(28) Limited Edition Franklin Library Books, Some Signed

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1975-1982; all 8vo and bound in gilt-decorated full leather with raised bands on the spine, moire endpapers, satin ribbon bookmark, and all edges gilt. To include: (8) limited editions individually signed by the author, among them Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex, as well as (20) books from The 100 Greatest Books of All Time series, including Boccaccio's The Decameron, Darwin's The Origin of Species, Thackeray's Vanity Fair, Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience, and others.

Largest 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in.

Private Collection, Landrum, South Carolina

Condition ranges from good minus to very good or better; most with some foxing and shelf wear, and with occasional light handling wear and soiling; one signed book with fairly heavy wear and soiling.