Hartford: The American Publishing Company, 1897. Beard, Dan et al. First Edition. Hardcover. First printing, octavo size, 712 pp. Samuel L. Clemens, better known to the world as "Mark Twain" (1835-1910) created some of the best-loved characters of American fiction, including Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. In addition to his... More about Following The Equator; A Journey Around the World
San Francisco: The Limited Editions Club, printed by Taylor & Taylor, 1961. de Frietas, Lima. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500, quarto size, 401 pp., signed by Lima de Freitas, with LEC Monthly Letter and announcement. Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) (1857-1924) was an English novelist and... More about Nostromo, Tale of the Seaboard
New York: Crosby Gaige, 1928. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 926 copies, octavo size, 76 pp., printed by Bruce Rogers. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-British writer who wrote stories and novels that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutible universe; he often brought... More about The Sisters
New York: Limited Editions Club [printed by The Spiral Press], 1969. Parker, Agnes Miller. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500 copies, octavo size, 451 pp., signed by Agnes Miller Parker, with the separate plate also signed by her, and with the LEC Monthly Letter. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) is one... More about Jude the Obscure
Worcester: Achille J. St. Onge [printed by the Merrymount Press], 1939. Limited Edition. Leather bound. One of 950 copies, miniature book, 89 pp. The second book published by Achille St. Onge (1913-1978) under his own imprint, "Friendship" is an essay by transcendentalist essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882). This... More about Friendship
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1973. Neama, May. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500 copies, quarto size, 141 pp., signed by May Neama, with LEC Monthly Newsletter and Announcement. A master of letters and wit, French writer Francois-Marie Arouet, best known by his pen name Voltaire, wrote on... More about Candide, or Optimism
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1968. Lamotte, Bernard. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No 351 of 1500, quarto size, 279 pp., signed by Bernard Lamotte, with LEC Monthly Newsletter and Announcement. French writer Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893), best known for his short stories written in a naturalist style, presents a story... More about Bel-Ami
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1967. Mozley, Charles. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500, quarto size, 186 pp., signed by Charles Mozley, with LEC Monthly Newsletter and Announcement. A seminal work by H. G. Wells (1866-1946), "The Invisible Man" demonstrates Wells' prodigious capabilities in the field of science... More about The Invisible Man
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1972. Kredel, Fritz. Limited Edition. Hardcover. No. 351 of 1500, quarto size, 253 pp., signed by Fritz Kredel, with LEC Monthly Newsletter and Announcement. Journalist and fiction writer Ambrose Bierce (1842- ca. 1914) was a prolific and diverse writer, often drawing from his experiences... More about The Devil's Dictionary
San Francisco: The Book Club of California [printed by The Grabhorn Press for The Colt Press], 1959. Limited Edition. Hardcover. One of 450 copies, quarto size, 47 pp. American writer and humourist Mark Twain (1835-1901) loved cats, and his affection for them comes out in these tales, written in the... More about Concerning Cats, Two Tales by Mark Twain