[Rarebooks] FS: 9 Limited Editions Club titles not yet listed online

[Charles Agvent]

1.  AURELIUS, Marcus. MEDITATIONS OF MARCUS AURELIUS. New York: Limited 
Editions Club, 1956. Octavo (6" x 9-7/8") bound in half black 
blindstamped leather and marbled boards. Illustrated with wood 
engravings by Hans Alexander Mueller, this is copy #333 of 1500 SIGNED 
by the artist on the colophon page. Touch of rubbing to leather; 
endpapers and bulked text edges slightly foxed. Still Near Fine in a 
Near Fine slipcase. (#016131)        $100.00

2.  BERNANOS, George. THE DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST. New York: Limited 
Editions Club, 1986. First Limited Edition. Quarto (8- 3/4" x 12-1/8") 
bound in Oasis goatskin and Belgium linen. Introduction by Robert Coles. 
This French novel won the Grand Prix by the Academie Francaise. "A man 
of humble origin with a great love for mankind," the priest's story 
unfolds in diary form. Copy #78 of 1000 numbered copies illustrated with 
5 woodblocks by Fritz Eichenberg printed at the Wild Carrot Letterpress 
on all-cotton Italian paper and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon 
page. Monthly Letter laid in. Spine mildly sunned. About Fine in a Very 
Good felt-lined slipcase with a one-inch portion with the cloth chipped 
to the board. (#016133)        $150.00

3.  CAMUS, Albert. THE STRANGER. [New York]: Limited Editions Club, 
1971. Square octavo (7-1/2" x 8-1/2") bound in full morocco-grained 
leather dyed a deep red. Translated from the French by Stuart Gilbert 
and introduction by Wallace Fowlie. Copy #333 of 1500 copies designed by 
Ernst Reichl and illustrated with color plates by Daniel Maffia and 
SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Slightly rubbed along edges 
with a little color loss as a result. Near Fine in a close to Fine 
slipcase. (#016130)        $75.00

4.  CATHER, Willa. A LOST LADY. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1983. 
Large octavo (7-1/4" x 10-1/4") bound with a fine South German aniline 
leather spine and corners and decorative floral cloth sides 
.Introduction by John Hollander. Copy #1168 of 1500 illustrated by 
William Bailey with an original etched frontispiece and four full-page 
plates. SIGNED by the illustrator on the colophon page. Spine sunned. 
Near Fine in a Fine slipcase. (#016127)        $60.00

5.  CREASY, Sir Edward. FIFTEEN DECISIVE BATTLES OF THE WORLD. New York: 
Limited Editions Club, 1969. Small folio (9-3/8" x 12-1/4") bound in 
full decorated buckram with a black leather label lettered in gilt; 254 
pages. Copy #333 of 1500 printed at the Stinehour Press and illustrated 
with 15 full-page multi-color woodcut and 14 black-and-white woodcut 
reproductions by Joseph Domjan. SIGNED by the illustrator on the 
colophon page. Near Fine in chipped glassine and a Near Fine slipcase 
with some spotting to the black paper-covered slipcase. (#016132)        
$60.00

6.  DANA, Richard Henry. TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST. New York: Limited 
Editions Club, 1947. Tall octavo (7" x 10-1/2") bound in full ship's 
canvas over boards with a gold-stamped blue leather label on the spine. 
Introduction by William McFee; designed by Richard Ellis. Copy #643 of 
1500 copies illustrated by Hans Alexander Mueller with wood engravings 
in multiple colors and SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. Only 
mild sunning to the spine, much less than usual for this title. About 
Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. (#016129)        $85.00

7.  FLAUBERT, Gustave (Edward BAWDEN) . SALAMMBO. Cambridge: Limited 
Editions Club, 1960. Quarto (8" x 11") bound in cream buckram with an 
introduction by Justin O'Brien. Illustrated by Edward Bawden with eight 
double-page spreads in six colors and fifty smaller black-and-white 
drawings. Copy #333 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page. 
Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in a Near Fine slipcase with the backstrip 
darkened. (#016134)        $125.00

8.  HOMER [Barry MOSER]. THE ODYSSEY OF HOMER. (New York): Limited 
Editions Club, (1981). Tall, thick octavo (6-7/8" x 10-7/8") bound in 
earth-brown natural-finish cloth stamped in crimson; 376 pages. 
Translated by T. E. Shaw (Laurence of Arabia); preface by Jeremy M. 
Wilson. Illustrated by Barry Moser with 24 full-page wood engravings and 
one vignette engraving. Copy #1168 of 2000 SIGNED by both the 
illustrator and the writer of the preface on the colophon page. Mild 
sunning to the spine. Just about Fine in a Fine slipcase. (#016128)    
     $150.00

9.  WALCOTT, Derek (Romare BEARDEN) . THE CARIBBEAN POETRY OF DEREK 
WALCOTT [POEMS OF THE CARIBBEAN]. (New York): (Limited Editions Club), 
(1983). First Edition. Quarto (9-1/2" x 12") bound in cotton cloth 
decorated with a design by artist Romare Bearden from fifteen separate 
hand-cut silk-screens printed by hand in Italy. Copy #1178 of 2000 
numbered copies with an introduction by Joseph Brodsky and color 
lithographic reproductions by Romare Bearden. SIGNED by the author and 
the artist on the colophon page. Lovely book with the ORIGINAL NUMBERED 
LITHOGRAPH (one of 275) by Bearden, often removed so as to be framed, 
laid in. Monthly Letter laid in. Some sunning to spine. About Fine in a 
Fine slipcase. (#016126)        $650.00

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