The Library of an English Bibliophile. Part II. Auction in New York, Thursday 20 October 2011

Publisher: Sotheby's
Product Code: YB02049
EAN: 0789404408802
Author: Sotheby's
Condition: Used Very Good

Price: $29.99

Book in excellent condition; cover shows shelf wear.

The second highlights sale from the Library of an English Bibliophile featured first editions of some of the greatest works of English and American Literature from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries, often in exceptionally fine condition. This included the First Folio and third folio editions of Shakespeare (1623 and 1664), a spectacular association copy of James Joyce’s Ulysses (with an annotated leaf from the typescript), extremely rare editions in wrappers of Edgar Allan Poe’s Tales and The Raven, fine copies in cloth of major works by Samuel Clemens, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne and others, and rare examples of some of the great highlights of modern literature preserved in the original dust-jackets.
Binding
Paperback  
Edition
2011
Condition
Used Very Good
Language
English