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, 1957. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1964-66 printing, Toledano 352.1, binding jacket style 11k, blank verso, $2.45 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Sticker on front endpaper, jacket rubbed with a few light spots.
361, [10] pp. 8vo. A novel and six short stories by the Nobel.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1965. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1965 first thus, Toledano 349.1, binding/jacket style 11k with blank verso, $2.45 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Very good in fair jacket. Front board very slightly bowed, biopredation to jacket (mainly along spine), jacket toned.
x, 224 pp. Translated.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1977. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus (stated , with year given as 1963, but binding style and jacket indicate 1977-80), Toledano 353.1, binding/jacket style 15p, blank endpapers. Minor wear to jacket edges, top edge faintly foxed.
xiv, 460 pp. Introduction by Mark Schorer. Includes.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1927. Reprint. Small Hard Cover.
1931-6 printing, Toledano 191.1, binding style 7, orange Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Bookplate on front endpaper, pencil names on rear free endpaper recto, ribbon marker appears to have been added by a previous owner, and is attached at the.....
New York: Modern Library, 1927. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus (Toledano 3.2). Flexible boards. Edges lightly rubbed, front hinge starting.
485 pp. "The autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini was started in the year 1558 at the age of 58 and ended abruptly just before his last trip to Pisa around.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1954. Anderson, Doug. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1966 printing, Toledano G081.1, binding/jacket style G6/Gh, $3.95 jacket price, blank verso, blank endpapers. 1 inch closed tear and associated crease along top jacket edge, 1/8 chip from rear jacket edge, front hinge just beginning to weaken.
xvi, 688.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1995. 6th Printing. Hard Cover.
1995 6th printing, no Toledano number, $18.95 jacket price, brown decorative endpapers with an updated rendering of Modern Library's iconic torchbearer. Board edges very slightly faded.
vii, 524 pp. These two classic novels featuring private eye Philip Marlowe made Raymond.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1943. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1967 printing, Toledano 377.1, binding/jacket style 12o with blank verso, brown Fujita endpapers. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, jacket price clipped.
438 pp. Farewell, My Lovely is a novel by Raymond Chandler, published in 1940, the second novel he wrote.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1999. 4th Printing. Hard Cover.
1999 4th printing, no Toledano number, $21.95 jacket price, brown decorative endpapers with an updated rendering of Modern Library's iconic torchbearer. Board edges slightly faded.
xvii, 628 pp. Edited and with an introduction by Shelby Foote. Translated by Constance Garnett.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1937. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1945-63 printing, Toledano G033.1, binding style G5, blank endpapers. Lacks jacket. Rear board lightly foxed.
With a foreword by Alexander Woolcott. Rachel Verinder, a young English woman, inherits a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday. It is a legacy from.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1931. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 186.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 408 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Bottom edge lightly stained, jacket price clipped.
ix, 417 pp. Introduction by J. Donald Adams. "Perhaps the most popular of all his novels, Lord Jim.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1951. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 275.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 377 titles on verso, no jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. A few light spots on boards, pencil underlining and marginalia throughout, jacket edges lightly rubbed.
xli, 630 pp. Introduction by Robert Penn.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1966. Marsh, Reginald. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1966 first thus, Toledano G094.1, binding style G6, blank endpapers. Former U.S. Navy copy. Lacks jacket. Boards rubbed, 1 inch tear to front joint, corners slightly exposed, front hinge just beginning to weaken, ink stamp on top page.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1952. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 105.2, binding/jacket style 8i with 370 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Two 1/2 inch closed jacket tears, jacket price clipped.
xi, 436 pp. Introduction by Norman Holmes Pearson. The Pathfinder shows Natty at his old trick.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1951. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1969-70 printing, Toledano 130.4 (Stallman introduction), blank verso, orange Fujita endpapers. Jacket rubbed with a couple tiny closed tears along edges, jacket price clipped.
xlv, 266 pp. "The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1949. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1966 printing with biographical note and bibliography preceding text, Toledano 214.1, binding/jacket style 11l with blank verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Pencil underlining in introduction, 1/2 inch closed tear on rear jacket edge, jacket lightly toned.
xviii, 332.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1949. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing with biographical note and bibliography preceding text, Toledano 214.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 385 titles on verso, $1.65 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Jacket toned.
xviii, 332 pp. With an introduction by the author. In 1917, after the.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1968. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1968 first thus, Toledano 242.2, binding/jacket style 13n with blank verso, yellow Fujita endpapers. Near fine in very good jacket. Ink stamp on front endpaper, jacket price clipped, a few blemishes along edges of rear jacket panel.
302 pp. A......
New York: The Modern Library, 1936. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing with concluding chapter Twenty-Four Years After, Toledano 236.2, binding/jacket style 8i with 379 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Edge of front board lightly stained, ink name on title page, jacket lightly toned, jacket price clipped.
xvii, 443.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1948. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1948 first thus, Toledano 092.4, binding/jacket style 8h with 334 titles on verso, $1.25 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in good jacket. 1 inch chip from jacket spine head, minimal loss from other jacket corners, jacket a......
New York: The Modern Library, 1960. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1960 first thus, Toledano 308.1, binding/jacket style 8j with 393 titles on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Boards lightly soiled, front hinge just beginning to weaken, jacket rubbed and lightly toned with minor loss from spine head.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1950. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 189.3, binding/jacket style 8i with 377 titles on verso, no jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Minimal loss from jacket corners.
xxii, 396 pp. Introduction by Edward Wagenknecht. The storming of the Bastille…the death carts with their doomed.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1952. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 012.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 408 titles on verso, $1.95 price covered by $2.45 sticker on front jacket flap, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Good in very good jacket. Ink underlining and marginalia.
xliii, 594 pp. Edited with an.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1932. Hard Cover.
1944-53 printing, Toledano 205.1, binding/jacket style 8h, 365 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Quarter-inch tear along bottom edge of front jacket panel, jacket price clipped.
ix, 471 pp. "Three Soldiers is a 1921 novel by American writer and critic John.....
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New York: The Modern Library, 1950. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1950-63 printing, Toledano 199.2 (includes introduction), binding style 8, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Buckram reinforced binding, no jacket as issued. Smudge on top page ridge, ink name on front endpaper.
492 pp. Translated from the original Russian by Constance Garnett, with.....