Lot Details
Lot 80
[LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB] Five illustrated works by the Limited Editions Club.
Comprising: SWIFT, JONATHAN. A Voyage to Brobdingnag made by Lemuel Gulliver in the Year MDCCII [&] A Voyage to Lilliput by Dr. Lemuel Gulliver... New York: Limited Editions Club, 1950. One of 1500 copies, both volumes initialled by the designer, Bruce Rogers. Two volumes, printed boards with red cloth spine in a slipcase with two compartments. The first volumes 18 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (47 x 33.5 cm); the second 3 1/2 x 2 3/8 inches (9 x 6 cm) various paginations. Slipcase a bit worn, light wear to bindings, the spine of the miniature with some loss to the gilt; GIBBON. The Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire, one of 1500 copies, 7 volumes in leather backed boards and slipcase, some wear to tips; The First Night. Gilbert and Sullivan, one of 1500 copies, velvet backed cloth with box of facsimile programs, in slipcase, fine; TWAIN, MARK. The Prince & The Pauper, one of 1500 copies signed by illustrator Clarke Hutton, velvet backed boards in slipcase, volume fine, stain to case; PAINE, THOMAS. The Rights of Man, one of 1500 copies signed by illustrator Lynd Ward, cloth in slipcase, spine lightly faded, a few nicks to case; And [GOLDEN COCKEREL]. Napoleon's Memoirs. [London:] The Golden Cockerel Press, 1945. Two volumes. One of 500 sets. Designed by John Buckland Wright. Original gilt stamped green cloth, uncut.
C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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