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Lot 230
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$1,024
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Lot Description
[BINDINGS - FRANKLIN PRESS]. A group of 79 works published by the Franklin Press, including:
AUCHINCLOSS, Louis (1917-2010). Exit Lady Masham. 1983. SIGNED BY AUCHINCLOSS. -- BURGESS, Anthony (1917-1993). The Kingdom of the Wicked. 1985. SIGNED BY BURGESS. -- CHAUCER, Geoffrey (d. 1400). Canterbury Tales. 1983. 2 volumes. -- EURIPIDES (480-406 BCE). The Plays. 1983. 2 volumes. -- GIBBON, Edward (1737-1794). The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 1980. 6 volumes. -- GRAU, Shirley Ann (1929-2020). Nine Women. 1986. SIGNED BY GRAU. -- HAMILTON, Alexander (1757-1804), et al. The Federalist. 1980. -- HERSEY, John (1914-1993). The Call. 1985. SIGNED BY HERSEY. -- MAILER, Norman (1923-2007). Tough Guys Don't Dance. 1984. SIGNED BY MAILER. -- MARX, Karl (1818-1883). Capital/The Communist Manifesto. 1984. -- OATES, Joyce Carol (b. 1938). Mysteries of Winterthurn. 1984. SIGNED BY OATES. -- PLOTINUS (d. 270). The Enneads. 1983. -- SINGER, Isaac Bashevis (1902-1991). The Penitent. 1983. SIGNED BY SINGER. -- STONE, Irving (1903-1989). Depths of Glory. 1985. SIGNED BY STONE. -- VIDAL, Gore (1925-2012). Lincoln. 1984. SIGNED BY VIDAL. -- WIESEL, Elie (1928-2016). The Fifth Son. 1985. SIGNED BY WIESEL.
And 63 others. Together, 79 works in 112 volumes, all 8vo and all published by the Franklin Library and bound in original leather gilt. Condition generally very fine.
Property from the Private Collection of Merle Reskin
