Set of 38 Signed "The Signed First Edition Society" Books

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A selection of 38 author-signed Franklin Library limited edition The Signed First Edition Society leather bound books, published between 1977 and 1982, out of a total of 60 such volumes. The books are bound in genuine leather with marbleized frontispieces, gilt edges, 22K gold accents and sewn-in bookmarks. Each book includes an authentic individual signature for each book by the author. The books are not considered true ‘first editions’ however the Signed Limited Editions are first editions since by the nature of a limited edition they were printed just once. These books are now out of print. Volumes include Galapagos signed by Kurt Vonnegut, The Hag by Leon Uris, Tough Guys Don’t Dance by Norman Mailer, A Cloak of Light by Wright Morris, Gods of War by John Toland, _New and Selected Poems 1923-1985 by Robert Penn Warren, The Long March by Harrison E. Salisbury, The Kingdom of The Wicked by Anthony Burgess, A World of Love by Joseph P. Lash, All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou, The Penitent by Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Cider House Rules by John Irving, The Fifth Son by Elie Wiesel, Celebration by Mary Lee Settle, The Anatomy Lesson by Philip Roth, Leila by J.P. Donleavy, Lincoln by Gore Vidal, Depths of Glory by Irving Stone, The Call by John Hersey, Death Is A Lonely Business by Ray Bradbury, Nine Women by Shirley Ann Grau, Decision by Allen Drury, The Story of Henri Tod by William F. Buckley, Jr., Mysteries of Winterthurn and Marya A Life by Joyce Carol Oates, Journals 1939-1983 by Stephen Spender, A Fanatic Heart by Edna O’Brien, The Patient Has The Floor by Alistair Cooke, The Cycles of American History by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Foreign Affairs by Alison Lurie, The Only Problem by Muriel Spark, The Finishing School by Gail Godwin, The Witches of Eastwick and Roger’s Version by John Updike, Exit Lady Masham by Louis Auchincloss, O-Zone by Paul Theroux, God Knows by Joseph Heller, and The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum.

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17CIN383-341