![[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. A group of approximately 430 works published by the Limited Editions Club, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-1991 (Numbers cited are from the Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by the Limited Editions Club. New York, 1985). Including: BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES. Les Fleurs du Mal, illustre par AUGUSTE RODIN. 1940 (No. 117) -- ARISTOPHANES. Lysistrata, illustrations by PABLO PICASSO. 1934. (No. 57) -- LEWIS, SINCLAIR. Main Street, with illustrations by GRANT WOOD. Chicago, 1937. (No. 89) -- WILDE, OSCAR. Salom, French original illustrated by ANDR DERAIN; English translation illustrated by AUBREY BEARDSLEY. 1938. (No. 104). 2 volumes in one slipcase -- STEINBECK, JOHN. The Grapes of Wrath, with lithographs by THOMAS HART BENTON. 1940 (No. S-8) -- BUCK, PEARL S. translator. All Men are Brothers [Shui Hu Chuan], illustrated by MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS. 1948. (No. 191). 2 volumes -- MILLER, ARTHUR. Death of a Salesman, with five etchings by LEONARD BASKIN.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/1998/NYE/1998_NYE_08155_0204_000(110816).jpg?w=1)
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[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. A group of approximately 430 works published by the Limited Editions Club, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-1991 (Numbers cited are from the Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by the Limited Editions Club. New York, 1985). Including: BAUDELAIRE, CHARLES. Les Fleurs du Mal, illustre par AUGUSTE RODIN. 1940 (No. 117) -- ARISTOPHANES. Lysistrata, illustrations by PABLO PICASSO. 1934. (No. 57) -- LEWIS, SINCLAIR. Main Street, with illustrations by GRANT WOOD. Chicago, 1937. (No. 89) -- WILDE, OSCAR. Salom, French original illustrated by ANDR DERAIN; English translation illustrated by AUBREY BEARDSLEY. 1938. (No. 104). 2 volumes in one slipcase -- STEINBECK, JOHN. The Grapes of Wrath, with lithographs by THOMAS HART BENTON. 1940 (No. S-8) -- BUCK, PEARL S. translator. All Men are Brothers [Shui Hu Chuan], illustrated by MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS. 1948. (No. 191). 2 volumes -- MILLER, ARTHUR. Death of a Salesman, with five etchings by LEONARD BASKIN. 1949. (No. 540) -- DEFOE, DANIEL. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders, with illustrations by REGINALD MARSH. 1954. (No. 243) -- HERSEY, JOHN. Hiroshima, with a new poem by Robert Penn Warren, and silk-screens by JACOB LAWRENCE. 1983 (No. 535) RIMBAUD, ARTHUR. A Season in Hell, with photogravures by ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE. 1986 -- O'HARA, FRANK. Poems, with lithographs by WILLEM DE KOONING. 1988 -- PAZ, OCTAVIO. Three Poems, translated by Eliot Weinberger, with lithographs by ROBERT MOTHERWELL. 1988 -- BECKETT, SAMUEL. Nohow On, with etchings by ROBERT RYMAN. 1989 -- [BIBLE]. The First Book of Moses called Genesis, with silkscreens by JACOB LAWRENCE. 1989 -- HEMINGWAY, ERNEST. The Old Man and the Sea, introduced by Charles Scribner, photogravures by ALFRED EISENSTAEDT. 1990 -- [with:] APULEIUS. The Golden Ass, Percival Goodman, illus. 1932 (No. 37) -- CONFUCIUS. The Analects, Shanghai, 1933. (No. 42) -- CARROLL, LEWIS. Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There, John Tenniel, illus. 1935. (No. 65) -- FLAUBERT, GUSTAVE. Madame Bovary, Gunter Bhmer, illus. Zurich, 1938. (No. 101) -- SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Comedies, Histories & Tragedies of William Shakespeare. 1940. (No. 118). 37 volumes -- BUNYAN, JOHN. The Pilgrim's Progress, William Blake, illus. 1941. (No. 129) -- PLUTARCH. The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans. 1941. (No. 128). 8 volumes -- PEPYS, SAMUEL. The Diaries, William Sharp, illus. 1942. (No. 135). 10 volumes -- POE, EDGAR ALLEN. Poems, Hugo Steinber-Prag, illus. 1943. (No. 153) -- GIBBON, EDWARD. The History of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, Gian Battista Piranesi, illus. 1946. (No. 174). Seven volumes -- EPICURUS. Extant works. 1947. (No. 183) -- BALZAC, HONOR DE. Old Goriot, Ren ben Sussan, illus. 1948. (No. 190) -- -- DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR. Crime & Punishment, Fritz Eichenberg, illus. 1948. (No. 189) -- WALTON, IZAAK. The Compleat Angler, Douglas W. Gorsline, illus. 1948. (No. 187) -- CERVANTES SAAVEDRA, MIGUEL DE. Don Quixote, Edy Legrand, illus. 1950. (No. 209). 2 volumes -- DOYLE, Sir ARTHUR CONAN. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes -- The Later Adventures of Sherlock Holmes -- The Final Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, with a selection of the original original illustrations. 1950-52. (Nos. 207, 223, 224). Together 3 works in 8 volumes -- FROST, ROBERT. Complete Poems, Thomas W. Nason, illus. 1950. (No. 208). 2 volumes -- PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER. The Golden Cockerel, Edmund Dulac, illus. 1950. (No. 205) -- SWIFT, JONATHAN. A Voyage to Lilliput made by Lemuel Gulliver -- SWIFT. A Voyage to Brobdingnag made by Lemuel Gulliver. 1950. (No. 204). 2 volumes in one slipcase -- ELIOT, GEORGE. Silas Marner, Lynton Lamb, illus. London, 1953. (No. 235) -- SPENSER, EDMUND. The Faerie Queene, Agnes Miller Parker, illus. Oxford, 1953. (No. 234). 2 volumes -- CAESAR, JULIUS. The Gallic Wars, Bruno Bramanti, illus. Verona, 1954. (No. 249) -- MACHIAVELLI, NICCOLO. The Prince. 1954. (No. 241) -- DUMAS, ALEXANDRE, Fils. La Dame aux Camelias, Camille, Bernard Lamotte, illus. 1955 (No. 258) -- SOPHOCLES. Oedipus the King, Demetrios Galanis, illus. 1955. (No. 256) -- DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR. The Idiot, Fritz Eichenberg, illus. 1956. (No. 264) -- HARDY, THOMAS. Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Agnes Miller Parker. 1956. (No. 262) -- HARDY, THOMAS. Far from the Madding Crowd, Agnes Miller Parker, illus. 1958 (No. 287) -- OVID. Metamorphoses, Hans Erni, illus. Verona, 1958. (No. 290) -- [L.E.C.]. Quarto-Millenary, the first 250 Publications and the first 25 years 1929-1954 of the Limited Editions Club. 1959. (No. 294) -- DOSTOYEVSKY, FYODOR. The Possessed, Fritz Eichenberg, illus. 1959 (No. 304). 2 volumes -- LONDON, JACK. Call of the Wild, Henry Varnum Poor, illus. Los Angeles, 1960. (No. 308) -- LONDON, JACK. The Sea-Wolf, Fletcher Martin, illus. 1961. (No. 326) -- MELVILLE, HERMAN. Omoo, Reynolds Stone, illus. Oxford, 1961. (No. 320) -- BIDDLE, NICHOLAS, editor. The Journals of the Expedition under the Command of Capts. Lewis and Clark...., Carl Bodmer et al., illus. 1962. (No. 336). 2 volumes -- PLATO. The Trial and Death of Socrates, Hans Erni, illus. Verona, 1962. (No. 338) -- GRIMM, JAKOB and WILHELM GRIMM. The Complete Household Tales, Lucille Corcos, illus. 1962. (No. 340). 4 volumes -- MANN, THOMAS. The Magic Mountain, Felix Hoffmann, illus. 1962. (No. 333). 2 volumes -- WILDER, THORNTON. The Bridge of San Luis Rey, Jean Charlot, illus. 1962. (No. 331) -- ELIOT, GEORGE. The Mill on the Floss, Wray Manning, illus. 1963. (No. 345) -- FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Poor Richard: the Almanacks for the Years 1733-1758, Norman Rockwell, illus. 1964. (No. 362) -- HARDY, THOMAS. The Mayor of Casterbridge, Agnes Miller Parker, illus. 1964. (No. 353) -- STOKER, BRAM. Dracula, Felix Hoffmann, illus. 1965. (No. 376) -- TWAIN, MARK. A Tramp Abroad, David Knight, illus. 1966. (No. 384) -- VASARI, GIORGIO. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, illustrated with various reproductions. Verona, 1966. (No. 389) -- SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM. The Poems, Agnes Miller Parker, illus. 1967 (No. 398) -- [BIBLE]. The Book of Ecclesiastes, Edgar Miller, illus. 1968. (No. 404) -- HARDY, THOMAS. Jude the Obscure, Agnes Miller Parker, illus. 1969 (No. 418) -- MARQUEZ, GABRIEL GARCIA. One Hundred Years of Solitude, Rafael Ferrer, illus. 1970. (No. 532) -- MANN, THOMAS. Death in Venice, Felix Hoffmann, illus. 1972. (No. 444) -- WILDER, THORNTON. Our Town, Robert J. Lee, illus. 1974. (No. 481) -- KAFKA, FRANZ. The Trial, Alan E. Cober, illus. Avon, 1975. (No. 495) -- GOGOL, NICKOLAI. The Overcoat; The Government Inspector, Saul Field, illus. Westport, 1976. (No. 500) -- CARSON, RACHEL L. The Sea Around Us, Alfred Eisenstaedt, illus. 1980. (No. 515) -- HEANEY, SEAMUS. Poems and a Memoir, Henry Pearson, illus. 1982 (No. 530) -- POE, EDGAR ALLAN. The Fall of the House of Usher, Alice Neel, illus. 1985 (No. 542) -- KAFKA, FRANZ. Metamorphosis, Jos Luis Cuevas, illus. 1984 (No. 539) -- GRASS, GNTER. The Flounder, Grass, illus. 1985. -- [L.E.C.]. Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by the Limited Editions Club, 1929-1985. 1985 -- BERNANOS, GEORGE. The Diary of a Country Priest, Fritz Eichenberg, illus. 1986 -- JOYCE, JAMES. Dubliners, Robert Ballagh, illus. 1986 -- CARPENTIER, ALEJO. The Kingdom of this World, Roberto Juarez, illus. 1987 -- IONESCO, EUGNE. Journeys Among the Dead. 1987 -- KAFKA, FRANZ. In the Penal Colony, Michael Hafftka. 1987 -- RILKE, RAINER MARIA. The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. 1987 -- FAULKNER, WILLIAM Hunting Stories, Neil Welliver, illus. 1988 -- LAMPEDUSA, GIUSEPPE TOMASI DI. The Leopard, Piero Guccione, illus. 1988 -- DRRENMATT, FRIEDRICH. Oedipus, Marie Cosindas, illus. 1989 -- WARREN, ROBERT PENN. All the King's Men, Hank O'Neal, illus. 1989. 2 volumes -- MANN, THOMAS. The Black Swan, John Hejduk, illus. 1990 -- WHITMAN, WALT. Song of the Open Road, Aaron Siskind, illus. 1990 -- YASUNARI, KAWABATA. Snow Country, Tadaaki Kuwayama, illus. 1990 -- MITCHELL, JOSEPH. The Bottom of the Harbor, Berenice Abbott. 1991 -- PASTERNAK, BORIS. My Sister-Life, Yuri Kuper, illus. 1991 -- and approximately 350 others, as well as a collection of related ephemeral material including L.E.C. bibliographies, series prospectuses, pre-publication announcements, and other material relating to the Limited Edition Club's publishing programs. Together approximately 430 works, various sizes, various bindings, condition varies. (430)