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Norwalk, CT: The Easton Press, [1963-2001]. (50) volumes, mostly Collector's Editions from various series such as "The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written," "Great Books of the 20th Century," and "The Collector's Library of Famous Editions"; all 8vo or 4to, finely bound in gilt-decorated leather with moire endpapers, satin ribbon bookmark, and all edges gilt. Includes classics such as Margaret Mitchell's
Gone with the Wind; Ernest Hemingway's
The Sun Also Rises; Harper Lee's
To Kill a Mockingbird; Charles Dickens's
A Tale of Two Cities; Tolstoy's
Anna Karenina; James Joyce's
Ulysses; and Herman Melville's
Moby Dick. The Lot also includes (1) leather-bound volume from The Southern Classics Library: Douglas Southall Freeman's
R. E. Lee, abridged to one volume by Richard Harwell (Birmingham: Oxmoor House, [1982]).
Largest 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 in.; Smallest 8 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.
Private Collection of a Gentleman, Weems, Virginia Occasional mild shelf wear and toning, infrequent unused bookplate and marks to interior with pages overall extremely clean, and fairly frequent foxing to page edges; overall very good condition.
