New York: The Modern Library, 1952. Hardcover. 12mo. The Modern Library No. 282. Abridged, with an introduction by Bergen Evans. xv, 559 p.p. Red cloth boards with black spine label and black label to front board, gilt lettering. Top edge black. Spine ends and corners bumped and rubbed. Pictorial dust..... More
Toronto: Random House, 1942. Hardcover. 12mo. The Modern Library of the World's Best Books, No.175. Orig. maroon cloth. 383 pp. Some very light rubbing to extremities, bumping to spine head, spine slightly tilted. Dust jacket worn and bumped at extremities, darkened at spine. Perforation to spine and rear cover, a...... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1950. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. grey cloth. xiv, 444 pp. Slight rubbing to edges. Light age toning to interior. Dust jacket is lightly edge worn. More
New York: The Modern Library, 1950. Hardcover. 12mo. The Modern Library No. 185. Green cloth with gold titling to spine, Modern Library device to front in blind. xvi, [20], 886 p.p., [2 p.p. ads]. Illustrated B&W headpieces and end piece. Light staining to spine, bumping to spine foot. Dust jacket..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1951. Hardcover. 16mo. World's Best Books Series No. 272. Original blue jacket and red cloth. xxii, 426 p.p. Selections from Cicero's works, Moral Duties, Tusculan Disputations, On Old Age, Scipio's Dream, On the Chatacter of the Orator, his letters and other works. Jacket faded. Spine..... More
New York: The Modern Library. Hardcover. 12mo. [N.d., ca. 2926 or later per the date of the introduction.] Orig. green cloth. Classic Modern Library endpapers. Top edge black. xvi, 389 pp. Mild edge wear. Dust jacket is sunned to spine, bumped and lightly chipped to edges. Short tear to head..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 2002. Soft cover. 8vo. Paperback. xxii, 601pp. About fine. "One of the Modern Library's Hundred Best Nonfiction Books of the 20th Century." More
London: John Lane the Bodley Head Ltd. Hardcover. 8vo. [n.d.] The Modern Library of the World's Best Books. [viii], 914 p.p. Half bound in teal calf, marbled paper boards. Spine is brown calf with a red spine label and gilt titling and dentelle tooling. Gilt tooled lines edging leather on..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1946. Hardcover. 12mo (large). The Modern Library No. G46 (Giant). Revised edition. xlvi, 488 p.p. Teal cloth boards with gilt lettering and Modern Library device. Spine ends bumped and chafed, two small damp stains to rear board, else fine. Dust jacket has chips to spine..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1960. Hardcover. 12mo. Modern Library No. 373 pp. Orig. green cloth. 376 pp. Bumping to spine ends, else fine. Dust jacket bumped to extremities, a few light spots of foxing, small chip to spine head. More
New York: The Modern Library, 1937. Gannett, Ruth. Hardcover. 12mo. Orig. red cloth, blue title labels to spine and front board. 317 pp. B&W illustrations in text. Spine sunned and bumped at ends. Pages are age toned. Ink ownership inscription to ffep. More
New York: The Modern Library, 1958. Hardcover. 8vo. World's Best Books Series, No. 100. Green cloth, xix, 550pp. Some bruising on spine ends and corners, o/w very good in d/w. Jacket a bit faded and clipped at front inner flap. Includes some of Swift's other famous writings "including A tale..... More
New York: The Modern Library, 1936. Hardcover. 12mo. [World's Best Books Series No. 41] xiv, 746 p.p. [7] p.p. ads. Tears to jacket edges, extremities with some scoring and wear to covers. Ownership inscription to front free endpaper. Small tear to tail of jacket spine and small chip at head..... More