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Ernest Hemingway, and others
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Eight first editions that inspired hits of stage and screen
Ernest Hemingway, and others
A finely-bound set of eight first editions that inspired landmarks of cinematic and theatrical history.
Together 8 volumes, comprising:
1. LEROUX, Gaston (1868-1927). The Phantom of the Opera. London: Mills and Boon, 1911.
Octavo. (A few minor stains, mostly to upper margin.) Finely bound in black morocco by the Chelsea Bindery, featuring an onlaid mask to the front board, silver titles to spine, black marbled endpapers, and silver edges; housed in a custom black box
2. MITCHELL, Margaret (1900-1949). Gone With the Wind. New York: Macmillan, 1936.
Ovtavo. (Faint toning to two preliminary leaves, Yellow morocco by the Chelsea Bindery with onlaid silhouette of Tara in black morocco against a hand-painted sunset, gilt titles to spine, black endpapers, edges gilt; housed in a custom black box.
3. BLIXEN, Karen (1885-1962). Out of Africa. London: Putnam, 1937.
Octavo. (Faintest spots.) Bound by the Chelsea Bindery in morocco with a wraparound silhouette of an elephant and tree against a hand-painted sunset, sun onlaid in yellow morocco on spine, birds blocked in black on front board, edges gilt; housed in a cloth box.
4. WEST, Nathanael (1903-1940). The Day of the Locust. New York: Random House, 1939.
Octavo. Red morocco by the Chelsea Bindery, the spine and front board replicating elements from the original dust jacket, black endpapers and edges.
5. GREENE, Graham (1904-1991). The Third Man and The Fallen Idol. London: Heinemann, 1950.
Octavo. (Half-title lightly toned.) Black morocco by the Chelsea Bindery with a black and white wraparound pictorial onlay of Harry Lime holding a gun in the shadows, title onlaid on front board, black edges.
6. HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner’s, 1952.
Octavo. Blue morocco by the Chelsea Bindery with a wraparound onlay depicting a fishing village copied from the original dust-jacket, silver titles to spine, silver edges; housed in a custom blue box.
7. BLOCH, Robert (1917-1994). Psycho. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959.
Octavo. (Some browning as usual.) Black morocco by the Chelsea Bindery with white titles on spine and front board in the style of the original dust-jacket, black endpapers and edges.
8. PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1969
Octavo. Black morocco by the Chelsea Bindery, gilt stamp on front board replicating an element from the original dust-jacket, blood red endpapers, gilt edges.
Ernest Hemingway, and others
A finely-bound set of eight first editions that inspired landmarks of cinematic and theatrical history.
Together 8 volumes, comprising:
1. LEROUX, Gaston (1868-1927). The Phantom of the Opera. London: Mills and Boon, 1911.
Octavo. (A few minor stains, mostly to upper margin.) Finely bound in black morocco by the Chelsea Bindery, featuring an onlaid mask to the front board, silver titles to spine, black marbled endpapers, and silver edges; housed in a custom black box
2. MITCHELL, Margaret (1900-1949). Gone With the Wind. New York: Macmillan, 1936.
Ovtavo. (Faint toning to two preliminary leaves, Yellow morocco by the Chelsea Bindery with onlaid silhouette of Tara in black morocco against a hand-painted sunset, gilt titles to spine, black endpapers, edges gilt; housed in a custom black box.
3. BLIXEN, Karen (1885-1962). Out of Africa. London: Putnam, 1937.
Octavo. (Faintest spots.) Bound by the Chelsea Bindery in morocco with a wraparound silhouette of an elephant and tree against a hand-painted sunset, sun onlaid in yellow morocco on spine, birds blocked in black on front board, edges gilt; housed in a cloth box.
4. WEST, Nathanael (1903-1940). The Day of the Locust. New York: Random House, 1939.
Octavo. Red morocco by the Chelsea Bindery, the spine and front board replicating elements from the original dust jacket, black endpapers and edges.
5. GREENE, Graham (1904-1991). The Third Man and The Fallen Idol. London: Heinemann, 1950.
Octavo. (Half-title lightly toned.) Black morocco by the Chelsea Bindery with a black and white wraparound pictorial onlay of Harry Lime holding a gun in the shadows, title onlaid on front board, black edges.
6. HEMINGWAY, Ernest (1899-1961). The Old Man and the Sea. New York: Scribner’s, 1952.
Octavo. Blue morocco by the Chelsea Bindery with a wraparound onlay depicting a fishing village copied from the original dust-jacket, silver titles to spine, silver edges; housed in a custom blue box.
7. BLOCH, Robert (1917-1994). Psycho. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1959.
Octavo. (Some browning as usual.) Black morocco by the Chelsea Bindery with white titles on spine and front board in the style of the original dust-jacket, black endpapers and edges.
8. PUZO, Mario (1920-1999). The Godfather. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1969
Octavo. Black morocco by the Chelsea Bindery, gilt stamp on front board replicating an element from the original dust-jacket, blood red endpapers, gilt edges.
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