Thursday, September 13, 2007

ODDITIES & RARITIES: Book Sets



Book Sets (we will break up sets only when there is an extremity of desire)

LAWRENCE, D.H. >> WOMEN IN LOVE, LADY CHATTERLY'S LOVER, SONS AND LOVERS >> $35; Nelson Doubleday, Viking; hardcovers in very good condition, a set of three classic books, with sage green boards with vertical gilt on the boards.

LEVIN, IRA >> ROSEMARY'S BABY, A KISS BEFORE DYING, THE STEPFORD WIVES >> $30; Random House and Simon & Schuster, in lovely editions without dust jackets (purposefully), a set of three classic novels with embossed boards.

MILLER, HENRY >> TROPIC OF CANCER, BLACK SPRING, TROPIC OF CAPRICORN >> $115; Grove Press; all first printing, three out-of-print hard covers in protected simulated-leather qtr-bound beige/dark green/gilt decorative boards, 321, 346 & 249pp respectively, vol.1 contains the biographical/appraisal essay as intro "The Greatest Living Author". The classic erotic novels.