* (LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB)
A group of 20 books published by the Limited Editions Club, mainly American literature.
Henry David Thoreau, Cape Cod, 1968; Thomas Hardy, Jude The Obscure, 1969; Thomas Hardy, The Mayor of Casterbridge, 1964; Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy, 1954; Nathaniel Hawthorne, Twice-Told Tales, 1966; Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad, 1962; Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi, 1944; Henry David Thoreau, A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, 1975; Norman Douglas, South Wind, 1932; Herman Melville, Typee, 1935; Joel Chandler Harris, Uncle Remus, 1957; James Fenimore Cooper, The Pilot, 1968; Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1935; Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, The Federalist, 1945. 2 vols.; O. Henry, The Voice of the City, 1935; Joseph Conrad, The Nigger of the Narcissus, 1965; Thomas Hardy, Far from the Madding Crowd, 1958; Edith Wharton, Ethan Frome, 1939. Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass, 1940.
Estimate $ 200-400
Property from the Collection of Jerome Buff, New York, New York. Sold for the Benefit of Special Collections, Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Slipcases and glassine:
Henry David Thoreau. Cape Cod, 1968.; Thomas Hardy. Jude The Obscure, 1969.; Thomas Hardy. The Mayor of Casterbridge, 1964.; Theodore Dreiser. An American Tragedy, 1954.; Nathaniel Hawthorne. Twice-Told Tales, 1966.
Slipcases only:
Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad, 1962.; Mark Twain. Life on the Mississippi, 1944.; Henry David Thoreau. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers, 1975.; Norman Douglas. South Wind, 1932.; Herman Melville. Typee, 1935.; Joel Chandler Harris. Uncle Remus, 1957.; James Fenimore Cooper. The Pilot, 1968.; Lewis Carroll. Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1935.; Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay. The Federalist, 1945. 2 vols.; O. Henry. The Voice of the City, 1935.; Joseph Conrad. The Nigger of the Narcissus, 1965.; Thomas Hardy. Far from the Madding Crowd, 1958.; Edith Wharton. Ethan Frome, 1939.