(20) Finely Bound Franklin Library Titles, the Majority Signed

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1977-98; all 8vo and bound in gilt-decorated full leather with raised bands on the spine, decorative paper or moire endpapers, satin ribbon bookmark, and all edges gilt. To include: (5) books signed by the author as part of the Signed First Edition Society series, including one in slipcase; (10) author-signed limited editions, including books by Joseph Heller, John Updike, John Fowles, and others; and (5) unsigned books including three from the 100 Greatest Books of All Times series, one from the Pulitzer Prize Classics series, and one from the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature series.

Largest 9 1/2 x 6 1/2 in.; Smallest 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 in.

From the Collection of Bruce R. Kuniholm, University Distinguished Service Professor of Public Policy and History Emeritus, Founding Dean Emeritus of the Sanford School of Public Policy at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

Overall light wear such as occasional rubbing to extremities, foxing and wear to page edges, and slight separation from text block at head; a few volumes with additional wear to boards, light grime to interior, and staining at endpapers from the binding; one with staining/soiling to boards and slightly cocked spine; one with bookplate and writing in ink at endpapers; one with light damp staining at upper margins. Condition varies from very good minus to near fine with the majority clean and handsome volumes.