210 of 505 lots
210
Heritage Press Masterpieces Group, 17
Estimate:
$200 - $400
Sold
$125
Live Auction
Showplace Backstage, Astoria, NY, October 15
Description
Group of specialty bound western literary masterpieces, largely by the Heritage Press' Special Editions Club, 17 books comprising: Emil Zola, Germinal, The Heritage Press: New York, 1942; Geoffrey Chaucer, The Works of Geoffrey Chaucer, Riverside Press: Cambridge, Mass, 1957; Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Easton Press: Norwalk, CT., 1994; Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, The Heritage Press: New York, 1935; Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams: An Autobiography, The Heritage Press, New York, 1942; Henry James, The Turn of the Screw, The Heritage Press: New York, 1942; Anatole France, The Revolt of the Angels, The Heritage Press: New York, 1953; A.E. Houseman, A Shropshire Lad, The Heritage Press: New York, 1951; Marcel Proust, Swann's Way, The Heritage Press: New York, 1954; Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, The Heritage Press: New York, 1938; Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, The Limited Editions Club, 1950 (in slipcase); Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary [French language], Librairie Grund: Paris, 1941; Richard Sheridan,The Rivals & The School for Scandal, The Heritage Press: New York, 1939; Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, The Heritage Press: New York, 1952; Giovanni Boccaccio, Decameron [Italian Language], Unione Tipografico: Turin, 1956 together with a decond volume, Classici Italiani by the same press. Largest: 11" H x 8.5" W.