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1) Victory
Conrad, Joseph

New York: Modern Library. DJ lists 362 titles, unclipped @ 1.25. Probably 1952 or 53, according to Toledano.. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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2) The Enormous Room
Cummings, E.E

New York: The Modern Library, 1949. DJ clipped, lists 377 titles.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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3) Sister Carrie
Dreiser, Theodore

New York: Modern Library. dj unclipped, $1.65, dj states 380 copies. Some underlining and notes throughout the text. On the NY Public Library list of the Greatest Books of all time.. Modern Library Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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4) Studs Lonigan a Trilogy
Farrell, James T

New York: The Modern Library, 1938. The back of the DJ lists 362 titles. Modern Library Giant G41. Nice dark grey topstain. Previous owner name on the front pastedown, hidden by the DJ flap. Works included are Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan and Judgement Day.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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5) Light in August
Faulkner, William

New York: Modern Library, 1959. ml #88, dj $2.45, owner name on title page. Modern Library Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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6) The Interpretation of Dreams
Freud, Sigmund

New York: The Modern Library, 1950. Modern Library # 96. DJ $1.95. Translated by Dr. A.A. Brill.. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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7) dead Souls
Gogol, Nikolai

New York: The Modern Library, 1936. Meets all the Toledano Guide points for first edition, 242 titles on the reverse of the DJ, 95 cents copy price, #7 spine, Kent endpapers, etc. Introduction by Clifford Odets. Stated first edition. Green boards with gilt lettering, gray topstain. No internal marks or writing. The DJ is fragile with closed tears and spine darkening.. First Modern Library Edition. Balloon Cloth. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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8) Four Plays By Lillian Hellman
Hellman, Lillian

New York: The Modern Library, 1942. DJ lists 306 titles, $.95 DJ price.. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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9) Green Mansions
Hudson, W.H

New York: Modern Library, 1944. dj unclipped, $1.65. No internal markings or imprints. #89, dj shows 379 titles.. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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10) Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Joyce, James

New York: Modern Library. DJ lists 271 titles, could be 1940 or 1941 edition according to Toledano. DJ .95.. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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11) Ulysses
Joyce, James

New York: Modern Library, 1946. Modern Library Giant G52, the DJ is unclipped, 3.95. New Edition corrected and reset 1961. Previous owner name neatly on the ffe.. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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12) The Trial
Kafka, Franz

New York: Modern Library, 1956. #318 in the series, DJ unclipped, $2.45. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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13) Wilderness a Journal of Quiet Adventure in Alaska
Kent, Rockwell

New York: The Modern Library, 1930. Meets all the Toledano guidelines for the true first ML Edition. Flexible red balloon cloth, map endpapers, #6 regular spine, stated first edition. The inside of the DJ lists the complete 190 books in the series #182 on the DJ spine, which has very minor edgewear. Red topstain still evident with just minor fading and marking. Kent's woodcuts throughout. Includes the new "second preface" by the author. Originally published in 1920, this book designed by the Walpole Printing Office Printed by the Parkway Printing Company and bound for the ML by H. Wolff. . First Modern Library Edition. Balloon Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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14) Women in Love
Lawrence, D.H

New York: The Modern Library, 1949. #68 in the series. Has the Toledano binding #14. The back of the DJ is blank. . Modern Library Edition. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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15) Moby Dick
Melville, Herman

New York: Modern Library, 1950. ML #119, dj states 365 titles. DJ unclipped $1.25.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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16) Nine Plays By Eugene O'neill
O'neill, Eugene

New York: Modern Library, 1932. Includes NY news clipping reviews of Rosalind Russell in Mourning Becomes Electra. Has neat previous owner bookplate.. Modern Library Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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17) Swann's Way
Proust, Marcel

New York: The Modern Library, 1956. Complete in one volume. Green cloth binding, bright silver spine lettering, spine #14 probably indicating a 1969-70 issue, the endpapers according to the Toledano guide are Fujita, 1967-1970. Very collectible.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/VG+. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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18) The Complete Works of Rabelais
Rabelais

New York: Modern Library, 1944. First modern library giant #G65. Dj lists 334 editions. DJ has chips to the top and base of spine. Modern translation by Jacques Le Clercq. Later edition of the ML first.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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19) The Complete Works of Rabelais
Rabelais

New York: Modern Library, 1944. First modern library giant #G65. Dj lists 348 editions. Dark blue unmarked topstain. Modern translation by Jacques Le Clercq.. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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20) Four Plays By Bernard Shaw
Shaw, Bernard

New York: The Modern Library, 1953. DJ lists 377 titles.. Later Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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21) Four Plays By Bernard Shaw
Shaw, Bernard

New York: The Modern Library, 1953. DJ lists 372 titles.. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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22) Of Mice and Men
Steinbeck John,

New York: Modern Library, 1938. The DJ notes 95 cents per copy. No internal marks or imprints. Green balloon cloth, with slight fading on the spine, dj lists 257 titles. Kent endpapers. Spine is #7 in Toledano reference. Front of dj states " a new masterpiece", The strange disturbing drama of two men and a woman. Meets all the Toledano points for the true first Modern Library Edition. Previous owner name on the half-title page, neatly. The same name is written very faintly on the front of the DJ. This true first is very scarce with the correct DJ. . First Modern Library Edition. Baloon Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. more information

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23) Tristram Shandy
Sterne, Laurence

New York: Modern Library. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Poor/Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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24) Storm
Stewart, George R

New York: The Modern Library, 1947. DJ lists 376 titles.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. more information

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25) Ben Hur
Wallace, Lew

New York: The Modern Library, 1933. Meets all the Toledano Guide points for the true first edition. #7 spine with bright gilt lettering, brown topstain, Kent Endpapers, Balloon cloth binding, #139 listed on the spine of the DJ. 225 other titles listed on the inside of the DJ. There is minor chipping to the spine ends, but the 139 designation at the base of the DJ spine is still present. Chariot race illustration on the DJ front cover. No internal marks, names or writing. Very Scarce!. First Modern Library Edition. Balloon Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. more information

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