[Rarebooks] FS: Some recently cataloged Limited Editions Club titles

[Charles Agvent]

AESCHYLUS & SHELLEY, Percy Bysshe. PROMETHEUS BOUND and PROMETHEUS 
UNBOUND. Haarlem: Limited Editions Club, 1965. Tall octavo (7-1/4" x 
11") bound in two shades of fine linen buckram-- ivory and 
powder-blue--divided horizontally, with two rows of decorative ornaments 
stamped in gold along the joint, and with spine labels of the same 
shades of buckram applied to the contrasting areas. Printed by the Joh. 
Enschede en Zonen printing house in Holland on paper made in Holland 
specially for this edition. Translated and with an introduction by Rex 
Warner. Illustrated with sixteen monochrome drawings by John Farleigh 
executed in line and wash over a buff background. Of a total of 1500 
copies, this copy is not numbered (in place of the number is written in 
ink "Office Copy") and bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 
25 presentation copies. This edition was issued unsigned. Monthly Letter 
laid in. Fine in a close to Fine slipcase. (#016292)        $85.00

BIERCE, Ambrose (Paul LANDACRE). TALES OF SOLDIERS & CIVILIANS. New 
York: Limited Editions Club, 1943. Tall octavo (7" x 10-3/4") 
imaginatively bound with a decorated linen center panel flanked by 
gilt-decorated dark sheepskin panels. Edited with an introduction by 
Joseph Henry Jackson. Illustrated with original wood engravings by Paul 
Landacre printed directly from the blocks. Of a total of 1500 copies 
SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered (in 
place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and bears the 
Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 25 presentation copies. Some 
rubbing to the leather, but the book is still quite nice and Fine 
internally. Very Good in a broken chemise and a Good complete slipcase 
with splits. (#016285)        $150.00

BLIGH, Capt. William. A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS UNDERTAKEN BY COMMAND 
OF HIS MAJESTY FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVEYING THE BREAD-FRUIT TREE TO THE 
WEST INDIES IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP BOUNTY COMMANDED BY LIEUTENANT WILLIAM 
BLIGH INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MUTINY ON BOARD THE SAID SHIP AND THE 
SUBSEQUENT VOYAGE OF PART OF THE CREW IN THE SHIP'S BOAT FROM TOFAO, ONE 
OF THE FRIENDLY ISLANDS, TO TIMOR, A DUTCH SETTLEMENT IN THE EAST 
INDIES. Adelaide, South Australia: Limited Editions Club, 1975. Tall 
folio (9-5/8" x 14") bound in full tan homespun linen with the covers 
printed in terra cotta with nautical silhouettes by Geoffrey Ingleton; 
176 pages. Printed at the Griffin Press; introduction by Alan Villiers. 
Designed by Douglas Dunstan and illustrated by Geoffrey Ingleton with 3 
full-page color plates and 22 in-text line drawings. He also drew a map 
of the southwest Pacific for the front endpapers and a plan of the 
Bounty's main rigging for the rear endpapers. The frontispiece 
reproduces the portrait of Admiral Bligh painted by John Smart in 1797. 
Of a total edition of 2000 numbered copies SIGNED by the artist and by 
the designer on the colophon page, this is one of only 25 Presentation 
Copies with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon 
page where instead of a number the initials "G.C." are handwritten. 
Acquired directly from the publisher's files, this copy belonged to 
Gordon Carroll who was in charge of the club's operations in the 1970s 
when it operated out of Avon, CT. Monthly Letter laid in. Fine in a Very 
Good slipcase with mild spotting. (#016284)        $85.00

BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett. SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE. New York: 
Limited Editions Club, 1948. Elephant folio (10-1/2" x 15") bound in 
full blue unfinished linen stamped with gold leaf in a hand-moulded case 
covered with the same material. Introduction by Louis Untermeyer. The 
text is reprinted from that of the Fourth Edition of Browning's POEMS, 
published in 1856; the sonnet now numbered XLII was included in the 
series for the first time. Embellished with decorations in red, blue, 
and gold by Valenti Angelo, applied to the sheets through silk screens. 
Of a total edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon 
page, this is one of only 25 Presentation Copies with the publisher's 
blindstamp attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a 
number the initials "G.C." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the 
publisher's files, this copy belonged to Gordon Carroll who was in 
charge of the club's operations in the 1970s when it operated out of 
Avon, CT. Slight spotting to book and slipcase. Near Fine in a Near Fine 
slipcase. (#016280)        $150.00

CERVANTES, Miguel de. THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN DON QUIXOTE OF LA MANCHA. 
Barcelona: Limited Editions Club, 1933. Two quarto (7-3/4" x 10-3/4") 
volumes bound in cloth-backed decorated boards. Translated with an 
introduction by John Ormsby. Designed and printed by Victor de 
Villanova. Illustrated with many full-page wood engravings by 
Enric-Cristobal Ricart. Copy #1142 of 1500 SIGNED by the artist on the 
colophon page in each volume. In the second volume the number is crossed 
out and in place is written in ink "Office Copy" with the Club's 
blindstamp stating it is one of 25 presentation copies. Spines soiled 
and a bit sunned. Very Good in a stained, complete slipcase that is 
broken. (#016293)        $400.00

FRANCE, Anatole. CRAINQUEBILLE [L'AFFAIRE CRAINQUEBILLE]. New York: 
Limited Editions Club, 1949. Quarto (9-1/8" x 12-1/4") bound in full 
tapestried burlap with the title stamped in burgundy leaf on the front 
and spine. Newly translated with an introduction by Jacques Le Clercq. 
Illustrated with paintings by Bernard Lamotte. Of a total of 1500 copies 
SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this copy is not numbered (in 
place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and bears the 
Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 15 presentation copies. Slight 
sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Very Good slipcase. (#016286)    
     $60.00

HORACE. ODES AND EPODES OF HORACE. New York: Limited Editions Club, 
1961. Two volumes in octavo (5" x 7-1/4") and folio (9-1/2" x 13-3/4") 
bound in half buckram with highly distinctive hand-marbled paper sides 
by Putois Freres of Paris. The smaller volume, printed in red and black, 
consists of the original Latin odes with English translations on facing 
pages selected and edited by Louis Untermeyer. The larger volume 
consists of facsimile pages, in the same size as the originals, of 39 
pages from 23 various volumes of Horace dating from 1482 to 1910. Of a 
total edition of 1500 copies, this is one of only 25 Presentation Copies 
with each volume with the publisher's blindstamp attesting to such on 
the colophon page where instead of a number the initials "G.C." are 
handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's files, this copy 
belonged to Gordon Carroll who was in charge of the club's operations in 
the 1970s when it operated out of Avon, CT. Fine in glassine with small 
tears and a Near Fine dual slipcase with a paint streak. (#016283)    
     $150.00

NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. THUS SPAKE ZARATHUSTRA. New York: Limited Editions 
Club, 1964. Tall octavo (8-1/2" x 11") bound in imported white English 
vellum-backed blue Fabriano paper boards stamped in pure gold leaf; 340 
pages. Designed by Adrian Wilson and translated by Thomas Common. 
Illustrated with decorated chapter initials and initials silk-screened 
in white and gold on deep-blue Fabriano paper inserts by Arnold Bank. 
Issued unsigned. Of a total of 1500 copies, this copy is not numbered 
(in place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and bears the 
Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 25 presentation copies. Lovely 
edition of this classic. Monthly Letter laid in. Slight darkening of the 
vellum backstrip. Near Fine in a Near Fine slipcase. (#016287)        
$175.00

PAINE, Thomas. RIGHTS OF MAN. Lunenberg, VT: Limited Editions Club, 
1961. Folio (9-1/2" x 12-1/4") bound in red buckram with a vertical 
center strip of imported hand-made flame-marbled Cockrell paper that 
extends to the pastedowns; 292 pages. Designed by Roderick Stinehour and 
printed at the Stinehour Press. Illustrated with 18 full-page two-color 
lithographs and 18 monochrome text drawings by Lynd Ward. Of a total 
edition of 1500 copies SIGNED by the artist on the colophon page, this 
is one of only 25 Presentation Copies with the publisher's blindstamp 
attesting to such on the colophon page where instead of a number the 
initials "H.M." are handwritten. Acquired directly from the publisher's 
files, and most likely the publisher Helen Macy's very own copy. Monthly 
Letter laid in. Mild sunning to the spine. About Fine in a Fine 
slipcase. (#016281)        $135.00

VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VIRGILIUS MARO). THE GEORGICS. Verona: Limited Editions 
Club, 1952. Small quarto (8-1/2" x 12") bound with a green Italian 
buckram spine with the title stamped in gold leaf and sides covered with 
a hand-made and hand-printed brown-and-green Varese paper; 168 pages. 
Translated into English verse by John Dryden with an introduction by 
George F. Whicher. Designed by Giovanni Mardersteig and printed at the 
Officina Bodoni. Illustrated with wood engravings by Bruno Bramanti, the 
prints pulled directly from the blocks. Of a total of 1500 copies SIGNED 
by the artist and the designer on the colophon page, this copy is not 
numbered (in place of the number is written in ink "Office Copy") and 
bears the Club's blindstamp stating it is one of 25 presentation copies. 
Spine a touch sunned. About Fine in a Good slipcase lacking the 
backstrip. A lovely book. (#016290)        $100.00

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