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Lot 3045

(64) Volumes in Easton Press's The Collector's Library of Famous Editions

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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1957-1995]. (64) titles, all from The Collector's Library of Famous Editions; all 8vo or 4to; bound in genuine leather decorated and lettered in gilt, with moire endpapers, all edges gilt, and satin ribbon bookmark; all with illustrations. To include illustrated classics such as Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Sense and Sensibility, All Quiet on the Western Front, Dracula, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Main Street, The Age of Innocence, and many more. Among the many important illustrators whose work enhances these titles includes Thomas Hart Benton, Arthur Rackham, Picasso, Grant Wood, Rockwell Kent, Paul Gauguin, and Norman Rockwell. Nearly all volumes with the publisher's "Notes from the Archives" laid in loose. No duplicates.

Largest 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 in.; Smallest 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.

Private Collection, Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Occasional shelf wear and wear to gilt page edges (typically mild); interiors generally pristine; one volume with final text page and rear free endpaper attached at inner margin with associated wear and some very minor grime. All volumes very good or better.