- THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY, THE METROPOLITAN
THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, 12 VOLUMESThe Franklin Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 12 Volumes
- (FRANKLIN LIBRARY) A group of 14
(FRANKLIN LIBRARY) A group of 14 books published by the Franklin Library bound in gilt-tooled multi-color morocco from the First Edition Society. (Franklin Center PA: various dates)
- FRANKLIN LIBRARY MYSTERY MASTERPIECES
FRANKLIN LIBRARY MYSTERY MASTERPIECES BOOKS, 14 Fourteen books published by the Franklin Library Mystery Masterpieces comprising "Great American Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century," "Great British Mystery Stories of the Twentieth Century," Agatha Christie's "The Mousetrap & Other Stories," Michael Innes's " The Man from the Sea," Dorothy L. Sayers's "Murder Must Advertise," Antonia Fraser's "Quiet as a Nun," A.A. Milne's "The Red House Mystery," Dashiel Hammet's "The Maltese Falcon," Erle Stanley Gardner's "The D.A. Calls it Murder," Len Deighton's "The Ipcress File," Edmund Crispin's "The Long Divorce," Edgar Wallace's "The Crimson Circle," Oscar Wilde's "The Picture of Dorian Gray," and Rex Stout's "Fer-de-Lance;" all leather bound except for Agatha Christie's bound in red velvet with gilt lettering. Largest: 9.5" H x 6.5" W x 1.5" D.
- (8) FRANKLIN LIBRARY & MYSTERY
(8) FRANKLIN LIBRARY & MYSTERY BOOKS(lot of 8) Library shelf books, The Franklin Library and Franklin Mystery, including: (1) "Payment Deferred," C.S. Forester, 1990, (1) "The D.A. Calls it Murder," Erle Stanley Gardner, 1989, (1) "The Brothers Grimm: Favorite Household Tales," translated by Margaret Hunt, 1981, limited edition, (1) "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy," John Le Carre, 1988, (1) "The Red House Mystery," A.A. Milne, 1990, (1) "The Histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel," Francois Rabelais, 1982, (1) "The Patience of Maigret," Georges Simenon, 1989, (1) "The Aeneid of Virgil," translated by John Dryden, 1975, from the limited-edition collection The 100 Greatest Books of All Time; largest book: approx 9.5"h, 6.5"w, 14lbs total
- THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY COLLECTORS
THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY COLLECTORS EDITION; 97 LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. From: the 100 Greatest Books of All Time Condition: Excellent condition most never opened
- * (BINDINGS) FRANKLIN LIBRARY A
* (BINDINGS) FRANKLIN LIBRARY A group of 93 volumes published by the Franklin Library Franklin Center PA various dates. 8vo all in various colors of morocco stamped in gilt.
- FRANKLIN LIBRARY OF MYSTERY MASTERPIECES
FRANKLIN LIBRARY OF MYSTERY MASTERPIECES BOOKS, 14 Fourteen books published by the Franklin Library of Mystery Masterpieces comprising Eric Ambler's "A Coffin for Dimitrios," E.C. Bentley's "Trent's Last Case," C.S. Forester's "Payment Deferred," Dick Francis's "Blood Sport," E.W. Hornung's "Raffles," Wilkie Collins's "The Moonstone," James M. Cain's "The Postman Always Rings Twice & Double Indemnity," Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde & Other Stories," Vera Caspary's "Laura," W. Somerset Maugham's "Ashenden," Georges Simenon's "The Patience of Maigret," Mary Roberts Rinehart's "The Door," S.S. Van Dine's "The Benson Murder Case," and G.K. Chesterton's "The Innocence of Father Brown;" all leather bound with gilt lettering. Largest: 9" H x 6.25" W x 1.5" D.
- THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 20 FAUX LEATHER
THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY, 20 FAUX LEATHER NOVELSThe Franklin Library, 20 Faux Leather Novels
- [Sets & Bindings] Collection of
[Sets & Bindings] Collection of 40 imprints of The Franklin Library in attractive gilt leather bindings together with The Works of Guy De Maupassant (NY: 1909) 10 vols. 8vo half red morocco marbled boards Estimate $ 400-600
- ONE HUNDRED EIGHT (108) FRANKLIN
ONE HUNDRED EIGHT (108) FRANKLIN LIBRARY CLASSIC MYSTERIES IN FINE LEATHER BINDINGS (Franklin Center, PA: 1970s and later), octavo (9 in. tallest), silk-lined endpapers, gilt to boards and page edges; duplication of several titles, but not overwhelmingly so.
- THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND
THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, SIX (6)Six leather bound books to include: 1) Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison , illustrated by Steven H. Stroud - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1980 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 2) The Thurber Carnival by James Thurber - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1978 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 3) Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson, illustrated by Miki - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1976 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 4) Dusk of Dawn, An Essay toward an Autobiography of a Race Concept by W.E.Burghardt Du Bois, illustrated with the work of Romare Bearden - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1980 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 5) Twenty Years at Hull-House by Jane Adams - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1980 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 6) Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser, illustrated by Ben F. Stahl - Limited Edition Hardcover - The
- (88) FRANKLIN LIBRARY LIMITED LEATHER-BOUND
(88) FRANKLIN LIBRARY LIMITED LEATHER-BOUND BOOKS(lot of 88) Books: The Limited edition Franklin Library, most of "The 100 Books of All Time," multi-color leather bindings, some with raised spine bands, gilt page edges, most volumes appear as unopened, includes "Notes from the Editors" booklet for each volume, several titles are "War and Peace," "The Scarlet Letter," "Pride and Prejudice," "The Last of the Mohicans," "Jane Eyre," "David Copperfield," largest book: approx 9.5"h, 6.5"w, 2.75"d; 209lbs total
- THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND
THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND BOOK, 13 Group of eleven leather bound The Franklin Library from 'The 100 Greatest Books of All Time' collection comprising "Plays" by Henrik Ibsen, "The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin", "Paradise Lost" by John Milton, "Madame Bovary" by Gustave Flaubert, "Father and Sons" by Ivan Turgenev, "Nana" by Emile Zola, "plays" by Moliere, "The confessions of Saint Augustine", "Canterbury Tales" by Geoffrey Chaucer, "Poems" and "Histories" by William Shakespeare, together with two extras books from the "Franklin Mystery" collection. Largest: 9.5" H x 7" W x 2" D.
- EIGHTY-SEVEN FRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKS
EIGHTY-SEVEN FRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKS IN FINE BINDING WITH THREE UNRELATED BOOKS (Franklin Center, PA, 1970s and later), tallest 10 in., gilt to boards and page edges; plus...Dana published by Harvard Classics; plus...the House of the Seven Gables published by International Collectors Library; plus...Leaves of Grass, an "exact copy of the first edition of 1855."
- EIGHTY-FIVE (85) FRANKLIN LIBRARY
EIGHTY-FIVE (85) FRANKLIN LIBRARY CLASSIC MYSTERY NOVELS IN FINE LEATHER BINDINGS (Franklin Center, PA: 1970s and later), octavo (9 in. tallest), silk-lined endpapers, gilt to boards and page edges.
- SEVENTY-FOUR (74) FINELY BOUND
SEVENTY-FOUR (74) FINELY BOUND BOOKS FROM THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY (Franklin Center, PA: 1970s and later); octavo and quarto (9-1/2 in. tallest), silk-lined endpapers, gilt to boards and page edges.
- THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND
THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, SIX (6)Six leather bound books to include: 1) Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years and The War Years by Carl Sandburg - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1978 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 2) Personae [and] A Draft of XXX Cantos by Ezra Pound, illustrated by Quentin Fiore - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1981 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 3) Letters from an American Farmer by J. Hector St. John de Crèvecoeur - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1982 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 4) The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865 by Van Wyck Brooks, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1979 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 5) A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau, illustrations by Henry Bugbee Kane - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1983 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 6) The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library
- THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKS, 21
THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKS, 21 Twenty-one leather-bound volumes of The Franklin Library classic books, including "Ulysses" by James Joyce, "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens, and "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau, printed in the USA. 8.75" H x 6.25" W x 1.5" D.
- FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHERBOUND BOOKS,
FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHERBOUND BOOKS, 24 VOLUMESFranklin Library Leatherbound Books, 24 Volumes,
- SELECT FRANKLIN LIBRARY & EASTON
SELECT FRANKLIN LIBRARY & EASTON PRESS IMPRINTS Comprising 14 Franklin Library (including signed Louis Auchincloss) and 3 Easton Press; Together with a pair of Oxford desk references.
- 42 VOLUME LEATHER BOUND FRANKLIN
42 VOLUME LEATHER BOUND FRANKLIN LIBRARY BOOKS: 42 Volumes, Gold embossed Leather bound, from ''The Great Books'' series, Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1980's Comprising titles such as; Aristotle, Newton, Ptolemy, Copernicus, Gilbert, Galileo, Plato, Shakespeare, Tom Jones, and Many More. Largest Approx. 9.5'' h x 6.5'' l x 2.25'' w.
CONDITION: Gently used.
- 23 PC. FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER
23 PC. FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOOK COLLECTION: A collection of 23 Franklin Library Pulitzer Prize Classics. Each leatherbound w/ distinctive gilt cover designs, decorative endpapers, gilt page edges, and silk page markers. Titles include John F. Kennedy's ''Profiles in Courage'', ''The Grapes of Wrath'', ''The Old Man and the Sea'', ''The Flowering of New England'', ''Rabbit is Rich'', ''So Human an Animal'', ''The Age of Innocence'', and many others, all in excellent condition.
CONDITION: Excellent condition.
- THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY GROUP OF LEATHER
THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY GROUP OF LEATHER BOUND, 17 Group of seventeen leather bound The Franklin Library from 'The 100 Greatest Books of All Time' collection comprising "Robinson Crusoe", "Tom Jones", "Thirstram Shandy", "Comedies by William Shakespeare", "The last of the Mohicans", "Lord Jim", "The Red and the Black", "Songs of Innocence and of Experience", "Oresteia", "The Divine Comedy", "The ambassadors", "The flowers of the Evil", "Political Writings", "Gargantua and Pantagruel", "David Copperfield", "The Poetry of Robert Frost" and "Tragedies by William Shakespeare". Largest: 9.5" H x 7" W x 2" D.
- THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND
THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, SIX (6)Six leather bound books to include: 1) A Mencken Chrestomathy by H.L.Mencken, Al Hirschfeld Frontispiece Illustration - Limited Edition Hardcover – The Franklin Library 1980 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 2) Interpretations and Forecasts, 1922-1972: Studies in Literature, History, Biography, Technics, and Contemporary Society by Lewis Mumford - Limited Edition Hardcover – The Franklin Library 1981 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 3) The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon,Gent. by Washington Irving, F.O.C. Darley Engravings - Limited Edition Hardcover-The Franklin Library 1983 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 4) Final Harvest (poems) by Emily Dickinson - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1984 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 5) Plays by Lillian Hellman, The Children's Hour / The Little Foxes / Watch on The Rhine / Another Part of The Forest / The Autumn Garden/ Toys in The Attic, Mark Bellerose (Illustrator) - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1978
- GROUP OF DECORATIVE LEATHER-BOUND
GROUP OF DECORATIVE LEATHER-BOUND BOOKSmost Franklin Library; approximately 83 volumes total; approximately 128 inches wide total Condition:
- FIFTY-FIVE (55) CLASSIC TITLES
FIFTY-FIVE (55) CLASSIC TITLES FROM THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY IN FINE LEATHER BINDING (Franklin Center, PA: 1970s and later), octavo and quarto (largest 9-1/2 in.), largely fiction, silk-lined endpapers, gilt to boards and page edges.
- SELECT FRANKLIN LIBRARY & EASTON
SELECT FRANKLIN LIBRARY & EASTON PRESS IMPRINTS Comprising 12 Franklin Library and 6 Easton Press.
- THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY CLASSICS LEATHER
THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY CLASSICS LEATHER BOUND LOTLot of 5 Franklin Library Fine Genuine Leather Fine Collection Edition Books. Bound in Fine Genuine Leather with 22 Karat Gold decoration. Silk Moire Fabric Endpapers. Sewn In Satin Ribbon Bookmark. Lot includes The Yearning by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling, The Effayes by Francis Bacon, Lysistrata with Illustration by Picasso and Rights of Man by Thomas Paine.
- FRANKLIN LIBRARY AMERICAN LITERATURE
FRANKLIN LIBRARY AMERICAN LITERATURE BOOKS, 19 Nineteen leather-bound American literature books with gilt lettering published by Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania comprising Richard Henry Dana's "Two Years Before the Mast," and Nathaniel Hawthorne's "The Scarlet Letter," Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," Justin Kaplan's "Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain," Ernest Hemingway's "A Farewell to Arms," Herman Melville's "Moby Dick," Edith Wharton's "The Age of Innocence," Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass," "Tales of Edgar Allan Poe," William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury" and "The Reivers," F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby," Eudora Welty's "The Optimist's Daughter," John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," James Fenimore Cooper's "The Last of the Mohicans," Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Essays," Bruce Catton's "A Stillness at Appomattox," and Stephen Crane's "The Red Badge of Courage". Largest: 9.5" H x 6.5" W x 1.5" D.
- GROUP OF LEATHERBOUND BOOKSincluding
GROUP OF LEATHERBOUND BOOKSincluding volumes from "The Great Books" series, Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, 1970s; approximately 24 1/2 feet wide combined total Condition:
- FRANKLIN LIBRARY MYSTERY MASTERPIECES
FRANKLIN LIBRARY MYSTERY MASTERPIECES BOOKS, 14 Fourteen books published by the Franklin Library Mystery Masterpieces comprising Sax Rohmer's "The Insidious Dr. Fu-Manchu," Ngaio Marsh's "Overture to Death," John P. Marquand's "Thank You, Mr. Moto & Mr. Moto is So Sorry," Nicholas Blake's "The Beast Must Die," Robert Traver's "Anatomy of a Murder," Henry James's "Ghostly Tales," Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "Great Cases of Sherlock Holmes," Ira Levin's "A Kiss Before Dying," Josephine Tey's "The Daughter of Time," Baroness Orczv's "The Man in the Corner," Meyer Levin's "Compulsion," Ellery Queen's "The Roman Hat Mystery," John Buchan's "The 39 Steps," Earl Derr Biggers's "The House Without a Key;" all leather bound with gilt lettering. Largest: 9.5" H x 6.25" W x 1.75" D.
- 32 PC. FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER
32 PC. FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND BOOK COLLECTION: Including titles such as ''All the King's Men'', ''The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin'', Edgar Allen Poe, ''The Grapes of Wrath'', The Last of the Mohicans'', & many more.
CONDITION: No condition issues to be noted.
- COLLECTION OF FRANKLIN LIBRARY
COLLECTION OF FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER-BOUND BOOKScomprising 17 volumes Dimensions: various sizes Condition:
- (9) LEATHER-BOUND FRANKLIN LIBRARY
(9) LEATHER-BOUND FRANKLIN LIBRARY SHELF BOOKS(lot of 9) Books: on the subject of classic literature, with leather bindings, silk moire endpapers, ribbon bookmarks, gilt page ends, raised spine bands, gilt cover details, published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, including: (1) "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", Mark Twain, copyright 1975, 404 pages; (1) "Walden", Henry David Thoreau, copyright 1976, 408 pages; (1) "Crime and Punishment", Feodor Dostoyevsky, copyright 1975, translated by Jessie Coulson, 552 pages; (1) "The Sound and the Fury", William Faulkner, copyright 1976, 343 pages; (1) "Moby Dick", Herman Melville, copyright 1974, 522 pages; (1) "Wuthering Heights", Emily Bronte, copyright 1975, 338 pages; (1) "Treasure Island", Robert Louis Stevenson, copyright 1975, 305 pages; (1) "The Confessions of Saint Augustine", translated by Edward B. Pusey, copyright 1976, 395 pages; (1) "The Origin of Species", Charles Darwin, copyright 1975, 507 pages; largest: approx 9.5"h, 7.5"w, 1.5"d; 20.75lbs total
- Books: 19 Volumes Franklin Mint
Books: 19 Volumes Franklin Mint Library
- FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND
FRANKLIN LIBRARY LEATHER BOUND BOOKS, SEVEN (7)Seven leather bound books to include: 1) Collected Poems by Marianne Moore, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker, introduction by T. S. Eliot - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1981 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 2) The Complete Poems of Hart Crane, Illustrated with paintings by Joseph Stella - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1979 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 3) Poems by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by David Frampton - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1984 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 4) Selected Poems by William Carlos Williams, introduction by Randall Jarrell, illustrated by Charles Sheeler - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1984 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 5) The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens, David Hockney Frontispiece - Limited Edition Hardcover - The Franklin Library 1982 (100 Greatest Masterpieces In American Literature). 6) Collected Poems by W. H. Auden, edited by Edward Mendelson - Limited Edition Hardcover - The