Heritage Press Book Collection, Lot Of 48, All With Slipcovers & Most Withsandglass
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Heritage Press Collection, Lot of 48 Books, all with Slipcovers and 38 with original Sandglass as described below. The Heritage Press reprinted classic volumes previously published by the more exclusive Limited Editions Club. Each book originally came with its own Sandglass; a four-page pamphlet discussing the illustrator and the importance of the book. Ten (10) of the books in this collection are missing the original Sandglass (see description at bottom of this writeup).
The following have slipcovers and Sandglass. Some Slipcovers are sun-faded, shelf worn, but all still solidly intact. Some backstrip fading (or sunning).
The Tenth Series: 1938 - 1940. The Twelfth Series: 1940 - 1941.
TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION. The Fifteenth Series: 1943 - 1944. The Seventeenth Series: 1946 - 1947.
The Nineteenth Series: 1949 - 1950. THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES. The Twentieth Series: 1951 - 1952. DON QUIXOTE, THE INGENIOUS GENTLEMAN OF LA MANCHA. The Twenty-Second Series: 1953 - 1954.
The Brothers Karamazov (Fyodor Dostoevsky), 1961. Burton, Richard THE BOOK OF THE THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT. 6 volumes in 3 book set. The Thirty-Second Series: 1963 - 1964. THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER. The Thirty-Third Series: 1964 - 1965. Melville, Herman, BILLY BUDD and BENETO CERENO. Prometheus BOUND and Percy Bysshe. THE POEMS OF ROBERT BURNS.
The Thirty-Fourth Series: 1965 - 1966. The Thirty-Fifth Series: 1966 - 1967. THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY. THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON. THE GAMBLER and NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND.
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT. Bound in quarter suede cowhide.
Blue denim cloth covered boards. THE DESCENT OF MAN, AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX. The following have slip covers and Sandglass: Slipcovers are sun-faded, shelf worn and have damage (coming apart).
Books are still good shape. The First Series: 1929 - 1930. THE NARRATIVE OF ARTHUR GORDON PYM.
The Eighteenth: April 1948 - April 1949. A CONNECTICUT YANKEE IN KING ARTHUR'S COURT. The Twenty-Fourth Series: 1955 - 1956. The following have slip covers but are missing the Sandglass: Slipcovers are sun-faded, shelf worn and one has damage (Notre Dame).
The Fifth Series: 1933 - 1934. FRANKENSTEIN, OR THE MODERN PROMETHEUS. THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE.
THE REVOLT OF THE ANGELS. The Twenty-Third Series: 1954 - 1955. L'ALLEGRO and IL PENSEROSO. The Thirty-First Series: 1962 - 1963.
Four volumes, issued in two installments. TARTUFFE and THE WOULD-BE GENTLEMAN.