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Title: Lot of 10 volumes of English Literature Author: ** Place: New York, et al. Publisher: Limited Editions Club Date: 1935-76 Description: With: Sterne, Laurence. The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman. 2 vols. Intro. by Christopher Morley. Designed & illus. by T. M. Cleland. 8¼x5¾, blue cloth-backed decorativew paper over boards, paper spine labels. 1 of 1500 copies printed at the press of A. Colish., 1935. * Sterne. A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy. Illus. by Denis Tegetmeier (signed). 4to. Dec. cloth. 1 of 1500 copies designed by Eric Gill (signed) and printed by Hague & Gill, High Wycombe, 1936. * Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Illus. by Edward Wilson 11¼x8½, full russet ostrich hide, chemise & slipcase. 1 of 1500 copies designed by Carl P. Rollins & printed at the Yale University Press, 1945. * Addison, Joseph & Richard Steele et al. The Sir Roger de Coverley Papers. Preface by W. M. Thackeray. Illus. with hand-colored plates after drawings by Gordon Ross. 9¼x6, patterned cloth over padded boards. 1 of 1500 copies printed by the Alus Printers, 1945. * Addison, Joseph & Richard Steele et al. The Spectator. Ed. by Robert Halsband. Illus. by Lynton Lamb. 11x7-3/8, brown buckram, leather spine label. 1 of 1500 copies printed by the Curwen Press, 1970. * Defoe, Daniel. The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders. Illus. by Reginald Marsh 8¾x5¾, blue glazed chintz over padded boards (dampstains). 1 of 1500 copies by Peter Beilenson, 1954. * Defoe. A Journal of the Plague Year. Intro. by James Sutherland. Illus. by Domenico Gnoli 10-3/8x7, dec. burlap, leather spine label. 1 of 1500 copies designed by Richard Ellis & printed at the Sign of the Stone Book, 1968. * Defoe. Roxana: The Fortunate Mistress. Intro. by James Sutherland. Illus. with woodcuts by Bernd Kroeber. 11¼x8, patterned cloth. 1 of 1500 copies from a typographic plan by Adrian Wilson & printed at the Stinehour Press, 1976. * Goldsmith. She Stoops to Conquer or, The Mistakes of a Night. Intro. by Louis Kronenberger. Illus. by T.M. Cleland. 11x7¾, blind-stamped yellow buckram. Newsletter, laid in. Presentation copy “H.M.” and publisher’s embossed stamp, 1 of 1500 copies printed by Clarke & Way, 1964. * Addison, Joseph & Richard Steele et al. The Spectator. Ed. by Robert Halsband. Illus. by Lynton Lamb. 11x7-3/8, brown buckram, leather spine label. 1 of 1500 copies printed by the Curwen Press, 1970. Together, 10 volumes. Original bindings, slipcases. Each signed by the illustrator and/or designer in the colophon. Lot Amendments Condition: Light to mild wear; from very good to fine in like slipcases. Item number: 191693