Condition: Vintage; Excellent, Near Fine; Hardcover Leather-Bound Books, with Gilt Paper Edges and Silk Ribbon Bookmarks. More details about the individual books below.
“Droll Stories” by Honoré de Balzac. Limited Edition, Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania (1978). Translated (from French to English) by J. Lewis May. Portrait of Balzac by Roy Andersen. Illustrations by Elaine Rafael and Don Bolognese. Hardcover Leather-bound burgundy; bonded leather covers with three raised bands on the spine; decorative cover and spine with Gilt accents. Brown silk moire endpapers, with brown satin ribbon bookmark. All pages feature Gilt edges. Minor fading on silk moire endpapers (Photo #8)
“Stories” by Rudyard Kipling. Limited Edition, Published by The Franklin Library, Franklin Center, Pennsylvania (1978). Portrait of Kipling by Henry Markowitz. Illustrations by Walter Rane. Hardcover Leather-bound brick red bonded leather covers, with three raised bands on the spine; decorative cover and spine with Gilt accents. Red silk moire endpapers, with red satin ribbon bookmark. All pages feature Gilt edges. Minor imperfection on cover & gilt edges (photos #9 & #10).
