![LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. A virtually complete set of The Limited Editions Club publications through 1992, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-1992, approximately 600 volumes, comprising all but four of the primary publications and 4 of the special publications listed in Great and Good Books: A Bibliographical Catalogue of The Limited Editions Club 1929-1985, 1989 (Ralph Newman and Glen Norman Wiche, compilers) and 20 publications published since. 8o-2o. Illustrated. Original bindings. (Some light occasional wear to approximately ten bindings, but generally in clean and fresh condition). LIMITED EDITIONS, most one of 1,500 copies signed by the artists.](https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2000/LAX/2000_LAX_09438_0052_000(015728).jpg?w=1)
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LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB. A virtually complete set of The Limited Editions Club publications through 1992, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-1992, approximately 600 volumes, comprising all but four of the primary publications and 4 of the special publications listed in Great and Good Books: A Bibliographical Catalogue of The Limited Editions Club 1929-1985, 1989 (Ralph Newman and Glen Norman Wiche, compilers) and 20 publications published since. 8o-2o. Illustrated. Original bindings. (Some light occasional wear to approximately ten bindings, but generally in clean and fresh condition). LIMITED EDITIONS, most one of 1,500 copies signed by the artists.
Included are: DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1932. (No. 36). -- ARISTOPHANES. Lysistrata. 1934. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY PABLO PICASSO. (No. 57). -- JOYCE, James. Ulysses. 1935. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY HENRI MATISSE. (No. 71). -- THOREAU, Henry David. Walden. 1936. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY EDWARD STEICHEN. (No. 78). -- LEWIS, Sinclair. Main Street. 1937. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY GRANT WOOD. (No. 89). -- STEINBECK, John. The Grapes of Wrath. 1940. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY THOMAS HART BENTON. (No. A-12). -- BAUDELAIRE, Charles. Les Fleurs de Mal. 1940. ILLUSTRATED BY AUGUSTE RODIN. (No. 117). -- CLEMENS, Samuel. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 1942. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY THOMAS HART BENTON. (No. 132). -- PUSHKIN, Alexandre. The Golden Cockerel. 1950. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY EDMUND DULAC. (No. 205). -- DOSTOEVSKY, Feodor. The Idiot. 1956. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY FRITZ EICHENBERG. (No. 264). -- WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. 1982. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY AL HIRSCHFELD. (No. 531). -- HERSEY, John. Hiroshima. 1983. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY JACOB LAWRENCE. (No. 535). -- POE, Edgar Allen. Fall of the House of Usher. 1985. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY RAPHAEL SOYER. -- JOYCE, James. Dubliners. 1986. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT BALLAGH. -- RIMBAUD, Arthur. A Season in Hell. 1986. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE. -- PAZ, Octavio. Three Poems. 1988. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT MOTHERWELL. -- BECKETT, Samuel. Nohow On. 1989. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT RYMAN. -- WHITMAN, Walt. Song of the Open Road. 1990. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY AARON SISKIND. -- CONRAD, Joseph. The Heart of Darkness. 1992. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY SEAN SCULLY. -- MALLARME, Stephane. Un Coup de Des. 1992. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY ELLSWORTH KELLY. -- POUND, Ezra. Cathay. 1992. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY FRANCISCO CLEMENTE. -- [With:] a collection of books, ephemera and correspondence relating to The Limited Editions Club, including a collection of typed letters from George Macy to "Miss Easthope" concerning publication matters, 4o, red morocco box; advance listings for the club with correspondence relating to such; Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by the Limited Editions Club (1985), 4o, half calf, and other bibliographies; prospectuses; pre-publication announcements; and holiday greetings. A FINE SET, WITH A PROFUSION OF LEC EPHEMERA. (600)
Included are: DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1932. (No. 36). -- ARISTOPHANES. Lysistrata. 1934. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY PABLO PICASSO. (No. 57). -- JOYCE, James. Ulysses. 1935. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY HENRI MATISSE. (No. 71). -- THOREAU, Henry David. Walden. 1936. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY EDWARD STEICHEN. (No. 78). -- LEWIS, Sinclair. Main Street. 1937. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY GRANT WOOD. (No. 89). -- STEINBECK, John. The Grapes of Wrath. 1940. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY THOMAS HART BENTON. (No. A-12). -- BAUDELAIRE, Charles. Les Fleurs de Mal. 1940. ILLUSTRATED BY AUGUSTE RODIN. (No. 117). -- CLEMENS, Samuel. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 1942. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY THOMAS HART BENTON. (No. 132). -- PUSHKIN, Alexandre. The Golden Cockerel. 1950. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY EDMUND DULAC. (No. 205). -- DOSTOEVSKY, Feodor. The Idiot. 1956. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY FRITZ EICHENBERG. (No. 264). -- WILLIAMS, Tennessee. A Streetcar Named Desire. 1982. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY AL HIRSCHFELD. (No. 531). -- HERSEY, John. Hiroshima. 1983. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY JACOB LAWRENCE. (No. 535). -- POE, Edgar Allen. Fall of the House of Usher. 1985. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY RAPHAEL SOYER. -- JOYCE, James. Dubliners. 1986. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT BALLAGH. -- RIMBAUD, Arthur. A Season in Hell. 1986. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT MAPPLETHORPE. -- PAZ, Octavio. Three Poems. 1988. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT MOTHERWELL. -- BECKETT, Samuel. Nohow On. 1989. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT RYMAN. -- WHITMAN, Walt. Song of the Open Road. 1990. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY AARON SISKIND. -- CONRAD, Joseph. The Heart of Darkness. 1992. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY SEAN SCULLY. -- MALLARME, Stephane. Un Coup de Des. 1992. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY ELLSWORTH KELLY. -- POUND, Ezra. Cathay. 1992. ILLUSTRATED AND SIGNED BY FRANCISCO CLEMENTE. -- [With:] a collection of books, ephemera and correspondence relating to The Limited Editions Club, including a collection of typed letters from George Macy to "Miss Easthope" concerning publication matters, 4