THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY Limited Edition Series "Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers", 7 different volumes, your choice!  Price is PER BOOK - each includes its "Notes from the Editors" booklet.  Full leatherbound with gilt embossed boards and all-edge gilding, ribbon page marker, and silk moire endpapers.  Bindings are tight except where noted, pages are pristine & clean, no bookplates or personalization.

  • JOHN P. MARQUAND Mr. Moto's Three Aces. 1980, 624 pages.  Very Good Plus, text block is sagging slightly, light spots on top-edge gilding (pic #23) and minor fade around the edges of the silk endpapers.
  • KATHERINE MANSFIELD Short Stories, illustrated by John D. Dawson.  1982, 572 pages.  Near Fine Plus.
  • THOMAS MANN Stories, illustrated by Jane Sterrett. 1978, 317 pages.  Near Fine Plus.
  • BERNARD MALAMUD The Magic Barrel, Idiots First, illustrated by Bert Silverman.  1978, 453 pages.  Near Fine, with a stripe of fading next to the spine on both sets of silk endpapers (pic #16 - not water damage, very odd.) 
  • JACK LONDON Tales of the Northland, illustrated by Brad Holland.  1983, 304 pages.  Near Fine Plus.
  • D.H. LAWRENCE Four Short Novels, illustrated by Ronald Keller.  1984, 329 pages.  Very Good Plus, noticeably cocked (pic #11.)
  • RUDYARD KIPLING - SOLD

Please review all photos, as they are part of this description.  (These are the actual books you will receive - I do not utilize stock photos.)

Handsome additions to your library, and quite giftable too!  Let me know upon purchase, which book(s) you are buying, and I will update this listing accordingly.  And watch my listings, I have many more Franklin Library books to list, and I'm happy to combine shipping!


The Fine Print…

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I will gladly combine shipping!  If you purchase more than one item, please wait to pay until I send you an invoice, as the shipping cost is determined by the total weight of your purchases.  Any significant shipping overcharges, will be refunded to you.