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, 1928. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1928 first thus, Toledano 138.1, binding/jacket style 4c, with unnumbered title list on verso but referencing 140 titles on the rear panel, 95 cent jacket price, yellow Bernhard endpapers. Jacket edges rubbed and beginning to split along flap creases with.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1957. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 296.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 393 titles on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in very good jacket. Jacket lightly rubbed.
xi, 425 pp. With a special foreword by the author. CONTENTS: Foreword; From.....
New York: Modern Library, 1940. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1940 first thus, Toledano 074.2, binding/jacket style 8g with 274 titles on verso, 95 cent jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Top corner of half-title page missing (1 x 2 inch chip), jacket edges rubbed with two 1/2 inch chips, small.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1936. Hard Cover.
Toledano 030.1, binding G3. Lacks jacket. Spine faded, endpapers lightly soiled, ink name and note on front free endpaper.
732 pp. In writing this work my aim has been to give the exact facts as far as the available material allows. Necessarily.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1945. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1951-53 printing, Toledano 235.2, binding/jacket style 8h with 352 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in very good jacket. Jacket toned, jacket price clipped.
xi, 532 pp. CONTENTS: Preface; The Planting of the Colonies; The Colonial Heritage; The.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1968. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1968 first thus, Toledano G080.2, binding/jacket style G7/Gj, $4.95 jacket price, blank verso, blank endpapers. A couple small closed jacket tears smudge on bottom page ridge.
xiv, 845 pp. Translated and edited, with commentaries by Walter Kaufmann. CONTENTS: A Note.....
New York: The Modern Library. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1944-53 printing, Toledano 009.1, binding/jacket style 8h with 344 titles on verso, $1.25 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Jacket lightly toned.
xxiii, 368, [11] pp. Translated by Thomas Common. Nietzsche was one of the most revolutionary and subversive thinkers in Western.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1953. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 042.3, binding/jacket style 8i with 385 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Puncture on rear jacket panel through board causing indent to last 30 pages, cup ring stain on rear jacket panel and board, owner bookplate on.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1997. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1997 first thus, no Toledano number, $22.00 jacket price, brown decorative endpapers with an updated rendering of Modern Library's iconic torchbearer. Board edges a bit faded.
viii, 713 pp. When the beautiful, imperious and moneyed Grace Caldwell Tate wants something.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1994. 2nd Printing. Hard Cover.
1994 2nd printing, no Toledano number (originally released as 042.1), $14.50 jacket price, brown decorative endpapers with an updated rendering of Modern Library's iconic torchbearer. Board edges a bit faded.
xxi, 269 pp. Introduction by Fran Lebowitz. Author's first novel.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1956. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1967 printing, Toledano 211.3, binding/jacket style 12n with blank verso, brown Fujita endpapers. Jacket price clipped.
xiii, 303 pp. With an introduction by Lionel Trilling. John Henry O'Hara (January 31, 1905 – April 11, 1970) was one of America's most prolific.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1937. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1943-44 printing, Toledano 146.2, binding/jacket style 8g with 278 titles on verso, 95 cent jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Pages and jacket toned.
xix, 260 pp., no terminal publisher ad. Three classic plays by the 1936 Nobel Prize winning dramatic.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1941. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1941 first thus, Toledano G055.1, binding/jacket style G4/Gc, $1.25 jacket price, list of 271 titles on verso, blank endpapers. Light spot on top edge, jacket and pages lightly toned, minor wear to jacket corners.
xxii, 867 pp. Selected by the.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1950. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1955-59 printing, Toledano 158.2, binding/jacket style 8i with 377 titles on verso, no jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Very good in good jacket. Jacket rubbed and lightly toned with minor loss from corners.
xxv, 446 pp. Edited with introductions by.....
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New York: The Modern Library, 1945. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-60 printing, Toledano G068.1, binding/jacket style G5/Ge, no jacket price, unnumbered list of titles on verso, blank endpapers. Jacket edges a bit rubbed, board edges slightly faded, endpapers foxed.
xii, 640 pp. The selected work of Tom Paine including: Common Sense.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1994. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1994 first thus, no Toledano number, brown decorative endpapers with an updated rendering of Modern Library's iconic torchbearer. Board edges slightly faded, jacket price clipped.
viii, 457 pp. A collection of stories and poems by the noted American humorist. Dorothy.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1949. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 267.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 380 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Very good in good jacket. Pencil name on front endpaper, jacket edges rubbed with minimal loss from corners.
xix, 366 pp. Introduction by Henry Steele.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1958. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1966 printing, Toledano G086.1, binding/jacket style G6/Gh, $3.95 jacket price, blank verso, blank endpapers. Two 1/2 inch closed jacket tears, two light smudges on boards, jacket lightly toned, ink name on front endpaper.
559 pp. Translated from the Russian by Max.....
New York: The Modern Library. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1944-53 printing, Toledano 086.1, binding/jacket style 8h with 329 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Jacket price clipped.
xxxi, 199 pp. Introduction by Arthur Symons. Pater's famous studies of Botticelli, Della Robbia, Da Vinci, Michelangelo, and other luminaries of the Renaissance.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1942. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1942 first thus, Toledano 225.1, binding style 8, map of Santa Eulalia del Rio on endpapers (one of only six ML titles with unique endpapers). Lacks jacket. Spine soiled.
xii, 427 pp. Life and Death of a Spanish Town[1][2] is.....
New York: The Modern Library. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1944-53 printing, Toledano 113.2, binding/jacket style 8h with 309 titles on verso, 95 cent jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in very good jacket. Single tiny ink spot on fore edge, jacket edges lightly rubbed, jacket faintly toned.
346 pp.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1947. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, 247.1, binding/jacket style 8i with 405 titles on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Minimal discoloration of green top stain on page edge near spine.
xiv, 300 pp. With a critical introduction by Sidney Namlerep. Sidney Joseph.....
New York: The Modern Library. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1940-44 printing, Toledano 181.1, binding/jacket style 8g with 278 titles on verso, 95 cent jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Ink name crossed out on front endpaper.
xlviii, 577 pp. The Jowett translation. Selected and edited by Irwin Edman. CONTENTS: Preface; Editor's.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1956. Reissue. Hard Cover.
1963 printing, Toledano 181.1 binding/jacket style 10i, unnumbered list on jacket verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Jacket edges rubbed.
xlviii, 577 pp. Edited with an introduction by Irwin Edman. CONTENTS: Preface; Editor's Introduction; Lysis; Euthyphro; Apology; Crito; Phaedo;.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1940. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1963-67 printing, Toledano G005.1, binding style G6, blank endpapers. Lacks jacket. Front hinge weakening, top board edge lightly stained.
xxiv, 1309 pp. Translated by John Dryden and revised by Arthur Hugh Clough. "Theseus, Romulus, The Comparison of Romulus with Theseus, Lycurgus.....