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Lot 3090

(36) Franklin Library Titles, Mostly From The Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century

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Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1978-1986; (33) limited editions from the Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century series and (3) from the Pulitzer Prize Classics series; all 8vo, finely bound in gilt-decorated full genuine leather with silk moire (Greatest Books) or decorative paper (Pulitzer Prize) endpapers, satin ribbon bookmarks, and all edges gilt. Greatest Books series includes titles such as Gone with the Wind, The Sun Also Rises, Doctor Zhivago, The Age of Innocence, and The Meaning of Relativity; no duplicates.

Largest 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.; Smallest 8 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.

Occasional light wear, mostly at page edges; a couple with mildly sunned spines and one with rubbing and subtle discoloration; many with blind stamp of previous owner; all very good or near fine.