(14) Franklin Signed 1st-Edition Leather-Bound Library Shelf Books

Lot description

(lot of 14) Library shelf books: various biographies, poetry, and literature subjects, all author-signed at front end paper, with gilt-embossed leather binding, raised spine bands, gilt page ends, published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania, all stated limited first editions, published exclusively for the Signed First Edition Society, most retaining loose leaf publisher's note issued by The Franklin Library, including: (2) by Anthony Burgess, (one) "The Kingdom of the Wicked," copyright 1985, 379 pages, (one) "Little Wilson and Big God," copyright 1987, 460 pages; (2) by Philip Roth, (one) "The Anatomy Lesson," copyright 1983, 291 pages, (one) "The Counterlife," copyright 1986, 324 pages; (2) by Louis Auchincloss, (one) "Exit Lady Masham," copyright 1983, 169 pages, (one) "Diary of a Yuppie," copyright 1986, 215 pages; (2) by Joyce Carol Oates, (one) "Mysteries of Winterthurn," copyright 1984, 482 pages, (one) "Marya: A Life," copyright 1986, 310 pages; (1) "The Cider House Rules," by John Irving, copyright 1985, 548 pages; (1) "New and Selected Poems: 1923-1985," by Robert Penn Warren, copyright 1985, 322 pages; (1) "Depths of Glory: A Biographical Novel of Camille Pissarro," by Irving Stone, copyright 1985, 647 pages; (1) "The Only Problem," by Muriel Spark, copyright 1984, 177 pages; (1) "The Haj," by Leon Uris, copyright 1984, 566 pages; (1) "A World of Love: Eleanor Roosevelt and Her Friends 1943-1962," by Joseph P. Lash, copyright 1984, 610 pages; largest: 9.5"h, 6.75"w, 1.75"d, 29.5lbs total