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[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. A group of 162 works, including:
Estimate: $3,000-$5,000
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The Collected Library
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[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB]. A group of 162 works, including:



MARSH, Reginald, illustrator. DREISER, Theodore. An American Tragedy. 1954. Unsigned. Number 129 of 1,500 copies. -- LAMOTTE, Bernard, illustrator. HUGO, Victor. Notre Dame de Paris. 1955. SIGNED BY LAMOTTE. Number 129 of 1,500 copies. -- LANDACRE, Paul, illustrator. DARWIN, Charles. On the Origin of Species. 1964. Unsigned. Number 1,154 of 1,500 copies. -- SOTOMAYOR, Antonio, illustrator. PETRONIUS. The Satyricon. 1964. SIGNED BY SOTOMAYOR. Number 1,154 of 2,000 copies. -- CLELAND, T.M., illustrator. GOLDSMITH, Oliver. She Stoops to Conquer. 1964. SIGNED BY CLELAND. Number 1,154 of 1,500 copies. -- WARD, Lynd, illustrator. STEVENSON, Robert Louis. The Master of Ballantrae. 1965. SIGNED BY WARD. Number 1,154 of 1,500 copies. -- KNIGHT, David, illustrator. TWAIN, Mark. A Tramp Abroad. 1966. SIGNED BY KNIGHT. Number 1,154 of 1,500 copies. -- SZALAY, Lajos, illustrator. CHEKHOV, Anton. Two Plays. 1966. SIGNED BY SZALAY. Number 1,154 of 1,500 copies. -- DABCOVICH, Lydia, illustrator. LONDON, Jack. White Fang. 1973. SIGNED BY DABCOVICH. Number 481 of 2,000 copies. -- FRIERS, Rowel, illustrator. YEATS, William Butler (ed.). Irish Folk Tales. 1973. SIGNED BY TED GENSAMER. Number 481 of 2,000 copies. -- BENNETT, Harry, illustrator. SOPHOCLES. Antigone. 1975. SIGNED BY BENNETT. Number 1,315 of 2,000 copies. -- MEYER, Fred, illustrator. FITZGERALD, F. Scott. The Great Gatsby. 1980. SIGNED BY MEYER. Number 1,582 of 2,000 copies. -- HIRSCHFIELD, Al, illustrator. WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. 1982. SIGNED BY HIRSCHFIELD. Number 1,582 of 2,000 copies. -- BASKIN, Leonard, illustrator. O'NEILL, Eugene. The Iceman Cometh. 1982. SIGNED BY BASKIN. Number 1,582 of 2,000 copies. -- GILOT, Francoise, illustrator. COLETTE. Break of Day. 1983, SIGNED BY GILOT. Number 505 of 2,000 copies. -- And others.

Provenance: Donald E. Petersen (1926-2024), American businessman and former CEO of the Ford Motor Company (ownership blind stamps).

Together, 162 works in 177 volumes, various folio, 4to, and 8vo sizes, all in original bindings, condition generally fine.

[With]: A large group of original letters, prospectuses, and membership forms from the Limited Editions Club, many SIGNED BY SIDNEY SCHIFF.

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