Description: MAKES A GREAT GIFT FOR ANY FAN OF VINTAGE MYTHOLOGY / MYTHS / THE CLASSICS / MUGNAINI ARTWORK **PLEASE READ: Mahalo for taking the time to look at our listing. We truly appreciate it. We always do our BEST to give you the most accurate description of these beautiful books. If, however, you have any SPECIFIC questions about the SIZE of the book, NUMBER of pages, TYPE of leather, SMELL or FEEL of the book, PLEASE email us through EBay’s mail system BEFORE you bid, and we will be HAPPY to give you more information. We want you to be completely happy with your purchase and keep you as our customers for years to come!** DESCRIPTION: Limited Editions Club edition of THE AGE OF FABLE by THOMAS BULLFINCH, LONG OUT OF PRINT PERSONALLY SIGNED 🖊️ THE ILLUSTRATOR JOE MUGNAINI (#325/1500). THIS IS THE SCARCE 1958 FIRST LIMITED EDITIONS CLUB PRESS EDITION with AMAZING FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS DRAWN ON STONE & CHAPTER HEADINGS IN PEN AND INK by MUGNAINI. IT IS ONE OF THE MOST HIGHLY-PRIZED & MOST BEAUTIFUL EDITIONS OF THIS CLASSIC YOU CAN FIND. 🍍 NOT INCLUDED... 😃 The Limited Editions Club of New York was started in 1929 by George Macy. At 29-years-old, he was an avid reader who wanted to make his living from books. His business revolved around publishing beautifully illustrated classic titles in relatively small quantities with club members paying a subscription.Today, the Limited Editions Club (LEC) is an important part of the rare book business and the books are adored by collectors. From 1929 to 1985, the Limited Editions Club published 548 titles. George passed away in 1956 but his widow, Helen, ran the company until the early 1970s when she retired and sold to Boise Cascade who sold the firm again in 1978.The Limited Editions Club is famous for original illustrations by the best book illustrators and artists. Between 1929 and 1985, 10 to 12 titles featuring 1,500 numbered copies each were published annually although the print run expanded to 2,000 numbered copies in later years.Each title was unique, using special papers, special cover material including many in leather, almost all came in a slipcase or clamshell box, many of the titles were already regarded as classics and produced by private small presses throughout the world, almost all were signed by either the illustrator, author, publisher or designer. Sometimes three signatures can be found on the colophon page.During the depression years, many of the world’s greatest artists struggled to find regular work and a large number were employed by Macy.Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Edward Ardizonne, Thomas Hart Benton, Rockwell Kent, Reginald Marsh, Edmund Dulac, Arthur Rackham, Norman Rockwell, Edward Steichen and Grant Wood are just a few of the artists connected with the Limited Editions Club.From the mid-1980s until 2009, the number of copies published per title was reduced to mostly 300 and usually just three or four titles appeared per year. During this period, a new generation of renowned artists were involved - prices increased dramatically and the books became larger.Limited Editions Club books are very collectible for their beauty alone but many famous authors have been published over the years. Hans Christian Andersen, Jane Austen, Honore De Balzac, James Boswell, Ray Bradbury, Robert Burns, Lewis Carroll, Willa Cather, Anton Chekhov, Confucius, Joseph Conrad, Charles Darwin, Daniel Defoe, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Alexandre Dumas, George Eliot, Thomas Hardy and Victor Hugo can be found on the list.ABOUT THE BOOK: The literature of our time, as of all the centuries of Christendom, is full of allusions to the gods and goddesses of the Greeks and Romans. Occasionally, and, in modern days, more often, it contains allusions to the worship and the superstitions of the northern nations of Europe. The object of this book is to teach readers who are not yet familiar with the writers of Greece and Rome, or the ballads or legends of the Scandinavians, enough of the stories which form what is called their mythology, to make those allusions intelligible which one meets every day, even in the authors of our own time. The Greeks and Romans both belong to the same race or stock. It is generally known in our time as the Aryan family of mankind; and so far as we know its history, the Greeks and Romans descended from the tribes which emigrated from the high table- lands of Northern India. Other tribes emigrated in different directions from the same centre, so that traces of the Aryan language are found in the islands of the Pacific ocean. The people of this race, who moved westward, seem to have had a special fondness for open air nature, and a willingness to personify the powers of nature. They were glad to live in the open air, and they specially encouraged the virtues which an open-air people prize. Thus no Roman was thought manly who could not swim, and every Greek exercised in the athletic sports of the palaestra. CONDITION: BOOK is in AMAZING LIKE NEW condition for it age (65 YEARS OLD) with negligible rubs, barely worth noting with a blank bookplate covering a previous one, ready for your personalization. Slipcase case has only a couple of negligible rubs (SEE PICS FOR BETTER DETAILS). THERE ARE NO ATTACHED BOOKPLATES, WRITING FROM PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP, ETC. This is an AMAZING edition. DescriptionDescriptionFrankenstein tells the story of gifted scientist Victor Frankenstein who succeeds in giving life to a being of his own creation. However, this is not the perfect specimen he imagines that it will be, but rather a hideous creature who is rejected by Victor and mankind in general. CONDITION: BOOKS and SLIPCASES are in ALMOST LIKE NEW condition for their age with only very minor shelfwear and volume one with one little blemish to the top of the spine (SEE PICS) NO ATTACHED BOOKPLATES, WRITING FROM PREVIOUS OWNER, ETC. It is truly a SPECTACULAR SET OF BOOK and getting SCARCE! SHIPPING: FREE TO US ADDRESSES ONLY. INTERNATIONAL $ based on location. WE SHIP PRIORITY MAIL & PACK VERY WELL. Please check out our other listings of Easton Press, Franklin Library, Limited Editions Club, First Edition Library, Heritage Press, International Collectors Library and Folio Society editions. WE DO COMBINE SHIPPING IF YOU PURCHASE MORE THAN ONE COPY. Mahalo for looking at our listings! By bidding/purchasing this item, you are helping a very grateful family who sends you our WARMEST ALOHA & MAHALO!
Price: 149.99 USD
Location: Honokaa, Hawaii
End Time: 2024-02-26T04:55:33.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Cloth
Place of Publication: United States
Publisher: Easton Press Folio Society Like
Subject: Classics Fantasy Princess and the Pea Little Red Riding Hood
Modified Item: No
Year Printed: 1958
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: Joe Mugnaini
Special Attributes: Deluxe Edition, Gift Edition, Civil War, Controversial Book, Slavery, Atlanta Georgia, 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Illustrated, Inscribed, Limited Edition, Luxury Edition
Region: North America
Author: Thomas Bullfinch
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: Classics Fantasy Mythology
Character Family: Greek Myths
