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3 Limited Editions Club books 1954- 1. Machiavelli, Niccolo- ''The Prince''- New York, 1954, translation from Italian by Hill Thompson, a new preface by Irwin Edman, #11/1500, slipcase. 2. Milton, John- ''L'Allegro'' and ''Il Penseraso''- New York, 1954, second in series of 23, bound with green board, designed and arranged by Bruce Rodgers, illus. by William Blake, now in possession at the Pierport Morgan Library, reproduced as gravures, #1230/1500, 492 pp. 3. Milton, John- ''The Masque of Comus''- Cambridge, 1954, bound with decorated and marbled boards, poem by John Milton, airs by Henry Lawes, prefaces by Mark Van Doren and Hubert Foss, respectively, illus. by Edmund Dulac, 57 pp, #804/1500.