A collection of several hundred selections from The Modern Library of the World's Best Books, a long-running series of classic literary works which underwent numerous design changes (and continues to do so). An interesting entry-level area for book collectors due to the wide availability and affordable prices of many volumes, but also rewarding for mid- to high-level collectors due to the minutiae involved in identifying the numerous printings of each title. The authoritative bibliography by Henry Toledano provides great guidance, but scholarship on this series continues to evolve.
New York: The Modern Library, 1966. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1966 printing, Toledano 076.2, binding/jacket style 11l with blank verso, $2.45 jacket price, beige Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in very good jacket. Ink name and date on front endpaper, spine ends lightly bruised, jacket lightly rubbed.
xvi, 517, [11] pp.....
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New York: The Modern Library, 1942. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1963-67 printing, Toledano 310.1, binding style 11, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Address label redacted on front free endpaper, ink underlining in introduction.
245, [5] pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles. Translated from the Greek and edited by David Grene and.....
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New York: The Modern Library, 1956. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1956-63 printing, Toledano 311.1, binding style 8, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Address label on front endpaper redacted, ink underlining in introduction.
147, [5] pp. Blue cloth, gilt titles, black titles panels and top edge. Translated from the Greek by.....
New York: The Illustrated Modern Library, 1944. Grosz, George. Hard Cover.
Variant of Toledano 208.1. Lacks publisher's slipcase and acetate jacket. Boards lightly toned, fore edge corners slightly exposed.
xix, 625 pp. 8vo. Black cloth spine, gilt titles, illustrated paper over boards. Carlyle-Wicksteed translation of Dante's complete Divine Comedy, with.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1926. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1926 first thus, Toledano 115.1, binding/jacket style 4b, 95 cent jacket price on spine, yellow Bernhard endpapers. Good in fair jacket. Jacket panels adhered to covers, loss along all jacket edges, jacket spine toned.
viii, 371 pp. With a new.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1967. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1967 first thus, Toledano 090.3, binding/jacket style 13n with blank verso, $2.45 jacket price, brown and beige Fujita endpapers. Former library copy - usual marks. Minor pencil marks in text, minor water exposure to rear jacket panel with slight wrinkle.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1954. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 246.2, binding/jacket style 8i with 408 titles on verso, no jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Good in very good jacket. Pencil underlining throughout, jacket lightly toned with minor wear along edges.
xxii, 289 pp. Rhetoric translated by.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1955. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1963 printing, Toledano 258.3, binding/jacket style 10i, unnumbered list on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Jacket edges rubbed. Likely a married jacket, as the i jacket style was in use from 1954-9, and the 10 binding style only.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1959. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1959 first thus, Toledano 160.2, binding/jacket style 8i with 385 titles on verso, $1.65 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Jacket rubbed and lightly toned.
180 pp. Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1995. 9th Printing. Hard Cover.
1995 9th printing, no Toledano number (formerly released with Sense & Sensibility as 264), $13.00 jacket price, brown decorative endpapers with an updated rendering of Modern Library's iconic torchbearer. Board edges a bit faded, top page ridge faintly foxed.
ix.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1954. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 193.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 388 titles on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Good in very good jacket. Ink underlining and marginalia throughout, jacket corners a bit rubbed, jacket lightly toned.
xi, 553 pp. Honoré.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1927. First Thus. Full-Leather.
1927 first thus, Toledano 133.1, binding style 4, yellow Bernhard endpapers. Lacks jacket. Corners lightly rubbed, faint crease down front board, front hinge just beginning to weaken.
403 pp. Introduction by George Sterling. Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1952. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-9 printing, Toledano 282.1, binding/jacket style 8i, with 388 titles on verso, $1.65 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Includes original jacket, with 388 titles listed on reverse. A few small jacket tears and minor loss from corners.
xv, [1], 559.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1952. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 282.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 374 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Jacket price clipped.
xv, [1], 559, [1] pp. Bergen Evans's abridgment of Boswell's famous biographical work about Samuel Johnson, which helped shape the style of.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1967. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1967 first thus, Toledano 379.1, binding/jacket style 12o with blank verso, beige Rockwell Kent endpapers. Former library copy - usual marks. Ink marks and highlighting on about a dozen pages only, jacket corners a bit rubbed.
xliii, 448, xv pp.....
New York: The Illustrated Modern Library / Random House, Inc., 1944. Wilson, Edward A. Hard Cover.
Variant of Toledano 64.2. Lacks publisher's slipcase and acetate jacket. Light spot on spine.
vii, 494, [1] pp. 8vo. Two-tone illustrations by Edward A. Wilson.The novel is a first-person narrative from the perspective of.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1944. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 015.3, binding jacket style 8i with 379 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers, $1.65 jacket price. Smudge on front board, owner sticker on front endpaper.
313 pp. With a foreword by the author. This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1944. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1963 printing, Toledano 015.3, binding/jacket style 9i with unnumbered list on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Minor wear to jacket corners, store sticker on jacket flap.
313 pp. With a foreword by the author. This Pulitzer Prize-winning classic.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1934. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1934 first thus, Toledano G014.1, binding/jacket style G3/Gb, no jacket price, blank verso, blank endpapers. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss, front hinge just beginning to weaken, pages lightly toned, ink name on front endpaper.
xi, [1] 778 pp. 8vo.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1954. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1954 first thus, Toledano 032.4, binding/jacket style 8i with 374 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in good jacket. Jacket price clipped, rear jacket panel discolored, cover spine slightly faded though jacket spine is not, indicating that.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1943. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-63 printing, Toledano 241.2 (no discography, binding style 8, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. front hinge starting.
viii, 469 pp. Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 1770 – 26 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one.....
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New York: The Modern Library, 1960. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 289.2, binding/jacket style 8i with 403 titles on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Small spot on fore edge, a few light spots on top edge, jacket lightly toned, 1/2 inch closed tear on rear jacket.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1953. Hard Cover.
Toledano G077.1, binding G5. Lacks jacket. Boards soiled, ink note on front free endpaper, pencil marks on page v.
xvii, 1340 pp. Includes stories by Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce, Sarah Orne Jewett, O. Henry, Stephen Crane, Jack.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1931. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1931 first thus, Toledano, 149.2, binding 6. Lacks jacket. Spine toned with crease, front and rear hinges just beginning to weaken, bookplate and ink name on front endpapers.
xv, 879 pp. Includes section of biographical sketches of the various authors.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1963. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1963 printing, Toledano 109.2, binding/jacket style 9j with 415 titles on verso, $2.45 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Jacket edges lightly rubbed, 1/16 inch green ink mark on half-title page.
278 pp. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert. The.....