full-page color plates. Fine/fine. Superb, tight first of this modern edition of the German writer and Nobel Prize winner's best-known novel "Der Zauberberg" (first… Read more about this item

London: The Folio Society, 1995. Hardcover. Edited and introduced by Merlin Holland. Illustrations by Ian Archie Beck. Complete 3-volume set. Small 4to. Beige cloth with gilt spine lettering and decoration, slipcase. xxii, 456pp; x, 492pp; viii, 576pp. Color frontispieces, illustrations. Fine/very good. All volumes tight and pristine, while slipcase shows touch of rubbing and bit of archivally mended edgewear.… Read more about this item

New York: Crown Publishers, 1962. Hardcover. 8vo. Quarter yellow cloth with orange spine lettering and orange patterned paper over boards. 479pp. Map endpapers. Near fine. Lacks dust jacket. A tight and nice first edition of this oddball novel by the Chinese politician and historian (1903-84) who became mayor of Shangai and head of the Taiwan Provincial Government. Half-title page… Read more about this item

New York: The Heritage Press, 1938. Hardcover. Translation by Constance Garnett. Illustrations by Fritz Eichenberg. 8vo. Red cloth with gilt lettering and decoration, pictorial dust jacket. 484pp. Frontispiece, full-page illustrations. Very good/very good. Jacket a bit edgeworn, with slightly sunned spine and several miniscule edge chips. Tight, handsome "Heritage Reprints" war-date printing -- one of very few titles that… Read more about this item

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1969. Hardcover. Translation and notes by Allan Gilbert. Small 4to. Charcoal grey cloth with gilt spine lettering, price-clipped dust jacket. xlvi, 373pp. Fine/very good. Bit of age toning and uneven sunning to rear panel (only) of nice jacket. Handsome first of this edition, a side-by-side pairing of the original Italian of this first part… Read more about this item

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Translation by Ellen Marriage. Introduction by Richard Aldington. Illustrations by Rene ben Sussan. Small 4to. Tan cloth with two strap-likeleather wraparound spine labels with gilt lettering, slipcase with paper spine label. xviii, 271pp. Color frontispiece, color illustrations. Fine/near fine. Quite minor slipcase toning. Handsome LEC edition, printed at The Curwen Press… Read more about this item

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Translation by Hilaire Belloc and Paul Rosenfeld. Introduction by Padraic Colum. Illustrations by Serge Ivanoff. Small 4to. Quarter red morocco with gilt-stamped green paper over boards slipcase with paper spine label. xvi, 172pp. Color frontispiece, full-page color plates. Fine/near fine. Handsome LEC production of the first title in their 29th series,… Read more about this item

Verona: The Limited Editions Club, 1960. Hardcover. Translation by Isabel F. Hapgood. Introduction by Matthew Josephson. Illustrations by Tranquillo Marangoni. Small 4to. Quarter black cloth with gilt spine lettering and grey/green decorative paper over boards, dust jacket, slipcase. Near fine/very good/very good. Rear inner hinge a tad rough; jacket is faintly edgeworn, with spine age toned and single tiny… Read more about this item

Verona, Italy: The Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Introduction by Reginald H. Barrow. Illustrations by Salvatore Fiume. Small 4to. Purple patterned linen with black gilt-lettered spine label. xxvii, 299pp. Full-page color plates. Near fine. Lacks slipcase. The sixth title in the LEC's 40th series, this is a careful selection of the first century B.C. Roman statesman/writer/philosopher's work by noted… Read more about this item

San Diego: Canterbury Classics, 2011. Hardcover. Translation by Samuel Butler. Introduction by Stephanie Lynn Budin. Small 4to. Mustard leatherette with black lettering and black/gilt pictorial stamping. xiv, 639pp. All edges gilt. Sewn-in burgundy satin page marker. Pictorial endpapers. Fine. Small inked note on title page. Attractive and tight modern back-to-back edition. The English novelist and critic (1835-1902) best known… Read more about this item

London: Smith, Elder, & Co, 1902. Hardcover. Translation by Eleanor and Augustine Birrell. Illustrations by H.R. Millar. 8vo. Black cloth with gilt spine and lettering and front board yellow lettering and pictorial stamping. vii, 92pp. Top edge gilt. Frontispiece, full-page plates. Very good. Spine head/tail a tad chipped and rough and corners slightly bumped, else tight and nice and… Read more about this item

New York: Random House, 1975. Hardcover. Illustrations by Rockwell Kent. 4to. Terra cotta cloth with gilt lettering, pictorial paper-over-boards slipcase. 111pp. Numerous small engravings, decorative endpapers. Near fine/near fine. Just a book club edition of the handsome 50th anniversary facsimile reprint edition of Random House's very first release, but tight and quite handsome.

New York: Viking Press, 1987. Hardcover. Translation by George R. Shivers. Small 4to. Quarter red cloth with gilt spine lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 450pp. Near fine/near fine. Handsome first U.S. edition of this thick fiction by the famed Argentine/American novelist and writer, signed large and bold by him in blue fineline on front flyleaf.… Read more about this item

New York: Grove Weidenfeld, 1991. Hardcover. Translation by Dolores M. Koch. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with copper lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. Near fine/near fine. First U.S. edition.

New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1989. Hardcover. Translation by Kathleen Weaver. 8vo. Ivory cloth with gilt spine lettering, pictorial dust jacket. 142pp. Fine/fine. Superbly tight and bright first edition of these nonfiction sketches by the prolific and influential Brussels-born Argentinian novelist, short story writer and essayist (1914-84).

New York: Harper & Row, 1985. Hardcover. Translation by Norman Thomas di Giovanni. 8vo. Quarter black cloth with silver spine lettering and tan paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 184pp. Fine/near fine. First U.S. edition.

Stuttgart: K. Thienemanns Verlag, n.y.. Hardcover. Illustrations by Rolf Winkler. 4to. Quarter blue cloth with white spine lettering and beige pictorial paper over boards. 187pp, (5pp ads). Illustrations. Very good. Faintest of edgewear; nonauthorial gift inscription on title page. Handsome, tight undated (circa early 20th century) edition, entirely in German, of "Old and New Stories of Till Eulenspiegel: After… Read more about this item

Stuttgart: Loewes Verlag Ferdinand Carl, n.y.. Hardcover. Illustrations by Willy Planck. Small 8vo. Quarter khaki cloth and pictorial paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. 157pp, (3pp ads). 32 illustrations. Near fine/very good. Other than light age toning to endpapers, the book itself is in exceptionally tight and pristine condition; jacket shows mild edgewear and age toning. Astonishingly fresh, bright… Read more about this item

New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Introduction by V.S. Pritchett. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan. 4to. Decorative cloth with gilt-lettered burgundy calf spine label, slipcase with paper spine label. xxxiv, 196pp. Full-page color plates. Near fine/near fine. Handsome copy of the 10th title in the LEC's 26th series, with colophon at rear noting limitation of 1500 numbered… Read more about this item