"There is no friend as loyal as a book."
— Ernest Hemingway
London: Chatto and Windus and Alfred A. Knopf, 1922-31. [Modern literature in translation] COMPLETE FIRST EDITIONS IN ENGLISH, first impressions. Complete in 11 volumes (19 x 14 x 42cm). Handsomely bound in half dark blue calf with twin brown morocco title labels lettered in gilt, five raised bands, gilt rules, matching blue cloth-covered sides, sewn endbands, and top edges gilt. Contents clean but for some light expected foxing, exteriors unmarked. A scarce set, in an attractive recent leather binding. The author's most prominent and influential literary work, now difficult to find in the first English translation. Item #74831
Price: £7,500.00
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