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Limited Editions Club Books & Ephemera
THE POEMS OF ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON
by TENNYSON, Alfred, Lord
Cambridge: Limited Editions Club, 1974. Hardcover. Spine sunned. Near Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. Reynolds Stone. Quarto (6-1/2" x 10-3/4") bound in quarter maroon goatskin and terra cotta linen boards with the front board embossed with an oval relief portrait of Tennyson; 308 pages. Selected and introduced by John D. Rosenberg; designed by John Dreyfus. Illustrated with 25 wood-engraved vignettes by Reynolds Stone. Copy #887 of 2000 SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Monthly Letter...
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SGD 103.40
CAPE COD
by THOREAU, Henry David
Portland, ME: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a small stain on one side. Raymond Holden. Small quarto (6-3/4" x 10-1/4") bound in pictorial buckram. Printed at the Anthoensen Press. Introduction by Joseph Wood Krutch. Copy #887 of 1500 illustrated with drawings by Raymond Holden and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Monthly Letter laid in.
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SGD 129.32
SONG OF ROLAND
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Some foxing to pastedowns and endpapers. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. Valenti Angelo. Octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound with a genuine parchment spine stamped in gold and blue paper sides on which a design by Valenti Angelo is stamped in gold and hand-colored by the artist; 154 pages. Translated by C. Scott-Moncrieff; introduction by Hamish Miles. Copy #323 of 1500 numbered copies with illustrations colored and illuminated by hand by Angelo and SIGNED...
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SGD 129.32
The Black Swan
by Mann, Thomas; Hejduk, John (Lithographs); Shapiro, David (Afterword)
[New York]: The Limited Editions Club (printed by Heritage Printers, Inc.), 1990. Limited Edition. Leather bound. Fine. Hejduk, John. No. 122 of 375 copies, quarto size, 193 pp., signed by John Hejduk, with LEC Monthly Letter. German writer Thomas Mann (1875-1955), a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, is best known for his novels and short stories employing symbolism and examining the psyche of those in intellectual circles, most famously in his works "Buddenbooks" and "Death in...
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SGD 1,137.43
THE LATER ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES
by DOYLE, Arthur Conan
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Slight marks to one spine. Near Fine in intact, Very Good slipcase. Frederic Dorr Steele, Sidney Paget, and others. Three octavo volumes (6" x 9-1/8") bound in gilt-stamped quarter black linen and wall-paper sides with a cameo decoration reproducing the section of the wall over the mantel in Mrs. Hudson's chambers at 221B Baker Street showing two examples of Sherlock Holmes's prowess in emblazoning the initials of Victoria Regina "in bullet-pocks," with...
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SGD 430.84
THE ART OF LOVE
by OVID
[Mt. Vernon]: Limited Editions Club, 1971. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a Fine slipcase of this charming book. A wonderful Valentine's Day present. Eric Fraser. Octavo (6-1/4" x 9") bound in full imported natural vellum over heavy beveled boards with Cupid stamped in pure gold leaf on both covers and lettered in gold leaf on the spine; 152 pages. Translation, introduction, and notes by B. P. Moore. Illustrated with 20 black-and-white part-page and 10 two-color full-page...
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SGD 172.34
THE DOLPHIN, III. A HISTORY OF THE PRINTED BOOK
by WROTH, Lawrence (editor)
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1938. Hardcover. Scattered mostly light foxing, heaviest to the first and last pages. Very Good. Large quarto (8-1/2" x 12-1/8") bound in black cloth. Wonderful compendium on printing, papermaking, binding, illustration, etc., over 500 pages illustrated with plates and facsimiles. One of 1800 unnumbered copies designed by Carl Purington Rollins and printed at Yale University Press.
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SGD 129.32
THE CANTERBURY TALES
by CHAUCER, Geoffrey
London: Limited Editions Club, 1934. Hardcover. Near Fine, lacking the slipcase. George W. Jones. 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.
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SGD 258.51
OLD GORIOT
by BALZAC, Honore de
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1948. Hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Light rubbing to the spine. Very Good or better in a Very Good slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") in black morocco-backed marbled boards. Translated from the French by Ellen Marriage with an introduction by Francois Mauriac. Designed by Sir Francis Meynell and printed at the Curwen Press. Illustrations by Rene Ben Sussan hand-colored in the Atelier Beaufume in Paris. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the...
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SGD 86.17
VOLPONE, OR THE FOX
by JONSON, Ben
Oxford: Limited Editions Club, 1952. Hardcover. Some offsetting to the endpapers, the front endpaper with an owner blindstamp. Spine a little darkened. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Rene Ben Sussan. Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") bound in linen with a solid rust color along the spine and a pattern-printed linen on the boards. Designed by Francis Meynell with an introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Illustrated by Rene Ben Sussan, with the plates hand-colored through stencils by Maurice Beaufume in...
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SGD 103.40
ODES AND EPODES OF HORACE
by HORACE
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1961. Hardcover. Fine in glassines and a slipcase housing both volumes. Two volumes in octavo (5" x 7-1/4") and folio (9-1/2" x 13-3/4") bound in half buckram with highly distinctive hand-marbled paper sides by Putois Freres of Paris. The smaller volume, printed in red and black, consists of the original Latin odes with English translations on facing pages selected and edited by Louis Untermeyer with no less than 45 translators represented. The larger volume consists of...
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SGD 172.34
RAMONA
by JACKSON, Helen H
Los Angeles: Limited Editions Club, 1959. hardcover. Bookplate on the front pastedown. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Everett Gee Jackson. Large octavo (7" x 10") bound in colorful full woven fabric with a printed paper spine label, 446 pages. An historical novel championing the rights of Native Americans, first published in 1884 and here printed by the Plantin Press with an introduction by J. Frank Dobie and with color illustrations by Everett Gee Jackson. Copy #39 of 1500 copies SIGNED by the illustrator...
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SGD 129.32
MAGIC MOUNTAIN
by Thomas Hoffman, Felix, ; Lowe-Porter, H. T. ; Case, Lockwood & Brainard Co., ; Limited Editions Club, ; Limited Editions Club Co
US: Limited Editions Club, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/No DJ. 2 volumes. Beautifully illustrated copy from the Limited Editions Club. Pages are clean in both with no markings from previous owners. Binding is square and tight. Boards are clean. Text block is clean. Book is in a protective slip case. Case is scuffed and rubbed, with minor wear to edges and corners. PICTURES PROVIDED UPON REQUEST.
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SGD 117.19
THE SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY PAPERS FROM THE SPECTATOR, LONDON: 1711-1712
by ADDISON, Joseph; STEELE, Richard; and BUDGELL, Eustace
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Fine in the glassine and a Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Gordon Ross. Octavo (6" x 9-1/4") attractively bound in full glazed chintz boards. Illustrations by Gordon Ross hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #1076 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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SGD 155.10
THE POEMS OF JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
by WHITTIER, John Greenleaf
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1945. Hardcover. Spine sunned with slight wear at the head. Near Fine in an intact, Very Good slipcase. Raymond Holden. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10-1/2") bound in full green sheepskin leather and illustrated with pencil drawings by Raymond Holden. Edited with commentary by Louis Untermeyer. Copy #845 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Most copies seem to have been bound in black leather.
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SGD 112.09
ROUGHING IT
by TWAIN, Mark (CLEMENS, Samuel)
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1972. Hardcover. Fine in glassine and a Fine slipcase. Noel Sickles. Tall octavo (7" x 11") bound in quarter tan buckram over patterned paper boards, spine lettered in gilt. Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht. Printed at the Sign of the Stone Book. Copy #887 of 1500 with 13 full-page color plates and a number of black-and-white text drawings by Noel Sickles. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.
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SGD 146.56
THE HISTORY OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE MR. JONATHAN WILD THE GREAT
by FIELDING, Henry
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Hardcover. Fine in a Very Good slipcase. T. M. Cleland. Large octavo (7-1/4" x 10") bound in half blue linen and paper sides decorated by Veronica Ruzicka. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Printed at the Marchbanks Press on all-rag Worthy special paper. Copy #710 of 1500 numbered copies designed and illustrated by T. M. Cleland with watercolor drawings hand-colored by Charlize Brakeley. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page.
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SGD 172.34
A WOMAN'S LIFE (UNE VIE)
by MAUPASSANT, Guy de
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1968. Hardcover. About Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. Edy Legrand. Large octavo (6-3/4" x 10-7/8") bound with a white sheepskin leather spine with a burgundy leather spine label lettered in gilt and French marbled paper sides; 280 pages. Designed by Francis Meynell and printed at the Marchbanks Press. Introduction by Edmond Jaloux. Illustrations by Edy Legrand, hand-colored through stencils (pochoir) at the studio of Walter Fischer. Copy #39 of 1500 numbered copies,...
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SGD 103.40
METAMORPHOSIS
by KAFKA, Franz
New York: Limited Editions Club, (1984). Hardcover. Typical sunning to the spine and a few small rubbed spots to the edge of the front board. Still Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with some rubbing on the backstrip. Jose Luis Cuevas. Large octavo (8-1/4" x 11") bound in quarter gray-green goatskin with paper covered boards. Translated by Willa and Edwin Muir with an introduction by Robert Coles. Illustrated with five subtle yet striking ORIGINAL FULL-PAGE ETCHINGS by Jose Luis Cuevas specially...
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SGD 474.00
THE KORAN: SELECTED SURAS
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1958. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. About Fine in a close to Fine publisher's clamshell box. Valenti Angelo. Octavo (6-3/4" x 9-3/4") bound in tan cloth impressed in two colors and gold with a traditional walletlike flap. Decorated and illuminated by Valenti Angelo including the use of genuine gold on the title page and the page facing the opening sura. Translated with notes and an introduction by Arthur Jeffery. Copy #39 of 1500 SIGNED by the...
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SGD 172.34
SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER OR THE MISTAKES OF A NIGHT
by GOLDSMITH, Oliver
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1964. Hardcover. Slight soillng to the spine. About Fine in a Fine slipcase. T. M. Cleland. Large octavo (8" x 11") bound in yellow buckram over beveled boards with a pattern embossed in blind on the front cover and a gilt-stamped black leather spine label; 140 pages. Introduction by Louis Kronenberger. Designed and illustrated in color by T. M. Cleland. Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered (in place of the...
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SGD 86.17
THE JOURNALS OF THE EXPEDITION UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTS. LEWIS AND CLARK TO THE SOURCES OF THE MISSOURI, THENCE ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS AND DOWN THE RIVER COLUMBIA TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN, PERFORMED DURING THE YEARS 1804-5-6 BY ORDER OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES
by LEWIS, Meriwether and CLARK, William
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1962. Hardcover. Fine in glassines and a lightly soiled, Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip. Carl Bodmer. Two quarto volumes (7-1/2" x 11-1/4") bound in decorated parchment-toned buckram with a map design in sepia and leather spine labels hand-lettered and stamped in pure gold leaf. This is copy #457 of 1500 edited by Nicholas Biddle with a good historical introduction by John Bakeless. Illustrated with portraits and 16 fine color plates after paintings by Carl...
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SGD 689.35
AN ICELAND FISHERMAN
by LOTI, Pierre
Stockholm: Limited Editions Club, 1931. Hardcover. Mild soiling to covers. Near Fine in a soiled, intact, Very Good slipcase. Yngve Berg . Large octavo (7" x 10-3/4") bound with a white buckram spine and corner tips with a lovely original lithographed fish design on the front and rear boards. Printed on handmade linen rag paper at the Royal Printing Office, Norstedt & Soner of Sweden. Translated from the French by Guy Endore. Copy #216 of 1500 illustrated with 20 black-and-white lithographs by Yngve...
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SGD 172.34
THE CRIME OF SYLVESTRE BONNARD
by FRANCE, Anatole
New York: Limited Editions Club, 1937. Hardcover. Tasteful bookplate on the front pastedown. Close to Fine in like slipcase. Sylvain Sauvage. Quarto (9-1/8" x 11-1/2") bound in full green linen, stamped in green and gold from design by LeRoy H. Appleton. Translated by Lafcadio Hearn with an introduction by A.S.W. Rosenbach. Copy #1205 of 1500 illustrated by Sylvain Sauvage with water-colors and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page.
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SGD 146.56
Cosi Fan Tutte
by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
In 1950 you could have found Balthus listening over and over and over again to his favorite opera by his favorite composer as he designs its sets and costumes for the directors of the Aix-en-Provence festival. 1996. Breakfast in Rossinière, Switzerland. For this book, Balthus sets in motion a quest for his 1950 watercolors; and for the original recording of the opera at Aix-en-Provence. From a villa in the hills above Marseilles to the depths of a Paris bank vault and finally to the famed Château de...
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SGD 2,619.53
