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1970s Vintage Franklin Library Collection Limited Edition Leather Books - Set of 18 Books.
Offered is a fine collection of …
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1970s Vintage Franklin Library Collection Limited Edition Leather Books - Set of 18 Books.
Offered is a fine collection of (18) Franklin Library books; includes limited edition classic books from 'The 100 Greatest Books of All Time’ collection. Each book is fully leather bound with beautiful covers and contain gorgeous and rich silk moire endpapers. Accented in 22k gold.
Measures: 1-2 (29.5 overall) W x 5.75-7.5 D x 8.25-9.5 H inches.
Approx. total weight: 40 pound, 10 ounces.
100 Greatest Books of All Time.
Eight Plays – Anton Chekov – 1976
Lord Jim – Joseph Conrad – 1977
Madame Bovary – Gustave Flaubert – 1978
Pere Goriot – Honore de Balzac – 1977
Poems – Edwin Arlington Robinson – 1979
Poems – John Dunne – 1978
Poems of John Keats – 1982
Six Plays - Henrik Ibsen – 1977
Six Tragedies – Jean Racine – 1982
Stendhal – The Red and Black - 1979
The Ambassadors - Henry James - 1980
The Confessions of St. Augustine – 1976
The Education of Henry Adams – Henry Adams – 1982
The Mill on the Floss – George Eliot – 1982
The Pilgrim’s Progress – John Bunyan – 1976
The Return of the Native – Thomas Hardy - 1978
Three Plays – Bernard Shaw – 1979
Tom Jones – Henry Fielding - 1979
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- Dimensions
- 2ʺW × 7.5ʺD × 9.5ʺH
- Styles
- American
- Traditional
- Period
- 1970s
- Country of Origin
- United States
- Item Type
- Vintage, Antique or Pre-owned
- Materials
- Leather
- Paper
- Condition
- Good Condition, Original Condition Unaltered, Some Imperfections
- Color
- Black
- Condition Notes
- Varied condition; light wear not commensurate with age and use. (4) Fine. (9) Near fine; faintly sunned spine covers or … moreVaried condition; light wear not commensurate with age and use. (4) Fine. (9) Near fine; faintly sunned spine covers or leaf edge scratches. (3) Very good (image #10); 2 light-moderately sunned spine covers, 3 light-moderate leaf edge scratches. (2) Good (image #11); strongly sunned spine covers (1 partial upper quarter section of front board/sporadic edge wear). (1) personal ex-libris label pasted to front endpaper - ‘The Education of Henry Adams’. Books appear unread. Springy boards, Clean and bright interior text pages. See images. A beautiful set. less
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