You may browse a selection of novels from The Franklin Library. This collection was obtained from a single owner who was a subscriber to The Collected Stories of the World's Greatest Writers series and received them directly from the Franklin Mint in the late 70s to early 80s. The listed price is for ONE BOOK from the list below. You select and after your purchase, message me with your choices.


The books were displayed on a bookshelf. Some may have the Franklin Mint Gold Sticker Attached to the Front page. They are trimmed with gold page edging and are in excellent condition. Each book is -


·        Published 1977-1980

·        Embellished with 22kt gold accenting on cover, spine and back

·        Has a permanent satin bookmark

·        Printed on acid free paper for durability

·        Produced beautifully in quarter bound leather


While the listing is for a single book, you can purchase in any quantity from the list below. As long as the book is listed it should be available. If you buy more than one book at once, each additional copy will be wrapped separately and shipped in the same package for a combined shipping fee. The books are heavy! No returns.


Shipped via USPS only.


All International buyers are responsible for the fees and charges incurred by their country.


The list of available books is below. Only the books that are listed are available.



Bernard Malamud The Magic Barrel, Idiots First 1978


Sherwood Anderson 1980


Fyodor Dostoevsky Stories 1979


Alexandre Dumas Stories 1979


Thomas Mann Stories 1978


Graham Greene  This Gun for Hire, The Confidential Agent, The Ministry of Fear 1978


Theodore Dreiser The Best Short Stories 1980


Ivan Turgenev First Love and Other Tales 1978


Voltaire Candide and Zadig 1977


Colette Stories 1977


Ambrose Pierce In the Midst of Life 1979


Eudora Welty Moon Lake and Other Stories 1980


Thornton Wilder The Cabala, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Wiman of Andros 1980



Isak Dinesen Seven Gothic Tales 1978


Guy de Maupassant Stories 1977


Honore de Balzac Droll Stories 1978


Albert Camus Exile and the Kingdom 1980


W. Somerset Maugham Selected Stories 1979


Damon Runyon Guys and Dolls 1979


Joel Chandler Harris Uncle Remus 1979


Vladimir Nabokov Nabokov's Dozen 1977


Flannery O'Conner The Complete Stories 1980