The Collected Library: Summer Reading

1) O. Henry. The Voice of the City. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1935. 4to. Illustrated with color plates and drawings by Grosz. Original black cloth, stamped in gilt (previous owner's book-plate on front paste-down); purple cloth-covered slip case. LIMITED EDITION, number 699 of 1500 copies, signed by illustrator George Grosz.

2) SZYK, Arthur. The Book of Ruth... New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1947. Folio. (Illustrated with color plates by Szyk. Original half white morocco over white paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt; top edge gilt, pages unopened; in gold chrome paper-covered slip case. LIMITED EDITION, number 550 of 1950, signed by Szyk on the colophon.

3) COWLEY, Malcom. Exile's Return. New York: The Limited Editions, 1981. 4to. Illustrated with photographs by Abbott. Original quarter brown cloth over gray pictorial paper-covered boards; publisher's original advertisement laid-in. LIMITED EDITION, number 843 of 2000 copies, signed by the author and photographer Bernice Abbott.

4) BRECHT, Bertold. The Threepenny Opera. New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1982]. 4to. Illustrated with lithographs by Levine. Original black cloth, stamped in gilt; publisher's original advertisement laid-in; in black cloth slip case. LIMITED EDITION, number 1933 of 2000 copies, signed by the author and illustrator on colophon.

5) COLETTE. Break of Day. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1983. 4to. Illustrated with silkscreens by Gilot. Original Blue cloth, stamped in gilt; publisher's original advertisement laid-in; in gray paper-covered slip case. LIMITED EDITION, number 1502 of 2000 copies, signed by illustrator Francoise Gilot.

6) MILLER, Arthur. Death Of A Salesman.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, [1984]. LIMITED EDITION, 1369/1500 numbered copies, signed by the author and illustrator Leonard Baskin on colophon. 4to. (166) pp. Illustrated with etchings by Baskin. Full brown morocco, stamped in gilt; publisher's original advertisement laid-in; in gray paper-covered slip case.

7) SINGER, Isaac B. The Magician of Lublin.
New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1984. Folio. Illustrated with color lithographs by Rivers. Quarter blue morocco over gray cloth covered boards, stamped in gilt; errata slip laid-in; in publisher's gray paper-covered slip case. LIMITED EDITION, number 1400 of 1500 copies signed by the author and illustrator Larry Rivers on colophon.

8) GRASS, Gunther. The Flounder. New York: The Limited Editions Club, 1985. 3 volumes, 4to. Original quarter eel skin over gray cloth-covered boards; publisher's original advertisement laid-in; in gray cloth-covered slip case. LIMITED EDITION, number 780 of 1000 numbered copies, signed on the colophon by Grass.