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. Thurber, James. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1957 first thus, Toledano 085.3, binding/jacket style 8i with 379 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Very good in good jacket. Jacket rubbed with minor loss from spine ends, jacket price clipped.
369 pp. Illustrated by the.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1965. First Thus. Hard Cover.
1965 first thus, Toledano G023.2, binding style G6, blank endpapers. Lacks jacket. Boards soiled.
xxiii, 855 pp. Edited and introduced by Leonard J. Kent and Nina Berberova. The Constance Garnett translation has been revised throughout by the editors. Considered by.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1931. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1944-53 printing, Toledano 188.1, binding/jacket style 8h with 334 titles on verso, $1.25 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Near fine in good jacket. Chips from jacket corners, jacket toned.
xvi, 361 pp. 3-page terminal publisher ad. Suetonius, chronicler of the.....
New York: The Modern Library, 1950. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 021.2, binding/jacket style 8i with 385 titles on verso, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Jacket price clipped, jacket a bit toned, owner bookplate on front endpaper.
xviii, 243 pp. Translated by Constance Garnett. Introduction by Herbert J. Muller. Turgenev's.....
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, 1933. Hard Cover.
Slightly musty, jacket lightly toned.
xxiii, 952 pp. 8 1/4 x 5 7/8. Original blue cloth, gilt titles with burgundy title panel. Includes: The Country Wife; All for Love; or, The World Well Lost; Venice Preserv'd; or, A Plot Discover'd; Love for.....
New York: The Modern Library. Reprint. Hard Cover.
1954-59 printing, Toledano 207.2, binding/jacket style 8i with 393 titles on verso, $1.95 jacket price, grey Rockwell Kent endpapers. Edges faintly foxed, front hinge just beginning to weaken, ink name and date on title page, jacket rubbed with minor loss from corners
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