The limited editions club is back in business, back in new york, back in the black and again under the firm control of one man. These wonderful pairings of art and literature made books from the limited editions club highly sought after. Black and gilt stamped illustration and titles to front board and spine. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. The heritage press reprinted classic volumes previously published by the. Others whove had their work immortalized in the form of limited edition club publications include tennessee williams, robert frost, jane austen, ray bradbury, charles dickens, charles darwin, george eliot, victor hugo, dante. From 1929 to 1985, the limited editions club published 548 titles.
Limited edition books the heritage press was an imprint of george macy companies, ltd. Fine in 34 black cloth and light brown paper covered boards with bright gilt text on a black leather spine label. George passed away in 1956 but his widow, helen, ran the company until the early 1970s when she retired and sold to boise cascade. There is a prior owners book plate tippedin on the first free end page. Limited editions club, illustration of a comeback the. Slight bumping and rubbing to extremities of boards and spine. A guide to collecting books by the limited editions club. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Heart of darkness joseph conrad color etchings by sean scully.
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