The Lord of the Rings collection from The Easton Press, known as The Tolkien Classics collection.
Octavo, [five volumes]. Full green leather, titles in gilt on spines and covers. All edges gilt, decorative silk endpapers. Includes 4 laid-in maps of Middle Earth. All volumes appear unread, in fine condition.
Signed limited edition of One Soldier’s Story by Senator Bob Dole.
Octavo, ix, [5], 287pp. Blue leather, title in gilt on spine. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Laid-in paperwork from the Easton Press. Free of any marks or notations. From a limited edition of 1880 copies, this being number 1718, signed by Senator Bob Dole.
Bob Dole served in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1996, serving as Majority Leader for one year, just prior to his retirement. He was the 1996 Republican presidential nominee, losing to President Bill Clinton. He is married to former Senator Elizabeth Dole.
253 pp. Gilt decoration on spine and covers. Gilt leaf edges. Raised bands on spine. Full brown leather. Silk end pieces. This limited edition copy was inscribed by Signed by President George W. Bush. There were 2,500 copies signed by the author. Not individually numbered.
Comments: The rarest of the limited edition books signed by former President George W. Bush. Easton Press paperwork included.
From the Easton Press, deluxe limited edition of John Milton’s Paradise Lost.
Quarto, [two volumes], [8], 228pp [Vol. I]; [6], 218pp [Vol. II]. Brown cowhide leather, title in gilt over black on spines, five raised bands with gilt-ruled compartments. Gilt design with floral motifs on covers. Decorative gilt turn-ins and marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Satin bookmarks bound-in. Limited edition of 800 copies, which this is number 224. Very slight bump to upper corner of back cover of volume II, but overall a very handsome set.
From the Easton Press, limited edition of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.
Octavo, 1168pp. Full blue leather, title in gilt on spine. Raised bands. Decorative gilt illustrations on cover and spine. All gilt edges, silk endpapers and silk bookmark. Blue cloth slipcase with black felt lining, gilt illustration on front panel. Limited edition of 800 copies, this is number 362.
Limited edition from the Easton Press of Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, signed by the author.
Octavo, xiii, [1], 286pp. Light brown leather, title in gilt over maroon on spine, five raised bands with decorative gilt compartments. Decorative gilt design over maroon on front and back covers, touch of black ink on the lower left corner of back cover. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Satin bookmark bound-in. Light brown cloth slipcase with maroon felt lining, matching decorative design as on volume. Limited edition of 600 copies, which this is number 164. Signed by the author, Daniel Keyes, on the limitation page. Certificate of authenticity laid-in.
From the Easton Press, limited edition of Jules Verne’s In Search of the Castaways.
Octavo, 620pp. Full green leather, title in gilt on spine. Raised bands. Decorative illustrations in gilt and black on covers and spine. All gilt edges, marbled endpapers and silk bookmark. In green cloth clamshell with black felt lining, decorations in gilt and black on front cover and spine. Limited edition of 400 copies, which this is number 189.
Deluxe limited edition of Bulfinch’s Mythology in three volumes, from the Easton Press.
Octavo, [three volumes], [2], 488pp [Vol. I]; 414, [2] pp [Vol. II] ; 373pp [Vol. III]. Full leather, title in gilt on spines, five raised bands with decorative gilt compartments, decorative gilt design on covers of all volumes. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Satin bookmark bound-in. Gray cloth slipcase with black felt lining, title in gilt on front panel. Limited edition of 800 copies, which this is number 116.
From the Easton Press, deluxe limited edition of Edward Gibbon’s The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire.
Quarto, [two volumes], [xvi], [xi], [1], 643pp; [xi], [1] 666pp. Full green leather, titles in gilt on spines, raised bands with illustrated gilt compartments. Title with decorative gilt illustrations on front and back covers. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin bookmarks bound-in. Green cloth slipcase with black felt lining, title in gilt on front panel with matching decorative gilt illustration as on volumes. Limited edition of 600 copies, which this is number 139. A handsome set.
Octavo, [10], 337pp. Green leather, title in gilt on spine and cover, raised bands with decorative gilt compartments. Color illustration mounted on front cover within a decorative gilt design. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Satin bookmark bound-in. Green cloth slipcase with green felt lining, matching color illustration and gilt decoration as on volume. Advertising brochure from Easton Press laid-in.
From the Easton Press, signed collector’s edition of The Giver by Lois Lowry.
Octavo, [10], 225pp. Red leather, title in gilt on spine. Decorative gilt illustrations on cover and spine. All gilt edges, silk endpapers and silk bookmark. Book has never been read. A fine example. Signed on the signature page by the author. Certificate of Authentication laid-in.
The Giver was the winner of the 1994 Newbery Medal.
From the Easton Press, deluxe limited edition of The History of Reynard the Foxe.
Quarto, 163pp. Full ivory leather, title in gilt on spine. Raised bands. Gilt decorations on covers and spine. Text printed on Crane’s Lettra 100% fine cotton fiber paper. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Satin bookmark bound-in. Ivory cloth clamshell case with white felt lining, gilt decorations on front panel and spine. Limited edition of 600 copies, this is copy number 101. A handsome volume.
From the Easton Press, limited edition of In Praise of Folly by Erasmus.
Octavo, 206pp. Full leather in two shades of brown, title in gilt over green on spine, raised bands with decorative gilt compartments. Decorative design in gilt and brown on covers. All gilt edges, marbled endpapers and silk bookmark. In green cloth slipcase with green felt lining, title in gilt on front panel within a decorative border. Limited edition of 800 copies, which this is number 98. A fine example.
From the Easton Press, The Complete Christmas Novels of Charles Dickens.
Thick octavo, [in five parts]. Red leather, title in gilt over green on spine. Raised bands on spine. Festive holiday decorations in green and gilt on cover and spine. All edges gilt, silk endpapers and silk bookmark. Includes the following stories: A Christmas Carol, The Cricket on the Hearth, The Chimes, The Battle of Life and The Haunted Man. Gilt rubbed on bottom of text block, else a very beautiful copy.
The Romance Novels of Nathaniel Hawthorne, complete in three volumes, from the Easton Press.
Octavo, [three volumes]. All bound in red leather, title in gilt on spines. Decorative gilt illustrations on covers and spines. All gilt edges, silk endpapers and silk bookmark. Free of any marks. Appear to have never been read. All fine copies.
