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Frankllin Center, Pa: Franklin Library, 1979. Book. Illus. by Richard Krepel. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Dark Brown Leather Stamped In Gold Gilt. 523 Pages. Franklin Library. A Limited Edition. Pulitzer Prize Winner 1947. Portrays The Dramatic And Theatrical Political Rise And Governorship Of Willie Stark, A Cynical, Socially Liberal Socialist In The American South During The 1930S. The Novel Is Narrated By Jack Burden, A Political Reporter Who Comes To Work As Governor Stark's Right-Hand Man..

Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library, 1982. Book. Illus. by Bernand Fuchs. As New. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. A Limited edition. Bound in a rich red leather with extra Gilt. 433 pp crisp and tight. Appears unread. The spine has raised bands with four compartments. There is a silk ribbon sewn in as aa permanent bookmark. The endpapers have a silk moire finish..

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1982. Book. Illus. by Bernard Fuchs. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near Fine. I/4 Leather, With Title Stamped In Gilt On Spine. All Edges Gilt. Silk Ribbon Sewn In. 418Pp Illustrated N B/W Greatest 100 Masterpieces Of Literature..

United States of America: Franklin Library, 1979. Book. Illus. by Thomas Hart Benton. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full leather, part of franklin library's collection, 100 greatest books of all time. 228 pages. The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is the traditional name for the unfinished record of his own life written by Benjamin Franklin from 1771 to 1790; however, Franklin himself appears to have called the work his Memoirs. Although it had a tortuous publication history after Franklin's death, this work has become one of the most famous and influential examples of an autobiography ever written. Franklin's account of his life is divided into four parts, reflecting the different periods at which he wrote them. There are actual breaks in the narrative between the first three parts, but Part Three's narrative continues into Part Four without an authorial break..

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1981. Book. Illus. by Kenneth Francis Dewey. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Limited Edition. Full green leather bound vol. with extra gilt, gilt on the edges is rubbed off in places. Moire endpapers and a silk bookmark sewn in. A limited edition published exclusively for subscribers. 540pp.

Franklin, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. Book. Illus. by Barron Storey. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. limited edition. pulitzer prize winner 1970. 414 pages. gold trimmed edges. front and back covers as well as spine stamped in gold gilt. Jean Stafford communicates the small details of loneliness and connection, the search for freedom and the desire to belong, that not only illuminate whole lives but also convey with an elegant economy of words the sense of the place and time in which her protagonists find themselves. The Collected Stories of Jean Stafford includes the acclaimed story "An Influx of Poets," which has never before appeared in book form..

Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library, 1983. Book. Illus. by Robert Lo Grippo. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Limited Edition. Illustrated. 514Pp. Bound In Full Rich Red Leather With Extra Gilt. Aeg With A Moire Finish To Endpapers. The Deerslayer, Or The First Warpath Was The Last Of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales To Be Written. There Is A Red Silk Ribbon Sewn In As A Book Mark. 514 Pages.

Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: Franklin Library, 1978. Book. Illus. by Elaine Raphael & Don Bolognese. As New. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated by J. Lewis May and Illustrated by Elaine Raphel and Don Bolognese. A Limited Edition. Red leather with title in Gilt on spine and extra gilt on covers. All Edges Gilt. 424 pp. Full page illustrations and includes a silk page marker sewn in..

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1980. Book. Illus. by Gonzalo Fonseca. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. As New. Franklin Center, Pennsylvania; Franklin Library; 1979; 1st Edition; 1st Printing; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Hardcover; Fine, Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing & concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. Franklin Library the Great Books of the Western World Series. Translated by Donald M. Frame.

Franklin Center: The Franklin Library, 1981. Book. Illus. by John Collier. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Translated from the Russian by Constance Garnett. A limited Edition. Full black leather with extra gilt. All edges Gilt. The endpapers are a grey silk moire. There is a silk ribbon page marker sewn in..

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1977. Book. Illus. by Borja, Robert & Corinne. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Black leather with extra gilt. Raised bands with gilt title on spine. 382pp, A limited first edition by the Franklin Library..

United States of America: Franklin Library, 1977. Book. Illus. by Eugene Karlin. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Full Leather. 242 pages plus acknowledgements. Les Fleurs du mal is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire. First published in 1857, it was important in the symbolist and modernist movements. The poems deal with themes relating to decadence and eroticism..

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1979. Book. Illus. by Fred Otnes. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Limited Edition Of Eugene O'neill Four Plays Is Published Exclusively For Subscribers To The Franklin Library Collection The 100 Greatest Books Of All Time. Near Fine, Clean And Tight Copy. Brown Leather Bound With Extra Gilt. Aeg There Is An Attractive Bookplate On Half-Title Page. 531Pp With Moire Endpapers And A Silk Page Marker Sewn In..

Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Book. Illus. by Frank A Pape'. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. very good condition. Slightly sunned spine. Translated by John M. Cohen. Brown simulated leather with extra glitter. All edges gilded. 715pp. Illustrated with reproduced engravings..

Franklin Center PA: Franklin Library, 1980. Book. Illus. by Herb Tauss. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Humboldt's Gift is about fame, about how writers long for it and obtain it, what happens to them once they get it, and how they either lose it or give it up. From the limited edition collection, the 100 Greatest Masterpieces of American Literature. Dark red leather with extra Gilt all edges Gilt. The endpapers are a moire finish and there is a permanent silk ribbon marker sewn in, Five compatments with raised dands on the spine. 467pp. There are full page drawings by Herb Tauss. The booklet editor's notes is laid in front of book..

United States of America: Franklin Library, 1980. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. limited edition. 524 pages.The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman", when originally published from 1759 to 1767, was an experimental novel far ahead of its time. The titular character, Shandy narrates the story of his life, beginning with his conception and focusing on his family, particularly his unconventional father Walter and his gentle Uncle Toby. One of the recurrent jokes in the novel, Shandy cannot explain anything concisely and Sterne utilizes many narrative devices to accommodate Shandy's digressions on countless subjects, especially human disconnection and his doubts about truly knowing himself. His disorderly account is rich in minor characters, especially Dr. Slop, Toby's servant Corporal Trim, and the parson Yorick. Though the novel is ostensibly about Shandy and his life, most of the work focuses on the characters surrounding him… Read More

Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Lyrical Ballads by William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. 274pp. Near fine condition, beautiful Full-Leather with gilt. Raised spine. Rare/limited edition book..

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1981. Book. Illus. by Alan E. Cober. Near Fine. Hardcover. Limited Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. The 100 Greatest Masterpieces Of American Literature. A Limited Edition. Full Red Leather Bound With Extra Gilt. All Edges Gilt, However There Is Some Rubbing And Loss To Page Edge Gilt. Moire Endpapers And A Silk Page Marker Sewn In. 287 Pages Including. Wonderful Full Page B/W Engravings. Previous Owners Bookplate On Half-Title Page. .

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1981. Book. Illus. by Allen Mardon. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 509 Pages. Guilt Illustrations on cover. All Edges Guilt. Purple Ribbon. Translated by George Holden. Black and white Illustrations..

Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library, 1978. Book. Illus. by Mitchell Hooks. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 190 pages. pulitzer prize 1973. limited edition published exclusively for subscribers. gold gilted edges. stamped in gold gilt on front and back cover as well as spine. brown leather. This Pulitzer Prize-winning novel tells the story of Laurel McKelva Hand, a young woman who has left the South and returns, years later, to New Orleans, where her father is dying. After his death, she and her silly young stepmother go back still farther, to the small Mississippi town where she grew up. Along in the old house, Laurel finally comes to an understanding of the past, herself, and her parents..