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Title: Lot of 6 LEC Literature volumes Author: ** Place: New York, et al. Publisher: Limited Editions Club Date: 1951-83 Description: With: Manzoni, Alessandro. I Promessi Sposi (The Betrothed). The 1844 translation revised & with an intro. by Ronald H. Boothroyd. Illus. after the 1840 engravings by Francesco Gonin newly engraved on wood by Bruno Bramanit (signed). 10½x6¾, linen-backed patterned boards, jacket. 1 of 1500 copies printed by Giovanni Mardersteig (signed) at the Officinia Bodoni, 1951. * Sienkiewicz. Quo Vadis? Trans. by Jeremiah Curtin. Intro. by Harold Lamb. Illus. with tipped-in plates by Salvatore Fiume 10½x6¾, patterned cloth, spine label, jacket. 1 of 1500 copies by Giovanni Mardersteig at the Officina Bodoni, 1959. * Remarque, Erich Maria. All Quiet on the Western Front. Illus. by John Groth. 10½x7¼, two-toned cloth. 1 of 1500 copies printed at the Spiral Press, 1969. * Hesse, Hermann. Steppenwolf. Illus. with woodcuts by Helmut Ackermann. 11½x7-5/8, ¼ black morocco & gray cloth, glassine. 1 of 1600 copies from the typographic plan of Max Caflisch & printed at the press of A. Colish, 1977. * Singer, Isaac Bashevis (signed). The Gentleman from Cracow; The Mirror. Illus. with plates from watercolors & preliminary sketches by Raphael Soyer (signed). 10¼x7¼, cloth-backed boards, glassine. 1 of 2000 copies printed by the Hampshire Typothetae from the typographic plan of Bruce Campbell, 1979. * Milosz, Czeslaw (signed). The Captive Mind. Illus. by Janusz Kapusta with 9 full-page color plates from paintings, 2 text engravings & original lithograph laid in loose. 11x8¼, full natural linen. 1 of 1500 copies printed by Darrell Hyder (signed), [1983]. Together, 6 volumes. Original bindings, slipcases. Each signed by the illustrator and/or designer (two are also signed by the author) in the colophon. Lot Amendments Condition: Occasional light wear, jacket spines a bit darkened, other slight wear; mostly near fine to fine in very good to near fine slipcases. Item number: 191683