Lot 209
[Shakespeare, Yeats, Darwin & Porter]. Franklin Library Greatest Books of the Western World Collectors Editions. Lot of four classics: Collection of Six Tragedies (Macbeth, Hamlet, Othello, Romeo and Juliet, King Lear and Julius Caesar) by William Shakespeare; Selected Poems of William Butler Yeats; The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin; and The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter. The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, PA, 1975-1979. Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing., Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. Intricate gilt stamped cover designs. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. Bound in premium full leather with hubbed spines. Limited edition. Handsome additions to any library shelf. Fine.
Estimated Value $250 - 350.
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