Lot 82

LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB.

Sale 873 - Fine Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana

May 12, 2021 10:00AM CT

Live / Chicago

Estimate

$50,000 - $70,000

Sold for $53,125

Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

Lot Description

LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB.

A very extensive run of The Limited Editions Club publications through 2010, v.p. [mostly New York], 1929-2010, approximately 555 works, comprising all but 59 of the primary publications and one of the special publications listed in Limited Editions Club A Collectors Guide & Checklist 1929-2012 (Bill R. Majure, compiler). Various Folio to 8vo sizes. Illustrated. Original bindings. (Some light occasional wear to a few volumes, but generally in fresh condition).

LIMITED EDITIONS, most one of 1,500 copies signed by the artists. Included are:

· SWIFT, Jonathan. The Travels of Lemuel Gulliver. 1929. Signed by Alexander King. (No. 1)

· HUGO, Victor. Notre-Dame de Paris. 1930. Signed by Frans Masereel. In the original European-style paper wraps. (No. 13)

· DODGSON, Charles Lutwidge. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 1932. Signed by Frederick Warde. (No. 36)

· APULEIUS, Lucius. The Golden Asse. 1932. Signed by Percival Goodman. (No. 37)

· ARISTOPHANES. Lysistrata. 1934. Illustrated and signed by Pablo Picasso. (No. 57)

· O. HENRY. The voice of the City. 1935. Signed by George Grosz. (No. 67)

· 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)

· STOWE, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. 1938. Signed by Miguel Covarrubias. (No. 97)

· BAUDELAIRE, Charles. Les Fleurs Du Mal – Flowers of Evil. 1940. With both the English- and French-language editions. (No. 117)

· GRAHAME, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. 1940. Signed by Bruce Rogers. (No. S-7)

· STEINBECK, John. The Grapes of Wrath. 1940. Signed by Thomas Hart Benton. (No. S-8)

· SHAKESPEARE, William. The Comedies, Histories, and tragedies of William Shakespeare. 1939-1940. (No. 118)

· COOPER, James Fenimore. The Prairie. 1940. Signed by John Steuart Curry. (No. 119)

· WHITMAN, Walt. Leaves of Grass. 1942. Signed by Edward Weston. (No. 141)

· TWAIN, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. 1944. Signed by Thomas Hart Benton. (No. 158)

· GIBBON, Edward. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. 1946. (No. 174)

· BROWNING, Elizabeth Barret. Sonnets from the Portuguese. 1948. Signed by Valenti Angelo. (No. 186)

· ZOLA, Emile. Nana. 1948. Signed by Bernard Lamotte. (No. 188)

· SWIFT, Jonathan. A Voyage to Lilliput… -- A Voyage to Brobdingnag. 1950. (No. 204)

· TURGENEV, Ivan. Fathers and Sons. 1951. Signed by Fritz Eichenberg. (No. 212)

· Beowulf. 1952. Illustrated by Lynd Ward. (No. 225)

· DOSTOEVSKY, Feodor. The Idiot. 1956. Illustrated and signed by Fritz Eichenberg. (No. 264)

· VERNE, Jules. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea. 1956. Signed by Edward A. Wilson (No. 268)

· HARDY, Thomas. Far From the Maddening Crowd. 1958. Signed by Agnes Miller Parker. WITH ORIGINAL ENGRAVING LAID-IN. (No. 287)

· The Living Talmud: The Wisdom of the Fathers. 1960. Signed by Ben-Zion. (No. 315)

· WELLS, H. G. The War of the Worlds. – The Time Machine. 1964. Signed by Joe Mugnaini. (No. 354)

· STOKER, Bram. Dracula. 1965. Signed by Felix Hoffman. (No. 376)

· JEFFERSON, Thomas. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. 1967. Signed by Lynd Ward. (No. 397)

· STEINBECK, John. Of Mice and Men. 1970. Signed by Fletcher Martin. (No. 423)

· WILDE, Oscar. Lady Windermere’s Fan. – The Importance of Being Earnest. 1973. Signed by Tony Walton. (No. 457)

· CRANE, Stephen. Maggie, a Girl on the Streets. 1974. Signed by Sigmund Abeles. WITH THE ORIGINAL SIGNED LIMITED EDITION ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHING OF THE FRONTISPIECE laid-in. (No. 472)

· WALCOTT, Derek. Poems of the Carribbean. 1982. Signed by Derek Walcott and Romare Bearden. WITH AN ORIGINAL HAND-NUMBERED LIMITED EDITION LITHOGRAPH laid-in. (No 525)

· HERSEY, John. Hiroshima. 1983. Illustrated and signed by Jacob Lawrence. (No. 527)

· POE, Edgar Allen. Fall of the House of Usher. 1985. Illustrated and signed by Raphael Soyer. (No. 534)

· JOYCE, James. Dubliners. 1986. Illustrated and signed by Robert Ballagh. (No. 538)

· PAZ, Octavio. Three Poems. 1988. Illustrated and signed by Robert Motherwell. (No. 545)

· BECKETT, Samuel. Nohow On. 1989. Illustrated and signed by Robert Ryman. (No. 549)

· WHITMAN, Walt. Song of the Open Road. 1990. Illustrated and signed by Aaron Siskind. (No. 552)

· CONRAD, Joseph. The Heart of Darkness. 1992. Illustrated and signed by Sean Scully. (No. 560)

· POUND, Ezra. Cathay. 1992. Illustrated and signed by Francisco Clemente. (No. 561)

· KYOKA, Izumi. The Tale of the Wandering Monk. 1995. Illustrated and signed by Setsuko Ideta. 1995. (No. 568)

· HUGHES, Langston. Sunrise is Coming After While. 1998. Signed by Maya Angelou, Illustrated and signed by Phoebe Beasley. (No. 576)

· HURSTON, Zora Neale. Bookmarks in the Pages of Life. 2001. Signed by Betye Saar. (No. 580)

· ANGELOU, Maya. Deep Rivers in My Soul. 2003. Signed by Maya Angelou, Dean Mitchell, and Wynton Marsalis. (No. 584)

· CAVAFY, Constantine P. A Tribute to Cavafy… 2003. Signed by Duane Michals.

· KING, Martin Luther. Letter from a Birmingham City Jail. 2008. Illustrated and signed by Faith Ringgold. (No. 588)

· The Declaration of Independence. 2010. Illustrated and signed by Robert Frank. (No. 589)

[With:] A virtually complete run of all special and promotional publications, including: DWIGGINS. Towards a Reform of the Paper Currency. 1932. (No. S-1). -- The Dolphin, a Journal of the Making of Books. Nos. 1-3. 1933, 1935, 1938. (Nos. S-2, S-3, S-4). -- Bibliography of the Fine Books Published by the Limited Editions Club 1929-1985. (S-9). -- Monthly Letters: The First Fifty Monthly Letters, 1929-1933. (S-10). [Also with:] A complete run of Promotional Publications. -- A profusion of ephemera including prospectuses, pre-publication announcements and holiday greetings.

Of the first fifty-eight series of LEC publications, twenty-four are absolutely complete; sixteen are lacking only one volume. The collection also includes the majority of the publications issued after series numbering was discontinued.

The Limited Editions Club, founded in 1929 by George Macy, sought to publish finely illustrated and produced classics of world literature. It was the longest-lasting and most successful publishing venture of its kind. The present collection includes books from the golden era of the Club, when it was under the direction of George Macy, as well as livres d'artiste produced by The Club under the direction of Sidney Shiff.

Property from the Collection of Jack Belcher

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