Limited Editions Club
The books in the following six lots, published by The Limited Editions Club, are limited to 1500 copies, signed by either the illustrator or the book designer, and are in their original slipcases.
Balzac (Honoré de): Old Goriot, [London], 1948, lge. 8vo, coloured illustrations by René Ben Sussan, original roan backed boards -- Flaubert (Gustave): Madame Bovary, New York, 1950, 4to, wood-engraved plates, coloured by wood blocks by Théo Schmied, after Pierre Brissaud, original silk-covered boards -- France (Anatole): Penguin Island, New York, 1947, 4to, illustrations by Malcolm Cameron, original vellum-backed cloth; and 12 others. (15)
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Balzac (Honoré de): Old Goriot, [London], 1948, lge. 8vo, coloured illustrations by René Ben Sussan, original roan backed boards -- Flaubert (Gustave): Madame Bovary, New York, 1950, 4to, wood-engraved plates, coloured by wood blocks by Théo Schmied, after Pierre Brissaud, original silk-covered boards -- France (Anatole): Penguin Island, New York, 1947, 4to, illustrations by Malcolm Cameron, original vellum-backed cloth; and 12 others. (15)