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, 1924. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1925-9 printing, Toledano 082.1, binding style 4, Bernhard endpapers. Lacks jacket. Spine and edges faded, pages lightly toned, ink gift note dated Christmas 1929 on verso of front endpaper.
xix, [1], 476 pp. Green cloth, gilt titles and rules. CONTENTS: Poe.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1939. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 045.3, binding/jacket style 8i with 415 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine book in very good jacket. Jacket toned, jacket price clippe, a couple tiny closed tears along jacket edges.
264 pp. 8vo. Three novellas.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1936. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1942-44 printing, Toledano G029.1, binding/jacket style G4/Gd, no jacket price, list with 362 titles on verso, blank endpapers. Jacket rubbed with minor loss from corners, light stain on top edge of rear jacket flap, hinges just beginning to weaken, pages lightly.....
New York: The Modern Library, 2001. 1st Printing. Trade Paperback.
1st printing. Edges rubbed, some highlighting.
xii, 604 pages. "One of art's purest challenges is to translate a human being into words. The New Yorker has met this challenge more successfully and more originally than any other modern American journal.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1959. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1959-1967 printing in married jacket, Toledano 200.3, binding/jacket style 11i (with slightly different figure at head of spine) with unnumbered list on verso, $2.45 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Minor wear along bottom jacket edge, owner bookplate on front endpaper.....
New York: Modern Library, 1999. Trade Paperback.
Faint toning to edge.
262 pp. In 1898, as the Spanish-American War was escalating, Theodore Roosevelt assembled an improbable regiment of Ivy Leaguers, cowboys, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Western Territory land speculators. This group of men, which became known as the Rough Riders.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1958. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 280.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 415 titles on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Good in fair jacket. Front hinge just beginning to weaken, jacket soiled, more heavily on rear panel, ink name stamp on front.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1945. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1945-63 printing, Toledano G012.1, binding style G5, brown endpapers with centered decoration featuring logo, spines and opened pages of books, and four figures reading. Lacks jacket. Boards lightly soiled, ink mark on rear board, a few lights spots on top edge.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1953. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 019.3, binding/jacket style 8i with 377 titles on verso, no jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Small portion of bottom edge of rear board abraded, jacket corners rubbed with minimal loss.
xii, 473 pp. Four Plays by Bernard.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1958. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1958 first thus, Toledano 112.3, binding/jacket style 8i with 385 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in very good jacket. Jacket price clipped, jacket edges lightly rubbed, jacket lightly toned.
689 pp. Christian Diestl is at first.....
New York: The Modern Library. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1944-53 printing, Toledano 159.1, binding/jacket style 8h with 329 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Very good in fair jacket. Large U-shaped tear repaired with clear tape (now toned) on front jacket panel, jacket toned, several chips along jacket edges, owner.....
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New York: The Modern Library, 1954. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1963-7 printing, Toledano 312.1, binding style 11, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Address label on front free endpaper redacted, ink underlining in introduction.
238 pp. Edited by David Grene and Richmond Lattimore. Includes the full text of Oedipus the King.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1964. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1964-66 printing, Toledano 345.1, binding/jacket style 11k with blank verso, $2.45 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Ink name on front endpaper, jacket lightly rubbed.
xlviii, 328 pp. Translated, edited and with an introduction by Walter Starkie. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction: THE.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1999. Parker, Robert Andrew. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
1999 2nd printing, no Toledano number, $24.95 jacket price, brown decorative endpapers with an updated rendering of Modern Library's iconic torchbearer. Spine base lightly stained, board edges a bit faded.
xiv, 507 pp. A new translation by.....
New York: Boni and Liveright, Inc. [The Modern Library], 1919. First Thus. Full-Leather.
1919 first thus, Toledano 030.1, binding style 2, olive Brodzky endpapers. Lacks jacket. Front joint rubbed, blank paper mounted on front endpaper, apparent portion of absent jacket mounted on half-title page (includes blurb about author and this.....
New York: Boni and Liveright, Inc. [The Modern Library], 1919. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1919 first thus, Toledano 030.1, binding style 2, olive Brodzky endpapers. Lacks jacket. Corners a bit rubbed,
xiii, 263 pp. Introduction by Padraic Colum. James Stephens was an Irish novelist and poet who "brought a fresh.....
New York: Boni & Liveright, Inc., 1950. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1917-1919 printing in leatherette binding style 1. Toledano 004.1. Incomplete, and priced accordingly - leaf comprising pp. 239/240 is loose and missing the bottom 1/4, causing loss of 4-5 lines of text on each side. Boards a bit rubbed, ink.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1947. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1947-63 printing, Toledano G075.1, binding style G5, blank endpapers. Lacks jacket. Spine lightly toned, a few spots on front board, front hinge just beginning to weaken.
xxxi, 1197 pp. Edited with an introduction by Saxe Commins. CONTENTS: Introduction by Saxe Commins;.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1947. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1947 first thus, Toledano 254.1, binding/jacket style 8h with 329 titles on verso, $1.25 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Very good in good jacket. Ink gift note on half-title page, jacket edges rubbed, jacket lightly toned.
ix, 349 pp.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1951. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1967-8 printing, Toledano 350.1, binding/jacket style 13l with blank verso, orange Fujita endpapers. Near fine in good married jacket. Jacket lightly toned with light cup ring stain and several spots on rear panel, jacket price clipped. Binding style is 1967-8, while.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1958. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 100.4, binding/jacket style 8i with 393 titles on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Spine head lightly bruised, minimal loss from jacket spine head and foot, jacket lightly toned.
xxv, 550 pp. 8vo. The Modern Library.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1920. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1925-29 printing of Toledano 080.1, binding style 4, yellow Brodzky endpapers. Lacks jacket. Spine faded, ink date on front endpaper.
234 pp. "Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev (November 9 [O.S. October 28] 1818 – September 3 [O.S. August 22] 1883) was a Russian.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1925. First Thus. Full-Leather.
1925 first thus, Toledano 058.1, binding style 4, yellow Bernhard endpapers. Lacks jacket. Crease on front board, front joint rubbed.
246 pp. Translated with an introduction by John Payne. François Villon, c. 1431 – c. 1463, is the best known French.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1926. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1939-63 printing. Toledano 219.1, binding style 8. Lacks jacket. Minor loss of gilt from front board and spine.
xvi, 356, [7] pp. Introduction by former Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. "Narrated by the central character Prue Sarn, whose life is blighted by.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1926. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-9 printing. Toledano 219.1, 8i, $1.65 jacket price, 379 titles on jacket verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Ink underlining on a half dozen pages or so, jacket edges rubbed with minor loss along spine ends.
xvi, 356, [7] pp. Introduction by.....