[Rarebooks] FS: Signed Franklin Library and Easton Press titles
Charles Agvent
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Tue Oct 11 13:43:58 EDT 2005
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1. ANGELOU, Maya. ALL GOD'S CHILDREN NEED TRAVELING SHOES. Franklin
Center, PA: Franklin Library 1986. First Edition. Bound in
gilt-decorated green leather. A limited true First Edition preceding
the trade edition SIGNED by Angelou and with an introduction by her
not present in the trade edition. Fine $125.00
2. ATWOOD, Margaret. THE ROBBER BRIDE. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin
Library 1993. First Edition. Limited and true First Edition SIGNED by
the author and with a special introduction by her not included in the
trade edition. As new in shrinkwrap. $100.00
3. CARTER, Jimmy. KEEPING FAITH. MEMOIRS OF A PRESIDENT. Norwalk, CT:
Easton Press (1982) [1986]. Bound in full gilt-decorated gray leather;
illustrated with photographs. A limited edition issued as part of
the Library of the Presidents by Easton Press and SIGNED "J. Carter"
on the limitation leaf. Laid in is an eight-page pamphlet containing
an introduction by Edmund Muskie, Secretary of State during the
Carter administration. Tiny blemish on rear cover, otherwise Fine.
$250.00
4. CARVER, Raymond. WHERE I'M CALLING FROM. Franklin Center, PA:
Franklin Library 1988. First Edition. Decorated two-tone burgundy
leather with beautiful gilt swirl design. Illustrated with a color
frontispiece depicting a scene fron one of the stories. Limited and
true First Edition of this important collection from a modern master
of the short story SIGNED by the author and with a special
introduction by him not included in the trade edition. New in
shrinkwrap. $300.00
5. CRICHTON, Michael. RISING SUN. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin
Library 1992. First Edition. Bound in gilt-decorated red leather. A
limited true First Edition preceding the trade edition SIGNED by
Crichton and with an introduction by him not present in the trade
edition. Fine $150.00
6. DAVIES, Robertson. THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS. Franklin Center, PA:
Franklin Library 1988. First Edition. Decorated dark green leather.
Limited and true First Edition SIGNED by the author and with a
special introduction by him not included in the trade edition. As new
in shrinkwrap. $150.00
7. DOCTOROW, E. L. CITY OF GOD. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library
2000. First Edition. The true First Edition, limited to 1100 copies
SIGNED by the author and with a special introduction by him not
included in the trade edition. Available only by subscription when
originally published. Fine $150.00
8. HELLER, Joseph. CLOSING TIME. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin
Library 1994. First Edition. Gilt-decorated gray leather. Limited
edition SIGNED by Heller preceding the trade edition with an
introduction by Heller not in that edition. The sequel to CATCH-22.
Fine $100.00
9. MORRISON, Toni. JAZZ. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1992.
First Edition. Bound in gilt-decorated leather. A Limited Edition
preceding the trade edition with a note from the critic Henry Louis
Gates, Jr. not in the trade edition. SIGNED by the author. Fine
$250.00
10. THEROUX, Paul. KOWLOON TONG. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin
Library 1998. First Edition. Limited and true First Edition SIGNED by
the author and with a special introduction by him not included in the
trade edition. New in shrinkwrap. $100.00
11. UPDIKE, John. BRAZIL. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library 1994.
First Edition. Bound in gilt-decorated brown leather. A limited true
First Edition preceding the trade edition SIGNED by Updike and with
an introduction by him not present in the trade edition. Fine $100.00
12. UPDIKE, John. TOWARD THE END OF TIME. Franklin Center, PA:
Franklin Library 1997. First Edition. True First Edition limited to
1400 copies with a three-page introduction by Updike not in the trade
edition and SIGNED by the author. Recent Franklin Library titles are
generally printed in smaller quantities than in the past and will
prove to be only more elusive to obtain as time goes on. As new in
shrinkwrap. $125.00
13. VONNEGUT, Kurt. BLUEBEARD. Franklin Center, PA: Franklin Library
1987. First Edition. Limited and true First Edition SIGNED by
Vonnegut and with a special introduction by him not included in the
trade edition. Fine $125.00
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