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THE MODERN LIBRARY BY RANDOM HOUSE, 1955-01-01. hardcover. Good. 7x5x1.

UsedGood. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing Pages are clean! The cover has visible markings and wear. Some corner dings. The dust jacket is missing. There are some tears on the corners of the spine but doesn't effect biding Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

UsedAcceptable. There is a signature or handwriting on the inside front cover. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing There are stains or residue on the cover The dust jacket is missing. This is a hardcover copy The front hinge is split the webbing is showing but all pages are intact Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!

New York: The Modern Library Probably 1960s. The complete, unabridged edition, in the famous translation by Constance Garnett. A heavy book of 1146pp. Grey cloth covered boards with red label with gilt title ans series logo. A little denting to the edges of the boards, otherwise a very clean copy.. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

New York: Modern Library. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. N.D.. Hardcover. Hardcover with dustjacket, "Complete and Unabridged in One Volume," book is in excellent condition with just a bit of play in the front hinge and no other remarkable flaws, the binding is tight and the contents are fine, the jacket has mild to moderate edge-wear at the spine-ends and corners and moderate scuffing to the glossy gold portion on the front panel, also, tanning to the reverse side which features a list of other titles by this publisher, the jacket is clean and quite presentable, the original price (3.95) is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, no publishing date present on this printing but the G6 Toledano binding indicates a 1963-1967 publishing date; 1136 pages .

Hardcover. Good. DUST JACKET SLIGHTLY DAMAGED..Sold by the charity Langdon: Supporting men & women with disabilities. Dispatched within 1 working day

Hardcover. Good. COMES WITH AN ORIGINAL READER's GUIDE AND BOOKMARK FOR THE INNER SANCTUM EDITION OF WAR AND PEACE. THE THIS VOLUME IS ONE OF 'THE MODERN LIBRARY IS POSSIBLY AN EARLIER EDITION BUT APPX. C.1955.

The Modern Library, 1934. hardcover. Very Good/Good. 0x0x0. Dust jacket has edge wear, tears and chips, spine is darkened and patchy with chips at the head/tail, rear also patchy, darkened with chipped edges, flap edges are tearing. Light blue cloth boards are sunned on the top edge and spine, a little soiling and wear head/tail. Interior is lightly tanned. Fall 1934 printing. All orders packed with care, independent bookseller since 2011

New York: William S. Gottsberger,, 1886-87. Translating Tolstoy First edition in English, bound in the original cloth. The set comprises a mixture of issues. Volumes I-II are early issues dated 1887 and without the publisher's imprint on the copyright page; the remaining volumes are first issues with the imprint and dated 1886. Published in three pairs of volumes from January to August 1886, the edition preceded Vizetelly's London edition of October. The translator Clara Bell (née Poynter, 1835-1927) was fluent in a remarkable range of European languages, rendering into English the works of Ibsen, Balzac, and Georg Ebers, amongst others, in genres including romance, art, music, travel, and biography. George du Maurier thought her "the cleverest woman of our acquaintance" (p. 202). Although resident in London, she was regularly published in New York by William S. Gottsberger, who had already issued many of her translations to great acclaim. Her two-page postscript at the beginning of the fifth volume… Read More

New York: William S. Gottsberger,, 1886. The true first appearance in English First edition in English, first issues throughout, with each title page dated 1886 and with the publisher's imprint on the copyright pages; here in an attractive contemporary binding. Published in three pairs of volumes from January to August 1886, it precedes Vizetelly's London edition of October. The translator Clara Bell (née Poynter, 1835-1927) was fluent in a remarkable range of European languages, rendering into English the works of Ibsen, Balzac, and Georg Ebers, amongst others, in genres including romance, art, music, travel, and biography. George du Maurier thought her "the cleverest woman of our acquaintance" (p. 202). Although resident in London, Bell was regularly published in New York by William S. Gottsberger, who had already issued many of her translations to great acclaim. Her two-page postscript at the beginning of the fifth volume comments on her scheme of transliterating Russian names. War and Peace… Read More

New York: William S. Gottsberger, 1886. 6 volumes. First edition in English, First Issue of each volume with the proper dating and Gottsberger imprint to the verso of each title-page. 8vo, publisher’s original brown cloth lettered in gilt on the spines, with black tooled borders and gilt pictorial decorations in all over designs to the covers. 322, [6 ads]; 357, [2 ads]; 321; 270, [10 ads]; ii, 290, [10 ads]; 391. A very pleasing set of this rare survival. The original cloth remains in quite good condition, the hinges are strong and tight, some light edgewear to expected areas of the cloth, the tips and the spine ends just a bit rubbed primarily from shelving, two volumes with a bit more wear to the tips of the spines than the others. Ads comport with those in the copy at Harvard University. RARE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. A COMPLETE SET OF FIRST ISSUE VOLUMES, ALL IN ORIGINAL BINDINGS AND IN A PLEASING STATE OF PRESERVATION. Tolstoy’s epic of the Napoleonic wars has few peers in… Read More