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A prospectus of the tenth anniversary series of the fine books published by the Limited Editions Club together with some notes upon a project for an illustrated Shakespeare, 1938

1 box
Item Number:
38017
Collection Creator:
Princeton University. Library. Special Collections
Dates:
1938
Located In:
Box B-000875
Extent:
1 box
Scope and Contents

Bifolium, 4to; titles from the tenth series include "The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt"; Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome"; Victor Hugo's "Les Miserables," introduction by André Maurois and illustrations by Lynd Ward; Robert Louis Stevenson's "Kidnapped"; Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice," printed by D.B. Updike at the Merrymount Press; George Bernard Shaw's "Back to Methuselah"; Geoffrey Chaucer's "Troilus and Criseyde"; Theodore Dresier's "Sister Carie"; Charles Baudelaire's "Fleurs du Mal," illustrated by Auguste Rodin. Also includes section of opinions by such authorities as Alfred A. Knopf, Sinclair Lewis, and John Henry Nash. TLS from George Macy, Director and order form laid in.

Access Restrictions:
Open for research.
Credit this material:

A prospectus of the tenth anniversary series of the fine books published by the Limited Editions Club together with some notes upon a project for an illustrated Shakespeare; Collection of Ephemera Relating to the Marketing of Books, RBD2, Rare Book Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Storage Note:
Firestone Library (ex): Box B-000875
System Identifier:
/repositories/6/archival_objects/476635

Collection Overview

Collection Description & Creator Information

Description:

Collection of ephemera relating to the marketing of books, consisting of prospectuses, adverts, catalogs, etc.

This collection was purchased as a dealer lot. It does not represent a private collector's purposeful collecting strategy.

General

New York: Limited Editions Club

Collection History

Access & Use

Access Restrictions:

Open for research.

Conditions for Reproduction and Use:

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. No further photoduplication of copies of material in the collection can be made when Princeton University Library does not own the original. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Associate University Librarian for Special Collections. The library has no information on the status of literary rights in the collection and researchers are responsible for determining any questions of copyright.

Credit this material:

A prospectus of the tenth anniversary series of the fine books published by the Limited Editions Club together with some notes upon a project for an illustrated Shakespeare; Collection of Ephemera Relating to the Marketing of Books, RBD2, Rare Book Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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