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3 Limited Editions Club books 1953- 1. Sheridan, Richard Brinsley- ''The Rivals: A Comedy''- London, 1953, bound in yellow with script in gilt on spine, designed and printed by Oliver Simon, illus. engraved by Rene Ben Sussan, introduction by John Mason Brown, signed by the illustrator, 149 pp, #955/1500, slipcase (water stained). 2. Spencer, Edmund- ''The Faerie Queene: Disposed into Twelve Books Fashioning XII Morall Vertues''- Oxford, 1953, 2 vols, introduction by John Hayward, decorations by drawn by John Austen, illustrations engraved in wood by Agnes Miller Parker, #945/1500, signed by the illustrator, slipcase (bottom torn apart). 3. Tegner, Esaias- ''Frithiof's Saga''- 1953, translated in to English verse by H. W. Longfellow, L. Sherman, T. and M. Holcomb and W. L. Blackley, introductory notes to the cantos by Longfellow, general introduction by Bayard Taylor, illus. by Eric Palmquist, signed by the illustrator, #804/1500, slipcase.