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.....
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, 1947. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1947-53 printing. Toledano 248.1, binding/jacket style 8h, $1.25 jacket price, 334 titles on reverse, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Edges foxed, jacket rubbed and toned with loss from corners and a few tears, ink name on front endpaper.
xxix, [1], 667, [7].....
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, 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, 1931. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. Toledano G002.1, binding/jacket style G1/Ga, unnumbered list of titles on jacket reverse, blank endpapers. Jacket edges rubbed with some chips, jacket spine faded, a few light spots on front panel, brief ink note on rear endpaper, minor notes.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1954. Reissue. Hard Cover.
Toledano 032.1, 1954-9 printing, binding style 8, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Lacks jacket. Spine slightly faded.
xv, 424 pp. Introduction by Hajo Holborn. The book is one of the best accounts of the colorful period of Italian life and thought between.....
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: 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, 1925. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1925-9 printing. Toledano 003.2, 4c, 95 cent jacket price, unnumbered title list on verso, yellow Bernhard endpapers. Very good in good example of scarce jacket. Jacket toned, minimal loss from jacket corners.
485, [4] pp. "The autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini was.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1930. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1939-63 printing, binding style 8, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Toledano 174.1 (Brickell introduction). Lacks jacket. Boards a bit rubbed, hinges weakening, ink and pencil notes on prelims and end matter.
xxiv, 936 pp. Includes parts one and two of Cervantes's famous.....
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, 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, 1939. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1963-7 printing, Toledano G043.1, binding style G6, jacket style Ge. Two closed 1 inch tears and 2 inch chip along bottom jacket edge, book smells a bit musty, jacket rubbed.
xv, 1077, [3] pp. An selection of works by the 'dean.....
New York: Illustrated Modern Library / Random House, Inc., 1943. McKay, David. Reissue. Hard Cover.
A variant of Toledano 204.1. Lacks slipcase, includes acetate jacket. Ink name and date on front endpaper, 1 inch chip from jacket spine head, minor loss from lettering on front jacket panel.
xx, 817 pp.....
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.....
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, 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;.....
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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.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1938. First Thus. Hard Cover.
First thus. Toledano G041.1, binding/jacket style G4/Gb, 262 titles on jacket verso, $1.25 jacket price. Near fine in good jacket. Loss from jacket corners, jacket toned (especially spine),
xii, 465 pp. With a new introduction by the author. Studs Lonigan.....
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.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1984. Alcorn, Stephen. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1984 first thus, no Toledano number, binding/jacket style 16q with list on verso, Modern Library torchbearer logo grid endpapers. Jacket price clipped.
399 pp. Jacket woodcut by Stephen Alcorn. A young doctor whose career is wrecked by a......