* (LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB)
A group of 21 books published by the Limited Editions Club, mainly British literature.
Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone, 1959; R.S. Surtees, The Jaunts and Jollities of that Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr. John Jorrocks, 1932; Jane Austen, Emma, 1964,; John Milton, Il Penseroso, 1954; Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams, an Autobiography, 1942; Henry Adams, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, 1957; Malcolm Cowley, Exile's Return, 1981; Robert Browning, The Ring and The Book, 1949. 2 vols.; John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, 1941; Anthony Trollope, The Warden, 1955; Robert Louis Stevenson, Mediaeval Tales, 1930; Thomas More, Utopia, 1934; Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Frankenstein, 1934; Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, 1934; Charles Dickens, Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, 1957. 2 vols.; Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, 1956. Nathaniel Hawthorne, The House of the Seven Gables, 1935; Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol in Prose, 1934; Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, 1931.
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:
Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone, 1959.; R.S. Surtees. The Jaunts and Jollities of that Renowned Sporting Citizen Mr. John Jorrocks, 1932.; Jane Austen. Emma, 1964.; John Milton. Il Penseroso, 1954.
Slipcase only:
Henry Adams. The Education of Henry Adams, an Autobiography, 1942.; Henry Adams. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, 1957.; Malcolm Cowley. Exile's Return, 1981.; Robert Browning. The Ring and The Book, 1949. 2 vols.; John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress, 1941.; Anthony Trollope. The Warden, 1955.; Robert Louis Stevenson. Mediaeval Tales, 1930.; Thomas More. Utopia, 1934.; Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Frankenstein, 1934.; Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol, 1934.; Charles Dickens. Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son, 1957. 2 vols.; Thomas Hardy. Tess of the D'Urbervilles, 1956.
Neither:
Nathaniel Hawthorne. The House of the Seven Gables, 1935.; Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol in Prose, 1934.; Thomas Carlyle. Sartor Resartus, 1931.