The Limited Editions Club, 1950. Legrand, Edy. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), no. 386 of 1500, folio size, 684 total pp. "Don Quixote", a Spanish novel by Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616), tells of the adventures of the nobleman Alonso Quixano, who, after reading many chivalric romances, decides to set... More about Don Quixote; The Ingenious Gentleman of La Mancha
East Aurora, New York: The Roycrofters, 1901. Limp leather. Quarto size, 67 pp. Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) gave the world a literary legacy that few can match - who amongst us has not read many of his stories such as "The Tell-Tale Heart" or poems such as "The Raven", with... More about Poems by Edgar A. Poe
New York: Random House, 1930. Kent, Rockwell. First Edition. Hardcover. First trade edition with Rockwell Kent illustrations, duodecimo size, 859 pp. First trade edition of "Moby Dick" illustrated by Rockwell Kent, and which became an instant success. The Lakeside Press published a limited edition in three volumes with 280 illustrations;... More about Moby Dick, or The Whale
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), quarto size, 2093 pp., the first printing of this second, revised edition. The works of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) continue to inspire and delight both the average reader as well as provide food for continued scholarly study. The Riverside Shakespeare is the... More about The Riverside Shakespeare; Second Edition
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New York: The Limited Editions Club [printed by Case, Lockwood & Brainard], 1970. Shore, Robert. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500 copies, two volumes (complete), quarto size, 457 pp., signed by Robert Shore, with LEC Monthly Letter and announcement. Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) remains widely read today, having authored... More about From the Earth to the Moon [and] Around the Moon
London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1902. Kipling, Rudyard. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 257 pp., in a custom clamshell box. A prolific author known for his varied works from "The Jungle Book" to "Captains Courageous", in the "Just So Stories" Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) creates delightful stories of animals... More about Just So Stories For Little Children
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. Church, Frederick S. and Moser, James H. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, duodecimo size, 241 pp. The stories told by Joel Chandler Harris' (1848-1908) character Uncle Remus feature the popular Brer Rabbit from African-American folklore, a trickster character who lives by his wits;... More about Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings; The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation
Prag [Prague]: Adolf Kuranda, (1860). Hardcover. Quarto size, 64 pp., text entirely in German. Charles-Antoine Coypel (1694-1752) served as "First Painter to the King" to the French court, succeeding to that role in 1722 upon the death of his father who, along with his father before him, were both artists... More about Bilder zum Don Quixote oder: Darstellungen der interessantesten humoristischen Scenen aus dem...
London: Printed for Thomas M'Lean... 1826. Leather. Two volumes (complete), octavo size, 1088 total pp. First published in 1621, this book is presented as a medical textbook in which Robert Burton (1570-1640) applies his vast and varied learning to the subject of melancholia; as much a work of literature as... More about The Anatomy of Melancholy; What it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostics, and...
New York / Verona: Printed for The Limited Editions Club at the Stamperia Valdonega, 1974. Eichenberg, Fritz. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Two volumes (complete), number 351 of 2000, quarto size, 576 pp., signed by Fritz Eichenberg, with LEC Monthly Newsletter and announcement. Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) remains one of the most... More about A Raw Youth
New York: Printed for...the Limited Editions Club at the Thistle Press, 1964. Kredel, Fritz. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500, octavo size, 458 pp., signed by Fritz Kredel, with LEC Monthly Newsletter and announcement. One of Jane Austen's (1775-1817) enduring novels, "Emma" was the last book to be completed... More about Emma
Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, ca. 1908. Kirk, Maria L. Seventh Printing. Hardcover. Octavo size, 305 pp., of the "Stories All Children Love" series. Scottish author and minister George MacDonald (1824-1905) wrote about diverse subjects, from fantasy to fairy tales to Christian apologetics, and his work was massively influential to... More about The Princess and Curdie
[Berkeley, California]: The Hart Press, [1975]. Anderson, Victor R. Limited Edition. Wraps. Limitation not stated, quarto size, [8] pp. The annual Christmas publication issued by Ruth and James D. Hart, to friends in a limited edition; the limitation not stated, but likely an edition of 140 copies. James D. Hart... More about A Christmas Poem
Berkeley, California: The Hart Press, (1974). Anderson, Victor R. Limited Edition. Wraps. Limitation not stated (140 copies printed), quarto size, [8] pp., with a presentation card from the publisher. The annual Christmas publication issued by Ruth and James D. Hart, to friends in a limited edition. James D. Hart (1911-1990)... More about The Complaint of Christmas
London: Chatto & Windus, 1883. First Edition. Hardcover. First UK edition, duodecimo size, 622 pp. One of America's most esteemed writers Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), better known by his pen name of Mark Twain, created classic characters and stories that have endured for generations; his writing is characterised by his... More about Life On the Mississippi