(54) Volumes from The Easton Press's The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written

Lot Details & Additional Photographs

Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1975-2004]. Collector's Editions; (54) titles, all from "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written" series; all 8vo or 4to, finely bound in gilt-decorated full genuine leather with moire endpapers, satin ribbon bookmark, and all edges gilt. Includes titles such as: Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina; Dante's The Divine Comedy; Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn; Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray; William Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury; and Herman Melville's Moby Dick, among many others. Most illustrated; no duplicates.

Largest 11 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.; Smallest 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in.

Private Collection from an Equestrian Farm, Moore County, North Carolina

Occasional light shelf wear, slight separation from text block, light soiling to boards, and mild foxing to page edges; rare spot of grime; a few with boards mildly bowed; one with attached but unused bookplate on free endpaper; a couple with heavier wear; condition ranges from very good minus to near fine.