The Compact Edition

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. # 299 of 500 copies of the First Printing of the Compact Edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR John Galsworthy. Six volumes finely bound in contemporary half red morocco over red buckram boards, marbled end papers, top edges gilt, unsigned bindings (likely by The Atelier Bindery for Charles Scribner's Sons). Forsyte family folded genealogical table… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. # 90 of 500 copies of the First printing of the Compact Edition SIGNED BY AUTHOR John Galsworthy. In the original green cloth with gilt lettering and decoration in like cloth dustjackets. Housed in scarce publisher's green leather-grained bookshelf. The books Near Fine, toning at end papers only, in Near Fine jackets… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. Hardcover. Fine. Number 247 of the first 500 numbered copies of the first printing of The Compact Edition signed by John Galsworthy. An English novelist and playwright, Galsworthy (1867-1933) was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932. Octavo, six volumes. Original pebbled green cloth bindings, with decorative gilt stamping. A fine… Read more about this item

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1929. 1st. Hardcover. Books are near fine (owner bookplate in each volume) in very good plus dustjackets (slight fading, and scratching); bookshelf in near fine condition.. 1st edition thus. Limited Edition #102 of 500 copies. 8vo. 6 volumes. Original green leather-grained cloth with gilt lettering and decoration in like dustjackets. Housed in scarce… Read more about this item