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Fine Literature with Limited Editions
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Title: Lot of 9 volumes of LEC Americana
Author: ** Description: With: Brooks, Van Wyck. The Flowering of New England. Illus. by R.J. Holden. 10x6¾, green cloth, cloth repairs to slipcase. 1 of 1500 copies printed by the Merrymount Press, 1941. * The Literary Works of Abraham Lincoln. Selected & Intro. by Carl Van Doren. Illus. by John Steuart Currey. 10½x7¼, yellow cloth, morocco spine label. 1 of 1500 copies from a typographic plan by Will Ransom, 1942. * Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison & John Jay. The Federalist or the New Constitution. 2 vols. Intro. by Carl Van Doren. Decorated by Bruce Rogers. 9½x6, ¼ morocco & dec. boards. 1 of 1500 copies printed by the Stratford Press, 1945. * The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. Edited by Saul K. Padover. Illus. with lithographs by Lynd Ward. 10½x7, clothb-backed marbled boards. 1 of 1500 copies printed at the Stinehour Press, 1967. * Paine, Thomas. Rights of Man. Intro. by Howard Fast. Illus. from lithographs by Lynd Ward. 12¼x9¼, gilt-lined red buckram & marbled boards. 1 of 1500 copies printed at the Stinehour Press, 1961. * Washington, Booker T. Up from Slavery. Intro. by Booker T. Washington III. Illus. with color plates by Denver Gillen. 10½x7½, cloth-backed boards. 1 of 1500 copies printed by Clarke & Way at the Thistle Press, 1970. * Weems. The Life of Washington: Together with Curious Anecdotes Equally Honorable to Himself and Exemplary to his Young Countrymen. Intro. by Henry Steele Commager. Illus. with woodcuts by Robert Quackenbush. 10¾x7½, patterned cloth, leather spine label. 1 of 2000 copies printed at the Press of A. Colish, 1974. * Burke, Edmund. On Conciliation with the Colonies and Other Papers on the American Revolution. Ed. by Peter J. Stanlis. Illus. with wood engravings by Lynd Ward. 10x7, patterned cloth, gilt-stamped leather spine label. 1 of 2000 copies printed by the Stinehour Press, 1976. Together, 9 volumes. Original bindings, slipcases.Each signed by the illustrator in the colophon. Heading: zzc(Americana)Place Published: New York Publisher: Limited Editions Club Date Published: 1941-76 Condition reportLight wear overall, volumes near fine to fine, slipcases mostly very good to near fine.
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