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Thomas Hardy Signed Limited Edition of His Works — 37 Volume Mellstock Edition, Rare in Original Cloth
Thomas Hardy signed collection of his works, in 37 volumes. Limited Mellstock edition is beautifully signed “Thomas Hardy” in Volume I on the limitation page, one of 500 copies signed by the author. Also with a frontispiece portrait of Hardy in Volume I. London: MacMillan and Co., 1919-1920. Complete set is rare in its original binding, in navy blue cloth boards with monogrammed gilt medallions to front covers, and gilt lettering and scroll work to spine. Novels include “Tess of the D’Ubervilles”, “Far from the Madding Crowd” and “Jude the Obscure” along with Hardy’s poems and other works. Each volume measures 6.25″ x 9.25″. Browning to endpapers, cracked spine to Vol. II, rear joint starting in Vol. IX and front joint slightly starting in Vol. XIV, but overall an unusually handsome set in very good condition with generally tight bindings and clean interiors. Sold for $1,900.
The following are some additional books we sold:
First edition of George Orwell’s classic futuristic novel, ”Nineteen Eighty-Four”. London: Secker & Warburg, 1949. Lime green boards are housed in the original forest green dust jacket, with the 10s. net price present on the front flap. 5.25” x 7.5” book is in very good condition with some light foxing. Dust jacket is in very good condition with some professional restoration. Sold for $2,250.
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Ayn Rand signed limited edition of ”Atlas Shrugged”, Random House: New York: 1967. Rand’s celebrated final novel set in a dystopian America popularized the philosophy of Objectivism and rational self-interest. Limitation page is signed ”Ayn Rand” in blue ink and indicates this is number 721 of a 10th Anniversary signed edition limited to 2,000 such copies. At 1168pp., this is her lengthiest piece of literature. Bound in blue cloth boards with gilt lettering and top edge blue. Measures 6” x 8.75”. Some minor blue ink to spine and scratching to bottom edge, else near fine. Sold for $2,188.
Thomas Mann Signed Limited First U.S. Edition of “The Magic Mountain” — The Novel That Helped Earn Mann His Nobel Prize in Literature
Thomas Mann signed copy of “The Magic Mountain”, one of only 200 in this limited first U.S. edition. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1927. Mann signs on the limited edition page of the first volume, with no handwritten number present. A highpoint of early 20th century fiction, “The Magic Mountain” helped earn Mann his Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929, telling the story of a man who survives illness and its spectre of death, only to be killed on the battlefield in World War I. A German Lutheran by birth, Mann would ultimately emigrate to Switzerland and the United States once Hitler came to power in World War II, and is one of the leading German authors who wrote while in exile, criticizing the Third Reich. Two volumes are bound in publisher’s green and gray faux-vellum boards with gothic gilt lettering on spine. Tissued frontispieces in each volume. Light shelf wear and mild discoloration to boards. Faint block of toning to limited edition page. Overall a very good to near fine set. Sold for $1,000.
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