[Rarebooks] FS: 10 Library of America classic volumes beautifully bound by Asprey in full morocco

[Charles Agvent]

 From our HOLIDAY 2008 Catalogue of 150 NEW ARRIVALS now posted on our 
web site.  Included are beautifully bound classics, signed books, fine 
press titles, poetry, illustrated books, and the unusual.

1.  AMERICAN  POETRY: THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: Volumes I and  II.  (New
York):  The  Library of America (1993). Two volumes, Fifth and  Fourth
Printings,  attractively rebound by Asprey in full brown morocco  with
gilt  rules and lettering, patterned endpapers, all edges gilt;  1098;
1050 pages. Fine                                               $250.00

2.  DREISER, Theodore. AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. (New York): The Library of
America  (2003). First Edition. Attractively rebound by Asprey in full
brown  morocco  with gilt rules and lettering, floral  endpapers,  all
edges gilt; 972 pages. Fine                                    $100.00

3.  DREISER, Theodore. SISTER CARRIE; JENNIE GERHARDT; and TWELVE MEN.
(New   York):  The  Library  of   America  (1987).  Second   Printing,
attractively  rebound by Asprey in full brown morocco with gilt  rules
and  lettering,  floral  endpapers, all edges gilt; 1168  pages.  Fine
                                                                $100.00

4.  JAMES,  William.  WRITINGS 1878-1899. (New York): The  Library  of
America  (1992). First Edition. Attractively rebound by Asprey in full
brown  morocco with gilt rules and lettering, patterned endpapers, all
edges  gilt; 1212 pages. Includes PSYCHOLOGY: BRIEFER COURSE; THE WILL
TO  BELIEVE AND OTHER ESSAYS IN POPULAR PHILOSOPHY; TALKS TO  TEACHERS
ON  PSYCHOLOGY AND TO STUDENTS ON SOME OF LIFE'S IDEALS; and  SELECTED
ESSAYS. Fine                                                   $100.00

5.  JAMES,  William.  WRITINGS 1902-1910. (New York): The  Library  of
America  (1987).  Sixth  Printing, attractively rebound by  Asprey  in
full brown morocco with gilt rules and lettering, patterned endpapers,
all  edges  gilt;  1379  pages. Includes THE  VARIETIES  OF  RELIGIOUS
EXPERIENCE;  PRAGMATISM; A PLURALISTIC UNIVERSE; THE MEANING OF TRUTH;
SOME PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY; and ESSAYS. Fine                  $100.00

6.  JEWETT, Sarah Orne. NOVELS AND STORIES. (New York): The Library of
America  (1994). First Edition. Attractively rebound by Asprey in full
brown  morocco with gilt rules and lettering, patterned endpapers, all
edges  gilt;  937  pages. Includes DEEPHAVEN; A  COUNTRY  DOCTOR;  THE
COUNTRY  OF  THE  POINTED FIRS; DUNNET LANDING STORIES;  and  SELECTED
STORIES & SKETCHES. Fine                                       $100.00

7. NORRIS, Frank. NOVELS AND ESSAYS: VANDOVER AND THE BRUTE; McTEAGUE;
THE  OCTOPUS;  and ESSAYS. (New York): The Library of America  (1986).
Fourth  Printing, attractively rebound by Asprey in full burnt  orange
morocco  with  gilt rules and lettering, floral endpapers,  all  edges
gilt; 1232 pages. Fine                                         $100.00

8. POWELL, Dawn. NOVELS 1930-1942: DANCE NIGHT; COME BACK TO SORRENTO;
TURN,  MAGIC  WHEEL;  ANGELS  ON TOAST; and A TIME TO  BE  BORN.  (New
York):  The  Library  of America (2001). First  Edition.  Attractively
rebound  by  Asprey in full burnt orange morocco with gilt  rules  and
lettering, floral endpapers, all edges gilt; 1068 pages. Fine  $150.00

9.  POWELL,  Dawn. NOVELS 1944-1962: MY HOME IS FAR AWAY; THE  LOCUSTS
HAVE  NO  KING; THE WICKED PAVILION; and THE GOLDEN SPUR. (New  York):
The  Library of America (2001). First Edition. Attractively rebound by
Asprey  in  full burnt orange morocco with gilt rules  and  lettering,
floral endpapers, all edges gilt; 969 pages. Fine              $150.00

10.  WHITMAN,  Walt. COMPLETE POETRY AND COLLECTED PROSE. (New  York):
The  Library  of  America  (1982).  Fifteenth  Printing,  attractively
rebound by Asprey in full brown morocco with gilt rules and lettering,
patterned  endpapers,  all edges gilt; 1380 pages. Includes LEAVES  OF
GRASS  (1855); LEAVES OF GRASS (1891-92); COMPLETE PROSE WORKS (1892);
and SUPPLEMENTARY PROSE. Fine                                  $150.00


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