[Rarebooks] FS: Collection of Monthly Letters and other ephemera, @100 pieces, from the Limited Editions Club

Charles Agvent agvent at erols.com
Thu Jun 25 11:05:04 EDT 2009


 From our newly updated catalog of LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB books and 
ephemera containing 601 items:

LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB: COLLECTION OF MONTHLY LETTERS AND EPHEMERA:
@100  pieces.  New York: Limited Editions Club 1929-35.  Approximately
100  pieces  from an original subscriber including 67 of the first  77
Monthly  Letters  from the earliest years of the Club: 1929  to  1935.
The  Letters  are 2-8, 10-14, 16, 23-27, and 29-77. Also included  are
"Dolphin's  Tale"  #1 and #2, Dolphin Advance Announcement #1 and  #2,
Popularity  Ballot  (3rd - 6th Series), four Typed Letters  Signed  by
George   Macy,  a  pamphlet  by   Richard  Le  Gallienne  titled  "The
Philosophy  of  Limited Editions," "A Frank and Earnest  Letter,"  and
several  announcements  for competitions. All of the items,  including
several pieces for the Book Club of California, are housed in a three-
ring  binder  and belonged to John Francis Neylan, a prominent  figure
in  California's legal, political, journalistic, and educational  life
who  died  in  1960. He owned copies #325 and 1205 of books  from  the
club  and we also offer a number of these books with his  bookplate. A
number  of newspaper obituaries of Neylan are included with this  lot.
Three-hole punched, but otherwise about Fine.                 $1000.00

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