Published by LEC
Language: English
Seller: Griffin Books, Stamford, CT, U.S.A.
hardcover. Condition: Very Good. #1289 of limitation of 1500 1/4 leather over linen boards. Tight and unmarked lacks the slipcase. Signed by Alexander King. oversized and overweight.B35 Please email for photos. Larger books or sets may require additional shipping charges. Books sent via US Postal.
Published by Limited Editions Club, 1929
Seller: Downtown Books & News, Asheville, NC, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. First edition thus, limited. 4to (11"x7.5"). 1/4 bound leather and tan canvas covered-boards with blindstamped title to spine, illustrated map endpapers, deckled edges, printed illustrations in sepia throughout. Subscription card present (this being the first volume issued by L.E.C., card for vol.2 also laid-in) Hand-numbered 949 of 1500 copies and signed by King to colophon. Wear to spine leather, esp. to extremes. Previous owner's bookplate to front pdep. Missing slipcase.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1929
Seller: Dale Steffey Books, ABAA, ILAB, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited and Numbered Signed 1st Edition. # 754 of 1500 copies signed by the illustrator Alexander King at colophon page. Near Fine, spine a bit darkened, in a Very Good slipcase, small chips at bottom edge of spine. closed tear and small chips at head of spine, small chips at edge of opening. The first book issued by The Limited Editions Club. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. SIGNED BY ARTIST. Book.
Published by Limited Editions Club, New York, 1929
Seller: Thomas J. Joyce And Company, Chicago, IL, U.S.A.
Full Moocco. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Quarto, 293 pages, quarter pigskin stamped in blind, natural linen over boards, the spine has darkened and dried; publisher's thick slipcase has a number matching this copy. Ex libris William A. Kittredge. "Gulliver's Travels has achieved the final apotheosis of a satirical fable, but it has also become a tale for children." ". All those who had been fascinated by the realism and vivid detail of Daniel Defoe's 'Robinson Crusoe' were captivated again, even though they knew that Gulliver must be fiction - Printing and the Mind of Man, 185." Copy no. 49. Introduction by Shane Leslie (like Swift, an Irishman), with 19 bawdy illustrations by and signed by Alexander King. This was the first book published by The Limited Editions Club.