New York: The Bodleian Society, 1905. Limited Story Tellers Edition. Leather. 20 vols.
A complete set of twenty hardcover books bound in 3/4
red leather. Condition ranges from fair to very good. Edges scuffed;
head of volume 1's spine is chipped about half an inch down. Volume 3's
spine is heavily worn all along the edges, but the boards are still
attached. Edges of volumes 16, 18, and 19 are also heavily worn, leaving
the covers weakly attached (binding still internally tight). The other
spines are worn and rather ragged. Owner's stamp on each volume's front
endpaper. Otherwise, text clean and binding tight across the set. Item
#314344
Treasury of literature by a
wide range of popular, renowned authors, arranged thematically.
Illustrated with numerous black and white plates. Each volume also
contains a color frontispiece and a decorative, colorful title page. The
colophon states that this is a limited edition, one of 6,000 copies,
but is not itself numbered.