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, 1950. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 199.2 (includes intro), binding/jacket style 8i with 379 titles on verso, $1.65 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Owner bookplate on front endpaper.
xix, [1], 531, [1] pp. 8-page terminal publisher ad. Translated from the original Russian by.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1935. Robinson, Boardman. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-60 printing, Toledano G060.1, binding/jacket style G5/Ge, no jacket price, list of 379 titles on verso, blank endpapers. Jacket edges rubbed with minor loss, three tiny light spots on page ridges, pencil underlining on one page.
586 pp. The.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1954. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 151.2, binding/jacket style 8i with 371 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Board edges slightly faded, jacket lightly rubbed and toned, jacket price clipped.
xxiv, 939 pp. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. Introduction by Marc.....
New York: The Modern Library. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 021.2, binding/jacket style 8i with 372 titles on verso, $1.45 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Very good in good jacket. Owner bookplate on front endpaper, jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners.
xxiv, 939 pp. Translated from.....
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New York: The Modern Library, 1936. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1939-63 printing, Toledano 055.3, binding style 8, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Light stain on front board.
xiv, 736 pp. Complete and unabridged, including a hitherto suppressed chapter never before printed in America. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett.....
New York: The Modern Library. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 206.2, binding/jacket style 8i with 374 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Light stains along bottom board edges, jacket edges rubbed with minor loss from corners, rear jacket panel lightly soiled, jacket price clipped.
vi, 612 pp. 6-page.....
New York: The Modern Library, 2007. First Thus. Hard Cover.
2007 first thus, no Toledano number, $24.95 jacket price, brown decorative endpapers with an updated rendering of Modern Library's iconic torchbearer. Two tiny spots on rear board, board edges slightly faded.
xxv, 304 pp. A new translation by Tina A......
New York: The Modern Library, 2003. First Thus. Hard Cover.
2003 first thus, no Toledano number, $24.95 jacket price, brown decorative endpapers with an updated rendering of Modern Library's iconic torchbearer. Board edges lightly faded.
xvi, 423 pp. A new translation by Julie Rose. Introduction by Lorenzo Carcaterra. Paris, 1793.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1938. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1938 first thus, Toledano 191.2, binding style 7, orange Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Spine faded, boards faintly soiled.
xii, 347 pp. With an introduction by the author. In 1929, he published his first novel, Rome Haul, a work about.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1966. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1966 first thus, Toledano 364.1, binding/jacket style 11l with blank verso, $2.45 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in very good jacket. Jacket corners lightly rubbed.
xv, 363 pp. Edited by Ainslie T. Embree. CONTENTS: Preface; Explanatory Note;.....
New York: The Illustrated Modern Library / Random House, Inc., 1944. Curry, John Steuart. Hard Cover.
No Toledano number (states 'part of ML 91.3'). Lacks publisher's slipcase and acetate jacket. Ink name on front endpaper, edges rubbed.
557, [7] pp. 8vo. Color two-panel plates and black-and-white illustrations by John Steuart.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1960. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1960-63 printing, Toledano 192.2, binding style 8, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Minor abrasion on bottom edge, ink name on front endpaper.
xii, 463 pp. Abridged and edited with an introduction by Robert N. Linscott. Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25.....
![The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume V [5]: Euripides I: Alcestis; The Medea; The Heracleidae;...](/pictures/thumb/2325107.jpg?v=1652161591)
New York: The Modern Library, 1956. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1963-7 printing, Toledano 314.1, binding style 11, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Address label redacted on front endpaper, ink underlining in introduction.
439 pp. Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore. Euripides (/jʊəˈrɪpɪdiːz/;[1] Ancient Greek: Εὐριπίδης, romanized: Eurīpídēs, pronounced [eu̯.riː.pí.dɛːs];.....
![The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume VI [6]: Euripides II: Helen; Hecuba; Andromache; The Trojan...](/pictures/thumb/2325108.jpg?v=1652161591)
New York: The Modern Library, 1958. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1963 printing, Toledano 315.1, binding style 9, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Address label redacted on front endpaper.
450 pp. Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore. Euripides (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) was a tragedian of classical Athens. Along with.....
![The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume VII [7] Euripides III: Orestes; Iphigenia in Aulis; Electra;...](/pictures/thumb/2325110.jpg?v=1652161591)
New York: The Modern Library, 1959. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1963-7 printing, Toledano 316.1, binding style 11, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Light pencil underlining in introduction, tape ghost marks.
431 pp. Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore. Euripides (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) was a tragedian of classical Athens.....
![The Complete Greek Tragedies, Volume VII [7]: Euripides III: Orestes; Iphigenia in Aulis;...](/pictures/thumb/2325109.jpg?v=1652161591)
New York: The Modern Library, 1959. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1963-7 printing, Toledano 316.1, binding style 11, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Address label redacted on front endpaper, small spot on front board.
431 pp. Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore. Euripides (c. 480 – c. 406 BC) was a tragedian.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1997. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1997 first thus, no Toledano number, $16.50 jacket price, brown decorative endpapers with an updated rendering of Modern Library's iconic torchbearer. Board edges a bit faded.
xii, 425 pp. Introduction by Jonathan Yardley. The first book and most well-known of.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1967. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1967 first thus, Toledano 376.1, binding/jacket style 12o with blank verso, $2.45 jacket price, beige Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in very good jacket. Light crease on front jacket flap corner.
xx, 425 pp. Edited, translated, and introduced by Arturo.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1938. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-60 printing, Toledano G041.1, binding style G5, jacket style Ge, 379 titles on verso, no jacket price, blank endpapers. Edges and endpapers lightly foxed, jacket lightly soiled.
xii, 465 pp. With a new introduction by the author. Studs Lonigan is a......
New York: The Modern Library, 1938. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1938 first thus, Toledano G041.1, binding style G4, blank endpapers. Lacks jacket. Seven dime-sized spots on rear board, spine toned.
xii, 465 pp. With a new introduction by the author. Studs Lonigan is a novel trilogy by American author James.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1945. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1945 first thus, Toledano 239.1, binding/jacket style 8h with 306 titles on verso, 95 cent jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Very good in good jacket. Light spots on top edge, jacket edges rubbed with some loss from corners, ink.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1964. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1966 printing, Toledano 271.2, with no introduction, binding/jacket style 11l with blank verso, $2.45 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Jacket and fore edge lightly foxed.
xii, 7-378, [16] pp. Chronology, genealogy, and map of Jefferson, Yoknapatawpha Co., Mississippi follow text.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1955. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1955 first thus, Toledano 175.4, binding style 8, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Board discolored, ink name on front endpaper.
383 pp. A novel by the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1964. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1967-70 printing, Toledano 351.1, binding/jacket style 13o with blank verso, orange Fujita endpapers. Jacket price clipped.
247 pp. A classic Faulkner novel which explores the lives of a family of characters in the South. An aging black who has long refused.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1967. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1967 first thus, Toledano 380.1, binding/jacket style 12n with blank verso, $2.45 jacket price, brown Fujita endpapers. Near fine in very good jacket. Tape remnant on jacket spine base.
315 pp. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. One.....